Patch Notes

This is a compilation of all the patch notes, starting with 1.01.

Patch 1.01

Released: July 5, 2002

Version: 1.0.1

Build: 4482

** Welcome to Warcraft III and improved Battle.net! **

This patch contains various data and code updates necessary for play on 
Battle.net as well as some minor balance changes.

Patch 1.01b

Released: July 10, 2002

Version: 1.0.1

Build: 4483

- Fixed a problem where players were disconnected from a game as it was
  starting and thus getting a loss.

Patch 1.01c

Released: July, 2002

Version: 1.0.1

Build: 4484

- Fixed an issue with copy protection for certain DVD drives.

Patch 1.02

Released: August 16, 2002

Version: 1.0.2

Build: 4531

FIXES

- Fixed an issue that allowed players to abuse dragons with Devour.
- Fixed an issue with dragons that could cause them to divert attacks.

BALANCE CHANGES

- Necklace of Immunity, Tome of Greater Experience, and Goblin Land Mines 
  no longer randomly drop in multiplayer games.
- Scroll of Resurrection & Scroll of Animate Dead item level increased.
- Bridges are no longer destroyable on the (6)Stromguarde.w3m map.

NOTE: Replays are incompatible between major game revisions. (1.01 replays 
cannot be viewed with the 1.02 version of Warcraft III.)

Patch 1.02a

Released: September 6, 2002

Version: 1.0.2

Build: 4563

- Added localized Battle.net messages.

Patch 1.03

Released: October 9, 2002

Version: 1.0.3

Build: 4653

NEW FEATURES

- Each AI player can now be set to one of three different settings: 
  Easy, Normal, and Insane.
- Allied AI will teleport to human allies' towns when the towns are under 
  attack.
- Allied AI will ping the minimap to indicate where they are going to attack 
  next.
- Messages can now be sent when the "Waiting for Players" dialog is up.
- Added PowerPC optimizations and MacOS X 10.2 specific acceleration to the 
  graphics engine.

FIXES

- Fixed an issue with building reimbursement that could credit a player twice 
  for canceling a building.
- Fixed a crash that could occur when the system date was set to > 2038.
- Fixed map loading crash that could result from custom units that sell too 
  many items.
- Fixed crash with Avance Sound cards. The fix requires a minor change to your 
  registry. If you are experiencing this problem, please contact our technical 
  support staff. 
- Fixed a crash that could occur when loading a corrupted save file.
- Fixed a crash that could occur on custom maps during some unit creation 
  events.
- Fixed an issue causing localized versions of maps to be passed unnecessar-
  ily.
- Fixed Mass Teleport crash that could result from a target unit's dying 
  before spell completes.
- Fixed save/load map interaction that could result in an unresponsive game.
- Fixed an issue related to unit selection and upgrading Human towers.
- Fixed an issue with Dreadlord that could cause him to not take damage 
  from Unholy Frenzy if he had the Sleep skill.
- Fixed some AI mining issues that could occur when their original town 
  hall was destroyed.
- Fixed an AMM chat message bug that could disconnect you if an AMM team 
  game message was sent just before game launch.
- Fixed an issue that allowed players to save after choosing "Continue" in a 
  single-player mission.
- Fixed a supply issue related to the Demon Hunter and his Metamorphosis 
  ability.
- Fixed Zeppelin drop exploit as a method of building locating through fog 
  of war.
- Fixed an issue with saving while "Waiting for Players" dialog was up that 
  could result in a soft lock.
- Fixed an issue that could create an invincible Mountain King.
- Fixed an issue related to graphical display of auras from aura-generating 
  items.
- Fixed an issue with Anti-magic Shell so it now properly interacts with 
  magic-immune and non-magic-immune summoned units.
- Fixed disappearance of Sentinel owl in conjunction w/ AOE-targeting 
  circle. 
- Fixed an issue with Huntress' bouncing missile that would allow it to hit 
  a secondary target even if it missed the primary target.
- Fixed an issue with rooted Ancients that would cause them to trigger 
  Goblin Land Mines.
- Fixed an issue related to Hero illusions' carrying a Ring of Protection.
- Fixed an issue with Town Portal spell art.
- Fixed an issue with hit point/mana upgrades and Polymorph.
- Fixed an issue with the Abolish Magic ability and allies.
- Fixed an issue with poison that could kill a unit. Poison, by itself, 
  should only take a unit to the brink of death.
- Fixed an issue related to the interaction of Shift-adding units to a group 
  and unit deaths.
- Fixed an issue related to replays, selection circles, and changing player 
  perspective.
- Fixed an issue with Cyclone and moving units creating aerial footprints.
- Fixed keyboard screen scroll and "Waiting for Players" interaction.
- Fixed several minor text and tooltip issues.
- Fixed a few improper combat sound assignments on creeps and NPCs.
- Frost Wyrm attack now also slows air units.
- AI Keepers of the Grove no longer cast Force of Nature on different cliff 
  levels.
- Night Elf AI now uses the Wisp's Renew ability effectively.
- Disease (Plague) and poison no longer wake sleeping units.
- Moon Glaive bounce no longer hits invisible units.
- Demon Hunter's attack while in Demon Form no longer damages self or allies.
- Upgraded building shadows no longer update through the fog of war.
- Necklace of Spell Immunity no longer drops a Blademaster's Wind Walk.
- Observers no longer gain full player UI when entering a loaded game.
- Observers no longer get gold/lumber/supply UI when selecting neutral 
  buildings.
- Fog of war updates properly now if you are alt-tabbed out of game.
- War3 now warns you when you save game or screenshot or profile if there's 
  not enough available disk space.
- Improved "We're Under Attack" messages so they trigger at more appropriate 
  times.

WORLD EDITOR FIXES

- Fixed Macintosh World Editor crash.
- Added Unit Editor field for building upgrades.
- Increased number of possible dialog buttons from 5 to 12.
- Added blank entries for all units that don't normally have abilities or 
  attacks, allowing a user to potentially add these through the Unit Editor.
- Added Unit Editor field to set unit sounds to that of another unit type.
- Reorganized limits on pre-placed neutral units.  Neutral hostile 
  buildings now count towards the "unit" limit of 512, and only passive 
  buildings count towards the "building" limit of 96.
- Fixed bug where map auto-save could bypass object limit checks.
- Fixed Sound Editor bug that would sometimes delete an imported sound file 
  from the map if it was imported from outside the War3 directory and the 
  Test Map feature was used before the map was saved.
- Fixed force issue that would cause Force 11 when you selected Force 10 
  for a trigger in the editor.

BALANCE CHANGES

Humans
- Brilliance Aura has been reworked, and is no longer % based.  It now adds 
  a fixed amount of mana per second to units under its power -- .75, 1.5, 
  and 2.25 respectively by level. While it's just as effective with mass spell-
  casters, players will find it is less powerful (though still exceedingly 
  useful) with Heroes.
- Divine Shield now costs 25 mana, down from 75.
- Blizzard no longer goes up in radius as the level of the ability increases.
- Water elementals now last 60 seconds, down from 75.

Undead
- Gargoyles' ground attack was substantially upgraded.  They now do 21-24 
  damage, up from 16-18 damage. They also have less armor (3, down from 5), 
  but also hit harder against air units, doing 51-63 damage, up from 46-57 
  damage.  Note that they are still just as effective against air units as 
  they were before, but their ground attack has been much improved.
- Death Pact now costs 50 mana (down from 75), and can be cast twice as 
  frequently as before (15 seconds cooldown from 30).
- Lich Heroes now have far more hit points, as they now have 15 str + 2/level, 
  up from 13 + 1.6/level.
- Frost Armor is now an auto-cast spell which will target units under attack 
  if auto-casting is enabled.  Frost Armor also costs less mana -- 40 down 
  from 50.
- The Spirit Tower Upgrade now costs 160/40, up from 120/40.
- Crypt Fiends' attack was slightly improved.

Orcs
- Headhunters have more hit points (350, up from 280), but also strike more 
  slowly.
- Stasis Trap no longer stuns friendly units, but has a shorter duration 
  (6 seconds, down from 12 seconds).  Stasis Traps, when they are set off,
  also destroy other Stasis Traps within their area of effect.
- Kodo Beasts now have 1000 hit points, up from 790 hit points.  They also 
  attack more slowly than before.
- Orc Barracks cost less lumber: 50, down from 70.
- Watch Towers now do 16-18 damage, down from 19-22 damage.
- Grunts now have 700 hit points, up 20 from 680.
- Shaman's attack is far less powerful.  They attack somewhat more slowly, 
  and also do 11-12 damage, down from 14-16 damage.
- Stasis Ward and Sentry Ward no longer inhibit movement or building 
  construction.

Night Elves
- Sentinel can now be removed from a tree with various dispels (Wand of 
  Negation, Dryads, etc.), as well by attacking the tree with a peon or siege 
  unit (previously, the tree had to be destroyed -- now it merely has to be 
  damaged).
- Mana Burn no longer affects units with Mana Burn (Demon Hunters, Satyr 
  Soulstealers, Felhounds, etc.).
- Thorns is now a %-based ability that reflects 10%, 20% or 30% of melee 
  damage dealt by level.
- Wisp's sight radius increased by 25%.
- Detonate now does 225 damage against summoned creatures, up from 150.
- Non-tree buildings now have 5 armor, up from 2.
- Ballistae now have an "Attack Ground" command.
- Force of Nature cooldown reduced to 20 seconds, down from 30 seconds.
- Treants now last 60 seconds, down from 75 seconds.
- Eating trees now gives a constant, non-stacking healing effect for 10 
  seconds.
- Moon Wells now spend mana on health and mana replenishment separately. For 
  instance, if you sent a 0-mana, nearly dead Demon Hunter to a Moon Well, 
  and the Moon Well had 100 mana, your DH would gain 25 mana, and 100 health. 
  Before, the Hero would gain 200 health and 50 mana. This change does not 
  affect the benefits of healing a unit without mana.

Creeps
- All melee creeps in between levels 1 and 5 are slightly more powerful.
- All creeps of level 6 or higher now have Hero magic resistance.
- Creeps of level 7 or higher will behave more intelligently in general.
- All creeps of level 7 or higher now deal Chaos damage.
- Level 10 Dragons no longer have spell immunity.
- Many minor creep balance tweaks to damage and abilities.
- Mercenaries are now more accurately priced in general, which in most 
  cases amounts to price decreases.

Items
- Scepter of Mastery no longer will drop randomly in multiplayer maps. 
- Tome of Power, Mask of Death both increased in level (8 to 9 and 8 to 10 
  respectively).
- Wand of Lightning Shield is now a level-3 item, down from level 6.
- Sentry Ward item now comes with 3 charges, down from 5.
- Periapt of Vitality now gives 150 hps, up from 100.
- Pendant of Mana now gives 250 mana, down from 300.
- Tome of Experience now gives Heroes 150 experience points, down from 200.

NOTE: Replays are incompatible between major game revisions. (1.02 replays 
cannot be viewed with the 1.03 version of Warcraft III.)

Patch 1.04

Released: November 4, 2002

Version: 1.0.4

Build: 4709

FIXES

- Fixed an issue related to full shared unit control and allied play that could 
  cause one or more players to lose the ability to train or upgrade their own 
  units.
- Fixed an issue that caused the experience point bars in Battle.net profiles 
  to improperly reflect recently gained or lost points.
- Fixed a graphic issue related to the ladder profile and the scroll bar.

BALANCE CHANGES

Humans
- Divine Shield duration increased to 15/30/45 from 10/20/30.
- Divine Shield cooldown changed to 35/50/65 from 60/60/60.
- Avatar cooldown increased to 180 from 120.
- Resurrection mana cost reduced to 200 from 250.
- Sorceress acquisition range increased to 700 from 600, improving the 
  frequency with which Slow is auto-cast.

Undead
- Banshee acquisition range increased to 700 from 500, improving the frequency 
  with which Curse is auto-cast.
- Anti-magic Shell is once again dispellable. A summoned unit under a shell 
  does not take damage from the dispel, but will lose the shell.
- Anti-magic Shell mana cost reduced to 50 from 75.
- Sleep duration decreased on Hero units to 5/10/15 from 10/20/30.
- Web duration decreased on Hero units to 7 from 20.
- Animate Dead mana cost reduced to 250 from 300.
- Player-controlled Ghouls no longer turn off pathing against units when they 
  are instructed to harvest lumber.
- Possession now takes 1 second to cast, up from 0.

Orcs
- Wards are no longer hit by Huntress Moon Glaive bounce.
- Critical Strike no longer receives damage from Thorns Aura. However, the
  Blademaster's base attack associated with a Critical Strike still interacts
  with Thorns appropriately.

Night Elves
- Thorns no longer interacts with Critical Strike.
- Mana Burn mana cost reduced to 50 from 75.
- Mana Burn drain amount reduced to 50/100/150 from 100/200/300.
- Mana Burn cooldown reduced to 7 from 9.
- Huntress damage reduced to 1d3+14 from 1d3+15.
- Metamorphosis cooldown increased to 180 from 120.
- Cyclone duration reduced to 10/5.5 from 30/6 (normal unit/Hero units).
- Starfall cooldown increased to 180 from 120.
- Druid of the Talon (in Night Elf form) acquisition range increased to 700 
  from 600, improving the frequency with which Faerie Fire is auto-cast.
- Ballista Impaling Bolt no longer functions with "Attack Ground."
- Ancient Protector cost reduced to 160/80 from 240/100.
- Ancient Protector hit points increased to 600 from 550.
- Ancient Protector armor decreased to 1 from 2.
- Ancient Protector minimum range reduced to 0 from 200.
- Ancient Protector ranged attack damage reduced to 1d10+44 from 1d13+51.
- Ancient Protector damage type changed to pierce from siege.
- Ancient Protector splash damage reduced.

Creeps
- Murloc Mutant damage increased to 1d5+24 from 1d2+12.

MAP CHANGES

- Many minor changes were made to many maps due to the balance changes made in 
  patch 1.03 and patch 1.04. Some examples include:
   (4) Lost Temple - Added more shallow water to the islands. Center creep camp 
       is a bit harder. Added Ogre Magi to the corner Ogre creep camps.
   (6) Moonglade - Reduced all creep camps approximately 2 levels.
   (8) The Crucible - All start locations should now be very similar, close to 
       trees with enough room to build. All Goblin Merchant creep camps are 
       now farther off the main path.
  (10) Dustwallow Keys - Fixed the choke point in the bottom left. Moved 
       Razormane creeps off the main paths.
  (12) Ice Crown - Fixed the creep levels so that all camps are equal.

