War Craft 2 Walkthrough/FAQ
Version 1.0
By abz1986 (abz1986@yahoo.com)
http://www.abz1986.u4l.com
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1. Introduction
2. Updates
3. General Strategy
4. Human Campaign
Act I. The Shores of Lordaeron
1. Hillsbrad
2. Ambush at Tarren Mill
3. Southshore
4. Attack on Zul'Dare
Act II. Khaz Modan
5. Tol Barad
6. Dun Algaz
7. Grim Batol
Act III. The Northlands
8. Tyr's Hand
9. The Battle at Darrowmere
10. The Prisoners
11. Betrayal and the Destruction of Alterac
Act IV. Return to Azeroth
12. The Battle at Crestfall
13. Assault on Blackrock Spire
14. The Great Portal
5. Orc Campaign
Act I. Seas of Blood
1. Zul'Dare
2. Raid at Hillsbrad
3. Southshore
4. Assault on Hillsbrad
Act II. Khaz Modan
5. Tol Barad
6. The Badlands
7. The Fall of Stromgarde
Act III. Quel'Thalas
8. The Runestone at Caer Darrow
9. The Razing of Tyr's Hand
10. The Destruction of Stratholme
11. The Dead Rise as Quel'Thalas Falls
Act IV. Tides of Darkness
12. The Tomb of Sargeras
13. The Siege of Dalaran
14. The Fall of Lordaraeon
6. Units
7. Magic Spells
8. Buildings
9. Cheats
10. Final Word
11. Legal Information
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1. Introduction
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I've gotten this game a long time ago, and brought it back from the shelf a few
weeks ago. Then I realized how awesome this game is... so I present my first
Faq/Walkthrough, Warcraft 2.
If you want to know the story, clans, etc, look in your instruction booklet. It
provides a really detailed story and unit description. But here's the basic
story:
The evil orcs (who came from the Great Portal) laid the smackdown to the human
nation of Azeroth in the First War. Now the survivors have fled to Lordaeron,
and the humans are preparing to reclaim their land, while the orcs are preparing
to take over the rest of the human nations.
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2. Updates
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8/9/2001
Version 1.0 - I have finished the walkthrough for the Orc Campaign, the
"Buildings" section, the "Spells" Section, and corrected the many grammar errors
plaguing the previous version. That means that this is the final version of my
FAQ/Walkthrough, so I probably won’t be updating it unless I get Beyond the Dark
Portal... or if I decide I want to add something else.
8/4/2001
Version 0.6 - First Release! More Updates on the way. Completed the Human
Campaign for Warcraft II: Tides of the Darkness, and the Units section. Started
the Spells section.
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3. General Strategy
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Read this first before you go reading the walkthroughs, because you'll need this
strategy to complete the game.
When you start, build as many peasants/peons as possible as fast as possible,
and get them mining gold and chopping trees. You'll need a fast and good supply
of gold and lumber so you can build new units as quickly as possible.
Peasants/Peons, although useless in battle, are the building blocks of cities.
You'll need ALOT of them to build a good city and a good army.
It is also good to upgrade, but don't upgrade if you don't need to (that's
common sense). If you're not going to use many Troll Axethrowers, then don't
upgrade their axes at the lumber mill.
When battling, battle in groups. Strength in numbers is a key element in
Strategy games like Warcraft 2. Also, go for the powerful units first. In
battles on land, that would generally be the guard/cannon towers,
catapults/ballistas, the paladin/ogre-magis, and the knight/ogres. In water
battles, that would be the battleships/Juggernauts. I'd concentrate on one unit
at a time, instead of trying to take them all out at once. Form your own
strategies on battles; each situation needs a different strategy.
There are some buildings that are very important. They mainly consist of the
Town Hall/Great Hall, Lumber Mill, Barracks, and farms. They are very key
buildings, because they'll allow you to build more buildings and units.
Save your game often if you are playing only the computer (especially if this is
a Campaign). You never know when you'll screw up. But only save when you're
doing well. If you're about to lose the game, saving the game may not be the
best idea.
One last thing, turn off the fog of war. I shouldn't even have to tell you why!
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4. Human Campaign
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The humans are the good guys in the game, reclaiming their homeland after the
brutal and savage orcs took it over in the first war. The first few levels are
easy as heck, but then it starts getting more challenging. But the last three
levels are sure to give you a hard time, unless you're a very experienced
player.
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Act I: The Shores of Lordaeron
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I call these the training missions. The first 3 missions lets you get
comfortable with the general Human Units, and the last mission is a intro to the
battles you'll have to make like in the rest of the game.
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1. Hillsbrad
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Story:
You're to set up an outpost to feed troops and build more troops; it's as simple
as that.
Objectives:
Build 4 Farms
Build a Barracks
Strategy:
You need help for this level? Anyhow, take your little army or 3 footmen and
slaughter the few orcs in the area... build more peasants and make 4 farms and a
Barricks. You don't even need
to build more units!
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2. Ambush at Tarren Mill
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Story:
Some Elven Archers were captured by orcs and are being held in a prison guarded
by the orcs... you are to rescue at least one of them (heh heh) and bring him
back to the Circle of Power.
Objectives:
Rescue a captured Elven Archer
Return him to the Circle of Power
Strategy:
Personally I'd build some more troops before I rescue 'em archers, since there
is a significant number of orcs in this level. You're ships will help you in
killing the orcs near the shores and a single Troll Destroyer in the waters, but
then they're trash. The prison is located in the northwest corner of the level,
and the watch tower there may be upgraded into a guard tower a while into the
game, which isn't good. And remember you only need to rescue ONE Elven Archer,
the rest are at your desposal.
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3. Southshore
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Objectives:
Build a Shipyard
Build four Oil Platforms
Strategy:
Don't concentrate on your ground forces. Build a shipyard and a "mighty" armada
made up of at least 4 (I prefer 6+) Elven Destroyers. Lay waste to the Troll
Destoyers in the seas and destroy their oil platforms so you can build more oil
platforms. Pretty easy eh?
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4. Attack on Zul'Dare
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Objectives:
Destroy Dun Algaz
Strategy:
You're first "real" game! Now the orcs will actually build units and send guys
to attack you! But this level is pretty easy. Build an army of footman (and some
archers if you want), and build the necessary buildings (barracks, lumber mill,
more farms). When you have built a blacksmith, upgrade your armor and swords.
You can also build towers and upgrade them to guard towers or cannon towers to
help you, but they aren't really important. When you have made a nice navy and a
strong enough army (I'd say about 10 to 12 units would do the job right), get
yourself some transports and destroy Dun Algaz. Use the Elven Destroyers to kill
the orcs near the shores before you send in your ground units.
These are what I consider the "real" missions. They are more difficult than the
previous missions, but nothing too hard. You'll also get introduced to more cool
units in this act...
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5. Tol Barad
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Objectives:
Reclaim Tol Barad
Destroy Dun Modr
Strategy:
When the level first starts, you'll view will be at Tol Barad, where a bunch of
orcs invaded the city. Quickly send in your troops to kill those orcs. Because
the longer you wait, the more buildings they destroy. Use your Gnomish Flying
Machine to scout the area (these things are very useful), you'll see that the
city of Dun Modr is located at a BIG island to the northeast. Build an army of
footmen, and maybe some archers and ballistas. Destroy as much as you can of the
city with your ships (preferably the guard and cannon towers), and launch an
assault. 12 or so units (with 2 ballistas) should do the trick. Be careful of
their ogres, because they can kill your troops quickly if left unattended.
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6. Dun Algaz
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Objectives:
Destroy Dun Algaz
Strategy:
Oh yeah!!! You get to use knights in this mission! They are quick and powerful,
and well armored. You want to build alot of these guys to kill them orcs.
Position some units in the entrance/exits of your city to fend off orc attacks.
If you need more gold, there's a gold mine in the northeast corner, but that's
about all the gold you're gonna get. The orcs occupy most of the southern
region, but alot of their buildings and units are spread out. Use that to your
advantage. Employ your deadly knights and crush them orcs. Beware of the ogres,
they are as powerful as knights. But you should of upgraded you're knights at
the blacksmith before battle... I hope. After you destroy the surrounding
buildings, it's time for the main place, heavily fortified with cannon towers.
Ballistas are good at taking the cannon towers, although you shouldn't rely only
on them. Once you destroyed the city, you'll have won.
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7. Grim Batol
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Objectives:
Destroy 5 Oil Refineries
Strategy:
This level is actually kinda hard... because you'll have to take over a city,
then you get to build stuff. And taking over the city is no easy task. There are
two ways to take over the city. You can get all your guys into the transports
and sail them to the land on your right and land (you'll have to go south to
land) on the mainland attack the Orc’s City. You can also send your army south
and kill some orcs to get some free catapults (up to 3, depending how far you
go) before you do that. That'll get you some catapults, but it'll take away
health from your men, and we need all the health we can get to destroy the city.
