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Obelisks are tall stone structures that exist in the Might and Magic universe and serve the player in various ways. In Heroes of Might and Magic, the obelisk reveals a piece of the puzzle map so the player can find the legendary Grail, or in the first two Heroes games, the ultimate artifacts.

Anywhere from 1 to 48 obelisks can be placed on a map, and the more obelisks there are the slower the puzzle map will be revealed.

In Heroes III, Obelisks can appear in many different colors. According to the map editor, each color is tied to a certain terrain type (for example: green for dirt terrain, purple for snow, yellow for lava, etc). This is purely visual, and each obelisk is functionally identical.

Heroes IV replaced the Obelisks with Oracles, that sometimes lead the way to artifacts or resources instead of the Grail. Oracles of different colors can show up in the same scenario, leading the way to different treasures. There are twelve different colors for oracles: gold, bronze, silver, white, brown, orange, yellow, blue, green, purple, red, and black.

In Heroes VI, Obelisks do not exist to reveal the puzzle map. However, an Obelisk was added in the Shades of Darkness expansion as an objective in the mission "The Pall of a Past World".

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Recurring adventure map objects in Heroes of Might and Magic
Full lists
I · II · III · IV · V · VI · VII · Olden Era
Resource generators
Mine (Abandoned mine · Alchemist lab · Crystal mine · Gem mine · Gold mine · Ore mine · Sawmill · Sulfur mine) · Mystical Garden · Waterwheel · Windmill
Power-ups
Altar of sacrifice · Arena · Buoy · Faerie ring · Fountain · Fountain of Youth · Idol · Learning stone · Library of Enlightenment · Magic spring · Magic well · Mermaid · Mercenary camp · Oasis · Shrine · Sirens · Stables · Temple · Tree of Knowledge · Witch's hut · University
Creature banks
Derelict Ship · Dragon City · Dragon Utopia · Dwarven Treasury · Graveyard · Imp Cache · Naga Bank · Pyramid · Shipwreck
Treasures
Campfire · Flotsam · Resource pile · Sea chest · Shipwreck survivor · Skeleton · Treasure chest
Miscellaneous
Cartographer · Garrison · Hill fort · Hut of the Magi · Jail · Keymaster's tent · Lighthouse · Monolith · Obelisk · Quest guard · Redwood Observatory · Sanctuary · Seer's hut · Shipyard · Sign · Subterranean gate · Tavern · Trading post · War machine factory · Whirlpool