Crystalline River (SoD) — SoD

Overview

Written from the facts in this map's file

Crystalline River is a large Shadow of Death map measuring 108 by 108 with an underground level, built for six players who can all be human, with no teams and random factions for every color. Its premise centers on a river of crystal, following which players can reach great treasures guarded by powerful dragons. Rock covers the largest share of the terrain, with water, sand and grass making up the rest. Victory requires accumulating 11 creatures, and a player is eliminated after losing all towns and heroes. The difficulty is set to Impossible. Notable features include nine Crystal Dragon stacks and five Titans roaming the map, around 120 randomly placed artifacts, 87 mines, 19 creature banks, and eight monoliths and portals. Eight heroes are placed at the start, and the map includes one timed event.

Author's description

Follow the Crystalline River and you found The Great Treasures... ...and Crystal Dragons... The Map was built by Haomaoru...

Version:SoD
Size:L (108×108 tiles)
Difficulty:Impossible
Players:6 human / 6 total
Alliances:No (Free for all)
Levels:Surface and underground
Water %:12.49%
Victory condition:Accumulate creatures — 11 × creature #133 (or the standard win also counts, AI can win this way too)
Loss condition:Lose all towns and heroes

Terrain (both levels)

Water22.5%
Sand18.9%
Grass18.4%
Dirt11.6%
Subterranean10.0%
Swamp5.8%
Snow5.0%
Lava4.6%
Rough3.2%
Rock (the solid part of the underground) is not counted.
SurfaceSurface minimap of Crystalline River (SoD)
UndergroundUnderground minimap of Crystalline River (SoD)

On the map

Towns & Settlements

  • Random(Blue) × 1
  • Random(Green) × 1
  • Random(Orange) × 1
  • Random(Purple) × 1
  • Random(Red) × 1
  • Random(Tan) × 1
  • Necropolis(Neutral) × 1
  • Random(Neutral) × 6
  • Tower(Neutral) × 1

Heroes

8 placed heroes on map

Wandering Monsters

Random Monsters

  • Level 07 monsters
  • Level 125 monsters
  • Level 229 monsters
  • Level 335 monsters
  • Level 424 monsters
  • Level 530 monsters
  • Level 629 monsters
  • Level 717 monsters

Artifacts

Scrolls & Random Relics

  • Random artifacts120

Map Objects & Structures

Resource294Random Resource265Treasure Chest207Mine87Favorable Winds40Sign30Flotsam24Campfire22Creature Bank19Magic Well16Shipwreck15Pandoras Box13Cursed Ground (2)13Sea Chest13Evil Fog12Scholar12Subterranean Gate12Fountain of Youth11Warrior's Tomb10Pyramid8Two-way Monolith8Clover Field8Learning Stone8Buoy8Corpse7Random Dwelling (by level)7Holy Grounds7Shipwreck Survivor7Windmill7Random Dwelling7