Personally I'd only get the first 2 catapults, then go east to the mainland
containing the city. The last catapult isn't worth risking the lives of your
precious army. When you attack the city, use the catapults to destroy the towers
from a distance and your men to kill the orcish forces. You'll lose alot of your
men here, but it'll all be over soon enough. When you have destroyed their city,
get out those peasants (hope you didn't use them in the battle and got them
killed) and start building your town. Concentrate on building a navy (Grim Batol
is mainly a port). Since you get to build battleships, I'd forget about building
the Elven Destroyers. You might want to build a few if you're low on resources,
but remember that one battleship is as good as 3 Elven Destroyers. When you
finally decide to attack Grim Batol. Build a navy of at least 5 Battleships (OH
yeah!) and head out to Grim Batol. Remember that you only need to destroy the
oil refineries. So attack only the oil refineries and the threats (cannon
towers, catapults, and orc ships).
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Act III. The Northlands
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These are more challenging than the ones in the previous act, and introduce you
to many more new units.
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8. Tyr's Hand
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Objectives:
Quell the peasant uprising
Build a Castle
Destroy enemy forces
Strategy:
You begin in a nice, refreshing, forest setting with some knights. But you gotta
hurry! Get to the town and you'll see some orange (Alterac) peasants attacking
the town. Those bastards! But your knights will make short work of them. When
you get back the town, start producing more peasants and building up the city.
Enemy Orcs will come from the east and the north, so position units there. There
are 3 orc settlements in this level. One at the southwest corner, one at the
northwest corner, and one at the northeast corner. When you have explored the
land with the Gnomish Flying Machine, decide with Orchish Settlement is the
weakest and attack that one. Remember, the longer you wait to attack, the less
gold you have. I suggest you attack the northwest settlement last because they
are well fortified with towers, but again, it's all up to you. Oh yes, one last
thing, remember to heal your troops after each battle with the Paladin.
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9. The Battle at Darrowmere
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Story:
Uther Lightbringer is needed at Caer Darrow to comfort the people there. Well
it's your job to escort him there, but it's not that simple, as you will see.
Objectives:
Escort the Lightbringer to the Circle of Power at Caer Darrow
Strategy:
Once you have explored the map with your flying machines (don't let them get
shot down! They are good to draw fire away from the transports), you should know
the route you have to travel... send your transports through the river guarded
by many towers to Uther's turf. Then go all the way back, and travel south
through more danger to the Caer Darrow, at the southeast corner of the map.
Start off by sending your ground troops to the nearby island to destroy as many
cannon towers and other hazards as you can. Once you've done what you can do,
send your ships to destroy some more of the towers. You don't need to destroy
all the towers, just destroy about half of them. Now send all your transports to
Uther. If you move them fast, they won't get hit much. Put Uther in the
Transport with the least amount of damage done to it and sail back to the piece
of land you started on, and change Uther to the least damaged transport if
necessary. Now launch your remaining navy (if you have any left), your remaining
ground troops (if you have any left), and your remaining Flying Machines down
south to the area with cannons and ships. They'll provide great distraction
while you maneuver your transports quickly down the river to Caer Darrow. The
empty transports will also provide good cover fire. Once Uther Lightbringer
arrives at Caer Darrow, move him to the Circle of Power.
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10. The Prisioners
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Story:
Some Alterac Traitors have been captured because they were found to be working
for the Horde. Your job is to escort them to the Circle of Power at Caer Darrow
for questioning.
Objectives:
Build Transports at Stratholme
Transport 4 Alterac Traitors to the Circle of Power at Caer Darrow
Strategy:
All right, don't worry about the prisoners for now, although I'd kill some of
the footmen down there escorting the prisoners to free up farm space. The Orcs
in this level (located in the northwest) will constantly attack you, so build up
a good land defense. But you also need a good navy... screw Elven Destroyers,
you want them battleships. I'd build up at least three to defend your oil
platform(s), especially if it's located near the Orchish City. Use your
battleships to kill the orcs near the coast at Stratholme (no no no, Stratholme
isn't the Orchish city to the left. It's the piece of land blocking a direct sea
route to the prisoners), and then kill the rest of the Orcs at Stratholme with
land forces. Use Ballistas to destroy the Juggernauts at Stratholme (the
Juggernauts usually won't fire back, unless your Ballistas are too close to the
coastline). Build a Shipyard at Stratholme and build about 4 Battleships. Send
those battleships to destroy the cannon towers guarding the river path, and
build transports to transport the prisoners to Stratholme. There, transport the
prisoners to Caer Darrow. You can also destroy the Orc City to the west, but
it's not necessary, and only should be attempted if you are 100% sure you can
beat the level (that means the prisoners are at Caer Darrow already, but has not
reached the Circle of Power yet). Use battleships to ravage the coastline, then
send in your ground troops to destroy the rest of the city.
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11. Betrayal and the Destruction of Alterac
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Story:
Alterac has betrayed the Alliance! They have been working for the Horde since
the beginning! Time to take 'em out.
Objectives:
Free the Mages and Peasants
Destroy Alterac
Strategy:
You get to use both Mages and Dwarven Demolition Squads in this level! That's
two new units to use! But you first have to rescue Mages and Peasants before you
can build anything. The prison (follow the path leading north) is very well
guarded (not like that trash prison those Elven Archers were held in) and can
destroy your troops before you can even rescue the prisoners if you're not
careful. Use your army to kill any opposition while you move up the path. When
you are near the prison, send the 2 Dwarven Demolition Squad Units up to the
main gate and blow up the two cannon towers blocking the entrance. Now move your
troops into the prison and start your killing. Remember that the Towers and
Ballistas are of first priority, they can kill several of your men. When you
have rescued the mages and peasants, bring them down back to town and start
getting resources/building with the peasants. Alterac units WILL attack you
constantly, so be alert and build up a good defense. When you have explored the
land, you'll see that Alterac is located to the north and extremely well
fortified with towers. And full attack won't be easy. That's where the Dwarven
Demo Squad comes in... I'll talk about that later. There's also a gold mine with
plenty of gold to the southwest. But some Alterac boyz and a Dragon guard it.
I'd kill the land units first with footmen and knights/paladins, then haul-ass
and send in about 3 to 4 archers to take out the dragon. Now, before you assault
Alterac, you'll need to weaken its defenses, or your troops will get slaughtered
before they actually get into the city. The main things defending the city are
cannon and guard towers, and if most of them are destroyed, you'll have a much
easier time invading the city. Here's how you get rid of them easily: Find a
Target tower. Preferably it's not too deep inside the city and not surrounded by
other defenses (the main threats are archers, ballistas, and other towers). Now
get a Demo Squad and go blow it up. One Demo Squad will destroy the tower.
Destroy the towers on the outer edge of the city first, and then go for the ones
that are farther in. Some of the towers are too well defended for you to get to
it and blow it up, just ignore those towers; you only need to destroy most of
the towers. When you have weakened the defense significantly, go send the
Calvary into Alterac. You'll need about two teams (that's around 18 units)
composed mainly of knights to really do the job right. You can use mages' Flame
Shield... which is good to use on the enemy if they are in-groups, or use on
your troops if they are alone. It also makes a wonderful defense for those easy-
to-destroy ballistas.
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Act IV: Return to Azeroth
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These three final levels are hard. This is where saving the game comes in handy.
Save the game on regular bases if you are doing good. If you screw up or start
to lose then quit the game and load up the saved game. That's perhaps one of the
best strategy I can offer.
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12. The Battle at Crestfall
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Story:
The main Orc Naval Base is located at Crestfall, and the Orcs are expected to
launch their remaining armada and retreat back to Azeroth. Well, go in and
destroy their base.
Objectives:
Destroy Orc Transports
Destroy all Oil Derricks
Destroy all Shipyards
Strategy:
In this level, you MUST have a good navy. That is the whole point here. Sure
land forces are important, since the orcs will attack your city. But you need a
good navy, since most of your battles here will occur at sea. Get a shipyard and
a little navy started ASAP. You can build Elven Destroyers at first, but you
really need to be moving on to the Battleships. Use your Flying Machine to
explore the map and find the oil patches. The best one for you to build is
probably the one northwest of your island, guarded by a lone juggernaut. Take
your ships and a flying machine (they spot sea turtles) to the oil patch and
secure it. Put some ground troops into the transport and transport them to the
island just west of the oil patch you secured. Blow up the cannon tower with a
Demo Squad and kill the remaining orcs on the island with your ground troops.
