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Neutral Creeps
 
 
Neutral creeps

Neutral creeps are a type of creep that are not controlled by any player. They are aligned to neither of the teams, and offer an alternative source of gold and experience. Neutral creeps appear in small camps scattered in the jungle on both sides of the map. They come with different power levels and most of them have unique abilities. Roshan icon Roshan, who sits in his den at one of the two corners of the map, and the Unknown Unit icon Tormentors on the map edges are also considered neutral creeps.

Types

There are many different types of neutral creeps which spawn in small groups inside of camps within the jungle. These camps are categorised into small, medium, large and ancient creep camps.

Small Camps

Allcamps

Spawn areas of all creep camps other than Roshan and Tormentors.

Small creeps are the weakest of the neutral creeps. They give little gold and experience, deal low damage and have low health, making them easy to kill for any hero at any time of the game.

There are 6 different types of small camps, consisting of Kobolds, Hill Trolls, Vhouls, Ghosts and Harpies. The sixth camp type is a combination of kobolds and trolls. Besides the kobold camp which consists of five units, all small camps consist of three units.

The Kobolds are the smallest creeps, but come in bigger groups. They are all melee and have various abilities; a movement speed buffing aura, attacks that occasionally disarm their targets, and a GPM boosting aura. Hill Trolls are ranged creeps, with one priest and two Tomahawk throwing berserkers. The priest can heal allies and passively boosts the healing capacity of nearby allies, while the berserkers are capable of disabling their enemies' passive abilities by attacking them. Vhouls are ranged creeps that have envenomed spears which greatly cripple their target's health regeneration. The ghost camp consist of two melee spirits that can silence enemies, which they never do, and a ranged ghost with a chilling attack that slows enemies. The Harpies are ranged creeps, with one of them capable of throwing a bolt of lightning that jumps between targets, while the other two can take flight, ignoring terrain, although none of the harpies use their abilities.

Camp locations Creeps Camp Name Total Gold [?] Total Experience Total Health Abilities
Default Stacked [?] For Stacker [?] Default Stacked [?]
Creep Camp Small Kobold modelKobold modelKobold modelKobold Soldier modelKobold Foreman model Kobold Camp 50‒60Gold (55) 43‒51Gold (47) 15‒18Gold (17) 89 Experience 76 Experience 1445 Health Prospecting Aura (Kobold) icon Prospecting Aura - Steal Weapon (Kobold Soldier) icon Steal Weapon - Speed Aura (Kobold Foreman) icon Speed Aura
Hill Troll Berserker modelHill Troll Berserker modelHill Troll Priest model Hill Troll Camp 58‒64Gold (61) 49‒54Gold (52) 17‒19Gold (18) 84 Experience 71 Experience 1450 Health Break (Hill Troll Berserker) icon Break - Heal (Hill Troll Priest) icon Heal - Heal Amplification Aura (Hill Troll Priest) icon Heal Amplification Aura
Hill Troll Berserker modelHill Troll Berserker modelKobold Foreman model Hill Troll and Kobold Camp 59‒65Gold (62) 50‒55Gold (53) 18‒20Gold (19) 86 Experience 73 Experience 1400 Health Break (Hill Troll Berserker) icon Break - Speed Aura (Kobold Foreman) icon Speed Aura
Vhoul Assassin modelVhoul Assassin modelVhoul Assassin model Vhoul Assassin Camp 54‒60Gold (57) 46‒51Gold (48) 16‒18Gold (17) 90 Experience 77 Experience 1200 Health Envenomed Weapon (Vhoul Assassin) icon Envenomed Weapon
Fell Spirit modelFell Spirit modelGhost model Ghost Camp 53‒57Gold (55) 45‒48Gold (47) 16‒17Gold (17) 94 Experience 80 Experience 1300 Health Vex (Fell Spirit) icon Vex - Frost Attack (Ghost) icon Frost Attack
Harpy Scout modelHarpy Scout modelHarpy Stormcrafter model Harpy Camp 59‒65Gold (62) 50‒55Gold (53) 18‒20Gold (19) 94 Experience 80 Experience 1300 Health Take Off (Harpy Scout) icon Take Off - Chain Lightning (Harpy Stormcrafter) icon Chain Lightning
Total average 17% spawn chance, first spawn 20% spawn chance, following spawns 56‒62Gold (59) 48‒53Gold (50) 17‒19Gold (18) 90 Experience 77 Experience 1349 Health

