Underground Eruption - walkthrough | The Elven Court Campaign AoW III Guide

The beginning of the game.

Conditions of victory:

1. Sundren must survive

2. Nomlik must survive

3. Reskar must survive

4. Emerge victorious

a) Defeat Grimdotter

b) Defeat Vontor

c) Defeat Leana

d) Defeat Werlac

This mission is an offshoot of the choice that you made in mission four and it becomes available if you gave decided to prevent the war (Stop the war). Go into the undergrounds, where you will encounter your Throne City, after a while. Automatically, you will take control over the two nearby cities and also several units. Start by clearing the region. Also, choose the buildings that you want erected. As for the armies, command them to the East, deeper into the undergrounds. Do not haste to resurface too much - gather your armies and develop the cities a little (also, do not wait in the undergrounds infinitely). Once you show yourself to the opponents, they will be attacking incessantly, which is why it should be done at the right moment. Once you are ready, you can take your army to the surface.

It is time to catch some fresh air.

After you exit the undergrounds, you will find a city, which it is a good idea to include in your Empire. You can now go East or West. At both sides, you will find opponents that you need o defeat. The order in which you do that is up to you, if your army is strong enough, you can try defeating the army, but there is a risk that none of the sojourns will end in success. The best thing to do, therefore, is clear one side of the map of both of the opponents, and then take your armies over to the other side.

Defeat Vontor

Vontor's Throne City.

Vontor's Throne City is at the very end of the map. Go to the West and avoid fights along your way, if you are not sure of your victory - leave the units to capture the Throne City quickly, which you should have no problems with. If the main opponent was not there, there is a chance that he is somewhere around, or in the other of his cities.

Defeat Leana

Leana's Throne City.

If you have gone east, the next one to deal with should be Leana, whose Throne City is located, more or less, in the center of the map. If Leana is not in the Throne City most probably she is somewhere around her cities. capture her Throne City, and you will deal with Leana at the next opportunity.

Defeat Werlac

Werlac does not have to be in the West-most city.

The cities and armies that belong to Werlac are located to the North-East. You should not have any problems with defeating him, he does not have too strong armies, which is why the entire army will do the job. Exceptionally now, you do not need to capture the Throne City, because it is not to be found on the surface. Simply, capture his cities (which also is optional) and defeat him in battle, which will get the job done. If you do not want to waste your time over capturing cities, defeating Werlac in battle will do. After several turns, you will receive a message that his armies are fleeing and that he was defeated.

Defeat Grimdotter

The last ones on the black list- Grimdotter and his Throne City.

You can find the last opponent if you go to the Eastern end of the map. Along your way, you will encounter an army that will join you. This is going to be an excellent support, while capturing the Throne City. Once you defeat the last opponent, this scenario will receive a positive ending and you will be able to start the final mission of the campaign.

Hints

As you go East, you will encounter a party that will gladly join you.

1. After you exit the undergrounds and encounter the first opponents, they will attack you. Therefore, it is important that you remember about your underground cities, because it is them that will be susceptible to enemy attack.

2. While still in the undergrounds, you will find a good spot to found a city, because there are several structures there, which will provide support to development. Te spot is at the other side of the river, close to the exit to the surface.

3. After you leave the undergrounds, you will be nearly in the central point of the map. Your task will be to defeat four opponents, and the order in which you do that is up to you. Split your army only in the case in which are strong enough to succeed.

4. You do not need to capture Werlac's cities. t is enough to defeat him in battle, which is why you should strive to attack as soon as you encounter him on the strategic map. This way, you will quickly eliminate one of the opponents.

5. If you take too long to defeat the opponents, there will appear a condition, under which you will have to end the scenario within the 20 following turns. Otherwise. it will end in failure.