Lost Island Cursed crown requirement

[Zangdaarr]

I am wondering what the requirement is, shall I destroy both side portal the same day, or use a bomb for each of them, or use a bomb AND do it the same day ?

Clearly just destroying them is not enough since the gold crown is destroying 6 portals and they are 6 of them total.

I am day 23 and just have those two portals remaining, so I am wondering what my strategy should be

[teleshoes]

destroying the cliff portals with knights does nothing for the requirement (though you may find it useful to make it easier to march with the bomb. i did not find it useful to do so)

you must use the bomb on both sides on the same day. this sounds harder than it is. i am pretty sure time isnt passing while you fight inside the cave.

[Zangdaarr]

Then it's the same that another challenge, it's not that hard but you have to expand you base as close as possible of the cliff portals

initially I did not notice the cliffs portals, I noticed the sea side portals and I am so used at them being the last that I though they implemented a new mechanic and did not look further, until I found myself attacking both portals at the same time with a bomb and dealing with a retaliation wave ...

[Aerrin Longheart]

Originally posted by Zangdaarr:

I am wondering what the requirement is, shall I destroy both side portal the same day, or use a bomb for each of them, or use a bomb AND do it the same day ?

Clearly just destroying them is not enough since the gold crown is destroying 6 portals and they are 6 of them total.

I am day 23 and just have those two portals remaining, so I am wondering what my strategy should be

https://imgur.com/a/czTbUd8 - There are 8 portals including the 2 cliff portals. I destroyed the two cliff portals separated by quite a few days in the standard bomb way.
I destroyed each portal right after a blood moon when the new day text was blue, but I rather doubt that was part of the requirements.

[Soth]

perhaps the requirement is to finish without losing the dog. I finished all 8 portals but lost the dog once and only got the gold crown.

[Zangdaarr]

Also, shutting down the cliffs portals by attacking them is actually useful because it gives you a few days of rest in order to safely expand you base as close as possible to them

[Aerrin Longheart]

Originally posted by Zangdaarr:

Also, shutting down the cliffs portals by attacking them is actually useful because it gives you a few days of rest in order to safely expand you base as close as possible to them

I barely expanded my base. What I did was attack each portal like normal - a long march up to them, killing a nightly spawn of greed on the way for the second and third portal, then building the bomb, waiting until a blood moon, and waiting with the bomb just behind the castle wall, then running the bomb to the cliff portal the next day. This gives you 2 days to get to the cliff portal, and then you close that side.
I beat each cliff portal after the blood moon, and it was easy since nothing got in the way of my march to the cliff portal.

[Zangdaarr]

So you did not destroy the side portals the same day and still go the cursed crown ?

[Aerrin Longheart]

Originally posted by Soth:

perhaps the requirement is to finish without losing the dog. I finished all 8 portals but lost the dog once and only got the gold crown.

This makes sense based on the crown description. I accidentally released the dog while I was marching to a portal with dense fog. I had no idea the dog was there, and I freed the dog. I cursed quite a bit when I saw the dog was released. I hate that mutt. :(

[Aerrin Longheart]

Originally posted by Zangdaarr:

So you did not destroy the side portals the same day and still go the cursed crown ?

Correct. The cliff portals were destroyed many days apart from each other. As can be seen in the image, I indeed got the black and gold crown.

[Zangdaarr]

Got the cursed crown at day 32. Took both portals down the same day and as a precautionary measure, made sure the dog went with me inside (however I think it's a not probable requirement, you would just have to wait for the last cliff portal to be ready before unlocking the dog)

Overall it was fun but I did not feel it as a challenge. Portals were a bit harder due to spawning but that's it. Plus, the island was very generous due to not vagrant camp being near the base and the bakery available very quickly.

I did really enjoy the fact that the base camp was not initially visible, due to it being buried in the forest, but it also greatly simplified the start by allowing to make a lot of money very quickly.

[teleshoes]

LOL nevermind, i didnt see the new lost islands challenge island, and just misread 'lost island' as 'skull island' because the post talks about bombing both sides)

[Aerrin Longheart]

Originally posted by teleshoes:

LOL nevermind, i didnt see the new lost islands challenge island, and just misread 'lost island' as 'skull island' because the post talks about bombing both sides)

It sounds like you lost the island. It is a challenge knowing what changes each game gets.

[Dont.♥♥♥♥.wit.Storm. ...]

Took me over 40 days. Cleared one side fully then did the opposite side fully. Kept the dog whole way through.. Did not feel like I did anything special.. Got cursed crown. Should have been harder.

[Aerrin Longheart]

Originally posted by Dont.♥♥♥♥.wit.Storm. ...:

Took me over 40 days. Cleared one side fully then did the opposite side fully. Kept the dog whole way through.. Did not feel like I did anything special.. Got cursed crown. Should have been harder.

I did the same, and I strongly disagree that it should be harder.
For now, this is a daily lost island, and if it were made more difficult, many people wouldn't be able to play it all the way through.
New players or old players should have a decent chance of beating this within 24 hours. Considering the play time many working/schooling folks have - possibly with families, 40 days is pushing it for the time they can invest in a single game.
If it were more difficult, many people wouldn't be able to beat it in the given time limit, and that'll make people angry/depressed/upset, which is the very opposite a game should do.

[Zangdaarr]

Yeah but the definition of the challenge is that not everyone can do it at the first try.
There's the campaign for that.

For the time limit, I thought it was 72 hours, I was surprised when I launched the game this morning to find out I had 9 hours.