Get a peasant there and build an Oil Refinery on the island you just took over
and build an Oil Platform on the oil patch you secured. Start hauling a lot of
oil and use your navy to defend the platform, tankers, and refinery, because the
enemy will almost definitely attack it. Start building your own armada (remember
to always have a Flying Machine with your ships, so you can see any sea turtles
hiding underwater) and go to the oil patch up in the northwest corner when you
feel confident of your navy. If there’s an orc oil platform and orc ships there,
then destroy it and build your own oil platform on the oil patch (and maybe a
refinery on the island near the oil patch), and defend it. If you have taken
these two oil patches, the orcs will have almost no way of getting more oil (no
lie). There is another oil patch in the southeast corner, but that's very far
from the orc's mainland. Now build a bunch of battleships and start attacking
the coastline of Crestfall. You're goal is to destroy the Transports and
Shipyards, but you need to destroy anything that is attacking your battleships.
Once your plunder the coastline, you should be victorious, unless you missed an
oil platform.
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13. Assault on Blackrock Spire
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Story:
Blackrock spire is like the main Orc City in this side of the Great Portal (well
I'm not exactly sure, but I think it is). Lord Lothar has led a group to
Blackrock Spire to negotiate with Ogrim Doomhammer of the Blackrock Clan. Well,
they didn't report back, so all we can do is assume the worst.
Objectives:
Destroy Blackrock Spire
Eradicate any and all enemy forces
Strategy:
When the level begins, you're view is shifted to Blackrock Spire, where Lord
Lothar and his 2 knights are fighting a huge amount of Orcs... well now ya know
what happens to him. This level has 2 enemy cities. One is the smaller one to
the northwest, and one is a much larger one to the northeast. You should take
out the one to the northwest first, since it's smaller and all, and then the
larger one to the northeast... I'll tell you how. But we'll get to that later.
First of all, you should really concentrate on your defenses. The orcs in this
level will attack you constantly, and with pretty powerful units. Get a naval
base started and start building up your level. Once you get a Castle, the two
most important things you want to build are a Church and the Gryphon Aviary. The
Gryphon Rider is perhaps the strongest unit you get to use on this level, and
the base of my strategy. My strategy is this: Use things like Demo Squads to
take out the things that pose the biggest threat to the Gryphon Rider, mainly
the guard tower. Then, use Gryphon Riders to wreck havoc on the defenseless
orcs. Sure Trolls and Guard Towers you didn't destroy will cause some problems,
but they can be easily taken care of. When your Gryphon Riders are hurt, return
them back to the main land and heal them up good with Paladins. That is my basic
strategy for this level. But I'll still give you a walkthrough.
Build a good-sized navy, you may need to make some destroyers to fight off the
few dragons in this level, but the main ship in your navy should be the
battleship. Clear out the island to your north by destroying the Guard Towers
with your battleship and then using your Gryphon Riders to clear out the rest of
the island. When you finally have control of the island, you'll get access to
more gold. There is also more of this precious gold on an empty island to the
southeast of that island. Build up a good Air Force with 6 Gryphon Riders (they
are not good in large groups, since they have a tendency to hurt each other by
accident while attacking, but if you watch the gryphon riders carefully, and
control them well, they will not do this as much). You're ready to attack the
smaller orc city. Get Demo Squads to blow up some of the guard towers and use
your battleships to attack the coast (go for the guard towers and trolls). When
all is left is a bunch of Grunts, Ogre-Magi, Death Knights (no they won’t attack
your Gryphons for some reason), and a few trolls and a few watch towers, you're
Gryphons are ready to fight. Go for the guard towers and trolls first, since
they are the only ones that will attack your Gryphons. Once they're dead,
destroy the remainder of the smaller city (you don't even need ground forces),
and start your second Gryphon Rider squad.
Now all that's left is the main part of Blackrock Spire, where the Blackrock
Clan Dwells. But for now, build a town hall in the ruins of the smaller city to
get the plentiful resources there. As I mentioned before, start building your
2nd Gryphon Team. It'll compliment your first team in the destruction of the
remainder of Blackrock Spire. You'll also need some ground support, preferably a
team of Paladins. Fix up your Armada also, they'll play a significant part in
this big battle. Ready?
Ok, start your Gryphon Assault from the south; remember to use the Demo Squad to
clear out major threats to our airborne friends. Use the battleships to destroy
the towers in the bay. Death Knights will bother your battleships with
Whirlwinds, but try your best to dodge it. Make sure you destroy as many towers
as you can before retreating. Send your Gryphons to the most northern part,
where the fortress is, after the defenses there are crippled. Remember to use
them in groups, and attack the guard towers, Daemons, and trolls first. Use your
second team if your first team is crippled. Once all threats are cleared for the
Gryphons, concentrate on destroying the barracks. Once they are gone, destroy
the pathetic Ogre-Magi, Death Knights, and Grunts, who are helpless in your
deadly flames. Once the land units are almost gone, ravage the rest of the city
with your ground units and Gryphons.
Remember! Healing Gryphons Riders is a smart thing to do. Gryphons cost too
much, and it costs a bundle to build another one.
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14. The Great Portal
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Story:
After Blackrock Spire is made into a heap of trash, the orcs rally to protect
their last hope... the Great Portal that lead them to this world. It's your
civic duty to destroy that portal, and end this Orcish nightmare.
Objectives:
Destroy the Great Portal
Strategy:
Man, after you get done with this level, you'll absolutely HATE dragons... trust
me. Now there are 4 main clans in this level. The Burning Blade occupies the
first area, and they are very damn powerful. You'll have to use your men to kill
them so you can use their land to build buildings and get resources. Then there
is the Black Tooth Grin Clan, which has a lot of land units and a few sea units.
The most annoying however, would be the Dragonmaw Clan (white clothed). They,
you guessed it, attacks you constantly with Dragons! The last clan is the
Blackrock Clan, they are mainly at the portal, and consists of mostly death
knights and Daemons. But the 3 dragons they have are very dangerous.
Ok, time for the strategy. The first part is perhaps the hardest part, because
so many things can go wrong. You start out with a whole crap load of men, 3
transports, 6 peasants, 2 Elven Destroyers, and a Battleship. Use the attacking
ships and sail them left. You'll reach the coast of the Burning Blade
settlement. They have 3 cannon towers, and 2 Catapults to greet your ships. Make
sure the Destroyers and the Battleship are together when you attack the coast,
because the cannon towers will make short work of the weak Elven Destroyers, and
the Battleship will have no support. You'll probably loose all your ships in
this little battle, but that's ok, since they're useless after this. Bring your
soldiers with transports to the Burning Blade Settlement and start your killing.
They're Ogre-Magi are a pain in the ass, with their bloodlust, but you out
number them about 3 to 1. Still, you'll loose most of your men in this battle.
Once you defeat the first round of Ogre-Magi, you'll see a gold mine up ahead.
Quickly transport your peasants and any other soldiers still back at the
starting point and start your building and resource collecting. There are still
some Ogre-Magi up ahead, but it’s good to not disturb them, until you’re army is
built up good again.
Sooner or later, a dragon will attack you. You’ll need at least 3 Elven Archers
to kill a dragon successfully, and you’ll need to keep on producing more
Archers, since they get killed pretty easily. More dragons will attack you, but
that’s ok, as long as you have your archers. Once you built up a good army, and
is running out of gold, it’s time for you to move up north and destroy the
remainder of the Burning Blade. There are more deadly Ogre-Magi, but if you’re
army’s good and big enough, they should fall to your blades. There is another
gold mine up here, so you can keep on expanding your city. Be careful of the 3
Blackrock Dragons, who will appear sooner or later. You’ll need a lot of Elves
to take them out. Once you get the Gnomish Flying Machine or Paladin, survey the
land by flying around the map with the Flying Machine or using the Paladin’s
Holy Vision. You’ll get a good idea of the enemies’ locations. Very useful for
planning your next attack. Remember to build those Gryphons!
You’re next attack will be the Black Tooth Grin Clan (black clothed orcs). They
are to your east, and will sometimes send death knights for a quick attack.
Personally I think you should attack them with your ground forces, since there
are too many trolls and guard towers for you to safely perform an air attack,
and those defenses are too deep in their city for the Demo Squad. Mages are good
for polymorph, and flame shield. You can also use blizzard, but that’ll get the
orcs’ attention, and they’ll come running to your mages. I guarantee you that
the mages will not survive those orcs. Just use a lot of knights/paladins,
catapults (fully upgraded I hope), and mages on the side. You should be able to
pull it off. You can use Gryphons for support if you need it, but they can do
more harms than good.
Once you take over the Black Tooth Grin Clan’s settlement, you’ll get access to
another gold mine! I forgot to mention that there’s also a gold mine near the
waters, you’ll need a demo squad to get access to it. With more gold, it’s time
to build up your navy, and more Gryphons.
The Dragonmaw Clan will rapidly produce dragons and send them to attack you, if
this doesn’t happen, it will soon enough. If that happens, use your Gryphon
Riders and some Destroyers to take them out, and build around 4-6 Demo Squads.
