OVERLORD II: where all the Dark Crystals are located. OVERLORD II: where are all the Dark Crystals? Return to Nordberg
There are thirty black crystals in total in the game. They are not enough to buy all the upgrades and make all the items, but if done correctly they will be enough to get all the trophies even without using multiple saves. Please note that the twenty-eighth crystal is very easy to miss, and if you miss it, you will have to completely replay the game to get it.
Netherword Tower (5)
1) In the throne room, behind the wall of the hall, go around it along the cornice on the outside of the wall. 
2) In the bedroom, behind the back wall. 
3) On the left side of the forge, where you improve the henchmen. 
4) In the lair of the henchmen. Walk across the bridge to the left of the Cemetery and turn right. 
5) In the henchmen's lair on the bypass path behind the brown hive.
Nordberg Sanctuary (1) 
6) Right after you go down the hill and leave the brown henchmen in front of the stream, cross the stream and turn left. You will see the lair of the gnomes, in which the legionnaire will sit, and behind him is the Dark Crystal.
Nordberg (2)
1) After you blow up the city gate using a minecart, take another one and send it into the city. It will fly past the place where the gate was and settle down near the stone blockage in which the crystal is hidden.
2) After you capture Nordberg, return to the city through Netherworld Gate 2. And go left, past the city hall, through the gate that leads to the northern part of the city, then turn left again, so that you end up in the backyard of the city hall. Go up and at the fork near the house turn right and between the trees at the very top you will find this crystal.
Everlight Reef (2)
1) Immediately after you find the red key - this crystal is easy to see on the island in the water, to the right of the path along which you climb up. Come back for it later when you have blue ones.
2) After you install the yellow key, you will go down to the beach with mermaids. After you go up the first flight of stairs you will find yourself on a small cliff, turn to the right and you will see a crystal on the edge of the cliff, send your minions to bring it.
Everlight Jungle (1)
Once in the northern part of the map (where you first find the green ones), you destroy two fat elves in the passage, turn right, you will find yourself on a small beach. The crystal will be in the first crevice on the right.
Everlight Facility (3)
1) When you move into the green one and enter the building, you will see the green ones’ lair, and immediately behind it there is a button for five, which opens access to the warehouse. In the warehouse you will find chests with gold and this crystal.
2) This crystal is easy to miss and easiest to get when you save the green lair. When you meet and free the first panda (in the north-eastern part of the map), then in the dark corner of the cage where the panda was sitting you can find a passage, follow it and after destroying the jugs you will come out to a crevice through which a log has been thrown. Cross the log and you will find a crystal, this place can only be reached when you are in the green body.
3) In the northern part of the map, when you free the two pandas, the crystal will be in one of the pandas' cells.
Everlight Temple Outskirts (1)
You will see this crystal when you exit the only gate that leads to this location, but to get it you will need spiders. Come back when you have them and pick it up.
Everlight Temple (1)
After you defeat the spider queen and take the elevator to the very top, immediately at the entrance to the room with the gate of the underworld, there will be a staircase to the top on the left. At the top there will be a switch for one that will open the door to the treasury, inside you will find chests with gold and a crystal.
Everlight Town (1)
To get this crystal you need blue ones. From the first gate of the underworld (the one with the chests and near the town hall), follow the road to the beach exit, when you find yourself on the beach, turn left and go to the small island. On it you will find a catalyst (if you have not already taken it) for magic, and in the far corner through a small passage you can get to the crystal, you will not be able to go there, so send minions into the passage and they will bring it.
Empire Harbor (1)
After disguised as Imperials you drive into a Ford with a catapult, then immediately at the entrance turn left and you will see a barrel with these crystals; unlike other barrels, it does not glow and is easy to miss.
Empire Heartlands (1)
In this location, having possessed a minion, you will need to destroy all the guard towers, in the end you will need to destroy two towers with the help of the Gigantor. Destroy the towers, then kill the Gigantor and a crystal will fall out of it. This crystal is easy to miss, since after destroying the towers you can simply leave without killing the Gigantor.
Empire Sewers (2)
1) Just before the gate of the underworld, you will need to brake the raft using a lever to make a bridge out of it. Return to this place when you have the blue ones, put them in the raft and drive it to the pier near the entrance to the arena. Then return to this place, go into the water and you will see a barrel with a crystal under the grate, send the blue ones to destroy it and bring you the crystal. If for some reason the crystal, after destroying the barrel, fell under the floor or got stuck, do not despair, re-borrow the level, and it will be in the barrel again.
2) After you complete the battles in the arena, go back and take at least twenty minions (of any type), and go to the room in which there is a wheel for six with which you removed four blue ones from the shelf. In the left corner there will be a button for twenty minions, step on it and a passage will open to two Exterminators. Kill them and there will be a crystal at the end of the passage.
