The downloadzip now includes an English walkthrough, written by Koni.
This is the adventure of Maximus.A warrior from Rome.He was banished from his homeland.He went away by sea.The ship sank.Maximus was the only survivor.He woke up on a beach with no memory of what have happened.Now Maximus must find his way back to Rome.
This is an edited version of the well known map of Darklord, which gives the player a warning about the annoying "bug", that the important AI hero God of fire may vanish without any reason in the beginning and how to react.
Author: Quang (HCM), 19-06-2015 08:00 Bug???? Bug??? I'm here, 18M/1W/5D, then, i end turn and wait, but the game don't run. What that bug?
Valery (Lyon, France) writes:
19-06-2015 21:22
bug
The main problem is that Heroes III can't handle huge armies on moving AI heroes, game will just freeze if armies more than 2000 or so. So when one plays a map for more than 12 months, expect this to happen, especially if, as in case with TEW2, all AI towns have weekly events boosting growth.
Also AI heroes prefer to select one of them as main, so you will have one of them running around with all army recruited in all towns. Expect the numbers to be around 4000-5000 after so many months. Game will freeze.
Alexey writes:
17-01-2016 02:25
Bug - The Empire Of The World 2
So, is there any way around this "game freezing bug"? I got to a point when the game gets frozen after I end my turn. Tried re-playing it starting from an earlier point but it did not help.
RoseKavalier (Canada) writes:
17-01-2016 17:24
No great solution - The Empire Of The World 2
You basically have to win faster :(
valery (Lyon, France) writes:
17-01-2016 17:39
- - The Empire Of The World 2
if you are not able to win it in 11 months, then use Era/sod mod + mod Usain Bolt.
Usain Bolt gives permanent extra movement after winning "x" battles here x is specified by player in .ini file. This way most very long XL maps may be doable before bug.
Alexey writes:
17-01-2016 21:39
Bug is fixed so far... - The Empire Of The World 2
Thank you all for your help. I installed the HD mod from here: https://sites.google .com/site/heroes3hd/ rus/download . It seems to be helping so far. I was able to pass the "freezing point".
Author: Hilmar (Reykjavík, Iceland), 19-06-2015 01:06 armor of wonder? where is armor of wonder? I am very far in map and got all other parts, why have I not found this, where is it?
Author: niki (NY USA), 08-06-2015 23:42 Finally finished this incredible map after 15 hours straight i finally finished the map!
my final troops were:
1586 AA
2404 champions
3696 zealots
4132 crusaders
14K archers
8750 griffins
1261 CK
I really enjoyed playing this map , thank you Darklord!
very recommended
kooper writes:
13-05-2016 14:52
u r a laier - The Empire Of The World 2
u cant finished
kooper writes:
13-05-2016 14:54
my troops with out cheat - The Empire Of The World 2
hb
Author: Belarade, 03-05-2015 00:01 epic map Most enjoyable map ever played by me too.
It took me almost 1 week to play it (19+ months in game) and I've tasted every single day.
Author: Kicferk, 02-05-2015 21:42 No tp from earth tome Ok, I assume that you checked that you equipped the tome and that it does not provide you the spell when equipped.
What version of the game are you using? It is possible to change the school of magic spells belong to, so that could be a reason for what you report. For example, WT edition changed TP to be a fire magic spell.
Author: kenyshor (Arad, Romania), 02-05-2015 17:38 NO TP bug ? Hello, Beautifull map, but I'm having some problems. Cant seem to get Town Portal at all, I visited the seer, got the Tome of Earth Magic, but the Town Portal isnt available on my hero(Maximus). Is that a BUG? or something that I've missed. I started the map twice.
Author: Valery (Lyon, France), 01-05-2015 14:00 sure Nice review, indeed the is probably the most beautiful ever designed map. And you know, there are even 3 and 4 which are out as tribute too, check maps4heroes)
Author: Fab (Paris), 01-05-2015 00:41 Tribute to Darklord After several tries on this map (downloaded some years ago, had crashes so left it unfinished) I finally beat it.
My. God.
What a long strange trip it has been. It was awesome. I doubt Darklord is still reading this, but, Jesus, I love your work so much. When I stumbled upon your roadsigns saying this is your last map, and it took 8 months IRL to make it, I was in such a strange feeling.
I totally loved all the fights on this map. The design is beautiful, the fights are epic, this is how an Heroes III adventure should be!
The only thing that disappointed me is that the design is less good toward the end of the map. Darklord was certainly bored, which I can understand.
On a side note, how do you guys manage to beat this map in 6 months or so? Can you even beat it without the Necromancy tweak? It took me 21 months, but I did it mostly without the walkthrough, so I lost much time exploring. But even knowing the shortest path, I can't imagine finishing it in less than 12 months. It is so huge! And you've got only one hero who can really travel...So am I missing something?
Anyway. I know I'll keep this map forever, I'll send it to my fellow HoMM friends, I'll play it with my yet-to-be children. Man, I would gladly pay this guy so that he makes other maps like that. It's just endless fun and I love this.
So this was my tribute to Darklord and his maps. I hope that you guys will enjoy it as much as I did. Have fun and enjoy your time, because you wont find any better map out there!
kenyshor (Arad, Romania) writes:
19-05-2015 22:26
NO TP bug ?
