Enlightenment (H5)

For other uses, see Enlightenment.

Enlightenment is a skill in Heroes of Might and Magic V.

Basic Enlightenment icon

Advanced Enlightenment icon

Expert Enlightenment icon

Effects

Enlightenment gives the hero increased primary stats, and a bonus to experience.

• Basic Enlightenment gives the hero +1 to one of their primary stats for every four levels (including previous levels), and +5% bonus to the experience gained.
• Advanced Enlightenment gives the hero +1 to one of their primary stats for every three levels (including previous levels), and +10% bonus to the experience gained.
• Expert Enlightenment gives the hero +1 to one of their primary stats for every two levels (including previous levels), and +15% bonus to the experience gained.

Skill rates

The hero classes can learn Enlightenment skill and its abilities at following probabilities:

• 15%: Wizard
• 10%: Ranger
• 8%: Necromancer, Runemage and Warlock
• 2%: Barbarian , Demon Lord, Knight

Abilities

Icon	Name	Description	Class	Requirements
				Original / Hammers of Fate	Tribes of the East
	Arcane intuition	Allows hero to learn an unknown spell used by an enemy hero or creature in combat (hero must be able to learn the spell with regards to school, level, etc.) and to see the contents of the enemy inventory.	All classes (except Barbarians)	No requirement
	Intelligence	Increases normal maximum mana by 50%.	Demon Lord, Knight, Necromancer, Ranger, Runemage, Wizard, Warlock	No requirement
			Barbarian	N/A	Battle lore
	Scholar	Allows hero to teach other heroes and learn from them, effectively trading spells between spell books.	All classes (except Barbarian)	No requirement
	Arcane exaltation	Delving deep into the secrets of spellcraft, hero gains +2 spellpower permanently.	Warlock	Scholar
			Ranger	Know your enemy, deadeye shot	Scholar
			Demon Lord, Knight, Necromancer, Runemage, Wizard	N/A
	Dark revelation	Hero qualifies for additional free level up.	Demon Lord	Arcane exaltation	Intelligence
			Necromancer	Lord of the Undead, Mark of the Necromancer
			Warlock	Arcane intuition
			Barbarian	N/A	Stamina
	Graduate	Being so keen to learn, the hero is granted +2 knowledge and an additional bonus of +1000 experience.	Knight	Scholar	Intelligence
			Wizard	Wizard's reward
			Necromancer, Ranger, Runemage, Warlock	N/A
	Know your enemy	The chance of inflicting a critical hit using Avenger skill is increased by 10%.	Ranger	Arcane intuition
	Lord of the Undead	The Necromancer receives +1 to knowledge due to their intimate understanding of Death. The Necromancy skill is also increased by 5%.	Necromancer	Scholar	Arcane exaltation, eternal servitude
	Wizard's reward	Hero gains +2 spellpower permanently, plus an extra 1000 gold as a one-time bonus.	Knight	Graduate	Intelligence
			Warlock	Dark revelation, elemental vision
			Wizard	Scholar
			Demon Lord, Necromancer, Ranger, Runemage	N/A
	Mentoring	When this hero meets another friendly hero, the latter gains as much experience as they need to have their experience become equal to 25% of the mentor's (this is only effective if that hero has less experience originally).	Runemage	Tap runes, fine rune	Intelligence, scholar
			Demon Lord, Knight, Necromancer, Ranger, Warlock	N/A
			Barbarian		Intelligence
			Wizard		Wizard's reward
	Tap runes	Regains some mana (0.5 times knowledge) each time any rune is used.	Runemage	Arcane intuition
	Battle lore	The hero can learn Warcries from other heroes, even if he does not have the corresponding prerequisites, and can teach other heroes those Warcries he knows, if they have corresponding prerequisites. He can also learn the Warcries used by enemy heroes in combat.	Barbarian	N/A	No requirement
	Bloodfire	Every time a creature in the hero's army gets Rage, it gets 50% more than usual. But if a creature loses Rage, it loses 1.5 of the usual amount, too.	Barbarian	N/A	No requirement
	Stamina	The hero gains +2 defense and a one-time +10% hit points bonus for all creatures in their army for the next combat.	Barbarian	N/A	No requirement

Bonuses

• Vinrael, a Sylvan hero, is a specialist in Enlightenment, for he receives 2% increase of experience gained through battles per hero level.
• Vestment of Enlightenment artifact set grants the hero +15% experience from all sources (in addition to 30% from individual artifacts).
• Book of Power artifact grants +2/+3 to Spell Power and Knowledge stats if the hero has Advanced/Expert Enlightenment skill.