# Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era Patch #1: Template Tweaks and Bug Fixes - Product: Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/heroes-of-might-and-magic-olden-era) - Vendor: Unfrozen - Date: 2026-05-01 - Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/3105440/view/703267074116420409 - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/heroes-of-might-and-magic-olden-era/releases/2026-05-01-patch-1-template-tweaks-and-bug-fixes What's New is an index, not a publisher: every entry below links to the vendor's own release notes, which are the authoritative source. Entries are labelled where they are hand-curated sample data, pre-releases, or drawn from a secondary source such as a developer blog. Reuse: the summaries, labels and curation here are © What's New. Quote freely with attribution and a link back; wholesale republication of the corpus is not permitted — terms: https://whatsnew.fyi/terms. The vendors' own release notes remain their publishers'. --- - **fixed** — Fixed an issue where hotkeys would fail to save or reset correctly - **fixed** — Fixed the display of Credits in Simplified and Traditional Chinese, Japanese and Korean - **fixed** — Fixed data loading issues for the leaderboard and profile in some versions - **changed** — Temporarily disabled detection of unsupported peripherals such as gamepads, steering wheels, and pedals to prevent conflicts with keyboard and mouse controls - **changed** — Optimized analytics and data saving for online games launched from the lobby - **fixed** — Fixed a rare server error occurring in the lobby - **fixed** — Fixed template rules in Zookeper that could cause launch errors or crash during gameplay - **fixed** — Fixed elevation issues in Symmetry that caused incorrect placement of Hell Light Arena - **fixed** — Fixed template rules in Symmetry that could cause launch errors or crash during gameplay - **added** — Added Dragon Utopias to the central area in Arcade - **changed** — Reduced the number of Pandora's Boxes containing creatures in the central area in Arcade - **changed** — Adjusted the value of Dragon Utopias and Legendary Artifacts in Arcade - **changed** — Reduced the number of points of interest with multiple rewards in Arcade - **changed** — Increased the number of points of interest with single reward in Arcade - **removed** — Removed Pandora's Boxes that grant experience in Sprint - **changed** — Increased the number of artifacts in Sprint - **changed** — Reduced the number of Pandora's Boxes containing creatures in the penultimate area in Sprint - **added** — Added Dragon Utopias to the penultimate area in Sprint - **changed** — Adjusted the distribution of reward values across areas 4—7 in Sprint - **fixed** — Fixed minor typos in the Russian localization, Spanish localization button text, Polish bug report interface, Lich Dragon Self-Reconstruction ability description, font size issues on the clock in Simplified and Traditional Chinese, spacing issues in the Ukrainian localization, and missing symbols in Simplified and Traditional Chinese, Korean, and Japanese ##### Greeting, Heroes! We have released a small patch fixing several issues that jumped straight of the portal following the game’s release. The changes are already available in the game! ##### **Steam Reviews: Your Feedback Matters** --- We've been going through your Steam reviews and really appreciate all the feedback! Keep it coming — it helps us figure out what to prioritize in each upcoming patch. ##### Changelog _v. 0.80.09_ ##### Bug fixes - Fixed an issue where hotkeys would fail to save or reset correctly. - Fixed the display of Credits in Simplified and Traditional Chinese, Japanese and Korean. - Fixed data loading issues for the leaderboard and profile in some versions. - Temporarily disabled detection of unsupported peripherals (such as gamepads, steering wheels, pedals) to prevent conflicts with keyboard and mouse controls. An option to enable these devices will return as an experimental feature in a future update. ##### Network - Optimized analytics and data saving for online games launched from the lobby. - Fixed a rare server error occuring in the lobby. ##### Balance _Zookeper_ - Fixed template rules that could cause launch errors or crash during gameplay. _Symmetry_ - Fixed elevation issues that caused incorrect placement of Hell Light Arena. - Fixed template rules that could cause launch errors or crash during gameplay. _Arcade_ - Added Dragon Utopias to the central area. - Reduced the number of Pandora’s Boxes containig creatures in the central area. - Adjusted the value of Dragon Utopias and Legendary Artifacts. - Reduced the number of points of interest with multiple rewards. - Increased the number of points of interest with single reward. _Sprint_ - Removed Pandora’s Boxes that grant experience. - Increased the number of artifacts. - Reduced the number of Pandora’s Boxes containing creatures in the penultimate (6th) area. - Added Dragon Utopias to the penultimate (6th) area. - Adjusted the distribution of reward values across areas 4—7. ##### Localization - Fixed minor typos in the Russian localization. - Removed an extra colon from main menu button in the Spanish localization. - Fixed a typo in the bug report interface in the Polish localization. - Fixed the description of Self‑Reconstruction ability for the Lich Dragon across all languages. - Fixed font size issues on the clock in Simplified and Traditional Chinese. - Fixed spacing issues in the Ukrainian localization. - Fixed several missing symbols in Simplified and Traditional Chinese, Korean, and Japanese. ## ##### **Official Wiki** --- New to the series or a returning veteran? We have an [Official Community Wiki](https://wiki.hoodedhorse.com/Heroes_of_Might_and_Magic_Olden_Era/Main_Page) for you to master the art of war! Thanks to active community members, it has detailed breakdowns of unit stats, spell tiers, and other detailed data for those who wish to dig deeper. You, our community, are the gift that keeps on giving! ##### **Join the Community** --- Stay informed and share your victories with the community! Follow us on (https://discord.gg/unfrozen), (https://steamcommunity.com/app/3105440) and (https://www.facebook.com/Unfrozen.official) for the latest patch notes, community discussions and chit chat with our team! We would also like to take this opportunity to give a shoutout to the [unofficial community subreddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/OldenEra/), where you’re also welcome to share your thoughts!