Hello,
Yes, I've checked to be equipped with the hero. I'm playing Heroes 3 Complete Edition with HoTA(v 1.3.8) HD addon.
Valery (Lyon, France) writes:
19-05-2015 22:49
hota
What makes you think this map is compatible with Hota? Hota changes a lot of things in vanilla, you use it at your own risk.
Chrobbus writes:
27-05-2015 23:35
A bug when killing the heroes in the 4 towers (tan)
Hi all,
There is a bug when you're fighting the heroes in the four towers. I cannot by any means access the hero in the tower blocked off by multiple black border gates because there is a lizard archer on one of the "small" spots you can _ONLY_ land on by boat to run through the middle border gates and attack the Tower. Like that is so frustrating! I spent hours trying to find other ways lol. Is there anything I can do?
Mirka (Belgrade) writes:
28-05-2015 13:03
yes/no
The only way to play those sod maps safe is to play them in era platform with SoD mod enabled. No plague, no creature growth, no bugs.
Valery (Lyon, France) writes:
28-05-2015 16:09
era
yep, right.
Author: Flimpy (Houston, USA), 01-03-2015 18:32 Awesome map - stole several days of my life I had to play this map twice, since first time the game crashed on 17th month. I read about it and figured that I had to progress a lot quicker to finish the game before it crashes, so I killed Caesar in 377 days (13 month), difficulty - impossible.
Here is my strategy:
- take Rampart castles as soon as you can, to end shortage of money
- do not give away Angel Feather Arrows artifact to the seer (for water walk) around Rampart castles - use it to assemble the Bow of the Sharpshooter artifact - it helps a lot at early days of the game. For Waterwalk - just kill the God of Water.
- When you will get to the Princetown, do not kill legion of Trolls guarding gold mine - you will need them later.
- As soon as you take the Kings Castle (the only castle with tavern) - use tavern to buy a Necromancer hero with Necromancy Specialty (I used Isra).
Also, buy God of Water once its killed - God of Air has Expert Wisdom and Expert Scholar, so it will be able to transfer spells between heroes
- Once the GenghisKhan is killed open the Quest Guard next to the Kings Castle and travel north with Maximus and your Necromancer towards the dragons protecting obelisks (near the Lighthouses). Hand over your army from Maximus to your Necromancer and kill the Red and then Black dragons with Necromancer to develop him. You will need Logistics, Pathfinding, Earth magic and Air magic - the rest of the skills does not matter. Head your necromancer to the God of Air to teach him spells.
- Once this is done, have Maximus kill the Necromancer heroes to get the Cloak of Undead King, have your Necromancer hero run around map and increase his skills in Libraries, Marletto towers, e.t.c.
- Once you have the Cloak of Undead King - have Maximus continue playing for a bit, while your Necromancer will gather an army of Liches (legion of trolls near Princetown is an easy start)
- Have Maximus to hand over Arch Angels to your Necromancer and continue playing with Necromancer to make sure it's army of Liches is growing. Note: there is a glitch in a game. when army has over 32000 units in one slot and you move this army from one slot to another - army quantity goes negative and you loose your unit. use split function to move your legions of Liches around - split works without glitching.
- Labyrinth of the Four with its traps consisting of legions of monsters becomes an awesome place where your Liches army can grow exponentially - fight these monsters to convert them to your Liches!
- At this point the rest of this game is very easy. I had about ~600.000 of Power Liches (~100.000 in each of 6 slots + some Arch Angels in 7th slot) when I got to Caesar - his army did not get a chance to even touch mine.
Khang Le (Vietnam) writes:
21-08-2015 19:38
Sharpertooth artifact - The Empire Of The World 2
How can u manange to get a sharpertooth artifact?? I had taken a look at you stratergy and had not trade the waterwalk spell, however i couldn't find the "bow of unicorn" to assample the SA. Any advice??
Tks!
It would have been pretty much impossible if I didn't have expert water magic for clone and expert fire magic for blind/berserk. Thanks for the tip mapmaker ;)
Killed Caesar without other heroes help with 0 troops lost.
10/10!
Author: Nikos (Greece), 01-10-2014 02:44 Updated version Is this not the updated version of the map? There is no Enchanted Spring placed near the God of fire.
Author: dungka (Hanoi, Vietnam), 04-07-2014 13:18 Like interesting map hi.i played this map 5 years ago but i still wanna play it again. very interesting map. I know another very very interting map but i could not find it in this website. It is " Unleashing the blood thirsty". I rate it 10 poits too.
Author: Nicolas (Nanterre, France), 26-02-2014 05:04 Like ...too many bugs... ..and it's really a shame, since it is, indeed, one of the very best maps I've played (and I've played a lot of them, including Aeris' incredible constructions).
The main ones have already been spotted, which is to say: the game blocks, at some point (it depends on the month... For me, it has been the 17th. 3 times.); and some random groups of monsters may appear at a key point of the game... And since it isn't possible to attack them from the sea, that too blocks the game (although, at least, the program doesn't freeze. But, all in all, I'm not sur which of these two issues is really the most enraging...)
Valery writes:
26-02-2014 23:44
bugs
It is well known a map will certainly freeze if longer than 13th month. All maps here can be finished much faster, I recall Tew 2 is about 6-7 months long.
