Hero Zero News

Dear Heroes,

All of you willing to compete with a global community of users are invited to join the first international speed server in Hero Zero! Aside from modified server rules, awesome events and in-game rewards, speed server players will have a chance to win real life prizes in a server-wide raffle. More details about the server & rewards can be found below.

In order to access the speed server, select "International" from the server selection menu in the upper left corner of the game.

• You have until August 26, 2019, at 11:59:59 p.m. (UTC) to secure the top places in the ranking lists – at that time, the Speed Server will be terminated. The valid rankings will be whatever they are at that exact moment.
  
• Attention: Make sure that you have used all purchased donuts before the end! Donuts and items expire at the end of the Speed Server.
  
• Rewards earned on the Speed Server will be distributed in the form of vouchers after the end of this server.
  

• Mission duration is reduced.
  
• Experience and Coin rewards are greatly increased:
  
  • for Missions and Training Missions
    
  • for Special Mission fights
    
  • from the daily login bonus
• The cooldown until the start of a new Special Mission in endless mode is reduced.
  
• The cooldown after a failed Special Mission battle is reduced.
  
• Training energy regenerates by 1 point every 30 seconds.
  
• Workout duration is reduced.
  
• Increased speed in Hero Hideouts for: building, expansion, unlocking construction sites, and time until maximum resource capacity is reached.
  
• The cost of replenishing energy is increased.
  
• Team expansion occurs entirely with Coins, but the costs are increased.
  
• Energy that can be obtained through Heroic Deeds is reduced.
  
• The “Mallet of Amnesia” is much more common and heavily discounted at the Second Hand Shop.
  
• Many items and sidekicks from past events are available at the Second Hand Shop.
  
• Increased Coin rewards for Heroic Deeds.
  
• Experience rewards from Daily Bonuses is increased.
  
• Energy and Training Rewards are reduced for Heroic Deeds, Daily Bonuses, and Hero Distress Calls.
  
• Vouchers are not available.
  
• Mission time is set in increments of 10 seconds instead of minutes.
  
• The negative effect is increased on all trophies.
  
• Increased rewards for daily and weekly Hero Distress Calls.
  
• The next 3 villains, as well as the time remaining before the Speed Server expires, can be seen where Collection Events are usually displayed.
  
• The first Casino event will run just like on the live server. The casino event after that is a special Speed Server Casino event with the following rules:
  
  • Increased chances for skill points
    
  • Reduced chances for Coins, Sidekicks, Energy, and Motivation Units
    
  • No Booster rewards
• There are no HeroCons at the start and end of the Speed Server.
  • A shortened HeroCon does not start after the last HeroCon, because otherwise, you would not have enough time to pick up the reward.

• The final League season runs until the end of the Speed Server. There is no reward to pick up anymore.
  
• Sidekick Rewards are distributed based on the final ranking list.
  

• For some ranking lists, there is a prize for the top 1 and the top 100:
  
  • Prize for 1st place: “Bruce the Shark” Sidekick
    
  • Prize place 2 to 100: “Puffy the Pufferfish” Sidekick
  
  
  
• These ranking lists will be used for this:
  
  • Hero Ranking List: Level
    
  • Hero Ranking List: Honor
    
  • Superhero League at the end of the server
    
  • Hero Hideout Ranking List: Expansion
    
  • Hero Hideout Ranking List: Glory
  
  
  
• The members of the top five teams in the team honor ranking list will receive a special suit per rank as a reward.
  
• Up to 6 prizes are possible per player. The rewards are given using our voucher system.
  
• The voucher can be redeemed on any server.
  
• Rewards will be distributed after the end of the Speed Server to the players who qualified for it at the end of the server on August 26, 2019, at 11:59:59 p.m. (UTC). Qualifying players can pick up their rewards after the end of the server on the Speed Server.

• All Speed Server heroes also have the chance to win some really great IRL prizes!
  
• We will give away 10 packages, each containing an inflatable donut and a cool towel.
  
• Each player in 1st place in each of the 5 character ranking lists wins one of these cool packages. In addition, 5 more will be raffled off.
  
• Each player will be credited with a “ticket” for participating in the Sweepstakes for each level reached on the Speed Server. After the end of the Speed Server, the winning tickets will be drawn from all tickets. In other words, the more levels you gain, the greater your chance at one of our heroic prizes!
  
• In order to participate in the raffle, players must join the newsletter in the game (via Account Settings) and thus agree to being contacted by email!
  
• The winners’ email addresses will be forwarded to our partner, the European Games Group, who will then contact the winners. All decisions are final.
  

Your Hero Zero Team.

The following changes were deployed today (2019-07-23):
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New Features
General
• A new Heroism Adventure is available now!
• Travel to the Golden Desert and follow the tracks of a mysterious monster...
• Amongst other things, the final part of the Sonic Tool Set of the Tine Traveler awaits you as a reward.
• The cooldown for video ads has been reduced to 15 Minutes. The use of the TV to extend workout sessions remains limited to once per day.



Hero Hideout
• A new room is now available in the Hideout: the Trophy Room!
• The new room will be unlocked as soon as your Hideout Base reached level 12.
• One construction site is required to build the room and it can be upgraded up to level 25.
• With a Trophy Room, the rewards for duels and league fights increade by 1% per upgrade level.



