Kobold

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Kobold
Neutral Creep
Health 240 +0.5 This unit has no mana. Level 1 Armor 0 Magic Resistance 0% Status Resistance 0 Attack Damage Default 10 ‒ 11 Attack Range 100 Acquisition Range 500 Attack Speed 200 • 2s BAT Attack Animation 0.38+0.6 Projectile Speed Instant Move Speed 290 (100) Turn Rate 0.9 Collision Size 27 Bound Radius 24 Vision Range (G) 1400 • 800 Bounty 5–7 Experience 14 Model Scale 0.9 Abilities Prospecting Aura Intern npc_dota_neutral_kobold

Kobold is a neutral creep found in:

• Kobold Camp
• Under the ground, dug up with a Trusty Shovel.

Abilities

Prospecting Aura

Prospecting Aura

Ability

Passive / Aura

Affects

Allied Units

Grants allied units within the radius addtional gold per minute.

Effect Radius: 1200

Gold per Minute Bonus: 20/25/30/40

Aura Linger Duration: 0.5

Neutral creeps' aura has a smaller radius by default.

Neutral Aura: 800

This ability has multiple levels by default. However, the 4th level can only be unlocked by certain hero abilities or sources.

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• Grants reliable gold.
  • Grants a total 110/115/120/130 per minute within the radius.
  • Stacks additively with other gold per minute increasing sources.

• The aura has the following properties:
  • Multiple overlapping Prospecting Aura radius do not stack.
  • Has no gameplay benefit on the following units:
    • Neutral creeps.
    • Visually affects clones and Illusions, but does not grant additional gold.
  • Does not affect the following units:
    • Invulnerable units.

• ILLUSIONS
  Bestows the aura for camouflaging purposes.

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Hidden modifier

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Prospecting: Gaining additional gold income

• Has 4 levels by default. The 4th level can only be unlocked by the following sources:
  • Holy Persuasion
  • Gluttony Devour
  • Helm of the Overlord's Dominate

Neutral Upgrade

Neutral Upgrade

Ability

Passive

Affects

Neutral Creep

Neutral creeps become stronger as time passes by.

Immediately updates all existing neutral creeps and grants them the following stats per upgrade interval.

Max Stacks: 30

Upgrade Interval: 450

Max Ability Level: 3

Ability Upgrade Interval: 900

Details

• Other Neutral Upgrade notes apply.

Recent Changes

Version

Description

7.38
(2025-02-19)

• Prospecting Aura is now disabled by Break

7.35c
(2024-02-21)

• Base Damage increased by 3.

7.33
(2023-04-20)

• The Summmoned Kobold is now a player-controlled unit.
• Increased Prospecting Aura gold per minute from 20 to 20 / 25 / 30 / 40 . [?]