Hand of Midas

Hand of Midas
	Preserved through unknown magical means, the Hand of Midas is a weapon of greed, sacrificing animals to line the owner's pockets.
Accessories
Recipe

Item

Old Abilities

Changelogs

For the character from Dota 2 lore, see Midas.

The Hand of Midas is an item purchasable at the Base Shop, under Accessories.

Additional Information[]

Transmute fully replaces the targeted unit's gold bounty, so that the target's default gold bounty is not granted. This means effectively, it grants 160 - UnitGoldBounty. Because of this discrepancy, if it is used on big units, you lose almost half the unit's actual gold bounty but gain over double the experience.
For more information, see here.

Ability[]

Transmute

▶️

Ability
Target Unit

Affects
Enemy Units

Damage
Instant Kill

Kills a non-hero target for 160 gold and 2.1x experience.

Cannot be used on Ancient Creeps.

Cast Range: 600

Gold Bonus: 160

Experience Bonus Multiplier: 2.1

90

0

Notes:

Upon cast, kills the target unit instantly and grants the caster 160 and 2.1 times of the target's experience bounty.

The target's default bounties are not granted. This means that no hero nearby gains the default gold and experience from the death.
- Gold granted is unreliable gold.

Despite the visual effects, the gold and experience are granted instantly.

Deals damage equal to the target's current health to kill it. This damage fully ignores any form of reduction or amplification.
- This means that it triggers most on-damage events like creep aggro.

Cannot be cast on wards, buildings, ancient creeps, and Necronomicon Warriors.

Transmute Efficiency[]

The following table shows the creep's effective gold and experience bounty if the active ability is cast on them.

Hand of Midas Bounty Bonus Table
Creep Name	Base		Transmuted
Creep Name	Base_XP	Gold	Transmuted_XP	Transmuted	Transmute Value
Alpha Wolf	60	35	126	125	251
Centaur Conqueror	90	59	189	101	290
Centaur Courser	32	19	67.2	141	208.2
Dark Troll Summoner	90	45	189	115	304
Fell Spirit	26	14.5	54.6	145.5	200.1
Ghost	42	26	88.2	134	222.2
Giant Wolf	40	22	84	138	222
Harpy Scout	26	17	54.6	143	197.6
Harpy Stormcrafter	42	28	88.2	132	220.2
Hellbear	66	36	138.6	124	262.6
Hellbear Smasher	90	66	189	94	283
Hill Troll	42	22	88.2	138	226.2
Hill Troll Berserker	28	20	58.8	140	198.8
Hill Troll Priest	28	21	58.8	139	197.8
Kobold	14	6	29.4	154	183.4
Kobold Foreman	30	22	63	138	201
Kobold Soldier	17	15	35.7	145	180.7
Mud Golem	32	25	67.2	135	202.2
Ogre Bruiser	32	26	67.2	134	201.2
Ogre Frostmage	48	32	100.8	128	228.8
Satyr Banisher	24	15	50.4	145	195.4
Satyr Mindstealer	46	24	96.6	136	232.6
Satyr Tormenter	90	65	189	95	284
Shard Golem	18	10	37.8	150	187.8
Skeleton Warrior	4	5	8.4	155	163.4
Vhoul Assassin	30	19	63	141	204
Warpine Raider	76	51	159.6	109	268.6
Wildwing	26	19	54.6	141	195.6
Wildwing Ripper	90	63	189	97	286

Hand of Midas Bounty Bonus Table
Creep Name	Base		Transmuted
Creep Name	Base_XP	Gold	Transmuted_XP	Transmuted	Transmute Value
Boar	60/70/80/90	32	126/147/168/189	128	254/275/296/317
Eidolon	10	21	21	139	160
Forged Spirit	31	39	65.1	121	186.1
Greater Treant	30	21	63	139	202
Hawk	77	30/40/50/60	161.7	130/120/110/100	291.7/281.7/271.7/261.7
Lycan Lane Wolf	10	15	21	145	166
Lycan Wolf	20	21/26/36/41	42	139/134/124/119	181/176/166/161
Necronomicon Archer	50/100/150	50/100/150	105/210/315	110/60/10	105.18/210.18/315.18
Spiderite	3	3	6.3	157	163.3
Spiderling	9	9	18.9	151	169.9
Treant	12	8	25.2	152	177.2
Undying Zombie	0	0	0	160	160
Wraith King Skeleton	5	5	10.5	155	165.5

Recommended Heroes[]

Carry heroes who need to farm for late-game items and benefit from the experience and attack speed for farming and/or fighting often buy an early Hand of Midas.

Arc Warden	Bloodseeker	Chaos Knight	Invoker	Lifestealer
Lone Druid	Nature's Prophet	Slark	Sven	Wraith King

Some support heroes who are not very item dependent may choose to build Hand of Midas in order to accumulate gold for bigger late-game items and gain levels at a faster pace.

Dazzle	Enigma	Ogre Magi

Tips[]

The earlier Hand of Midas is purchased, the earlier it will pay itself off during the match and the earlier you will have an effective networth gain.
- Assuming it is always used when off cooldown and used on a unit with a gold bounty of 0, Hand of Midas increases the user's GPM by 106.67 , meaning it takes a minimum of 19.5 minutes to pay for itself, or 15 minutes for the recipe (from the point on it was first used).
- This means you need to use Transmute 13.75 times to pay for itself, or 10.94 times for just the recipe.
  - Ogre Magi with his Multicast and Arc Warden Tempest Double will have their Hand of Midas payed out effectively earlier than other heroes.
Hand of Midas is an important item if you want to increase your level quickly and unlock talents, especially if you rely on your talents to counter enemy heroes in late game.

Trivia[]

Midas is based on Midas, a figure from Greek mythology who turned all he touched to gold.
Alchemist's cosmetic item, Midas Knuckles, is based on Hand of Midas.