Posts from Necromancer – “Invasion” [Campaign 3, Mission 3]

Hey everyone. I have a problem: I captured and cursed all the towns, but I couldn't protect the dragons. Sairoth escaped. What should I do? Has anyone else experienced this? I need 6 dragons; maybe some are lying around somewhere.

lusita, if you haven't explored the entire territory, keep searching. Otherwise, you'll have to start over. More than 100 dragons joined me. I immediately gave them to Isabella for safekeeping. Markel can handle all the mages even without the dragons. I only took them in the very end.

Is it possible to spend a few months on the first island, upgrading castles and building up an army?

I currently have 871 skeleton archers, about 150 specters (upgraded), 50 archliches, 47 higher vampires, and 16 death knights! That should be enough to destroy everything alive :D :smile14: (meaning mages):smile47:

Is it possible to spend a few months on the first island, upgrading castles and building an army?

Yes, you can. Last time, in version 1.5, I spent several months doing just that, until I got all the high-level dark magic and summoning spells. There's no point in staying just to build an army – Markel should be able to defeat everything that moves (and doesn't move) every week.

This time, in version 3.0, I spent a long time in the previous mission to get a complete set of dark magic spells. As a result, the enemy's last castle had 65 titans and everything else. But for my super-upgraded Godric, that's not a problem. I'll learn all the summoning spells in this mission.

Markel must eliminate everything that moves and doesn't move every week.

Here, I got carried away. In version 1.5, my Markel marched through all the cities, even without the group that joins near the southern city. Then I captured this city last.

In version 3.0, I landed near the Colossi, recruited the undead, captured the southern Castle, and immediately cursed it. I decided to head north, sweeping away everything in my path. But then, Hafiz suddenly appeared from the darkness and defeated my Markel. Moreover, the main force consisted of 600+ Stone Gargoyles under a Celestial Shield. He also had 15 Titans, 100+ Battle Mages, and 300+ Alternative Golems.

I started over. I acted exactly the same way again. And again, I met Hafiz with a similar army. This time, I decided not to engage him for the time being. I put Markel and the Deidre I bought in the tavern on ships, the same ships that Markel and Isabella arrived on.

I left Isabella in a hideout for guerrilla warfare. She managed to capture a Castle and return to the hideout in 1 turn, as soon as Hafiz left the Castle. This continued until a hero came from the north, with whom Isabella could not cope. She only had 22 peasants.

Markel headed to the southern port of another island. I reached level 10 of Wrath. Then a druid happened to be in the way. Thanks to the Sextant, Markel caught up with him. There were some losses. At the end of the battle, this bastard used Armageddon. Luckily, his magic is weak. I had to quickly finish off the remnants of his army so that he wouldn't do it again.

While Markel was chasing the druid, Hafiz also appeared at sea. The Sextant helped to escape from him. Deidre was already near the island. I had already said goodbye to my two cities when Hafiz unexpectedly turned back and returned to his island. I didn't see him again.

Markel captured and cursed 2 more cities in the north without any incidents. Now he is approaching the southern city and even defeated the hero standing at the gates. However, after looking at Narhiz's army in the city, he decided to retreat to meet Ore, level 19 (I bought her in the tavern), who was bringing him 80+ Archliches and other troops.

There was a level 5 Mage Guild in the northern city. I got a Phantom and a Phoenix. I received the "Cursed Land" ability. I want to see if it works on Phantoms, which mages love to summon. If so, the Phantoms should disappear without making a single move.

Game version 1.60, Gold Edition
I immediately headed south, captured a Castle, got the Staff, cursed a town, then went east, captured and cursed it, swam across the strait, captured it, and got the Cloak!!! I completed it without dragons. When I reached Al... that jerk ran away. I didn't capture the town, I recruited 25 dragons, captured Al..., and that was it :smile35:

I didn't think I would encounter a similar bug in version 3.0. I didn't capture the town and recruited 133 dragons. Both scripted artifacts were on Markel. They are good on their own, and in 3.0, they also give an additional bonus as part of a composite artifact. I didn't upgrade the dragons. I didn't take any from the towns. So, there's nothing to complain about. Except that there are too many dragons. However, I wasn't immediately allowed into the portal.

