Minimap

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The minimap is a HUD element that represents the game map on a smaller scale. It displays in real time the location and status of buildings, heroes, creeps, couriers and wards. The minimap is subject to team vision, with unseen areas covered by the fog of war. Certain events and Terrain items can alter the appearance of the minimap.

Settings

These settings can be changed in the game options.

Location: Changes the minimap to display on the bottom left or bottom right of the interface.
Simple Colors: Uses a single color for all heroes on the same team.
Hide Background: Hides graphical background on the minimap, and displays only essential game elements like heroes, couriers, buildings, wards, and creeps.
Simple Background: Replaces graphical background on the minimap by simple background. Turned on by default.
Draw Hero Icons: When holding ALT, displays hero icons instead of hero names.
Always Use Icons/Names: Permanently displays hero icons and names instead of arrows and O's.

Icons

Heroes

Heroes

Brewmaster

These three extra icons were meant for Brewmaster when using Primal Split, but they are currently unused.

Icons

Custom Icons

Some cosmetic items will alter a hero's minimap icon. Click on an icon to view the corresponding item.

Heroes
File:Lina Fiery Soul of the Slayer minimap icon.png File:Legion Commander Blades of Voth Domosh minimap icon.png File:Terrorblade Fractal Horns of Inner Abysm minimap icon.png File:Techies Swine of the Sunken Galley minimap icon.png File:Shadow Fiend Demon Eater minimap icon.png File:Phantom Assassin Manifold Paradox minimap icon.png File:Crystal Maiden Frost Avalanche minimap icon.png File:Zeus Tempest Helm of the Thundergod minimap icon.png File:Monkey King Great Sage's Reckoning minimap icon.png File:Juggernaut Bladeform Legacy minimap icon.png File:Io Benevolent Companion minimap icon.png

Shops

The black background is shown for contrast, and is not part of the icons.

Shop	Icon
Main Shop
Side Lane Shop
Secret Shop

Couriers

The Dire side icons are only used when observing a game. For players, allied couriers use the Radiant style icons, and enemy couriers are shown as a white dot.

Courier	Radiant	Dire
Animal Courier
Flying Courier

Wards

Friendly wards are colored green (blue in colorblind mode), and enemy wards are colored red. When spectating, Radiant wards are green/blue, and Dire wards are red.

Ward	Icon
Observer Ward
Sentry Ward

Runes

Bounty Runes are always shown when available, while other runes are only shown when having vision on them.

Rune	Icon
Arcane
Bounty
Double Damage
Haste
Illusion
Invisibility
Regeneration

Others

Element	Icon
Ancient
Roshan
Attack Building
Defend Building
Eyes In The Forest

Events

Event	Element	Icon
Frostivus 2012	Greevil Hero
Frostivus 2012	Thyg the Giftsnatch
Diretide	Pumpkin Bucket
New Bloom Festival	Year Beast

Scanning

Main Article: Scan

Players can use the Scan ability on the right of the minimap UI to detect any enemy heroes in an area.

Minimap Scan — The Scan button is located on the right of the minimap

Controls

Main Article: Controls

Right clicking anywhere on the minimap will command the hero to move to that location. However, there is a delay of 0.2 seconds, where clicks will not be registered. This is to prevent missclicks.
Ground-target abilities, such as Wrath of Nature, can be cast by clicking on the minimap.
Clicking on the minimap while using Town Portal Scroll or Boots of Travel will teleport the hero to the specified location's nearest allied building.

Pinging

Alt + Left Clicking on the minimap will alert your team about a location by playing a sound and showing an exclamation mark on their minimap.
- Clicking buildings will play a different sound depending on the building's alliance, and generally mean a defense / attack of the building is desired.
- Clicking enemy heroes will play the same sound as on enemy buildings, typically to announce the desire to attack.
Ctrl + Alt + Left Clicking on the minimap will alert your team by playing a different sound and showing an X on their minimap, generally indicating danger.

Drawing

Holding down both Ctrl and the left mouse button while moving your cursor over the minimap will draw lines on the minimap. These lines can be seen by all allied players, and their color corresponds to the color of the player. Lines will fade after a few seconds.

Console Commands

There are several console commands that can be used to modify the minimap in various ways to match an individual player's preferences. Some of the commonly used ones are shown below.

Command	Default	Help Text
`dota_hud_extra_large_minimap 0`	0	Use extra large minimap.
`dota_minimap_hero_size`	600	Changes the hero minimap icon size.
`dota_minimap_misclick_time`	0.2	Minimum time after the mouse enters the minimap before accepting a move command. Can be increased slightly to prevent accidental misclicks.
`dota_minimap_ping_duration`	3	Adjust how long pings are displayed on the minimap.
`dota_minimap_disable_rightclick`	0	Disables right clicks on the minimap.