Medium Camps

Medium creeps are also relatively weak camps, but stronger than the small creeps. They give a bit more gold and experience, deal low to moderate damage and have more health. Some of them can be dealt with early on, but some may be too strong.

There are 5 different types of medium camps, consisting of Centaurs, Wolves, Satyrs, Ogres and Golems. The number of units varies between two and four based on the camp.

The Centaurs are melee creeps, one of them being small and the other being big. The big centaur can stomp the ground to stun nearby enemies, which it only uses when enough enemies are within its range. The small centaur has an aura which makes its allies more resistant against magical damage. The Wolves come in a pack of three, with two of them being small with an intimidating howl that weakens their enemies attacks, however, they only howl when on low health. The big wolf is capable of striking an enemy critically, having a chance to deal more damage on an attack. It also has an attack damage boosting aura, which makes this camp deal the most damage. The Satyr camp consists of two small satyrs, which are comparable to the creeps in the small creep camp power-wise, are ranged, and may purge an enemy if they attack for a while, and two medium Satyrs, which are melee with a mana burning ability which they also never use. They also passively boost the mana regeneration of nearby allies. Ogres are melee creeps which come in a group of three, from which one can envelop an ally with a protective frost shield, slowing attacking units and granting armor to the ally. The other two ogres have a powerful ground smash attack that has a long wind-up time. Golems come in pairs, but split each into two smaller golems on their death. They have melee attacks and may occasionally throw rocks at enemies.

Camp locations Creeps Camp Name Total Gold [?] Total Experience Total Health Abilities
Default Stacked [?] For Stacker [?] Default Stacked [?]
Creep Camp Medium Centaur Courser modelCentaur Conqueror model Centaur Camp 74‒82Gold (78) 63‒70Gold (66) 22‒25Gold (23) 122 Experience 104 Experience 1450 Health Cloak Aura (Centaur Courser) icon Cloak Aura - War Stomp (Centaur Conqueror) icon War Stomp
Giant Wolf modelGiant Wolf modelAlpha Wolf model Wolf Camp 74‒84Gold (79) 63‒71Gold (67) 22‒25Gold (24) 140 Experience 119 Experience 1600 Health Intimidate (Giant Wolf) icon Intimidate - Critical Strike (Alpha Wolf) icon Critical Strike - Packleader's Aura (Alpha Wolf) icon Packleader's Aura
Satyr Banisher modelSatyr Banisher modelSatyr Mindstealer modelSatyr Mindstealer model Satyr Camp 72‒84Gold (78) 61‒71Gold (66) 22‒25Gold (23) 140 Experience 119 Experience 1800 Health Purge (Satyr Banisher) icon Purge - Mana Burn (Satyr Mindstealer) icon Mana Burn - Mana Aura (Satyr Mindstealer) icon Mana Aura
Ogre Bruiser modelOgre Bruiser modelOgre Frostmage model Ogre Camp 78‒90Gold (84) 66‒77Gold (71) 23‒27Gold (25) 112 Experience 95 Experience 2200 Health Ogre Smash! (Ogre Bruiser) icon Ogre Smash! - Ice Armor (Ogre Frostmage) icon Ice Armor
Mud Golem modelMud Golem model(Mud Golem modelMud Golem modelMud Golem modelMud Golem model) Golem Camp 80‒100Gold (90) 73‒92Gold (83)1 14‒16Gold (15)2 136 Experience 126 Experience1 2500 Health Hurl Boulder (Mud Golem) icon Hurl Boulder - Shard Split (Mud Golem) icon Shard Split
Total average 20% spawn chance, first spawn 25% spawn chance, following spawns 75‒88Gold (82) 65‒76Gold (71)1 21‒23Gold (22)2 130 Experience 113 Experience1 1910 Health
1 Summons are not affected by the 15% stack penalty.
2 Summons do not grant their stacker any gold.