Send those Demo Squads to the Dragonmaw Settlement and use those Demo Squads to
destroy the 2 Dragon Roosts. That should take care of this Dragon Problem.
When you think you’re ready to attack the Dragonmaw Clan, build a bunch of Demo
Squads, enough to take out all the guard towers. Once you destroy the guard
towers near the farms, you can send your Gryphon Riders there and have some fun.
Build more Demo Squads to destroy the guard towers surrounding the Fortress.
Once you destroy those, your Gryphon Riders are now free to terrorize the
Fortress. There goes the Dragonmaw Clan.
This last part is pretty easy. Send all your Gryphon Riders to the Great Portal
Area, guarded by Blackrock Clan’s Death Knights and Daemons. The Death Knights
may use Whirlwind, but usually not if your Gryphons are directly over them. Kill
the Daemons and everything else orchish in that area. Time to destroy the Great
Portal.
Use your Gryphons to take out the Great Portal. It’s too much a hassle to send
ground units to destroy it, since you have to build a new shipyard and new
transports. Once the Great Portal is destroyed... enjoy the ending.
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5. Orc Campaign
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Act I: Seas of Blood
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The introduction missions to the Orc Campaign... disturbingly similar to the
first 4 human missions. They are also extremely easy.
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1. Zul'Dare
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Story:
You are to build a base at Zul’Dare that’ll feed orc troops and stuff.
Objectives:
Build 4 Farms
Build a Barracks
Strategy:
You need strategy on building farms and a barrack? What pity. Take your troops
out for a massacre on the surrounding human forces.
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2. Raid at Hillsbrad
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Story:
The troll leader known as Zuljin has been captured along with a band of his
followers. Ogrim Doomhammer believes that rescuing them will blackmail Zuljin
into helping the Horde. So rescue Zuljin and bring him to his nearby base.
Objectives:
Rescue Zuljin and bring him to the Circle of Power
Strategy:
This is actually easier than the human campaign counterpart. You don’t even need
to build more units, just send your orcs up north and destroy the feeble
"prison", and rescue Zuljin and his trolls. Then take your war southwest to make
your way up into Zuljin’s place.
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3. Southshore
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Story: In preparation for the attack on Hillsbrad, you are to build a naval base
and obtain a lot of this "oil".
Objectives:
Build Shipyard
Build four Oil Platforms
Strategy:
Build some more land troops if you’d like to kill off the humans on your island.
But you’re main goal is to build Destroyers, at least 4, and send them around
the map to destroy human things. Build 4 oil platforms, and you’re done!
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4. Assault on Hillsbrad
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Story: Hillsbrad, a human township, is ordered by Ogrim Doomhammer to be
destroyed. That’s where you come in.
Objectives:
Destroy Hillsbrad
Slaughter the Alliance’s defenders
Strategy:
This is your first real level as an orc. Humans will attack you occasionally,
but if you sink their transport, they probably won’t anymore (never tried that,
but it should work). Build a large land force, composed mainly of Grunts (I’d
say about 12... at least), for attacking Hillsbrad. If you need more gold, there
is an island in the southwest with a gold mine on it. Use destroyers to ravage
Hillsbrad’s coastline, and then go for the kill with your ground units.
This is where the Orc Campaign takes a different route from the Human one, and
where the missions start getting fun.
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5. Tol Barad
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Story:
A vital Orc Staging Area, Dun Modr, was taken over by Stromgarde humans. You’re
job is to rebuild the city, and destroy the nearby Stromgarde island citadel of
Tol Badar.
Objectives:
Retake Dun Modr
Destroy Tol Badar
Strategy:
This uses the same map as the fifth level in the Human Campaign, so if you’ve
played through that, you should know the layout of the level. Move south and
destroy the humans that occupy the land. Build your own settlement with your
peons and get your resources. Build more troops to get ready for more human
attacks. Once you get about 6 Troll Destroyers, send them on a maiden voyage of
destruction and destroy all the ships in the sea. Once you’ve done that, use the
remaining ships to assault the island, attacking the Towers, Ballistas, and
Archers first, then the other Structures. Send about 12 to 18 troops (probably 2
of them should be catapults) onto the island and decimate the city. That wasn’t
too hard right?
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6. The Badlands
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Story:
Cho’gall, the leader of the Twilight Hammer clan, is going to Grim Batol to
inspect the Oil Refineries there. Because a ambush of Stromgarde forces is
expected, Cho’gall needs your protection as you escort him to the city.
Objectives:
Escort Cho’gall to the Circle of Power at Grim Batol
Strategy:
Cho’gall’s one weak ogre-mage. He has 0 Defense power, and very low attack
(about as much as a peon). So keep him away from enemies and battles, although
it’s wise to use his spells (mainly Bloodlust) to aid your troops.
Grim Batol is at the Southeast corner of the map, and you start in the Northwest
corner. You can get to the city by going diagonally, but there will be troops
guarding the paths to Grim Batol. I won’t give you a really deep walkthrough,
since this is a pretty easy level. Just remember to use your many orcs to attack
the humans guarding the path you’re going down, and keep Cho’gall in the back
with a few guys protecting him.
If you’re almost to the city, you can just quickly navigate Cho’gall to the
circle of power. Make sure that Cho’gall isn’t in a lot of danger, because he is
killed easily. Once he makes it to the Circle of Power, it doesn’t matter if
he’s killed or not, you will win the game.
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7. The Fall of Stromgarde
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Story:
Cho’gall reports that the Oil Refineries are up to standards in their oil
production. That means that we can build a great navy. The only trouble that
remains here in Khaz Modan is the human city of Stromgarde. You must destroy it,
so it does not cause trouble with us.
Objectives:
Recapture the Orc Transports
Destroy Stromgarde
Strategy:
Bring your Destroyers down near the island your troops are on, and destroy the
Destroyers guarding the orc transports. The procede with your destroyers to
destroy as many as the footmen on the island as you can. When your ships can’t
reach anymore footmen, send your troops up and kill the footmen one by one. Put
them in the transports and sail them northwest to the nearby island. There is a
cannon tower and some footmen on this island, destroy the cannon tower first.
Once you’ve cleared the island of any threats, send your peons to start building
your city. Build a good naval force and a bunch of ogres (your new units you get
in this mission). Once you’re ready to invade Stromgarde, send your ships to the
coast of Stromgarde. Destroy as much as you can with the ships (remember to
clear all hazards first) and send in 2 transports full of ogres (and maybe a
third transport of mixed variety... notably catapults and berserks). Let your
ground troops destroy the rest of Stromgarde.
These are harder missions (and more fun) than the previous two Acts. They also
introduce you to many more Orc units.
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8. The Runestone at Caer Darrow
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Story:
The humans are guarding a precious Runestone at Caer Darrow, which is an Elven
Artifact. You must destroy the guardians of the Runestone, and take it over for
use by the Horde.
Objectives:
Destroy the Human Castle
Secure the Runestone
Strategy:
Start building your city, and rallying your ogres so they can defend the city
more effeciently. Gold is very plentiful in this level; there are 3 more gold
mines you can easily gain access to. Your main concentration should be building
a very large armada, composed of 8 juggernauts (believe me, that’s still not
enough), and a zeppelin (to spot submarines). Once you’re done with that, and
have upgraded your ships to the max, start on your second juggernaut navy and
move your juggernauts to the island with the Runestone on it. There, destroy ALL
cannon/guard towers, ballistas, archers, and other ships near the island that
are threats to your juggernauts. You’ll lose a lot of ships, but it’s worth it.
If you’re first juggernaut force is destroyed, send in your second one and clean
up the island of all it’s main defenses. Remember that you’re main objective is
to destroy all towers, ballistas, archers, and ships in the sea. You’re
secondary objective is to destroy the barracks, who can produce more archers and
ballistas. The island is made so that everything can be destroyed by your
juggernauts except the castle, runestone, some Paladins, and maybe a barracks
(maybe all the barracks can be destroyed, I’m forgot). Now send in your team of
Ogres... two transports full will definitely work. Have them destroy the
remaining human units and buildings on the island and secure the Runestone.
You don’t need to bother with the human settlement on the mainland to the south,
but they are easily destroyed with juggernauts if you don’t think they are
worthy enough to survive.
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9. The Razing of Tyr’s Hand
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Story:
With the Runestone, Gul’dan has made his loyal ogres into Ogre-Magi, and taught
them many magiks to use at their disposal. Now with the Ogre-Magi, you are to
take over and build a Fortress at the Mouth of Tyr’s Bay, to stop human
shipments into Quel’Thalas.
