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Subseries of Might and Magic
Heroes of Might and Magic: A Strategic Quest	1995
Heroes of Might and Magic II: The Succession Wars	1996
Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Restoration of Erathia	1999
Heroes Chronicles	2000
Heroes of Might and Magic IV	2002
Heroes of Might and Magic V	2006
Heroes of Might and Magic V: Tribes of the East	2007
Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes	2011
Might & Magic Heroes VI	2011
Might & Magic Heroes VI: Shades of Darkness	2013
Heroes of Might and Magic III - HD Edition	2015
Might & Magic Heroes Online	2015
Might & Magic Heroes VII	2015
Might & Magic Heroes VII: Trial by Fire	2016
Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes - Definitive Edition	2023

Warnings

The macOS (OS X) version of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.

Heroes of Might and Magic V is a singleplayer and multiplayer bird's-eye view TBS game in the Heroes of Might and Magic series.

The first expansion pack, Hammers of Fate was released in November 2006, featuring the Fortress town, new creatures and campaigns. The second expansion pack, Tribes of the East from October 2007, was a standalone release and is handled in its own article.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

HoMM V section on Age of Heroes

Celestial Heavens - An active community site with guides, walkthroughs and more.

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SecuROM v7 DRM Install patch 1.6 to remove protection.
Retail		Russian Version. Simple disc check Install patch 1.5 to remove disc check.
GamersGate
		Gold Edition also available.
GOG.com		Includes the base game, Hammers of Fate and Tribes of the East. Serial key for multiplayer shown in library.
Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
Steam
Ubisoft Store		Included with Ubisoft+.

A free demo version is available from GameFront.

Monetization

Type	Notes
Expansion pack	The expansion pack includes a new town, campaigns, maps, and units.
One-time game purchase	The game requires an upfront purchase to access.
Subscription gaming service	Available via Ubisoft+.

DLC and expansion packs

A standalone expansion, Heroes of Might and Magic V: Tribes of the East, is also available.

Name	Notes
Hammers of Fate

Essential improvements

Patches

All patch installers are still available from Ubisoft's patch website.

Steam and GOG versions are already patched.

The latest version of the base game is 1.6. The correct order of patching is 1.4 - 1.41 - 1.5 - 1.6.
The latest version of Hammers of Fate is 2.1.

Skip intro videos

Edit intro.xml^{[citation needed]}
Go to `<path-to-game>\video` Open `intro.xml`. Delete the content between `<Movies>` and `</Movies>`

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Heroes of Might and Magic V\Profiles\<user-id>
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/15170/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Heroes of Might and Magic V\Profiles\<user-id>\Saves
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/15170/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
OneDrive		Requires enabling backup of the Documents* folder in OneDrive on all computers.*
Steam Cloud
Ubisoft Connect

Video

Video & Audio settings.

Graphics feature	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution		UI suffers severe stretching.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Borderless fullscreen windowed	Use DxWnd
Anisotropic filtering (AF)	Up to 8x through options menu. 16x can be forced through graphics card control panel.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)	On by default. To turn it off, use the "setvar gfx_vsync" variable under "user.cfg".
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)	See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Controls can be remapped by editing input.cfg
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music and SFX.
Surround sound		Up to 5.1
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Czech
Simplified Chinese				Retail only.
French
German
Hungarian				Retail only, but language files available.
Italian				Not voiced in Hammers of Fate expansion.
Korean				Retail only.
Polish				Retail and GOG.com only.
Russian				Retail and GOG.com only. Patch for other digital versions here.
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Players	Notes
Local play	4	Hot seat
LAN play
Online play	Online servers shut down as of October 6, 2015.

VR support

3D modes	State	Notes
vorpX		G3D, 2D Officially supported game. Note: Game is currently not in official list, but in "local factory list". Game has not confirmed to be 3D yet.An alternate G3D profile (Dgvoodoo2) can be downloaded from the vorpx cloud.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9.0c

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)			This 32-bit-only macOS game does not work* on macOS Catalina (10.15) or later.*

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	FMOD
Cutscenes	Theora Video

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	2000, NT	XP, Vista
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon 1.5 GHz	Intel Pentium 4 2.4 GHz
System memory (RAM)	512 MB	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	2 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 4 ATI Radeon 8500 Matrox Parhelia 64 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible	128 MB of VRAM
Sound (audio device)	DirectX 9.0c compatible
Other	Broadband Internet connection

Laptop versions of these cards may work, but are not supported.

Nvidia GeForce 4 MX series are not supported.

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1
Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (15170) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

[Proton_path_note-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
The app ID (15170) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[2] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.

[3] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[4] The app ID (15170) may differ in some cases.

