Posts from Wizard – “Haven” [Campaign 6, Mission 4]

I have a question about the scenario of this mission: did Shadia actually exist, or was it originally Biara?

Initially, there was Biara. She will reappear in the PO campaign, disguised as Shadia.

And I still don't understand: where did Isabel get such an army from? At the beginning of the mission, she has only one Archangel, and at the end, she also has only one Archangel...

Uff... Finally managed to deal with this lady :)
It didn't work out in 20 minutes, as they said here; it took me three evenings :)
In general, when I came to her for the first time, her army was already significantly superior to the armies of Railag and Shadia, and I only had 3 unbuilt Necropolises and 1 Castle in reserve. In general, I had to return and capture all the castles, and everything else along the way.
To, as they said here again, accumulate more human troops.
But in the end, no matter how much I accumulated, Isabel always had twice as many. Apparently, she had the Tear of Ashi, and she was constantly training troops (I just can't figure out where she got the finances from).
In short, after several unsuccessful attempts and another gathering of troops, I attacked again, this time she had about 1K paladins and a couple of hundred archangels + some other units :)
Realizing that it wouldn't end today, I gave up and set it to autobattle...
And that's when the computer came up with a simple, almost stupid solution, namely - constantly create phantom archangels :)
Realizing that not all was lost, I rushed into battle.
Although they were firing from the towers relentlessly, the phantoms managed to do their job.
The coolest thing is that each new phantom can resurrect fallen soldiers, and the phantoms of the 120 archangels that I had, each time raised about 10,000 hit points :)
And you say that the computer can't come up with anything good :))
Forgot to mention, I was, of course, taking down this villain under the leadership of the great mage Zehir, for which he received about 300,000 experience and 2 levels :

It's strange, but after I captured all the castles, my income was MUCH higher than Isabel's. I even played it a bit too safe; I could have attacked earlier.

bonchik, I also didn't see 1,000 Paladins and a couple of hundred Archangels. It probably depends on the version. I played this mission for the first time in version 1.4 or 1.5. Perhaps, in the unpatched game, it has such an army.

You don't even need to accumulate troops. On the way to Isabel, the Heroes recruit undead (zombies and ghosts) for Zehir. The dwellings are conveniently located along the road. Zehir, with Raise Dead and Phoenix, easily defeats Isabel's army (in my case, she had an Archangel). Therefore, the mission is completed at the beginning of the second week (it happened on day 122 for me).

I'm currently debugging, what should I do? Please help, version 1.6.

could you please provide more details? What does debugging mean? If the game freezes, you can try deleting the latest save files and replaying the last mission.

bonchik, I replayed this mission and successfully completed it.
Thank you very much for offering your help.

I approach Railag Godric with one imp or an additional player with the same imp – and I get the same result – “Mission failed.” I don’t understand what he wants!
Maybe I should try firing some additional players or try approaching from another side if there’s a detour?
I figured it out – I need to approach them with the condition that there are enough castles for Railag and Shadia, one castle each!
I had to fire one additional player – I gave him a minimal number of warriors and sent him to fight the gremlins that appeared this week, and I captured the white flag during the battle – then I could hire him in the tavern.
Railag was already level 30, and the skill-boosting trees of Silanna refused to give him a level-up, as did the stones, but the crystals of knowledge and magical rings on the map still worked. Fai’den is level 28, and Godric is level 27, Shadia is level 26 (all before the final battle). I only found two Silanna trees – one behind the “Northern...” castle, and the second – on the opposite side of the first, almost in the lower right corner, accessible through portals.

The fourth mission in Heroes 5, playing as the Academy faction:
Can anyone tell me how to complete it?
I captured all the castles on the map, both human and Necropolis castles, and I defeated Isabelle after talking to Regal. A cutscene played, indicating that the quest was completed, but the mission doesn't end.
What should I do? Do I have to replay the whole thing???:((( And where is the Griffin Heart???

A griffin shouldn't have a heart. Regarding the issue of the game not ending, I can only suggest using the cheat code Win.
This is a perfectly normal way to fix bugs on a map.

I can't seem to beat Isabelle. I've been fighting her for 4 months after capturing and rebuilding all the Necropolis and Haven castles and buying troops almost everywhere. By that time, she has 1600 monks, and they destroy all my troops. I have more troops of other types, but it seems that even though Isabelle has only one castle against my eight, the growth rate in her castle is not the same as in just one.
And where is the second Sylvan tree? I found one behind the "Northern Cross," but I can't find the second one. I've explored the entire map, but I don't know where it is.

Why not weaken this "old lady" with Necropolis armies? There are 3 castles there, plus the armies of the heroes. In six months, you can gather legions there and easily defeat her with the same "Rai-lago" (or whoever you prefer).