King Estayer's End (final 1.o) — AB

Overview

Written from the facts in this map's file

King Estayer's End is an extra large underground map measuring 144 by 144 tiles, built for Armageddon's Blade on the Impossible difficulty. The author's description frames it around a cursed kingdom, where the king's only chance of survival depends on a loyal follower recovering a holy pendant. Eight players share the map in four teams, with at most two human players and six computer-only colors. Red and Blue get random factions. Tan and Orange play Rampart, Green and Purple play Tower, Teal plays Castle, and Pink plays Necropolis. Rock covers about 41 percent of the map, with water and grass at 20 percent each and snow at 8 percent. The map holds 19 towns, 79 mines, and 42 random artifacts, and the Grail is placed on it. Victory requires transporting a specific artifact, and a player loses by losing all towns and heroes.

Author's description

The King of Bhawnager your home town has been cursed, and his only hope for survival is some noble follower obtaining the pendant of holiness.

Version:AB
Size:XL (144×144 tiles)
Difficulty:Impossible
Players:2 human / 8 total
Alliances:Yes (4 teams)
Levels:Surface and underground
Water %:19.78%
Victory condition:Transport a specific artifact — artifact #102 to (11, 137, surface) (or the standard win also counts)
Loss condition:Lose all towns and heroes

Terrain (both levels)

Water33.3%
Grass33.3%
Snow14.0%
Dirt11.2%
Swamp4.1%
Rough2.0%
Sand1.0%
Lava1.0%
Rock (the solid part of the underground) is not counted.
SurfaceSurface minimap of King Estayer's End (final 1.o)
UndergroundUnderground minimap of King Estayer's End (final 1.o)

On the map

Towns & Settlements

  • Random(Blue) × 1
  • Tower(Green) × 1
  • Rampart(Orange) × 1
  • Necropolis(Pink) × 1
  • Tower(Purple) × 1
  • Random(Red) × 1
  • Rampart(Tan) × 1
  • Castle(Teal) × 1
  • Castle(Neutral) × 2
  • Fortress(Neutral) × 1
  • Necropolis(Neutral) × 1
  • Rampart(Neutral) × 1
  • Random(Neutral) × 6

Heroes

13 placed heroes on map

Wandering Monsters

Random Monsters

  • Level 110 monsters
  • Level 224 monsters
  • Level 323 monsters
  • Level 412 monsters
  • Level 515 monsters
  • Level 612 monsters
  • Level 74 monsters

Artifacts

Scrolls & Random Relics

  • Random artifacts42

Map Objects & Structures

Treasure Chest168Random Resource166Resource100Mine79Flotsam51Sea Chest20Shipwreck Survivor18Shipwreck16Creature Bank10Magic Plains10Mystical Garden10Learning Stone10Garden of Revelation9Obelisk9Redwood Observatory8Tree of Knowledge8Water Wheel7Derelict Ship7Fountain of Youth7Star Axis7Random Dwelling (by level)7Trading Post6Sign6Windmill6Two-way Monolith6Mercenary Camp6Library of Enlightenment5Magic Well5Corpse5Witch Hut5