Erik the Viking 2008.01.15 — SoD

Overview

Written from the facts in this map's file

This large expert map, 108 by 108 tiles with an underground level, centers on Erik the Viking, whose boat has been missing for a long time. His uncle Barbar also searches by ship. The story ends happily only if the Grail is installed in Valhalla, and that place must be found first. Eight players share the map, with at most one human, and three teams compete. Factions include Inferno, Conflux, Necropolis, Tower, Castle, Rampart and Stronghold. Water covers 46 percent of the terrain, and Water Elementals are the most common roaming stacks. Victory requires building a Grail structure, while losing a specific hero ends the game in defeat. The map holds 22 towns, 44 monoliths and portals, 14 creature banks and 61 mines.

Author's description

Erik the Viking with his boat is absent for a long time yet! Unkle Barbar, by ship too, is searching after him! Both should return and for a real agreeable Happy End the Grail must be installed in Valhala! But this place also has to be found before, alas!

Version:SoD
Size:L (108×108 tiles)
Difficulty:Expert
Players:1 human / 8 total
Alliances:Yes (3 teams)
Levels:Surface and underground
Water %:46.03%
Victory condition:Build a Grail structure — at (23, 103, underground) (or the standard win also counts, AI can win this way too)
Loss condition:Lose a specific hero — at (22, 104, surface)

Terrain (both levels)

Water47.2%
Dirt15.2%
Grass9.9%
Snow9.2%
Rough6.6%
Lava4.6%
Subterranean2.6%
Sand2.5%
Swamp2.3%
Rock (the solid part of the underground) is not counted.
SurfaceSurface minimap of Erik the Viking  2008.01.15
UndergroundUnderground minimap of Erik the Viking  2008.01.15

On the map

Towns & Settlements

  • Conflux(Blue) × 3
  • Tower(Green) × 1
  • Castle(Orange) × 1
  • Inferno(Pink) × 2
  • Inferno(Purple) × 1
  • Inferno(Red) × 3
  • Necropolis(Tan) × 3
  • Fortress(Neutral) × 1
  • Necropolis(Neutral) × 4
  • Stronghold(Neutral) × 1
  • Tower(Neutral) × 2

Heroes

114 placed heroes on map

Wandering Monsters

Random Monsters

  • Level 43 monsters
  • Level 51 monster

Artifacts

Scrolls & Random Relics

  • Spell scrolls3

Map Objects & Structures

Resource169Treasure Chest123Favorable Winds113Cursed Ground (2)79Random Resource76Flotsam62Mine61Boat60Quest Guard54Campfire30Evil Fog29Sign29Fiery Fields28Border Gate24Border Guard24Sea Chest23Keymaster's Tent21Shipwreck Survivor20One-way Monolith Entrance19School of Magic15Star Axis15Two-way Monolith15Lucid Pools14Creature Bank14Learning Stone14Shipwreck14Buoy12One-way Monolith Exit10Subterranean Gate10Witch Hut10