Idle Heroes continues to captivate mobile gamers worldwide, with its impressive earnings of over $4 million last month and a community of more than a million active players. The game keeps things fresh by introducing new heroes with unique mechanics, making each summon and build process thrilling. Furthermore, the extensive gear options allow for personalized hero builds that significantly boost their stats. In this guide, we'll delve into the core gearing system and explore the various equipment types available to enhance your heroes' combat prowess. Let's dive in!
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What is Equipment?
In addition to leveling up, equipping your heroes with the right gear is a pivotal way to amplify their stats. In Idle Heroes, each hero can don equipment across six distinct slots:
- Weapons
- Armor
- Shoes
- Accessories
- Artifacts
- Gems/stones (Treasures)

Artifacts within the same tier share identical upgrading costs and engulf values. As previously mentioned, artifacts are available in various rarities, listed here from the highest to the lowest:
- Orange
- Red
- Green
- Purple
- Yellow
- Blue
The Orange and Red artifacts represent the pinnacle of artifact tiers. Some artifacts are hero-specific, granting unique abilities and stats when equipped to the designated hero. These exclusive artifact versions tend to be more potent than their standard counterparts and offer an additional property exclusive to heroes from the corresponding faction, denoted by the faction's icon.
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