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SPELLFORCE - THE BREATH OF WINTER WALKTROUGH BY ADK
Final Version :

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E mail : advanced_knight@yahoo.fr

Version 1.0 : The walkthrough is up to the end of Tirganach campaign.
Version 2.0 : A serious upgrade to change this guide into the premice of the
ultimate one for the addon. I still need to re read the walkthrough to correct
typos and grammars errors.
Version 2.2 : The walkthrough is up to the Firefangs campaign.
Version 2.3 : The walkthrough is up to the final boss. There will be a final
version with a complete boss fight and the correction of typos and grammars.
Final Version : Correction of typos and grammars. There won't be any other
update.

I AM REALLY ANGRY BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE POST MY GUIDE ON THEIR SITE WITHOUT
ASKING ANY PERMISSION. IT IS NOT BECAUSE YOU DON'T SEE A CREDIT SECTION THAT
YOU CAN DO EVERYTHING YOU WANT. THE ONLY OFFICIAL SITES ARE MINE, GAMEFAQS AND
NEOSEEKER, AS I AM A REGISTERED MEMBER AND CONTRIBUTOR THERE. ALL OTHER VERSION
AND WALKTHROUGH FOUND ON ANOTHER SITE ARE ILLEGAL.

Program :

1 Review
2 The about section
3 Description of buildings and units
4 Your Avatar
5 Patchs and versions
6 Walktrough
7 Credits

1 Review :

I was waiting for this one. Spellforce marked a real good point at his time by
mixing RPG and RTS, hitting Warcraft 3 and Neverwinter Night at the same time.
Good or bad, i said really good at the time of the Order Of Dawn even if the
game was extremely bugged and needed to be patched a lot to obtain a "final
version". After you wander in hell, this add on offers to wander in ice. I
would like to say that the idea is original, but after Battle Realms and his
Winter of the wolf, Ice Wind Dale and the Heart Of Winter and probably other
game i don't own i said it's easy. Some maps on the old Spellforce suggested
Ice Wind Dale, like Sharrow Dale, Nightwhisper Dale etc...

In this add on, you discover the legend of ARyn the Ice Dragon who is so
powerful that he can freeze the entire land. He awakes from his long sleep to
find the beautiful queen elf who was singing for him. Someone kidnapped her but
behind this kid story lies a great and mysterious plot involving the red empire
and the ice elves. The ice elf were ennemies on the original game and also
traitors like the dark elf were. It appears that they have their own reasons
and we discover that they are tormented people. Lena and Grimaud decides to
awake the rune fighter that was once able to save Fiara and fight the mage of
the circle. Nobody knows that this rune hero was killed by Young Rohen and then
that Young became old and finally was able to stop his young counterpart after
the death of the rune hero. Time has past and people only remember that peace
is here and can disappear now that Aryn roams searching for his queen of heart.

The presentation is still very good, with a beautiful design and of course
incredible video. Ok i go a little far about the video but they are really nice
and well animated.

The graphics are better than in the order of dawn. The models and decors are
optimized and the game seems to eat less memory. My PC is very powerful but
runs hardly Spellforce, now that version 1.35 is available, the game runs
better and the add on runs very well with antialiasing. However the same poor
bug is here (cause of a radeon card and not a nvidia one), when i launch for
the second time the game i need to do alt + tab to refresh the screen so the
game can appear... i even need to do escape sometimes. Hum... well it doesn't
like ATI cards but it runs better on it after all.

The animation uses the same engine of course, you liked the first one, you will
like this one. However the same drawbacks appear. If you wish a complete view
you need to play it in 2D. If you venture in semi 3D or full 3D view you will
miss lots of informations and you won't be able to control easily the game. I
regret that this problem cannot be fixed. Think that old 2D/3D rpg have at
least a better system than this one.

The sound is as incredible as in the first episode. Old voice actors are back
and new one join the cast. In french the actors are well known with the french
actor for Sarah Michelle Gellar in Buffy Slayer Vampire for the women and
Tiel'c in Stargate for the men. Other actors are also known but i won't list
them all. In english it is the same thing so everyone must be happy. I simply
regret that some musics cut brutally to loop.

The controls are the same, the basic Spellforce player will be a master in this
add on. You will be torubled by the fact that some buildings has disappeared
and also by the hero system stats that you need to adapt to the fact that less
exp, armors and weapons are available than in the original game.

Breath Of winter succeeds in many points to increase the quality of the game.
However it also failed in many points and bring drawbacks that wasn't available
on the original game. Why suddenly all the creatures go to level 18/20 while
you still are level 12/13 ? because you progress quickly when yu know how to do
it. Also if it is true that you can build a town quietly (i mean ennemies horde
are possible to stop) you will soon discover that it is still better to destroy
the magic fountains by yourself. The reasons are various but the main one is
that you have for some untis only the low one. What can you do with low orks
against a level 12 boss ? In fact you will mostly use your troops as decoy
while the heroes and the avatar do the real job so why losing so many time. On
some map you won't be able to beat some hordes not because of the event just
because they have a too much higher level. The problem is that you need exp and
there are few sidequests. The one available are long very long and force you to
wander in all the new world. I recommend to buy this game, you won't regret it,
but the 40 hours announced are simply announced not for the number of side
quests but for the number of hours you need to find a good way to earn exp and
complete the main quest.

PRESENTATION : 15/20
GRAPHICS : 19/20
ANIMATION : 17/20
SOUND : 17/20
CONTROLS : 19/20
INTEREST : 17/20
FINAL NOTE : 90%

Rune Fighter ADK.

2 The about section :

This section will be in each guide i will product from now.

