The "Diplomat" scenario. Auto-translated

Guys, help me out. While I'm leveling up Godrick to level 15, capturing mines, upgrading my castle, and going down into the dungeon to capture another castle, a mage shows up with a huge army and wipes me out...

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This all happens on Veteran difficulty.

Did you play through it on Warrior difficulty? If not, start with a lower difficulty level to get a feel for the game.

I played on Warrior difficulty. I'll try again. Did anyone notice that heroes rarely level up in the diplomatic skill to an expert level?

If you've played this before, you should know how to act. Stock up on Earth and Mind magic. "Plague" and "Confusion" are essential, as is "Resurrection." Turn all peasants into archers. Get rid of the griffins. Have more paladins and angels.
Don't let this mage catch you. Have a couple of heroes distract him so he chases them.
You know where to lead your hero.

I completed "Diplomat" on my first try. I can offer some advice (this is what I did): build up your army, level up Godric, then defeat the dark elves. After their defeat, I escaped from the dungeon and encountered the cartographer. After buying the map, the quest "scare the garrison army" appeared. I went back to the castle (not underground), studied new spells, upgraded units, and hired old ones. I went to the mages, scared the garrison, defeated the angels, went into the dungeon, realized I was in the wrong place, but freed the captured hero and went to the dragon utopia. Along the way, I killed neutrals and found the legendary Amulet of Mastery! (the utopia had a strong army - :smile19: 30 black dragons :smile19:). I :smile20: enjoyed:smile20: playing this mission!

Well, I have a different story. After some time, the garrison disappeared on its own. Then, its best hero (Nura) arrived with a huge army and brazenly attacked me, and she was punished for it. But after her death, the mission was, accordingly, lost :-(. Godric said that we could forget about the alliance with the mages and committed suicide. The question is: why did the garrison disappear?

Did I understand correctly that the amulet is in Utopia?

I'm having a lot of luck; I developed well, defeated the Dark Elves, scared off the garrison, and avoided a confrontation with the Mages. Then, a Mage descended into the Dungeon and took my Dark Elf city. I deliberately withdrew my troops from the city to avoid a battle, but I still lost.

Sorry, where is Utopia located?

Could you please give me a hint on where to find the artifact? I've defeated the demons, gathered an army, and have been searching the desert (Utopia) with two heroes for two weeks now. I've checked all the skeletons and wagons, and the crypt, but I've only found a couple of ice blades. Where should I look?

In the middle of the dungeon, in the dragon's lair.

Young man, may I ask where exactly this infamous Dragon Utopia is located?
The situation is as follows: my husband and I have been searching for this Utopia (in the "Diplomat" scenario) for three days, and we haven't observed any signs of clinical cretinism. We have a licensed and fully patched version of the game, so the possibility of bugs in the game is ruled out. We have been familiar with the Might and Magic series for many years, and we have never encountered such a confusing situation before.
If it's not too much trouble, please answer our question. We would be grateful.

It's hard to say what you and your husband were doing for those three days :) - but Utopia is located in the Dungeon (you can easily verify this by buying a map of the underground tunnels from the cartographer at a reasonable price; you can reach the cartographer by diving into the teleport located between the archer tower and the treehouse).
Good luck with the walkthrough!

Where is it best to play? Can I play version 1.60 of the base game, or should I play Hammers of Fate 2.1?

Colleagues, I will also share my experience with the "Diplomat" scenario.
(the scenario is included in the EWA 2.12 modification)
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I played it on Hero difficulty.
At the beginning, I bought a secondary hero in the tavern – he performed the role of a messenger and resource collector (logistics + pathfinding skill). I transferred his entire small army to the main hero - Godric (he needed it more). Then, I started actively developing Godric (attack, defense, luck, light magic, education, counterstrike). The key moment is finding the cartographer; after that, the game becomes comfortable, and everything falls into place. When Godric reached level 20, I managed to capture a Dark Elf city. Knowing where Dragon Utopia is located, I didn't rush there but instead thoroughly cleared out the Dungeon. Then, I emerged above ground and cleared all the neutral creatures up there. Godric was already at level 39! Considering the hero's power and huge army, dealing with the dragons wasn't a problem. Overall, I really enjoyed the scenario.

Godric was already level 39!

Does the map have about ten locations for leveling up? Well, there's definitely one or two, but not that many. It's practically impossible to reach such a level without them, no matter how good the map is.