Wasteland (5)
1) You can get this crystal as soon as you open access to the wasteland, just follow the road until you come to a large clearing and turn left. Here you will see a small cave in which there is a crystal; according to the map, it turns out to be almost under the gates of the underworld.
2) To get this and subsequent crystals in the wasteland, you will need blue ones. From the gate, follow the path, open the first door, go past the village of survivors, open the second door and you will find yourself in a destroyed village. In it, turn right and go up the stairs. In the right corner there will be a destroyed house inside of which you can find this crystal.
3) After the large flying stone and the second gate to the underworld, you will find yourself in a zombie village. Behind the barrier of planks will be the last team upgrade, and in the tent opposite it will be this crystal. It is almost impossible to miss, since you will go through this place twice during the story.
4) After talking with the fairy queen, Florian will open access to a large lake with blue magical liquid. The crystal is located in a small branch of the passage near the green poisonous exhausts.
5) At the very end of your journey through the wasteland, when you are running away from imperial soldiers, you will need to climb a large mountain under fire from archers. Once you reach the top of it, turn left and you will see this crystal. It's hard to pick up in the story, since archers will constantly shoot at you, but you can always come back for it later.
Wasteland Sanctuary Depths (1)
After you defeat the Salamander King and charge the tower's heart with all four crystals, you will need to go back. This crystal will be in a tunnel that leads from the large round room (where you first meet the salamanders) to the gnome village. It's almost impossible to miss.
Wasteland Sanctuary Town (1) (Missable!)
When you return to the famine with a charged heart, it will be under attack by imperial soldiers. Walk calmly until you reach a place where you will need to use two statues of the mother goddess to block yourself from the archers, go past them and you will come to a fork, the road immediately to the top is destroyed, and an imperial centurion will stand on the left. Turn to the right and you will see a staircase leading to the top, go up and destroy everything until you find a crystal (it is in a barrel that does not glow and is very easy to miss).
Attention: You will not be able to return to this city after leaving it in the story, so be sure to pick up this crystal. Otherwise you will have to replay the entire game to get it.
Empire Hills (1)
You need to appoint Kelda as the first mistress so that the wolves will be available in the final battle. After the second catapult (you will need to destroy three siege towers) you will find yourself in a narrow passage with six bombardiers, use their bombs to destroy the barricades and kill them. You'll see a small gap where there should be a bridge, but there isn't. Use the wolves to jump over it and take the crystal.
Empire City (1)
This crystal is located right in front of the entrance to the imperial palace, near the gate there are two stairs that lead to the walls of the palace, take the left stairs to the very top, turn left and go to the very edge of the balcony. Here you will find an unmarked barrel with the last crystal.
Life upgrades:
(1) Nordburg Town - next to the southern Netherworld Gate. You will find it by the time you get the first spell stone, right behind the wooden barricade.
(2) Everlight Reef - in the northern edge of the map, next to the northeastern Gate of the Underdark. Deliver the artifact to the ship and transport it to the central island with a more accessible central gate.
(3) Nordburg Town (Nordberg City) - frozen lake in the north. Use blue minions to carry the artifact onto the raft and transport it to the city portal.
(4) (Wasteland) - at the small magical pool next to the halfling zombie houses (northeast) there is a passage further along this pool to the artifact. If you came there to complete the quest to find the Heart of the Tower, then the endless magical slugs will stop respawning (will be replaced by endless hordes of zombies), so just use the blue minions to drain the pool and take the artifact.
(5) Hills (Imperial Hills) - destroy the barricade in the moat, passing further after using the second Underdark catapult. One of the side barriers leads to a health artifact. Unlike the nearby dark crystal, you don't need minions on wolves to get it.
Mana upgrades:
(1) Nordburg Sanctuary (Cave of the Nordberg Sanctuary) - near the statue of the Fairy Queen. Destroy the magic stone that falls from her statue and take the artifact to the Gate of the Underdark.
(2) Everlight Jungle - after you defeat the Spider Boss in the Temple, this artifact will be at the very top of your long climb to the top. Use Overlord to open a secret room. This secret room is also one of the best methods for getting money (especially by teleporting between the Temple and the second gate of the enslaved Nordberg).
(3) Nordburg (Nordberg) - get a hive of green minions and order the green ones to destroy the poisonous wall in the western part of the city. The passage will lead you to an artifact that was visible outside the Nordberg gate.
(4) Wasteland - near the place where the magical pools are scattered at the Gate of the Underdark, use red minions to go through the fire, bypass the magical pool and get the artifact.
(5) Wasteland Sanctuary - go to the gate with the blue minions. There is a pool northwest of the Underdark Gate in which this artifact is located. It's easy to miss him on the way there and back, especially since you fight the Salamander King on the way back.
