DRAGON SLAYER CAMPAIGN

The Dragon Slayer campaign involves the quest of the hero Dracon to become the world's greatest dragon slayer. This can be achieved by locating and slaying a specific azure dragon. To do this you must slay large amounts of other dragons including all the "normal" dragons and the "new" dragons - crystal, faerie and rust, as well as (oddly enough) a load of azure dragons.

This campaign is generally considered the hardest in the expansion pack, but I haven't played the final one (that can only be accessed after beating the main five) so I don't know. Since many people find this one so hard, I thought best to write a solution. It may not be the best and many may disagree with my tactics, but that is the nature of the game.

In most of the levels only the final kill counts. The rest are for experience, the treasure the guard or to clear the way. All of the levels are on a time limit, so unless you need to kill them don't go out of your way to do so.

BASICS

In addition to its difficulty putting people off, there are several other factors that reduce people's enjoyment of this one.

First of all, spells. This is a largely magic campaign and magic spells are random. If you don't get the right spells fairly early on the campaign will be considerably harder, maybe impossible. Since you only have one source of spells in the first level, you are best of making sure you get most of the vital spells in your first town (Camp Dracon). If you don't, restart and doing that a lot can put people off.

Second, quantity of opponents. There are several encounters where you meet insane amounts of enemies and have to use their own strengths against them. The sight of 3500 Naga Queens bearing down on your army leaves people thinking the campaign is impossible and so not worth their time.

Thirdly, time limit. Many people don't like time limits, as it is hard to tell until the last few weeks if you are going to make it. While you may have only seen a quarter of the level by a third of the time, you may or may not still make it. By the same token you could be playing for several hours and fail near the end due to time because of a decision you made near the start.

Fourth, character levels. Dracon is limited on character levels (8 in Level 1, 24 in Levels 2&3) means that after most fights the "can gain no more experience" appears, which makes obelisks and chests back-up hero only

That said, if you know roughly what you are doing and get the right spells fairly quickly, it is one of the best of the campaigns. I prefer it to the Armageddon's Blade campaign since I don't like the Conflux troops.

Stat enhancing locations (Star Axis, Mercenary Camps, Libraries of Enlightment) are the keys to success. Providing it won't use up too much time get every one of them. You will probably need them.

The spells that you will use a lot and I consider vital are:

Slow - Level 1 Earth
Blind - Level 2 Fire
Berserk - Level 4 Fire
Resurrect - Level 4 Earth
Town Portal - Level 4 Earth

Secondary selections that are useful, but not so vital (you will probably get them during the course of the campaign, but it isn't worth restarting if you don't)

Dispel - Level 1 Water
Chain Lighting - Level 4 Air
Implosion - Level 5 Earth
Magic Mirror - Level 5 Air

Anyway, on with the show...

This walkthrough was written by Lord Xar, a.k.a. Robert Dent.