Objectives:
Build a Fortress and a Shipyard on the island at the mouth of Tyr’s Bay
Strategy:
Use the same strategy you used in the last level. Build a strong armada full of
Juggernauts, and sail to Tyr’s Hand and destroy the dangerous defenses first
(cannon/guard towers, ballistas, archers, other ships), then procede to destroy
as much as the island as you can with your juggernauts. If the first juggernaut
group gets destroyed, send in a second one. After you destroyed as much as you
possibly could with the juggernauts, send in your Ogre-Magi (12 is a good
number), blood lust, and destroy everything on the island. You can procede to
destroy everything on the mainland too. Bring a peon to the island, build a
Great Hall and upgrade it to a Fortress. Remember to also build a shipyard on
the mouth of Tyr’s Bay. That’s all.
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10. The Destruction of Stratholme
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Story:
Stratholme is preparing to deliver mass amounts of oil to the western cities.
You are to halt this shipment and destroy the city of Stratholme.
Objectives:
Destroy all Oil Platforms
Destroy Refineries
Destroy Stratholme
Strategy:
You start out with a bunch of guys... use your Goblin Sappers to destroy the
rock surrounding them, making a path (you’ll only need about 2 to 3). Move your
men eastward and you’ll soon find a gold mine. Start building your settlement
there. You can use your other guys to explore north, but don’t go too far.
You’ll find another gold mine up there. Anyway, build your up your city. Once
you’ve run out of gold and/or lumber, you can start another town hall up where
the second gold mine is. You have to be careful when building this town hall,
don’t build it left or towards the left of the gold mine. The entrance to
Stratholme (guarded by three cannon towers and a bunch of ground units) is a few
feet away, northwest of the gold mine.
Human forces will probably attack you quite frequently now that you’re stationed
near the human city, so station all your troops up here where the new gold mine
is. If the humans attack and then retreat, don’t follow them... The path left of
the gold mine, that leads north will take you directly to the main entrance of
the city (guarded by three cannon towers, ballistas, and many humans as I
mentioned before). You’re orcs will get creamed if they even step near the
entrance, so I advise you not to go up there. Once you get a Zeppelin, explore
the map. You’ll see that the city is only heavily guarded in areas, and can
easily be penetrated. Start building a shipyard on the coastline to the south
and building up your navy.
To attack the city, build many Goblin Sappers. One word of advice, before you
deploy a sapper to destroy something, save the game. If the sappers get killed
before they complete their mission of destruction, just load up the saved game
once more and try again. Your first two targets are the cannons guarding the
main entrance. Send one at a time to blow up each cannon tower. If you’re having
a hard time doing that, use a "decoy" (grunt, peon, or other cheap unit) to draw
fire. Send in the decoy a bit before you send in the sappers, so the enemy will
attack him (and they’ll usually attack him until he dies). But don’t wait too
long after sending the decoy in, because if the decoy is killed, the humans will
attack your Sappers. When you have destroyed the cannon towers, its time to
concentrate on the guard towers in the eastern section of the city.
There are two guard towers in the eastern section of Stratholme. To get into
Stratholme, destroy the wall (catapult, ogres, whatever). Send in a Catapult and
Ogres (by now, you should have Ogre-Magi) to protect the Catapult. Use the
Catapult to attack the Guard Tower (Because Catapults have better range than
towers, they can attack towers from a distance greater than a tower’s range.
That means the tower can’t fight back). After you destroy the first tower, send
in a goblin sapper to destroy the second guard tower farther north (there is a
ballista there that can cause trouble to your catapult). The sapper should of
destroyed the guard tower, the ballista, and severely damaged the Stables.
Finish off the stables with the catapult. Now the humans can’t produce
Knights/Paladins! Speaking of Paladins, if you haven’t killed the two Paladins
to the right (beyond the wall) of where the second guard tower was, now is the
time to do so. Use your catapult to kill them, they usually won’t come to your
area and fight back.
Continue destroying the other stuff in this area (Gnomish Inventor, Church,
farms, etc), with your catapult and Ogre-Magi. If any enemies come, then use
your Ogre-Magi to kill them (remember to bloodlust). Once you’ve destroyed
everything to the east of the human’s gold mine, then start going deeper into
the city. Personally, I’d kill the Mages and destroy the Mage Tower first,
because they are very annoying. The Barracks is also an important target.
Remember to kill all the human troops before you go for a building, since the
buildings can’t hurt you. There are 4 towers remaining in the city, all easy
targets for Catapults. Once you’ve destroyed the city, then you’re ready for the
sea assault.
Remember I told you to build warships awhile back? 6 Juggernauts should be
enough, with a Zeppelin following them (I forgot if there are submarines in this
level). Destroy the enemy ships, then oil platforms, tankers, refineries, etc.
This sea campaign shouldn’t be a hard one, and once you’ve destroyed everything
you need to, mission complete.
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11. The Dead Rise as Quel’Thalas Falls
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Story:
The only force that remains in the Northlands is the ancient Elven city of
Quel’Thalas. Burn it to the ground!
Objectives:
Destroy Elven Stronghold
Strategy:
Honestly, I thought this was an easy level (easier than the last level I mean).
Sure the humans attack you very often, but they are easy to kill and don’t pose
much of a threat. When the level first begins, some humans will immediately
attack you from the south. Use your ogres to crush them (leave your sappers
outta this). Now start building up your city. When you explore this map, you’ll
see three more gold mines for you to use scattered around the land. Quel’Thalas
is located in the southwest, and it’s a pretty big city that’s very well
defended. Speaking of defense, you’ll need to defend your city to protect
against the numerous human attacks. Place 2 to 3 cannon towers at the western
entrance of your city (they hardly ever come from the south) and a couple of
troops there. There, your city’s defended!
When you feel like it, send ogres down to each of the groups of Elves scattered
throughout the realm (don’t cross the ice bridges to Quel’Thalas yet, just the
Elves on your side). Kill each and every one of them, and you can make them into
Undeads (Skeletons) if you want, using Death Knights. Once you’ve cleared the
whole place of those Elves, send peons to build Great Halls, so you can get more
gold. Continue building your army, and rebuilding your defense.
However you want to attack Quel’Thalas is up to you, if you have a big enough
army, almost any strategy will work. Even if your army does get wiped out, you
still have those guys defending your city, and you can build more troops. But
I’ll give you two strategies, and you can decide which one to use. Here’s the
first one, the one I used:
First, I’d destroy the outer defenses of the city. From the north, you can use
sappers (or catapults, provided they get protection) to blow up the towers on
the outside boundary of the city. The Death Knight’s "haste" spell, and decoys
to draw fire away from sappers will help you destroy the towers. Sappers can
also take out the towers deeper in the city, but it’ll be harder and more risky.
You should also position a team of 12 or so (composed of mainly Ogre-Magi and a
few Catapults) in the eastern entrance of Quel’Thalas. Again, sappers or
catapults will take out the outer towers easily.
Move your way into the city, it’s not really hard and you don’t need any special
tactic to beat this. Catapults can easily take out towers and ogre-magi can take
out the other guys (Paladin, Elves, etc). Replace/Add to your troops with fresh
ones as you move along into the city. Go for the powerful units first, then
destroy the others. Soon, the city should be yours, and you will win.
Second Strategy:
I haven’t tried this out, but it should work in many levels, including this one.
Create a shit load of Ogre-Magi (I’m talking a lot) and Catapults, and storm
them through the city. You’ll have plenty of gold and lumber (this is a forest!)
to do this.
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Act IV: Tides of Darkness
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These last three levels are the final levels, and indeed they are not easy.
Remember to save when you’re doing well, and save often.
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12. Tomb of Sargeras
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Story:
The only forces that remain are in the west... but first, you must take care of
a little problem in the Horde. Gul’dan is reported to have raised the Tomb of
Sargeras, and has betrayed the Horde. The Twilight Hammer Clan is helping
Gul’dan and his Stormreaver Clan with this operation. Ogrim Doomhammer does not
know what they are planning to do with the tomb, but orders them to be
destroyed.
Objectives:
Destroy the Stormreaver Clan
Destroy the Twilight’s Hammer Clan
Strategy:
This level really isn’t that hard, if you follow one thing. That thing would be
to BUILD A STRONG SEA DEFENSE! Sorry for the caps, but I really had to emphasize
that. The opponents in this level will attack you constantly with their ships,
and rarely (if not never) with land forces. As soon as the level starts, load up
your transports with ogres, grunts, catapults, and trolls. Sail east, past the
first island and land on the second one. Unload your men and kill everything on
the island. Then bring your peons and sappers onto that island to start building
your city. With the ships you have, kill as much of you can of the two ogres on
the first island you passed. Then, if your ships didn’t do their jobs, send in
ground troops to kill the remainder. The first island has only trees on it,
which makes it a good place to build a lumber mill and harvest lumber.
Don’t concentrate on building a land army yet, you have plenty of orcs.
