Reminder: every few days, I’ll be sharing screenshots from one of the contest map. They will be presented in alphabetical order (from the largest sizes to the smallest). The second one is a English map titled "Rightful King®". What do you think of it?

link to the map: https://www.heroes3.eu/en/download/mapy/2293-rightful-king

link to the all contest maps: https://www.heroes3.eu/en/mapmaker-aw/2026

link to the previously presented map: https://www.reddit.com/r/heroes3/comments/1umizf4/120_mapmaker_2026_contest_maps_showcase_dwa_brzegi/

I’d also like to remind you about the ongoing Prediction Challenge - you can try to guess which maps will place highest and submit your predictions (at https://www.heroes3.eu/en/mapmaker-aw/2026 | you’ll need to register first). The person whose predictions come closest to the final results can expect to a game-related gift. But don’t wait too long - you have until July 9. Good luck! 🔥

Hello guys! I'd like to demonstrate my comedy map "The Immortal Pig". In today's video, John Batman faces off against Ziggy Stardust and his weird animals in the desert!

Make your pig unkillable and go around smacking everyone until you win the map! Horrendous map! I invite you to join me in the edges of my map making imagination!

Link to play the map: https://www.maps4heroes.com/forum/opinions.php?map_id=3116&game=3

Ps. Do not take this map seriously, it's just a silly concept that I thought would be funny to put in action. A pig going around pimp slapping everybody lol.

Have a good one everybody, til next time!

_Novasoul.

How to play in Dutch

1. Buy Heroes of Might and Magic III Complete Edition on GOG (not the HD version)
2. Install the game
3. Download VCMI (free)
4. Install VCMI
5. When installing VCMI, specify the location of the base game's Data, MP3, and Maps folders.
6. Set the language to Dutch
7. Install the Nederlandse vertaling mod
8. Launch the game

How to contribute to dubbing?

1. Copy a prolog/epilog from dutch-translation/content/config/vcmi-dutch/campaigns.json
2. Go to XTTS
3. Paste the speech text
4. Select Dutch
5. Upload a voice
6. Click on Speak
7. Download the audio file
8. Retrieve the property for the speech in the dutch-translation/content/config/vcmi-dutch/campaigns.json file
9. Retrieve the related audio filename in the empty-translation mod
10. Rename the audio file
11. Move the file to dutch-translation/content/sounds/ folder

Current state

• Start: 2026
• Text: 100%
• Assets: 12/56
• Speeches: 5/101

Only the Foolhardy Waywardness campaign of the Armageddon's Blade extension is dubbed. Currently, we have 0 Dutch native speakers for proofreading.

Hi heroes!

For those who don't like Olden Era: feel free to ignore this post (or even block me if I'm annoying you :) ).
Heroes III is still here, immortal! I plan to keep updating The Mysterious Island Heroes III version - the latest minor update v1.5.h was just released on July 2nd, and a major update will come when the Forge faction arrives ;)

In 1998, as a kid, I discovered Heroes II and immediately had this crazy idea: make the map from Jules Verne's "The Mysterious Island" (1874).
The XL size was too small, so I waited until 2020, when the modding community made Giant-sized maps possible.

Five years later, I published it on maps4heroes.
What happened next was beyond anything I expected.
Your enthusiasm and feedback pushed me to keep improving it for a whole year!

Earlier this year, I applied for a job at Unfrozen...
Thanks to this adventure, partly thanks to you, I am now a Level Designer working on Olden Era!

To be honest: there is a huge difference between working on a map slowly on your free time, and working as a Level Designer. With a family to feed, this opportunity changes everything!

Here is an interview I did with Unfrozen - warning: French accent inside! 😄

Thank you all ❤️
One year ago, I would NEVER have imagined this possible!

And now, as a Level Designer at Unfrozen, I have a small favor to ask...

We'd love to hear from you about your favorite PvE maps, classic and/or custom, and what makes them special to you!

This form will help us decide what direction Olden Era "hand-made" maps will take in the future, including some favorites you'd like to see return.

5 to 10 minutes of your time is all we need!

Fill in the form here!

If you have any feedback about Olden Era, no need to post it here.
It's better to leave it on Steam or on Discord, thank you!

The map evaluation phase is now in full swing, which means it's time to showcase the maps submitted to this year's MapMaker Contest! Every few days, I’ll be sharing screenshots from one of the maps. The first one in alphabetical order is a Polish map titled "Dwa brzegi". What do you think of it?

link to the map "Dwa brzegi": https://www.heroes3.eu/en/download/mapy/2286-dwa-brzegi

link to the all contest maps: https://www.heroes3.eu/en/mapmaker-aw/2026

I’d also like to remind you about the ongoing Prediction Challenge - you can try to guess which maps will place highest and submit your predictions (at https://www.heroes3.eu/en/mapmaker-aw/2026 | you’ll need to register first). The person whose predictions come closest to the final results can expect to a game-related gift. But don’t wait too long - you have until July 9. Good luck! 🔥

‘Did You Know?’ is a collection of small bits of information, interesting facts, and bugs from Heroes of Might and Magic III. All entries are valid for the Shadow of Death and Complete edition of the game.

You can download all “Did you know?” as one complete PDF file. https://heroes3wog.net/did-you-know-pdf-download/

I personally decided to stop rushing and started overgrinding on month 8. I eventually farmed out 6k kobold stack with 350 archdevils before getting to Cassandra on month 20 (yes, I was grinding in multiple towns at once while still trying to kill a few stacked neutral legions on map). Archdevils and snow elves paired with cloning and force field are cool. The final boss was actually easier to beat than I thought, though the 70 azures are a bit of a pain.

My advice for anyone playing this - watch out for Inferno and Conflux. The first one has mass berserk with high stats and taking Conflux town activates Giselle who walks around with hundreds of dragons and effectively kills your spell power, forcing you to rely on non-destructive spells like cloning again. Also, you can build Castle and Stronghold safely the second you get them - I made a mistake of not doing this for a long period of time because i thought the heroes on the map weren't static.

There is a bunch of cool artifacts, and if you want to get sets like Titan's Thunder or Angelic Alliance, don't stall unless you want XP and have a good army. If you wait till month 6 for example there could be 700 titans or dragons guarding a single artifact.

Overall, in this scenario I got 2 Elixirs of Life, Pendant of Reflection, Admiral's hat, Wizard's Well, Cornucopia and Golden Goose. Note that aside from this and things mentioned above you can also get Statue of Legion and Graal for growth. Armor of Damned is useful if you want a mass debuff at the beginning of each battle for enemy.

Overall in my opinion this map is like one big puzzle with cool design. You either take it on month 7-9 or decide to overgrind for fun and extra exploration.