Ragnar's quest3The lost empire — SoD

Overview

Written from the facts in this map's file

Ragnar's Quest 3: The Lost Empire is an extra-large underground map for Shadow of Death, measuring 144 by 144 tiles, with a surface and an underground level. It is rated Impossible and supports eight players, with only one human seat and seven computer-controlled colors. Players fight in four teams, and the factions include Castle, Inferno, Tower, Stronghold, Rampart, Dungeon, Necropolis and Fortress, spread unevenly across the colors. Rock covers about a third of the terrain and water about 28 percent. Victory requires defeating a specific monster, while a player loses if a specific hero falls. The map holds 43 towns, a Grail, 66 mines, 34 seer huts, and a set of placed artifacts, including Armageddon's Blade and the Crown of the Supreme Magi, along with many wandering monsters and dwellings.

Author's description

After 9-years of the bloodiest battle the messangers had arrived from the huge empire and said:"The prime evil has taken away our lands. Using us as slaves and tries to capture major city called Cydonia-pro. You sailed to the frozen lands, but someone destroyed it and your adventure starts here!

Version:SoD
Size:XL (144×144 tiles)
Difficulty:Impossible
Players:1 human / 8 total
Alliances:Yes (4 teams)
Levels:Surface and underground
Water %:28.10%
Victory condition:Defeat a specific monster — at (143, 40, underground) (AI can win this way too)
Loss condition:Lose a specific hero — at (80, 61, underground)

Terrain (both levels)

Water43.3%
Swamp13.3%
Grass10.7%
Dirt10.3%
Subterranean9.5%
Snow4.6%
Rough3.6%
Lava3.4%
Sand1.3%
Rock (the solid part of the underground) is not counted.
SurfaceSurface minimap of Ragnar's quest3The lost empire
UndergroundUnderground minimap of Ragnar's quest3The lost empire

On the map

Towns & Settlements

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

Heroes

54 placed heroes on map

Wandering Monsters

Random Monsters

  • Level 01 monster
  • Level 11 monster
  • Level 22 monsters
  • Level 35 monsters
  • Level 44 monsters
  • Level 53 monsters
  • Level 66 monsters
  • Level 77 monsters

Artifacts

Map Objects & Structures

Treasure Chest111Magic Plains (2)75Mine66Favorable Winds62Random Resource60Clover Field57Quest Guard56Resource49Sign42Seer Hut34Border Guard33Border Gate33Flotsam32Two-way Monolith30Fiery Fields25Creature Bank23Garrison19Shipwreck17Holy Grounds16Tree of Knowledge15Marletto Tower15Subterranean Gate14Campfire14Magic Clouds14Boat13Arena13Lucid Pools12Shipwreck Survivor11Evil Fog11Corpse11