NOTES: Replays are incompatible between major game revisions. (1.03 replays 
cannot be viewed with the 1.04 version of Warcraft III.) Custom save games will 
not load from versions 1.03 and below.

Patch 1.04b

Released: November 7, 2002

Version: 1.0.4

Build: ????

(no patch notes available)

Patch 1.04c

FIXES

- Dates now use the system date format.
- Fixed some issues related to IME text input.
- Fixed some minor text wrapping issues that were occurring with Asian languages.
- Fixed an issue that allowed players to keep Castles and Keeps alive for 
  abnormal lengths of time while those buildings were under attack.    

Patch 1.05

Released: January 31, 2003

Version: 1.0.5

Build: 4944

FIXES

- Fixed a problem with viewing certain replays.

Patch 1.06

Released: June 3, 2003

Version: 1.0.6

Build: 5551

BALANCE CHANGES

Improved Counterability
	   Unarmored   Light   Medium   Heavy   Fortified   Hero
Normal	     100%	150%	100%	 100%	    50%	    100%
Piercing     150%	 75%	100%	 150%	    35%	     50%
Siege	     150%	 50%	100%	 100%	   150%	     50%
Magic	      75%	100%	200%	 100%	    50%	     50%
Hero	     100%	100%	100%	 100%	    50%	    100%

You can find further information related to armor and damage types on our 
web site at http://www.battle.net/war3/basics/armorandweapontypes.shtml

Spellcaster Rebalance
- Most spellcasters (Sorceress, Priest, Shaman, Witch Doctor, Necromancer, 
  Banshee, Druid of the Talon) have been re-balanced. In general, units 
  with piercing damage rip up spellcasters, while basic melee units, such 
  as Ghouls or Footmen, are weak against spellcasters. The specific 
  changes to the units in question are:
  * They have a new armor type, unarmored, which takes bonus damage from 
    siege and piercing attacks.  
  * They also have a new damage type, magic, which does reduced damage to 
    fortified and hero armor, but does bonus damage against medium armor.
  * They had their damage adjusted, typically downwards.
  * They no longer gain damage as they go up in level, and gain less 
    hitpoints as they go up in level (but start with more hitpoints when 
    initially built)
  * Many autocast buffs and debuff costs reduced.
  * Casters, including Dryads, have had their mana regeneration rates 
    boosted by 30%.

Hero Damage
- Heroes now have an aptly named hero damage type. It deals 100% damage
  to everything except fortified armor, to which it deals 50% damage. Hero 
  damage was added so that heroes no longer strongly counter ranged units 
  such as Archers and Crypt Fiends.

Advanced Structures 
- Most advanced technology structures had their build times reduced. This 
  reduction ranged from 20 seconds for especially underused structures, to 
  10 seconds for less underused structures. For instance, the Slaughterhouse 
  builds 20 seconds faster now, while the Arcane Sanctum build time was only 
  reduced 10 seconds.

Humans
- Flares now cost 75/25 to research, down from 100/50.
- Inner Fire cost increased to 35, from 25.
- Slow cost reduced to 40 from 50.
- Slow duration vs heroes reduced to 10 seconds from 20 seconds.
- Thunderclap debuff is 50% at all levels, and lasts 5/3 at all levels.

Undead
- Curse now causes a 33% chance to miss, up from 25%.  
- Curse now lasts 2 minutes, up from 1 minute.
- Curse cost reduced to 40 mana from 50.
- Web lasts 12 seconds, down from 20 seconds, and has a cooldown of 12 
  seconds, down from 20 seconds.
- Carrion Swarm max damage increased to 375/700/1000 from 300/550/800.
- Carrion Swarm no longer hits wards.
- Boneyard cost reduced to 250/100 from 350/125.
- Acolytes now have 220 health, up from 180.
- Necropolis cost reduced to 300 gold, down from 350 gold.
- Black Citadel now has 2000 hitpoints, down from 2300.
- Halls of the Dead now has 1750 hitpoints, down from 2000.

Orcs
- Bloodlust cost reduced from 50 mana to 40 mana.
- Raiders now have light armor instead of heavy armor. 
- Raider Ensnare lasts 12 seconds, down from 20 seconds, and has a cooldown 
  of 12 seconds, down from 20 seconds.
- Bladestorm cooldown reduced to 3 minutes, down from 4 minutes.

Night Elves
- Cyclone duration on units increased to 15 from 10.
- Faerie Fire cost reduced to 35 from 75.
- Chimaera Roost cost reduced to 230/70 from 280/100
- Ancients temporarily lose their fortified armor when they uproot, 
  becoming medium armor units.
- Dryads now have the unarmored armor type. This change was made to 
  further specialize Dryads as melee killers, but allow piercing damage 
  units, such as Crypt Fiends and Archers, to counter them more 
  effectively.
- Dryad hitpoints increased to 435 from 380.

Other
- All basic siege units (Mortar Teams, Catapults, etc.) have had their night 
  sight increased to 1100 from 1000.

Creeps
- Creep-cast Polymorph duration reduced to 25.
- Creep autocast Heal heals 12 hp a cast not 15.
- Lightning Lizards, Thunder Lizards and Storm Wyrms no longer friendly 
  fire - their attacks only hit hostile targets. 
- Lightning Lizard damage reduced from 1d8 + 16 to 1d8 + 14
- Thunder Lizard damage reduced from 1d11+30 to 1d8+26.
- Centaur Impaler hitpoints reduced to 350 from 450.

Items
- Anhk of Reincarnation is now a level 7 item.
- Potion of Restoration now heals 500 health and 200 mana, rather than fully 
  replenishing a hero's health and mana. 
- Scroll of Restoration now heals 300 health and 150 mana, rather than fully 
  replenishing all targets health and mana.
- Tome of Experience is now a level 5 item
- Scroll of Protection cost reduced to 150

NOTES: Replays are incompatible between major game revisions (1.05 replays 
cannot be viewed with the 1.06 version of Warcraft III).

Patch 1.10

Released: June 3, 2003

Version: 1.0.10

Build: 5610

THE FROZEN THRONE SPECIFICS

FEATURE INFORMATION

- Further information regarding modifying hotkeys can be found in your 
  Warcraft III installation directory.

MAPS

- Numerous maps have had minor improvements made to them.

BALANCE CHANGES

Human
- Lumber Mill cost reduced to 120 from 145.
- Lumber upgrade now gives +10 lumber capacity per level of the upgrade, up 
  from +5 lumber capacity per level of the upgrade.
- Human masonry upgrade cost reduced to 100/25, 125/50 and 150/75 from 100/100,
  125/175, 175/250.
- Guard Towers and Arcane Towers now cost 70/50 to upgrade, down from 80/60.
- Mortar Teams now have a limitless supply of flares. However, a particular 
  Mortar Team can only use a flare once per 2 minutes.
- Flying Machine damage versus air increased to 12-13 from 7-8.
- Gryphon Aviary cost changed to 140/150 from 120/240.
- Gryphon Aviaries now require a Keep instead of a Castle. However, both the
  Cloud upgrade and Gryphon Riders require a Castle to access.
- Dragonhawk Riders are now correctly a level 3 unit instead of a level 5 unit. 
  This only impacts the experience gained when they are killed.
- Dragonhawk Rider build time reduced to 30 from 45.
- Spell Breaker hit points reduced to 600 from 650. 
- Spell Breaker armor type changed to Medium.
- Mana cost of Spell Steal increased to 75.
- Scroll of Regeneration now heals 225 hit points over its 45 second duration,
  up from 150 hit points.
- Thunder Clap damage reduced to 60/100/140 from 70/110/150.
- Orb of Fire cost reduced to 375 from 400 and splash radius increased to 140
  from 125.
- Priest heal effect increased to 25 hit points per cast, up from 20; Priest 
  heal mana cost increased to 5 from 4.
- Sorceress damage increased to 10-12 from 8-10.
- Powerbuild has been improved. Each additional Peasant contributes 60% of 
  the speed of the first, up from 50%.

Undead
- Crypt Fiend damage reduced from 28-33 to 26-31.
- Burrowed Crypt Fiends now heal 5 hp/sec down from 10 hp/sec.
- Ghoul hit points upgraded to 340 from 330.
- Orb of Corruption cost was reduced to 375 from 400, and its armor decrease
  has gone to 5 from 4.
- Rod of Necromancy cooldown increased from 15 to 22.
- Carrion Swarm max damage reduced to 300/600/1000 from 375/700/1000 and
  damage per target reduced to 75/125/200 from 100/150/200.
- Impale area of effect width reduced to 250 from 300.
- Gargoyles now require Halls of the Dead instead of Black Citadel. 
- Obsidian Statue Spirit Touch now replenishes 4 mana per casting, down from 5.
- Obsidian Statue Aura of Blight effect reduced to 10 hp/sec from 12 hp/sec.
- Boneyard cost changed to 175/200 from 125/250.
- Halls of the Dead and Black Citadel deal one quarter as much damage as
  previously, but now possess a frost attack similar to that of Nerubian Towers.
- Nerubian Tower damage reduced to 1d2 + 8 from 1d2 + 10.
- The Tomb of Relics now sells Dust of Appearance, but no longer sells
  Lesser Clarity Potions.
- Devour Magic now heals 50 hit points per spell devoured, up from 25, and
  restores 75 mana, up from 50.
- Destroyer damage reduced to 19-21 from 21-24.
- Frost Wyrm damage increased to 93-115 from 85-105.

Orc
- Demolisher damage reduced from 82-102 to 76-94.
- Kodo Beasts are now Unarmored.
- Raiders now have a base armor of 1, up from 0.
- Ensnare duration increased to 15 from 12, and range increased to 500 from 400.
- Shockwave area of effect width reduced to 250 from 300.
- Chain Lightning base damage reduced to 85/125/180 from 100/140/180.
- Feral Spirit mana cost reduced to 75 from 100 and cooldown increased to 25
  from 15.
- Tauren Chieftain speed increased to 270 from 250.
- The Tauren Chieftain now has a smaller collision size: 32 down from 48.
  This means that he takes up less space on the ground.
- Purge has been improved. It no longer slows friendly units when used on
  them, and it causes enemies to stop for a brief moment when first cast (in
  addition to slowing them later).
- Wind Riders no longer require a Fortress to be built.
- Wind Rider damage reduced to 36-44 from 39-47.
- Wind Rider poison now deals 4 damage a second, up from 3.3 damage a second.
- Wind Rider speed reduced to 320 from 350.
- Tauren Totem cost changed to 135/155 from 90/200.
- Orb of Lightning cost reduced to 375 from 400.
- The Voodoo Lounge now sells Lesser Clarity Potions, but no longer sells Dust
  of Appearance.
- Spirit Link mana cost reduced to 75 from 100.
- Mirror Image cost reduced to 125 from 150.
- Blademaster's base Agility increased to 24 from 23.

Night Elf
- Entangle duration versus Heroes reduced to 3/4/5 from 3/5/7.
- Fan of Knives maximum damage reduced to 300/625/950 from 350/675/950, and
  damage per target reduced to 75/120/180 from 90/135/180.
- Chimaera splash increments reduced by 50 for quarter, 25 for half. This
  effectively means that Chimaeras will do less splash damage than previously.
- Mana Flare has had a bug fixed that was preventing multiple Mana Flares from
  attacking multiple targets at the same time. As a result, Mana Flare has
  been rebalanced, and deals up to 90 damage to targets in a 250 area when a
  unit casts a spell, down from 125 damage.
- Archer hit points reduced to 240 from 310.
- Archers now have a new passive ability, Elune's Grace. This ability grants
  them 35% damage reduction against Piercing attacks, and 20% damage reduction
  against spells.
- Hippogryph Rider hit points decreased to 765 from 835 and armor increased to
  1 from 0.
- Dryad damage increased from 15-17 to 16-18.
- Mountain Giant base armor increased to 4 from 0 and hit points increased to
  1600 from 1400.
- Hardened Skin upgrade cost reduced to 100/175 from 100/250, and damage
  reduction reduced to 12 from 15.
- Chimaera Roost cost changed to 140/190 from 100/230.
- Orb of Venom cost reduced to 375 from 400 and poison damage/sec increased
  to 7 from 6.

Neutral Buildings, Units, and Heroes
- Forked Lightning damage reduced to 85/160/250 from 100/175/250.
- Tornado now deals 7 damage a second to buildings in its general vicinity
  (down from 10) and 50 damage to buildings it is over (down from 80), and
  it now costs 250 mana to cast, up from 150. 
- Silence area of effect increased from 150/250/350 to 200/275/350. 
- Mercenaries cost 25% more gold than previously.
- Mud Golem availability delayed to second day.
- Summoned Doom Guard hit points increased to 1600 from 1350.
- Howl of Terror % damage reduction increased by 5% at all levels.
- Zeppelin hit points increased to 575 from 500.
- Forest Troll Shadow Priests have had their starting availability delayed
  by 60 seconds to 120 seconds.
- The Beastmaster now has a smaller collision size: 32 down from 48.
  This means that he takes up less space on the ground.

Items
- Scroll of Restoration is now a level 5 item instead of a level 6 item.

Other
- Town Portal now takes 5 seconds to activate, up from 3.
- Units killed in a transport will "spill out" over a wider area. This means
  that surrounding a webbed transport and killing it will generally not kill
  the passengers.
- Tavern instant revive costs three times more lumber than previously.
- Heroes revived at the Tavern now are brought back to life with 0 mana and
  50% health.
- Tier 3 town halls all cost 20 lumber and 20 gold less.
- At tiers 2 and 3, a player who owns only one Hero (dead Heroes count) will
  gain bonus experience. This bonus is 10% at tier 2, and 20% at tier 3.
  This affects all experience gain--both from killing creeps and enemy units.

REIGN OF CHAOS SPECIFICS

MAPS

- All multiplayer maps that were shipped with the original product have
  been patched to have improved item drop tables. 
- Some maps have been additionally improved with other minor enhancements.
- Tranquil Paths now has random creeps.

BALANCE CHANGES

Humans
- Devotion Aura now gives 1.5/3/4.5 armor per level.
- Powerbuild effectiveness has been reduced to 60% of its previous strength 
  in terms of how much speed additional Peasants add when supporting the 
  construction of a building. Note that the cost increase per additional
  Peasant is unchanged.
- Thunder Clap damage reduced to 60/100/140 from 70/110/150.
- Gyrocopter damage increased to 27-32 from 25-30.