Large Camps

Large creeps are the strongest of the regular camps. They consist of strong creeps with strong abilities and are very difficult to deal with early on.

There are 6 different types of large camps, consisting of Centaurs, Satyrs, Hellbears, Wildwings and Trolls. Besides the Hellbear and Warpine camps which consist of two units, all large camps consist of three units.

The Centaurs of the large camp are the same as the ones from the medium camp, except that the large camp contains two small centaurs and one big one, instead of one of each. The large Satyr camp is similar to the medium one. It contains the same small and medium Satyr, but one of each instead of two, and has a big Satyr, which is a strong melee creep with a strong long-ranged area nuke which it uses only if enough enemies are within range, and a strong health regenerating aura. The Hellbears are strong creeps which come in pairs, both being melee. The bigger one can clap so powerful that nearby enemies take damage and get slowed, which it only does when enough enemies are within range. The smaller hellbear passively boosts nearby allies' attack speed. Both hellbears have a death rattle, boosting nearby allies' attack damage and attack speed respectively when killed. Wildwings are three melee creeps, two of them being small and capable of channeling a strong tornado, which they may only do when a nearby Wildwing dies. The third wildwing is much bigger and is capable of pushing heroes around with a strong gust of wind, while also passively increasing nearby allies' armor. The trolls are ranged creeps, two of them being small, with the ability to briefly ensnare enemies, and one being big, capable of raising three skeletons, which it immediately does once provoked. The skeletons rally their allies, each passively boosting their attack damage. Warpines are melee units that occasionally throw pinecones at their enemies, which can bounce between targets, damaging and slowing them.

Camp locations Creeps Camp Name Total Gold [?] Total Experience Total Health Abilities
Default Stacked [?] For Stacker [?] Default Stacked [?]
Creep Camp Large Centaur Courser modelCentaur Courser modelCentaur Conqueror model Large Centaur Camp 92‒102Gold (97) 78‒87Gold (82) 28‒31Gold (29) 154 Experience 131 Experience 1800 Health Cloak Aura (Centaur Courser) icon Cloak Aura - War Stomp (Centaur Conqueror) icon War Stomp
Satyr Banisher modelSatyr Mindstealer modelSatyr Tormenter model Large Satyr Camp 98‒110Gold (104) 83‒94Gold (88) 29‒33Gold (31) 160 Experience 136 Experience 2000 Health Purge (Satyr Banisher) icon Purge - Mana Burn (Satyr Mindstealer) icon Mana Burn - Mana Aura (Satyr Mindstealer) icon Mana Aura - Shockwave (Satyr Tormenter) icon Shockwave - Unholy Aura (Satyr Tormenter) icon Unholy Aura
Hellbear modelHellbear Smasher model Hellbear Camp 96‒108Gold (102) 82‒92Gold (87) 29‒32Gold (31) 156 Experience 133 Experience 1650 Health Swiftness Aura (Hellbear) icon Swiftness Aura - Death Throe Rush (Hellbear) icon Death Throe: Rush - Thunder Clap (Hellbear Smasher) icon Thunder Clap - Death Throe Power (Hellbear Smasher) icon Death Throe: Power
Wildwing modelWildwing modelWildwing Ripper model Wildwing Camp 96‒106Gold (101) 82‒90Gold (86) 29‒32Gold (30) 142 Experience 121 Experience 1650 Health Tornado (Wildwing) icon Tornado (Tempest (Tornado) icon Tempest) - Hurricane (Wildwing Ripper) icon Hurricane - Toughness Aura (Wildwing Ripper) icon Toughness Aura
Hill Troll modelHill Troll modelDark Troll Summoner model(Dark Troll Summoner Skeleton Warrior modelDark Troll Summoner Skeleton Warrior modelDark Troll Summoner Skeleton Warrior model) Troll Camp 82‒96Gold (89) 70‒82Gold (76) 25‒29Gold (27) 174 Experience 148 Experience 2100 Health Ensnare (Hill Troll) icon Ensnare - Raise Dead (Dark Troll Summoner) icon Raise Dead (Rally (Skeleton Warrior) icon Rally)
Troll Camp + 3 Dark Troll Summoner Skeleton Warrior icon Skeletons 94‒114Gold (104) 82‒100Gold (91)1 25‒29Gold (27)2 186 Experience 160 Experience1 2100 Health
Warpine Raider modelWarpine Raider model Warpine Camp 100‒104Gold (102) 85‒88Gold (87) 30‒31Gold (31) 152 Experience 129 Experience 1700 Health Seed Shot (Warpine Raider) icon Seed Shot
Total average3 20% spawn chance, first spawn 25% spawn chance, following spawns 94‒104Gold (99) 80‒88Gold (84) 28‒31Gold (30) 156 Experience 133 Experience 1817 Health
96‒107Gold (101) 82‒91Gold (86)1 28‒31Gold (30)2 158 Experience 135 Experience1 1817 Health
1 Summons are not affected by the 15% stack penalty.
2 Summons do not grant their stacker any gold.
3 Second row includes 3 Dark Troll Summoner Skeleton Warrior icon Skeleton Warriors.

