Arcane Vault

[e][h] Arcane Vault

Building Information

Cost:

 130  30  60

Hit Points:

485 (631)

Armor:

5 (8)

Built From:

Peasant

Unlocked Tech:

• Spell Breaker

Food:

0

Race:

Human

Classification:

• Mechanical

Sleeps:

no

Formation Rank:

0

Sight:

1000 / 750

Acquisition Range:

500

Selection Priorty:

1

Pathing Map

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Creates a shop with purchasable items. The items available depend upon what level of upgrade your Town Hall has (Town Hall, Keep, or Castle) and which buildings you have.

Items

Item	Requires	Cost	Stock
			Max	Delay	Replenish
Ivory Tower	Keep	40 25	2		30s
Lesser Clarity Potion	Tier 1	70	2		30s
Mechanical Critter	Arcane Vault	50	2		60s
Orb of Slow	Castle	325	1		120s
Potion of Healing	Tier 2	150	3		120s
Potion of Mana	Tier 2	150	2		120s
Scroll of Regeneration	Arcane Vault	100	2		90s
Scroll of Town Portal	Tier 2	325	2		120s
Staff of Sanctuary	Castle	200	1		120s

Spells & Abilities

Blight Dispel Small
	Cast Type : Passive Target Type : No Target Removes nearby Blight once the building finishes construction.
Area of Effect : 768 Notes : Only blight that was created by buildings and has no source buildings nearby can be removed with this ability.

Upgrades

Improved Masonry

Increases the armor and hit points of Human buildings. Researched at : Lumber Mill  Hotkey : M  Cost : 125 50  Research Time:  60 Hit Point Bonus : 10% Armor Bonus : 1

Advanced Masonry

Cost : 150 75  Research Time:  75 Requires : Keep Hit Point Bonus : 20% Armor Bonus : 2

Imbued Masonry

Cost : 175 100  Research Time:  90 Requires : Castle Hit Point Bonus : 30% Armor Bonus : 3

Version History

Balance Patch History
Version	Release	Balance Changes
2.0.2	2025-04-16	Backpack shop requirement removed for all races. Arcane Vault tech requirement removed from the Dragonhawk Rider and the Cloud upgrade Orb of Fire replaced with Orb of Slow: Orb of Slow provides +5 damage, has a 25% chance to proc on units, and 10% chance to proc on heroes; applies a 25% attack speed and 55% movement speed slow to the target for 10(5) seconds; costs 325 gold. It is undispellable, affects magic imminune units and stacks with other sources of slow.
1.35.0	2023-01-19	Mechanical Critter sight range increased from 350 to 500. Orb of Fire cost reduced from 325 to 250. Staff of Sanctuary cost reduced from 250 to 200. Orb of Fire damage reduced from +7 to +5.
1.32.10	2021-04-14	Scroll of Town Portal cost reduced from 350 to 325.
1.32.6	2020-06-02	Potion of Mana mana restored reduced from 150 to 125. Gold cost reduced from 200 to 150.
1.31.0	2019-05-28	Orb of Fire bonus damage reduced from 10 to 7. No longer gives area of effect damage. New effect: Decreases the effectiveness of healing abilities and hit point regeneration by 35% for 3 seconds.
1.30.0	2018-08-08	Ivory Tower lumber cost increased from 20 to 25. Ivory Tower max stock reduced from 3 to 2. Orb of Fire gold cost increased from 275 to 325. Orb of Fire hero bonus damage increased from 5 to 10. Orb of Fire splash damage radius increased from 140 to 150.
1.25b	2011-03-08	Ivory Tower gold cost increased from 30 to 40.
1.22	2008-06-30	The cooldown on unlimited usable items (example: the Staff of Preservation) now persists after the item is dropped or traded.
1.17	2004-09-20	Mechanical Critters are no longer displayed on the minimap. Mechanical Critters no longer teleport with you. Orb of Fire now deals Spell damage instead of Magic damage. 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.
1.15	2004-05-10	Orb of Fire cost reduced to 275 gold from 300 gold.
1.13	2003-12-16	Orb of Fire cost reduced to 300 from 375. Staff of Sanctuary now heals 15 hp/sec, up from 10 hp/sec.
1.10	2003-07-03	Orb of Fire cost reduced to 375 from 400 and splash radius increased to 140 from 125. Added the ability to sell items back to shops. Added the ability to see the inventory of the purchasing Hero when the shop is selected. Shops have been given an improved interface which now allow players to select which Hero or unit is purchasing items, units, or services.

References

https://classic.battle.net/war3/human/arcanevault.shtml