Story Mode Chapter 9: Tremors--How to win?

[LooksLikeDaniel]

I've reached Chapter 9 in story mode and I am stumped. My instinct is generally to get my resources up and running BEFORE setting up a training camp, but the hrimgandr doesn't seem to want to co-operate with that plan since it eats the rimsteel when it's encroached upon. I tried colonizing a rimsteel deposit fairly early, but the hrimgandr almost immediately attacked and the warchiefs were beaten back pretty quickly.

I'm not sure how to do this. Help, please.

[Bennoni]

Wait longer with the rimsteel mining, there is enough on the map. Get your economy going, get the fish lore as quick as possible, you don't need any army for now, just clear the tiles in your territory of course, if you've done that you can even delete training camp to save money.

When you have enough food (max, +1000), colonize not 1 or 2, but many rimsteel tiles and spam quarries, the worm will take them out one by one quickly, but it can only do one at a time. The warchiefs will engage and run back automatically to heal, so don't attack it yourself, it's a waste of resources.
You won't need many fishermen at this point, just a few to keep minor production. You can erase unused buildings.

For kröwns, build a trading post and a marketplace within the same tile, upgrade at least one of them, this gives a good amount of money.

When you're done mining, build army camps, 10 units at least, more if eco allows it.
And be sure to grab the Monster slayer lore before you attack. I tend to use almost axe throwers only, shieldbearers can be a good meatshield sometimes, but not in this mission I think. So screw them and it's lore completely. I see no point in making regular warriors either, the warchiefs will tank. I focus on axe with the smith upgrade.

Hope this helps (on my first playthrough I struggled too with this mission, but later achieving all additional goals in one go was no problem with the described tactic)

[Dynamo]

Hi LooksLikeDaniel,

I'd suggest taking a look at this video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8d8aasnIR4&t=600s

Another player was having trouble with Chapter 9 and this video helped him complete it. (It isn't a tutorial)

Dylan

[DerpyPannycake]

I actually barely had an army myself i just let the warchiefs defend my quarrys and if i had villager problems i just pulled the miners back before they died

[Nomad]

You know the campaign is tough when the devs start adding youtube videos for helping ! :D