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The Nine Lakes (allies) — SoD

Overview

Written from the facts in this map's file

The Nine Lakes (allies) is an Extra Large 144 by 144 map for Shadow of Death, with an underground level and a Hard rating. It supports eight players, all of whom can be human, arranged in four teams and drawing on eight towns: Castle, Fortress, Conflux, Tower, Inferno, Stronghold, Dungeon and Rampart. Rock, subterranean ground and grass make up most of the terrain, with water covering about nine percent. The author describes it as a nod to the lakes layout of Heroes 2, and the goal is to defeat a specific monster hidden underground. Players lose when they have no towns or heroes left. The map holds 31 towns, 17 pre-placed heroes, many mines and dwellings, a Grail, and a set of named artifacts, along with wandering monsters such as Ghost Dragons and Arch Devils.

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:Yes (4 teams)
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 (allies)
UndergroundUnderground minimap of The Nine Lakes (allies)

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