Hand of Midas

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For the character from Dota 2 lore, see Midas.

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

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 Cost 2200 (1750) Sell Value 1100 Active Transmute Bonus ? +35 Attack Speed Shareable Disassemble Usage Alert ? Recipe

Additional Information

• Transmute fully replaces the targeted unit's gold bounty, so that the target's default gold bounty is not granted.
  • The effective gold gained can be defined as:
    EXPR
    2.1 - 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 .
  • Flagbearer Creeps still grant the aura bounty.
• For more information, see here.

Ability

Transmute

Transmute

▶️

Ability

Unit

Affects

Enemy Units

Damage

Instant Kill

Instantly kills the target non-hero unit, transmuting it into gold and experience. Sets the target's gold bounty to a fixed value, while multiplying the experience bounty.

Cast Animation: 0 + 0

Cast Range:  600

Set Gold Bounty: 160

Experience Bounty Multiplier: 2.1

If cast on a neutral creep, also grants a few Madstone to the caster, and one to random allies.

Caster Madstone Acquired: 2

Caster Madstone Acquired (Turbo Mode): 3

Number of Random Allies: 1

Number of Random Allies (Turbo Mode): 2

Cannot be cast on Roshan, Creep-Heroes, Ancient Creeps, and Necronomicon Warriors.

A newly acquired Hand of Midas starts with 1 charge.

Initial Charges: 1

110

2

0

Details

• Upon cast, Transmute instantly kills the target unit, dealing
  EXPR
  100% × CurrentHP damage to kill the targeted creep, triggering most on-damage events.
  • This damage fully ignores any form of damage manipulation.

• Grants the caster 160 unreliable gold and
  EXPR
  2.1 × XPBounty.
  • The target's default bounties are not granted. This means that no hero nearby gains the default gold and experience from death.
  • Despite the visual effects, the gold and experience are granted instantly.
  • If targeting a Flagbearer Creep, the aura gold bounty is still granted.

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
	Base	Gold	TransmutedXP	Transmuted	Transmute Value
Ghost	42	26	88.2	134	222.2
Warpine Raider	76	51	159.6	109	268.6
Pollywog	30	18	63	142	205
Boglet	42	27	88.2	133	221.2
Croaker	55	39	115.5	121	236.5
Marshmage Apprentice	42	27	88.2	133	221.2
Marshmage	55	39	115.5	121	236.5
Kobold	14	6	29.4	154	183.4
Kobold Soldier	17	15	35.7	145	180.7
Kobold Foreman	30	22	63	138	201
Hill Troll Berserker	28	20	58.8	140	198.8
Hill Troll Priest	28	21	58.8	139	197.8
Vhoul Assassin	30	19	63	141	204
Fell Spirit	26	14.5	54.6	145.5	200.1
Harpy Scout	26	17	54.6	143	197.6
Harpy Stormcrafter	42	28	88.2	132	220.2
Centaur Courser	32	19	67.2	141	208.2
Centaur Conqueror	90	59	189	101	290
Giant Wolf	40	22	84	138	222
Alpha Wolf	60	35	126	125	251

Hand of Midas Bounty Bonus Table
Creep Name	Base		Transmuted
	Base	Gold	TransmutedXP	Transmuted	Transmute Value
Undying Zombie	0	0	0	160	160
Lycan Lane Wolf	10	15	21	145	166
Minor Imp	17	3	35.7	157	192.7
Greater Treant	30/40/50/60	16/24/32/40	63/84/105/126	144/136/128/120	63/84/105/126
Hawk	40/50/60/70	30/40/50/60	84/105/126/147	130/120/110/100	84/105/126/147
Boar	60/70/80/90	32	126/147/168/189	128	254/275/296/317
Treant	12	8	25.2	152	177.2
Spiderling	9	9	18.9	151	169.9
Spiderite	3	3	6.3	157	163.3
Eidolon	10	18.5	21	141.5	162.5
Wraith King Skeleton	5	5	10.5	155	165.5
Forged Spirit	31	39	65.1	121	186.1
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

Hand of Midas Bounty Bonus Table
Creep Name	Base		Transmuted
	Base	Gold	TransmutedXP	Transmuted	Transmute Value

Hand of Midas Bounty Bonus Table
Creep Name	Base		Transmuted
	Base	Gold	TransmutedXP	Transmuted	Transmute Value
Siege Creep	88	65.5	184.8	94.5	279.3
Super Melee Creep	25	23	52.5	137	189.5
Mega Melee Creep	25	23	52.5	137	189.5
Super Ranged Creep	22	22	46.2	138	184.2
Mega Ranged Creep	22	22	46.2	138	184.2
Super Siege Creep	88	65.5	184.8	94.5	279.3
Mega Siege Creep	88	65.5	184.8	94.5	279.3
Flagbearer Creep	57	36.5	119.7	123.5	243.2
Super Flagbearer Creep	25	23	52.5	137	189.5
Mega Flagbearer Creep	25	23	52.5	137	189.5
Melee Creep	57	36.5	119.7	123.5	243.2
Ranged Creep	69	47.5	144.9	112.5	257.4

Recommended Heroes

These heroes have abilities that synergize and allow them to make good use of Transmute.

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.

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.

• 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 net worth gain.
  • Assuming it is always used when off cooldown and used on a unit with a gold bounty of 160, Hand of Midas increases the user's GPM by 87.27 , meaning it takes a minimum of 23.83 minutes to pay for itself, or 18.33 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.

Gallery

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  Using Hand of Midas

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  Icon when Flockheart's Gamble is equipped

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  Item icon progress

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.

Recent Changes

Main Article: Hand of Midas/Changelogs

Version

Description

7.38
(2025-02-19)

• Transmute
  • no longer secures a neutral item token from the current tier.
  • No also grants a full Madstone bundle when cast on a neutral creep.
  • A Madstone bundle contains 2 Madstones for the caster, and one for a random ally. [?]

7.34e
(2023-11-20)

• Increased Transmute charge replenish time from 100 to 110.

7.34d
(2023-10-05)

• Reduced attack speed bonus from 40 to 35.