Undead
- Shade speed increased to 350 from 270, but hit points reduced to 125
  from 250.
- Animate Dead's duration reduced to 40 from 120, cooldown reduced from
  180 to 240. Additionally, animated units are invulnerable, but can
  still be dispelled.
- Death Pact and Dark Ritual can now be used on invulnerable units.
- Carrion Swarm max damage reduced to 300/600/1000 from 375/700/1000 and
  damage per target reduced to 75/125/200 from 100/150/200.
- Halls of the Dead and Black Citadel attack cooldown is now 2 seconds 
  up from 1 second, and their damage has been reduced by 33% as well
- Gargoyle attack versus air decreased to 1d11 + 43 from 1d13 + 50 to 
  reflect new air pathing changes.

Orcs
- Wind Walk now has a cooldown of 5 seconds, costs 75 mana at all levels
  (changed from 100/75/25), and deals "backstab" damage. When a Blademaster
  attacks while using Wind Walk, he deals bonus damage to his victim.
- Lightning Shield range increased to 600 from 500.
- Ensnare duration increased to 15 from 12, and range increased to 500
  from 400.
- Feral Spirit mana cost reduced to 75 from 100 and cooldown increased to
  25 from 15.
- Shockwave area of effect width reduced to 250 from 300.
- Chain Lightning base damage reduced to 85/125/180 from 100/140/180.
- Tauren Chieftain speed increased to 270 from 250.
- The Tauren Chieftain now has a smaller collision size: 32 down from 48.
  This means that he takes up less space on the ground.
- Wyvern hit points increased to 600 from 500.
- Wyvern poison now lasts 25 seconds and deals 4 damage a second.
- Headhunter cooldown reduced to 2.26 from 2.34. 
- Berserker Strength now requires a Stronghold instead of a Fortress.
- Mirror Image cost reduced to 125 from 150.

Night Elves
- Dryad damage increased from 15-17 to 16-18.
- Entangle now prevents an affected unit from attacking, and interrupts
  channeling spells such as Blizzard and Starfall. However, its duration
  has been reduced to 12(3)/24(4)/36(5) (unit(Hero)).
- Treants created by Force of Nature now benefit from the Nature's Blessing
  upgrade.
- Mana Burn cooldown is now 7/6/5 seconds by level, down from 7/7/7 seconds
  by level.
- Tranquility cooldown reduced to 60 from 120.
- Tranquility mana cost reduced to 125 from 200.
- Cyclone no longer affects mechanical units.
- Rejuvenation can now be cast on units at full health.
- Ancients now attack while rooted.
- Hippogryph attack decreased from 1d9 + 37 to 1d7 + 31 to reflect new 
  air pathing changes.
- Chimaera splash increments reduced by 50 for quarter, 25 for half. This
  effectively means that Chimaeras will do less splash damage than previously.

Items
- Items have been revamped with new level tables. Items now have a level
  from 1 to 8, along with one of several categories. Items of levels 1 to 6
  can be charged items, permanent items, or powerups. Items of level 7 or
  higher are artifacts. 
  Examples: Wand of Lightning Shield (charged), Stone Token (charged), Ring
  of Protection +2 (permanent), Tome of Strength +2 (powerup), Mask of Death
  (artifact).
- You can now sell items at the Goblin Merchant by right-clicking on an item,
  and then "dropping" it onto a Goblin Merchant.
- Scroll of Town Portal now takes 5 seconds to use. During this time it is
  being "channeled", and the Hero using it cannot be attacked or stunned.
  Under no circumstances can the town portal be aborted once started. 
- Wand of Illusion can no longer be cast on hostile units. This change was
  made to prevent players from cheesing high level creep camps by using Wand
  of Illusion on high level creeps, and then using this illusionary creep to
  tank the damage.
- Boots of Speed no longer stack: two Boots of Speed will make a Hero just
  as fast as one.

Other
- When "attack-moving", air units now prefer to attack other air units more
  often than previously.
- Creeps that are not in combat now ignore flying units. This means that if
  you move flying units around using "move" instead of "attack move", creeps
  will generally not attack them.
- Creeps can no longer be dragged via constant attacks--they eventually give
  up and return to their start location. 
- Goblin Sappers now deal 750 damage to buildings, 250 damage to all units,
  and 185 damage to Heroes. These values are reduced by armor values such as
  '5 armor', but do not interact with armor types (e.g. 'Medium armor').
- Units in a transport over ground will "spill out" over a wider area. This
  means that surrounding a webbed transport and killing it will generally
  not kill the passengers.

NOTES: Replays are incompatible between major game revisions. (1.07 replays 
cannot be viewed with the 1.10 version of Warcraft III.) Custom save games will 
not load from version 1.07.

Patch 1.11

Released: July 15, 2003

Version: 1.0.11

Build: 5616

FIXES

- Classic Campaign unit damage has been adjusted to match 1.01 values.
- Some custom maps would crash because they had pre-1.10 data embedded in them.
- Czech-only: fixed a crash with the display news items.
- Fixed a number of text strings within our localized versions. 
- Fixed a number of hotkeys within our localized versions. 

Patch 1.12

Released: July 31, 2003

Version: 1.0.12

Build: 5636

MISCELLANEOUS FIXES

- Cinematic sequences that were not playing within certain foreign language
  versions have been fixed. 
- Fixed problem that enabled you to save games that could not be loaded.
- Fixed problem that enabled you to create a replay that could not be properly
  played back.

MAP FIXES

- Rune of Rebirth has been removed from maps (6)GnollWood and (4)Floodplains1v1. 
- Gold mine positioning has been rebalanced and the starting location tree
  placement has been improved for the map (2)TwoRivers.
- A Golem has been added to each of the Mercenary Camps within the map
  (4)Twisted Meadows.
- Destructible rocks have been added to the upper and lower gold mine areas
  in (4)Avalanche.

CREEP FIXES

- The creep version of Inner Fire has had its mana cost increased from 35 to 75.
- The creep version of Raise Dead has had its cooldown increased from 5 to 12
  seconds.
- The creep version of Purge no longer stuns units.
- The creep version of Abolish Magic has had its mana cost increased from 50
  to 75.

UNDEAD CHANGES

- Within the Tomb of Relics maximum stock for the Rod of Necromancy has been
  reduced from 2 to 1.

HUMAN CHANGES

- Aerial Shackles damage has been increased from 20 points per second to
  30 per second.
- The gold cost for a Dragonhawk Rider has been reduced from 235/40 to 200/30.
- Arcane Towers now deal Piercing damage, and have had their range increased
  from 700 to 800.
- Animal War Training upgrade cost has been reduced from 150/250 to 125/175.
- Long Rifles Upgrade now requires a Keep instead of a Workshop.

NIGHT ELF CHANGES

- Spirits of Vengeance (which are summoned by the Avatar of Vengeance) have
  had their damage increased from 14-18 to 17-21.

ORC CHANGES

- You no longer need a Fortress as a prerequisite to build Batriders.
- Wind Rider hit points have been reduced from 600 to 570.
- Burrow armor has been increased from 2 to 5 and damage has been reduced
  from 1d8+33 to 1d5+22

CLASSIC CHANGES

- Anti-air creeps have been added to each Mercenary Camp in the map
  (4)Tranquil Paths (Reign of Chaos).
- Wyvern hit points have been reduced from 600 to 570. 
- Halls of the Dead and Black Citadel attack cooldown have been reduced
  from 2.0 to 1.5. 
- The multiplayer custom map desync that occurs between Reign of Chaos
  and Frozen Throne players has been fixed.

NOTES: Replays are incompatible between major game revisions (1.11 replays 
cannot be viewed with the 1.12 version of Warcraft III). Custom save games will 
not load from version 1.11.

Patch 1.13

Released: December 16, 2003

Version: 1.0.13

Build: 5816

FEATURES

- Acts II & III, the conclusion acts to the bonus Orc campaign contained in 
  The Frozen Throne, are included in this patch. To play these levels, you
  can simply click the "Chapter Two - Old Hatreds" link from the Bonus Campaign 
  screen. If you have completed Act I, your Heroes will carry over to Act II.
  Otherwise, your Heroes will be default-level Heroes with basic starting items.
- Warcraft III now supports binding an email address to your Battle.net account, 
  so that you can recover your password at a later stage, similar to the 
  functionality that was added to D2. 
- Race selection on the scheduled game dialog (tournament finals) is now saved 
  for future scheduled games.
  
MAPS

Expansion - Frozen Throne
- (2)Tirisfal Glades - Red creep camp a bit easier; lowered the level of item 
  drop from 7 to 5.
- (2)Glacial Thaw - Switched the start locations to face the center of the 
  map. Lowered the level of a few creep camps; lowered the level of a few 
  item drops.
- (4)Paradise Island - Creeps are less likely to aggro passing units.
- (4)Twisted Meadows - Added ground-based anti-air creep to the island. Added 
  some trees behind the 3 o'clock start location to prevent building NE town 
  hall behind the gold mine. Changed a level-4 drop from charged item to 
  permanent item. 
- (4)Bridge Too Near - Switched start locs with the expansion gold mines.
- (4)Devil's Cauldron - Lowered the total level of 4 creep camps.
- (4)Turtle Rock - The two large turtles that are placed between player bases
  each drop a better item. Removed Rune of Lesser Healing from the expansion 
  creep.
- (4)Floodplains 1v1 - Removed the easy creep camp outside of player's base 
  and moved it to the other easy creep camps further from the player's base.
- (4)Lost Temple - Adjusted creep camps and item drops.
- (4)Avalanche - Weakened the 3 o'clock and 9 o'clock expansion creeps. Added 
  a green-sized camp in place of the orange camp.
- (6)Bloodstone Mesa - Moved expansion creep back. Removed Marketplace and 
  added Tavern.
- (6)Rice Fields - Changed all the randomly generated creep camps; they are a 
  bit easier for the user now.
- (6)Wellspring - Added more trees to the starting location and moved the 
  lumber a bit closer to the town hall. Removed the east and west gate from 
  the center and created a bit more room around the Taverns.
- (6)Stranglethorn Vale - Expansion creeps are a bit easier now.
- (6)Timbermaw Hold - Moved the bottom Dragon Roost creep closer together to
  eliminate two creep icons. Moved bottom middle start location deeper into 
  forest to prevent the easy (green) creep camp from being nuked from start 
  location placement. Same change to the bottom left position. Added a tree to 
  the hole in the forest at the top left position to prevent units from 
  getting stuck when portaling home.
- (8)Friends - Changed drop item classification from 'any' level-6 items to 
  'charged' level-6 items.
- (8)Feralas - Removed some creep camps to help the flow of the game.
- (8)Rock Quarry - Added some trees to several start locs that needed more 
  lumber. Added ground-based anti-air to the center of the map.
- (8)Mur'gul Oasis - Added another 1500 gold to the starting locations.
- (8)Deathknell - Removed the center creep camp and neutral building.
- (8)Plains of Snow - Moved Teal's easy creep camp farther away to prevent
  them from being nuked at the start of the game.
- (8)Garden of War - Moved Yellow's easy creep camp to prevent them from being
  nuked at the start of the game.
- (8)Battleground - Moved 12 o'clock easy creep camp further away from start
  location to prevent them from being nuked at the start of the game.

Classic - Reign of Chaos
- (2)Plunder Isle - Added some ground-based anti-air units to the Dragon camps; 
  also added some trees to the top start location.
- (4)Lost Temple - Adjusted item drop in center area. Expansion gold mines 
  should be a bit tougher. Each player's expansion gold mine now has one melee
  creep. The Goblin Merchant camp is now tougher and has anti-air.

BALANCE CHANGES

Human
- Storm Bolt stun is now 5 seconds vs. units and 3 seconds vs. Heroes at all 
  levels. Previously, it had this level of stun at level 1, but went up 2 
  seconds vs. units and one second vs. Heroes each level. Additionally, 
  level-2 and level-3 damage are now 225 and 350, respectively.
- Militia can now only be created from a player's starting Town Hall, but they
  can still be created from any of the player's Keeps or Castles.
- Blizzard is now damage capped. This damage cap is invoked when Blizzard hits 
  more than 5 targets per wave.
- Scout Tower hp reduced to 300 from 500, and armor reduced to 0 from 5.
- Human towers now gain 2 armor per masonry upgrade, up from 1.
- Banish has been reworked. Previously durations were 12(5) / 24(7) / 36(9) 
  by level, and mana costs were 75/50/25 by level. Instead, its mana cost is 
  now constant at 75 mana; its cooldown decreases with level (5 / 3 / 1); and 
  its durations only slightly improve with level (12(4) / 15(5) / 18(6)).
- Siphon Mana maximum range reduced to 800 from 850.
- Flying Machine hit points increased to 200 from 175.
- Holy Light mana cost reduced to 65 from 75.

Undead
- Web upgrade cost increased to 150/150 from 75/75.
- Spirit Touch now restores 3 mana per casting, down from 4.
- Possession has been reworked. It is now a channelled spell with a 4 1/2 
  second casting duration. During this time, the target is disabled and
  frozen into place, but is also invulnerable; and the Banshee takes triple
  damage from all attacks. Stunning or killing the Banshee that is casting
  Possession will cause the spell to abort. Additionally, the range of
  Possession has been increased to 350 from 200.
- Anti-magic Shell has been redesigned. The spell now absorbs the first 350 
  points of spell or magic damage dealt to the target, but does not grant 
  magic immunity. Note that spells absorbed by AMS can still deal secondary 
  effects, such as stun, paralysis, or mana drain. Also the mana cost of
  AMS has been re-balanced to 150.

Orc
- Troll Batrider Unstable Concoction damage reduced to 550 from 900, and 
  splash damage increased to 140 from 100. 
- Troll Batrider damage increased to 13-15 from 11-12.
- Level-1 Spirit Wolves now move at speed 320, down from speed 350.
- Level-3 Spirit Wolves now have 500 hit points, up from 400 hit points.
- Damage sustained over Spirit Link is now never fatal. Fatal damage sustained 
  via Spirit Link instead reduces a unit to 1 hit point, and dispels Spirit 
  Link.
- Stasis Trap area of effect reduced to 400 from 500.
- Shockwave now has a damage cap of roughly 12 units affected. Note that this 
  limit will not typically be reached except in team games.

Night Elf
- Shadow Strike level-1 DoT damage reduced to 10 per period, down from 15.
- Detonate mana drain reduced to 50 from 100. 
- Druid of the Claw caster upgrade times reduced to 25 seconds and 35 seconds 
  respectively, down from 45 seconds and 1 minute.
- Dryad damage increased to 17-19 from 16-18. 
- Glaive Thrower damage changed from 39-50 to 36-53.
- Eating trees now heals 500 hit points over 30 seconds, up from 200 
  hit points over 10 seconds. 

