Aghanim's Scepter/Changelogs
Version History[edit]
Version
Description
- Can now be upgraded into a permanent status buff by purchasing a 2000 gold cost recipe.
- When done, the item no longer grants attributes, health, or mana, but also no longer takes up an inventory slot either.
- Upon upgrading, the item automatically gets consumed.
- Slightly reworked recipe
- Old Aghanim's Scepter:
- Recipe: Staff of Wizardry + Blade of Alacrity or Blade of Alacrity + Ogre Axe or Ogre Axe + Staff of Wizardry (2000), Point Booster (1200), recipe (1100)
- Total cost: 4300
- New Aghanim's Scepter:
- Recipe: Staff of Wizardry (1000), Blade of Alacrity (1000), Ogre Axe (1000), Point Booster (1200)
- Total cost: 4200
- Reworked recipe and stats
- Old Aghanim's Scepter:
- Recipe: Mystic Staff (2700), Soul Booster (3300)
- Total cost: 6000
- Intelligence bonus: 30
- Health bonus: 500
- Mana bonus: 500
- Ability: Ultimate Upgrade
- New Aghanim's Scepter:
- Recipe: Staff of Wizardry + Blade of Alacrity or Blade of Alacrity + Ogre Axe or Ogre Axe + Staff of Wizardry (2000), Point Booster (1200), recipe (1100)
- Total cost: 4300
- All attributes bonus: 10
- health bonus: 250
- mana bonus: 150
- Ability: Ultimate Upgrade
- Reduced Mystic Staff cost from 2900 to 2700 (total cost from 6200 to 6000).
- Can now be dropped again (now sellable and destroyable).
- Can now be disassembled.
- Now updates to new heroes in Death Match mode.
- Can now be bought by every hero, instead of only those who have an upgrade.
- Can no longer be dropped (no longer sellable and destroyable).
- Can now be dropped (now sellable and destroyable).
- Increased intelligence bonus from 25 to 30.
- Happened between 5.69 and 5.71
- Cost:
- No longer has a 50 gold cost recipe.
- Soul Booster no longer has a 1 gold cost recipe.
- Total cost from 6251 to 6200.
- Cost:
- Now has a 50 gold cost recipe.
- Soul Booster now has a 1 gold cost recipe.
- Total cost from 6200 to 6251.
- Increased Energy Booster cost from 850 to 1000 (total cost from 6050 to 6200).
- Happened between 5.40 and 5.50
- Reworked recipe:
- Old Aghanim's Scepter:
- Recipe: Null Talisman (470), Ring of Basilius (650), Soul Booster (3150), Mystic Staff (2900), Energy Booster (850)
- Total cost: 8020
- New Aghanim's Scepter:
- Recipe: Soul Booster (3150), Mystic Staff (2900)
- Total cost: 6050
- Can now only be bought by heroes who have an upgrade.
- Happened between 5.37 and 5.40
- Now also grants 500 health.
- No longer grants 10 armor.
- Can no longer be dropped.
- Reduced intelligence bonus from 30 to 25.
- Reduced mana bonus from 600 to 500.
- Removed Energy Burst (single target 1000 magical damage ability with 650 mana cost and, 90 second cooldown and 700 cast range).
- Now improves the ultimate of the wielder (except for Sniper, Omniknight, Morphling and Death Prophet).
- Reduced intelligence bonus from 75 to 30.
- Increased mana bonus from 300 to 600.
- Increased Energy Burst mana cost from 500 to 650.
- Now requires 1 Mystic Staff, instead of 2 (total cost from 10920 to 8020).
- Happened between 5.11 and 5.31
- Created.
Aghanim's Scepter upgrades[edit]
Version
Description
- Added Aghanim's Scepter upgrade for Alchemist, Anti-Mage, Arc Warden, Broodmother, Clinkz, Dark Willow, Death Prophet, Dragon Knight, Ember Spirit, Grimstroke, Io, Lycan, Mars, Monkey King, Morphling, Pangolier, Night Stalker, Phantom Assassin, Slardar, Spectre, Templar Assassin, Terrorblade, Tiny, and Troll Warlord.
- Reworked Aghanim's scepter upgrade for Abaddon, Axe, Beastmaster, Elder Titan, Keeper of the Light, Phoenix, Razor, Warlock, and Windranger.
- No longer grants an upgrade for Night Stalker.
- Added Aghanim's Scepter upgrade for Medusa and Underlord.
- Reworked Aghanim's Scepter upgrade for Axe, Bane, Dazzle, Legion Commander, Leshrac, Magnus, Outworld Destroyer, Silencer, and Witch Doctor.
- Added Aghanim's Scepter upgrade for Anti-Mage, Bounty Hunter, Chaos Knight, Phantom Lancer, Riki, Slark, and Sniper.
- Reworked Aghanim's Scepter upgrade for Crystal Maiden, Skywrath Mage, Meepo, and Zeus.
- Added Aghanim's Scepter upgrade for Bloodseeker, Mirana, Oracle, Storm Spirit, Winter Wyvern.
- Reworked Aghanim's Scepter upgrade for Earthshaker, Gyrocopter.
