Vanadia's Ruler — RoE

Overview

Written from the facts in this map's file

Vanadia's Ruler is an extra-large underground map of 144 by 144 tiles for eight players, each controlling one of the eight standard factions, with no teams and no computer-only colors. The author's description tells of a land ruled by monsters for nearly three centuries, and of a sacred hat that must be recovered to restore peace. Victory requires acquiring that specific artifact, while a player loses by losing all towns and heroes. The map is set at Impossible difficulty. Terrain is mostly grass, subterranean, dirt and lava, with about 11 percent water. Forty towns and sixteen heroes are placed, and the map is scattered with wandering monsters, creature dwellings, mines, and many artifacts, including random ones.

Author's description

Vanadia's land have been ruled by monsters and magical beasts during almost 300 years. Only one thing can bring back the Peace the the injuried lands: the Magical Hat of Unity. It has been stolen three centuries ago by an intrepid human who had sold his soul to the Shadow Sides...

Version:RoE
Size:XL (144×144 tiles)
Difficulty:Impossible
Players:8 human / 8 total
Alliances:No (Free for all)
Levels:Surface and underground
Water %:10.53%
Victory condition:Acquire a specific artifact — artifact #124 (or the standard win also counts, AI can win this way too)
Loss condition:Lose all towns and heroes

Terrain (both levels)

Grass20.8%
Subterranean12.7%
Dirt12.5%
Lava10.9%
Water10.7%
Rough9.2%
Swamp9.2%
Snow8.7%
Sand5.2%
Rock (the solid part of the underground) is not counted.
SurfaceSurface minimap of Vanadia's Ruler
UndergroundUnderground minimap of Vanadia's Ruler

On the map

Towns & Settlements

  • Tower(Blue) × 2
  • Rampart(Green) × 2
  • Dungeon(Orange) × 2
  • Fortress(Pink) × 2
  • Castle(Purple) × 2
  • Inferno(Red) × 2
  • Stronghold(Tan) × 2
  • Necropolis(Teal) × 2
  • Castle(Neutral) × 3
  • Dungeon(Neutral) × 3
  • Fortress(Neutral) × 3
  • Inferno(Neutral) × 3
  • Necropolis(Neutral) × 3
  • Rampart(Neutral) × 3
  • Stronghold(Neutral) × 3
  • Tower(Neutral) × 3

Heroes

16 placed heroes on map

Wandering Monsters

Random Monsters

  • Level 116 monsters
  • Level 239 monsters
  • Level 3130 monsters
  • Level 4106 monsters
  • Level 568 monsters
  • Level 6104 monsters
  • Level 780 monsters

Scrolls & Random Relics

  • Random artifacts286
  • Spell scrolls7

Map Objects & Structures

Treasure Chest1340Random Resource779Resource198Mine137Sign96Magic Plains91Flotsam85Campfire48Cursed Ground48Obelisk34Sea Chest33Learning Stone32Star Axis32Corpse32Shrine of Magic Incantation30Shrine of Magic Thought29School of Magic28Shrine of Magic Gesture28One-way Monolith Entrance28Marletto Tower25One-way Monolith Exit25Border Guard24Scholar22Magic Well20Tree of Knowledge20School of War19Mercenary Camp18Shipwreck Survivor17Crypt16Garden of Revelation16