Neutral Buildings, Units and Heroes
- Beastmaster Strength reduced to 22 from 25, and base armor reduced to 2 from 
  3. 
- Level-2 hawk hit points reduced to 450 from 625, and level-3 hawk hit points 
  reduced to 650 from 875.
- Breath of Fire and Drunken Haze mana costs reduced to 70 from 75.
- Naga Sea Witch speed reduced to 300 from 320.
- Frost Arrows mana cost is now 10 per shot, up from 7 per shot.
- Pit Lord footprint, or collision size, has been reduced to 32 from 48. This 
  means that he takes up less space on the battlefield. 
- Rain of Fire is now damage capped. This damage cap is invoked when Rain of 
  Fire hits more than 5 targets per wave.
- Level-1 Black Arrow no longer has a cooldown, but level-1 Minion damage 
  reduced to 9-10 from 14-15.
- Cleave attack splash radius increased to 200 from 150.
- Dragonspawn Meddlers have been rebalanced to correctly reflect their food, 
  level and gold cost. They now have 370 hit points, down from 500 hit points, 
  and deal 12-13 damage, down from 21-25 damage.
- Mercenary Barbed Arachnathids are now available at the start of the second 
  day, instead of very early in the game.
- Creep Bloodlust mana cost increased to 75 from 50.
- Creeps with Faerie Fire always use the creep version of Faerie Fire now. 
  Additionally, creep Faerie Fire cooldown increased to 8 from 5.
- Creep Curse cooldown increased to 8 from 5.
- Thunder Lizard cost increased to 6 food from 5, and 150 lumber from
  80 lumber.

Items
- Replenishment Potion can now be sold to a shop for 75 gold, down from 200
  gold.
- Sentry Wards now have 2 charges, down from 3.
- Anti-magic Potion duration increased to 15 from 10.
- Orb of Fire cost reduced to 300 from 375.
- Orb of Venom cost reduced to 325 from 375.
- Healing Wards and Ankh of Reincarnation are now level-4 items (down from 5).
- Red Drake Egg, Stone Token and Spiked Collar are now level-5 items, up from 
  level 4.
- Staff of Preservation cost reduced to 150 from 200.
- Staff of Preservation no longer affects allied units--it now can only 
  affect its owner's units.
- Staff of Sanctuary now heals 15 hp/sec, up from 10 hp/sec.

Other
- We have made modifications to how gold is mined. Although these changes are 
  somewhat difficult to describe, the effect is that in almost all cases, 5 
  peons are required for an Orc or Human to mine a gold mine at maximum 
  efficiency (assuming the town hall equivalent is as close as possible).

WORLD EDITOR FEATURES/IMPROVEMENTS

General
- Map-specific option for game data set to be used (custom vs. melee).
- Model selection dialog now includes all doodad/destructible variations.
- Added "standard/custom" filter menu to ability selection UI.
- Added "Hero Attributes - Attack Speed Bonus per Agility Point" field to 
  Gameplay Constants.
- Added preference for "Automatically zoom Previewer to fit new models" 
  (Visual tab).
- New Gameplay Constants for global "Tech Tree - Dependency Equivalents".
- New Gameplay Constants for tier-based Hero experience bonus factors.
- New Game Interface fields for many of the game UI strings 
  (Text - General fields).
- Maximum unit movement speed increased from 400 to 522.
- Minimum unit movement speed decreased from 25 to 1.
- Added "Advanced->Reset Fixed Object Heights" option.
  (Turn off to preserve any fixed object heights [set via ctrl-page up/down] 
  while moving them.)
- Object Manager Items tab now includes global item tables.
- Increased maximum texture space for tilesets (was 12, now 13).

Trigger Editor
- "Hero skill" trigger parameter UI now allows selection of all Hero abilities, 
  including custom.
- Increased maximum length of trigger comments (was 640, now 2048).
- "Event Response - Triggering Player" is now valid during "Dialog - Dialog 
  Button Click" events.
- Added special doodad animation tags "show" and "hide".
- "Conversion - Convert Externalized String" will now work properly with 
  string concatenation and substrings.
- Enabled all save/load game trigger actions for general use (i.e., no longer 
  Blizzard-signed maps only).
- Added 'Pawns An Item' unit event (for units selling items back to shops).
- Added new functions for working with "multiboards" (new Multiboard function 
  category).
- Added various new functions:
    - Ability Name (string call)
    - Buff Comparison (condition)
    - Conversion - Convert String Case (string call)
    - Destructible - Destructible Name (string call)
    - Environment - Turn Water Deformation On/Off (action)
    - Environment - Point Is Blighted (boolean call)
    - Event Response - Target Point Of Ability Being Cast (point call)
    - Event Response - Target Unit Of Ability Being Cast (unit call)
    - Event Response - Target Destructible Of Ability Being Cast (destructible 
    call)
    - Event Response - Target Item Of Ability Being Cast (item call)
    - Game - Show/Hide Creep Camps On Minimap (action)
    - Game - Creep Camp Display Is On (boolean call)
    - Game - Enable/Disable Minimap Buttons (action)
    - Item - Set Charges Remaining (action)
    - Item - Item Charges Remaining (integer call)
    - Item - Set Custom Value (action)
    - Item - Custom Value Of Item (integer call)
    - Item - Item Name (string call)
    - Player - Leaves Game (event)
    - Player - Player Score (integer call)
    - String Length (integer call)
    - Unit - Set Rally-Point To Point (action)
    - Unit - Set Rally-Point To Unit (action)
    - Unit - Set Rally-Point To Destructible (action)
    - Unit - Rally-Point As Point (point call)
    - Unit - Rally-Point As Unit (unit call)
    - Unit - Rally-Point As Destructible (destructible call)
    - Unit - Remove Specific Buff (action)
    - Unit - Unit Has Specific Buff (boolean call)
    - Unit - Level Of Unit (integer call)
    - Unit - Level Of Ability For Unit (integer call)
    - Unit - Count Items Carried (integer call)
    - Unit - Current Order Of Unit (order call)
- Added "Height Offset" Camera Field value
- Added Map Flag values
    - Observers on defeat
    - Use random Heroes
    - Use random races
    - Visibility - Hide Terrain
    - Visibility - Map Explored
    - Visibility - Always Visible

Sound Editor
- Added Edit->Find command (works on sound/music list and variable list).

Object Editor
- Custom Buffs/Effects data (new tab).
- Option to sort objects by name only (View->Sort Objects By Name).
- Holding down Shift while modifying a numerical value will disable all 
  min/max limits for that field (use with caution; this can potentially crash 
  the game!).
- Tech Item dialog allows selection of special multi-unit "Equivalents" (any 
  Altar, etc.).
- Ability dialog allows selection of "None" for "Abilities - Default Active 
  Ability" unit field.
- New unit fields for tier-based tech tree requirements.
- Enabled additional abilities for modification:
      Devour Cargo, Entangled Gold Mine Ability, Load (Entangled Gold Mine), 
  Poison Sting, Way Gate Ability.
- Increased maximum number of workers per gold mine to 32 (was 4).
- Morphing abilities now support different unit types per ability level in the 
  game.
- Doodad "tinting color" fields now dynamically displayed based on number of 
  variations (and they support Auto Fill Levels command).
- Added various new fields:
    - Art - Selection Size - Editor (items)
    - Art - Animation Names (abilities)
    - Art - Lightning Effects (abilities)
    - Data - Uprooted Defense Type ("root" abilities)
    - Stats - Hero - Hide Hero Interface Icon (Hero units)
    - Stats - Hero - Hide Hero Minimap Display (Hero units)

Import Manager
- New command for importing all files within a directory (File->Import Files).
- New command for exporting all files at once (File->Export All Files).

WORLD EDITOR FIXES

General
- Item Tables dialog is accessible from Unit Properties dialog (ROC only).
- Pre-placed summoned units count towards creep camp minimap icons.
- "Extra->Cinematic Arthas" model file reference is invalid.
- Game lock-up when decreasing level of "Attribute Bonus" ability.
- Crash when resizing column in Gameplay Constants/Game Interface dialogs too 
  far to the right.
- Excessive performance loss when units and start locations overlap.
- Doodad "fixed height" status is not preserved across undo operations.
- Setting "Berserker Upgrade" or "Barrage" to researched in Upgrade Properties 
  disables the corresponding units.
- Pre-placed random units may have their team color set to red in game, 
  regardless of owner.
- Unit Properties dialog does not display mana value for buildings with mana.
- Moving a start location which is on top of another start location can cause 
  duplicate start locations.
- Random Group references used for dropped items are not displayed properly in 
  the Object Manager.
- View menu does not always refresh properly after changing layers.
- Advanced->Adjust Cliff Levels does not adjust water height along with 
  terrain.
- Added names for all "unknown" abilities.
- Using lumber upkeep (via Gameplay Constants) can cause the game to crash on 
  the scorescreen.

Trigger Editor
- Unit event "Uses an item" does not fire for items with unlimited charges.
- Action "Player Group - Set Alliance" ignores the player groups and sets the 
  alliance for all players.
- Attempting to enable a trigger does not properly validate that the trigger 
  script compiles.
- Action "Game - Show/Hide Custom Campaign Button" fails if game has been 
  loaded from a saved game.
- Action "Skip Remaining Actions" can cause compile errors if used as a 
  parameter to another function.
- "Event Response - Casting Unit" and "Target Point Of Issued Order" become 
  reset after a "Wait" action.
- Invalid sub-functions are not disabled when pasting triggers.
- Function menu appears in the dialog for setting variable initial values.
- "Automatically create unknown variables when pasting" option does not work 
  for "Set Variable" actions.
- "Edit->Category Is Comment" toggle is not undoable.
- "Game Cache - Cache Value Exists" fails on Integer value types.
- Deleting functions may corrupt the strings within other "cut" functions 
  (manifest after pasting).
- "Event Response - Learned Skill Level" result is off by one for all levels 
  greater than one.
- Variables dialog sorting by Initial Value does not sort properly.
- Unit-Targeted Order for Drunken Haze uses invalid order string "st.rongdrink" 
  (should be "drunkenhaze").
- Map Flag value "Observer chat" is obsolete and causes compile errors.

Sound Editor
- There is no way to remove imported sounds (TFT can use Import Manager).

Object Editor
- Default values for ability levels beyond four are not loaded properly in 
  game.
- Custom "Required Animation Names" values do not display properly in the 
  editor (works in game).
- Character limit on extended tooltip fields too small (was 300, now 1024).
- Custom values of "Techtree - Requirements - Levels" field are not loaded 
  properly in game.
- Maximum value for some ability duration fields is too small (was 300, now 
  3600).
- Ability "data" fields do not show up for custom versions of some abilities.
- Black Arrow data fields list "Damage Bonus" twice. One should be "Summoned 
  Unit Duration."
- Unit/item tooltips referencing custom abilities will display as zero in game.
- Hotkey field not allowed to be empty.
- Changing an object "category" does not automatically refresh the field list, 
  if necessary.
- Maximum value for ability "Stats - Required Level" and "Stats - Level Skip 
  Requirement" is too small (10).
- Upgrade "Techtree - Requirements" fields are not loaded properly beyond 
  level 1 in game.
- Upgrade effect "Ability Level Bonus" does not recognize custom abilities 
  in game.
- Upgrade effect "Ability Level Bonus" does not apply multiple levels to units 
  created after researching.
- "Stats - Build Time" values less than 8 cause Heroes to be unable to revive.
- Extra "data" fields appear for certain Orb abilities.
- "Stats - Levels" field does not appear for non-Hero abilities (where it can 
  be valid in some cases).
- "Stats - Casting Time" and "Stats - Mana Cost" fields do not appear for item 
  abilities (can be valid).
- Three upgrade effects are missing appropriate data and UI: 'rtma', 'rart', 
  'rauv'.
- Setting Ability or Upgrade race to "Critter" or "Commoner" can crash the 
  editor.
- Excessive load times for abilities or upgrades with many levels 
  (noticeably improved).
- Improper truncation of ability name displayed with commas.
- Using 10 Mirror Images will crash the game (max should be 9).
- Values cannot be set to original default values if the campaign value is 
  different.
- Custom doodads/destructibles can be chosen as the base object for a new 
  custom object (leads to crash).
- Object tabs do not always refresh properly after importing "all" object data 
  file.
- Minimum value for Brilliance Aura "Data - Mana Regeneration Increase" is too 
  small (was 1, now 0).
- Maximum value is too small for various ability data fields that can 
  optionally be used as percentages.
- Buildings with no pathing map crash the game.
- Custom abilities based on Locust Swarm do not recognize the "Sound - Effect 
  Sound (Looping)" field.
- Unit field "Abilities - Default Active Ability" does not work with custom 
  abilities.
- Abilities "Essence of Blight" and "Spirit Touch" should not have mana and hp 
  related "Data" fields, respectively.
- "Replenish" and related abilities have a "Stats - Casting Time" field that
  should read "Data - Maximum Units Affected".
- "Parasite" and related abilities have a "Stats - Casting Time" field that
  should read "Data - Summoned Unit Duration".
- Abilities "Defend" and "Magic Defense" do not apply modifiers properly if 
  additional levels are learned while they are active.
- Abilities may display the "editor suffix" corresponding to a different ability.
- Auto Fill dialog allows any character for hotkey fields.
- "Art - Scaling Value" is not applied to building placement cursor in game.
- Pasting "True" values over "False" values does not work.

Campaign Editor
- Custom campaign objects are not listed in dialogs in the rest of the 
  Campaign Editor.
- Custom campaign abilities display every possible "Data" field.
- User-selected variable difficulty level does not take effect in the game.

AI Editor
- Food limit displays as 90, even though 100 (or more) is possible.
- Reloading an already open AI data file does not revert the current data.

NOTES: Replays are incompatible between major game revisions (1.12 replays 
cannot be viewed with the 1.13 version of Warcraft III). Custom save games 
will not load from version 1.12.

Patch 1.13b

Released: December 19, 2003

Version: 1.0.13

Build: 5818

FIXES

- Fixed an issue related to copy protection.