Ancient Camps

Ancient creeps are very powerful neutral creeps. Unlike the regular creeps, these creeps have a special unit type, the Ancient type, which makes them immune to numerous spells, such as converting spells. They are nearly impossible to deal with early on, and for some heroes even later into the game. They have very high health, deal high damage and have strong auras. They also have some magic resistance, making it harder to clear them with spells which deal magical damage.

There are 4 different types of ancient camps, consisting of Dragons, Hides, Golems, and the Frostbitten. All 4 camps consist of 3 units.

The Dragons are ranged creeps but have a short attack range. There are 3 dragons, 2 of them being small and relatively weak and one big dragon. The small dragons have an aura that makes their enemies more susceptible to spell damage. The big dragon has 3 abilities: It is able to spit a fireball which engulfs a target area in flames, dealing damage over time, a passive splash attack which causes each of its attack to deal area damage, and a stacking armor boosting aura. The Dragon never uses its Fireball ability. The Hides are, similar to the dragons, ranged creeps with a short attack range. Also similar to the dragons, it consists of 2 smaller Rumblehides, and one bigger Thunderhide. But unlike the dragons, all 3 of them have high magic resistance. The Thunderhide has 2 abilities: It can slam the ground, dealing area damage and slowing hit enemies, and it can temporarily frenzy an ally, boosting its attack speed significantly. The Thunderhide never uses the Slam ability, but does cast Frenzy on itself. The Rumblehides have an aura which boosts the accuracy and attack speed of nearby allies. The Golems are strong melee creeps. One of the three golems is stronger than the other 2, having much more health and a bit more damage. The small golems have an aura that reduces their enemies' armor, while the big golem has an aura which increases the health capacity of nearby allies, making them the tankiest creeps of all, not only due to their high and boosted health, but also due to their high armor and magic resistance. The Frostbitten consist of a ranged Ice Shaman, with an ability to hurl an Icefire Bomb at a target unit or building, dealing damage over time, and two Frostbitten Golems, with an aura that reduces nearby allies' cooldowns.

