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[kmonster]

You can abort the intro by pressing the Escape key.

Gidday, any clues to where I can get ageing cured? can you?
thanks

[Paco]

That is a Quest where you need some Preparation:

You can cure your Ageing with the Fountain of Youth in B2. But to use it you will need to raise it first in Pyramid of Storage in A2, but to enter it you need the Golden Pyramid Key Card.

To get it you need 50 points in Might and also swimming and mountaineer, then go to A4 on sole Mountain in Sea. Break it and use it to enter the Pyramid.

The rest you can solve yourself.

[Borodin]

Just a few general hints, since I've started playing this, again:

1) Remember, spell effects die at 5 AM each day. If you're in the middle of a dangerous area around 3 or 4 AM, consider backing out with spells or a nice, swift walk while whistling innocently.

2) Until you get high level characters, grab the blessings from the Fountain Head Temple. Keep donating until the icons appear on your team portraits. The more donations it takes, the better, since it means you're better protected. Around +4, one of my party members was still being affected by insane screams. At +7, that never happened.

3) Grab Wizard Eye by leaving Fountain Head, and heading left, then right. The gypsy will give you a cast for a day for next to nothing.

4) Save before opening chests. The earlier M&M titles were a lot more randomized in the quality of their loot than the later ones.

5) Remember, experience is just about endless, but cash isn't. So don't take advantage of the fixed fountain that allows you to exchange cash for experience.

6) Check city stores daily, as stock changes. At the beginning, look each day for short bows. Make sure every party member you've got who can use one, has one.

7) If you've got a decent temple blessing, you can handle the goblins outside the first town without problems, and the orcs, too. Just don't stray too far, since time passes much more quickly outside a city and dungeon than in them.

8) Don't bother with hirelings. They cost, and they add little to your party. Anything you can do with them, you can do without them.

9) Once you can travel over the mountains, be sure to walk along mountain chains. There are frequently items, sometimes nice ones, hidden in them.

10) Area B1 has a 1-square island fountain that provides a day's worth of raising your party's levels. Set a Lloyd's Beacon to it first, because everything else you add on in the way of hit points and spell points will be boosted by this.

I could add a lot more that's specific, but would rather not. Most of the fun lies in finding things out.

[beefmerciful]

Possibly my favorite game of all time. I've been playing this game since probably 1993 or so.

Anyway, here are some Grand Master secrets for you.

Execute my plan in order if you desire absolute power!

Gameplay Tips:

First, some gameplay tips that will make your experience much more enjoyable...


Speed Up

There's no reason to wait for the game to load like it's friggin' 1993.
Hit ctrl + F12 five times.

Hotkeys are Your Friends

I can't stress enough how important this is. There's no reason to go clicking on everything like a noob. Download the reference card and keep it handy.

Come to Me

The enemies possess little to no artificial intelligence. If you are facing an enemy with a powerful ranged attack, turn to the right or left, then back up one step. The enemy will actually advance on the spot directly in front of you. If the enemy is still far away, shoot arrows and they will advance until they are standing in front of you.

Double Time

You may not have noticed that you may execute two actions on your turn when in ranged combat. This means you can shoot two volleys of arrows, shoot arrows and then cast a spell, cast two spells, etc., all in one turn!

Implode First, Ask Questions Later

Implosion is the most powerful offensive spell in the game that targets a single enemy. Just remember that...



Now that we've got a handle on the gameplay, let's begin our quest!


Inheritance:

Before you do anything, deposit all of your gold into the bank.

Then, visit Ergon the Taskmaster at x11, y13 in Fountain Head.

Work for him until you amass a couple thousand gold(just hit space and then the 'y' key over and over).

Run to the bank and make a deposit, then keep working for Ergon.

Repeat.

The bank's interest rate is ridiculous. You will notice when you check your party's gold that it doesn't take long for your money to stack up.

It took me about 10 minutes to hit 1.3 mil at the age of 71.

I think the party starts to die of old age at around 100 years old.

When you're ready, simply retire (delete) your geriatric characters and start the game with a brand new party. The time that has passed doesn't affect anything in the game. You are now filthy rich. :thumbs:


High-Level Help

If you've followed my get-rich-quick scheme, you should have several million gold by now. Head to the nearest portal and type 'redhot'. This will take you to the town of Blistering Heights, which is just as inhospitable as it sounds. You'll need some assistance.

When you arrive at Blistering Heights, you will be standing in front of the inn.
Enter, and hire The Raven and Lord Bruno.

Use your powerful new bodyguards to exterminate all of the enemies in town. Make sure to find the treasure chest that grants you membership to the guild (it's at x14, y3; you will enjoy access to every spell at the Eagle's Guild) and stock up on food at the tavern (Vittles of the Gods lasts for 40 days!).

