Exploration | Heroes Heroes VII Guide

Last update: 25 April 2017

While playing Might & Magic: Heroes VII, the beginning of the adventure, when your main objective is to explore the surrounding world, collect resources, claim buildings and fight less dangerous enemies, is very important. Below you will find a handful of basic advice related to that part of the game.

In first order you should obtain at least two heroes whom you will be able to send in different directions of the map. One you should have since the beginning. In order to obtain the second one, first you must build the Hall of Heroes and then spent few thousands of gold on recruiting the hero. Having two heroes will allow you to quickly claim large part of the map, including key building that produces resources. It will also allow you to gather various items. If it is possible, you should use the Observatory which will allow you to see the nearby territory and plan the route of claiming resources.

First, start with collecting single piles of unguarded resources and with entering empty buildings, this will give you some gold and other bonuses. Fight only very weak enemies. At this point of the game it is not a good idea to waste valuable units only to gain few pieces of wood. Most of all, this is the time when you should develop all buildings that allow you to recruit new unit types.

During the second week of the game, after you add all the recruited units to one of the hero, you can start conquering most important buildings. Gold mines, ore mines and lumber mills are your priority number one. If you feel strong enough, you can also try to conquer them earlier. Take interest in lairs that can give you additional warriors as well.

The last phase of the exploration is finding and dealing with the enemy. The possibility to plunder buildings owned by the enemy is worth mentioning as well. It uses all the remaining movement points of a character and adds a few pieces of resources of a specific type. A building can be plundered once every three days.