Camp locations Creeps Camp Name Total Gold [?] Total Experience Total Health Abilities
Default Stacked [?] For Stacker [?] Default Stacked [?]
Creep Camp Ancients Ancient Black Drake modelAncient Black Drake modelAncient Black Dragon model Dragon Camp 156‒172Gold (164) 133‒146Gold (139) 47‒52Gold (49) 314 Experience 267 Experience 3900 Health Magic Amplification Aura (Ancient Black Drake) icon Magic Amplification Aura - Fireball (Ancient Black Dragon) icon Fireball - Splash Attack (Ancient Black Dragon) icon Splash Attack - Dragonhide Aura (Ancient Black Dragon) icon Dragonhide Aura
Ancient Rock Golem modelAncient Rock Golem modelAncient Granite Golem model Large Golem Camp 156‒172Gold (164) 133‒146Gold (139) 47‒52Gold (49) 314 Experience 267 Experience 3565 Health1 Weakening Aura (Ancient Rock Golem) icon Weakening Aura - Granite Aura (Ancient Granite Golem) icon Granite Aura
Ancient Rumblehide modelAncient Rumblehide modelAncient Thunderhide model Thunderhide Camp 156‒172Gold (164) 133‒146Gold (139) 47‒52Gold (49) 314 Experience 267 Experience 3400 Health War Drums Aura (Ancient Rumblehide) icon War Drums Aura - Frenzy (Ancient Thunderhide) icon Frenzy - Slam (Ancient Thunderhide) icon Slam
Ancient Frostbitten Golem modelAncient Frostbitten Golem modelAncient Ice Shaman model Frostbitten Camp 156‒172Gold (164) 133‒146Gold (139) 47‒52Gold (49) 314 Experience 267 Experience 3300 Health Time Warp Aura (Ancient Frostbitten Golem) icon Time Warp Aura - Icefire Bomb (Ancient Ice Shaman) icon Icefire Bomb
Total average 25% spawn chance, first spawn 33% spawn chance, following spawns 156‒172Gold (164) 133‒146Gold (139) 47‒52Gold (49) 314 Experience 267 Experience 3541 Health

1 Ancient Granite Golem's Granite Aura (Ancient Granite Golem) icon Granite Aura increases nearby units' maximum health by 15%/16%/17%/19%.

Roshan

Main Article: Roshan

Roshan is a unique creep that spawns northwest corner of the map and wanders to the southeast corner, where he has a second pit. He also counts as an ancient creep and also has its own unique category. In addition to providing a large experience and gold bounty when killed, Roshan also drops the Aegis of the Immortal icon Aegis of the Immortal. The second time he is killed in a single game, he starts dropping Cheese icon Cheese as well. The third time he is killed in a single game, he starts dropping a Refresher Shard icon Refresher Shard or a Aghanim's Blessing icon Aghanim's Blessing, based on which pit he was when killed. Roshan's power increases as time passes.

Roshan has a high and unpredictable respawn timer when killed. He possesses five abilities from which one is active. His first ability is an area slam which damages and slows nearby enemies. The damage gets stronger as time passes. His second ability grants his attacks a chance to bash an enemy, stunning and dealing bonus damage. His third ability passively protects Roshan from a single-target spell every few seconds and grants high status resistance. His fourth ability grants Roshan permanent bonuses as time passes, increasing his health, armor and attack damage, while also grants him phased movement and reduces damage from illusions. His last ability causes him to charge towards the other Roshan pit whenever the time of day changes, with increased movement speed and damaging and knocking back any unit that crosses his path while charging. Roshan uses the Fiend's Gate minimap icon Twin Gates to travel across the map towards the other pit.

Camp locations Creeps Camp Name Total Gold Total Experience Total Health Abilities
Creep Camp Roshan Roshan model Roshan 200‒290 (245) + 135 Gold to each allied hero 400 + 20 Experience per minute 6000 Health + 130 additional health
per minute
Spell Block (Roshan) icon Spell Block, Bash (Roshan) icon Bash, Slam (Roshan) icon Slam, Unknown icon Strength of the Immortal, Unknown icon On The Move

Tormentors

Main Article: Tormentor

Tormentors are immobile special ancient creeps that spawn on the paths next to the offlanes, close to the Defender's Gates of both bases. They do not spawn until the midgame, and then have a long respawn time once killed. When defeated, they grant one of the two lowest net worth heroes a free Aghanim's Shard - Roshan icon Aghanim's Shard. If all heroes of the killing team have their shards already, the team is rewarded with extra gold and experience instead. Each time a Tormentor respawns their power increases.

