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I voted for the rainbow: in fact, its only real competitor is the celestial ship in the tower, but by the time you build the Grail, it won't be very relevant anymore. It's funny that I learned about this Conflux feature relatively recently.

I voted for the Soul Dungeon for Necropolis, as it further enhances their necromancy, which already makes them the strongest faction in the game, in my opinion.

The god of fire, of course, is like a troll)). In my opinion, the best one is either the celestial ship or the rainbow...

In my opinion, the Rainbow artifact has a clear advantage. Because if you've found the Grail, you've most likely explored the entire map (the Sky Ship is no longer needed), and you have such a strong army that it's unlikely anyone will attack your castle (all the bonuses for garrison heroes are not that important). The goal is to strengthen the current hero. Therefore, obtaining all the spells for the Wizard is an excellent enhancement. In second place are the Soul Prison and God of Fire, as they allow you to strengthen the hero simply by brute force, increasing the army of weak units to over 9000. In third place is the Colossus, which provides +2 to Morale for all heroes, not just garrison heroes. It's an excellent replacement for Leadership or artifacts with Morale bonuses. All other bonuses for garrison heroes, in my opinion, are not as important. However, the situation may be different if the map has other victory conditions. For example, finding an artifact that increases speed, in which case the Sky Ship can greatly simplify the search.

question. If you place the Grail in a Conflux village, how do you collect all the spells? Or do you need to have at least GM1 or GM5 to receive all the spells? And is a Fortress sufficient?

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Another question, is the Grail always located exactly in the center of the puzzle map?

Timbuktu,
1. I don't remember exactly, but it seems that you don't necessarily have to finish building the guild of mages in the Conflux if you brought the Grail there. You can check this by creating a micro-map with everything you need.
2. And here I'm sure: the cross is not always exactly in the center of the puzzle map, so to determine the location of the Grail, you need to see at least its edge. In my opinion, this is not a drawback, but a plus, since AI enemies often guess where the Grail is located, having visited not all the obelisks, and dig it up quite quickly. And then you see a place with 10-15 holes nearby and realize that the AI was digging, not knowing the exact coordinates.
I am attaching a proofpic from the last map I completed: it is clear that the Grail is not in the center (and it's not even about the emptiness).

In the much-maligned by many forum users Hote, the spells for building the Rainbow are given according to the level. In Sode, the first level is sufficient.