Greed

Level #: 3
Land: Ramshackle
Primary goal: Kill Lord Avaricious
Secondary goals: First, build a treasury to store gold; second, build a workshop to begin crafting wooden doors and sentry traps

Once again, you'll be guided by the training narration through most of this mission. Of course, the first order of business (contrary to what the voice may tell you) is to build a lair (4x4 works well here) and a hatchery (4x4, again).

Connect to the portal to start the flow of beasties into your dungeon. Soon, you'll get word that you have fireflies. These flying creatures have their own light source and do a great job of auto-scouting for you (and they don't need to much in the way of creature comforts, either).

Once you've got the portal open, go ahead and build the treasury (your dungeon heart can only hold 16,000 gold pieces). A 4x4 treasury is the perfect size for this level.

The goal of this mission is to lure the greedy Lord Avaricious into your dungeon and take him out. To lure him to you, you will must mine all the gold in his realm. This isn't too difficult - a few tiles of gold are set into the rock near your dungeon heart, but most are freestanding near the outskirts of Avaricious' own dungeon.


Before you start venturing out into hostile territory, follow the narrator's advice and build a workshop (5x5) to lure some trolls to your dungeon. Next, build a door and sentry cannon as instructed. Place the door where your dungeon opens out into Avaricious' territory and go ahead and place the cannon where told.

Soon, you'll be attacked by some lesser heroes - they may break down your door, but they'll be no match for the sentry cannon and your goblins. As soon as the coast is clear, build one or two more sentry cannons out near the water to the left side of Avaricious' dungeon, and start mining the free-standing gold.

Soon, the greedy lord will crawl out of the woodwork and advance on your dungeon. If you've got the cannons up, they should soften him up a bit. Now, it's your turn to step in and finish the job. As the lord works to break down the wooden door into your dungeon, rain down thunderbolts on his head, and in a few moments, you'll take him out. Or, you could surprise him a bit by dropping a pack of goblins behind him as he works to fell the door - a nice little surprise, really.

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