Heroes of Might and Magic 4: The Gathering Storm — 6 new campaigns of 22 maps with a single storyline, as well as 21 new single-player scenarios. 4 new creatures from different factions: goblin knight, sorceress, gargantua and champion of darkness. According to the plot of the game, they are the results of experiments by the main villain, the sorcerer Hexis.
There are no habitats in The Gathering Storm from which these creatures can be recruited, but they appeared in the second expansion Winds of War. 16 new artifacts that can be grouped into five sets — “For the dark priest”, “For the strong barbarian”, “For the insightful bard”, “For the busy wizard”, “For the archmage who has everything”. The artifacts in the set can provide additional combined effects.
For example, if a hero wears all the artifacts from the “For the Archmage Who Has Everything” set, he gains the ability to ignore any enemy magic resistance. New artifacts play a key role in the story of The Gathering Storm campaigns. they can be placed in advance when creating the map.