Season of Harvest | Campaign - Long Live the King Heroes III HD Edition Guide
Last update: 11 May 2016
Key points of Heroes of Might & Magic III: HD Edition - Season of Harvest mission - Long Live the King
Cities, which belong to the player from the very beginning of the mission.
An enemy garrison building - to get to the other side, you must first defeat the units garrisoned there.
Guard - "a" stands for the Guard Tent, while "b" indicates the Guard Tower, which can be passed after visiting the Guard Tent.
The entrance to the underground - "a" stands for the entrance itself, while "b" indicates the exit leading to the surface.
A mirror entrance - "a" stands for the entrance, while "b" indicates the exit.
Points of interest - visiting, or capturing it can make the mission a lot easier.
This icon represents the place, in which the player can complete the main goal of the mission - it can either be the task to seize an artifact, defeat a certain enemy, or simply capture a city.
This icon represents key mines, which should be captured in order to complete the mission.
Neutral cities, which can be captured.
Cities, which belong to the enemy player.
At the beginning you will choose from: Vampire's Cowl, Necromancy Amplifier or Unearthed Graves. Take the first one, as the other can easily be constructed. Your task here is to collect 2,500 Skeletons during 3 months - you won't have any enemy here, so you can relax.
Start off by constructing the Fort and recruiting all of your forces. Give them to Vladomina and leave the city, capture the Gold Mine (point MINE1 on the map) and order her to go South, to meet with Vokial, who is carrying the Vampire's Cowl, the artifact you've selected as your starting bonus. Give the item, as well as any troops to Vladomina and get her on the boat, West from where Vokial started at (point POI1 on the map) - use it to cross the water and get on the neighboring island, where more enemies await you.
To complete the task and gather 2,500 Skeletons, you must follow a couple of rules. First things first, fight all the enemies you encounter, even those who are running away - the Necromancy ability will allow you to turn the percentage of killed enemies into Skeletons. Secondly - try not to use your Skeletons in combat, as each one you lose will delay your task.
By going West you will get to the blue enemy city - Rampart (point W1 on the map). To get there, you must circle around it from the left side. Conquer it as fast as possible and start turning the creatures found there into Skeletons. After capturing it, head South-West - there you will find another enemy city, this time of Castle type (W2). Along the way you will stumble upon masses of Pikemen, which can be turned into Skeletons. There's only one enemy city left to capture - it's located in the upper left corner of the map (point W3 on the map).
After you've conquered all 3 enemy cities, you will have to run around between them and your Necropolis - you will have to recruit any units there and send them to your starting city in order to turn them into Skeletons. You can use Vokial for this task. Don't forget to clear the map - there are dozens of Pikemen, Centaurs, Archers and other weak, but numerous enemy groups scattered around the island. Remember that the Skeletons must be given to a single hero in order to complete the mission.