Markel spent about 90% of his turn, and I spent about the same percentage of my supply of powerful spells. True, I cast the spells mentally because my wife and daughters were nearby. I was already about to dismiss everyone, leaving only 20 dragons, when suddenly, after another click on the portal, the final mission cutscene started.

If everything is done correctly, but you are not allowed into the portal, you need to click on it from the west side until you are allowed in. When hovering the cursor over the portal, the horse didn't rear up. There were no problems in version 1.5.

Cursed Earth affects phantoms. One of the mages just kept summoning them throughout the battle. This is equivalent to skipping a turn.

How do you curse mage cities? I've captured them all. I have artifacts. I have a staff and a cloak. Cyrus is gone. There are many dragons.

If I'm not mistaken, you just need to enter the enemy city...

Of course, it’s unlikely that anyone still visits this thread, but I’ll write anyway. Please provide a detailed walkthrough of this mission; I keep getting killed by the elf (apparently, elves just can’t sit still and always want to kill someone). I capture two castles and curse them, but I don’t have enough troops left to fight the elf. I’m at my wit’s end. Please help in any way you can.

How helpful I am today! :)
I can only advise you to focus on dark magic, use someone else's army instead of your own.

WisTrit, do you know where I can find a save file for the next mission? I'm already getting frustrated.

How do you curse mage cities? I've captured them all. I have artifacts. Staff & cloak. Cyrus is gone. There are many dragons.

You enter the city and exit; a message appears:
Do you want to curse N---sk for 10,000 gold? :smile34: You click "OK," and you start
building a necropolis city from scratch:smile13:
and the last one, in the upper right corner, cannot be cursed;
there's a portal nearby where the mage flees. You gather 20 dragons and dive
in there... that's it, game over:smile12: :smile12: :smile12:

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Of course, it's unlikely that anyone still visits this thread, but I'll write anyway. Please describe a detailed walkthrough of this mission; I keep getting killed by the elf (apparently, elves can't sit still and always want to kill someone). I capture two castles, curse them, but I don't have enough troops to fight the elf. I'm running out of strength. Please help in any way you can.

I don't know how others do it, but I did it like this: I cleared my island, moved all the
"human" troops to the undead, and from the necropolis city, my
Markel got on a boat and sailed up:

along the way, I captured a mine and a lighthouse on the islands and captured city
number 1. Immediately after that, the elf attacks, so I personally
created (bought) another hero, and Isabel "ran" to the captured city;
there's a "shelter" nearby; she gave all the troops to Markel
and hid in the shelter:smile15:...and Markel rushed down to his cities. I couldn't fight with two main heroes; I didn't have enough strength. Sometimes (I've played it 3 times now), the green one kills the mercenary, then Markel kills the elf. Last time, the mercenary
had enough strength to defeat the elf, but two mages sailed down twice,
but Markel still beat them. Yes, near the shipyard under the necropolis city, there's a Silvan tree, which increases the hero's level.
and mages come from the portal from the city in the upper right corner (it's not visible in my screenshot), so Markel needs to be active and not sleep.
Capture all the pyramids and mage treasuries; they give you spells!
Good luck...:smile44:

The main thing is to curse at least one city as quickly as possible. After that, the mages won't be as strong. Moreover, the most powerful one might end up in the tavern. I bought him right away.

Hey guys, I'm playing version 1.0 and I'm getting frustrated with it. I've done everything, conquered all the cities, and cursed them all (except for the top right one). I can't get into the portal; it says I need to have 20 Bone Dragons. I've bought 20 dragons and recruited them from the map, but I still can't get into the portal:mad:. And the checkbox indicating that I've hired these dragons isn't checked:mad:. I've tried different approaches, recruiting dragons before and after cursing the cities, and before conquering the top right city, but nothing works :( I have a few questions: Could this be a bug in version 1.0, because a couple of times, right after cursing the cities, a message popped up saying that the mission was lost. I reload from a save (I saved right before exiting the city), and everything is fine. Which patch fixes this bug? Do I need to apply the patches in order: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, or can I install the necessary patch directly? Where can I find reliable patches to avoid future bugs? I suspect that my version of Heroes is a pirated one, and that might be the cause of the bug. I want to get a licensed version. Will it work if I install the licensed version and then copy my save files into it? Thanks in advance