ANNOUNCEMENT

We are aware of some new issues that came up with the release of the 1.13 
patch. We will be releasing a 1.14 patch in the near future that addresses 
some of these issues, including:

- Custom save games from version 1.12 (including those from Orc Act I) 
  incorrectly recognize Hero Agility, causing slow attack speeds after the 
  1.13 patch is applied. This will be fixed in the 1.14 patch.
- Town Portal always places your units to the lower right side of your town 
  hall instead of the location you clicked, as it previously did. This will 
  be fixed in the 1.14 patch.
- If you research the Skeletal Mage upgrade, then you will no longer be able 
  to use the Raise Dead skill on the corpses inside a Meat Wagon. This will 
  be fixed in the 1.14 patch.
- When a unit with Unholy Frenzy is Polymorphed or Hexed, the unit 
  permanently loses 75% of its attack speed. This will be fixed in the 1.14 
  patch.
- If an Orc player uses the spell Spirit Link, and one of the linked units is 
  a Troll Berserker with the Berserk ability active, then all units linked 
  with that Troll will take the increased damage penalty associated with the 
  Berserk ability. This will be fixed in the 1.14 patch.
- If a unit casting a channeling spell dies from Mana Flare, the channeled
  spell lingers in the area permanently. This will be fixed in the 1.14 
  patch.
- The Call to Arms command does not work if you click the button an EVEN 
  number of times. This will be fixed in the 1.14 patch.
* Any other confirmed issues that we can fix in time for the release of the 
  1.14 patch.

Regarding balance, we are currently assessing the state of balance of 1.13 
based on user feedback, online testing, and the review of replays. Although 
we will make some number of balance changes in 1.14, these have yet to be 
determined. 

We appreciate the community's patience and support in our endeavor to further 
tune the play balance, enhance the feature set, and increase the stability 
of Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos and Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne.

- Blizzard Entertainment

Patch 1.14

Released: January 7, 2004

Version: 1.0.14

Build: 5840

FIXES

- Fixed an issue with custom save games from version 1.12 (including those 
  from Orc Act I) so Hero Agility is recognized properly. Attack speeds 
  will now be correct when loading from a previous save game.
- Fixed an issue that caused Scroll of Town Portal to always place your
  units to the lower right side of your town hall instead of the location
  you clicked.
- Fixed an issue with the Skeletal Mage upgrade that prevented the Raise 
  Dead skill from working on the corpses inside Meat Wagons.
- Fixed an issue that caused a unit to permanently lose 75% of its attack
  speed if it was Polymorphed or Hexed while under the effects of Unholy
  Frenzy.
- Fixed an issue with Spirit Link in which, if one of the linked units was
  a Troll Berserker with the Berserk ability active, all units linked with
  that Troll would take the increased damage penalty associated with the 
  Berserk ability.
- Fixed an issue in which, if a unit casting a channeling spell died from
  Mana Flare, the channeled spell would linger in the area permanently.
- Fixed an issue that caused the Call to Arms command not to work if you 
  clicked the button an EVEN number of times.
- Fixed an issue with Hero and unit ability orders in which, under certain 
  conditions, ability orders would not be dispatched properly, causing 
  "lag" or unresponsiveness.
- Fixed an issue that caused Glaive Throwers to lose damage when the
  Vorpal Blades upgrade was researched.

BALANCE CHANGES

Undead
- Anti-magic Shell cost reduced to 100 from 150, and hit points absorbed 
  reduced to 300 from 350.

Night Elf
- Mana Flare area-of-effect damage radius reduced to 200 from 250.

Neutral Units and Heroes
- Nerubian Webspinners now cost 200/35/3, up from 175/25/2.
- Stampede damage reduced from 80 per beast to 60 per beast.
- The Beastmaster bear's Bash ability now stuns Heroes for 1 second instead 
  of 2 seconds.
- Summoned Treants no longer give large gold bounties.

NOTES: Replays are incompatible between major game revisions (1.13 replays 
cannot be viewed with the 1.14 version of Warcraft III).

Patch 1.14b

Released: January 10, 2004

Version: 1.0.14

Build: 5846

FIXES

- Fixed an issue with recalling control groups and quickly pressing 'TAB'
  to change your selected subgroup.

Patch 1.15

Released: April 14, 2004

Version: 1.0.15

Build: 5917

FEATURES

- A new Neutral Hero, the Goblin Tinker, has been added to the game. For
  further information on this strange new Hero and a listing of his abilities,
  visit http://www.battle.net/war3 .
- The matchmaking system has been significantly updated. New accounts should 
  more quickly begin playing against opponents of equivalent skill level.
- Clan ladders are now functional. Games against ranked players will now 
  contribute to your clan's ranking on the ladder. 
- Clan information is now displayed in your player profile, including your 
  clan name, tag, ladder ranking, and more.
- Display of channel moderators has changed.
- Ladder information is now more clearly separated in your user profile.
- Free For All (FFA) games are now anonymous. Account names and player levels 
  will no longer be displayed to other participants. Other players will be 
  displayed as "Player X", where X is the number of the player in the game.
- Added an on/off button for the "Alt" formation toggle functionality to the
  Options --> Gameplay menu. The option is "On" by default.
- Added a "Worker Selection" button that appears beneath the construction 
  progress indicator for Night Elf and Orc buildings. This allows Orc and 
  Night Elf players to re-select workers that are currently constructing a 
  building and give them additional way-pointed orders.
- Added the ability for users to double-click replay files (*.w3g files) from 
  system directories. Doing so will automatically launch the game and load the 
  appropriate replay.
- Buff and debuff icons (not including auras) now flash when their duration 
  has 10 or fewer seconds remaining.
- Buff icons will display in the tooltip when a group-selected unit is 
  highlighted in the info panel.
  
FIXES

- Fixed an issue with cargo based structures/units (Entangled Gold Mines, Orc 
  Burrows, Goblin Zeppelins, etc.) which could cause units to get stuck
  inside permanently.
- Fixed a problem where water elementals that died during Mass Teleport were 
  not being properly removed from the game.
- Fixed an issue that caused hit point bars not to show up properly for some 
  teams when viewing replays.
- Fixed an issue that caused the Anti-magic Shell art to display incorrectly 
  on Crypt Fiends after they unburrow.
- Fixed a problem where a Scroll of Town Portal could be wasted if the 
  targeted town hall was destroyed before the spell completed. The Hero now 
  retains the Scroll if the spell doesn't complete.
- Fixed an issue with the Mountain Giant's Taunt that could cause Invisible 
  and Shadowmelded units to improperly attack and reveal themselves when the 
  ability was activated.
- Fixed an issue with the "Observers on Defeat" functionality that caused 
  units not to be displayed on the minimap.
- Fixed a problem with the Pandaren Brewmaster that caused incorrect 
  regeneration of health and mana while his ultimate was active.
- Fixed a problem with Spell Steal and Polymorph that could turn a ground unit
  into a Flying Sheep.
- Fixed an issue that could cause the Web and Ensnare graphics to display 
  improperly.
- Fixed a problem that caused the Inferno stun damage to not be applied to 
  magic-immune units in The Frozen Throne. All ultimates should ignore magic 
  immunity.
- Fixed some spell targeting issues with Resistant Skin. Doom (and possibly 
  other spells) should work the same way as Charm.
- Fixed an issue with Metamorphosis which prevented some Orb effects 
  from working while the Demon Hunter was in his altered form.
- Fixed a problem with the Scroll of Town Portal which did not allow Heroes 
  to regenerate the appropriate hit points and mana while the spell was being 
  cast.
- Fixed the accidentally inflated hit point regeneration rate on the Naga 
  Sea Witch, Beastmaster, Pandaren Brewmaster, and Spell Breaker back to 
  the standard .25 hit points per second.
- Fixed Shockwave's damage radius to 125.
- Fixed Orb items to now cause the proper damage versus air for melee Heroes.
- Fixed an issue with Militia in which units ordered "Back to Work" could 
  change back into Militia when arriving back at the town hall.
- Fixed Breath of Fire's damage area to more accurately represent a cone area 
  of effect, rather than a line.
- Acolytes harvesting from a Haunted Gold Mine with the Entangling Roots buff 
  now register as idle like other peons. 
- Fixed the Blight generated by the Sacrificial Skull such that a 
  non-Undead building placed on top of the Blight will not remove the 
  Blight when it finishes construction.
  Detonate, Dispel Magic, and Disenchant correctly dispel this Blight.
- Fixed an issue that allowed Banished worker units to build, Repair, 
  and harvest. Note that Detonate and Unsummon will remain unaffected by 
  Banish since they're considered "magical".
- Fixed Lightning Shield so that if two units with Lightning Shields overlap 
  each other, they both correctly take damage.
- Fixed an issue that allowed an ally that did not have Shared Control to 
  Uproot and command your Ancient of Wonders. Allied players without Shared 
  Control should only be able to purchase items from the building.
- Fixed a problem with item-summoned units which would cause them to leave 
  corpses and spawn units from Black Arrow.
- Fixed an issue with Animate Dead which in some cases caused the spell to
  transfer the unit upgrades to the new owner.
- Fixed an issue that prevented players from way-pointing the Faerie 
  Dragon's Mana Flare ability.

MAPS

Expansion - Frozen Throne
- (2)Tirisfal Glades - Added more trees to bottom start location. Mercenary 
  creep camps are better suited to drop a level-4 charged item.
- (2)TheTwoRivers - Removed the Rune of Rebirth from Ogre Mage; added Rune of 
  Mana to Ogre Mage. Lowered Ogre Lord drop from permanent level-6 item to
  level-5 item. Increased level of power up.
- (2)GlacialThaw - The drop tables have been re-adjusted for better one-on-one 
  competition.
- (4)TwistedMeadows - Corner creep camps harder to Gargoyle rush. Replaced 
  Tavern with Goblin Merchant; replaced Marketplace with Tavern. Lowered creep 
  strength for Goblin Merchant. Goblin Laboratories are harder to purchase 
  from without engaging creeps.
- (4)TurtleRock - Added some trees to the south Goblin Merchant area to 
  prevent the player from making purchases from the building without engaging 
  the creeps that guard the building. Changed several creep drops to help with 
  game flow.
- (6)DemonsCrossing - Fixed alliance settings.
- (6)RiverOfSouls - Removed the creeps from the taverns and fixed a cave 
  doodad.
- (8)AzureTowerDefense - Fixed the hotkey for the Azure Wisp 'A'. Fixed a 
  spelling error with 'Upgrade Arrow Damage' tooltip. Azure Witch had a 
  conflicting ability hotkey that has been fixed. Brilliance Aura and Frost 
  Arrow both used 'R'; Brilliance Aura now uses 'A'. The +3 Tome's description 
  now correctly states that it adds +3 to all Hero attributes.

Classic - Reign of Chaos
- (2)Plunder Isle - Added some trees to the north and south location near the 
  Goblin Merchant to prevent the player from making purchases without engaging 
  the creep guarding the building. Cleared some room around the Goblin 
  Merchant to prevent Archer cheese.

BALANCE CHANGES

Human
- Flamestrike damage capped to 5 targets. If more than 5 targets are hit, the 
  damage done to 5 targets normally is split evenly across all available 
  targets.
- Mass Teleport cooldown increased to 20 seconds from 15 seconds.
- Level 1 water elemental damage reduced to 1d5 + 17 from 2d5 + 19, but hit 
  points increased to 525 from 450.
- Bash % chance to hit increased by 5% across all levels.
- Slow mana cost increased to 50 from 40.
- Control Magic mana cost is now calculated based on the target unit's 
  current hit points instead of its maximum hit points. The dynamic mana 
  cost of Control Magic has also been increased to .45 mana per hit point 
  from .3 mana per hit point.
- Spell Breaker feedback damage vs. Heroes reduced to 4 per hit from 5 per 
  hit.
- Dragonhawk Rider damage reduced to 1d3 + 17 from 1d3 + 18.
- Flying Machine damage vs. air increased to 1d2 + 13 from 1d2 + 11.
- Militia are now level-1 units, instead of level-2 units. This causes them 
  to give less experience when killed.
- Scout Towers can be repaired twice as fast as before.

Undead
- Frost Nova cold effect now lasts 2/3/4 seconds against Heroes. It previously 
  lasted 4/6/8 seconds against Heroes.
- Animate Dead mana cost reduced to 175 from 250.
- Death Coil cooldown increased to 6 seconds from 5 seconds.
- The damage a Banshee takes while possessing a unit has been reduced to 
  225% from 300%.
- Anti-magic Shell mana cost reduced to 75 from 100.
- Anti-magic Shell correctly allows self-targeting now.
- Devour Magic cooldown reduced to 7 seconds from 8 seconds.
- Ziggurat armor reduced to 1 from 5.
- Abomination hit points increased to 1175 from 1080.
- Obsidian Statue hit points reduced to 550 from 700.
- Frost Wyrm build time reduced to 65 seconds from 80 seconds.
- Boneyard build time reduced to 70 seconds from 80 seconds.
- Necromancer build time reduced to 24 seconds from 30 seconds.
- Skeletal Longevity now costs 50/75, down from 100/75, and can be researched 
  in 30 seconds, down from 60 seconds.
- Necromancer Adept and Master training now take 30 and 45 seconds to 
  research, down from 60 and 75 seconds.
- Exhume Corpses now requires Halls of the Dead instead of Black Citadel.
- Level-2 Carrion Beetles are now the same size as Ghouls, instead of the 
  same size as Crypt Fiends. Level-3 Carrion Beetles are now the same size 
  as Crypt Fiends, instead of the same size as Abominations.
- Possession damage multiplier reduced to 166% from 225%.

Orc
- Disenchant range increased to 650 from 500, and mana cost reduced to 100 
  from 125.
- Feral Spirit cooldown increased from 25 to 30.
- Troll Batrider's Unstable Concoction has changed such that the Batrider 
  increases speed dramatically when it gets within a short range of its 
  target.
- Liquid Fire damage reduced to 8 per second down from 15 per second.
- Demolisher damage reduced to 1d18 + 71 from 1d19 + 75.
- Troll Headhunter build time reduced to 20 seconds from 22 seconds.
- Spirit Walker build time reduced to 38 from 42.
- Blademaster speed increased to 320 from 300.
- Wind Walk bonus damage increased to 50/85/120 from 50/75/100
- Watch Tower build time increased to 60 seconds from 55 seconds.