Tormentors cannot move or attack, but have 2 abilities with which they defend themselves instead, both being passive. Their first ability grants them a strong universal damage barrier that continues regenerates itself at a high rate. Their second ability causes them to reflect a great portion of damage they take to all enemy heroes within their vicinity. Each time the Tormentor respawns, the barrier's capacity and regeneration rate increases, and the reflected damage percentage increases as well.

Camp locations Creeps Camp Name Total Gold Total Experience Total Health Abilities
Creep Camp Tormentor Tormentor Radiant modelTormentor Dire model Tormentor 250 + 280 Gold to each allied hero [?] 280XP to each allied hero [?] 1 Health + (2500+ 100 per death) damage barrier Unyielding Shield (Tormentor) icon Unyielding Shield, Reflect (Tormentor) icon Reflect

Spawning

Neutral creeps start spawning at 01:00, and then spawn on every minute (02:00, 03:00, 04:00, etc). A creep camp can never spawn the same set of neutral creeps in a row. This means, if for example an ancient camp contains dragons, the next time neutral creeps spawn in there, they cannot be dragons. Besides this, the chances for each type are the same. Roshan first spawns immediately once the map is loaded, and then respawns after a random time between 8 – 11 minutes after being killed. The tormentors initially spawn at 20:00, and then respawn 10 minutes after getting killed.

A camp does not spawn neutral creeps when there are units within the spawn box of the camp, not even when the unit is invulnerable or hidden. This means if there are neutral creeps already in a camp, new creeps do not spawn on the next minute mark. However, it is possible for multiple neutral creeps to be inside a camp. This can be achieved by aggroing the already existing creeps and leading them out of the spawn area. If the area is empty on the next minute mark, a new set of neutral creeps spawns in that camp. The previously aggroed creeps then return to their camp, so that the camp now contains 2 sets of neutral creeps. While there is no set limit on how many sets of creeps can be spawned this way, in practice this can only be repeated a finite number of times, as it eventually becomes impossible to get all creeps out of the spawn area simultaneously. The spawn area boxes can be seen by holding down the ALT key (if the option is enabled). Roshan and the Tormentors always spawn and cannot be prevented.

Every selectable unit can block a creep camp, except for the following:

Only units can block camps. Spells cannot block camps.

Behavior

Neutral creeps do not belong to either faction. Most of the time they just stand in their camps, doing nothing. They only fight when aggroed, which can be done in multiple ways. Neutral creeps can also flee under certain conditions. Once dominated, a neutral creep drops these behaviors completely.

Drawing Aggro

Neutrals multi stacking

Phoenix minimap icon Phoenix drawing aggro of two camps with Fire Spirits icon Fire Spirits in order to stack them simultaneously.
▶️ Sucessful stack sound

The aggro of neutral creeps can be drawn in two ways: By coming within 240 range of them (140 range in Roshan's case), or by dealing damage to or casting a single-target spell on them while within 1800 range of them. Aggroed neutral creeps follow regular auto-attack rules, meaning they prioritize the closest enemies. So if a unit draws aggro and another unit is closer to them, the closer unit gets attacked, and not the unit which actually aggroed them. If multiple heroes are about equally close, the one which attacks them get prioritized, while the one which does not attack, or attacks an enemy from the opposing faction has second priority, and the one who attacks its own allies has least priority. Multiple non-hero units within about equal range have all the same priority, regardless of what they do. The creeps ignore units which attack them from further away, despite them being a bigger threat. They always prioritize closer units. There is one exception to this rule. If a hero within the acquisition range of an aggroed neutral creeps issues an attack order on a hero from the opposing faction, the creeps immediately switch to attack the hero that received the attack order, as if they want to protect the opposing hero, similar to how lane creeps protect their allied heroes. Siege creeps always have a lower priority than heroes and other units, regardless of what they do. Buildings have a lower priority than siege creeps and wards have a lower priority than buildings, also regardless of what they do. Although neutral creeps can attack buildings, they are too far away. They lose aggro before they get within range. On the other side, towers do not attack neutral creeps, so even though creeps can be pulled close enough to towers, they do not attack the creeps.

