Haunted Mines

Haunted Mines
Battleground Information
Unique Objectives	Kill the Undead Army and Grave Golem inside the mines Collect the Cursed Skulls The strength of the Bone Golems is based on amount of Cursed Skulls collected
Lanes	2
Announcer	Grave Keeper
Realm	Raven Court
Release Date	March 13, 2014

"Haunted Mines" is a two-lane two-level battleground set in the realm of Raven Court with the Grave Keeper serving as the battleground announcer. Inside the mines, an Undead Army and a Grave Golem spawn periodically which drop Cursed Skulls when killed. Collecting Cursed Skulls empower your team's Bone Golem, with the team with the highest amount of Cursed Skulls, out of 100 available, having a stronger one. The Bone Golem, once resurrected, will walk down the lane smashing buildings and enemies until its defeated.

Background

Far from the Cursed Hollow, on the very borders of Raven Court, lie the Haunted Mines. Sealed beneath a shadowy graveyard, the undead clamor to be released from their earthen prison.

Map layout

"Haunted Mines" battleground has two levels. A top forest level, and a bottom haunted mines level.

Forest

The top forest level, has two lanes, on the north and south edges of the map, with an entrance to the mines from the middle of each one and near the gates of the teams. All of the objectives in the top level are located in a forest in between them and mirrored on the opposite east and west side with an additional one in the center. Mercenaries captured by a team will only attack down the lane opposite from that team's Bone Golem.

Areas of interest

• Watchtowers - two watchtowers overlook the central west and east sections of the forest.
• Mercenary camps - there are three mercenary camps to be recruited in this battleground:
  • Siege giants - two siege giants siege mercenary camps at the western and eastern sections of the forest.
  • Sappers - two sappers mercenary camps near the north and south entrance of the mines.

Haunted mines

The bottom haunted mines level has four entrances at its north-western, south-western parts and near the middle gate of both teams. The entrance to the mines is closed until the undead first spawn inside, after which, the mines are kept opened.

Areas of interest

• Undead Army - 35 Undead in groups of various numbers spawn in eight different spawn locations all over the mines. There are six groups of four, and one group of five and six each.
• Grave Golem - A Grave Golem spawns at the middle of the mines.

Unique objective

The unique objective revolves around collecting as many Cursed Skulls in order to summon the stronger Bone Golem. The announcer will give a warning, 30-seconds before the mines open.

Cursed Skull collection

An Undead Army and Grave Golem will spawn periodically inside the mines and drop 100 Cursed Skulls. Each undead drops two Cursed Skulls when killed (with a total of 70 skulls from the Undead Army) and the Grave Golem drops 30 Cursed Skulls over the course of the fight against him, with 12 dropping when he's killed. To collect Cursed Skulls, a hero will need to walk over them when they appear.

Bone Golem

When all 100 skulls have been collected, Bone Golems will resurrect near the middle entrance, in different lanes. Each Bone Golem's health is dependent on the amount of skulls the team collected in the mines, with the team that collected over 50 skulls having stronger one in strength as well. At the start, the Bone Golem resurrect in its team's base and will walk down the lane smashing buildings and enemies until its defeated. After a certain amount of time, the undead will respawn in the mines. With each consecutive golem phase, the Bone Golems will continue resurrecting from the spot where they were previously killed.

Gallery

General

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  The old Haunted Mines top map.

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  The old Haunted Mines bottom map.

Structures

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  Blue team Hall of Storms from the "Haunted Mines" battleground.

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  Red team Hall of Storms from the "Haunted Mines" battleground.

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  Blue team Core from the "Haunted Mines" battleground.

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  Red team Core from the "Haunted Mines" battleground.

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  Blue team Keep from the "Haunted Mines" battleground.

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  Red team Keep from the "Haunted Mines" battleground.

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  Blue team Tower from the "Haunted Mines" battleground.

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  Red team Tower from the "Haunted Mines" battleground.

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  Blue team Gate from the "Haunted Mines" battleground.

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  Red team Gate from the "Haunted Mines" battleground.

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  Blue team Healing Fountain from the "Haunted Mines" battleground.

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  Red team Healing Fountain from the "Haunted Mines" battleground.

Minions, creeps and mercenaries

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  Blue team Minions walking with a front view in the "Haunted Mines" battleground.

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  Red team Minions walking with a front view in the "Haunted Mines" battleground.

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  Blue team Minions walking with a side view in the "Haunted Mines" battleground.

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  Red team Minions walking with a side view in the "Haunted Mines" battleground.

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  Knights at a mercenary camp in the "Haunted Mines" battleground.

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  Giants at a mercenary camp in the "Haunted Mines" battleground.

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  Giants on their way to attack for the red team in the "Haunted Mines" battleground.

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  [[Giants attacking for the red team in the "Haunted Mines" battleground.

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  The Army of the Dead inside the mines of the "Haunted Mines" battleground.

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  The Grave Golem inside the mines of the "Haunted Mines" battleground.

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  The Bone Golem's first spawning area in the "Haunted Mines" battleground.

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  The Blue Team's Bone Golem attacking a Tower in the "Haunted Mines" battleground.

Landscape

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  A watchtower in the "Haunted Mines" battleground.

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  Mine entrance closed in "Haunted Mines" battleground.

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  Mine entrance open with a look from above to the inside where Zeratul just entered from the "Haunted Mines" battleground.

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  Mine entrance open in "Haunted Mines" battleground.

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  Landscape from the "Haunted Mines" battleground.

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  Landscape from the "Haunted Mines" battleground.

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  Landscape from the "Haunted Mines" battleground.

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  Landscape from the "Haunted Mines" battleground.

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  Landscape from the "Haunted Mines" battleground.

Misc

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  Haunted Mines loading screen

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  Concept art for the Grave Golem.

External links

• Haunted Mines - Official site
• Haunted Mines Changelog - Heroes Patch Notes
• Haunted Mines Sound Files - Sounds of the Storm