Night Elf
- Chimaera movement speed reduced to 250 from 270.
- Fan of Knives level-2 base damage increased to 125 from 120, and 
  level-3 base damage increased from 180 to 190. Although this appears 
  to be an upgrade, it actually is a reduction in overall power. The 
  previous patch had a bug at levels 2 and 3 in which, if 6 or more 
  targets were available, the ability did more than the expected 
  amount of maximum damage. This change remedies that error.
- Mana Flare splash damage no longer harms units that lack a mana pool.
- Wellspring now upgrades Moonwells to 425 mana, down from 500 mana, and 
  Moonwell mana regeneration scaled proportionally.
- Force of Nature casting range increased to 800 from 700.
- Faerie Fire mana cost increased to 45 from 35.

Neutral Units and Heroes
- Dark Ranger starting Agility increased to 21 from 19.
- Breath of Fire now correctly has a cone shape at all levels. Previously, 
  the level-2 and level-3 versions were shaped exactly like Shockwave, 
  while the level-1 area was occupying a much larger area than intended. 
  The spell now hits far fewer targets, which roughly matches the graphic.
  The damage of Breath of Fire has been increased to 65/120/175 from 
  50/100/150 to compensate for this change.   
- Level-3 Quilbeasts' splash radii have been reduced from 75/100/150 to
  25/75/125.
- Drain Life damage increased to 25/40/55 per second from 20/35/50.
- Cleaving Attack damage increased to 30%/55%/80% from 25%/45%/65%.
- Tornado can now cyclone a particular unit more often  once every 22 
  seconds, down from once every 30 seconds.  
- Tornado speed increased to 75 from 60. 
- Zeppelins are now available at the start of the 2nd day, rather than at 
  the first nightfall.
- Neutral Hero lumber cost increased to 135 from 100.
- To purchase from a neutral shop or Mercenary Camp, a valid unit or Hero 
  must now be within 450 distance units, down from 600 distance units. 
  Note that this change does not affect racial shops.

Items
- Boots of Speed now cost 250 gold, up from 150 gold. They are not 
  available until the first nightfall, and are now considered a level-3 
  permanent item, up from level 2. 
- Talisman of the Wild is now a level-5 charged item, up from 4.
- Legion Doom-Horn is now a level-5 permanent item, up from being a 
  level-4 permanent item.
- Wand of Lightning Shield reduced to 2 charges from 3.
- Orb of Venom poison damage increased to 9 per second from 7 per second.
- Orb of Fire cost reduced to 275 gold from 300 gold.
- Staff of Preservation cooldown increased to 30 seconds from 15 seconds.

Miscellaneous
- All autocast buffs and debuffs cast by racial units now have a cooldown 
  of 1 second. Before, some had cooldowns of 0 seconds, while others had 
  cooldowns of 1 second. This change does not include Priest Heal.
- Hero spell resistance increased to 30% reduction from 25% reduction.

WORLD EDITOR FEATURES/IMPROVEMENTS

General
- Added Game Interface fields for "Text - Unit Classification".
- Reduced minimum map size to 32 (was 64).

Trigger Editor
- Added new functions:
  - Hero - Hero Proper Name (string call)
  - Player - Divert Player Income (Tax) (action)
  - Player - Player Tax Rate (integer call)
  - Unit - Add Classification (action)
  - Unit - Remove Classification (action)
  - Unit - Issue Order Targeting An Item (action)
  - Unit Group - Issue Order Targeting An Item (action)

Object Editor
- Enabled additional abilities for modification: Poison Arrows and Blighted
  Gold Mine ability.
- Added checkbox UI for Channel ability "Data - Options" field.
- Added new fields:
  - Stats - Hero - Hide Hero Death Message (Hero units)
  - Stats - Hide Minimap Display (units)

WORLD EDITOR FIXES

General
- Custom abilities are now disabled properly via the Ability Properties 
  dialog.
- Object Properties dialogs now properly load facing angles between 270-360 
  degrees.
- Fixed a crash that could occur when modifying very long Game Interface text 
  fields.

Trigger Editor
- Abilities added via "Unit - Add Ability" action now properly apply currently 
  researched "Ability Level Bonus" upgrade effects.
- Dialogs now respond to clicking the 12th button.
- Compile errors in the custom script section no longer disable all triggers 
  or lead to an infinite loop of error messages.

Object Editor
- Import/Export menu items now properly update text for Buffs/Effects tab.
- Warnings about resetting objects now appropriately refer to the current tab.
- Maximum value of "Data - Maximum Creep Level" has been increased in order
  to work with some abilities (Devour, Possession, Item Command).
- Ability "Item Attack Corruption Bonus" now has the correct data fields.
- Ability "Thorns Aura (Neutral Hostile)" now has the correct data fields.
- Fixed some abilities that did not recognize non-default buffs and/or 
  effects.
- (Mac only) Mousing over the "New Custom Buff" toolbar button will no longer 
  crash the editor.

NOTES: Replays are incompatible between major game revisions (1.14 replays
cannot be viewed with the 1.15 version of Warcraft III). Custom save games 
will not load from version 1.14.

Patch 1.16

Released: May 10, 2004

Version: 1.0.16

Build: 5926

BALANCE CHANGES

Human
- Rifleman hit points reduced to 505 from 520.

Undead
- Destroyer negative mana regeneration increased to -6/sec from -3/sec.
- Mana gain of Devour Magic increased to 150 per dispelled unit from 75 per
  dispelled unit.
- Orb of Annihilation mana cost increased to 50 from 25.
- Orb of Annihilation had a splash damage that was dealing full damage to 
  all targets instead of full damage to the primary target, and reduced 
  damage to nearby targets. This discrepancy has been fixed and the orb 
  now deals damage identical to the functionality in patch 1.14.

Orc
- Bladestorm mana cost reduced to 200 from 250.
- Troll Batrider hit points reduced to 400 from 500.
- Demolisher build time increased to 40 seconds from 36 seconds.

Neutral Heroes
- Cluster Rockets cooldown reduced to 6 seconds from 7 seconds.
- Pocket Factory cooldown reduced to 35 seconds from 40 seconds.
- Pit Lord base Strength increased to 26 from 24.
- Dark Minion hit points increased from 200/260/320 to 215/290/405 and armor 
  reduced to 0/0/0 from 1/2/3.
- Breath of Fire has been damage capped to 8 targets. Note that this does 
  not affect the amount of damage dealt by burning damage from the Breath 
  of Fire / Drunken Haze combination.
- Storm, Earth and Fire Pandaren hit points increased by 200, and attack 
  damage increased by 33%.

Items
- Shared cooldown of 20 seconds added on all summoning items.
- Wand of Lightning Shield given 10-second cooldown.
- Staff of Preservation max stock set to 1, down from 2.
- Sentry Ward item duration reduced to 5 minutes from 10 minutes.

NOTES: Replays are incompatible between major game revisions (1.15 replays
cannot be viewed with the 1.16 version of Warcraft III). Custom save games 
will not load from version 1.15.

Patch 1.17

Released: September 20, 2004

Version: 1.0.17

Build: 5988

FEATURES

- Two new Neutral Heroes, the Firelord and the Goblin Alchemist, have been 
  added to the game. For further information on these exciting new Heroes 
  and a listing of their abilities, visit http://www.battle.net/war3 .
- A "Profile" button has been added to the Battle.net toolbar. You can now
  look at your profile from the Battle.net news page without ever entering
  chat.
- Replays now display their version number in the Replay selection screen.
- Designating a new clan chieftain now includes a confirmation dialogue.
- 9 maps from our Bonus Map program including (8)Funny Bunny's Egg Hunt, 
  (8)Shamrock Reef, (8)Dragon Falls, (8)Deadlock, (8)Gold Rush, (8)Slalom,
  (6)Copper Canyon, (6)Rolling Hills, and (4)Predators.
  
FIXES

- Fixed a problem with Burning Oil that caused the effect to not be created
  when buildings were attacked directly.
- Fixed a problem that caused some instant spells cast after a targeted
  spell to execute before the targeted spell.
- Fixed problems with the Melee AI when it attempted to use certain 
  instant spells.
- Fixed a problem with Morphing units re-executing commands that were
  interrupted by the morph timer expiring.
- Fixed an exploit that would allow players to track enemy units under
  the fog of war with queued move commands.
- Fixed a problem with units following enemy units and never proceeding
  to the next order when they moved underneath the fog.
- Fixed a problem with Envenomed Spears wearing off too early if the
  affected unit was also affected by Slow Poison or the Orb of Venom.
- Fixed the invisibility transition time for levels 2 and 3 of Wind Walk.
- Fixed the orb air attack speeds for the Blood Mage, Pit Lord, and Fire
  Lord.
- Fixed the armor upgrade values for Human, Orc, and Undead shops.
- Fixed a problem preventing Phased Faerie Dragons from teleporting.
- Fixed an issue with Faerie Dragons that could cause them to become 
  unresponsive to most commands if you Phase Shifted just as the unit was
  attacking something.
- Fixed Doom so that the spell now has a maximum creep level.
- Fixed an issue that caused Crypt Fiends to deactivate Web when they
  unburrowed.
- Fixed a problem with Cleaving Attack that would prevent it from working
  when Orbs were equipped.
- Fixed an issue with Cleaving Attack that would cause Thorns Aura to
  reflect damage on targets that took splash damage.
- Fixed an issue that could cause the Orb of Annihilation's splash damage
  to ignore armor.
- Fixed a problem that could cause Metamorphosis to cancel the effects of
  a Staff of Teleportation.
- Fixed Devour such that devoured units now give experience to the owner of 
  the Kodo Beast if it gets polymorphed/hexed and instantly digests the unit.
- Fixed rally points such that friendly units will no longer cancel rally 
  orders to Heroes that teleport, Blink, or Mirror Image.
- Fixed illusions so they now get correct damage, armor, life, and mana 
  bonuses consistent with the original units.
- Fixed an issue with morphed units that could cause them to cost food when 
  revived by Animated Dead if they had died in their morphed form.
- Fixed the Storm Pandaren (from the Pandaren Brewmaster's ultimate) so it
  now correctly displays Wind Walk's backstab damage.
- Fixed a problem with Flame Strike that wouldn't allow Blood Mages to
  become invisible after they finished channeling the spell. Prior to this
  fix, the Blood Mage would become visible for as long as damage was taking
  place, despite the fact that he was no longer casting the spell.
- Fixed upgrading buildings such that they now receive the correct hit point 
  bonus from the Masonry upgrade.
- Fixed a problem that could cause manually cast arrow abilities to
  occasionally fail.
- Fixed racial shops so they no longer block line of sight.
- Fixed multiple units' casting the same spell so they now distribute the 
  load more efficiently.
- Fixed creeps so that missile spells no longer wake them when launched.
  Instead, the creeps now wake when a spell hits.
- Fixed channeling units so they will auto-queue orders issued to the entire 
  selection except for Stop and Hide. Orders issued to the selected subgroup 
  will break channeling (so you can teleport out of the area while
  channeling). 
- Fixed units in the middle of a non-channeling spell such that they will now
  auto-queue all orders until the spell is complete.
- Fixed Hero icons so their order is now consistent throughout the game.
- Fixed replay speeds so they can once again be changed while the replay 
  is paused.


MAPS

Expansion - Frozen Throne
- (4)Turtle Rock - Top right and bottom left creep camps now drop equivalent 
  items.
- (4)Twisted Meadows - Added some trees near the south Mercenary Camp
  to prevent mercenary purchase without engaging the creeps. Also added
  some trees to prevent item purchase from Goblin Merchant without
  engaging creep camp.
- (6)Demon's Crossing - Removed the two Dragon Roosts and their accompanying 
  creep camps from both sides of the map, then altered the creep camp 
  guarding the remaining Dragon Roost. Rebalanced most of the creep camps to 
  be more player friendly.
- (6)Monsoon - Added some trees near the water line to prevent units from 
  moving behind them.
- (6)Typhoon - Added some trees near the expansion gold mines to prevent the 
  creeps from harassing players when they pass by. Added some trees to start 
  locations and moved bottom middle start location closer to trees to help 
  with initial harvesting.
- (6)Upper Kingdom - The two center creep camps that are guarding gold mines 
  have been pushed back from common pathing areas.
- (8)Mur'gul Oasis - Center creeps pushed further back away from common 
  pathing areas through the middle.
- (8)Gold Rush - Fixed missing Tavern from the bottom left corner.

Classic - Reign of Chaos
- (6)Dark Forest - Cleaned up some trees to provide wider areas for larger
  groups to path through. The creep camp guarding the top middle expansion 
  gold mine no longer attacks units that path nearby.


BALANCE CHANGES

General
- Haunted and Entangled Gold Mines are now indicated on the minimap.
- The experience bonus for having a single Hero and owning a tier-2 or 
  tier-3 town hall has been increased to +15%/+30% from +10%/+20%.
- Line damage spells such as Shockwave, Carrion Swarm, Breath of Fire, and 
  Breath of Frost no longer damage a targeted friendly unit.
- Default autocast spells (like Abolish Magic or Bloodlust) that require 
  research will now have autocast enabled when the research completes.
- Arrow abilities set to autocast now override Orb effects.
- Repairing an upgrading building now uses the repair time and cost of the 
  original building.
- Harvesting, building, and repairing workers are the only units left 
  behind by a teleport.
- Hexed and polymorphed units now have the same statistics as the normal 
  units except for movement speed and the model. Previously, these abilities
  were changing the armor type and hit point regeneration type.
- Constructing Peasants are now included in group selections. A
  constructing Peasant will automatically queue all orders unless it is
  the only unit selected, or until it receives a Stop order.
- Channeling ultimates now cancel invulnerability. If an invulnerability 
  spell is used while channeling, channeling will end.
- Damage-capped AOE spells now have a seperate cap for friendly, enemy, 
  and neutral units.
- Enemy units now take damage from Lightning Shielded illusions.
- If a unit is rallied to a unit/Hero that dies, the rallied unit will 
  now continue to move towards the last spot the rally target occupied.

Human
- Defend has been reworked. Piercing damage is still reduced by 50%, and 
  there is now an additional 30% chance that a defending Footman will
  reflect unit attacks back on the source for full damage. Piercing damage 
  building attacks have a 30% chance to do no damage.
- Banish now costs mana 75/60/50 by level, and has a 0-second cooldown at all 
  levels, down from 5/3/1 seconds.
- Siphon Mana drain per second has been reduced to 15/30/45 from 18/35/55.
- Siphon Mana has been reworked. It now transfers mana from an enemy to the 
  Blood Mage, or from the Blood Mage to an ally. Additionally, Siphon Mana
  can push the Blood Mage's mana up to as much as twice its normal maximum
  value, though mana gained in this way drains off rapidly if not used. 
- Blood Mage attack speed increased by 30%. 
- Flame Strike damage cap set to the equivalent of 6 targets, up from 5. 
- Knight hit points increased to 835 from 800. 
- Arcane Towers now deal 20 bonus damage per attack to summoned units.
- Divine Shield can no longer be deactivated.
- Phoenixes no longer regenerate life from a Fountain of Health.

