Palambron Fortress | Campaign mode Sacred 3 Guide
Last update: 11 May 2016
OBJECTIVE: Reach the Palambron Fortress and destroy the Heart of Darkness
Go ahead and defeat several opponents along your path. Watch out for the "beetles" because they explode after they come too close to your character and deal considerable damage. You will reach a bigger square, where you need to destroy obstacles. Right past the square, you will encounter a big group of opponents - watch out for the shaman.
After the battle, keep along your path. In the spot shown in the screenshot, you can destroy the obstacles on the right and descend - you will find there a treasure chest and containers with health orbs.
Return to the main road and go up, where there is quite an ordeal waiting for you. Destroy the two, or three obstacles, while minding the dropping stones. At the peak of the mountain it turns out who was throwing these stones - you will have to square up against two elite trolls and lots of smaller creatures. Use the bombs here - throw them, destroy them at a distance whenever the opponents are nearby. Try to use frequent dodges and attack the trolls when they are holding a boulder - this will win you w moment to deal damage. Still, you need to watch out for the spot, where the boulder drops. Do not worry about the smaller monsters here - they are weak and they will keep coming up until the moment at which you deal with the trolls. It is a good idea to focus on killing one of them, first, and then fight the other one, because this is going to be easier that way, of course.
Destroy the antenna catches
Get over the bridge and you will receive a small task. You need to destroy two antenna catches. You can either do that with regular attacks or use the nearby bombs. Regardless of the way in which you do that, eliminate the monsters first, which will make life easier for you. After you have completed the task, you will still have to fight the elite shaman and his minions. Interrupt his attacks at the appropriate moments and the fight will be easy. If you still have not used up the bombs, this is the right moment to- they can considerably speed up the process.
Obtain the key
Go over the bridge until you reach the yard. Your task is to obtain the key to the gate - this means that you need to perform the arduous elimination of the enemies. At some point, the fight will be joined by a miniboss - you should especially watch out for his AoE attack (the yellow circle). For winning the battle, you will be rewarded with a fragment of the key and the second one will be dropped by the killed monster. Cross the gate over the stone bridge. You will get to a small arena, where there appears a tough guy.
Note: before you enter the arena (the big stairs and lots of supply chests at the foot) you can destroy several obstacles to the right of the spot, to which you get right after you walk off the bridge (the barricade under the red "baldachin") - down there, you will have to fight an elite shaman and quite a group of opponents. As a reward,, you will obtain a big treasure chest.
Kill the butler
The fight is not too difficult, if you watch out for the opponent's attacks and use the bombs all over the arena. Much faster, you can deal with the opponent by throwing them at hi, instead of with the regular attacks. As for the smaller monsters, there is no point in bothering about them - deal with the butler and open the gate with the key that you obtain.
You will reach the location shown in the screenshot. You need to watch out for the spinning beam of dark energy - it is best to pass right behind it and destroy the emitter (watch out for the ensuing explosion). Later , you will also need to watch out for the bombardment with this energy (the violet halo on the ground) and for one more such device, at which you will have to fight multitudes of monsters and an elite shaman. After you deal with him, walk over to the last checkpoint and get to the arena.
Destroy the crystal of power
Your task now is to destroy three crystals. First of all, deal with the closest one. Once the heart starts gathering energy, this will mean that it soon explodes. You need then to hide, as quickly as possible, inside one of the three recesses in the arena, which will shelter you from damage. After you destroy the first crystal, additional handicap will be the energy beams, which encircle the arena, along with the heart - try to escape it and, if it is impossible, walk through them, as quickly as possible (it is best to dodge then) thanks to which you will not be affected by them for too long. After you destroy the second crystal, the next thing that you need to watch out for is the dropping charges of black energy (violet halo on the ground). All of these attacks, at a time, will make this a tough situation - try destroying the third crystal, as quickly as possible and you will complete this mission. You do not need to worry about the monsters -their role here is rather to obstruct you and their attacks deal far less damage than a beam of energy, or the explosion of the heart. Ignore these monsters and attack only if their numbers start restricting your free movements.