Roshan Drops First Second Third Kill 7.37e Explained
If you want to know exactly what Roshan drops first, second, and third kill in 7.37e, we have you covered. Valve reshuffled the pit’s rewards during the 7.37 cycle, adding the Roshan’s Banner item and changing when the big prizes show up. This guide breaks down every drop, when it appears, and how to squeeze the most value out of each stack kill.
The Short Answer: Roshan Drops in 7.37e
Here is the quick reference every team wants before diving Rosh. The Aegis of the Immortal drops on every kill. Everything else rotates by kill number.
| Kill # | Guaranteed Drop | Bonus Drop |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Aegis of the Immortal | Roshan’s Banner |
| 2nd | Aegis of the Immortal | Cheese + Roshan’s Banner |
| 3rd+ | Aegis of the Immortal | Aghanim’s Blessing + Refresher Shard + Cheese + Banner |
Key point: Aghanim’s Blessing and the Refresher Shard only start dropping on the third Roshan kill and every kill after that. This is the biggest shift teams need to internalize compared to older patches where Aghanim’s showed up earlier.
What Every Drop Actually Does
Before we get into strategy, let us make sure the rewards themselves are clear. Each item has a very different role in a fight.
Aegis of the Immortal
The Aegis gives you one free resurrection at your death location with full health and mana. It expires after five minutes if unused. You cannot drop it or transfer it, and the hero who picks it up is the only one who benefits.
Cheese
Cheese is a consumable that restores 2,500 health and 1,500 mana on use. It is a huge swing in a teamfight and can be passed between allies. Use it on the hero most likely to survive a follow-up burst, not necessarily the one lowest on health.
Aghanim’s Blessing
This is the permanent Aghanim’s Scepter upgrade in item form. Pick it up on the hero whose Scepter upgrade changes a fight the most. It stacks with buying a regular Aghanim’s Scepter, which is why some cores double up for the stat block.
Refresher Shard
The Shard is a single-use consumable that refreshes every one of your ability and item cooldowns. Chain ultimates, double Black King Bar, or reset a save. Timing matters more than any other Rosh drop.
Roshan’s Banner (New in 7.37)
The Banner is the addition that reshapes lane pressure. You place it anywhere on the map for five minutes, and any lane creep (melee, ranged, or catapult) that walks within 750 range of the banner gains +75% health and +50% damage for 45 seconds.
A few details that matter:
- Six hero attacks destroy the banner. Creep attacks count as 1/4 of a hero attack.
- Reward for destroying it: 200 gold.
- The enemy team gets a notification when it drops.
- Multiple banners do not stack.
- The item is consumed on use.
For a deeper look at the full reward package, our roshan kill rewards 7.37e breakdown walks through every drop with timing tips.
When to Take the First Roshan
The first Rosh in 7.37e is almost always about the Aegis and the Banner, not the Cheese. Because Aghanim’s is gated behind the third kill, there is no reason to rush the pit unless you have a hero who abuses the free life.
Ideal first-Rosh timings:
- After winning a teamfight where the enemy has two or more heroes dead
- When your position 1 or 3 wants to dive high ground safely
- When you have vision control of both the top rune and the ancient camp
Push the Banner toward the lane your team wants to snowball. Sending a buffed catapult wave into a tier-two tower while the enemy is still on respawn timers can crack a base in one push.
The Second Roshan: Cheese Changes the Calculus
The second kill adds Cheese to the pool. Now the pit is worth diving even without a fight advantage, because Cheese plus Aegis on the same core is roughly a whole extra life in a straight brawl.
Who should take the Cheese:
- Your hardest-hitting initiator who commits first
- A frontline offlaner with a big ultimate on cooldown
- Any hero already carrying Aegis, so both charges cover the same fight
Do not hand Cheese to a squishy position 5 unless they are the primary save target. It is a burst-heal item, and it wants to be on the hero the enemy is trying to blow up.
The Third Roshan Is the Prize
This is where 7.37e really rewards persistence. From the third kill onward, Roshan drops Aegis + Cheese + Aghanim’s Blessing + Refresher Shard + Banner, all at once.
That is a full teamfight package on a single stack. Coordinating who picks up which item is more important than the kill itself.
Suggested pickup order:
- Aghanim’s Blessing → the core whose Scepter upgrade is most game-changing (think Invoker, Puck, or Zeus)
- Refresher Shard → the hero with the scariest ultimate on the longest cooldown
- Cheese → the hero taking the most damage in fights
- Aegis → your primary initiator or hardest-to-replace core
Roshan’s New Defensive Tools
7.37 did not just change drops. Roshan himself got meaner, and you need to plan around it.
Roar of Retribution
If Roshan is below 80% health and gets attacked by the hero who killed him last time, he emits a map-wide roar. Every creature within a 900 radius takes damage and receives +25% damage taken for the duration.
- Starting damage: 50
- Scaling per minute: +10
The practical takeaway: do not send the same hero to solo-Rosh over and over. Rotate who initiates the pit, or bring the whole team so the roar penalty does not swing the fight.
Roshan’s Banner (Roshan’s Own Version)
Roshan himself can use a Banner in some situations to buff his lane creep waves. If you see a lane suddenly pushing with buffed creeps and no hero visible, check the map for a banner icon and prioritize breaking it. That 200 gold bounty is a nice bonus for whoever swings the six hits.
Warding and Vision Around the Pit
You cannot fight over Roshan without vision. In 7.37e, the pit still sits in the Radiant top river and Dire bot river, and ward spots that see the pit entrance and the escape cliff remain some of the highest-value pixels on the map.
If you are new to vision, our dota 2 warding spots piece covers the best observers to lock down the pit, and the dota 2 warding guide walks through how to layer sentries with them.
For a full mechanical rundown of pit access, timings, and stack tricks, our dota 2 roshan guide is the deep dive.
Item Priorities That Pair With Rosh Drops
Rosh timings drive item pickups in both directions. Some items are much stronger when you know a stack of drops is coming.
- Black King Bar on the Aghanim’s Blessing carrier
- Refresher Orb stacked with the Refresher Shard for triple ultimates
- Aeon Disk on whichever hero holds the Cheese
For broader item theory, check the dota 2 item guide, and if you are stacking ancients before the pit, farming items dota 2 covers what to build on the position 1.
The Bottom Line
In 7.37e, Roshan drops the Aegis on every kill, adds Cheese on the second, and unlocks the full Aghanim’s Blessing + Refresher Shard stack on the third and every kill after. Roshan’s Banner is now part of every drop and gives your team a lane-snowballing tool worth planning around.
What is still open: Valve continues to iterate on Roshan mechanics between patches, so drop timings, health thresholds for Roar of Retribution, and Banner scaling values are the numbers most likely to shift in a follow-up update. If you want to sharpen the rest of your late-game toolkit, our dota 2 neutral items guide is the next stop.