Nicolas (Nanterre, France) writes:
01-03-2014 06:14
...victory
Well, I finally managed to beat the clock, and defeat the opponent that froze (the pink one) before the 17th month. And then of course, I could finish the map!!! (so, even if I retried many times, I played the map only once)
Defitively beautiful, but it's a bit of a disappointment to see Ceasar so weak... I expected him to have, kind of, legions of azure dragons, or Phoenixes (for the speed), etc.
Anyway, veery happy to have played, and achieved, it.
Valery writes:
01-03-2014 11:55
caesar
Well, he is not so weak, given that Darklord wanted this battle done before 7th month, not 17. Koni's guide is excellent but absolutely wrong in chronology, any heroes map must never go more than 12 months, and this map should be edited and add a time limit. After 12th month the chances the game freezes multiply with each month passed, is a big risk and a big frustration for the player.
Author: rob, 28-01-2014 01:59 9 out of 10 while I really enjoyed playing this map, I got stuck when I had to stop onto the field that gives me the 3 mana-regen items. The reason was that my inventory was too full, and i've only gotten one item. the others weren't obtainable after this, so I was stuck.. too bad, can't really find the motivation to start all over again :/
Author: Luan (VietNam), 26-12-2013 12:54 happen? at 134/137/0 have zounds hob..., so i don't pass it
Luan (VietNam) writes:
26-12-2013 17:01
hobgoblins
hobgoblins
Valery writes:
26-12-2013 19:08
k
coordinates are wrong I think. At 134/137/0 there are fairy dragons, check again.
Luan (VietNam) writes:
27-12-2013 05:34
hobgoblins
the monster appears automatically when next day. so I did not take the boat to the other shore. i used waterwalk but fail
Author: lupint (Taoyuan, Taiwan), 06-12-2013 12:56 to Valery You are right, (in SoD) I cannot left-click to drop army at the end of week and take them back at the beginning of new week to get increasing 10%. Another feature is that, in WoG, I can set up to update to increase the number of angel that can recruit in town (for example, paying 10 mercury, 10 sulfur, 10 crystal, 10 germ and 6000 gold to increase 1 angel for recruitment), but not so in SoD.
Author: lupint (Taoyuan, Taiwan), 06-12-2013 12:28 it is half WOG You are right, I played using Wog version, however, I just used half Wog so that most of the original features are still the same as SoD. I do not play SoD because its battle system is not so convenient (such as quick battle, every times I want quick battle, I have to do some set up).
I played that without fly, dimension door. The town portal is obtained and attributed to other knights by Eagle Eyes and Scholar skill - this is very important.
Author: Valery, 05-12-2013 16:49 wog You can't, this map is not for WoG. Only SoD or die!
Author: lupint (Taoyuan, Taiwan), 05-12-2013 12:07 Defeat God of Air at Month 8th, week 4th I have managed to defeat God of Air at the last week of Month 8th. (Cannot blind Archangel). (I played this map for more than 5 times). http://www.mediafire .com/view/30bj68d51r 9jm/Pics#
Author: lupint (Taoyuan, Taiwan), 01-12-2013 16:00 how to blind archangel of maximum experience? I cannot blind archangel of maximum experience in God of Air (immune to mind spell), even I have Orb of Vulnerability.
Any one can show me how to do blind on archangel of maximum experience?
Valery writes:
06-12-2013 18:31
sod mod
I made a sod mod for Era, means you play 100% sod game but with selectable options, like "buy all", enhanced hints", display real stats, no plague, no random creature growth. You can download it here:
http://heroescommuni ty.com/viewthread.ph p3?TID=39062
(scroll down until you find SoD mod).
But of course, options as leave creatures on ground are not available, such options destroy a good map. Only safe play allowed.
lupint (Taoyuan, Taiwan) writes:
07-12-2013 14:32
Thanks
Thank you Valery. I will try this. It should be more fun with SoD when I can select these option!
Valery writes:
07-12-2013 21:31
sod
I mean with my SoD mod you can safely play any SoD map. You can select to remove creatures spawn, no plague etc, so at least you are sure to finish it.
Start Tew2 in era/sod mod, check the options you want, then game will be same as sod, but with your wog options.
Chrobbus writes:
30-05-2015 16:51
Era1 or 2?
Hi,
I'm so new to this Heroes III Era & Mods
I downloaded your SoD mod and moved it into my Mods folder in my Heroes folder where I have Era 2 installed. However I do not know how to activate it :/ Should I have another Era version installed for this to work?
Thanks in advance.
Valery (Lyon, France) writes:
30-05-2015 20:03
mm
You need mod manager to activate mods. Usually Era comes with start.exe, an icon from where you have access to all, game, editor, mod manager, tools etc. Use mod manager to activate SoD mod then its all.
Author: owiec (Cracow, Poland), 25-10-2013 01:35 best map I've ever played After two freezes (16th and 17th months) I've managed to complete the map (16months 2weeks 7days- although it's easily possible quicker). It's great. There are however (mostly tiny) drawbacks. The biggest is (putting aside freezes) in my recon the hero 'God of Air'. He is impossible to defeat in reasonable time, so I had to wait until I've captured all of brown player castles and then the heroes were banished. I'm particurarly NOT satisfied about it. Although that said- still best map ever. Big thanks to the autor
No :P
After i took all the brown towers i could defeat God of Air very easy without loses :P
You had to get at least 1000 mana, stack spells on the archers, after cloning them, also you must have more speed than the first archangel, to cast mass slow, then blind the archangels.
