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Lord of the Rings 3.0 is quite challenging. Frodo with one half-elf is struggling, Bilbo isn't much better, Theoden and Isildur were killed right away, Gandalf broke through one defense line but can't handle the second, diplomacy doesn't work. He won't last long either. Hmm... let's see how to survive.

Theoden and Isildur are supposed to die according to the plot; one of them might just visit the gatekeeper's tent... but overall, it repeats the concepts from the movie.

According to the plot, Theoden and Isildur should be there, with one of them possibly visiting the keymaster's tent... but otherwise, it repeats the concepts from the movie.

I brought Gandalf to the one-way gates with a legion of griffins and am trying to break through.
I'm stubbornly trying to complete this map and the Jedi story, and I want to share a walkthrough of several maps.

One of the most brutal is "The Great War of Dracon." I couldn't find it on the Heroes portal to post a link (I posted it below).
Once upon a time, there were three brothers, two dragons, and a judge. One day, the dragons had a deadly quarrel, and the third decided to reconcile them (as history showed, the judging turned out to be poor).

According to the scenario, you need to kill a hero. I played as the Red Dragon and the Castle. Our hero must kill his dragon brother (he has a Tower) to open the gates and reach the judge. But getting to the dragon is an extremely difficult task.
There are three castles - central, left, and right. There is also another neutral castle in the lower right part of the map, but it is guarded by legions of ifrits and devils. The left and right castles are locked by gate guards and can only be opened by the Dragon.

I'll start with the bonuses - the central castle has 2 obelisks and a Grail buried right in front of the castle. On the way to the left, there is a blue tent, and next to the right castle, there is a green one. Both tents are under strong invisible protection (it will be a little easier with the blue one, but the green one is just a nightmare). Red dragons serve us (fairytale dragons serve the enemy), there are many places where castle creatures are born, but all are guarded by legions of the enemy race. There are also several elder huts with quests on the map. For completing the request, the elders give red dragons. There is a portal to the mountains, but flying and spatial gates are prohibited (otherwise, the game would not make sense). The second dragon cannot come to us on its own.

Now for the cons, and there are a lot of them. Diplomacy does not work, and the enemy legions are ready to die for their "milord." From the blue tent, the road leads down and to the left. Even further to the left is the road to the left castle, but right in the middle lies a cloak of speed, which a wizard asks to deliver. The path to it is guarded by invisible legions of undead.
After opening the road to the right castle, I took a detour to the left. When the dragon became strong enough, we went through the portal to the neutral castle and defeated the devilish defense. Now we have 4 castles, a Grail, and a legion statue.

After defeating the undead legions, I decided to take the cloak. But the rag turned out to be not simple - it was guarded by 3000 azure creatures. After barely coping with them, I ran to the elder, and he gave me 300 red ones in return! I was so angry that I wanted to replay, but I changed my mind (and not in vain!). My dragons, honor to them, turned out to be just sweethearts; without them, I would not have won. With the dragon blood vial, the dragons became the main combat unit. After learning movement on water in one of the castles, I sent the dragon to explore the lower part of the map (the third brother was hiding there), a little higher there was an island, also with legions of dragons (well, we are already used to it), and gates leading to the second dragon's domain. At the gates, a guard approached with the words, "I tried to make you change your mind" (well, if he's such a fool, then move on). And there was a guard of legions of azure and fairytale creatures.
After killing them, I got to the land of the brother-enemy. Somewhere in my soul, I hoped that legions of my race would meet me there, but no, the Dragon cleared everything he could reach. Upon seeing me, he immediately hid in the tower. I didn't decide to attack him right away; the army was not weak. I captured other castles and killed a couple of his heroes. Then I stood in front of his castle. I waited a couple of days, and he finally couldn't stand it and attacked. And he died, taking out almost all my army. Only a hundred dragons survived. The main thing is that the path to the judge was open.

