New Player Objectives



New Player Objectives were introduced as an update to the old and outdated tutorial of Dota 2. These can be found under the Welcome section of the Learn tab in the Dota 2 client. There are 32 different objectives ranging from Videos, Tutorials, Game Features, Scenarios to New Player Mode, Match with Coach, AI Match, Party Match and All Pick Unranked Match. They have been divided in 4 tiers of 8 objectives, each focusing on different aspects of the game, ranging from basic mechanics like, teleporting, using the courier to advanced tactics like Black King Bar usage, and disjointing abilities. Completing the objectives will grant players free Gunslinger Set for, Traveler on the High Plains Set for , Emoticon Packs,Announcer Packs, Shards and a lot more. There are 16 cosmetic rewards and 4000 Shards up for grab.

Tier 1 - So You Want To Be A Hero...
Five heroes, a map and a dream. Let's start with the basics. That's what Tier 1 is for. Dive in for a crash course on core mechanics and general concepts of the game.

Objective 1: This Is Dota
Sick of reading? This is like reading but with pictures. I call it 'watching'.

Voiced by John Patrick Lowrie, This Is Dota is a 2 minute long video covering the very basics of Dota 2. It covers the factions in Dota 2, the playing field, ancients, heroes, creeps, gold and experience, towers, lanes, roshan, aegis, barracks and carries the general idea of destroying the enemy ancient to win the game.

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 * This video was first uploaded by Dota 2 in 2015, on YouTube.

Objective 2: Basic Mechanics
This objective features as the playable hero. The goal is to destroy the Dire's tier 1 tower on the middle lane. This tutorial teaches:
 * Fountains
 * Respawn
 * Moving the hero
 * Attacking
 * Camera Controls
 * Shop
 * Gold
 * Leveling
 * Experience Range
 * Consumable items
 * Lanes
 * Creeps

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 * You can share interesting tips, tricks & information related to this objective here.

Objective 3: Getting Around
This objective features as the playable hero. The goal is to bypass hurdles using various mobility items and abilities on the way to the final marker. This scenario teaches:
 * Camera Controls
 * Moving the hero
 * Using
 * Using
 * Using
 * Using 's

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 * You can share interesting tips, tricks & information related to this objective here.

Objective 4: Teleporting
This objective features as the playable hero. The goal is to kill the enemy. This scenario teaches:
 * Teleporting
 * Using
 * Cancelling the channel of with stuns.

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 * Starting items can be sold for extra gold.

Objective 5: Using Your Courier
This objective features as the playable hero. The goal is to buy various items from Base Shop and Secret Shop using the courier. This scenario teaches:
 * Selecting courier
 * Retrieving items from stash
 * Sending courier to Secret Shop
 * Speed Burst
 * Transferring items from courier

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 * You can share interesting tips, tricks & information related to this objective here.

Objective 6: Regen Consumables
This objective features as the playable hero. The goal is to learn using consumable health and mana regeneration items. This scenario teaches:
 * Using
 * Sharing
 * Using on self
 * Using on self
 * Using on an allied hero
 * Using on an allied hero

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 * You can share interesting tips, tricks & information related to this objective here.

Objective 7: Demo a Hero
Try any hero. Find your favorites. Politely ignore your least favorites.

This objective teaches:
 * Using demo mode

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 * You can share interesting tips, tricks & information related to this objective here.

Objective 8: Play a Game
The objective queues the player for a New Player Mode match and can be completed by playing a New Player Mode match until one of the teams win.

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 * You can share interesting tips, tricks & information related to this objective here.

Rewards: Tier 1


Rewards can be unlocked by completing any 5 of the 8 objectives in this tier.

Tier 2 - What's With All This Hero Stuff Anyways?
Every hero's a little different, depending on how you like to play. Tier 2 focuses on knowledge you'll need to face your enemies the right way. Because the heart of battle is found in the fight.

Objective 1: Mid-Game Progression
This objective features as the playable hero. The goal is to defeat the enemy. This tutorial teaches:
 * Using Quickbuy
 * Respawn
 * Obtaining gold
 * Getting Last Hits
 * Equiping a neutral item
 * Sending neutral items to the neutral stash
 * Choosing talents
 * Buying items

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 * You can share interesting tips, tricks & information related to this objective here.