Have fun with the air elementals.
Summon an earth elemental, then strike with your archers as hard as you can. But REMEMBER, ALWAYS use blind after the marksman, or everything is lost :P
I hope I helped you, also sorry for the last reply.
Btw, you'll get the Angelic Aliance, Angel Feather Arrows and Ladybird of Lady Luck.
owiec (Cracow, etc.) writes:
08-11-2013 01:01
re: God of Air
I admit that I forgot about yet another trick- simply to cover my archangels from hit- I haven't mentioned that I've set level impossible where computer is not that slappy. That was the key. Your hints are good but (no offense) preety basic (at least on this map) and obvious :P
Author: BB (sl, poland), 17-10-2013 15:37 game freeze Game freezes at 24 month during pink move, cant continue..shame :( should have killed Merlin earlier..
Author: XXkl (Paris, France), 02-10-2013 22:22 Game crashed As some players stated, my game crashes during Pink's turn during month 14.
I am SO disappointed, as I was toward the end of the map...Is there really nothing i can do to bypass this crash ? I do not understand how other players manage to go through month 20 without a crash...
Author: XXkl (Paris, France), 20-09-2013 18:46 Stucked Hello
What army is needed to defeat King Arthur ?
I am at month 5, and I must face him but I have roughly 50-60 Archangels and he has 75 plus a huge army.
I'm not sure what to do because I cannot beat him with my army, although I managed to limit the losses until here.
He has chain lightning and counterstrike so he is quite hard to beat...
XXkl (Paris, France) writes:
26-09-2013 02:10
Arthur defeated
Finally I manages to kill ARthur without loosing 99% of my army...
Is it okay to continue ? I am month 5, 68 AA, 120 champions, 220 monks and some crusaders ? Or should I retry ?
Player writes:
26-09-2013 14:31
battle
As long as you lose zero creatures each battle, is ok.
Use cloned archangels to resurrect everything before battle end.
Author: dumi (Romania), 15-08-2013 16:15 Hello! First I want to send many many congratulations to those who made this work of art. By far the most beautiful map played (and believe me I've played many). No wonder creator worked on it for eight months in reality seen in it ... so rarely. I finished it 2 times and I never tired of it :)
If there is a top of the best maps of Heroes III it would be by far number 1(20 points to the map)!!
Congratulations once more and thank you!
Author: Turbo (.hu), 14-05-2013 23:56 Broken Pretty nice map, very tightly designed in many spots (like the running around Xyron part). However it is TOO tight, and very easy to get stuck if a random monster stack is generated at the end of the month into the wrong place. I got a couple of Troglodytes in the bottom right corner where you are supposed to water walk your way... you cannot use water walk because the monster stack blocked the shore, and you couldn't fight them from boat either.
I had to fight and beat some other heroes prematurely to be able to progress (Merlin, Xyron, God of Earth, etc).
I'm still only halfway through and I'm not sure if the map is even beatable because of this.
Also, the script could use some improvement. It feels pretty weak.
Author: corn flakes, 05-11-2012 19:33 Oh I forgot to say something about the map. It is the most beautiful map i have ever seen. I think the author is a great artist in real life. It would be cool if I'm right :-)
The map is easy for grandmasters of HoMM3 so it should be recommended for everyone who plays HoMM3. This was the longest map I have ever played (it took over 12month of game) so I think I won't replay this for a while :-) I have played "Empire of the World 1", and it is the map which I will play again before the new year.
I also recommend for everyone to play Darklord's other maps. I don't know does he have more maps but one of them is "War of the World" so take a look at it. I haven't completed that map though but I'm doing well at the moment :-) I will finish it this week or at least I hope so.
Absolutely 10 points from me!
One good hint for everyone: When you have free time, play this tine at night and listen to your favourite music at the same time :-) Great atmosphere
Author: corn flakes, 05-11-2012 19:20 I hope im not late Sorry that this came so late but the solution for the lost souls is that you need to find a way to a subterranean gate where you will get artefacts. Then you can open the port which lead to a river and you will get the artefacts (which you lost) back
Author: HOMM3_addict (Mosow), 28-08-2012 17:59 how to return after lost souls??? I have same problem as Giandrone! how to get back after I gave tome of water and earth magic??? I have not summon boat spell neither town portal!
Please help, I want to finish this boring map!
Author: Lydie (Sunny South Est (FRANCE)), 30-07-2012 16:21 I did it Hello,
I just finished this wonderful map. I was helped by all your tips. I enjoyed it very much.
THANK YOU for this magic moments.
(1) Follow the road to the south.Kill the guard and pass through the
subterranean gate.The road north leads to the castle Longbow.Visit
the stable again to upgrade your cavaliers.Fight and kill the Cleric
Longbow.The castle will be built the next week,but not the Portal
of glory.
(2) The next 2-3 weeks you should take control of the area around Longbow.
You should build the Portal of glory before the end of month 1.
If you don`t have enough resources,visit the Trading post.
(3) When you have about 7-10 Arch Angels in your army go northeast to
the Unknown castle and take it.And free the prisoner there.Remember
the seer`s hut behind the prison for later.It will give you The
Tome of earth artifact.Go to the subterranean gate behind the castle
to visit the blue keymasters tent.
