Hand of Midas
2200 gold ・ Common
Attack SpeedHard items to categorizeFarming
Effects
Stats while held
- +40 Attack Speed
ActiveCooldown0sRange600
Transmute
Kills a non-hero target for 160 gold. Killing a neutral creep additionally grants a madstone bundle. Cannot be used on Ancient creeps.
Notes (official)
- The gold given is unreliable gold (you do not get the normal creep bounty).
- Experience gained by using Transmute is not shared.
Recipe
Recipe1750Total2200
Recommended for（32）
Heroes the in-game shop recommends this item for (curated by Valve). These are not win-rate statistics.
Arc Warden 
Outworld Devourer 
Abaddon 
Invoker 
Visage 
Venomancer 
Warlock 
Enigma 
Elder Titan 
Ancient Apparition 
Enchantress 
Omniknight 
Chaos Knight 
Crystal Maiden 
Clockwerk 
Silencer 
Spirit Breaker 
Slardar 
Chen 
Doom 
Dragon Knight 
Treant Protector 
Night Stalker 
Nyx Assassin 
Nature's Prophet 
Phoenix 
Bloodseeker 
Brewmaster 
Lifestealer 
Lich 
Wraith King 
Lone Druid Patch history
7.41e 2026-07-30
- Attack Speed bonus increased from +35 to +40
7.41 2026-03-24
- Transmute no longer prevents camp-clearing Madstone Bundles from spawning if it was used on the last creep in neutral camp
- Getting guaranteed Madstone Bundle from Transmute used to prevent the camp-clearing bundle from spawning
7.40 2025-12-15
- Transmute no longer has an experience multiplier
- Transmute charge restore time decreased from 110s to 90s
Raw values (from the game files)
bonus_gold | 160 |
|---|
Details
| Cost | 2200 |
|---|---|
| Cooldown | 0 s |
| Mana cost | 0 |
| Range | 600 |
| Cast point | 0.0 s |
| Disassemble | Never |
| Internal ID | 65 |
| Internal name | item_hand_of_midas |
Lore
Preserved through unknown magical means, the Hand of Midas is a weapon of greed, sacrificing animals to line the owner's pockets.