- No longer upgrades Hand of God.
- Added Aghanim's Scepter upgrade for Bristleback, Drow Ranger, Kunkka, Magnus, Shadow Fiend, Tidehunter, and Ursa.
- Reworked Aghanim's Scepter upgrade for Earth Spirit, Legion Commander, Luna, Pudge, Sand King, Sven, Treant Protector, and Vengeful Spirit.
- Added Aghanim's Scepter upgrade for Alchemist, Centaur Warrunner, Legion Commander, Lifestealer, Lone Druid, Morphling, Naga Siren, Nyx Assassin, Tusk, Weaver, and Wraith King.
- Added Aghanim's Scepter upgrade for Earth Spirit, Elder Titan, Phoenix, Sven, Timbersaw, and Treant Protector.
- Added Aghanim's Scepter upgrade for Keeper of the Light, and Shadow Demon.
- Added Aghanim's Scepter upgrade for Disruptor, Enigma, Rubick, and Skywrath Mage.
- Added Aghanim's Scepter upgrade for Omniknight, Silencer, and Ancient Apparition.
- Added Aghanim's Scepter upgrade for Beastmaster, Gyrocopter, Meepo, and Dark Seer.
- Added Aghanim's Scepter upgrade for Enchantress.
- Added Aghanim's Scepter upgrade for Earthshaker, and Undying.
- Added Aghanim's Scepter upgrade for Bane, Pudge, Clockwerk, Faceless Void, Chen, Invoker, Juggernaut, Abaddon, Night Stalker, Brewmaster, Huskar, Sand King, Dazzle, Spirit Breaker, Techies, Jakiro, Vengeful Spirit, and Windranger.
- No longer grants an upgrade for Ogre Magi.
- No longer grants an upgrade for Keeper of the Light.
- Added Aghanim's Scepter upgrade for Witch Doctor.
- Added Aghanim's Scepter upgrade for Keeper of the Light.
- No longer grants an upgrade for Ogre Magi, Keeper of the Light, and Medusa.
- Added Aghanim's Scepter upgrade for Ogre Magi, Keeper of the Light, Necrophos, and Doom.
- No longer grants an upgrade for Conjurer (hero removed).
- No longer grants an upgrade for Flame Lord (hero removed).
- Added Aghanim's Scepter upgrade for Zeus.
- Happened between 5.40 and 5.50
- No longer grants an upgrade for Vengeful Spirit, Zeus, Chen, Sven, Naga Siren, Riki, Juggernaut, Luna, Troll Warlord, Techies, Brewmaster, Bounty Hunter, Dragon Knight, Anti-Mage, Drow Ranger, Terrorblade, Magnus, Visage, Lycan, Chaos Knight, Phantom Assassin, Medusa, Night Stalker, Wraith King, Doom, Nyx Assassin, Slardar, Clinkz, Faceless Void, Viper, Razor, and Lifestealer.
- Happened between 5.37 and 5.40
- Added Aghanim's Scepter upgrade for Vengeful Spirit, Zeus, Chen, Crystal Maiden, Sven, Naga Siren, Nature's Prophet, Conjurer, Riki, Lina, Juggernaut, Luna, Troll Warlord, Shadow Shaman, Techies, Brewmaster, Flame Lord, Bounty Hunter, Dragon Knight, Anti-Mage, Drow Ranger, Terrorblade, Leshrac, Lich, Pudge, Lion, Venomancer, Magnus, Visage, Lycan, Chaos Knight, Phantom Assassin, Medusa, Night Stalker, Wraith King, Doom, Nyx Assassin, Slardar, Queen of Pain, Clinkz, Faceless Void, Viper, Razor, and Lifestealer.
Patch History[edit]
Patch
Description
- Fixed Aghanim's Scepter still reducing Vacuum cooldown to 12 seconds.
- Aghanim's Scepter and Aghanim's Shard upgrades can now be directly viewed from the hero HUD, between the heroes' abilities and inventory.
- Hovering over the scepter/shard symbols shows the hero's upgrade.
- When acquiring Aghanim's Scepter/Shard, their respective symbols in the HUD glow up.
- Hovering over the symbols reveals the hero's upgrades.
ALT-clickingon the symbols announces to the team if that hero has Aghanim's Scepter/Shard.- Consumed Aghanim's Scepter no longer appear as a permanent status buff.
- Added a player-only sound effect that plays upon acquiring Aghanim's scepter/Shard.
- Renamed Ultimate Upgrade to Ability Upgrade.
- Updated icon
- Reworked Aghanim's Scepter tooltips and how they appear on the abilities descriptions.
- Added a new visual effect under heroes that have Aghanim's Scepter or its buff.
- Fixed consumed Aghanim's Scepter having outdated values in ARDM mode.
- [U] Fixed heroes with undroppable Aghanim's Scepter Upgrades being able to gain their upgrades from Scepters owned by other players ( Earth Spirit and Timbersaw).
- Fixed heroes with undroppable Aghanim's Scepter Upgrades being able to gain their upgrades from Scepters owned by other players ( Meepo, Ogre Magi, and Treant Protector).