Objective 2: Map Vision
This objective features as the playable hero. The goal is to avoid getting kiled by enemy while warding and dewarding. This scenario teaches:
 * Buying items
 * Warding
 * Dewarding

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 * You can share interesting tips, tricks & information related to this objective here.

Objective 3: Stuns and Disables
This objective features as the playable hero. The goal is to disable enemy long enough to help ally  to get a kill on her. This scenario teaches:
 * Disabling an enemy with stun.
 * Disabling an enemy with hex.

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 * You can share interesting tips, tricks & information related to this objective here.

Objective 4: Teamfight Initiation
This objective features as the playable hero. The goal is to disable multiple enemies to assist your allies in winning the teamfight. This scenario teaches:
 * Positioning
 * Casting teamfight ultimates
 * Casting teamfight ultimates with

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 * You can share interesting tips, tricks & information related to this objective here.

Objective 5: Status Effects
This objective features as the playable hero. The goal is to disable enemy heroes to help allied heroes kill them. This scenario teaches:
 * Stunning enemy
 * Silencing enemy
 * Rooting enemy
 * Disarming enemy

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 * You can share interesting tips, tricks & information related to this objective here.

Objective 6: Roshan & The Aegis
This objective features as the playable hero. The goal is to kill using the extra life from. This scenario teaches:
 * Killing Roshan
 * Using

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 * You can share interesting tips, tricks & information related to this objective here.

Objective 7: View the Glossary
If you have a question and I haven't answered it yet, try here.

This objective features can be completed by visiting the Glossary.

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 * You can share interesting tips, tricks & information related to this objective here.

Objective 8: Watch a Live Match
Watch and learn. You can gain loads of new strategies from watching others.

This objective can be completed by watching a live match on DotaTV.

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 * You can share interesting tips, tricks & information related to this objective here.

Rewards: Tier 2


Rewards can be unlocked by completing any 5 of the 8 objectives in this tier.

Tier 3 - Destroying An Ancient
'''Destroying an Ancient is half the battle. Well, two halves. It's all the battle.''' Tier 3 is what separates the heroes from the creeps. Learn how to maximize your potential in the lanes.

Objective 1: Last Hitting
This objective focuses on last hit training. The goal is to last hit and deny the maximum number of creeps in 3 minutes. This scenario teaches:
 * Last hitting

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 * You can share interesting tips, tricks & information related to this objective here.

Objective 2: Invisibility Detection
This objective features as the playable hero. The goal is to kill invisible heroes with the help of various detection items. This scenario teaches:
 * Countering invisbility with
 * Countering invisbility with
 * Countering invisbility with
 * Dewarding

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 * You can share interesting tips, tricks & information related to this objective here.

Objective 3: Stacking Neutrals
This objective features as the playable hero. The goal is to stack neutral camps. This scenario teaches:
 * Neutral camp respawn time
 * Stacking neutral camps

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 * You can share interesting tips, tricks & information related to this objective here.

Objective 4: Pulling Creeps
This objective features as the playable hero. The goal is to pull creeps. This scenario teaches:
 * Creep Equilibrium
 * Pulling creeps

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 * You can share interesting tips, tricks & information related to this objective here.

Objective 5: Use Private Coaching
Fellow players are standing by, waiting and willing to help.

This objective can be completed by playing a match with a Coach.

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 * You can share interesting tips, tricks & information related to this objective here.

Objective 6: View Items Section
Looking for incredible potions? Enchanted gauntlets? Surprisingly useful sticks? This is the place.

This objective can be completed by viewing the Items section of the Learn tab.

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 * You can share interesting tips, tricks & information related to this objective here.

Objective 7: Play a Co-op Game against Bots
This objective can be completed by playing a Co-op match against Bots.

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 * You can share interesting tips, tricks & information related to this objective here.

Objective 8: Play a Game with a Friend
This objective can be completed by playing a party match.

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 * To start this scenario you must have a friend in party.

