The Grail | Campaign - Seeds of Discontent Heroes III HD Edition Guide
Last update: 11 May 2016
Key points of Heroes of Might & Magic III: HD Edition - The Grail mission - Seeds of Disconent campaign
Cities, which belong to the player from the very beginning of the mission.
An enemy garrison building - to get to the other side, you must first defeat the units garrisoned there.
Guard - "a" stands for the Guard Tent, while "b" indicates the Guard Tower, which can be passed after visiting the Guard Tent.
The entrance to the underground - "a" stands for the entrance itself, while "b" indicates the exit leading to the surface.
A mirror entrance - "a" stands for the entrance, while "b" indicates the exit.
Points of interest - visiting, or capturing it can make the mission a lot easier.
This icon represents the place, in which the player can complete the main goal of the mission - it can either be the task to seize an artifact, defeat a certain enemy, or simply capture a city.
This icon represents key mines, which should be captured in order to complete the mission.
Neutral cities, which can be captured.
Cities, which belong to the enemy player.
The first mission of this short, three-mission campaign. This is definitely the shortest, and the easiest campaign in the game - you can finish it in well under half an hour.
At the beginning you will have three options too choose from: Boots of Speed, 5000 gold or 4 Pegasi. The best choice is to take the Boots of Speed - Pegasi aren't anything special, and you won't be able to use the gold, because your starting city is very limited when it comes to buildings, and you will get most, if not all, of your troops from neutral dwellings. The goal of this mission is to acquire the Grail - you have two in-game months to do it.
Start of by building an Inn in your city and hire 1-2 additional heroes - they will be useful later during this mission. Transfer all your troops to Mephala and clear the surrounding areas from the neutral monsters. There are two "ambushes" here as well, in which you will be given a small amount of monsters. You won't have access to any units from your Rampart city, so you have to rely on numerous neutral dwellings - points from POI1 to POI13 represent the locations of those dwellings. Your castle development isn't important, but you can build up Mage's Guild and Marketplace in order to gain access to City Hall.
At the beginning of the 3rd week, transfer all your troops from your heroes to Mephala and order her to go through one of the garrisons (points G1 or G2 on the map), which you surely have already located. There are 15 Marksmen, 20 Archers, 10 Griffins, 20 Halberdiers and 25 Pikemen stationed at both garrisons, so you should be able to take them on without breaking a sweat. You should focus your attention on enemy shooters - eliminate them as fast as possible, with, for instance, your own shooters.
After breaking through the garrison capture the neutral Enchanted Spring (point POI10, or POI18, depending on your side) to recruit Pegasi and Dendroid Arches (POI11 or POI12) - you will have to defeat a group of Dendroid Guards, but they are extremely slow, so your shooters should be able to handle them without you losing any unit. Afterwards go East, until you reach the crossroads - go along the bottom one to reach a Hill Fort (POI14). Upgrade your units, take control over the next Enchanted Springs and Dendroid Arches near the second garrison and clear out the garrison itself, so that your heroes can move around freely.
Wait for a couple of rounds, recruiting all creatures waiting for you in the dwellings. At the beginning of the second month (or to be safer - second week of the second month) transfer all the units to Mephala, upgrade them at the Hill Fort and go North from the fort itself.
You will have to fight several powerful units hero - it's very important to lose as little forces as possible, because you will soon be fighting against two groups of Angels. You don't have access to most units from your city, so any lacks in power, or defense, must be made up with unit quantity - that is precisely the reason why I told you to wait for a couple of weeks to gather army. After you've defeated the Angels, you now only have to dig out the Grail - the above screenshot shows the location of the Grail (point Z1 on the map).
To dig out the Grail, your hero needs his full move - it means that you will have to wait a round in a place for your hero to be able to dig. Afterwards, click on the options icon (check the "Interface" section in case you can't find it - the icon looks like a flag) and select the option to Dig. As soon as you dig out the Grail, the mission will be over.