Haunted Mines | Map types and descriptions of maps Heroes of the Storm Guide

Last update: 11 May 2016

Haunted Mines is a battleground that can be divided into two areas - outer and inner (old mine). The most important thing here is controlling the Golems that are spawned after you collect enough Skulls.

The Golems start from the base and continue where they were defeated. Because of that, each golem is more dangerous than the previous one. On the screenshot above, you can see the Skull counter that shows how strong a specific Golem is. In this case, one of the teams collected 89 skulls, so their Golem is much stronger than the other one.

Collecting skulls

You can collect skulls in two ways:

Killing undead miners

The miners are not very difficult. Each of them will drop a skull that you can collect.

Killing the Boss

The golem is a much stronger enemy, so you'll need support. In the screenshot above, you can see a green glow around the Golem. That means that he's getting ready for a strong attack that does a lot of AoE damage and stuns the heroes. Getting out of this skill's area is a good idea. Remember that it doesn't matter who kills him because everyone can collect the skulls.

Mercenaries

You can encounter two types of mercenaries who will fight on your side after you capture their camp.

Giants

Giants are located in 2 camps on each side of the battleground and they will start going through the closest lane.

Knights

There is only one Knight camp here, in the center. Focus on capturing it so that the enemy can't do it.

Minimaps

Legend

	This symbol marks entrance to the mine. There are two of them - one at the top and one at the bottom of the battleground.
	Blue team's Golem. The other one is marked the same way, just with a different colour.
	Mercenary camps - Giants and Knights.
	The eye marks a watch tower that can make you see through fog of war.
	That's how cores are marked.
	Base that spawns minions.

Legend

	Exit from the mine.
	Boss that drops a lot of skulls.
	Groups of undead miners are marked with small dots.
	Counter of collected and remaining skulls is shown in the bottom right corner.

Help

Controlling the Golems is essential here, but the first Golem is weak and he won't go far. You can use another strategy - let the enemy enter the mines and collect skulls while your team captures mercenary camps. The second Golem is worth fighting for. Remember that it doesn't matter who kills the miners or Golem, because everyone can collect skulls.