Hero Equipment

Your heroes can arm themselves with weapons, armor, and other pieces of equipment that will allow them to dominate the battlefield.

Inventory

Your inventory screen is split in half. On one side, you have all the possessions you have on your person; the other has a collection of weapons you have obtained and are keeping in your cache. You can move weapons from one to the other at will once you are in your castle.

Tip #5: Your personal inventory contains an area where you can keep items that you're not wearing. They're kinda like backup weapons and stuff. This is also where the stuff you grab after a victorious battle will go. If this area fills up, you won't be able to gain any post-battle loot. So clear this area out often and only keep a spare weapon and maybe one or two accessories when you go off to war.

When heroes gain loot, sometimes they end up with duplicate or better gear and their old gear becomes superfluous. In those cases, you can sell the loot to get it out of your inventory and turn it into gold. Of course, you can also purchase new weapons if you find something being generated by a building that is bigger and better than what you have currently. Be sure to check the inventory screen after you upgrade your buildings to also upgrade your gear.

After your buildings gain level four, the best loot will come from the battlefield loot you get after a victory. The bigger the enemy force, the greater the probability that you'll find something sweet after you win.

Repairs and Broken Equipment

All gear that you are wearing when you go into battle will deplete as you are hit. As a result, you'll have to repair the equipment every time you return to your castle. If you fail to do this, you will eventually break your weapon after it runs out of durability points. Once this happens, the weapon is all but worthless and you may have to waste a turn in battle to switch it for any backups you keep in your bag.

Tip #6: The primary purpose for the bag is to carry spare weapons. If you are diligent in repairing your weapons every time you return to base, you will not need these backup weapons and you'll save the space for loot.

Equipment - Weapons

Weapons are categorized into ranged, magic, and melee. If a ranged hero is rushed and has to attack an enemy unit in a neighboring hex, he'll have to switch to a melee weapon. So be sure to keep one on him.

Equipment - Armor

Armor is all about reducing the amount of damage you take with each hit. At the start of the game, maximize your armor; later on, you can go without because of your ability to slaughter enemy units much more quickly.

Equipment - Accessories

These little objects accentuate various skills and generate buffs and debuffs on you or your enemies.