Challenge extra — SoD

Overview

Written from the facts in this map's file

Challenge extra is a medium 72 by 72 map with an underground level, set on Impossible difficulty for eight players in six teams, with at most two human players and six computer-only colors. Every faction is random. The victory goal is to defeat all enemies, and a player loses once all their towns and heroes are gone. The map's description places the main threats in a cold northern region, a sandy southern mountain range, and the deepest danger underground, where five brothers wage war on one another while forming shifting alliances. Rock, subterranean, snow, and sand dominate the terrain, with little water. Fourteen towns and twelve heroes are placed, and the map includes 22 creature banks, 72 mines, and four monoliths or portals, along with a placed Recanter's Cloak.

Author's description

Everybody has already forgotten what peace is. Five brothers fight against one another, creating some weak alliances. But one real problem is in the Cold North, second in the Southern Sandy Mountains and the greatest one under the ground...

Version:SoD
Size:M (72×72 tiles)
Difficulty:Impossible
Players:2 human / 8 total
Alliances:Yes (6 teams)
Levels:Surface and underground
Water %:3.47%
Victory condition:Defeat all enemies
Loss condition:Lose all towns and heroes

Terrain (both levels)

Subterranean24.8%
Snow15.3%
Sand13.7%
Grass9.8%
Dirt8.9%
Lava8.1%
Rough7.2%
Swamp6.8%
Water5.2%
Rock (the solid part of the underground) is not counted.
SurfaceSurface minimap of Challenge extra
UndergroundUnderground minimap of Challenge extra

On the map

Towns & Settlements

  • Random(Blue) × 1
  • Random(Green) × 1
  • Random(Orange) × 1
  • Random(Pink) × 4
  • Random(Purple) × 2
  • Random(Red) × 1
  • Random(Tan) × 1
  • Random(Teal) × 3

Heroes

12 placed heroes on map

Random Monsters

  • Level 159 monsters
  • Level 291 monsters
  • Level 327 monsters
  • Level 426 monsters
  • Level 529 monsters
  • Level 616 monsters
  • Level 716 monsters

Artifacts

Scrolls & Random Relics

  • Random artifacts74

Map Objects & Structures

Random Resource271Treasure Chest148Resource131Mine72Random Dwelling (by level)40Creature Bank22Flotsam12School of War9Magic Well9Star Axis9Arena9Witch Hut8Mercenary Camp8Garden of Revelation8Obelisk7Windmill7Refugee Camp7Learning Stone7Marletto Tower7Idol of Fortune6Sea Chest6Shrine of Magic Gesture5Crypt4Den of Thieves4School of Magic4Shrine of Magic Incantation4Campfire4Temple4Rally Flag4Library of Enlightenment4