Immediately build a shipyard and start hauling oil (oil patch is just north of
your island). Build man Juggernauts, and protect your oil platform with your
ships. Create a huge navy, with mainly juggernauts and one Zeppelin for seeing
submarines. Enemy ships will attack you, but you shouldn’t have trouble with
them if you did what I said. Explore the map with Zeppelins and Eye of Kilroggs.
Once you feel confident of your navy, it’s time to take over that other small
island with the gold mine. Sail over there and destroy all you can with your
ships. Then send in ground troops to wipe the rest of the islander-orcs out.
Start a new settlement there and get the resources on that island.
You’ll need at least six juggernauts (although I prefer 8) if you’re going to
attack the island (remember to also bring the Zeppelin). Make a destroyer also,
incase the Daemons in the center of the level come over and attack your
juggernauts (they don’t do much damage, but are very annoying). Don’t put the
destroyer on your team, because they’ll be the first to sink, just put them on
the side. Send your juggernauts around and start destroying the coastline.
Remember to destroy the hazards first (towers, catapults, trolls, other ships,
etc). The death knights most likely won’t attack you, but try to kill them, to
make your land strike easier. If a Daemon’s joining the fight, bring your Troll
Destroyer and kill it. Once you’ve made a mess of the coastline, you’re ready
for the land attack.
For the land strike, I’d make sure to have three transports. Fill them up with
10 or so Ogres, a couple of trolls (to take out the Daemons), and some death
knights. Send them on the island and start your destruction. Take the transports
back and load a couple of sappers on to blow up the rock surrounding the area
with Gul’dan and Cho’gall. Once you’ve destroyed everything in the outer area,
proceed into the area with Gul’dan and Cho’gall. They should be easy, if you
want to minimize your danger, use your death knights in the outer area to create
whirlwinds in there. Destroy everything in the inner part and you’ll have won.
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13. The Seize of Dalaran
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Story:
Dalaran is the sanctum of the Mages of Lordaeron, and the only thing holding you
back from Lordaeron. Destroy the city and everything on it.
Objectives:
Destroy Dalaran
Destroy the Alliance’s defenders
Strategy:
I won’t lie to you; this is a difficult level. There are 39 human towers (either
guard or cannon) in this level alone. To make it even more difficult, the
opponent will always use Gryphon Riders to attack you... so you’ll need teams of
Trolls.
When you begin, send all your troops south. There will be a few humans along the
way, no match for your troops. Once you get down there... kill all the humans in
the area and send your peons down there and start building your city near the
gold mine. The enemy in this level will attack you mostly with Gryphons, so it’s
good to place a team of 5 to 6 Berserks with Regeneration in your city. Start
building a land army and a sea army (with battleships, and a few destroyers to
counter Gryphons). Explore the map with Flying Machines (it’ll take more than
one for you to explore the map, since they get destroyed so easily) or Eye of
Kilroggs, and you’ll see that there is another gold mine in the southeast. But
to get to it, you must go eliminate the 2 elves, 2 footmen, 2 knights, 2 cannon
towers, and ballista guarding the entrance to Dalaran. Personally I’d use the
catapult to take out the cannon towers, and ogre-magi to protect the catapult
from the land units. But anyway you do it will be fine. Once they are gone, send
your peons to build another town hall near the gold mine and get the resources
there. You should also build another shipyard on this side (right side) of the
island, and station another berserk team there to protect your settlement.
You should now have a shipyard on each side of the Cross-shaped Island, so build
a juggernaut team on each side (of 6 to 8 juggernauts, with a flying machine in
each team). Why so many juggernauts? The plan is this: Destroy the coastal
towers, which make up about 2/3 or Dalaran’s total towers. That way, when you
begin your land assault, you’ll deal with fewer towers. Send the 2 juggernaut
teams, one on each side, to the coast on each side and start your destruction.
Keep 2 dragon teams (about 3 dragons in each team) to the side incase the
Gryphons attack your juggernauts. Move your juggernaut team on the left of the
island up the west coast, destroying everything in your path. The juggernaut
team on the right side of the island should be moving up the east coast,
destroying all that it can. Remember to destroy the major threats (towers,
ballistas, and human ships) first. Then destroy the minor threats, which would
be the archers and mages. After the treats have been cleared, destroy the
buildings in the area your ships can reach. You will loose juggernauts, replace
your teams with new juggernauts when necessary. Your dragons can take care of
gryphons that attack your juggernauts. The two juggernaut teams will eventually
meet up at the top of the island, if you move both teams along the coast.
Congratulations, you have destroyed most of the island’s defenses. Time for the
attack on land.
For the land attack, you should bring mostly ogres, about 12 of them. You should
also bring berserks and catapults. Berserks are to counter Gryphons, and ranged
attacks. Catapults are the most useful tools you’ll use to destroy towers. You
can also bring sappers and death knights, although they won’t but as useful as
the above. For the land attack strategies, I’ll divide up the island into five
sections. The sections are easy for you to identify on the map, because walls
separate them. So let’s begin:
Bottom Section of the Island: This is the first part of the island the bridge is
connected to. Nothing too exciting in this part, a barracks (destroyed by your
Juggernauts already), towers and a few farms are all the buildings you’ll find.
There are also about 5 or so Paladins in the area. Since your juggernauts
already destroyed all the towers on the coast (if they didn’t, tell them to do
so now!), there are only two towers in this area. I prefer to use a catapult to
destroy them from a distance. If Paladins come at your catapult, just use your
ogre-magi and trolls to take them out before they get to catapult. Don’t worry
if the cannons hurt your ogre-magi and trolls, catapults are more expensive and
take a longer time to build. Once you destroy the two cannon towers in this
section, kill the remaining Paladins. I prefer to lure them towards your troops
with the catapult, and then kill them with your ogre-magi & trolls. Destroy the
two guard towers guarding the entrance to the central section of the island
(same strategy as before), and destroy all buildings in this bottom section. If
troops from other sections come and try to pick a fight, your ogres should be
table to teach them a lesson.
Right (East) Section of the Island: We’re skipping the center section for now,
mainly because you want to get that Gryphon Aviary out of the way, to minimize
Gryphon attacks. If you’ve destroyed the towers on the coast, there should be
only one guard tower in this area. That tower will be an easy razing if you use
the catapult. There may also be a Paladin or two in this place, and some
Gryphons guarding the Aviary. Kill the Gryphons with trolls and/or dragons and
Paladins with ogre-magi. Destroy the Gryphon Aviary and Barracks here... you’re
done with the right section.
Central Section of the Island: There should be NO towers in this area. They
should have been destroyed by the Juggernauts. But there might be a lot of units
crowded around the castle (or maybe not). If there is, I’d prefer Sappers to
blow them up (remember to save first! Incase you mess up). Death Knights are
also good with Whirlwind and Death and Decay, but remember to give them Unholy
armor, because Paladins can take em out very easily with Exorcism. Destroy all
the other Paladins with your troops (bloodlust first) and all the buildings. Now
destroy the two towers guarding the entrance to the Left Section and the two
towers guarding the entrance to the top section. You know what to use.
Left Section of the Island: Again, all the towers in this area should have been
destroyed. Really, there should be almost nothing here except a few farms, maybe
a barracks, and maybe even some human units. This is a very easy section.
Top Section of the Island: This place contains the mage tower, and naturally,
Mages. Again, there should be no towers, since you’re juggernauts destroyed all
towers on the coast. The few Paladins and mages are all that’s left defending
the remainder of Dalaran. Send all your troops in and kill anything that walks.
Proceed to destroy the buildings, and you should win. If not, you probably
missed a submarine or two, an oil platform, or a farm you didn’t see. Destroy
them and you’ve completed the mission.
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14. The Fall of Lordaeron
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Story:
Only the shining capital of Lordaeron stands in the way of the orc’s conquest of
the human nations. You know what to do...
Objectives:
Destroy all that you behold in the name of the Horde!
Strategy:
Personally, I think this is easier than the last level. But I must warn you; it
is very easy to get defeated in this level. Human land troops will constantly
pound your main base in the west. I’m not talking about sending a few Level 1
Footmen and an archer. I’m talking about Knights/Paladins, Ballistas... the big
guns. They seem to never attack your other base in the east with land troops.
Soon, the land attacks will get fewer and fewer, as Lordaeron begins to send out
Gryphons to pound your men. There will also be a few sea attacks, but you can
handle them.
When the game begins, immediately tell one of your peons in the base to the west
to build a barracks. Tell one peon on the east to build a farm and another on
the east to build a Great Hall. Land troops will never attack your base on the
east, so you don’t have to build a barracks there yet. In your western
settlement, position your troops in the north near the guard tower. That is
where the bad guys usually come from, although don’t be surprised if they come
from some where else. Immediately build up your land defense in the west.
Knights after knights will attack you, and soon they’ll become Paladins. Your
land defense should consist mainly of Grunts... and Ogres when you get an Ogre
Mound. After a while, Gryphon Riders will start coming to attack your two bases.
