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The Nine Lakes — SoD

Overview

Written from the facts in this map's file

The Nine Lakes is an extra large underground map for eight players, each playing alone, with no teams and no computer-only colors. It is set on a 144 by 144 grid and is rated hard. Terrain is mostly rock and subterranean ground, with grass and water making up the rest. The eight factions are Castle, Fortress, Conflux, Tower, Inferno, Stronghold, Dungeon and Rampart, one per player. Victory comes from defeating a specific monster hidden underground, while a player is eliminated once all of their towns and heroes are lost. The map holds 31 towns and 17 starting heroes, along with 137 mines, 27 seer huts and 32 monoliths and portals. Wandering threats include Ghost Dragons and Arch Devils, and the Grail is placed on the map.

Author's description

Just like seven lakes in heroes of might and magic 2. Just get out there and conquer. Defeat the Monsters underground to win. Created by Per Bondegard and edited by Boon.

Version:SoD
Size:XL (144×144 tiles)
Difficulty:Hard
Players:8 human / 8 total
Alliances:No (Free for all)
Levels:Surface and underground
Water %:8.68%
Victory condition:Defeat a specific monster — at (64, 135, underground) (or the standard win also counts, AI can win this way too)
Loss condition:Lose all towns and heroes

Terrain (both levels)

Subterranean33.6%
Grass14.1%
Water12.7%
Lava7.2%
Snow7.2%
Swamp6.8%
Rough6.7%
Dirt6.5%
Sand5.2%
Rock (the solid part of the underground) is not counted.
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SurfaceSurface minimap of The Nine Lakes
UndergroundUnderground minimap of The Nine Lakes

On the map

Towns & Settlements

  • Fortress(Blue) × 1
  • Tower(Green) × 1
  • Inferno(Orange) × 1
  • Rampart(Pink) × 1
  • Stronghold(Purple) × 1
  • Castle(Red) × 1
  • Conflux(Tan) × 1
  • Dungeon(Teal) × 1
  • Castle(Neutral) × 2
  • Conflux(Neutral) × 2
  • Dungeon(Neutral) × 2
  • Fortress(Neutral) × 2
  • Inferno(Neutral) × 2
  • Necropolis(Neutral) × 2
  • Rampart(Neutral) × 2
  • Random(Neutral) × 5
  • Stronghold(Neutral) × 2
  • Tower(Neutral) × 2

Heroes

17 placed heroes on map

Grail

♕ Grail structure placed on the map

Wandering Monsters

Random Monsters

  • Level 2170 monsters
  • Level 361 monsters
  • Level 449 monsters
  • Level 540 monsters
  • Level 624 monsters
  • Level 79 monsters

Creature Dwellings

Artifacts

Scrolls & Random Relics

  • Random artifacts77
  • Spell scrolls1

Map Objects & Structures

Resource545Random Resource383Mine137Treasure Chest126Border Gate72Cursed Ground (2)70Flotsam58Sign57Sea Chest55Campfire50Evil Fog49Scholar44Shipwreck Survivor42Magic Well37Witch Hut36Star Axis32Learning Stone30Magic Plains29Seer Hut27Mercenary Camp19Tree of Knowledge19Cursed Ground18Subterranean Gate18Obelisk18Ocean Bottle17Shipwreck17School of Magic17Marletto Tower17Pandoras Box17Favorable Winds16