Posts from Worshipper – “Conquest” [Campaign 2, Mission 3]

Oh, that was something else. I even had to replay it. At first, everything went smoothly, but then the enemies started coming. I captured all the mines, especially the ones on the upper left, and then I spent some time running away from the elves. Eventually, their cities fell, and in the end, Gilraen locked me in the upper right castle and attacked. That's where I killed him. And then everything became easy.

And I finally completed this mission... you really need to run to the second Elven city as quickly as possible... I didn't quite make it, I met Gilraen and ran back... he has more troops, but I bought reinforcements in the lower castle... I defended myself from Gilraen there, and after defeating him, the game became easier.

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By the way, one of the things I love about Heroes 5 is the battles... I really enjoyed defending the castle in mission 5 of the first campaign with just a few units against constant raids... and after finding the Tear of Ascha, I took everything down.

I'm having some trouble with this campaign.
At first, everything was fine; I captured one Elven town, then I developed my own town, started developing the Elven town, gathered various items, increased my level, everything was going well. I even lost and regained the Elven town twice, but I can't seem to defeat Gilraen... His army is twice the size of mine... I don't have time to build my army up to that size...

xStereoScreamx, which version are you playing? In version 1.0, this is a very difficult mission. In the Gilraen patches, he was weakened, but many other missions were made more difficult.

If you captured the nearest Castle first, then you did it in vain. I captured it last. After capturing it, neutral Druids start to multiply rapidly. Some of them may join Gilraen.

I don't remember how much larger Gilraen's army was than mine. But with a two-fold advantage in forces, Agrael should be able to defeat the enemy without any problems. I caught him in an open field. With a hero, the enemies on the battlefield do not run away. Therefore, there were no problems in this mission.

Try to capture the northwestern Castle as quickly as possible. On the hero, it is almost fully built, and it is guarded by a hero with a meager army. I was lucky - I caught him near the Castle, and the Castle itself was without a hero. Therefore, you can break through to it without significant losses. The faster you capture it, the more Elven troops you will be able to recruit before Gilraen arrives. After capturing it, give all the demons to a supporting hero, and let Agrael fight with a purely Elven army. I completed it in version 1.5.

I don't know why this mission seems so difficult to you:confused:. I completed it on my first try. I gathered a lot of demons in my castle (until I ran out of money)... I crossed the border. I captured 1 castle, didn't build anything, didn't hire anyone, and immediately ran further... And at the 3rd castle, Gilraen had a tiny army.:smile08:

I agree, I had problems with the third game!

in principle, the mission isn't difficult... I completed it on the first try. First, I ran around the map, avoiding Gilraen, then I captured the two upper castles, and he holed up in the third and didn't show his face... then I gathered an army... and that was it... although it took a long time to gather the army... neutral elves joined him, so in the end, he had about 10,000 dryads and 6,000 sword dancers...

AAAA!!! I'm about to explode!!! I've tried to complete this mission 4 times and still can't do it (((((

The first time, I probably struggled with this mission for a week. I complete it like this: In the demonic castle, I don't build anything; I immediately attack Gilraen with what I have. He usually flees, I capture the lower castle, the mines, and develop. By the way, if you're playing the non-gold version, the lower city isn't fully built, and I wait for Gilraen to leave. As soon as he leaves, I buy all the elven troops. If there are any demonic troops left, I disband them because, in the non-gold version, there's a feature where Gilraen doesn't capture your city if there's no garrison. I move away from him. He goes one way, and I go another. I go up through the river; if I make it in time, I capture the city; if not, I just go along the river to the center of druidic magic, destroy it. Gilraen can't attack you there; it's like a sanctuary, he doesn't see you and leaves.

AAAA! I'm about to explode! I've tried to complete this mission 4 times and still can't do it (((((

Download the patch for the game; it makes this mission much easier to complete.

In the city, you hire a hero with logistics and deliver troops to Agrail. As soon as Gilraen moves away from the center of magic, immediately capture the city closest to you and return to the Sanctuary, then capture the city located on the left side of the map, preferably when Gilraen is at the bottom of the map. You take his second city; he captures yours, but you gain an advantage: two developed cities against his one. Buy troops in the cities, and you can attack Gilraen. Or, if you don't want to rush, you can run around and gather more troops from him. As soon as your troops are equal in strength, he will hide in a city and stay there. It's also good to improve leadership in this mission so that morale doesn't drop; after all, you're not playing with your own troops. In my opinion, this is a very interesting mission.

I played through this hero mission in version 3.0 this weekend. The beginning was great – Ghilraen fled the battlefield without firing a single shot. But then everything went wrong.

Remembering that in version 1.5, the northwest Castle is guarded by a hero with a symbolic army, I immediately rushed to capture it. Ignoring the losses, I broke through the mages and a hundred earth elementals. But then, Talannar appeared out of nowhere with a decent army and attacked Agrael. No chance.

I started over and built up an army before trying to break through the mages and elementals again. Apparently, I waited too long. Before I could reach the Castle, Ghilraen cut off my retreat. I decided to head for Ghilraen's capital. There are two exits from there. And you can't escape from the western Castle.

But there, I was also met with hostility. There was a hero with a decent army in the Castle. And I approached him at the worst possible moment – the first day of the week. After the assault, 13 imps survived. The Castle is fully built, but, of course, all the growth has been bought out before me.

I captured the nearby mines and prepared for defeat and to replay the mission. Next time, I wouldn't try to break through the mages and elementals. I would go around through 700-800 zombies. They can be broken through without losses using fairies.

But then a miracle happened. No one went to my new capital until the end of the week. I bought out the growth and found a berserk scroll nearby. This is already a significant advantage. However, I decided to wait another week and, with double the growth, go and crush everyone.

But I didn't succeed. Talannar and Ghilraen approached simultaneously from the south. Each has an army larger than mine. Therefore, I had a choice – to run and capture the eastern Castle, or to defend the capital. I calculated the odds – they have a numerical advantage, but I have a Castle, a phantom, a berserk, and Agrael – one of the strongest heroes in the vanilla game and both expansions (in my opinion). That's a 4:1 advantage in my favor. Well, maybe a little less, considering that Agrael's army consists of foreign soldiers. I decided to defend the capital.

Talannar attacked first, followed immediately by Ghilraen. Talannar fought to the end, and Ghilraen fled when everything was already clear. Despite Ghilraen fleeing, a cutscene played where he asked to be killed. The task was completed, and Ghilraen did not appear again. All that remained was to level up Agrael and capture the remaining 2 Castles. Without Ghilraen, this is a simple task.

Help me complete the 2nd campaign, 3rd mission. I capture two castles, but there are no armies, and there are many enemies. Version 1.0 [vlsvetk@yandex.ru]

vlsvetik, if it's too difficult, install any patch (preferably 1.5 or 1.6) or reduce the difficulty level. Patch 1.6 requires a bug fix. I haven't played version 1.0 myself, but I know that the patches weakened Gilraen.

In any version, I don't recommend capturing the nearest castle right away. After capturing it, a large number of neutral Druids will start appearing on the map. Some of them may join the enemy.

Yes, you don't need to take the first Elven castle. It doesn't have a tavern, so you don't have to worry about anyone coming out of it. I took it last – it's very convenient, and no one interferes with leveling up Agrael (after all, he's actually Agrael!) and his super ability.