The Nine Lakes — SoD

Overview

Written from the facts in this map's file

The Nine Lakes is an extra large underground map of 144 by 144 tiles, built for eight players with no teams and no computer-only colors, so every seat can be human. Each player starts with a different town type: Castle, Fortress, Conflux, Tower, Inferno, Stronghold, Dungeon and Rampart. Victory comes from defeating a specific monster hidden underground, and a player loses by losing all towns and heroes. Water covers only a small share of the terrain, while rock and subterranean ground make up most of it. The map is scattered with 31 towns, 137 mines, 27 seer huts, 11 creature banks and 32 monoliths and portals. Wandering monsters include Ghost Dragons, Arch Devils and Phoenixes, 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.

Version:SoD
Size:XL (144×144 tiles)
Difficulty:Normal
Players:8 human / 8 total
Alliances:No (Free for all)
Levels:Surface and underground
Water %:8.69%
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%
Rough6.8%
Dirt6.4%
Sand5.2%
Rock (the solid part of the underground) is not counted.
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

Wandering Monsters

Random Monsters

  • Level 2171 monsters
  • Level 362 monsters
  • Level 445 monsters
  • Level 541 monsters
  • Level 624 monsters
  • Level 71 monster

Artifacts

Scrolls & Random Relics

  • Random artifacts77
  • Spell scrolls1

Map Objects & Structures

Resource545Random Resource383Mine137Treasure Chest126Border Gate72Flotsam58Sign56Sea Chest55Campfire50Scholar44Shipwreck Survivor42Magic Well37Witch Hut36Star Axis32Magic Plains30Learning Stone30Seer Hut27Mercenary Camp19Tree of Knowledge19Library of Enlightenment19Subterranean Gate18Obelisk18Ocean Bottle17Shipwreck17School of Magic17Marletto Tower17Shipyard16Two-way Monolith16Garden of Revelation15Evil Fog15