I chose the Griffins as the starting bonus, although still have the impression it didn't matter much.
Godric should just follow the road to the north (if you start with resources, you'll be able to buy a minor artifact at the artifact merchant's along the road), capture the town and free Lady Isabel from the prison nearby.
The Inferno heroes (with armies of various rosters and strenght) will keep spawning mostly in the south, with your only town as their highest priority (only one demon lord strayed from his path in order to wander in the east). Demon lords usually arrive through two one-way portals (one in the south, the other in the east).
Therefore in the beginning always keep Isabel near the town. Build up according to the resources you got (I played at normal difficulty and was able to claim most of the mines too).
The creatures guarding the neighboring mines and resources won't put up much of a fight, not even several Bone Dragons guarding the gold mine just a few steps northwest of your base.
There are two subterranean gates (the southern one guarded by a stack of infamous Death Knights), but the underground is insignificant story wise. While Isabel could easily claim the treasure, Godric as a scout would merely waste his time.
I also revisited the artifact merchant to buy a few random artifacts for Isabel, but the purchase proved to be of no importance.
Defeat the creatures in front of the obelisk in the woods in the middle of the map, though. You will have to find Grail (Tear of Asha) in order to win the scenario. Meanwhile, send out Godric with a small army to find the other two obelisks and reveal the puzzle map. One obelisk is in the upper right corner, the other in the lower left corner of the map. I understand the ultimate artifact is placed randomly each time, though. In my case it was located south of the observatory in the central area (next to the road, one square south of the bush). Take the Tear of Asha to the town and build the structure. The heroes will gain a level each, too.
The text message says you should send Godric to meet King Nicolai alone (while Isabel would keep defending the town), but that might be a mistake. In my game a week of the Devil occured and a stack of two Devils blocked the path in the southern mountains. Luckily, I had sent Isabel to clear the road.
In addition, the Inferno is close here and two weak demon lords would have attacked Godric later on as well. I guess I should have given him an army, but decided to keep all the vital forces (aside from two stacks of Assassins and Hunters that had joined me) with Isabel. Thus it was she who flagged the garrison in the lower right corner of the map...
...but only Godric can trigger the final event and win the scenario.
to: bob
1) Rescue Isabel and capture Dunmoor
2) Capture any town in 1 week
3) Hold Dunmoor against enemy attacks (later during the mission)
4) Set up "Tears of Asha" in Dunmoor (later during the mission)
5) Send Godric to Nicolai (later during the mission)
Nikolay will come only after dig up of "Tears of Asha" in Dunmoor.
omg omg omg i cant find nicolai i have a frggin huge armie 15k archers 6k paladins so on but i cant beat the fort i captured the town using instant travel and all i have to do is fins nick but hes nowhere, i captured the bottom gariison early in the game, plz help me find nick.(ps, the demon armie is huge!!!5k arch devils 11k succub etc)
Michael at 2007-01-25 20:07 wrote:
Walkthrough Campaign 1 "Haven" - Mission 5 "The Fall of the King"
It's not vitally important which one you choose, but the gold is useful at the beginning of this scenario - so that'll be my advice. You could argue that 4 imperial griffins costs more than 1500 gold, but you can't use the griffins to build structures in your town.
Capture any town in 1 week / Rescue Isabel and capture Dunmoor: These two objectives are tied in with each other. There is only one accessible town on the map, and that is Dunmoor (you can see it on your minimap from the start). So that'll be your first objective.
From your starting point go immediately northeast to the Garden of the Wee Folk (that's the leprechaun for all you old-timers) and then follow the road east. Avoid the Artifacts' Merchant for now, you'll need your money for troops in the beginning and there'll be plenty of time to visit it later. Once you get to the crossroads; turn north towards the Haven Military Post. It's guarded but you should easily manage. Get the monks and griffins of course and continue north until you see a Saw Mill to the west - flag it and continue along the road towards Dunmoor. Don't forget to visit the Crystal of Revelation on the way.
After you've captured Dunmoor, you can see Isabel's prison just northeast of your town; it's guarded by a few pit lords. Build either dwellings or town hall in the town, get what troops you can and then go bash the pit lords. Once you've freed Isabel give her the main part of the army and send her to Dunmoor (again, don't forget the Crystal of Revelation for Isabel either). From Dunmoor Isabel should head to the northwestern corner of the map to the spectral dragon. Try to use good tactics to preserve your troops. Whatever the outcome, it will be worth it; there's a Gold Mine and some treasure. Next return Isabel to Dunmoor.
