The Dark Priests

The Dark Priests

Rumour has it that a couple of dark priests are performing dark rituals. Very dark rituals. There have even been several cats reported missing recently. Understandably, your citizens are more than a little concerned about this. They have turned to you for help and are willing to give what they have in order to compensate you for your efforts.

General Information Type: Experience Players: 2 Difficulty: 3 Duration: 2 days XP: 5975

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Description

A fairly easy map that requires moving your camps right from the start to give direct attack routes to the Leaders Camp and avoid a lot of costly battles.

Along with Witch of The Swamp it should be a staple XP farming map for any player. You will find this map rather often when you do short adventure searches and is fairly cheap to purchase from the trade system.

Availability

Level: 26
Merchant: N/A
Adventure Search: Short (?.??%), Medium (?.??%)
Trade: ~  80-90

Maps

Map of The Dark Priests

Camp Sequence Guide

Requirements

General Type	Requirements
									Total
Normal General (200 troops)	299-879	0-18	0-11	199-258	0-140	100	0-48	0-50	598-1504
Lord Dracul (200 troops)	???	???	???	???	???	???	???	???	???
Master of Martial Arts (220 troops)	257-420	0-28	-	212	-	170-176	0-195	-	639-981
Veteran General (250 troops)	291-594	0-37	-	249-269	0-90	195	0-138	-	735-1323
Major General (270 troops)	286-563	0-37	-	260-302	0-90	195	0-138	-	741-1325

Achievements

Name	Requirements	Trophies	Reward
Fast Ritual	Complete "The Dark Priests" in less than 8 hours	40
Hex of Speed	Complete "The Dark Priests" in less than 2 hours	100	150
Incorruptible Minds	Complete "The Dark Priests" while only losing Recruits	100
Close-Up Blessings	Complete "The Dark Priests" without using any ranged units	80

Guide

Refer to the Combat page for more information.
Generally, the lowest quantity/cost troop combination is listed but higher cost/value troops can be substituted to boost the odds toward losing 1-2 less troops. So use of elite soldiers, longbowman and crossbowman is at your discretion but most likely will not change the outcome very much depending for any particular battle. Likewise, more troops than listed can be sent if capacity of the general permits but in most cases will not affect the outcome.
Additional guides for The Dark Priests available here.

Sector	Enemy	Attack With	Average Losses	Map Area
Sector 1	Move immediately to the entrance of Sector 3. You can take out both Sector 1 Leader and start the assault on Sector 3 from here (see map).			Block
	10 20 (Can be blocked)	18 40	15
		12 28	11
		No additional advantage, use basic general option(s) above
		No additional advantage, use basic general option(s) above
	Skunk 10 20 20	40 100	33
		37 163	30
		20 170	16
		40 195	32
		No additional advantage, use veteran general option(s) above
Sector 2	Move as far NWW as possible so your general is near the entrance to Sector 2. Note: You can skip the second camp (30 Priest + 30 Shadowsneaker) and just send 60 Recruits + 140 Soldiers against the third camp (30 Cultists + 20 Shadowsneaker + 10 Firedancer). This will take out both camps, saving you a few minutes for no extra loss.
	30 40	5 1 194	4
		3 1 196	3
		1 194	0
		1 249	0
		No additional advantage, use veteran general option(s) above
	30 30	32 30	32
		Alternate: 1 109	18
		17 8	16
		No additional advantage, use basic general option(s) above
		No additional advantage, use basic general option(s) above
	30 20 10	27 63	26
		Alternate: 1 199	12
		17 33	15
		27 63	26
		No additional advantage, use veteran general option(s) above
	Church Swamp Witch 40 20 30	80 11 1 50 58	80 6 14
		Achievement: W1: 92 W2: 200 W3: 110 90	W1: 92 W2: 200 W3: 107
		W1: 92 W2: 44 176	W1: 92 W2: 44
		Alternate: 65 10 145	58 6
		65 95 90	61 12
		Alternate: 50 100 40 60	45 12
		Alternate: 108 20 102	106 13
		Alternate: W1: 92 W2: 45 95 100	W1: 92 W2: 42 12
		Achievement: W1: 92 W2: 121 129	W1: 92 W2: 106
		62 1 90 117	58 12
		Alternate: 47 1 40 60 122	44 12
		Alternate: 108 20 102	106 13
		Achievement: W1: 92 W2: 92 178	W1: 92 W2: 90
Sector 3 (Optional)	Defeating the two leader camps to the left and right of the dark castle is not required to complete the adventure. But defeat them for maximum XP reward.
	60 20	16 1 183	15
		14 1 185	13
		7 1 212	6
		11 239	9
		9 1 260	7
	25 25 10 30 545 xp	55 70	52
		Alternate: 7 1 192	6 15
		39 41	35
		Alternate: 210	15
		55 70	52
		Alternate: 1 249	15
		No additional advantage, use veteran general option(s) above
	30 10 50 620 xp	62 48	58
		Alternate: 1 199	18
		48 17	42
		No additional advantage, use basic general option(s) above
		No additional advantage, use basic general option(s) above
Dark Castle	Dark High Priest 40 40 40	W1: 134 W2: 23 1 140	W1: 134 W2: 23
		Alternate: 133 1 18 48	130 12
		Alternate: 136 1 50	133
		Achievement: W1: 108 W2: 114 86	W1: 108 W2: 111
		71 1 18 110	69 12
		Achievement: 124 86	119
		83 1 17 138	83 12
		Achievement: 136 99	133
		No additional advantage, use veteran general option(s) above
Total Average Losses			283-853 0-12 0-6 0-77
			233-396 0-18 0-15
			268-555 0-25 0-57
			265-537 0-25 0-57

Video Guides

The Dark Priest lvl36+, 1 BH General, 2 Blocks

The Dark Priest lvl36 , 1 BH General, 2 Blocks

Blocks

• Note: A player can use the blocking technique on the first camp (either type A or B) to allow second general to kill leader camp. By doing so, you will save between 14R-15R (using block A and B respectively):

Block A) - You will need to place your generals as can be seen in the picture. Once both generals are ready to attack (units assigned: general A with 1R and general B with 40R+160S or 200R), attack camp A (20thug and 10 Dogs) with general A. Wait for 5 - 7 seconds and then immediately send general B to attack camp B (Skunk, 20 Thug, 20 Ranger, 20 Dog).

Block B) - Use the same placement as block A, but you 'MUST use a normal general as general A, 'and veteran general as general B. Unit assignments are:

General A: 18R 40S -> camp A 20 Thug, 10 Dog

General B: 90R 160S -> Skunk, 20 Thug, 20 Ranger, 20 Dog

Send general A to camp A, wait 5- 7 seconds and then immediately send general B. What should happen is that your general A will battle camp A before general B get intercepted. This will allow general B (your veteran general) to attack directly to leader camp, and destroy the camp before general A kills camp A. The result would be both camps will be destroyed and sector 1 cleared, with general A and his units left untouched. (No unit lost nor injured general).

Other Guides

Minion79's Crossbow Map Minion79 has created a great map which shows troop numbers to use for each camp when using a Veteran with Crossbows.

Enemies

The following enemies are found in the The Dark Priests adventure:

Rewards

Dark Priests Loot