Speedserver
• On July 29, 2019, at 12:00:01 midnight (UTC), the international Speed Server will start!
• Compete with heroes from all over the world for four weeks, until August 26, 2019, at 11:59:59 p.m. (UTC), and reach the top spots on the player and team ranking lists to secure exclusive rewards for your heroes on the live server!
• Slightly modified rules apply on this server. More information follows soon.
• Before the start, you will have the opportunity to preregister on the speedserver with your character name.



Maintenance
General
• It was possible that the team chat was not scrolled to the bottom line after switching through menus. This issue has been fixed.
• It was possible that after closing the outfit dialogue the items were not displayed on the character anymore. This issue has been fixed.
• The order of the sidekicks in the outfit dialogue now matches the order in the sidekick overview.
• When inspecting the Hideout Ranking Lists of other servers, the country flags were not displayed correctly. This issue has been fixed.
• The description of thespecial skill of the Jushi sidekicks from the videogames special incorrectly showed 400 rounds. This has been fixed via hotfix.
• Several smaller issues have been fixed.



Best,
Your Hero Zero team

The following changes were deployed today (2019-06-25):
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General

• 6 new Hero Distress Calls are available now!
  
• The tasks for the new Hero Distress Calls are: use batteries, build modifications, open equipment boxes, level sidekicks, reach all 3 fitness goals in workouts, use training energy.
  
• The settings dialogue has been adjustet to improve clarity.
  
• General, as well as animation options now each have their own tabs.
  

Heroic Deeds

• The dialogue for Heroic Deeds has been reworked to improve clarity.
  
• The levels of the Heroic Deeds are now visible in the detail view and can be claimed there directly.
  
• The filter now also works in the detail view, to only display Heroic Deed levels that offer specific rewards.
  

Workout-Sessions

• The workout button in the main menu now flashes when a workout session is active and there's enough energy to start any of the available fitness exercises. This can be deactivated in the options.
  
• If no fitness excercise can be started, the progress bar of the workout button in the main menu now fills up until the first fitness exercise can be started.
  

General

• Optimizations and bug fixed for the HTML5 version: An error which sometimes prevented input into text fields has been fixed.
  
• Several smaller issues have been fixed.
  

Best,
Your Hero Zero Team

The following changes were deployed today (2019-05-28):
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New Features
Sewing Machine/Collections
• Filter options have been added to the Sewing Machine. You can now filter by name, rarity and source (set, event, heroism, other).
• Collections got filter options as well. You can now filter by name (in items and collections), rarity of items and sources (set, event, heroism, other).
• If a category (rarity, source, reward) is completely disregarded, no collections or items are displayed.



Hero Hideout
• A new room is now available in the Hideout: The Scout Center!
• The Scout Center requires one construction site and is available when your Hideout Base reached at least level 9.
• With each level, the Scout Center increases coin rewards from missions by 1%. The max Level is 25.



Workout-Sessions
• Workouts will only be generated, if at least one Motivation Unit is available.
• The time until next energy will not be reset when a Fitness Exercise is started.
• There will now always be a Fitness Exercise which can be completed with the energy you have left.
• The training button in the main menu now flashes when a woorkout session is active and there's enough energy to start a fitness exercise.
• In the workout selection screen, the area for the reward tooltip has been expanded.
• The current amount of Motivation Units is now also displayed during the cooldown in between two workout sessions, as well as in the "extend duration" diialogue.



Multitasking
• After a villain attack, the screen won't automatically switch back to the mission, if there is an active mission running.



Maintenance
General
• It was possible that previously redeemed vouchers appeared in the list again. This issue has been fixed.
• Several smaller issues have been fixed.



Best,
Your Hero Zero team

The following changes were deployed today (2019-04-30):
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New Features
Training 2.0
• The Training system has been completely overhauled.
• For every attribute, there is a workout session to choose from available. Workout session have randomly chosen time limits, costs and rewards.
• During every workout session, up to three Workout Goals can be reached. Reaching a Workout Goal will grant you rewards. To reach Workout Goals, you have to collect Fitness Points.
• You collect Fitness Points through completing offered Fitness Exercises.
• Three different types of Fitness Exercises are available: Fight, Skill and Standard Fitness Exercises. Starting a Fitness Exercise requires Training Energy.
• Training Energy always counts for the current workout session. If you spent Training Energy, it refills automatically over time.



General
• As a part of the training system overhaul, Training Units have been renamed to Motivation Units
• Team Time Boosters now reduce the amount of Fitness Points requires to reach Workout Goals within workout sessions. As before, the boosters will also reduce mission times.
• 4 new options for Outfits have been added and the maximum number of Outfits has been increased by 4.
• The option to skip fight animations in Fight Fitness Exercises has been added to the options.
• A new heroic deed for reaching all three Workout Goals within a workout session has been added.



Maintenance
General
• The item comparison (green arrow) now disregards modification slots if there are modification slots on both items.
• In the preview for Outfits the set bonus of missiles has not been factored in. This issue has been fixed.
• HTML version: The input line for the team chat has been offset sometimes. This issue has been fixed.
• Several smaller issues have been fixed.
• We’re aware that some teams are abusing/exploiting the team attacks to hold on to team trophies. Actions to prevent this will be applied soon and penalties will be applied to the teams as we see fit.



Best,
Your Hero Zero team