I brought the hero home, opened the gates, and went to the third brother's tower. (I was horrified, thinking that he would also meet me with legions), but everything turned out to be much more prosaic. A heroine with a meager army was hiding in the tower, and the judge with several gremlins stood between me and the castle. For some reason, the brother had a female avatar (he managed to change his gender while I was getting to him))). It was him that I had to kill to win. Victory!)
The game took almost 30 months and was incredibly exhausting (after it, I stayed away from the computer for a couple of weeks).

Led Gandalf to the one-way gates with a legion of griffons, trying to break through.

Berserk would be helpful.

While persistently trying to complete this map and the Jedi story, I want to share a walkthrough of several maps.

Completed the Jedi story, although there were some difficulties. If you have any questions about this map, feel free to ask.

XaartOne of the most brutal ones is "The Great War of Dracon's"...

Took a look at the map. It was made by some amateur; there are thousands of such maps. I would advise playing more interesting maps.

Berserker to the rescue!

Tried to defeat them with Armageddon, but accidentally killed my own sorcerers. Froze 1500 with Blind. I'll attack with a Berserker now. It's a pity I can't reach the Archangels in the upper left corner.

Completed the Jedi's Story, although there were some difficulties. If you have any questions about this map, feel free to ask.
Thank you!

I checked out the map. It was made by some amateur; there are thousands of such maps. I would recommend playing more interesting maps.

For me, the interest lies not so much in the strategy and the author's clever idea, but in the opportunity to create a powerful hero and crush enemies and neutrals. :D.
For example, while playing "Wild World," I was drawn to the Pandora's Box guarded by 4000 Lazurs. While I was developing my hero (playing as the Tower faction), units started joining me, then hordes, and closer to the end, legions of crystalline and fairy dragons. Defeating the enemies took a backseat (they even stopped breathing from fear). With skills at 99, I decided to take one of the boxes guarded by legions of phoenixes. After defeating a couple of thousand dragons, I received 500 of each, but unfortunately, my skills reset. Out of principle and curiosity, I rushed to the main box, defeated the Lazurs, but couldn't take the box. Judging by "Mamma Mia's" words, the box was not ordinary. So, I don't know what wonders were hidden there.
Earlier in the thread, Mormot described a Walkthrough of the Fatum and Clash of Titans maps. I completed both maps; I won in Fatum by killing all the enemies (but I couldn't take the helmet, unfortunately). In "Clash of Titans," I killed Lord Haart and his legions with the help of 6000 Queen-Naga units that joined me. In general, diplomacy often helps me.

One of the most brutal is "The Great War of Dracon's"...
The game took almost 30 months, it was incredibly exhausting.

Xaart, hello!
I downloaded this map and took a look. The design and content are good. However, the author really overdid it with the monster strength: it's possible to play normally on an M-map in 6 months, but 30 is even longer than it took me to complete the longest map, "Jedy story." If it weren't for that, I would have played it myself.

Marmot, good afternoon!

I had to build up my strength to get past the guard of dragon legions. The azure dragons were the most challenging; they are essentially neutral and don't serve any of the factions, but breaking through a couple of thousand of them isn't easy. I played this map a few years ago; unfortunately, after reinstalling Windows, none of my saves were preserved.

Recently, I completed Zaga Bi, a fun map. I played as the Tower faction and won in 6 months by delivering the artifact to the Necropolis. I immediately downloaded A Journey to the Unknown from the same site. Unfortunately, everything was going well; I killed the Archdevils and took a legion of knights from Pandora's Box, but then the game crashed during the red player's turn.

I also started Seven Seals, but maybe I'm doing something wrong or going in the wrong direction. I emerged with a Dragon in the Dungeon, heading towards the green player, defeated him, and captured the artifacts, but then the game gave me an error. Oh well...