Minion Totem Upgrades:
(15) - This is the initial horde size required to complete the game and is available immediately as soon as you start playing as an adult Overlord. Each additional command artifact you obtain will increase the horde size by 5 minions.
(20) - Nordburg (Nordberg) - next to the bridge, where the view of the city opens up and Gnarl remembers the city 13 years ago, shortly after you obtained the spell stone in Nordberg's Vault. Make sure that the minions with the artifact reach the gate after the scene with the spell stone ends, or you will not receive the upgrade (bug).
(25) - Nordburg - After receiving the red hive, you will be notified about the opening of the excavation site (and Borius, the fat mayor). Near the minecart tracks connecting the Underdark Gate and the excavation site is a pile of piled rocks that hides an artifact underneath. To get it, you need to stop the trolley at the turn of the rail track and order the red minion to light the explosives lying in it.
(30) - Everlight Reef - in the inner dock of the central island. Increase the speed of the ship to maximum and ram the stone blockage. The artifact must be transferred to the ship and delivered to the gate of the central island. To ram the blockage you will need an elven ship.
(35) - Everlight Town Resort - north of the Underdark Gate, where the spider icon is drawn on the map.
(40) - Empire Harbor - Near the Gate of the Underdark at the slave camp.
(45) - Wasteland (Wasteland) - in the northwestern part of the zombie settlement, right behind the rotating stone. This zombie settlement is located next to the entrance to the Vault.
(50) - Armor upgrade - Helm (Hell Helm) increases the size of the horde by five. This is the only way to recruit a horde of 50 minions.
Forge Stones (for weapon and armor upgrades):
Nordburg (Nordberg) - Behind the fire barricade in the part of the city where the first ballista is located. South-eastern part.
Everlight Jungle (Jungle of Eternal Light) - not far from the statue of a sitting goddess, next to the Gate of the Underdark.
Empire Harbor - On the ramparts in the fortress with a catapult.
Spell Catalysts:
(1) Nordburg Commune (Nordberg Community) - within the elven community.
(2) Everlight Temple (Perimeter of the Temple of Eternal Light) - next to the entrance to the sanctuary, where the blue key stone is located, where Fey sets a trap with the cave troll.
(3) Wastelands - Near the first halfling houses. In order to get the catalyst you need green minions.
(4) Everlight Town Resort - in the southern edge of the city you need to cross the water with the blue minions and take the catalyst from the island.
(5) Empire Heartland (Central Lands of the Empire) - in the villa of Senator Dreyrius.
(6) Empire Sewers - next to the Underdark Gate. In order to get the catalyst you need blue minions.
(7) Wastelands - in the southwest, at the top of the destroyed stairs near the shore of a large magical pool. To get to this pool you need blue minions.
(8) Wastelands Sanctuary Depths - After the destruction of the first sanctuary, the catalyst can be found next to the Gate of the Underdark.
(9) Empire Hills - behind the first catapult of the Underdark there is a tent that respawns soldiers and Gargantuan in a small clearing. The catalyst is nearby.
Dark crystals (regular ones drop randomly from magical creatures):
1 - Throne Room of the Tower, on the side balcony.
2 - location of the Minion Dwellings in the Tower. In a dead end next to a hive of blue minions.
3 - location of the Minion Dwellings in the Tower. Near the rope bridge near the red minion hive.
4 - personal chambers in the Tower. On the pointed balcony.
5 - Tower Forge, next to the giant bellows.
6 - Nordberg's Vault Cave. Near where you first find the red minions.
7 - City of Nordberg. After you have used explosives to open the gate to Nordberg, send the cart to the gate again and blow it up - a stone blockage on the side of the gate will open.
8 - Everlight Reef. There are flooded ruins near the red keystone, which the Overlord cannot reach due to the depth of the water. Get there with blue minions.
9 - Everlight Reef. After you have placed the yellow key stone on the pedestal, go down to the sandbank where a lot of fat mutant half-mermaids/half-fish-hedgehogs are hanging out. From the red and brown minion portals next to the yellow keystone, go down one flight of stairs down to the sandbank. Stop at the bottom of the steps, turn right and send minions after the dark crystal.
10 - Everlight Jungle (Jungle of Eternal Light). Find the green minions for the first time and after you pass two fat elves mowing down the Mother Goddess, go to the northern edge of the map and send the minions for the crystal along the shore of the deep bay to the end.
11 - Everlight Facility - in the northern edge of the Factory (ground level), west of the pandas. Use minions to push the platform.
12 - Everlight Facility (Eternal Light Plant) - eastern wing of the Plant. A cave that leads outside to some sort of waste disposal area.
13 - Everlight Facility - after using the possession stone and moving into the body of a minion, go to the small gate opened by five minions next to the green hive. The gate leads to a room with a crystal.
14 - Everlight Temple - in the secret room at the top of the temple after you have defeated the Spider Boss.