At the beginning of week 2, you'll get a new objective: Hold Dunmoor against enemy attacks. At the same time you should be able to spot the Demon Lord Agrael (red hero) approaching from the south. He's coming for Dunmoor, so if Isabel and the army aren't already there ... well, then get a move on. Be sure to keep Godric out of the way, as the Demon Lord will attack him if he gets a chance. He can hide out either near the Gold Mine to the northwest or near a Saw Mill to the east. I'm actually not sure if it's necessary, but I put Isabel inside the town garrison to make sure she'd have the advantage of already constructed Citadel.
Once you've defeated Agrael's army you'll have about 10 days until the next attacker arrives, so spend the time well. Let Godric pick up the troops from the Haven Military Post and have Isabel ride east along the road to the Saw Mill. Once you've flagged it turn north to a second Haven Military Post. There are a couple of mines around here, but you shouldn't engage in combat that'll give you too many losses, it's better to wait for a while then. While Isabel stays fairly close to Dunmoor, Godric should explore the northeastern part of the map. There are three significant places he should locate there. The first, and most important, is a portal exit, because this is where the next Demon Lord will arrive - so once Godric has found it, he should stay clear of it. There are a few of creature stacks, but Godric can easily move around in the area. The two other locations are a Subterranean Gate Entrance and an Obelisk.
In the middle of week 3 the next Demon Lord arrives not far from Dunmoor, so make sure Isabel can make it to the town before the Demon Lord. After the battle with the Demon Lord, you'll be given a new objective again: Set up Tears of Asha in Dunmoor. Every now and then a not-so-powerful Demon Lord will appear from the south - they will attempt to take Dunmoor, but not if you have some troops in the garrison (you'll need more than 1 peasant of course, but a huge army isn't needed). If you get the chance, let Isabel deal with these roaming Demon Lords.
Keep exploring the lands, while keeping an eye out for enemy heroes. It's helpful to remove some of the fog of war in the southern part, so you'll be warned earlier if enemies approach. To complete your newest objective, you'll need to visit some Obelisks. There are 3 on the map, but if you try searching the map, you can probably figure it out after visiting only 2. When you have an idea of its location, buy a new hero and start digging in the area - if you're close, the game will tell you in what direction to dig. Once you have it, take it to Dunmoor and construct it.
During week 1 of month 2, the final Demon Lord is released in the south, so it's time to head home. If you think you have enough troops then head out and meet Alastor, instead of waiting for him to come to you. Defeating him triggers the final objective: Send Godric to Nicolai.
If you just want to complete the scenario, then load Godric with troops and send him along the road leading south from Dunmoor, near the bottom of the map the road turns west. Follow it across the bridge (see the picture at the top). Keep heading east until the edge of the map, then turn south towards the garrison (it's visible in the southeastern corner) and watch the spectacular ending.
If you don't want to finish just yet, there's plenty of stuff to explore. From here on the demon armies will pose only a minor threat to you, but from time to time low-level heroes will appear - they prove no real threat though. Split your troops evenly between Isabel and Godric and let them start exploring the map. There's a large tunnel system underneath the surface, that has a lot of interesting things; Marletto Tower, Arena, Star Axis and 2 Crystal Caverns (a big help when building and upgrading the Jousting Arena and building high-level Mage Guild).
There's a special place in the northeastern corner, to get there use the entrance to the underground near the northeastern corner. Then head north along the curving tunnel until you see stairs leading up. Once above surface, head south - there's a powerful artifact here, but it's guarded by 1666 imps. Kill them and claim the prize, but bring enough troops. In the same area, you can venture west from the Subterranean Gate to find some Archdevils guarding another artifact and some treasure.
Thanks CH.
where is Nicolai?, i've also cleared all the map like John and DUCK and don't know where Nicolai is. Godric is waiting at the garrison lower s.e. corner of the map, Isabel is in Castle
Sasha at 2007-01-24 23:49 wrote:
to: Madsdk11
1) Rescue Isabel and capture Dunmoor
2) Capture any town in 1 week
3) Hold Dunmoor against enemy attacks (later during the mission)
4) Set up "Tears of Asha" in Dunmoor (later during the mission)
5) Send Godric to Nicolai (later during the mission)
Nikolay will come only after dig up of "Tears of Asha" in Dunmoor.
