Necromancer – “Invasion” [Campaign 3, Mission 3] Auto-translated

Fellow enthusiasts, please help...
In one of the latest scenarios of the Necromancer campaign, you need to approach the portal with 20 Bone Dragons.
I've already tried approaching it with various units, including Bone Dragons, Ghost Dragons, and mixed armies, but nothing works. I have over 1.5 million gold, but I'm tired of wasting days on this.
Can anyone please tell me what it actually needs?

Curse the mage cities. To do this, put on the cloak that remains after killing one of the mages. It seems to give -20% to enemy initiative, but I'm not sure. Enter each mage city and exit. You will be offered to curse it. Curse them, and a script will trigger, allowing you to enter the portal. I think that's how it works.

All cities are cursed except for the last one (top right); it cannot be cursed under any circumstances.

He shouldn't. Do you have a licensed copy of Heroes?

Yes. Licensed version. I even started playing online (multiplayer) recently. Do you suggest I download a patch?

on the Dragon map, you can add them to your faction through diplomacy if you haven't killed them yet; you can even gather more of them.

Dear Ann, The thing is, I'm not trying to collect as many dragons as possible. According to the scenario, the passage should open when there are 20 of them – but it doesn't open :(.

Same problem. I'm tired of fighting.

2 Stels.
Greetings, fellow sufferer.
I dug this up:
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WASPa's post – the second one from the top.
It seems like he knows what he’s talking about, but I have no idea what he means :rolleyes:.
If you figure it out and can apply it in practice, please share it.

Hey guys, maybe you're just trying to enter the wrong passage? Yesterday, a guy was talking to us about not being able to capture a garrison, but it turned out he mixed up the left garrison with the right one. That's how it is. By the way, have you used any trainers? Because who knows.

maybe you're just trying the wrong passage?

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Yes, I don't have any problems with orientation. :)
I can't say anything about Stella, as I'm seeing him for the first time. :)

Completed it. Basically, don't capture the last city (the one that can't be cursed) until you have 20 dragons. After that, everything can be completed.

Yes, that's correct. You don't even need to capture the last city. Thanks, Stell. I owe you a glass of red or white wine (if we ever meet in person :)).

I have a different problem :( I captured all the cities, killed all the mages, but none of them dropped the damn cloak that I need for the scenario!!! When I try to pursue the mage who ran away, it says that he is needed, but he's not on the map :mad: I don't want to start over because it takes too long. Any ideas?

Added after 4 hours 25 minutes
I figured it out myself. Luckily, I had a save right before the siege. And the bug with the cloak is this: if there is a hero in the city during the siege, the cloak will NOT drop after winning and capturing the city, but if you lure the hero out of the city, beat him up, and then take the city, everything is fine. Apparently, the script is buggy, and I wasted so much time because of it! :cool:

Can anyone tell me how to defeat the hero who is positioned in front of the city? I don't have enough troops to win.