15 - Everlight Town Resort. Find the web next to the Underdark Gate. To get to the top, send green minions riding spiders there.
16 - Everlight Town Resort. Use the blue minions to get to the island where the spell catalyst is also located. Let them cross the small bridge to the end.
17 - Nordburg (Nordberg). Find the ballista in the northeastern part of the city, near where you defeated Borius and go north through the gate. At the end of the path where you started playing as a little Overlord there is a crystal.
18 - Empire Harbor. In the ground corner of the fortress with a catapult.
19 - Empire Heartland (Central Lands of the Empire). Kill the Gargantuan after destroying all the Guardians on the main road to get the crystal.
20 - Empire Sewer. Near the Underdark Gate. Next to the raft you used to cross the river, under the grate. Use the blue minions to drag the raft and send them to get the crystal.
21 - Empire Sewer. Next to the room where you used the crane to mine the four blue minions, there is a platform that requires 20 minions to tap.
22 - Wasteland (Wasteland). The nook directly north of the Underdark Gate (Gate 1). This crystal can be obtained when you receive blue minions.
23 - Wasteland (Wasteland). In the northwestern part of the map next to the zombie settlement, which is located next to the entrance to the Wasteland Vault.
24 - Wasteland (Wasteland). The northern zombie settlement is next to the magical pool where the artifact of life is located. The crystal is located behind one of the shacks.
25 - Wasteland (Wasteland). Near a large lake of magical "radioactive waste". The crystal is located in the northeastern part of the lake.
26 - Wasteland (Wasteland). While escaping from the Imperial forces, you will reach an S-shaped bend on a cliff. At the top of this bend pointing southwest there is a rise that can only be climbed by minions. The crystal is on the side of the road before where you slide down to the entrance to the Vault.
27 - Wasteland Sanctuary. On the way to the exit after destroying all four shrines, there is a red hollow where archers with fire arrows stand. Behind them is a path leading to the exit from the Vault. The crystal is right on the trail.
28 - Wasteland Sanctuary Town (one-time chance). On the way back to the Fairy Queen after destroying the shrines in the city, there is a place where the minions push two statues to protect the Overlord from the arrows of the archers. Immediately after this point, you will find a lone centurion at the fork of several stairs and alleys. Climb the stairs leading up to the elven lodge. The crystal is hidden there, among a pile of broken things. If you have already completed the quest about the Heart of the Tower and obtained the last Mistress, then you will not be able to enter this location again and take the crystal.
29 - Empire Hills. Behind the second Underdark catapult, next to the health artifact. Use the minions on the wolves to reach the platform across the moat.
30 - Empire City. On one of the ramparts at the gate to Solarius's palace.
This is a sequel to the parody humorous fantasy game. In it you will feel like a real Dark Lord, who lives in a dark tower and makes insidious plans to conquer the world. And, unlike his colleagues in the shop, he systematically brings them to life. The Lord is helped in this by his faithful minions, an arsenal of unique spells and... You.
On the way to world domination, the player will have to visit four unique locations (not counting the Underworld), shoot from a catapult and ballista, sail on a ship, find himself in the shoes of a minion (literally) and even find a beautiful wife... and more than one, and three at once!
If previously the player had to make a choice - “to be evil or very angry?” - then now the choice will be as follows: “to be an enslaver or a destroyer?” - two paths worthy of true Evil!
Game information
Wrote the script for the game Ryan Pratchett, daughter of the same Terry Pratchett, who came up with a cycle of satirical fantasy about Flat world. For the script of the first part she won the nomination Best Videogame Script, for the prize Writers Guild Awards 2008
So try to avoid plot details until you've completed the game yourself - otherwise you'll be cheating yourself out of the fun!
Genre:3rd Person Action Adventure Strategy
Platforms:
Xbox 360
PlayStation 3
Company New Disk released two versions of the game: the original English and completely in Russian. Don't confuse them!
Also, the Russian version exists in a gift edition which includes:
1) Game disc
2) User manual (37 pages)
3) Colorful art book
4) Poster (double sided)
5) Sticker “BURN! STEAL! KILL!”
It is worth noting that the Russian version is in no way inferior to the original English one. Which is not surprising, because despite the change of publisher, the localization team remained the same.
However, if you purchased the English version, then in order to play in Russian you will have to buy the Russian one - there are no plans to release an official Russian version.
An add-on has been released for Xbox 360 and PS 3 Battle Rock Nemesis, which can be downloaded from PSN for $5 or 400 MS Points on XBL.
It adds the Battle Rock arena to the game, where the Lord will face new bloody battles with numerous opponents, victories over which will allow him to upgrade the skills of the evil Lord, as well as receive new powerful artifacts. When playing on Xbox 360, winning boss battles can earn up to 100 achievement points.
