Strategy for Deal with The Demon?

[ᛉᛏneon@stralᚨᛉ]

Hello, absolutely in love with this game, a true classic and sprites are gorgeous to look at.
I have no issue so far beating most Advanced missions but one I still cannot beat where you are suppose to get 100 000 in 40 days. I manage only to hit 70k.

I tried maybe 5-8 times now, what strategy is the best for thus mission? Thx

[horse sized nut]

Clear out the map then build like 5x markets & trading posts with elves. Guardhouse the sewers with arrows and set to max speed. You can micro the markets to always be doing trading days if you want but it's not really necessary

Here is a playthrough of the level. I restarted one time so you may want to skip to that.
https://youtu.be/jup_OpLLF4U

[Dorgath]

I would advise not to use trading days as that empties out the caravans from the Trading Posts. I found 2 Marketplaces and 4 Trading Posts (three in the corners and one maybe in the center) should be fine. Keep an eye out for wandering Minotaurs though who will go for the TPs.

And Elves is really the key as they double the Marketplace income.

[horse sized nut]

Originally posted by Dorgath:

I would advise not to use trading days as that empties out the caravans from the Trading Posts. I found 2 Marketplaces and 4 Trading Posts (three in the corners and one maybe in the center) should be fine. Keep an eye out for wandering Minotaurs though who will go for the TPs.

And Elves is really the key as they double the Marketplace income.

I didn't realize this was a mechanic but I checked and confirmed it and tried to do a little testing. It seems that it takes about 1.75 days per caravan? I mostly eyeballed that but if you want to try to micro really hard you can still market day as soon as you see a caravan spawn for the respective market its destination is, or you can have certain markets that no caravan goes to to maximize the amount of markets you can have on market day. Either way market days aren't really necessary for this mission so you're fine not using them if you don't want to.

I just went overboard with the inns and markets because why not

[Smilie]

Yeah, as previously stated, Elves are key.
More than 1 marketplace is not required and doesn't add any value.
Place the marketplace in your closest corner (clear out the enemies first) as a corner is the furthest you can have a marketplace from anything. Then build up to 5 trading posts in the opposite corner. More than that and its too expensive.
- Place a guard tower next to the marketplace (so that the tax collector can drop it off there)
- Turn off tax from the trading posts
- Place guard house next to the trading posts for the rare Minotaur
- Upgrade your castle to maximum level
- Upgrade your Marketplace to maximum level.
- Build 1 Elven bungalow (more bungalows do not increase the marketplace reward rate)
You should be able to finish the level easily with the above, I completed it with 3 trading posts and had a maxed blacksmith, mage tower and library by the 37th day.
Each caravan will probably have around 1000 gold in it which triples once hitting the marketplace.

[rusty_dragon]

Just go to Gambling house and always bet on Red.

[Dorgath]

Originally posted by D▼ん△ポ◆:

Either way market days aren't really necessary for this mission so you're fine not using them if you don't want to.

I wouldn't use market days at any time in any mission. I know it's "there" as an option but it hurts you in the long run. :)

I just went overboard with the inns and markets because why not

LOL. :)

[Hat8]

Its all about the Casino baby.

[Dorgath]

That's living on the edge.... :)

[rusty_dragon]

Originally posted by Dorgath:

That's living on the edge.... :)

I mean, you already have elves and a Casino in your kingdom. So why not?

[Dorgath]

True, it certainly is an avenue to victory. It's just you're depending (a lot?) on chance (I think? I actually have never used the Casino so not sure of the win rate). I just prefer the "sure" route of clearing the map and letting the Trading Posts do the work.

[thebadman]

Inns are great way to boost your economy, they produce around 50 gold and income scale with number of houses(Marketplaces too) while being cheaper than marketplaces making it better way to make money early than leveling marketplaces and castle unless you are using elves. Inns also count towards fountains so you have more tax collectors.

[Feeble Gamer]

Nearly all strategies here are sound.

I'd make one slight adjustment to Smilie's improvements on the video. I personally do 3-4 trading posts relatively close to the market early on as the gold generated from these while I'm waiting for enough of the lairs to be cleared out before replacing them on the far side. This gives your economy a strong boost early-mid and the 4-5 trading posts on the opposite with a level market is a win in no time.

[Элдхэнн]

Marketplace, 2-3 trading posts and Fairgrounds. And gnomes - tthey are cheap, you have 9 of them and they buy items from marketplace and training in fairgrounds.

[Smilie]

Originally posted by Garrow:

this is from march 4st

Is it bad? Having a rich topic history can reduce future queries

[peterdekraker]

Originally posted by 8647789642246762:

Its all about the Casino baby.

Yep, pretty easy to gain a star with 5 gold wins early in day zero. Build a few things first if you want to leave a more viable scene after the win. It is called a deal with the devil so...
Did not know elves increased market income so that will help.
If you are not familiar with cheating the gambling hall, in slo-mo, do the things that need done, zoom to the gambling hall, right by the betting box, make a new bet, set to 1000 on gold, save. spin. reload till you win. make a new bet, save. Some saves seem to never win so try red once or do a slightly different save to bet on. Some of the games are tough even with bottomless cash and you don't usually get one right away. They can all be beat without. Kinda fun to have loads of gold.
Well I haven't got to the new hidden quest yet, this time around, but guessing it does not absolutely require lucky gambling.