Madsdk11 at 2007-01-24 09:38 wrote:
Is that a need, i have to made all the 4 objektives, before i can see Nicolai on the map?
Madsdk11 at 2007-01-24 09:38 wrote:
Is that a need, i have to made all the 4 objektives, before i can see Nicolai on the map?
I found the tears using a cool trick! For example I could see an exit portal near the tears. However it was too dark to make anything out. However there are only two exit portals. I couldn't figure it out however! But I looked at the puzzle while one of my heroes was nearby and it showed the movement trail! I was only three spots from it!
So if you can not find the tears but have the puzzle cleared just ride your heroes near where you think the tears are buried.
REMEMBER, you must land on the spot, wait a turn, and without moving, DIG. You can not move an entire turn whatsoever when you need to dig! Thankfully mine was buried near the northern portal, a mere two days ride, hopefully no one's grail will be buried behind 100 arch devils! BWHAHAHAHA!
clay at 2006-12-16 09:58 wrote:
to sasha
ah ok..lol thx
Sasha at 2006-12-15 20:01 wrote:
to: clay
"Final Demon" will kill Nikolay, and then will run away. You do not need to kill him!
clay at 2006-12-15 17:09 wrote:
to sasha:
when godric came back with the message frm nicolai, the demon will come out of the castle and attack me..
Sasha at 2006-12-14 21:23 wrote:
to: clay
In this mission it is not required to attack final Demon.
clay at 2006-12-14 17:36 wrote:
after I send godric to nicolai the final Demon lord attacked with 12k, 1k, 500+ mobs...this is ridiculous...how am I going to win???
Sasha at 2006-11-26 12:47 wrote:
to: sn-montage
Install Patches or use cheat codes.
I played this mission on version 1.0 without problem:)
I canot get through the final stage of this campaign. Whenever i send Godric to meet Nicolai in the lower right garrision, the red player appears from his castle and then the game crashes... Please help me, since i am getting rather annoyed ... Thanks - Steen Nielsen.
I canot get through the final stage of this campaign. Whenever i send Godric to meet Nicolai in the lower right garrision, the red player appears from his castle and then the game crashes... Please help me, since i am getting rather annoyed ... Thanks - Steen Nielsen.
Sasha at 2006-11-16 11:10 wrote:
to: Merlin766
You do not need to fight this garrison. In the right bottom corner of a map there is other garrison, this garrison needs to be grasped (guard there small).
My problem is with the garrison just in front of the Inferno... when I tried to fight it, I had 65 Archangels, 150 Paladins, etc... a relatively big army... but the garrison has 900+ Archdevils, 2000 Pit Lords, etc.... a really, really big army... I can manage to kill all but the Devils and Pit Lords by using Puppet Master, but haven't managed to capture the garrison. Is this likely a glitch in the game, or is the garrison this big for everybody?
Sasha at 2006-11-01 16:32 wrote:
to: Katran
Look at a blue picture above (this is "puzzle map").
"Tear of Asha" it is buried in a place specified on a "puzzle map".
Katran at 2006-11-01 14:39 wrote:
Well,can you define how to do that?And btw if you want a screenshot of how much i have dug by now just ask.I have been digging around for 7 hours with no luck.I am really getting sick of this mission
Sasha at 2006-10-31 21:16 wrote:
to: Katran
You should use "puzzle map" for search "Tears of Asha".
Katran at 2006-10-31 18:02 wrote:
Alright,now i am really pissed.I have been trying to complete this mission for a while now,but i just can't find that damn Tear Of Nasha.I got pretty good defence in my castle so i don't need to worry about a demon army taking over it.Now,i found the final obelisc with the Artifact picture to the south.Are the Tears Of Nasha supposed to be located right next to the final obelisk?Cause i have virtually dug holes all around that obelisk.A little help here?
