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• Beginner's GuideTo start Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era, play the tutorial and Act 1 of the campaign, or a Classic or Single Hero skirmish on Easy against one AI; build in your town every day, keep one main hero fighting guards for experience and Law points while cheaper heroes collect resources, and learn the four hero stats, skills, Faction Laws and the four schools of magic.
• Best FactionThere is no official best faction or tier list in Olden Era: Unfrozen balances the six factions patch by patch and has said which ones were over or under its targets in each mode. As of Oct 21, 2026 the biggest rework, the Oct 15 balance beta, is not yet on the main branch.
• Best HeroesUnfrozen publishes no hero ranking for Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era; a hero's strength comes from its specialty, class and starting skills, and the patch notes name the heroes it buffed and nerfed: spell specialists buffed on Jun 1, 2026, Tavi made a Magic hero and Pauper a Might hero, Lord Edgar weakened on Jun 1 and again with creature and experience specialists in the Oct 21, 2026 beta.
• Difficulty and AIHeroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era has five AI difficulty levels since Patch #6 on May 13, 2026: Easy, Normal, Moderate, Hard and Unfair. Unfrozen made Easy very passive and Normal less aggressive on May 2, 2026 after launch complaints, fixed an AI that did not build in its towns on May 14, and its Oct 15, 2026 public beta makes the map AI flee lost battles, use map spells, equip artifacts and pick skills that fit its heroes.

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