ABOUT MY ENGLISH :
I know it's an awful one, but it's the only one i have. Correct me if you wish
that's the best you can do. I am kind enough to warn you so don't expect i
answer to hate mails or to a question like : "Is this your first language ?".
Correct me if you wish that's the best you can do.

ABOUT MY E MAIL ADRESS :
Please write to me only for true questions. Most of the time, i know it by the
poor questions i received, you write to me just because you have seen my name
near the faq. You don't want to read my faq but you want a quick advice. Sorry
to say this but i'm tired of these mails.

ABOUT THIS FAQ :
This faq is basically dedicated to my own site and to gamefaqs. If you wish to
download it for your site, ask for the permission but it's not all misters and
misses webmasters. Think to update my faq because when i correct my english or
post an update with more informations, it's on gamefaqs but never on YOUR sites.

THE RESULT IS EASY TO IMAGINE :
I receive questions about things that are in an update and some people continue
to ask me when i will complete the faq of Skies Of Arkadia...
Conclusion : if you download my faqs, be sure to download the updates as you do
for an emulator. It will work better for everyone.

3 Descritption of buildings and units :

This section is identical to the one in my guide of "Order of Dawn". It is here
to help people who play the add on after a long time, just like me.

Human Buildings :

Woodcutter Hut : Allow to extract the wood, cost 40 woods.
Quarry : Allow to extract the stone, cost 30 woods and 20 stones
Mine : Allow to extract Iron, cost 50 woods and 30 stones
Hunting Logde : Allow to hunt animals for food, cost 50 woods and 10 stones
Fisher's Hut : Allow to fish for food, cost 40 woods and 20 stones
Forge : Allow to recruit fighters, cost 40 woods and 30 stones
Crossbow Tower : Shot arrows to ennemy to prevent them from destorying the
camp, cost 80 woods and 50 stones

Small HQ : Allow to increase the number of soldiers and workers, cost 50 woods
and 50 stones
There are 4 upgrades : once built give more 10 workers, 100 foods (15
soldiers), 200 foods (20 soldiers), 300 foods (25 soldiers), 400 foods (30
soldiers)

All these buildings need the small HQ :

Food Store : Allow soldiers to auto regenerate, cost 60 woods and 90 stones
Smelting Works : Allow to double iron production, cost 75 woods and 75 stones
Aria Shrine : Allow to extract Aria, cost 20 woods and 60 stones
White hand : Heal a soldier near it, cost 50 stones and 80 arias

Shooting Range : Allow to recruit archers, cost 150 woods and 150 stones
1 upgrade : double crossbow, cost 300 woods and 100 iron, the marksmen fires at
2 ennemies.

Temple of light : Allow to recruit clerics, cost 40 woods and 60 stones
1 upgrade : path of light, cost 200 irons and 100 arias, cleric receives a
shield and mana regeneration is increased

Medium HQ : cost 100 woods and 150 stones
There are 3 upgrades : give 10 workers once built, 1000 foods (40 soldiers),
1500 foods (50 soldiers)

All these buildings need the Medium HQ :

Academy : Allow to recruit casters and mentalists, cost 100 woods, 150 stones
and 100 arias
2 upgrades : Shock Wave, cost 600 arias, mentalist can cast shock wave on 3
ennemies simultaneously
Clarity : cost 400 arias, enchanter increases its mana regenration and reserve.

Master Armory : Allow to recruit paladins and armsmen, cost 150 woods and 200
stones
1 upgrade : Fire blessing : cost 250 irons and 250 arias, paladin receives a
fire sword and high resistance to fire magic.

Large HQ : cost 250 woods and 250 stones
4 upgrades : give 10 workers once built, 2000 foods (60 soldiers), 2500 foods
(70 soldiers), 3000 foods (80 soldiers)
Griffon Rider, cost 500 irons and 300 arias

Human Units :

Recruit, need a forge, cost 50 irons
Scout, need a forge, cost 40 woods and 15 irons
Marksman, need a forge and shooting range, cost 30 woods and 50 irons
Cleric, need a forge and a temple of light, cost 40 irons and 20 arias
Enchanter, need a temple of light and an academy, cost 65 arias
Mentalist, need a temple of light and an academy, cost 100 arias
Paladin : need a forge, temple of light and a master armory, cost 60 irons and
30 arias
Armsmen : need a forge and a master armory, cost 70 irons

Commentaries : The humans cost alot but their armies are strong. I regret that
the griffon rider is weak. A paladin with a fire sword is fantastic for melee.
I appreciate also the cleric who heals in battle, even if they don't have a lot
of mana to spend. The archer towers are inefficient and the archers not as good
as the one in Heroes of Might and Magic 3. This race is easy to control for a
debutant but you need aria for the best troops, and usually aria is rare. You
won't have many problems to reinforce your army with armsmen however.

Elf Buildings :

Woodcutters Hut : cost 40 woods
Gatherer Hut : Allow to extract berries, cost 50 woods
Hunting Lodge : cost 60 woods

Armory : 60 woods
1 upgrade : Shield, cost 300 woods, Warder receives a wood shield

Archer tower : cost 120 woods

Small HQ : cost 100 woods

All these buildings need the small HQ :

Lenyagatherer : Allow to extract the lenya, cost 80 woods
Forester : Allow to plant new tree in the area, cost 50 woods
Sawmill : Double the production of wood, cost 100 woods
Food Store : Allow soldiers to regenerate mana and HP, cost 150 woods
Frost Bringer : Throw iceballs to ennemies, cost 20 woods and 100 lenyas
Ailantery : Allow to recruit healers, cost 200 woods

Archery Hall : Allow to recruit windarchers, cost 30 woods
1 upgrade : Ice Strike, cost 100 woods and 200 lenyas, windarcher shoots ice
arrow and can freeze the ennemy and damage him.