(4) When you have about 15-20 Arch Angels you should go south from your
castle Longbow to the blue border guards.Follow the river by boat
til`you get to the Sherwood forest.Take the Crown of the supreme magi
from the Dendroid guards first.Kill Robin Hood.But be careful
that he don`t flee with your boat,then all will be lost.
(5) Now Cristian can pass the border guard south of the unknown castle
and visit the green keymasters tent.And Maximus can visit the seer`s
hut to the north of Sherwood forest to learn water walk.Let Maximus
water walk his way back west towards the unknown castle and visit the
seer`s hut to get the Tome of earth artifact.
(6) Now it`s time for Maximus to go to the hall of gods.Just behind Longbow
is a two way monolith that leads to it.Don`t be afraid of the gods,
they can`t move.Kill only God of water.Then you can pass to the south
on the river that lead to sherwood forest.
(7) Go straight to the east and land your boat.Then go south towards Brother Tuck.
Kill Brother Tuck.Free Marion just behind Brother Tucks castle.
(8) Go by boat again(visit the islands)til`you get to the island where
Prince John and King Arthur lives.To get to King Arthur you have to
water walk.
(9) Now when you have killed King Arthur you can pass the border guard
that leads to the WHIRLPOOL.
(10)You will get to the island where Xyron lives.You can not kill him.
Listen very careful to the peasants.They are your only chance to pass
Xyron.Take the one way monolith that leads to Mongolia(don`t town portal
back for more troops til`you get to the next castle).
(11)Now you are in the black sea.Summon a boat.Get to land.
You don`t have to fight the Green Dragons to get the artifact.
When you reach the border guard that needs 4000 wood,you shold go north
between the two Gorgon`s lair(hidden passage)to the subterranean gate.
There to the south you will find a castle and the wood you need.
To the south of the castle is a hidden passage.You will need the Dragons.
Go back to the border guard.
(12)Kill everything in Mongolia if you can.The Chaos hydras for gold,the
Fearie Dragons for primary skills.Water walk to the west where the sign
says "swimming only"to get the Cornuccopia.
To the west of the magic well is the hidden passage that gets you
further into Mongolia.
(13)Kill the Red Keeper at King Lugasus grave to visit the red keymasters tent.
Summon a boat after you have killed Arjuna.Come back later for the Seerґs hut.
(14)Go by boat to the Chaos Island.Kill Semgal Khan to open the Quest guard.
You can open the pandoras box there to(no guards).
Go west til`you get to the garrison.You don`t have to fight the troops
in the garrison,there is another way in.
Kill Genghis Khan.
(15)Now you can pass the Quest guard at Kings castle.
(16)Search through the ocean,go north first and visit the Lighthouses(water walk).
Remember the Quest guard there for later(important).The Seer`s hut will
give you "Orb of vulnebarity"when you reach level 50.
Go south west by boat.You don`t have to fight God of fire yet,to pass
the Quest guard.Go further west first.Visit The Pit lords island.
And you don`t have to fight all the Crystal Dragons to get to the
monolith.You can come back much later.
(17)Go to the Hall of the gods.Kill God of fire.
(18)Go back to the Quest guard in the ocean that has the garrison behind.
Leave all your troops except a couple of Arch Angels in the garrison.
Go north.Don`t open the red border guard,go through the red border gate.
When yo reach the last red border guard,stay there
through the night.Then pass it to get to the purple keymasters tent.
Remember to build a tavern in Kings castle first.Surrender when
Merlin attacks you.Then rehire Maximus in Kings castle`s tavern.
Go back for the troops in the garrison.
(19)Now you can go south from Brother Tucks castle,and pass the purple
border guard.You have to kill the Faerie dragons.Go through the subterranean
gate.
(20)Kill the guard to get to the two way monolith.It will lead yo to
"Shadowlands".There are only 3 heroes in shadowlands.Kill all.
(21)Now you have to find the hidden passage Below the Unknown castle,west.
Then you will reach a border guard.Kill God of earth in "the hall of
the gods"to pass it.
(22)Now you enter the "wild barbarians land"Lookout for hidden passages.
About half of the map is covered now.If you have any problems with
the rest of the map,please email me.//Darklord
The Empire of the World II
map by Stefan Kispalko aka Darklord for H3 - SoD
English Walkthrough
written by Konrad Leweling aka Koni
Note before you start playing: In the updated version of the map an Enchated Spring (Purple) is placed near God of fire, so you can check if the God is standing there after day one. Restart if he has gone (what can happen, but makes the map unplayable.) !!!