[5] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

[6] See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[Note 1]

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 |release dates=
 {{Infobox game/row/date|Windows|May 16, 2006}}
-{{Infobox game/row/date|OS X|March 5, 2007}}
+{{Infobox game/row/date|OS X|March 5, 2007|wrapper=Cider}}
 |taxonomy     =
-{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/monetization      | Expansion pack }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/monetization      | One-time game purchase, Expansion pack, Subscription gaming service }}
 {{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/microtransactions | }}
 {{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/modes             | Singleplayer, Multiplayer }}
@@ Line 32: / Line 32: @@
 |gogcom id side = 1207659022
 |strategywiki = Heroes of Might and Magic V
-|mobygames    = heroes-of-might-and-magic-v
+|lutris       = heroes-of-might-magic-v
+|mobygames    = 22483
 |igdb         = heroes-of-might-and-magic-v
 |hltb         = 4433
@@ Line 40: / Line 41: @@
 }}
-'''Key points'''
+{{Introduction
-{{--}} Online servers shut down as of the 6th of October, 2015. Multiplayer is available only through a LAN connection.
+|introduction      =
+|release history   = The first expansion pack, ''Hammers of Fate'' was released in November 2006, featuring the Fortress town, new creatures and campaigns. The second expansion pack, ''Tribes of the East'' from October 2007, was a standalone release and is handled in [[Heroes of Might and Magic V: Tribes of the East|its own article]].
+|current state     =
+}}
 '''General information'''
 {{GOG.com links|1207661143|heroes_of_might_and_magic_series|for game series}}
 {{mm}} [https://steamcommunity.com/app/15170/discussions/ Steam Community Discussions]
+{{mm}} [http://www.heroesofmightandmagic.com/heroes5/heroesofmightandmagic5v.shtml HoMM V section on Age of Heroes]
 {{mm}} [https://www.celestialheavens.com Celestial Heavens] - An active community site with guides, walkthroughs and more.
 ==Availability==
 {{Availability|
-{{Availability/row| Retail | | disc, key | {{DRM|SecuROM|v7}} | | Windows, OS X }}
+{{Availability/row| Retail | | disc, key | {{DRM|SecuROM|v7}}<br>Install patch 1.6 to remove protection. | | Windows, OS X }}
+{{Availability/row| Retail | | disc, key | Russian Version.<br>Simple disc check<br>Install patch 1.5 to remove disc check. | | Windows }}
+{{Availability/row| GamersGate | might-magic-heroes-v | Uplay |  |  | Windows }}
 {{Availability/row| Gamesplanet | 2178-1 | Uplay | {{store link|Gamesplanet|2178-4|Gold Edition}} also available. |  | Windows }}
-{{Availability/row| GOG.com | heroes_of_might_and_magic_5_bundle | DRM-free | Includes the base game, Hammers of Fate and [[Heroes of Might and Magic V: Tribes of the East|Tribes of the East]]. | | Windows }}
+{{Availability/row| GOG.com | heroes_of_might_and_magic_5_bundle | DRM-free, key | Includes the base game, Hammers of Fate and [[Heroes of Might and Magic V: Tribes of the East|Tribes of the East]]. Serial key for multiplayer shown in library. | | Windows }}
 {{Availability/row| GMG | might-magic-heroes-v | Uplay |  |  | Windows }}
 {{Availability/row| Humble | heroes-of-might-magic-v | Uplay | | | Windows }}
-{{Availability/row| Steam | 15170 | Steam | | | Windows }}
+{{Availability/row| Steam | 15170 | Steam, key | | | Windows }}
 {{Availability/row| Uplay | 56c4948588a7e300458b4776 | Uplay | Included with {{Store feature|Uplay+}}. | | Windows }}
+}}
+{{ii}} A free demo version is available from [https://www.gamefront.com/games/heroes-of-might-magic-v/file/heroes-of-might-magic-v-demo GameFront].
+==Monetization==
+{{Monetization
+|ad-supported           =
+|dlc                    =
+|expansion pack         = The expansion pack includes a new town, campaigns, maps, and units.
+|freeware               =
+|free-to-play           =
+|one-time game purchase = The game requires an upfront purchase to access.
+|sponsored              =
+|subscription gaming service = Available via [[List of Ubisoft+ games|Ubisoft+]].
 }}
 {{DLC|
 {{ii}} A standalone expansion, [[Heroes of Might and Magic V: Tribes of the East]], is also available.
 {{DLC/row| Hammers of Fate |  | Windows }}
 }}
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 ===Skip intro videos===
 {{Fixbox|description=Edit intro.xml|ref={{cn|date=June 2018}}|fix=
-# Go to {{p|game}}\video
+# Go to {{file|{{p|game}}\video|folder}}
 # Open {{File|intro.xml}}.
 # Delete the content between <code><Movies></code> and <code></Movies></code>
@@ Line 114: / Line 135: @@