Rewards: Tier 3


Rewards can be unlocked by completing any 5 of the 8 objectives in this tier.

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 * All Emoticons are part of Dolfrat Emoticon Pack and cannot be unlocked individually.

Tier 4 - Advanced Tactics
Unlearn some things to make space in your brain for these top-tier tips. You've learned a lot, but the possibilites in Dota are endless. Pick up a few more essentials in Tier 4 and get ready to play your own way.

Objective 1: Customize Your Profile
Express yourself. That's an order.

This objective can be completed by customizing the user profile.

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 * You can share interesting tips, tricks & information related to this objective here.

Objective 2: Visit Shard Shop
You've EARNED those shiny magic rocks. Now SPEND them!

This objective can be completed by visiting the Shard Shop.

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 * You can share interesting tips, tricks & information related to this objective here.

Objective 3: Dodge/Disjoint
This objective features as the playable hero. The goal is to dodge and disjoint projectiles. This scenario teaches:
 * Types of Projectiles : Linear and Tracking
 * Dodging by movement
 * Disjointing projectiles with, and

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 * You can share interesting tips, tricks & information related to this objective here.

Objective 4: Item Setups
This objective features as the playable hero. The goal is to use items as setups for spells. This scenario teaches:
 * Cast time
 * Setting up for spells with ,

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 * You can share interesting tips, tricks & information related to this objective here.

Objective 5: Advanced Items
This objective features as the playable hero. This scenario teaches:
 * Sharing
 * Selling items
 * Disassembling items
 * Combining items

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 * You can share interesting tips, tricks & information related to this objective here.

Objective 6: Black King Bar (BKB)
This objective features as the playable hero. The goal is to kill enemy heroes without dying to their magical abilities. This scenario teaches:
 * Using

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 * You can share interesting tips, tricks & information related to this objective here.

Objective 7: Glimmer Cape
This objective features as the playable hero. The goal is to save self and allies using. This scenario teaches:
 * Using on self.
 * Using on allies.
 * Benefiting from magic resistance provided by.

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 * You can share interesting tips, tricks & information related to this objective here.

Objective 8: Play an All Pick Game
This objective can be completed by playing an unranked all pick match.

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 * You can share interesting tips, tricks & information related to this objective here.

Rewards: Tier 4


Rewards can be unlocked by completing any 5 of the 8 objectives in this tier.

Community-Created Objectives
The Dota community is continuously creating content to help players improve.

Dota Tutorial
This tutorial is entirely community-made by the players that were brand new to Dota at one point. Between new player videos, tutorials and websites, there is a variety of resources out there to increase your Dota knowledge.

Dota Tutorial or the Dota 2 Community-tutorial project was an attempt to create a new player onboarding experience for people who become curious about the game after watching the then upcoming animated series on Netflix. In their blogpost, "A New Approach to Helping Players Learn Dota", Valve acknowledged this effort by the community.

The tutorial contains 6 Chapters, all of which can be accessed individually from the chapter-select menu at the top. This objective features as the playable hero.

Chapter 1: Fountain
This objective teaches:
 * Ancient
 * Base Shop
 * Fountain
 * Respawning
 * Moving the hero
 * Moving the camera
 * Dodging projectiles
 * Centering camera on hero
 * Attacking
 * Leveling up abilities
 * Items
 * Selecting item guides
 * Creeps

Chapter 2: Top Lane
This objective teaches:
 * Experience
 * Gold
 * Last hitting
 * Denying
 * Towers
 * Respawn time
 * Tower's attack radius
 * Glyph of Fortification
 * Secret Shop
 * Courier
 * Neutral Creeps

Chapter 3: Jungle
CHAPTER BROKEN AS OF 21/04/2021

This objective teaches:

Chapter 4: Vision
CHAPTER BROKEN AS OF 21/04/2021

This objective teaches:
 * Vision
 * Juking
 * Warding

Chapter 5: Roshan
This objective teaches:
 * Bounty Runes
 * Power Runes
 * Roshan
 * Teleporting
 * Teleporting

Chapter 6: Back Home
This objective teaches:
 * Heroes
 * Primary attributes
 * Roles
 * Community Resources