At the moment, nothing is known about the release of the add-on on PC, as well as the release of new add-ons.
Overlord Series
On June 26, 2007, the first part appeared on store shelves. It was a wholehearted parody of the world-famous trilogy of J. R. R. Tolkien Lord of the Rings, as well as all other fantasy universes. Bright colors, amazing atmosphere and sparkling humor did their dirty work, hooking one and a half million gamers around the world to the game.
On November 20, 2007, the supplement was released. It seemed to the Dark Lord that the enemies he killed got off too easily, and now he descended underground, straight into Hell, to capture it and continue to take revenge.
Also by the company Climax Entertainment two console exclusives were released in 2009 Nintendo Dark Legend For Wii And Minions For D.S..
A game Overlord: Dark Legend is a prequel to the first part and tells about the turbulent youth of the Overlord, who was already a hooligan and controlled an airborne detachment of henchmen.
Well, the player will have to use the stylus to control five “elite” henchmen: Giblet, Blaze, Stench, Zap and their leader Gnarl.
Official Walkthrough FAQ
Attention: Spoiler!
Try to read the answers only to the questions that interest you!
Q: How to ram a ship?
A: While the ship is moving (holding the W button), often click the left mouse button. While we click, the ship accelerates - it is necessary that the “nitro” (displayed in the upper left corner of the screen, under the ship’s health indicator) is enough until the collision. You can accelerate shortly before a collision - it’s even more convenient.
Q: How to kill a giant spider?
A: Select a flower with shift (it grows near the wall), send a minion after it, don’t release shift. When the minion takes the flower, move the mouse to take the minion to one of those walls that have bars on it. The vile spider will crawl onto the wall we need , then with another minion we press the button on the floor in the center of the floor (the overlord will not be able to press it) - water will flow from the grates, a giant arthropod will fall to the floor with its paws up. We urgently begin to kill it, the minions help. After a while, it will still get up and scare us, will scatter the minions and climb up the wall again.We repeat the procedure (the number of simultaneously pressed buttons to drain the water will vary, but there is nothing complicated) until the reptile is completely destroyed.
Q: How to kill the salamander king?
A: If possible, we should throw it into the water. In the end, this will require cutting the supports of the bridge on which the salamander will ride.
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Q: How to get into a fortress in which you need to place a third catapult?
A: Behind the fortress, closer to the city walls, there is a stone and wooden fortification; it should be broken by throwing a stone at the overlord from an enemy catapult. Behind this fortification is a fire exit from the fortress.
Q: How to get to the closed parts of the city of Nordberg?
A: The red barrier will clear the fire barrier, the green barrier will clear the poison barrier. The blue ones will work as propulsion on the raft.
Q: How to get to the closed part of the city of Vsesvet?
A: Wait for the quest to pacify the rebellion.
Q: Which horses are better - wolves, spiders or salamanders?
A: Each type has its own pros and cons. In one of the locations you will not be able to take the crystal of darkness without wolves.
Q: Why doesn’t my character become kinder/angrier?
A: In Overlord 2 there is a distinction not between good and evil, but between destroyer and conqueror. In order to become a conqueror, you need to enslave all possible creatures, instead of killing them. In order to become a destroyer, you have to kill everyone in a row.
Q: How do I get blue to resurrect other minions?
A: You need to place the banner next to the dying ones and assign the required number of blues to it.
Q: How to properly use possessing a minion?
A: First of all, you need to assign minions to the squad, which will be led by the ruler infused into the minion. To do this, you need to direct your imperious gaze to the totem hand and left-click to assign it. The first one appointed will be the one into whom the residence will take place. Tip: Assign all available minions.
Compiler's note: only those minions that you sent to the totem hand to perform the ritual will go with you.
Q: How to properly dress up minions in enemy uniforms?
A: Select the desired tent with shift, hold down the left mouse button, wait until everyone changes clothes.
Q: How to properly use the Target spell?
A: Point your angry eyes at the loser, press Alt. If you press until you are blue in the face, he will die. If you don’t wait enough, he will become your slave. Forever.
Q: How to properly use the Minion spell?
A: Hold down Alt and hold down the left mouse button. If you press until you are blue in the face, you will absorb its life force, but the minion will die. If you don’t press it enough, throw it forward like a bullet, having previously loaded it.
Q: How to properly use the Halo spell?
A: Hold down the Alt, A and D buttons at the same time. If you press until you are blue in the face, there will be an explosion, the ruler will be at the epicenter. If you don’t get enough pressure, charge your horde, it will fight better because of it.
Compiler's Notes:
* - There are known cases when a player turned off the game without killing the salamander king. And when I turned it on and went to “continue,” it turned out that the passage was blocked by a stone. This is a bug. Return to the tower and activate the throne again. Next, choose not to continue the quest, but to teleport to a specific location.