Phase I. The Start (month 1-4)
- Maximus seeks his way to his first town on the upperworld, visit the seer (Spell power level 3), collect troops, defeat The Guard and go above,
- head north and capture Longbow (Red castle and hero), open Quest Guard (5000 g) and learn water and fire magic and pathfinding (very important!!),
- head east and free Christian from prison, take castle Unknown, visit the seer (seeks crown), both head back for troops, visit shrines for Haste and Slow,
- Christian opens Quest Guard for Crusaders, Maximus with all troops enters Subterranean gate behind Unknown and visits the lightblue keymaster,
- explore all the area south of Longbow including the starting area below, open guards and visit the seer (Equestrian gloves for 40 gems),
- enter a ship at the yard and follow the river, get the Crown of the Supreme Magi and enter Sherwood forest, defeat Robin Hood and capture Sherwood (Angle Feather Arrows and Shackles),
- meanwhile let Christian collect troops and resources, and after the defeat of Robin he visits the Green tent south of Unknown,
- Maximus opens the Guard and gets the spell Water walk from the seer, then he walks back to Unknown via stables getting the Ring, Boots and Necklace and visiting all objects on the way,
- the seer trades the Crown for the Tome of Earth Magic with the important Town Portal spell, meanwhile should be built the Portal of Glory in both castles,
- Maximus can visit the Quest-Guard (demands defeat of King Arthur), while Christian upgrades the angels at the hill fort as long as the Portals aren't upgraded.
Phase II. God of Water - King Arthur (month 5)
- Open Green Border Guard at the shore to the North and enter the hidden 2-way-monolith (behind Castle Longbow) into the Hall of the Gods, visit all objects and slay God of water first,
- with the tome of Water Magic (Clone spell etc. available by now!) and the Admiral's Hat equipped back to the river and open the Quest-Guard (defeat God of water), continue east,
- defeat Brother Tuck ant take his rampart Jeddite, open the Quest-Guard (well hidden behind the town) and free Marion from prison, open Quest-Guard north to Sherwood forest,
- let Marion collect some shooters and call a boat for her, in order that she can sail the river and reach Christian, who can learn spells by her and visit other objects via river by now,
- with Maximus back to the river, seer gives artifact Buckler, explore the river and visit all training objects (Pandora box by Waterwalk), capture Princetown with Prince John,
- collect troops per Town Portal and cross the cursed grounds using Waterwalk near the School of War, defeat King Arthur in Kings Castle and Red is eliminated,
- take the gems behind the first Quest-Guard and build a tavern [Clue: You could try to recruit Gelu, who is placed in the garrison and can upgrade all your shooters to Sharpshooters by now.].
Phase III. Mongolia and GenghisKhan (month 6-7)
- Collect all available troops (I needed Archangels, Zealots, Champions, Gold Dragon and Sharpshooters only), open Quest-Guard (defeat King Arthur), and enter the whirlpool (One-way only!),
- sail north (passing your starting place) and land, proceed to stables [Save!] and follow the instructions of the Horsekeeper and the events on the way exactly (!!!), and you will escape Xyron.
- enter the One-Way portal to Mongolia, at the exit do a step forward, call a ship and cross the Black Sea, disembark and follow the way to a Quest Guard (4000 wood),
- head north passing between the 2 gorgon lairs, and find the way (hidden pile of ore) to the Subterranean gate, follow the road south and conquer the Forest rampart with its Dwarf Master,
- after refreshing your army take the pile of 4000 wood and find the hidden passage to the Gold Dragons (blocking Garden of revelation north of the Green Dragons), the seer (wants Vial),
- back to Quest-Guard (4000 wood), visit the obelisks (or later), open the Pandora's Box, the Quest-Guard (defeat Titan master) you will open much later!,
- at the sign "Swimming only" you first have to find your way west via Garden of revelation and some Watering holes, having reached the Tree of knowledge use the spell View Earth/Air,
- you will detect the hidden artifact Cornucopia, which you can only reach by Waterwalk back from the sign, with the Cornucopia (let it always with Maximus, you will need it later!),
- continue west and take the Fortress of Wystan, proceed west to the Grave of King Lugasus, defeat Red Keeper and monsters behind, get the Titan's Cuirass and visit the Red tent,
- cross the Mystical Gardens and conquer Fort Kunhikutta with Arjuna, a seer (defeat GenghisKhan) gives a hint: call a ship, explore the whole sea (visit Library, mermaids and gate are decoration only),
- land at the Chaos Island, defeat Semgal Khan, with a boat to the Pandora's Box, open Quest-Guard and find your way to the garrison, defeat GenghisKhan and conquer Mongolia, Teal eliminated.
- before you townportal back to Longbow, don't forget to take your reward from the seer. [Hidden Feature: a Sword of Judgement behind the Crypt (!), reaching by boat only.]
Phase IV. God of Fire - Shadowlands (months 8-10)
- Eliminate God of Fire, take the artifact Power of the Dragon Father (hidden behind the Enchanted Spring), open the Quest-Guard (defeat GenghisKhan) near Kings Castle (the Tavern is ready??!!),
- call a ship and explore the sea north, a Quest Guard (return with 4 artifacts for the combo Armor of the Damned) can't be opened, attention at the Lighthouses (!), visit the 3 obelisks, sail back,
- in the western area you can visit an island with Pit lords for gold and a Pandora's Box and follow a path of obelisks to a Two-Way-Monolith leading into the Area of the Grail (alternative),
- you have to land in front of the Quest Guard (defeat God of Fire), follow strictly the given advices [SAVE before!]: parking your troops except 2 singel angels in the garrison, always take the left passages,
- your goal is, to pass Merlin (by NOT opening the first Red gate), reach the Purple tent to the right (you can visit the seer on the way), stay there (without Shackles equipped!) and let Merlin attack you,
- flee the battle, and re-recruit him in the Kings Castle tavern, that is the Merlin trick.