Only units which can be attacked can aggro neutral creeps. Hidden, invulnerable, ethereal or True Sight immune units cannot aggro neutral creeps. In these cases, the neutral creeps just stand still and fully ignore the enemy. Invisible units cannot aggro neutral creeps either. However, if a neutral creep takes damage from invisible units, the creep and all other neutral creeps within 500 range of it flee, instead of ignoring it. They move to a random spot 750 range away from their camp spot and walk for up to 5 seconds. If they reach the flee spot earlier, they wait there and return once 5 seconds have passed. Neutral creeps have shared vision with both teams, so attacking them from the fog of war still draws aggro normally.

Losing Aggro

If the neutral creep moves more than 400 range away from its original spot in the camp (called the "guard distance"), it loses aggro 5 seconds later and then returns to its spot. However, if the creep somehow gets within 400 range of its spot again before the 5 seconds elapse, it stays aggroed. The 5 seconds timer gets reset whenever the neutral creep gets 400 range away from its spot. If the timer does not get reset, their chase distance is effectively capped by their movement speed and the 5 seconds chase limit. This results in an average chase distance of 1750 ‒ 2200 (400 base distance + 5*270 ‒ 360 movement speed), assuming the creeps do not attack but only chase their target. If a neutral creep loses aggro due to the 5 seconds aggro limit, then it cannot be re-aggroed by standing too close to them until they return to their spot. It cannot be re-aggroed by damage for 3 seconds either, but can be re-aggroed by damaging them or another neutral creep within a 500 radius after 3 seconds have passed.

If they get re-aggroed within those 3 seconds, they behave exactly like described before, except that now the aggro lasts 3 seconds, instead of 5. Once all (remaining) creeps from the camp fully returned to their spots, they can be aggroed for 5 seconds again.

Neutral creeps also lose aggro when their target turns ethereal, invulnerable, hidden or True Sight immune. In this case, aggro is lost immediately, so that they either return to their spot, or attack other nearby enemies. If they return to their spot after losing aggro this way, they still are aggressive while returning, meaning they attack any enemy within 500 range on their way back. This has no effect on their aggro timer limit. If their initial target turns unattackable while more than 400 range away from the camp spot, their 5 seconds aggro timer still runs down and does not reset if they find another target while outside the 400 range.

Interaction with Lane Creeps

Neutral creeps are mostly ignored by lane creeps. The only neutral creeps which lane creeps attack are the ones from the small camps, and the large within the main jungles at the off lanes. This means these four camps are the only ones that can be used to pull lane creeps to. Neutral creeps from all other camps are completely ignored by lane creeps. However, neutral creeps can always attack lane creeps, no matter where they are from. Even when attacked by the neutrals, the lane creeps still ignore them if they do not come from the mentioned four camps.

Nighttime

During Nighttime nighttime, all neutral creeps, except for Roshan icon Roshan, are sleeping. This means during the night, their aggro range is reduced to 0, so they do not attack enemies who get too close to them. To draw their aggro, they must be damaged, or be targeted by a single-targeted ability. Besides not automatically drawing aggro, the creeps behave the same as during the Daytime daytime. When returning to their camp after de-aggroing, they go back to sleep as soon as they reach their original spot.

Sleeping creeps are indicated by floating Zs above the creeps.

Disarming

If a neutral creep is disarmed, it cannot be aggroed. It completely stands still, ignoring any damage dealt to or any spell targeted on it or other neutrals. If an already aggroed neutral creep gets disarmed, it either stands still and waits for the disarm to expire after which it then returns, or it returns immediately as soon as disarmed. A disarmed neutral creep does not cast any spells either, even if the conditions are met.