I'm still trying to complete The Lord of the Rings 3.0. To my shame, I can't seem to bring Gandalf into the game. Pomazok 1329 recommended using Berserk, but it's not in the spellbook. I checked on YouTube, and everything is correct; the Air Magic book and the Wizard's Hat are available, but there's no Berserk scroll anywhere. However, in the video, the player has it in his book and uses it successfully, but I don't.
A couple of days ago, while playing another map, I took a Berserk scroll and put it in an active slot, specifically to test it, but it still didn't appear in the book! I can't understand what the problem is.

Xaart, hello! Are you using the HD mod? The issue of the game freezing has been resolved there (well, except for some very specific cases). At least, I haven't experienced it in recent years, except for one or two crashes, but regular saves help to replay and continue.
If you have saves before the freezes, try loading them in the HD mod or send them to us here. And we'll also take a look at the save before the error in "Seven Seals." Maybe we can overcome these problems.

I took the Berserk scroll and put it in an active slot, specifically to check - it still didn't appear in the spellbook! I can't understand what the problem is.

- I can't imagine either, it shouldn't be like that. And which version are you playing? Maybe you have some hero mod or modified game resource files (txt)? Send that save too. By the way, "Lord of the Rings 3.0" includes additional files: images and def files with descriptions of artifacts (but some people wrote that you can play without them).

Regarding The Lord of the Rings: there should be a book of fire there; please check the map version.

Xaart, hello! Are you using the HD mod? The game crashing issue has been resolved there (well, except for some very specific cases). At least, I haven't experienced it in recent years, except for one or two crashes, but regular saves help to replay and continue.
If you have saves before the crashes, try loading them in the HD mod or send them here. And we'll also take a look at the save before the error in "Seven Seals." Maybe we can overcome these problems.
- I can't imagine why this is happening. What version are you playing? Maybe you have some kind of Heroes mod or modified game resource files (txt)? Send that save too. By the way, "Lord of the Rings 3.0" includes additional files: images and def files with descriptions of artifacts (but some have written that you can play without them).

No, I'm playing without the HD mod. I'll download it, install it, and try it. I'm playing the Platinum version from a virtual disk, and I downloaded most of the maps from Rutracker and the Heroes portal. Unfortunately, I didn't save the save for Seven Seals; I was upset and immediately started another game. I'll start again, and if the glitch occurs in the same place again, I'll post it on the forum. I'll send the Lord of the Rings save as soon as I get home.

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Regarding Lord of the Rings: there should be the Book of Fire there; check the map version.

Gandalf has the Book of Fire Magic, but it doesn't contain the Berserk spell. I took the map version from here. I mistakenly wrote above that it was the Book of Air Magic - no, it's the Book of Fire, a wizard's hat, and a medal of valor.

Berserk is a fire spell; I don't understand how you can't find it. Hmm, maybe it's a version issue or the spell's name is different in the spellbook. There might be a Berserk icon, but with a different name underneath... Or maybe the problem is with Gandalf himself; he might be lacking in wisdom... Check his skills.

I'm attaching a save file (please don't judge too harshly on Frodo and Bilbo being in the Dungeon; I'll get them out as soon as I figure out how to bring Gandalf in to help).

Xaart, I opened your save file in two different folders with my "Heroes" installations (separately - "The Shadow of Death" with WoG installed, and separately - a clean "Complete Collection"). In both cases, the Berserk skill is present in Gandalf's spellbook. I've attached proof. So, it seems like there's something wrong with your version of "Heroes." Maybe you should try a different version from a different source? It's possible that while playing on some other map, some game files were replaced (there are such maps, I don't play them to avoid any misunderstandings with others).

I don't understand. It's possible that it's a different version of the game. This is what it shows in the book:

Xaart, the problem might disappear after adding the Russian megapack to the HD mod: download it from the page https://sites.google.com/site/heroes3hd/rus/download/plugins SuperPack_Rus 1.5 If you don't like the font or the translation, you can disable and re-enable it without deleting anything – just in the HD mod launch panel.

Good day! I need help with the map "Ragnar 3 - The Lost Empire". It's day 5, week 2, day 7. Xyron is the only enemy left, but he's too strong. If I wait for my army to grow, I'll be stuck.