- Continue south of Rampart Jeddite, open the Purple Border Guard, defeat the 500 Faerie Dragons and pay attention crossing the Cursed Grounds by Waterwalk to the Trees of Knowledge,
- open the Quest-Guard (defeat the Faerie Dragons) and enter the gate to the underworld, conquer the Vial of Mercury behind the 2800 Enchanters and defeat the Pink Guard in front of the monolith,
- open the Quest-Guard (Vial of Mercury) and enter the Subgate into the Shadowlands, defeat Sandro and Nosferatu and conquer the 2 Necropolis towns, defeat Dracula as well (imprisoned before),
[Hint: You could try and recruit Dracula in the tavern, equipped with the combo artefact Cloak of the Undead-King and clever lead into battles he could provide you with legions of liches!!]
- Don't forget about the Seer's (defeat Nosferatu) reward (100 Champions), back to Longbow
Phase V. God of Earth - Barbarian Lands - Lost Souls - Merlin's Tower (months 11-13)
- Defeat God of Earth and take the Elixier of Life and the Armageddon Blade, from Castle Unknown seek the hidden passway behind the Barracks (pile of Wood blocks!!!),
- before you explore the Barbarian Lands you should take the whirlpool a second time and defeat Xyron in his Inferno town, you get his Boots of Levitation,
- with Xyron defeated open the Quest Guard (defeat God of Earth) and find the way to the 2 Strongholds of Gretchin and Hrodogrin (to both only by Waterwalk from the northern side),
[Hint: there is a hidden passway to a Pandora's Box (with Statue of Legion) via a Watering hole and a Rogue cavern, starting from the Wolf pen to the west],
- visit the Seer (defeat Cyclop king), open the Quest Guard (defeat Xyron) and head southeast, summon a boat and sail down the river,
- follow the Cyclops path to a Quest Guard (return with Orb of Vulnerability), which you will find only by defeating the legion of Green Dragons north of it
[Hint: the artifact is well hidden behind a Tree of Knowledge in front of the Library], open the Guard and defeat the Cyclop king in his Stronghold, the Seer gives 154 Royal Griffins as reward,
- passing the Troll Bridge (attention: a water area) only by Summon ship, Waterwalk spell or Boots of Levitation equipped, you reach the Quest Guard (defeat Cyclop king).
- Entering the Gate to the Underground you now are in the Land of the 'Lost Souls', have Maximus the Boots of Levitation equipped, because you will lose all your spell points step by step,
- 3 Quest Guards take your Tome of Earth Magic, Admiral's Hut, and Tome of Water Magic, a Lost Soul hero 'grants' his Skull Helmet, a Quest Guard (behind a volcano) wants a Sentinel's Shield,
- a Seer (behind another volcano via Garden of Revelation) wants the 3 Mana artifacts, pass the School of Magic and head north to another Lost Soul (with Shield of the Yawning Dead),
- the dead end with the (poisoned) Magic Well is a trap, you will lose all your refreshed Mana on the way back, you desperately walk back, but can find a hidden way via a Rogue cavern (volcano!),
- before you reach the Subterranean Gate you trigger an event, where you can find the 2 missing artifacts Rib Cage and Blackshard (for the seer in the sea, but don't combine them),
- behind the Gate above you find a Black Border Guard blocking your way, follow the advice to make a step forward and you will find the 3 Mana artifacts for the seer below,
- back to the seer change the 3 artifacts for the Sentinel's Shield and head back to the Quest-Guard, who now opens the exit, follow the path north and visit the 2 seers, summon a boat,
- you arrive in a 'paradise' with 2 castles and a lot of friendly castle creatures, a seer to the north grants Maximus a new Tome of Earth Magic, so he can recruit new troops from all towns.
- The 2-Way-Monolith behind the Purple Guard leads to a small island north of Merlin's Tower, but before you can get your revenge you have to find the Black keymaster, explore the sea to the west,
- land at the south coast of the Dreamlands island and visit the windmills, you will have some 'dreams' and 'nightmares', before you can enter the Monolith to the Cavern of Dragons with the Black tent,
- back to Merlin's island open the Black Border Guard and visit the Darkblue tent, then defeat Merlin (Helmet of Heavenly Enlightenment) and capture his tower, the Seer gives the Sandals of the Saint,
- back via 'Paradis' and through the Land of the Lost Souls to the Black Border Guard behind the Subterranean Gate above.
Phase VI. Viking Lands - Lands of the Titans - Labyrinth of the Four - Death God (month 14-15)
- Follow the path and pass the Garden of Revelation, capture the Rampart town and reinforce your army, back to the south open the Quest Guard (10000 gold) and beat the Ancient Behemoths,
[Hint: behind the Rampart you will find the Combo-artifact Magic Well, guarded by 3000 War unicorns],
- head north and open the Black Border Guard, you can free joining creatures by slaying all the monsters to the right and left, in the Viking land you can collect all the gold in the Dwarf territory,
- defeat the last Blue hero Viking in his Stronghold and open the Quest Guard (defeat Ancient Behemoths), follow the windmills path and open the Quest Guard (Cornucopia needed), visit the White tent,
- Head back to the White Border Guard south of the Rampart and cross the little water by Waterwalk, follow the white 'foot prints' to the land of the titans,
- explore the snowy area and conquer all 4 Towers by defeating the heroes Guard, The Mage, Master Genie, Naga Queen and the Titan Master (Celestial Necklace of Bliss)
[Hint: by defeating all the Golems besiegen you can get 300 gems and 80000 gold), the seer (defeat God of Air) would give 100 Archangels (but you don't need, do you?)]
