Tavern

[e][h]Tavern

Building Information

Cost:

 50  3

Armor:

invulnerable

Builds:

• Alchemist
• Naga Sea Witch
• Tinker
• Beastmaster
• Dark Ranger
• Firelord
• Pandaren Brewmaster
• Pit Lord

Food:

0

Race:

other

Classification:

• Mechanical
• neutral

Sleeps:

no

Formation Rank:

0

Acquisition Range:

500

Selection Priorty:

1

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The Tavern is a neutral building, that is used to hire neutral heroes or revive fallen heroes.

Neutral heroes

After 135 seconds from the beginning of the map, neutral heroes can be hired from the tavern.

Requirements

• A unit owned by the hiring player must be close to the tavern
• The hiring player needs an altar
• The hiring player needs any tier 2 hall, if the hired hero is the second hero
• The hiring player needs any tier 3 hall, if the hired hero is the third hero

Available heroes

Hero	Primary Attribute	Abilities
Alchemist	Strength
Beastmaster	Strength
Dark Ranger	Agility
Firelord	Agility
Naga Sea Witch	Intelligence
Pandaren Brewmaster	Strength
Pit Lord	Strength
Tinker	Intelligence

Resource costs

• The first hero only costs 5
• Second and third heroes cost 425 135 5

Revival of heroes

Fallen heroes can be revived at the tavern instantly. The only requirement is to have a unit close to the tavern.

Advantages

• The revival is instantly
• The revival needs no altar

Disadvantages

• The gold cost is significantly higher than a revival at the altar
• Unlike the altar revival the tavern revival also costs lumber
• The revived hero starts with only 50% hit points and 0 mana

Resource costs

• Gold and lumber cost depend on the level of the fallen hero
• The hero always costs 5

Level	Gold cost	Lumber cost
1	340	80
2	425	100
3	510	120
4	595	140
5	680	160
6	765	180
7	850	200
8	935	220
9	1020	240
10	1105	260

Spells & Abilities

Invulnerability
	Cast Type : Passive Target Type : No Target Renders this unit invulnerable.
Effect : Invulnerability

Version History

Balance Patch History
Version	Release	Balance Changes
1.17	2004-09-20	Two new Neutral Heroes, the Firelord and the Goblin Alchemist, have been added to the game.
1.15	2004-05-10	Neutral Hero lumber cost increased to 135 from 100. A new Neutral Hero, the Goblin Tinker, has been added to the game.
1.10	2003-07-03	Heroes revived at the Tavern now are brought back to life with 0 mana and 50% health. Tavern instant revive costs three times more lumber than previously.