Undead
- Death Knight base armor reduced to 3 from 4. 
- Banshee attack range increased to 600 from 500.
- Units raised by Animate Dead are now invulnerable to dispels as well as 
  damage.
- Destroyers no longer regenerate mana from a Fountain of Mana.
- Unsummoning an upgraded building now provides resources for the original 
  building in addition to the cost of the upgrade (before it was just the 
  cost of the upgrade).
- The Nerubian Towers' frost attacks now properly affect magic-immune units.
- Devour Magic now dispels the owl summoned by Sentinel, but does not give
  mana to the Destroyer.
- Since we have corrected the splash damage bug with Destroyers, we have 
  reverted Destroyers to their old 1.14 statistics.  Destroyers now have 
  mana regeneration of -3/sec (down from -6/sec), Orb of Annihilation 
  now costs 25 mana down from 50 mana, and Devour Magic restores 75 mana 
  per unit dispelled, down from 150.  Note that Devour Magic no longer 
  gives health or mana when a player devours friendly buffs.

Orc
- Wind Walk now allows the Blademaster to walk through units.
- Wind Walk's backstab damage reduced to 40/70/100 from 50/85/120.
- Unstable Concoction primary target damage increased to 600 from 550.
- Chain Lightning will now jump to sleeping targets if the primary target
  is also asleep.
- Tauren Chieftain base Intelligence increased to 15 from 14. 
- Troll Batrider build time increased from 25 to 28. 
- Experience granted for killing the Spirit Wolves summoned by the spell 
  Feral Spirit increased by approximately 40%.
- Spirit Link can now be used to affect illusions.
- Spirit Walkers now appear before Raiders and Kodo Beasts in the group 
  selection.
- Troll Batriders can no longer use Unstable Concoction while Banished.

Night Elf
- Abolish Magic no longer auto-dispels hero spells.
- Abolish Magic no longer removes positive buffs on friendlies or negative
  buffs on enemies when manually cast (it already did this for autocast).
- Rejuvination can now target magic immune units.
- Faerie Fire armor debuff reduced to 4 from 5.
- Archer hit points increased to 245 from 240. 
- Faerie Dragon damage increased to 14-16 from 13-14.
- Level-1 Entangling Roots base duration reduced to 9 seconds from 12, but 
  level-3 Entangling Roots damage increased to 25 per second from 15 per 
  second.
- Ancient Protector's attack now uses a homing missile.
- The Huntress' bouncing attacks will no longer bounce back to the initial 
  target.
- Shadow Strike is no longer removed by Banish.
- Taunt now affects only the 10 closest units. It is also now disabled by 
  Banish.

Neutrals
- Naga Sea Witch speed reduced to 270 from 300.
- Cluster Rockets mana cost reduced to 70 from 75. 
- Voidwalker mercenaries now cost 2 food, up from 1.
- Hydras spawned from a splitting parent are no longer considered summoned 
  units.

Items
- Targeting an unwalkable location with a Scroll of Town Portal will now
  try to place units as close to that location as possible. If no valid
  location can be found, the units will be teleported to an area around
  the town hall.
- All Orbs now affect magic-immune units.
- Orb of Corruption debuff can no longer be dispelled.
- Orb of Fire now deals Spell damage instead of Magic damage. 
- Mechanical Critters are no longer displayed on the minimap.
- Mechanical Critters no longer teleport with you.
- Amulet of Spell Shield no longer blocks physical skills (e.g., Ensnare).

NOTES: Replays are incompatible between major game revisions (1.16 
replays cannot be viewed with the 1.17 version of Warcraft III). 
Custom save games will not load from version 1.16.

Patch 1.18

Released: March 1, 2005

Version: 1.0.18

Build: 6030

FEATURES

- 6 maps from our Bonus Map program including (4)Excavation Site, (2)Echo
  Isle, (6)Hinterland Raid, (6)Ruins of Stratholme, (8)Azeroth Grand Prix,
  (8)Extreme Candy Wars 2004.

FIXES

- Fixed a problem that prevented selection sounds from playing when 
  units were drag-selected.
- Fixed a problem that caused Gargoyles to become stuck in Stone Form.
- Fixed a problem with Dark Ritual or Death Pact leaving an unusable
  corpse.
- Fixed a problem that caused a player's units to continue to harvest
  resources after they were dropped and no one has control of them.
- Fixed a problem that allowed Ethereal units to take Physical damage from
  missiles that were in flight as they became Ethereal.
- Fixed a problem that allowed Magic Immune units to take Magical damage
  from missiles that were in flight as they became Magic Immune.
- Fixed a problem that allowed Unstable Concoction to kill the casting
  Batrider even after its target became Ethereal.
- Fixed the visibility of the Flamestrike de-buff icon.
- Fixed a problem with Defend not absorbing Piercing splash damage.
- Fixed a problem with melee units with Incinerate not damaging any units
  that they would Incinerate.
- Fixed a problem that caused Heroes holding items that increase their 
  primary attribute to display an increase in their base damage on the
  info panel. Their actual damage was not affected.
- Fixed a problem that allowed morphing units in their alternate form to
  retain their alternate form bonuses when killed by a Mana Flare when
  activating their alternate form.
- Fixed a problem that allowed Destroyers to use Devour Magic on Watcher
  Wards.
- Fixed a problem that prevented Watcher Wards from being revealed by the
  Dust of Appearance.
- Fixed a problem that removed the Summoned state from Carrion Beetles
  when they burrow.
- Fixed a problem with Metamorphosis and Chemical Rage that allowed the
  timer to remain active after the Hero had died.
- Fixed a problem with Goblin Zeppelins being considered Undead instead of
  Mechanical in custom Reign of Chaos maps.
  
MAPS

- (8)Crossroads - Fixed a grammatical error.

BALANCE CHANGES

Undead
- Banshee build time has been reduced to 28 seconds from 35 seconds.

Neutral
- Drunken Haze movement reduction has been changed to increase by level.  
  The new ranks are: 15% / 30% / 50% from the previous 50% / 50% / 50%.
- Breath of Fire initial damage reduced to 65/125/170 from 65/130/175.  
- Tornado mana cost has been reduced to 200 mana from 250 mana.
- Incinerate can now be turned on or off.  When turned on, it 
  consumes 6 mana per attack.  It is otherwise unchanged.
- Lava Spawns now require 15 attacks to replicate, up from 14.
- Summon Quilbeast cooldown increased to 25 seconds from 20 seconds.
- Summon Hawk mana cost increased to 50 mana from 35 mana.
- Pocket factory hit points increased to 300/450/600 by level from
  300/400/500.
- Healing Spray effect per wave increased to 40/55/70 from 35/50/65

Items
- Staff of Teleportation gold cost has been increased to 150 gold from 100
  gold.
  
WORLD EDITOR FEATURES

Trigger Editor
- Added new functions:
  - Environment: Terrain Pathability
  - Environment: Terrain Tile Type
  - Environment: Terrain Tile Variance
  - Floating Text: Permanent/Expires
  - Floating Text: Suspend/Resume
  - Floating Text: Change Position to Point
  - Floating Text: Change Position to Unit
  - Floating Text: Change Age
  - Floating Text: Change Lifespan
  - Floating Text: Change Fadepoint
  - Floating Text: Change Text
  - Game: Enable/Disable Selection (Functionality and/or UI)
  - Game: Enable/Disable Pre-Selection (Functionality and/or UI)
  - Game: Enable/Disable Drag-Selection (Functionality and/or UI)
  - Trigger: Get Trigger Name
- Added new unit states:
  - Plagued
  - Snared
  - Stunned
  - Poisoned
  - Polymorphed
  - Sleeping
  - Resistant
  - Ethereal
  - Magic Immune
- Lightning triggers now have their own category.
- Lightning triggers now use the Z coordinate of the specified Location.
- Custom Lightning triggers can now use an explicit Z coordinate.

WORLD EDITOR FIXES

- Fixed custom buff support for Black Arrow, Cloud of Fog, Inferno, Aerial
  Shackles, and Tornado.
- Fixed multiple-level support for Shadowmeld.
- Fixed Rain of Chaos' order id.

Patch 1.19

Released: September 19, 2005

Version: 1.0.19

Build: 6041

MAPS

- (2)Echo Isles  
   - Added ranged creep to expansion goldmines. 
   - Replaced both Fountains of Health with Mercenary camps and changed 
      the creep composition so that they're not all piercing attack.
   - Replaced the mana fountain with a Market Place and changed the level
     3 perm item drops to level 3 charged items.
   - Replaced one Troll Trapper with an equal level Ogre to the all troll
     trapper green camp next to each start location.

- (2)Tirisfal Glade 
   - Added a tavern to each side of the map, reduced the level of the creep 
     that guard the Mercenary buildings as well as the level of the items 
     they drop, and reduced two Orange  creep camps and level of the item 
     drops.

- (4)Turtle Rock 
   - Opened areas of the map to help alleviate strong choke points that 
     favor ranged unit combat. 

- (4)Broken Shard  
   - Replaced the 4 center orange camps with 4 green camps.
   - Replaced two ranged units with two melee units to the creep camps
     guarding the Goblin Merchants.
   - Increased the Orange camp levels near each start location and added
     an additional item to each of those camps.

- (4)Hellfire 
   - Reduced the creep level on the two middle Red creep camps.
   - Reduced the creep level on the East and West Goblin Laboratory creep
     camps.

- (4)Stonecold Mountain 
   - All creep with the ability to possess units have been removed from
     this map.

- (4)Lost Temple 
   - Added a few trees to all the start locations to ensure better 
     balance of lumber harvesting for all races.

- (4)Twisted Meadows  
   - Changed the level 4 charged item drops at the Goblin Merchant to 
     level 4 permanent drops.

- (6)Sunrock Cove 
   - Added pathing room around Goblin Laboratory and removed the clump of
     trees in front of the Goblin Laboratory to enhance game play.
   - Lowered the goldmine creep camp from Red to Green
   - Pushed Blue's West ramp further from its start location.

- (6)GnollWood  
   - Removed all Gnoll Assassins from the Goblin Merchant creep camps, 
     replaced with Gnoll Brutes. 

- (6)Typhoon
   - Fixed Red and Teal start locations to be closer to the goldmines 
     like the other start locations.

- (6)Silverpine Forest 
   - Removed the Tavern from all start locations
   - Can now path across the center of the map, added a Tavern to the 
     center of the map.
   - Reduced the Item and creep levels of the 4 Red camps in the center
     of the map.
   - The 6 center goldmines have been reduced in difficulty of creep 
     camps.

- (6)Dragonblight  
   - The two center creep camps have been pushed away from pathable area
     to prevent accidental attacks.
   - The players alliance settings have been changed to favor 2v2.

- (6)Moonglade  New Map File
   - Two center creep camps and buildings have been removed.
   - Added two taverns to the center of the map.
   - Opened up all chokepoints
   - Added some trees to all start locations to help harvesting.

- (6)Everfrost 
   - Added a few trees to Yellow and Teal start locations to ensure 
     lumber harvesting balance.
   - Added ground Anti-Air units to the East and West Red creep camps.

  
- Bonus Maps Added to Battle.net
  - (2)Shrine of the Ancients
  - (2)Terenas Stand
  - (4)Phantom Grove
  - (4)Deathrose
  - (6)Everfrost
  - (6)Sunrock Cove
  - (6)Emerald Shores
  - (6)Duststorm
  - (8)Full Scale Assault
  - (8)Hurricane Isle
  - (8)Cherryville
  - (10)Skibis Castle TD
  - (12)Worm War 
  

BALANCE CHANGES

Items
- Creep-dropped item sell prices have been standardized.  Items of the
   same level will now generally sell for the same amount. 
 
Undead
- Skeletal Mastery research time reduced to 30 seconds from 45 seconds. 
- Skeletal Longevity research time reduced to 15 seconds from 30 seconds. 
- Exhume Corpses research now costs 75 gold / 50 lumber down from 125 
   gold/ 100 lumber.
- Destroyer armor reduced to 3 from 4.
 
Orc
- Spiritwalkers now have the passive Resistant Skin ability.  This 
   causes some spells such as Cyclone and Slow to have a much shorter 
   duration when used on a Spiritwalker.  Resistant skin also grants 
   immunity to certain other spells such as Polymorph and Possession. 
- Ensnare duration reduced from 15 seconds to 12 seconds.
- Batrider hit points reduced to 325 from 400. 
  
Night Elf
- Tree of Life build time increased to 120 seconds from 110 seconds. 
 
Human
- Human Towers (Guard, Cannon, Arcane and Scout) now gain 1 armor per
   masonry upgrade, down from 2. 
  