Stats

Neutral Upgrade
Unknown icon
Ability
Passive
Neutral creeps now increase their stats as time passes by.
Max Stack: 30
Upgrade Interval: 450
Health Bonus per Interval: 30
Armor Bonus per Interval: 0.5
Base Attack Damage Bonus per Interval: 3
Attack Speed Bonus per Interval: 5
Gold Bounty Increase per Interval: 1
Experience Bounty Increase per Interval: 5
Buff/Debuff
Modifiers [?]
modifier_neutral_upgrade
Undispellable
modifier_neutral_sleep_ai
Undispellable

  • Each upgrade interval is at 7.5 mins after the game horn.
    • Instantly updates all existing neutral creeps upon each upgrade interval.
  • Grants the following total permanent bonuses at max stacks during the 225th minute (3:45:00 game-time):
    • 900 health bonus.
    • 15 armor bonus.
    • 90 base attack damage bonus.
    • 150 attack speed bonus.
    • Additional 30 Gold and 150XP bounty.
  • The total values on each upgrade cycle can be seen in each of the camps' articles.
  • Additionally, certain neutral creeps' abilities instantly update their ability level every 15 mins, up to 2 times, after the game horn.


Bounties

Every neutral creep grants gold to whoever kills them. The gold values are different for each type of neutral creep, each having their own minimum and maximum bounty values. They also grant experience, however, unlike the gold, the experience is split amongst all nearby heroes, including enemy heroes, meaning when farming neutral creeps, enemies may leech some experience by standing within the experience range.

Neutrals also have a chance to drop neutral items on death.

Camp Stacking Bounty

When a neutral creep camp gets stacked, the newly spawned neutral creeps as a result of the stacking gain a status buff with the icon of the player's hero that stacked them. This modifier has 2 effects:

  • When these creeps are killed by an ally of that player, the hero who stacked them gains gold and experience based on 30% of whatever the ally got. This gold and experience is not subtracted from the ally, it is granted to the stacking hero on top of what the ally gets for farming them. This bonus gold and experience is not granted when the stacking player or an enemy kills the stacked creeps. A ▶️ sound effect and the typical gold visual effect indicate whenever gold is gained from stacked camps.
  • These creeps grant their killer 15% less gold and experience than they normally would do.


Only the creeps spawned from the stacking gain this status buff, meaning the creeps that have been pulled in order to stack the camp do not gain it. The buff does not expire, cannot be dispelled and lasts until killed. Even if a creep is taken over by a player, it still keeps the buff, granting less gold and experience when killed, and granting gold and experience to the stacking hero when killed by their allies. This means if taken over by an ally, the gold is only gained when denied by an ally.

A player gets credits for stacking a camp when one of their units was the first unit to aggro the camp. This means even when the neutrals switch to another closer target after being initially aggroed, the credits still go to the player that drew their aggro first. If a creep camp gets stacked without drawing their aggro at all, no one gets the credit. This is possible with the help of non-damaging position changing spells like Gust icon Gust, which can move creeps out of the camp without drawing their aggro. If a lane creep aggroed them initially, the credit goes to whichever player aggroes them afterwards first. If no player aggroes them and they stack because of lane creep aggro, no one gets the credit.

Neutral Items

Main Article: Neutral items

Recent Changes

Version
Description
  • When a stacked camp is killed, the player that did the stacking receives 30% of experience gained (same percentage as gold bounty).
  • Neutral creeps now increase their health by 30, armor by 0.5, base attack damage by 3, attack speed by 5, gold bounty by 1, and experience bounty by 5 every 7.5 minutes, up to 30 times. [?]
  • Increased all neutral creeps' base attack time to 2 and adjusted their attack speed to keep the same attacks per second. [?]
  • Stacked neutral creeps now grant 15% less gold and experience to the player that kills them. [?]




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