Hydra — HotA 1.8.0
Overview
Written from the facts in this map's file
Hydra is a hard, medium-sized underground map of 72 by 72 tiles for a single player. Its premise is that a hydra has destroyed a village and killed the hero's family, and the hero must defeat the creature while it remains fixed in one place, before the 168-day limit runs out. The Rampart army fights across terrain that is about half rock, with grass and water covering the rest. The map holds three towns, fifteen mines, three seer huts, two creature banks, and the Grail. Notable finds include the Titan's Gladius and Titan's Cuirass, and wandering stacks include an Archangel, a Titan, and a Chaos Hydra. Victory requires defeating one specific monster instead of the standard goal.
Author's description
| Version: | HotA 1.8.0 |
|---|---|
| Size: | M (72×72 tiles) |
| Difficulty: | Hard |
| Players: | 1 human / 1 total |
| Alliances: | No (Free for all) |
| Levels: | Surface and underground |
| Water %: | 11.53% |
| Victory condition: | Defeat a specific monster — at (20, 15, underground) (AI can win this way too) |
| Loss condition: | Time expires — 168 days |
Terrain (both levels)
Grass70.5%
Water22.5%
Snow4.6%
Swamp2.5%
Rock (the solid part of the underground) is not counted.
Surface

Underground

On the map
Towns & Settlements
- Rampart(Green) × 1
- Rampart(Neutral) × 1
- Tower(Neutral) × 1
Heroes
1 placed hero on map
Wandering Monsters
- Peasant2 stacks
- Monk2 stacks
- Faerie Dragon1 stack
- Archangel1 stack
- Master Genie1 stack
- Chaos Hydra1 stack
- Wyvern Monarch1 stack
- Titan1 stack
Random Monsters
- Level 01 monster
- Level 12 monsters
- Level 24 monsters
- Level 41 monster
- Level 74 monsters
Creature Dwellings
Artifacts
- Spell Book(1 on heroes)
- Titan's Gladius(1 placed)
- Sentinel's Shield(1 placed)
- Thunder Helmet(1 placed)
- Titan's Cuirass(1 placed)
- Angel Wings(1 in rewards)
- Spirit of Oppression(1 on heroes)
- Hourglass of the Evil Hour(1 on heroes)
- Golden Bow(1 in rewards)
- Titan's Thunder(1 in rewards)
- Bow of the Sharpshooter(1 in rewards)
Scrolls & Random Relics
- Random artifacts1