Sasha at 2006-10-20 10:38 wrote:
to: Tamara
No. Look here:
http://www.maps4heroes.com/heroes5/pictures/mini_maps/c1_m5_mini_map.gif
Tamara at 2006-10-20 00:39 wrote:
are there any obelisks underground? plz help... been stuck on this quest for weeks
CD-Rom at 2006-09-16 19:59 wrote:
This is weird. The demon city only has some familiar. The garison in front of it is the one that has all of the infern creatures. How am I supposed to get past that?
Bird at 2006-09-15 22:39 wrote:
Steph u must have full movement points to dig 1 time...so u need to w8 :P
steph at 2006-09-14 11:44 wrote:
i hav found the 3 obelisks & i go 2 the spot where it says the Tear of Asha is but the dig botton is grey
plz help me
Sasha at 2006-09-11 22:14 wrote:
to: DUCK
1) Rescue Isabel and capture Dunmoor
2) Capture any town in 1 week
3) Hold Dunmoor against enemy attacks (later during the mission)
4) Set up "Tears of Asha" in Dunmoor (later during the mission)
5) Send Godric to Nicolai (later during the mission)
Nikolay will come only after dig up of "Tears of Asha" in Dunmoor.
I don't know why but i didn't get the objective with tear of asha even aftter a few game moths of play. i cleared the map except the garrison that guards one entrance to the demon(which is impossible to take because there are at least 100 devils). i have built the tear of asha but it had no effect. and except the first attack of agrael no other demon heroes tried to take my home town. am i missing something?....
Sasha at 2006-09-11 11:56 wrote:
to: CD-Rom
To dig out an artefact the hero should have a full stock of a course.
CD-Rom at 2006-09-10 20:15 wrote:
I've found all of the obelisks and have found the location of the Tear of Asha but the game won't let me dig it up. The button to dig is always grey. Am I missing something?
Sasha at 2006-09-08 19:02 wrote:
to: helpszz
On this map there are 3 obelisks. It is necessary to visit all obelisks. The first obelisk is on the center of a map. The second is on the right top corner of a map. The third is on the left bottom corner of a map.
helpszz at 2006-09-08 09:28 wrote:
i cannot locate the obliesk on the upper part and the lower part of the map!! helps. but i am able to lcoate the 1 in the middle. the red enemy kept respawning depleting my army ;'(
Sasha at 2006-08-31 01:33 wrote:
to: MAKI
Send Godrick to collect resources and to explore territory.
i was playing for a while now, and the attackers started attacking Godrick (he was "hidden" near the gold mine behind Dunmoor). i tried to hide him near the prison, but it didn't help.
i have pretty good defence in Dunmoor, but i cant put 2 heroes in, right?
The most important thing is that "DON"T WASTE ANY TIME" so don't risk your forces in any unnecessary fights specially in the early beginning .
First travel Godric to the north where Dunmoor is ,and rescue isabel from the prison which is attached to the city from the north.
NOW,,,be ware the most dangerous enemy attack is the first strike so be wise and try to upgrade your city walls firstly where you can take cover and defeat your enemy attack much much easier...
You will notice that after the first strike the enemy will attack once a week so gather your self keep the city protected until you gain more power then travel to the south where you could easily capture the enemy city so the strikes will noticely reduced and now your have two cities and plenty of mines ....
So the game is yours now , find the 3 obelisks .recover the "Tears of Asha " artifact and i will tell you no more.........Have Fun
John at 2006-08-05 07:05 wrote:
I have the same problem as DUCK, nicolai doens't show up, nor does objective 4 after the first attack on Dunmoor
to: Jmong
On this map there are 3 obelisks. It is necessary to visit all obelisks. The first obelisk is on the center of a map. The second is on the right top corner of a map. The third is on the left bottom corner of a map.
After that to you the piece of a map will open where is "buried treasure". Run on that place that is specified on a map. Then press the button to dig out treasure (from options of the game). As a result at your hero will appear new artifact. Now come into city "Dunmoor", and construct a building "Tears of Asha".
to: DUCK
1) Rescue Isabel and capture Dunmoor
2) Capture any town in 1 week
3) Hold Dunmoor against enemy attacks (later during the mission)
4) Set up "Tears of Asha" in Dunmoor (later during the mission)
5) Send Godric to Nicolai (later during the mission)
Nikolay will come only after set up of "Tears of Asha" in Dunmoor.
I chose the Griffins as the starting bonus, although still have the impression it didn't matter much.