  
WORLD EDITOR CHANGES

Trigger Editor
- The "Image" category and actions now appear after the "Item" category.
- The "Ubersplat" category and actions now appear after the "Unit Group"
   category.
- Fixed script generation errors when using the "Terrain Pathing Is Off" 
   function.  This is now a Boolean function.
- Fixed script generation errors when using variables of the following 
   types:
    - Attack Type
    - Combat Sound
    - Damage Type
    - Effect Type
    - Pathing Type
    - Sound Type
- Sorted lightning type presets.
- Appended "Cliff" to cliff terrain types, to distinguish them from 
   non-cliff terrain types.
- Renamed "Life Drain" and "Mana Drain" to "Drain Life" and "Drain Mana",
   respectively.
- Cleaned up the name, grammar text, hints and/or sorting order for the
   following trigger functions/calls:
    - (Boolean) Environment - Terrain Pathing Is Off  (was Terrain 
      Pathable)
    - (Unit) Event Response - Damage Source
    - (String) Game - Ability Name
    - (String) Game - Ability Effect Art Path  (was Ability Effect Art)
    - (String) Game - Ability Effect Sound Name  (was Ability Sound)
    - (String) Hero - Hero Proper Name
    - (String) Trigger - Trigger Name
    - (Real) Lightning - Red Color of Lightning
    - (Real) Lightning - Green Color of Lightning
    - (Real) Lightning - Blue Color of Lightning
    - (Real) Lightning - Alpha Value of Lightning  (was Alpha Color of 
       Lightning)
- Cleaned up the name, grammar text, hints and/or sorting order for the 
    following trigger actions:
    - Environment - Change Terrain Type
    - Environment - Turn Terrain Pathing On/Off  (was Turn Pathing 
      On/Off)
    - Floating Text - Suspend/Resume
    - Floating Text - Permanent/Expires
    - Floating Text - Change Color
    - Floating Text - Change Lifespan
    - Floating Text - Change Fading Age  (was Change Fadepoint)
    - Floating Text - Change Age
    - Game - Enable/Disable Selection  (was Enable/Disable Select)
    - Game - Enable/Disable Drag-Selection  (was Enable/Disable Drag 
      Select)
    - Game - Enable/Disable Pre-Selection  (was Enable/Disable Pre 
      Select)
    - Image - Create
    - Image - Change Color
    - Image - Change Render State
    - Image - Change Render Always State
    - Image - Change Above Water State
    - Lightning - Create Lightning Effect  (was Create Lightning Effect 
      At Points)
    - Lightning - Move Lightning Effect  (was Move Lightning Effect To
      Points)
    - Lightning - Set Lightning Effect Color
    - Unit - Add Classification
    - Unit - Remove Classification
    - Unit - Issue Drop Item Order  (was Drop Item On A Point)
    - Unit - Issue Move Item In Inventory Order  (was Drop Item In Slot)
    - Unit - Issue Give Item Order  (was Drop Item On A Unit)
    - Unit - Damage Area
    - Unit - Damage Target
    - Unit - Decrease Level Of Ability For Unit
    - Unit - Increase Level Of Ability For Unit
    - Unit - Set Level Of Ability For Unit
    - Ubersplat - Create
    - Ubersplat - Change Render State
    - Ubersplat - Change Render Always State
- Added an event and three new trigger functions for future tournament
   support:
    - (Trigger Event) Tournament Event
    - (Real) Tournament Time Remaining
    - (Integer) Tournament Melee Score
    - (Integer) Tournament Finish Rule

Patch 1.19b

Released: September 21, 2005

Version: 1.0.19

Build: 6046

FIXES

- Fixed a crash that could happen in multiplayer games.

Patch 1.20

Released: October 3, 2005

Version: 1.20.0

Build: 6048

BUG FIXES

- Fixed a Bug that disabled Spirit Walkers from resurrecting other Spirit 
  Walkers.

MAPS

- (6)WizardsRetreat
   - separated two creep camps near both corner starting locations to
     prevent them from calling each other for help when one is attacked.  

- (6)Gnollwood
   - separated two creep camps near merchant buildings to prevent them from 
     calling each other for help when one is attacked.  

- (6)BlizzardTD 
   - Fixed phase-shifting units to behave normally when attacked. 
 
- (12)WormWar 
   - Fixed a bug that causes player worms to become immobile after using
     powerups while respawning.

Patch 1.20b

Released: December 12, 2005

Version: 1.20.0

Build: 6056

FIXES

- Fixed a crash that could happen in multiplayer games.

Patch 1.20c

Released: January 9, 2006

Version: 1.20.0

Build: 6065

FIXES

- Fixed a crash that could happen in multiplayer games.

Patch 1.20d

Released: April 21, 2006

Version: 1.20.0

Build: 6070

FIXES

- Fixed an exploit that could happen in multiplayer games.

Patch 1.20e

Released: June 22, 2006

Version: 1.20.0

Build: 6074

FIXES

- Fixed an exploit that could happen in multiplayer games.

MAPS

- Replays saved with older versions of a map are no longer compatible.

- (2)TerenasStand
   - Added some trees to high ground above Red start location to prevent
     a siege unit attack imbalance.
   - Replaced Mercenary Camp type from Village to Lordaeron Summer.

Patch 1.21

Released: Janaury 22, 2007

Version: 1.21.0

Build: 6263

FEATURES

- The game now runs natively on both PowerPC-based and Intel-based Macs.
- Player can now view frames per second using the "/fps" chat command.

FIXES

- Fixed a timing problem with the game on PCs with dual-core CPUs.
- Fixed a crash that could occur with the Frost Breath ability.
- Fixed a crash that could happen in multiplayer games.
- Fixed an exploit that could happen in multiplayer games.

Important Note on Patching for Mac Players: The file layout inside the
game folder is changed significantly by Patch 1.21.  As a result, in order
to be able to install the Frozen Throne expansion from CD, you must
install Reign of Chaos first, then install Frozen Throne from CD, and then
patch to version 1.21, in that order.  If you patch to v1.21 and then
attempt to install Frozen Throne after that, it will not install
correctly.

MAPS

- New maps:
  - (2)SecretValley
  - (6)BomberCommand
- (4)LostTemple (RoC)
  - The 4 Forest Troll Berserkers by the natural expansions now drop Level
    2 Permanent instead of Level 2 Charged items
- (4)TurtleRock
  - The 4 Ogre Warriors along the outer pathways now drop Level 2
    Permanent instead of Level 2 Charged items
- (6)GnollWood
  - The 4 Gnoll Brutes by the central Item Shops now drop Level 2
    Permanent instead of Level 2 Charged items

Patch 1.21b

Released: February 6, 2008

Version: 1.21.0

Build: 6300

FEATURES

- The game no longer requires the CD to play.

Patch 1.22

Released: June 30, 2008

Version: 1.22.0

Build: 6328

FEATURES

- There is now a replay auto-save feature in the options menu. Replays
   are automatically saved to the "replay" folder.
- The game is now automatically saved in the event of a potential
   disconnect. These saved games are placed in the "save" folder.
- Player color selection can now be limited by the number of players in 
   the game using an option in the "Advanced Options" screen during game
   creation.
- Added an option to always show unit and building health bars.
- You can now enable and disable the display of minimap signals
   from players and other observers using chat commands: 
   /showminimapsignals and /hideminimapsignals.
- Added a new in-game cheat "maxfps" to limit the maximum frame rate to
   the given number. Example: "maxfps 30" will set the maximum frame rate
   to 30 FPS.

BALANCE CHANGES

HUMAN
- Scout Tower repair rate changed from 12 to 20.
- Knight damage increased: Attack cooldown changed from 1.50 to
   1.40 and base damage increased from 25 to 28 (Average damage is 34).

UNDEAD
- Increased Ziggurat base armor from 1 to 5.
- Reduced the build time of the Necropolis from 120 to 100.

NIGHT ELF
- Reduce the Orb of venom poison duration from 10 seconds to 8 seconds.
- Increase the experience gain from Dryads from Level 2 (40xp) to 
   Level 3 (60 xp).

FIXES

- The cooldown on unlimited usable items (example: the staff of 
   preservation) now persists after the item is dropped or traded.
- A cooldown exploit with potions has been fixed.
- When you unburrow a Crypt Fiend, its auto-cast will no longer be toggled
   off.
- An exploit bug in which items could lose their cooldowns when transferred
   between heroes has been fixed.
- Fixed DotA-specific sound effects on Intel Macs.
- Fixed sound falloff on Intel Macs. Distant sounds should now still be
  audible.

MAPS

- New maps from contest winners:
 - (2)MeltingValley
 - (2)RoadToStratholme
 - (4)CentaurGrove
 - (4)TidewaterGlades

Patch 1.23

Released: March 20, 2009

Version: 1.23.0

Build: 6352

FEATURES

- Battle.net now uses a new banner ad system. 

FIXES

- Fixed an exploit where an altered custom map would be seen identical to
   the original custom map.
- Fixed an issue where some patches could not apply on Intel Macs. 

Patch 1.24

Released: August 4, 2009

Version: 1.24.0

Build: 6372

PC WORLD EDITOR CHANGES

- Added new JASS hash table functions to replace the lost functionality from 
   fixing unsafe type casting.
   - Hash Table - Save Item Handle
   - Hash Table - Save Unit Handle
   - ...
   - Hash Table - Load Item Handle
   - Hash Table - Load Unit Handle
   - ...
   - Hash Table - Get Handle ID

FIXES

- Fixed an exploit related to unsafe type casting that allowed users to 
   execute arbitrary code in maps.
- Fixed the JASS unsafe type casting exploit ("return bug").
- Fixed several World Editor crashes.

Patch 1.24b

Released: August 25, 2009

Version: 1.24.1

Build: 6374

PC WORLD EDITOR CHANGES

- Increased max map file size from 4 MB to 8 MB.
- Added the ability to store hashtable handles in a hashtable.
- Added GetSpellTargetX and GetSpellTargetY natives.
- Added a new base handle type “Agent” of which many types now extend from.
- Added a SaveAgentHandle native which can be used for saving most handle types.
- Added a JASS optimization dealing with global variable change events.

FIXES

- Fixed a few false positives caused by the "return bug" fix.
- Fixed a crash related to hashtable reference counting.
- “Shadowing” global variables with local variables no longer is possible.
- Fixed a type conversion dealing with operators (i.e. adding a handle with an integer).

Patch 1.24c

Released: December 1, 2009

Version: 1.24.2

Build: 6378

FIXES

- Fixed a problem with the "Chapter Six: The Culling" human campaign map
  that was preventing it from loading.
- Fixed an issue that allowed JASS functions to return incorrect values
  under certain conditions.
- Fixed an issue that caused the TriggerEvaluate native to return 
  incorrect values under certain conditions.
- Fixed a minor memory leak when using GroupEnum natives.
- Fixed a crash when using the CreateImage native on PPC Mac.
- Updated Mac World Editor to work with recent JASS changes.

Patch 1.24d

Released: January 21, 2010

Version: 1.24.3

Build: 6384

FIXES

- Fixed a client crash related to queuing too many invalid build commands
  ("crash hack").

Patch 1.24e

Released: March 11, 2010

Version: 1.24.4

Build: 6387

FIXES

- Fixed an exploit rendering buildings non-interactable ("tower hack"). 
- Fixed an exploit allowing a player to bypass a summon ability's 
cooldown ("summon/cooldown hack"). 
- Fixed a client crash related to workers failing to build in an 
unintended way ("new crash hack"). 
- Fixed an exploit allowing the Blood Mages's Phoenix to be resurrected 
instantly ("phoenix hack"). 
- Fixed a bug allowing players to select an invalid matchmaking race 
resulting in all the player's units and buildings becoming sheep 
("sheep hack").

Patch 1.25

(PTR only)

Patch 1.25b

Released: March 8, 2011

Version: 1.25.0

Build: 6394

FIXES

- Fixed an issue where players were able to ally with opponents when
  alliances were locked ("share hack").
- A gold exploit with buildings has been fixed.
- Widescreen (stretched) resolutions should now be available in the Video options.
- Scroll of Town Portal will no longer be consumed when casting fails
  when used at the same time that your Hero is Hexed.
- You can now purchase items from shops while Hexed.
- Hex will no longer extend the duration of Metamorphosis.
- Hex will no longer disable mana or health regeneration of Heroes.
- Wisps Detonate ability will no longer drain mana from Heroes while under
  the effects of Potion of Invulnerability.
- Warcraft III will now write its registry keys on launch.


BALANCE CHANGES

Humans
- Improved Masonry Upgrade health boost decreased from 20% to 10% for all 3 levels
- Siege Engine Level increased from 2 to 3
- Rifleman HP increased from 505 to 535

Orcs
- Blade master Wind Walk duration reduced from 20/40/60 to 20/35/50
- Raider Ensnare Cooldown increased from 12 to 16
- Spirit Wolf Rank 1 Wolf Level decreased from 3 to 2

Night Elves
- Warden Shadow Strike mana cost increased from 65 to 75
- Druid of the Talon Faerie Fire duration decreased from 120 to 90

Items
- Ivory Tower gold cost increased from 30 to 40.
- Tome of Experience now gives Heroes 100 experience points, down from 150
- Orb of Venom poison duration decreased from 8 to 6

NOTE: Replays are incompatible between major game revisions. (1.24e replays 
cannot be viewed with the 1.25 version of Warcraft III.)

Patch 1.26

Released: March 24, 2011

Version: 1.26.0

Build: 6401

FIXES

- Hex will no longer provide a speed boost to a Hero if cast at the end of
  Metamorphosis or Chemical Rage effects.
- Reverted the fix "Hex will no longer extend the duration of Metamorphosis."
- Fixed an issue where some Mac patches could lead to disconnections during
  Battle.net games. 

Patch 1.27

Released: March 14, 2016

Version: 1.27.0

Build: 52240

Specific Changes & Improvements
- Throw away that old PowerPC Mac in the closet, we’ve created a new installer to support Mac 10.10 and 10.11 
- Improved compatibility with Windows 7, 8.1, and 10
- Fixed a crash caused by Chain Lightning

Known Issues

- Windows 8.1 and 10 saved games are still stored in a location that requires running as system admin
- Some graphical issues with the cinematics are still occurring 
- Changes to gamma settings will not take effect in windowed mode
- Cyrillic characters are still not displaying
- Disabled ambient sound while a MIDI issue is being resolved
- Mac 10.9 and earlier are not supported
- Mac build does not support the editor

Patch 1.27b

Released: December 13, 2016

Updated: December 14, 2016

Version: 1.27.0

Build: ?????

Specific Changes & Improvements
  - Bug fixes and general maintenance

Patch 1.28

Released: April 5, 2017

Version: 1.28.0

Build: ????

Specific Changes & Improvements
- Added view options: windowed fullscreen (default), windowed (-window), and native fullscreen (-nativefullscr)
- Added cursor clamping in game while windowed; unclamped in menus
- Data migration now removes the need to run as admin to access saved games
- Improved installation and patching performance

Bug Fixes
- Fixed WorldEdit to include proper icon and strings for Map Script Validation
- Fixed command cards to be hidden again with special coordinates (0, -11) and (-2147483648, 
  -2147483648) within CommandFunc.txt; invalid coordinates will now be ignored
- Fixed disconnects from Battle.net at the conclusion of games
- Fixed the cinematic player to keep the entire video on screen at whatever resolution
- Fixed an issue that prevented Windows GameDVR from functioning properly
- Fixed various bugs and exploits

Known Issues
- Players must run as admin during patching process

Patch 1.28.1

Released: April 27, 2017

Version: 1.28.1

Build: ????

(Patch notes go here)

Patch 1.28.2

Released: May 10, 2017

Version: 1.28.2

Build: 7395

(Patch notes go here)

Patch 1.28.3

Released: June 20, 2017

Version: 1.28.3

Build: ????

(Patch notes go here)

Patch 1.28.4

Released: June 20, 2017

Version: 1.28.4

Build: 7608

(Patch notes go here)

Patch 1.28.5

Released: July 6, 2017

Version: 1.28.5

Build: 7680

(Patch notes go here)