The Ancient City — SoD
Overview
Written from the facts in this map's file
The Ancient City is an Expert-level map for four players, all of whom can be human, with no teams. It is an Extra Large 144 by 144 map with an underground level, and it is set in the Shadow of Death expansion. The story is that four peaceful realms are disrupted when an ancient city is discovered, a place rumored to hold great power and to be heavily guarded, reachable only by flight. Each color can choose from the eight listed factions: Castle, Rampart, Tower, Inferno, Necropolis, Dungeon, Stronghold, and Fortress. Rock covers about 44 percent of the map, with water at 14 percent. Victory requires capturing a specific town, and a player loses by losing all towns and heroes. The map holds nine towns, the Grail, fifteen named artifacts, 39 mines, 18 seer huts, and 20 creature banks.
Author's description
| Version: | SoD |
|---|---|
| Size: | XL (144×144 tiles) |
| Difficulty: | Expert |
| Players: | 4 human / 4 total |
| Alliances: | No (Free for all) |
| Levels: | Surface and underground |
| Water %: | 14.33% |
| Victory condition: | Capture a specific town — at (21, 82, underground) (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(Orange) × 1
- Random(Purple) × 1
- Random(Tan) × 1
- Conflux(Neutral) × 1
- Random(Neutral) × 4
Heroes
8 placed heroes on map
Wandering Monsters
- Faerie Dragon8 stacks
- Enchanter6 stacks
- Fire Elemental4 stacks
- Air Elemental4 stacks
- Water Elemental4 stacks
- Earth Elemental4 stacks
- Sprite4 stacks
- Pixie2 stacks
- Mummy1 stack
- Unicorn1 stack
- Gog1 stack
- Rogue1 stack
- Rust Dragon1 stack
- Crystal Dragon1 stack
- Phoenix1 stack
Random Monsters
- Level 08 monsters
- Level 129 monsters
- Level 237 monsters
- Level 349 monsters
- Level 442 monsters
- Level 525 monsters
- Level 655 monsters
- Level 7110 monsters
Creature Dwellings
Artifacts
- Ogre's Club of Havoc(1 in rewards)
- Armor of Wonder(1 placed)
- Sandals of the Saint(1 placed)
- Celestial Necklace of Bliss(1 placed)
- Lion's Shield of Courage(1 placed)
- Sword of Judgement(1 placed)
- Helm of Heavenly Enlightenment(1 placed)
- Clover of Fortune(1 placed)
- Crest of Valor(1 in rewards)
- Speculum(1 in rewards)
- Spyglass(1 in rewards)
- Bird of Perception(1 in rewards)
- Angel Wings(1 in rewards)
- Orb of the Firmament(1 placed)
- Orb of Silt(1 placed)
- Orb of Tempestuous Fire(1 placed)
- Orb of Driving Rain(1 placed)
- Recanter's Cloak(1 placed)
- Orb of Vulnerability(1 in rewards)
- Pendant of Holiness(1 placed)
- Pendant of Life(1 placed)
- Vial of Dragon Blood(1 in rewards)
- Armageddon's Blade(1 placed)
- Elixir of Life(1 in rewards)
- Cornucopia(1 in rewards)
Scrolls & Random Relics
- Random artifacts44