Epic Age: How to Reset Heroes Anytime Using Inheritance

To reset a commander whose standard reset is locked behind a cooldown timer in Epic Age, transfer the hero's level and combat experience to an unused surrogate card via the Hero Inheritance mechanic, then reset that surrogate immediately.

Because Epic Age tracks reset cooldown timers per individual hero card rather than across your entire account, any hero you have not recently reset retains an active reset option. Moving experience onto an off-cooldown surrogate card completely bypasses the donor card's timer, refunds your invested skill points, and returns the surrogate to base level.

Prerequisites and Restrictions

Before initiating an inheritance transfer, confirm the following conditions to avoid interface errors:

• Remove active assignments: Remove both the donor commander and the recipient surrogate from all active battle marches, gathering queues, garrison defense slots, and internal city production posts.
• Unlock hero cards: If either card is locked to prevent accidental dismantling, unlock both cards in the barracks overview before opening the inheritance menu.
• Verify surrogate availability: Check the surrogate's profile to confirm that its native Reset button is off cooldown and ready for immediate use.

Step-by-Step Inheritance Reset Procedure

Follow this operational sequence to transfer experience and reclaim your skill points without waiting for cooldowns:

1. Unassign the donor hero: Open your city squadron and garrison menus to recall and unassign the leveled commander from all duties.
2. Select an off-cooldown surrogate: Locate an unused card in your hero repository—such as an unassigned bench commander or spare epic unit—that has an active, ready reset.
3. Initiate Hero Inheritance: Open the hero management screen, select your leveled commander, tap Inheritance, and designate the surrogate hero as the recipient.
4. Confirm the transfer: Finalize the exchange so the recipient surrogate absorbs the level progress and raw experience pool of the donor hero.
5. Reset the surrogate: Open the surrogate hero's character profile, tap Reset, and confirm the action to immediately recover all skill points and reset the card's level back to baseline.

Direct Inheritance vs. Surrogate Reset

Choose your transfer route based on how you intend to allocate the reclaimed resources:

• Direct Inheritance: Transfer experience directly from your old commander into a newly recruited replacement if that replacement is already selected. This puts the new commander into service immediately without manually redistributing points.
• Surrogate Reset: Route experience through an unused spare card and trigger a reset when you want raw skill points liquid in your inventory. This allows you to split resources across multiple squads or distribute skill points among supporting commanders.