Build up two nice Berserk teams on each island; make sure they have
regeneration. Be sure to start building up your armada of Juggernauts, and some
dragons too.
Once you’ve explored the land, you’ll see that there are a bunch of Azeroth
troops on the eastern island. Sooner or later, your peons will meet them, and
it’ll get bloody. I prefer to send 3 to 4 dragons there to toast the troops. The
only units that can hurt your dragons are four Level 1 Elven Archers. They can
be taken down easily by dragons. Destroy the remaining humans and human towers
on that island, so your orcs won’t be in danger.
Once your armada is complete (6 to 8 juggernauts and a flying machine), send
them out to terrorize the pathetic human ships out to sea. Once they are gone,
begin ravaging the coast of Lordaeron. By now, I shouldn’t have to tell you what
to attack first... I’ve said it like a million times. They Lordaeron Coast is
not as heavily defended as the Dalaran Coast (is it me or did they not spend a
lot of time on Lordaeron?), so your ships will make it out just fine. Once
you’ve shut down all the human sea forces, and destroyed all you can with the
juggernauts, you have basically won. Send three or so transports full of ogres,
death knights, berserks (damn Gryphons), catapults, and a single peon to
Lordaeron. Use the peon to build a barracks, Temple of the Damned, and a Gnomish
Inventor if you’re planning to use sappers. Kill the Azeroth troops near the
coast (they are all non-upgraded Level 1 humans, very easy to kill), and go for
the city. Destroy the towers with catapults or sappers... heck, you can use
anything you want. Death Knights prove very useful with their “Death and Decay”
and “Whirlwind” to destroy buildings and towers. The mages may give you some
problems with polymorph, but they are easily defeated. Once you’ve destroyed the
majority of Lordaeron, you can send over a bunch of peons over to get the
RIDICULOUS amount of gold from the Lordaeron gold mine (when I got there, there
was about 170,000 gold in the mine!). Getting that extra gold will improve your
score. Heck, while you’re at it, why not get more oil from the numerous oil
patches in this level.
IMO, the orc ending is cooler and more funny than the human ending...
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6. Units
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Because most of Human and orc units have the exact same properties, I’ll just
put one description for both of them. Yeah, it’s not a good way to make my
FAQ/Walkthrough bigger, but whatcha gonna do ‘bout it?
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Land Units
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Peasant/Peon
HP: 30
Armor: 0
Damage: 1-5
Range: 1
Sight: 4
Speed: 10
Build at: Town Hall
Requires: Town Hall
These are your basic workhorses, although they can’t do crap in battle, they are
necessary to every town. They are the only units that can harvest gold and
lumber, and build structures. Very important, and you should have lots of them.
But do not use them for battle, unless you’re facing other peasants/peons.
They are your basic fighting unit. Good at the beginning of the game when you
can’t build anything else. The Knights/Ogres replaces them though, since they
are better than the Footman/Grunt in every way. But these guys are still good
cheap fighters to use for general attacking.
These guys can attack enemies from a distance, but personally I wouldn’t go for
them, since they can get killed really easily. Their damage and speed is similar
to the Footman/Grunt, and they have a bit better sight. But their HP and Armor
are horrible. If you want to use them, try to get them out of harm’s way, and
use them to attack on the side. It’s also good to place them behind objects such
as walls or other units. These guys can also attack Dragons/Gryphons, but you’ll
need to put them into a group for them to be effective.
These are upgraded Archers/Axethrower. They have improved stats, but can still
be taken down pretty quickly. They can learn new skills to improve their Range
and Sight. Rangers also get a skill that makes them hurt a lot more, while
Berserks get a skill that allows them to slowly heal themselves.
These are heavy “tanks” (although tanks are much more armored than these guys).
Their power and range can allow them to take down stationary enemy units,
towers, and buildings effectively. But you’ll need troops protecting this, since
it can not attack anything close to it. It’s low defense and low speed ensures
that it cannot escape if close-range attackers come at it. It’s not good for
attacking things that move, because of its slow fire rate and inaccuracy. Also
good for protecting your coastline from ships (but will get destroyed pretty
easily if the ships fire back).
Your ideal fighting unit, like the footman/grunt, except they are better in
every way. These should be your standard land-attacking unit. Good HP, Armor,
Damage, and Speed make them good for any situation. Upgrade them at the
blacksmith and Church/Altar of Storms for more fun.
These are Knights/Ogres with better sight and magic powers. They can perform
three various spells, the most notable are Healing and Bloodlust. Healing is the
Paladin’s most important power, and allows him to heal any organic unit.
Bloodlust however, is the Ogre-Magi’s tool of destruction and allows him to make
another unit have bloodlust. If another unit has bloodlust, that unit can do
about twice as much damage while attacking... believe me, that is good. Other
than the magic spells and better sight, they are just basically Knights and
Ogres.
These guys are strategic bombers, good for destroying enemy targets to make it
easier for you other guys. One of these blowing up can destroy a tower, and just
about any land unit. Two of these can destroy almost any building, except of
course the Castle/Fortress. But when they do use their explosives to cause great
destruction, they themselves will die. And their low defense and HP makes them
unable to take a lot of hits, so they will probably not be able to penetrate
deep into enemy territory to destroy a target. Don’t put them in large groups (1
or 2 in a group is enough), and definitely not with your other attackers.
Mage/Death Knight
HP: 60
Armor: 0
Damage: 5-9
Range (Mage): 2
Range (Death Knight): 3
Sight: 9
Speed: 8
Magic: 255
Build at: Mage Tower/Temple of the Damned
Requires: Mage Tower/Temple of the Damned
Magic boys that are horribly weak and slow, but can do numerous powerful spells
(look in my spells section). Their spells vary, but both a pretty powerful ones,
which can enable you to make up really cool strategies. Good for many uses, but
not for regular fighting.
These are kinda like the peasants/peons of the sea. They can build oil platforms
on oil patches, and get oil (they are the only unit that can do that).
Defenseless, so they’ll need protection like your peasants/peons.
These are you basic sea attackers. They are good when you have nothing better to
make, but battleships/juggernauts are MUCH better. Can attack airborne units,
unlike any other ship, which is a pro.
These are like the Knights/Ogres of the sea, you’re armada should consist mainly
of these. They are extremely powerful (it takes them about 2 to 3 hits to
destroy a cannon tower), and hard to take out. Plus they have a great range.
Their speed is poor, but that’s ok. The only problem is that Gryphons/Dragons
will eat ‘em up like him, so protect these hulking fortresses with Destroyers or
your Gryphons/Dragons.
These guys... don’t use them. Yeah, they can’t be seen or hit (well actually
they can, see *) if there are no towers or flying things around, but that can be
countered really easily. When they are seen, they are destroyed so easily. I
wouldn’t waste my time with these... battleships/juggernauts are much more
reliable in their destruction.
* Credit goes to http://www-personal.umich.edu/~jschneid/war2/commands.html
You can attack a submarine/sea turtle if you use the “Attack Ground” command,
and attack where you think the submarine/sea turtle is. Even though you won’t be
able to see it, your cannons will still shoot at the water where the
submarine/sea turtle is located, and you can damage and destroy it. Cool huh?
These are very good Recon units to scout the land, because that’s what they are
made for. They can also good for identifying Submarines/Sea Turtles, and should
be welcomed in every naval force. Don’t build too much of these though, because
once you have seen the whole map and have one of these with each group of ships,
they are pretty much useless.
They are very powerful attackers, and being airborne makes them vulnerable to
only a few units (Archers/Axethrowers, Rangers/Berserks, Mages/Death Knights,
Elven Destroyers/Troll Destroyers, Guard Towers, other airborne units that can
attack). Make sure those units are minimized, because they can be taken out
pretty quickly. Also don’t put them in large groups, because they fire fireballs
(similar to the Mage’s Fireball Spell, except it is much smaller), and those
fireballs can hit each other.
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7. Magic Spells
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Paladin
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Holy Vision: This will allow you to see the portion of the map you select. Very
useful, and makes the Flying Machine obsolete.
Heal: This is the Paladin’s best spell. Although you probably wouldn’t have time
to heal during battle (you’d be too busy ordering your units to attack certain
things and such), healing after or before battles is a great idea. Keep in mind
that the Paladin can not heal ships and other machines. Remember to heal often.
Exorcism: This’ll take a lot of damage off of the Undead and Death Knights...
but usually you won’t find many death knights charging at you, and Undeads could
be taken care of by regular troops easily. I’d rather save my magic for healing,
but that’s just me.
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Ogre-Mage
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Eye of Kilrogg: This spell will create one Eye of Kilrogg, which is an eye with
really low sight, but it travels really fast. It is used to scout the land, but
it runs out of health after a while. Personally I think Holy Vision is better,
since it’s quick and easy.
