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This page is about the old item. For the current unit, see Animal Courier Radiant minimap icon Courier.
Main Article: Courier

Animal Courier was an item purchasable at the Base Shop, under Consumables.

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Available in the Base Shop
Animal Courier
Animal Courier icon
Animal Courier (Radiant) icon
Animal Courier (Dire) icon
Losing the courier is punishable by death.
Removed Item
Magical
Cost 50 Gold
Sell Value Full price refunded within 10s. 25 Gold
Stock 1 INIT / 1 MAX
600 minutes 36000
Active Deploy Courier
Charges 1 INIT
Bonus ?
Shareable Yes
Destroyable No
Usage Alert ? No
Recipe
Animal Courier (50)


Ability[]

Deploy Courier
Ability
No Target
Deploys a creature to carry items to and from your team's base.
Number of Couriers: 1
Courier Respawn Time: 120
Courier Duration: Permanent
Cooldown symbol
 0

  • Interrupts the user's channeling spells upon cast.
  • The Animal Courier is not a valid target for most spells. A list of spells which affect the courier can be found here.
  • All couriers are controllable by the entire team, no matter who buys and deploys the courier.
  • When deployed, the courier always appears in front of the team's fountain, no matter where the hero was upon deploying it.
  • When a courier dies, the opposing team's heroes get gold each. If there already is a dead courier, no gold is granted.
    • However, an enemy making the killing blow on a courier always gets the gold bounty.
  • When an Animal Courier dies, it respawns in 120 seconds at the team's fountain. While dead, items in its inventory are inaccessible.



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