 {{Video
 |wsgf link                  = https://www.wsgf.org/dr/heroes-might-and-magic-v
-|widescreen wsgf award      = incomplete
+|widescreen wsgf award      = unsupported
 |multimonitor wsgf award    = unsupported
-|ultrawidescreen wsgf award = unsupported
+|ultrawidescreen wsgf award = incomplete
-|4k ultra hd wsgf award     = unsupported
+|4k ultra hd wsgf award     = incomplete
 |widescreen resolution      = true
-|widescreen resolution notes= UI suffers severe stretching.
+|widescreen resolution notes= UI suffers severe {{term|stretch}}ing.
 |multimonitor               = false
 |multimonitor notes         =
@@ Line 131: / Line 152: @@
 |windowed notes             =
 |borderless windowed        = true
-|borderless windowed notes  = use [[Glossary:Windowed#DxWnd|DxWnd]]
+|borderless windowed notes  = Use [[Glossary:Windowed#DxWnd|DxWnd]]
 |anisotropic                = true
 |anisotropic notes          = Up to 8x through options menu. 16x can be forced through graphics card control panel.
 |antialiasing               = true
 |antialiasing notes         =
+|upscaling                  = unknown
+|upscaling tech             =
+|upscaling notes            =
 |vsync                      = true
 |vsync notes                = On by default. To turn it off, use the "setvar gfx_vsync" variable under "user.cfg".
@@ Line 204: / Line 228: @@
 |eax support              = false
 |eax support notes        =
+|royalty free audio       = always on
+|royalty free audio notes =
 }}
@@ Line 220: / Line 246: @@
   |subtitles = true
   |notes     =
+}}
+{{L10n/switch
+ |language  = Simplified Chinese
+ |interface = true
+ |audio     = false
+ |subtitles = true
+ |notes     = Retail only.
 }}
 {{L10n/switch
@@ Line 245: / Line 278: @@
   |language  = Italian
   |interface = true
-  |audio     = true
+  |audio     = limited
   |subtitles = true
-  |notes     =
+  |notes     = Not voiced in Hammers of Fate expansion.
 }}
 {{L10n/switch
@@ Line 268: / Line 301: @@
   |audio     = true
   |subtitles = true
-  |notes     = Retail and GOG.com only.
+  |notes     = Retail and GOG.com only. Patch for other digital versions [https://www.playground.ru/heroes_of_might_and_magic_5/file/rusifikator_heroes_of_might_magic_5_hammers_of_fate_vladyki_severa_polnyj_dlya_steam_versii-927603 here].
 }}
 {{L10n/switch
@@ Line 292: / Line 325: @@
 |online play players  =
 |online play modes    =
-|online play notes    = Online servers shut down as of the 6th of October, 2015.
+|online play notes    = Online servers shut down as of October 6, 2015.
 |asynchronous         =
 |asynchronous notes   =
@@ Line 328: / Line 361: @@
 |iz3d notes                  =
 |vorpx                       = true
-|vorpx modes                 = 2D
+|vorpx modes                 = G3D,2D
-|vorpx notes                 = Officially supported game.<br>'''Note:''' Game is currently not in official list, but in "local factory list". Game has not confirmed to be 3D yet.
+|vorpx notes                 = Officially supported game.<br>'''Note:''' Game is currently not in official list, but in "local factory list". Game has not confirmed to be 3D yet.An alternate G3D profile (Dgvoodoo2) can be downloaded from the vorpx cloud.
 |htc vive                    =
 |htc vive notes              =
@@ Line 359: / Line 392: @@
 ===API===
 {{API
-|direct3d versions      = 9
+|direct3d versions      = 9.0c
 |direct3d notes         =
 |directdraw versions    =
@@ Line 381: / Line 414: @@
 |windows 32-bit exe     = true
 |windows 64-bit exe     = false
+|windows arm app        = false
 |windows exe notes      =
 |macos intel 32-bit app = true
@@ Line 388: / Line 422: @@
 |linux 32-bit executable=
 |linux 64-bit executable=
+|linux arm app          = unknown
 |linux executable notes =
 }}
@@ Line 420: / Line 455: @@
 |minGPU2  = ATI Radeon 8500
 |minGPU3  = Matrox Parhelia
-|minDX    = 9
+|minDX    = 9.0c
-|minaudio = DirectX 9 compatible
+|minaudio = DirectX 9.0c compatible
 |minVRAM  = 64 MB
 |minother = Broadband Internet connection

Developers

	Nival Interactive
macOS (OS X)	TransGaming Inc.
macOS (OS X)	Freeverse Software
Publishers
	Ubisoft
Engines
	Silent Storm Engine
Release dates
Windows	May 16, 2006
macOS (OS X) (Cider)	March 5, 2007
Reception
Metacritic	77
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase, Expansion pack, Subscription gaming service
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Turn-based
Perspectives	Bird's-eye view
Controls	Multiple select
Genres	TBS
Themes	Fantasy
Series	Heroes of Might and Magic