Bloodlust: Oh yeah! This is the ultimate spell. It makes your units do TWICE as
much damage as they are supposed to do! Use this before battle and you’ll
totally dominate, unless maybe they’re also using Bloodlust. This is the Ogre-
Mage’s best spell.
Runes: Runes sets up a semi-invisible land mine, which will explode when
anything goes over it. It’s good to protect the city, although you must remember
that you’ll also get hurt from the runes.
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Mage
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Lightning: This is the Mage’s attack, yeah, nothing too special about it. The
Mage discharges lightning from his... no not the wand... his hand.
Fireball: The fireball is ok... it doesn’t do much damage, and the opponent will
probably send troops to slay your mage after you launch a fireball at em. If
your mage is alone, he’s as good as dead. But if you have a large force, and
want to get the enemy’s attention, a fireball may be a good way to go (then
again, blizzard is better).
Flame Shield: This is a cool move. If the opponent’s troops are in groups,
giving one or two guys in the group flame shield will weaken the group by a lot,
and probably break up the group. You can also give flame shield to units that
usually aren't in groups, like ballistas (good protection) and demo squads, for
them to do their thing better.
Slow: Makes the unit slower and makes them slower at attacking... useful for
slowing down any general unit so they’ll take longer between attacks. Also
useful to slow down demo squads/sappers when they are trying to bomb your target
and death knights/mages who are trying/will try to escape after performing their
magic on your men.
Invisibility: Very useful for sneak attacks, etc. Remember that it will not work
on the Demo Squads/Sappers.
Blizzard: Creates a blizzard that’ll damage and destroy buildings, units, etc.
Good for destruction, although a mage will have keep on feeding magic to the
blizzard, meaning that mage will be vulnerable to attack. You can also make
multiple blizzards in one area with more than one mage, meaning more
destruction.
Polymorph: This is a cool spell. It turns any organism (that includes Gryphon
riders and Dragons) into a critter. Critters as you know, are neutral, very
weak, and cannot attack. The problem with this is that it uses up a lot of
magic.
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Death Knight
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Touch of Darkness: This is the death knights’ main attack. It’s a ranged attack,
which means you can attack flyers and stuff.
Death Coil: Only works on living organisms (and I don’t think it works on other
mages/death knights). It’s pretty powerful, and gives health to the “one so
enchanted”, which is usually the death knights themselves.
Haste: This makes a unit faster, even if that unit was very fast already. Good
for making Demo Squads/Sappers fast so they can bomb targets with more ease.
Also good for slow things and what not.
Unholy Armor: This takes off half of a unit’s health, but makes them invincible
for a short while. When I say short while, I MEAN short while. But it’s just
enough for a fellow death knight to do a complete “Death and Decay” on the enemy
turf.
Death and Decay: This is basically the Mage’s blizzard... although it’s pretty
cool and sinister sounding.
Whirlwind: This creates a small whirlwind, which can do a lot of damage, but
travels aimlessly. Good for destroying buildings, and wrecking havoc in a
crowded area, and whatever you can think of to make this deadly.
Raise Dead: This makes decomposing bodies turn into the Undead (Skeletons).
Although the Skeletons are pretty weak (what do you get when you cross a peasant
with a footman?), and can be killed really easily with Exorcism, they can be fun
to use and help you in battle. But these guys die after a while, so use them to
the max while you can.
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8. Buildings
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Farm/Pig Farm:
These feed your units, and are very important in any society. You’ll need to
constantly build these as your city grows.
Town Hall/Great Hall:
This is an important building. Peasants/Peons can bring lumber and gold to "cash
in", and you can build more Peasants/Peons in a Town Hall/Great Hall. Build
these near gold mines (although you can’t build them too close), to obtain gold
more quickly.
Barracks:
This is where most of your land combat units are build, and is important in
every city. Don’t be afraid to build more than one of these, especially if you
have another settlement going on in another location. You can only build
footmen/grunts with barracks, but if you have certain buildings, you can build
more units.
Lumber Mill:
The Elven Lumber Mill and Troll Lumber Mill enables you to get 125 lumber each
time your peasant/peon bring in lumber. These mills can also serve as a place to
bring in lumber, so you can build these in areas far from your town hall for
peasants out there to quickly bring in lumber. It also lets you build Elven
Archers/Troll Axethrowers, and is a place for upgrading the Archers/Axethrowers.
It’s also one of the requirements for building a ballista/catapult.
Blacksmith:
This is a requirement for ballistas/catapults and knights/ogres. It is also a
place to upgrade your close-combat units and ballistas/catapults.
Watch Tower:
These are pretty much useless, but they do warn you of enemies if they are
approaching the city. Upgrade these into guard or cannon towers.
Guard Tower:
These can fire arrows at enemies, which is useful. They are weaker than cannon
towers however, but can shoot at flying units.
Cannon Tower:
These shoot powerful cannons, similar to the Destroyers. But they can not shot
at flying units. Plus, like all towers, they are destroyed pretty easily.
Shipyard:
This produces all the sea units. It is the most important water structure, and
can produce tankers and other ships. It is also a place for tankers to bring in
their oil to "cash in". Plus it doesn’t require oil to build, unlike the
Refinery and Foundry. Don’t be afraid to build more than on of these in
different sites.
Foundry:
This is the upgrading center for your ships. It also allows transports and
battleships/juggernauts to be constructed, which are very important for your
navy. As I mentioned, you could also upgrade your ships here, which is also
important.
Oil Refinery:
These increase the amount of oil made from the oil your ships haul in into 125.
It also lets tankers bring oil to it, and that’s about all it can do.
Keep/Stronghold:
This is an upgrade for your Town Hall/Great Hall, and increases the amount of
gold processed from the gold your peasants/peons bring in to 110. You only need
to have one Keep/Stronghold to be able to get 110 gold each time. More
importantly, it allows you to construct more buildings, and upgrade the
Archer/Axethrower into the Ranger/Berserk at the lumber mill. It’s also stronger
than the Town Halls/Great Halls.
Stables/Ogre Mound:
Simply, these allow you to make knights/ogres at the barracks, provided that you
have the Blacksmith. But that’s no small thing. You need the Keep/Stronghold to
build these.
Gnomish Inventor/Goblin Alchemist
These are places to construct the Gnomish Flying Machine/Goblin Zeppelin and the
Demo Squad/Sappers. Both of the mentioned units are important. It also lets you
create the submarine/sea turtle at the shipyard, which are not so important...
Castle/Fortress:
This is an upgraded Keep/Stronghold, able to process gold in such a manner that
you’ll get 120 gold each time peasant/peon brings gold to any of your gold
processing places. You also get to build a lot more buildings (3 to be exact).
Plus, Castles/Fortresses are very strong and hard to destroy.
Church/Altar of Storms:
These let you upgrade your Knights/Ogres into Paladins/Ogre-Magi, and let you
use their magic spells. Very good...
Mage Tower/Temple of the Damned:
These, you build Mages/Death Knights there. You can also research their magic
spells at these places. Useless if you’re not building any Mages/Death Knights
at all... but of course you are going to build Mages/Death Knights... right?
Gryphon Aviary/Dragon Roost:
These are places to build Gryphon Riders and Dragons, so these are useless if
you’re not planning to make Gryphon Rider and Dragons in the first place.
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9. Cheats
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These cheats are from http://www.gamesages.com, although you can probably find
them anywhere.
To enter these, press "Enter" and type these words... exactly as it is.
it is a good day to die - You are Invincible... plus do you a lot of damage when
you attack.
hatchet - You get to chop wood down really quickly
deck me out - Upgrade everything (armor, swords, cannons, etc)
every little thing she does - Gives all Mages/Death Knights’ their spells
tigerlily - Enables level warp. Press enter again and type the name of the
Campaign and the level number to warp to that level instantly ("orc14" would
warp to the Orc Campaign’s 14th level).
unite the clans - Skip this level
noglues - Disable Runes
make it so - Lets you build really fast
there can be only one - Quick Ending
showpath - Reveals map, not in multiplayer
on screen - Reveals map, works with multiplayer
ucla - Displays "Go Bruins" on screen
day - Displays "fief" on screen
netprof - Displays network performance
fastdemo - Demo start faster...
you pitiful worm - You lose instantly
never a winner - When you win, the "Victory" box never appears, and you’ll keep
on playing like normal.
allowsync - Allows you to surrender in multiplayer games
title - Enable or disable cheat codes during multiplayer games
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10. Last Words
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This FAQ is complete, so no more updates are on the way, unless I get "Beyond
the Dark Portal". For the moment, visit my site at http://www.abz1986.u4l.com,
for the latest version of this FAQ/Walkthrough and more Warcraft II stuff.
If you have any questions, comments, or whatever, email me at abz1986@yahoo.com.
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work for profit, or distribute it with any commercial product. You MAY print
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