** - You should not level up this spell if you want to conquer and not kill - otherwise the speed of the spell will increase and you will have less time to release Alt.
*** - It is best to use red ones to launch - they have a chance to set the enemy on fire when hit. Don't be afraid to upgrade your spell - this will make the blow more powerful.
How to become an enslaver or a destroyer 100%
As the game progresses, you will come across places where you will be offered a choice: “enslave or kill?” The ending of the game will depend on your choice, as well as the tendency of the spells, i.e. if you kill everyone, destruction spells will work better, and vice versa.
Owners Xbox 360 will also receive achievements.
Attention: Spoiler!
1) Kill or enslave Governor Borius using a target spell.
2) Kill or enslave 100 Nordberg citizens.
3) The task of freeing a ship that is stuck in the ice. There are two ways:
The first is to enslave the required number of inhabitants so that they melt the ice with explosives.
Second - use the red ones to set the oil on fire (always dreamed of it!); the heat will melt the ice and free the ship. This will be counted as "destruction".
4) Destroy or capture the elf community in Nordberg. Be careful, hold back the henchmen, otherwise they will kill everyone without you.
5) Enslave or kill the Governor of Eternal Light.
6) Enslave or kill 100 inhabitants of the City of Eternal Light. To do this, you will need to wait for the mission to suppress the uprising. Difficulties may arise with “conquering”: the elves throw bombs, and if these same bombs are brought too close to them, the elves will die. Be careful! At the end there will be an obstacle in the form of elves on a platform full of explosives... if you want to enslave them, do not take the red ones! Look around, on the left you will see a web, send the green ones there on spiders.
7) Kill or enslave Senator Drearius and his wife.
8) Kill or enslave the Yeti in the arena.
9) Kill or make your wife the Dark Queen of the Fairies. But even if you decide to kill her, she will still become one of your wives. (brrrrr...)
Collecting totems to increase retinue, health and mana
Increase in retinue:
1) Nordberg - in the place when you take the first spell from the gnomes, on the way to the city there will be a bridge on the right, and behind it a totem for increasing the retinue. However, there is a rumor that there is a bug due to which it may not be counted if you try to bring it to the gate before you bring the spell! I haven’t experienced this myself, but caution wouldn’t hurt.
2) Nordberg - where you break through the gate to the city using a trolley. Walking a little further, you will notice a blockage from which a totem can be seen. We go back and launch a new trolley. After it rolls towards the rubble, we set it on fire with the help of the red ones.
3) Reefs of Eternal Light - on one of the sides of the central island, there is a blockage. Punch it when you learn how to ram it with a ship, then load it onto the ship and take it to the nearest teleport.
4) Resort City of Eternal Light - located at the very northern end of the city, surrounded by spiders. There is even a “spider lair” icon on the minimap in this place.
5) Imperial Harbor - very close to the first portal, if you move from it to the changing tent, the totem will be on a hill to the left of the road.
6) Wasteland - after you pass the rotating flying stone, then there will be a zombie village, and behind it on the road there will be a totem.
7) If you buy two things for each of the three wives, they will invite you to their chambers and... After which they will give you a totem. True, for some reason it didn’t count for me.
Health Increase:
1) Nordberg - when the first portal to the tower opens, there will be a health totem behind it on the right.
2) Reefs of Eternal Light - in the north of the map there is a small island with a pier. Walk a little forward - the totem is guarded by a trio of elves. (Be prepared: the elves will try to ambush you on the way back!)
3) Nordberg - after capturing the city, in the north-eastern corner of the map you will find a lake with a raft on the pier. The totem is clearly visible from the pier, but you will have to wait until the blue minions appear at your disposal - they will push the raft to the other shore. You need to transport the totem on the raft to the nearest portal.
4) Wasteland - in front of the rotating flying stone, you must turn the wheel to open the next gate. The wheel is in a magical puddle and only blue ones can spin it. This magical puddle is in the shape of the letter “T”, though turned upside down for you. At the far end of this puddle is a totem.
5) Imperial Hills - after installing the second catapult, move further. You will find yourself in a trench that is being bombarded by grenadiers. The totem is clearly visible - just blow up all the obstacles with the help of the bombs thrown at you.
Mana Increase:
1) Nordberg Sanctuary - you won't miss it. After you break the fairy statue, there will be a huge blue crystal in front of you. Break it - inside is a totem.
2) Nordberg - with the help of green minions, break the wall stinking of green gas that covers the entrance to the western quarter of the city - go a little forward and to the left - you will find a totem.
3) Jungle of Eternal Light - After defeating the Spider and a long climb with the help of spiders pressing buttons, you will find yourself in a room with a treasury - in it you will find part of the totem.
