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To Hire Heroes III {Trapped} — SoD

Overview

Written from the facts in this map's file

To Hire Heroes III {Trapped} is an extra large underground map for Shadow of Death, measuring 144 by 144 tiles, rated at Impossible difficulty. It supports eight players, with up to two human players and six computer-controlled colors, arranged into three teams. Factions include Castle, Tower, Stronghold, Inferno, Fortress, Dungeon and Conflux, with several players fielding two towns each. The win condition is to defeat all enemies, and a player loses once every town and hero is gone. The map is dense with content: twenty-two towns, twenty heroes, a Grail, 128 mines, and a large number of wandering monster stacks, including Naga, Cyclops, Medusa, Azure Dragons and Behemoths. Dwellings, creature banks, monoliths and portals are scattered throughout, along with many placed artifacts.

Author's description

With the news of the capture of Black Marauder and Zendy, the King has hired a new warrior to head the expedition. Grey Pilgrim has been recruited to help the wife of Black Marauder, Anjelika, find Black Marauder and Zendy. Somehow you know it won't be an easy task! (ver 2)

Version:SoD
Size:XL (144×144 tiles)
Difficulty:Impossible
Players:2 human / 8 total
Alliances:Yes (3 teams)
Levels:Surface and underground
Water %:2.99%
Victory condition:Defeat all enemies
Loss condition:Lose all towns and heroes

Terrain (both levels)

Snow16.1%
Dirt15.0%
Sand13.5%
Lava12.6%
Swamp11.4%
Grass10.6%
Rough10.0%
Subterranean7.7%
Water3.2%
Rock (the solid part of the underground) is not counted.
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SurfaceSurface minimap of To Hire Heroes III {Trapped}
UndergroundUnderground minimap of To Hire Heroes III {Trapped}

On the map

Towns & Settlements

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

Heroes

20 placed heroes on map

Grail

♕ Grail structure placed on the map

Wandering Monsters

Random Monsters

  • Level 155 monsters
  • Level 278 monsters
  • Level 397 monsters
  • Level 432 monsters
  • Level 518 monsters
  • Level 635 monsters
  • Level 723 monsters

Creature Dwellings

Artifacts

Scrolls & Random Relics

  • Spell scrolls5

Map Objects & Structures

Resource687Treasure Chest150Mine128Magic Clouds51Magic Well35Cursed Ground (2)35Fiery Fields34Marletto Tower23School of War23Star Axis21Creature Bank21Garden of Revelation20Arena20Lucid Pools20Learning Stone19Library of Enlightenment19Mercenary Camp19Redwood Observatory19Obelisk19School of Magic18Dragon Utopia18Evil Fog18University17Holy Grounds17Rocklands16Windmill15Den of Thieves15Idol of Fortune14Cover of Darkness14Pandoras Box13