If you want to keep The Raven and Lord Bruno, read 'Crusaders Only' and then 'Castle Hiest: Siege'.

If not, but you still want five-million gold (you know you do), read 'Crusaders Only' and then jump to 'Castle Heist: Ninja Style'.


Crusaders Only
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Only Crusaders are admitted into Castle White Shield.

Proceed to the Ancient Temple of Moo (A1, x6, y5).

Fight your way to the statue of Fire Mane (x29, y15), who will dub thee Crusaders.

You may now enter Castle White Shield, but first...

Go train your robber(s) or ninja(s) until they're maxed out.


Castle Heist: Siege


Proceed to the castle (A1, x4, y15) and go straight ahead until the Joke of the Day pops up. Stop, and look to your left and right and notice the Black Knights.

Continue ahead into the throne room. You will see two treasure chests. The password for both is 'SMELLO'. Go ahead and give one of them a shot.

Once the alarms go off, the Black Knights will be unleashed.

Go and take out the Black Knights, but be careful, as they are quite formidable. Save first.


Castle Heist: Ninja Style


Travel to Blistering Heights and purchase the 'Teleport' spell. You must train to level 10 first.

Proceed to the Castle White Shield (A2, x4, y15) and go straight ahead until the Joke of the Day pops up. Stop, and look to your left and right and notice the Black Knights.

Continue ahead into the throne room. You will see two treasure chests. The password for both is 'SMELLO'. Go ahead and give one of them a shot.

Once the alarms go off, the Black Knights will be unleashed.

Fortunately, they won't attack until you walk past them.

Save your game as you stand before the treasure chest. When you fail to open the chest, just reload your game and try again. When you get it, save and open the other chest.

Once you have the treasure, stand in between where the chests were and face the exit. Teleport six squares ahead.

You may now continue to plunder the castle or leave, but just remember that you won't be able to see the king without facing the Black Knights.


You are now ready to conquer the world! Keep your money in the bank so that you accrue interest and only carry around a couple hundred-thousand.

Read on for more hints...


Keep on Rollin'


When you are creating characters, don't settle for weak characters because your beginning stats will set the tone for the rest of the game.

Keep rolling the dice ('r' key) until you get, say, three stats better than 14. You can only go as high as 21.

Corpse Storage Units

No, not storage units for corpses. Corpses as storage units! When your hirelings are dead, they won't charge you for their services. This allows you to carry 36 more items!

One way to kill your hirelings is to engage in a battle and then hit 'r' when it's your turn. Your party will run away, one by one, until only the hirelings are left. Keep blocking ('b' key) until the hirelings are unconscious.

You will return to the inn with a couple fresh corpses. Thanks for taking one for the team, guys.

Reload for Prizes

Save just before opening treasure chests, destroying caravans and lairs or any event where you will be rewarded with items.

Reloading a few times can make the difference between a great item and a worthless item. Also, later in the game you will want to accumulate as many obsidian items as possible as obsidian is the hardest and most valuable material in the game.

Might and Magic

The game is aptly named since your knight's attack and implode are your two most powerful weapons and are especially essential when the game really starts getting brutal.

One truly powerful party combination:

Two knights (half-orc recommended), two sorcerers, a cleric and a robber.

WARNING: THE FOLLOWING CONTAINS SPOILERS/PUZZLE ANSWERS

That's about it for now. I'll be working on another hint guide for World of Xeen and updating this post if I remember anything else.

Enjoy!


Integrated spoiler tags (they are not only useful to hide spoilers but also to keep the navigation intact when writing long texts ). ~Luchsen

[beefmerciful]

I'm in the process of recording and editing all of the music in Might & Magic III and World of Xeen. Most of the tracks I'll let play out for a good ten minutes, so it's gonna be an epic soundtrack worthy of these awesome games.

If you want a copy, PM me and I'll hook you up when I'm done.

Peace!

[_r.u.s.s.]

wow will be neat, post here and let us know when it's ready

[kmonster]

@beefmerciful: Barbarians are far more powerful than knights in MM3.

OH - MY - FUCKING -GOD!!! I lost all my gold, 15 MILLION!!! By digging the false gold in the Greywitch castle dungeon. I love this game to death but how is this a good game design? REALLY pisses me off. And there's only one save game available... Jesus H Christ people... This is so depressing...

[kmonster]

There's a bank in the game where you're supposed to put your money so it doesn't get lost. The money increases incredibly fast there.

You can get as much gold as you want by duplicating items. Take a recharge item, a duplication item and a platinum plate armor and soon you'll have more money than you'll ever need.

PS:
1) No one forced you to save after the message that you lost all your gold.
2) You can back up your save as often as you want.
3) Quite the only way to mess up your game is touching crystals which let one year pass in the pyramids too often.