Posts from Dance of Death - [Campaign 9, Mission 1]

Guys, sorry for going off-topic. How do I start the FIRST scenario? I can't seem to do it. A red enemy always arrives, and he's always stronger, ALWAYS unbeatable!

See for yourself, I just finished it for the 20th time (almost

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). This red one needs to be replayed. You kill everyone around the fortress, go to Lucretia, get the quest, and run back to the fortress. You wait for him to approach (there are 2 paths near the fortress, an upper and a lower one). When he approaches the upper path near the fortress, run to the lower path and stand right under him. He'll go to the fortress, and while he's doing that, you quickly cross the bridge and turn right. Then turn right again (down). There will be a magical menagerie. Hire everyone there (40 wolves, 25 large wolves, and 20 mermaids). Then you don't have to be afraid of this red one. You defeat him, then return to where you turned right the first time, but go a little further up and to the left. And then turn left again (down); there will be an artifact merchant. You defeat the creeps next to him and get 25 liches. By the way, there's a castle right above that. I didn't capture it at first; instead, I went straight to the upper castle and defeated it (that's no problem).

Hey everyone, I have a question! Near Giorgio's Castle, there's some kind of descent underground behind the gates – why can't I go down there???

You need to replay this red level. You kill everyone around the fort, go to Lucretia, get the quest, and run back to the fort. Wait for him to approach (there are two paths near the fort, an upper and a lower). When he approaches the upper path near the fort, run to the lower path and stand right under him. He will head towards the fort, and while he does, quickly cross the bridge and turn right. Then turn right again (down). There will be a magical menagerie. Hire everyone there (40 wolves, 25 greater wolves, and 20 mermaids). After that, you won't have to fear this red guy. Defeat him, then return to the place where you turned right for the first time, but go a little higher and to the left. And then turn left again (down); there will be an artifact merchant. Clear out the creatures near him and get 25 liches. By the way, the castle is right above that. I didn't capture it at first; instead, I went straight for the upper castle and defeated it (which wasn't a problem).

I had a different tactic: I captured the castle and started building it up. I had to sacrifice the initial fort to the red faction, but I eventually took it back. I didn't even need the menagerie's help. I only used Lucretia to reinforce my troops. The human castle cannot be upgraded, but even without it, there are enough troops. I took the Sword of Ovidius with only 51 weavers. I decided to go back to an earlier save and clear the entire map, just in case I missed something :smile42:.

Guys, I have a question! Near Giorgio's castle, there's some kind of descent underground behind the gates – why can't I go down there???

Are you sure it's Giorgio? It's Giovanni! I also thought the entrance would activate, but it didn't – it remained inactive, and only green smoke comes out of it... Save before the "battle" with Ovidius

The only difficulty on the map is Rosalía, with her magic and decent army. After successfully eliminating her, only Eduardo remains, who runs along the same route to the central fort once a week, with a one-week replenishment.
To successfully eliminate Rosalía, you first need to take the upper human castle – get vampires for it – use the vampires to capture the artifact shop – get liches for the shop – have vampire and lich upgrades in the castle.
Also, regardless of the preferred path (Blood/Tears), it is worth gaining 100 reputation of each type (the additional quests give very good bonuses). Blood's priority is +1 spider growth and +5 magic power.
The maximum level on the map is 20, so it is worth visiting the library immediately after level 11+ for the maximum bonus.

So, here's what happened. I spent a long time running around the map with Sandor, killing minor creatures, when I stumbled upon a weak Castle. It's located above the Fort; if you cross the bridge near Vasilisa, it's right on the left along the way. Anyway, as soon as I captured it, an enemy hero rushed over and defeated me. Realizing my mistake, I replayed the map. I cleared everything around the Fort and immediately headed for the Castle. I had about 2-3 weeks to rebuild it and gather an army. After that, the enemy hero ran towards me, I ran towards him, and he fled back to his Castle. I returned to my Castle, and he came back again, but this time he went down towards my starting Fort. I caught up with him there and killed him without any difficulty. Then I ran to his Castle and easily captured it. After that, I focused on leveling up and recruiting armies only for Sandor, which meant I often had to interrupt exploring and clearing the map to deal with enemy heroes who would show up every week. This bothered me for a while until I realized that I had another hero – Vasilisa – and "her" Castle, which unfortunately cannot be upgraded. But it's already leveled up, so I recruited an army for her, jumped into the Fort closest to the portal (from which the enemies emerge), and fought in the open field on autopilot to avoid wasting too much time. Despite the dumb AI and its blunders, this wasn't a problem because the enemy hero would arrive every week with the same weak army. In general, there were no difficulties. I let the computer win the final battle for the staff because it wasn't challenging.