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THE BIG MAP — SoD

Overview

Written from the facts in this map's file

The Big Map is an extra large 144 by 144 underground-capable map for Heroes of Might and Magic III: Shadow of Death, rated Expert. It supports up to four human players alongside two computer-only colors, for six seats in total arranged into five teams, with the four human-capable colors starting on random towns and the computer colors fixed as Stronghold and Fortress. Rock covers about 30 percent of the terrain and water about 28 percent, with grass and swamp making up most of the rest. Players win by capturing one specific town, and they lose when all their towns and heroes are gone. The map holds 47 towns, 14 starting heroes, 117 mines, 21 seer huts, and 139 creature banks, along with wandering stacks of Enchanters, Royal Griffins, and dragons, plus a range of placed artifacts. The author describes it as a long-running favorite built for one to four players.

Author's description

Beautiful 1-4 player map. To win conquer Urfatopia! I made it 1998 or 1999 and hope you enjoy as i did for hundreds of hours in the last decade!

Version:SoD
Size:XL (144×144 tiles)
Difficulty:Expert
Players:4 human / 6 total
Alliances:Yes (5 teams)
Levels:Surface and underground
Water %:27.95%
Victory condition:Capture a specific town — at (76, 72, surface)
Loss condition:Lose all towns and heroes

Terrain (both levels)

Water40.1%
Grass20.1%
Swamp7.4%
Rough7.3%
Lava7.2%
Dirt5.2%
Sand4.4%
Snow4.2%
Subterranean4.1%
Rock (the solid part of the underground) is not counted.
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SurfaceSurface minimap of THE BIG MAP
UndergroundUnderground minimap of THE BIG MAP

On the map

Towns & Settlements

  • Random(Blue) × 1
  • Random(Green) × 1
  • Random(Orange) × 1
  • Fortress(Pink) × 4
  • Random(Red) × 1
  • Stronghold(Teal) × 1
  • Castle(Neutral) × 5
  • Conflux(Neutral) × 4
  • Dungeon(Neutral) × 7
  • Inferno(Neutral) × 4
  • Necropolis(Neutral) × 6
  • Rampart(Neutral) × 3
  • Stronghold(Neutral) × 5
  • Tower(Neutral) × 4

Heroes

14 placed heroes on map

Wandering Monsters

Creature Dwellings

Artifacts

Scrolls & Random Relics

  • Spell scrolls7

Map Objects & Structures

Treasure Chest505Resource423Campfire229Random Resource218Creature Bank139Sea Chest136Mine117Flotsam111Shipwreck74Shipwreck Survivor51Magic Well44Subterranean Gate40Windmill38Learning Stone32Mercenary Camp32Obelisk32Garden of Revelation32School of Magic32Tree of Knowledge32Star Axis32Marletto Tower31Water Wheel31Witch Hut28Derelict Ship28Cover of Darkness25Random Dwelling (by level)24Seer Hut21Lighthouse20Mystical Garden20Two-way Monolith18