4) Wasteland - despite the peculiarities of the terrain, in order to pick up part of the totem you need not blue minions, but red minions. Get to the gate, the approach to which is blocked by a large blue puddle. To the left of the gate there will be a descent, and the path will be blocked by jets of flame. Guide the Reds through the flames, avoiding the puddles, and take the totem.
5) Sanctuary in the Wasteland - move to portal 2. To the northwest of the portal to the tower there is a puddle in which this artifact is located - get it with the help of blue minions.
Collecting crystals of darkness
These crystals are used when forging armor and weapons, as well as when upgrading minions at the forge.
Note! Crystal number 28 can be skipped, and if you do this, it will be impossible to return for it.
Underworld (5)
1) In the throne room, behind the wall of the hall, go around it along the cornice on the outside of the wall.
2) In the bedroom, behind the back wall.
3) On the left side of the forge, where you improve the henchmen.
4) In the lair of the henchmen. Walk across the bridge to the left of the Cemetery and turn right.
5) In the henchmen's lair on the bypass path behind the brown hive.
Nordberg Sanctuary (1)
6) Right after you go down the hill and leave the brown henchmen in front of the stream, cross the stream and turn left. You will see the lair of the gnomes, in which the legionnaire will sit, and behind him is the Dark Crystal.
Nordberg (2)
7) After you blow up the city gate using a minecart, take another one and send it into the city. She will fly past the place where the gate was and stop near the stone blockage in which the crystal is hidden.
8) After you capture Nordberg, return to the city through the Second Gate. Go left, past the city hall, through the gate that leads to the northern part of the city. Then turn left again so you end up in the backyard of City Hall. Go up and at the fork near the house turn right. Between the trees at the very top you will find this crystal.
Reefs of Eternal Light (2)
9) Right after you find the red key. This crystal is easy to see on an island in the water, to the right of the path along which you climb up. Come back for it later when you have blue ones.
10) After you install the yellow key, go down to the beach with the mermaids. After going up the first flight of stairs, you will find yourself on a small cliff. Turn right and you will see a crystal on the edge of the cliff, send your minions to bring it.
Jungle of Eternal Light (1)
11) Once in the northern part of the map (where you first find the green ones), you destroy two fat elves in the passage, turn right, you will find yourself on a small beach. The crystal will be in the first crevice on the right.
Eternal Light Object (3)
12) When you take possession of the green one and enter the building, you will see the green lair, and immediately behind it there is a button for five, which opens access to the warehouse. In the warehouse you will find chests with gold and a crystal.
13) This crystal is easy to miss and easiest to get when you save the green lair. When you meet and free the first panda (in the north-eastern part of the map), then in the dark corner of the cage where the panda was sitting you can find a passage, follow it and after destroying the jugs you will come out to a crevice through which a log has been thrown. Cross the log and you will find a crystal, this place can only be reached when you are in the green body.
14) In the northern part of the map, when you free the two pandas, the crystal will be in one of the pandas' cells.
Outskirts of the Temple of Eternal Light (1)
15) You will see this crystal when you exit the only gate that leads to this location, but to get it you will need spiders. Come back when you have them and pick it up.
Temple of Eternal Light (1)
16) After you defeat the spider queen and take the elevator to the very top, immediately at the entrance to the room with the gate on the left there will be stairs to the top. There will be an activator that will open the door to the treasury, inside you will find chests with gold and a crystal.
City of Eternal Light (1)
17) To get this crystal you need blue ones. From the first gate (the one with the chests and near the town hall), go to the beach, turn left and go to the small island. On it you will find a catalyst for magic, and in the far corner through a small passage you can get to the crystal, you will not be able to go there, so send minions into the passage and they will bring it.
Imperial Harbor (1)
18) After disguised as Imperials you enter the fort with a catapult, immediately at the entrance turn left and you will see a barrel with these crystals, unlike other barrels it does not glow and is easy to miss.
Heart of the Empire (1)
19) In this location, having possessed a minion, you will need to destroy all the guard towers, in the end you will need to destroy two towers using the Gigantor. Destroy the towers, then kill the Gigantor and a crystal will fall out of it. This crystal is easy to miss, since after destroying the towers you can simply leave without killing the Gigantor.
Empire Drains (2)
20) Just before the gate of the underworld, you will need to slow down the raft using a lever to make a bridge out of it. Return to this place when you have the blue ones, put them in the raft and drive it to the pier near the entrance to the arena. Then return to this place, go into the water and you will see a barrel with a crystal under the grate. Send the blue ones to bring you the crystal. If for some reason the crystal fell under the floor or got stuck after destroying the barrel, do not despair, reload the level and it will be in the barrel again.
21) After you complete the battles in the arena, go back and take at least twenty minions (of any type) and go to the room in which there is a wheel for six with which you removed four blue ones from the shelf. In the left corner there will be a button for twenty minions, step on it and a passage will open to two Exterminators. Kill them and there will be a crystal at the end of the passage.