Via Wystan's Fortress or Forest of the Dwarf King to the Quest-Guard (defeat Titan Master) and enter the One-Way-Monolith, you exit in the Labyrinth of the Four, explore it by ship, avoiding the fires, - follow the advices, there are only two landing points: one to the far north, which leads to Brissa's Conflux blocked by a Quest Guard (defeat Conflux King), you find him hiding nearby behind a volcano,
- defeat him and conquer Brissa's Conflux (Orange eliminated); the second point is at the two holes, you find them sailing the river arm south of the Library in eastern direction (neglect the warning),
[Hint: by Waterwalk and Summon boat you reach the 'path of tests', having completed the 3 tests you can claim the Lion's Shield of Courage].
- Now it gets complicated: the second conflux with Fiur to the south you can't reach by ship, but only with Waterwalk and good speed, so teleport back to Wystan's Fortress and start on day 1,
- with Boots of travel and Equestrian gloves equipped visit the stables near the monolith, rest at the shore south of the exit, cast Waterwalk and you should reach the spot south of the crypt
- open the Quest Guard (defeat Brissa), defeat Fiur and take his Conflux, Tan's last town
[Hint: If you want to defeat God of Air, you should try it in the next 7 days, because he as a Tan hero will vanish within 7 days after having lost his last town.]
- Using the same method you must reach the spot left hand of another crypt or north of the 3 wagons, but you should clear the straight way to the crypt passing the rallye flag before,
- Having reached the landing spot by Waterwalk open the QuestGuard (defeat Fiur) and summon a boat, head south (deadly dragon ambush to the north!) and land in front of the Deathclouds,
- find your way through the dark clouds till the Inferno of Death God via a pair of 2-Way-Monoliths, defeat Death God in his town.
Phase VII. God of Air - Dragon King - Lands of Inferno (month 16-18)
- After God of Air has vanished, the One-Way Monolith behind his place is free. You exit near a windmill south of a Rampart, take it and use it as new operating base.
- the Quest Guard to the west (by Waterwalk only) demands the 3 Diplomat's artifacts. You get them from the next opponents. First is the Dragon King.
- find the hidden way behind the Enchanted Spring (near the windmill) and you reach 2 Quest Guards: 1) open the Guard (defeat Death God) and sail the long was down the river Styx.
- having passed his own tomb Maximus enters the lands of the Dragons, fighting through the Dragon's lair follow the path to the west, then north till the heavy guarded garrison of Dragons.
- a hidden diversion leads north only blocked by thousands of Rust Dragons, defeat them and head east till you find the Dungeon of the Dragon King, your loot is the Ambassador's Sash and the Vial,
[Hint: Don't forget to take your reward for the Vial of Dragon Blood from the seer in the dragon's lair south of Forest rampart (225 Gold Dragons).]
- With reinforcements now head from the new Rampart base to the other Quest Guard: 2) open the Guard (defeat Dragon King) and enter the fiery Lands of Inferno.
- take the first garrison and head west, before you attack the second garrison cross the lava lake in western direction, you find the tomb of Fidor, brother of Maximus, with the Tome of Fire Magic,
- you can take a Breastplate and then head back to the garrison, with the Tome of Fire equipped you have new spells, which are helpfull beating the legions of Efreet Sultans (Protection of Fire, Berserk), - explore the land, conquer the 3 Inferno towns and slay the heroes Rashka, Marius and Ash, you will get the 2 artifacts Statesman's Medal and Diplomat's Ring.
- visit the two seer's for the reward (100 Archangels and 200 Champions), and open the Pandora's Box behind the Quest Guard (for Maximus only) to get a nice boost.
Phase VIII. Back in Rome - Final Battle against Caesar (month 19)
- Now open the Quest Guard (return with 3 Diplomat's artifacts) and enter the One Way Entrance to the Rome area, explore all area to the north,
- the thankful peasants grant Maximus the Armor of Wonder, the last artifact for the Angelic Alliance,
- conquer Castle Treasurehand in the SW corner and proceed north. Take the Tome of Earth Magic from below, and fetch Christian to Rome,
- take castle Southern Rome with Tyris and get the third Tome of Earth Magic for Marion. Defeat Nero in Nero Castle and conquer all 3 Ramparts,
- with Nero defeated open the QuestGuard to the 2 Dwarven Treasury and let Christian and Marion enter the One-way Monolith hidden behind them,
- both Marion and Christian find a Quest Guard below, with a Pandora's Box for their boosting and Creatures (which you actually don't need),
- open the Quest Guard (needs Tome of Fire Magic) on the way to Caesar's Palace and visit all objects, east of the Library you find an area with notes of the mapmaker Darklord,
- enter the Subgate left of the Palace and visit the brown/tan keymaster. Now the way is free for your revenge against Caesar, but be well prepared for the Final Battle.
Congratulations, you have managed this masterpiece of a map!!
[Hint: pay attention, if you should combine your legions of liches, danger of a -minus stack!!]
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