Observer Ward

	Observer Ward
Summoned Ward
Health 100 +0
This unit has no mana.

Observer Ward
	A form of half-sentient plant, often cultivated by apprentice wizards.
Consumables
	135
Recipe

Item

Changelogs

Observer Ward is an item purchasable at the Base Shop, under Consumables.

Additional Information[]

Stacks with itself and with Sentry Wards in a single inventory slot, there is no stack limit. The sell value adapts based on the number of instances in a stack.
- Wards from multiple players are combined when given by allies.
Observer Wards do not provide True Sight.
Killing an Observer Ward prints out a chat notification to allies.

Bounty Interactions[]

Grants Gold bounty to the player that provided the True Sight as follows:

Gem of True Sight

To the player who bought or wield the item (regardless of its original buyer).

Sentry Ward

To the player who bought the wards or Planted the ward (regardless of its original buyer).

Book of the Dead

To the player who owns the Level 3 Necronomicon Warrior.

Lightning Bolt,

Thundergod's Wrath or

Rocket Flare

To the caster of the ability (regardless of the original hero).

True Sight,

Chronosphere,

Kinetic Field or

Aether Remnant

To the player that kills the ward.

Ability[]

Plant

▶️

Ability
Target Area

Plants an Observer Ward, an invisible watcher that gives ground vision in a 1600 radius to your team. Lasts 6 minutes.

Hold Control to give one Observer Ward to an allied hero.

Cast Range:

500

Vision Radius: 1600

Hero Attacks to Destroy: 2

Non-Hero Attacks to Destroy: 8

Gold Bounty Increase per Minute: 4

Experience Increase per Minute: 8

Duration: 360

1

0

Modifiers []

Provides 1600 radius ground vision at its location.

Cannot be placed inside the fountain area (including a small area in front of the ramp), or in Roshan's pit.
- Cannot be placed on impassable terrain, or spots obscured by trees.

Item is unshareable (Ctrl) with Couriers or with the Spirit Bear.

Neutral creep spawn ranges are shown before placing a ward, allowing camps to be blocked.

The radius of already placed Observer Wards is shown as well, allowing its caster to see how they overlap.

While having the ward selected, multiple indicators appear on the world and minimap.
- The targeting cursor depicts the ward, with a green circle around it. The circle shows its vision range.
- The minimap shows a yellow area, depicting the vision range when placed at that point.
- The yellow markings consider trees and terrain height around the area.

The Ward's bounty increases by 1 every 15 seconds, and the experience by 1_XP every 7.5 seconds.

Treat illusions and creep-heroes as creeps.

Planted Observer Ward[]

Planted Ward

Ability
Hidden

This unit is permanently invisible and phased.

Attacking Accuracy: 100%

Melee Attack Range Bonus: 150

Ally Deny Health Threshold: 50

Notes

The ability and modifier are not displayed in-game.

Attacks against the affected target have absolute accuracy, which prevents its attacks from being missed (i.e. evasion or blind effects).
- Geminate Attack does not work against Observer Wards.

Melee units have an extra 150 attack range when attacking Observer Wards.

Observer Wards can always be attacked by their owner, and can only be attacked by other ally heroes if they are within the spawn areas of neutral creeps, regardless of the ward's current health.
- Observer Wards receive 10 damage from ally heroes when it has over 50 health.

Lore[]

Knowing how to craft a ward is an important skill for artificers of magical goods. Rylai showed great talent at crafting wards, and once considered becoming an artificer.^[1]
Despite this, the flavor text for this item refers to Observer Wards as plants and states that they are "often cultivated by apprentice wizards." This implies that they are grown as opposed to crafted, directly contradicting the White Sentry's description.

Gallery[]

In-game model

References[]

↑ White Sentry description.

Recent Changes[]

Main Article: Observer Ward/Changelogs

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7.33c

Increased base experience bounty from 50_XP to 70_XP.
Increased experience bounty per minute from 6_XP to 8_XP.

7.31d

Strength of the Immortal now causes Roshan's attacks to immediately destroy Observer Ward.

7.29

Observer Wards can now always be attacked by allied players if they are within the spawn areas of neutral creeps, regardless of the ward's current health. [?]
U
Increased Plant vision radius from 1400 to 1600.

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[1] White Sentry description.

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