File Extension W3P

File Extension Name: W3P

File Extension Description: The .w3p file extension is the WarCraft III Campaign Progress Record. WarCraft III is a computer game from Blizzard Entertainment. The W3P keeps the record of the progress of a player playing in the Single-Player Campaign mode. The file extension .w3p is similar to the file extension .w3v.

The game WarCraft III is a game of strategy. There are several playing modes. There is the Single-Player Campaign mode where a player embarks on a personal quest. The player goes on the trail without any help from anybody. The campaign can be stopped, placed on hold, and resume game playing on another time.

Even when playing in the Single-Player Campaign mode, all interesting features of the game are present. There are items that bestow powers and gives advantage to the Legendary Heroes (player). These items can give bonuses to specific statistics, utilize special abilities, heal units, or cast offensive and defensive spells.

Adversaries, Creeps, and hostile neutral units sometimes drop Hero Items when killed. These items appear as treasure chests. Since there is limit to the number of items that can be carried, desired item can be picked up after dropping item that the player doesn’t want anymore.

Hero items have three categories: 1) Charged, 2) Consumable, and 3) Persistent. Charged items have limited one-time usability. They are activated by left-clicking. Consumable items also have one-time usability and activated by left-clicking. Persistent items are usable for unlimited times and are always active.

The Charged items are:
· Wand of Negation- dispels magic in an area
· Crown of Command- allows mind control or taking over of enemy non-hero units
The Consumable items are:
· Scroll of Restoration- restores hit points and mana to nearby units
· Tome of Knowledge- permanently increases the strength, agility and intelligence of the Hero by one when used
· Mana Potion- restores lost mana
The Persistent items are:
· Orb of Fire- melee attacks also do fire damage
· Gem of True Seeing- permits Invisible Units to be seen
· Cloak of Shadows- provides Shadow Meld ability that allows units to be invisible to all units at nighttime and are only invisible when they are not moving or attacking
· Ring of Intelligence- boosts Intelligence by 2 which increases a Heroes mana pool and mana regeneration rate

Author: Blizzard Entertainment

Author URL: http://www.blizzard.com/

Associated Applications: Warcraft III, other Blizzard Entertainment games

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