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
| 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)


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
- Crystal Dragon9 stacks
- Titan5 stacks
- Green Dragon3 stacks
- Rust Dragon3 stacks
- Red Dragon3 stacks
- Faerie Dragon3 stacks
- Azure Dragon2 stacks
- Lich2 stacks
- Vampire Lord2 stacks
- Black Dragon1 stack
- Gold Dragon1 stack
- Skeleton1 stack
- Ghost Dragon1 stack
- Wraith1 stack
- Zombie1 stack
- Peasant1 stack
- Mummy1 stack
- Wyvern Monarch1 stack
- Sharpshooter1 stack
- Phoenix1 stack
- Ice Elemental1 stack
- Battle Dwarf1 stack
- Halfling1 stack
- Royal Griffin1 stack
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
Creature Dwellings
Artifacts
- Spell Book(1 on heroes)
- Rib Cage(1 in rewards)
- Diplomat's Ring(1 on heroes)
- Mystic Orb of Mana(1 in rewards)
- Orb of Vulnerability(1 in rewards)
- Necklace of Swiftness(1 on heroes)
- Power of the Dragon Father(1 in rewards)
- Ring of the Magi(1 in rewards)
Scrolls & Random Relics
- Random artifacts120