Wastelands (5)
22) You can get this crystal as soon as you open access to the wasteland. Just follow the road until you come to a large clearing and turn left. There you will see a small cave in which there is a crystal, according to the map it turns out to be almost under the gate.
23) To get this and subsequent crystals in the wasteland, you will need blue ones. From the gate, follow the path, open the first door, go past the village of survivors (I wonder what they ate for so many years?), open the second door and you will find yourself in a destroyed village. In it, turn right and go up the stairs. In the right corner there will be a destroyed house, inside of which you can find this crystal.
24) After the large flying stone and the second gate to the underworld, you will find yourself in a zombie village. Behind the barrier of planks will be the last upgrade of the retinue, and in the tent opposite it there will be this crystal. It is almost impossible to miss, since you will go through this place twice during the story.
25) After talking with the fairy queen, Florian will open access to a large lake with blue magical slurry. The crystal is located in a small branch of the passage near the green poisonous exhausts.
26) At the very end of your journey through the wasteland, when you are running away from the imperial soldiers, you will need to climb a large mountain under fire from archers. Once you get to the top of it, turn left and you will see this crystal. It's hard to pick up in the story, since archers will constantly shoot at you, but you can always come back for it later.
Wasteland Sanctum Depths (1)
27) After you defeat the salamander king and charge the tower's heart with all four crystals, you will need to go back. This crystal will be in the tunnel that leads from the large round room (where you first meet the salamanders) to the gnome village. It's almost impossible to miss.
Wasteland Sanctuary City (1) (Missable!)
28) When you return to the city with the charged heart, it will be under attack by imperial soldiers. Walk calmly until you reach a place where you will need to use two mother goddess statues to shield yourself from the archers. Walk past them and you will come to a fork, the road immediately to the top is destroyed, and an imperial centurion will be standing on the left. Turn to the right and you will see a staircase leading to the top, go up and destroy everything until you find a crystal (it is in a barrel that does not glow and is very easy to miss).
Attention: You will not be able to return to this city after leaving it in the story, so be sure to pick up this crystal. Otherwise you will have to replay the entire game to get it.
Imperial Hills (1)
29) You need to appoint Kelda as the first mistress so that wolves will be available in the final battle. After the second catapult (you will need to destroy three siege towers) you will find yourself in a narrow passage with six bombardiers, use their bombs to destroy the barricades and kill them. You'll see a small gap where there should be a bridge, but there isn't. Use the wolves to jump over it and take the crystal.
1. If you just started playing, collect everything you can collect, and don’t worry about the prohibitive number of brown henchmen - in the future everything will go away instantly.
2. Attack enemies, even small ones, in a crowd - this way they will quickly die, and a lot of henchmen will remain. In addition, many enemies who are attacked by a crowd of devils cannot attack themselves for a while.
3. Try to make sure that your henchmen are always with you. Very often they can get stuck somewhere so that you won’t be able to find them later, but at the same time they will take up space.
4. Upgrade your henchmen by picking up weapons and armor. A pumped-up squad of brown henchmen deals much more damage and has increased durability.
5. Take care of your upgraded squad!
6. You shouldn’t get hung up on upgrading your armor - you’ll still have to buy new ones later, otherwise you’ll only kill your henchmen in vain.
7. If you are looking for gold at the initial levels, then go to Mirkwood, to the temple to the left of Oberon's tree near the pond. There you will find many jugs, chests, etc. In addition, there are a lot of bugs that drop green and red life force.
8. If you have acquired a smelter where the eternal is being prepared, immediately buy yourself armor and a mace. The sword and ax do not hit much faster, but their blow is much weaker
9. Having bought a helmet, upgrade it with the most unnecessary henchmen (blue, for example), because the color does not matter for the helmet.
10. At the end of the game, if you need gold, run to the Ruborian Village. Not far from the gate there are plenty of chests, new weapons and gold. In one such run you can get 4,000 gold without spending even five minutes.
- If you killed all your henchmen, then know:
11. In the arena you can get any life force by killing beetles of the right colors, but the battle may seem difficult.
12. There is red life force on bugs at the gate to the Ruborian Desert.
13. Buraya is in the Ripe Hills near the village of Kutezh. There are sheep very close by, and if you go further towards the village, then to the left of it near the bridge there will be a corral with sheep.
14. Be careful with rams (these are sheep with large horns)! They can hang up a lone henchman, or even a couple! Attack them en masse and do not be too afraid of them; after all, a ram is also a sheep.
15. Blue life force is also present in the Ruborian Desert near the gates, in Dark Forest, wherever there is water with frogs, and in the Heavenly Abode, in the river.
16. When fighting Kahn (the huge psychopath), use the flame column spell to kill the flying eyes if they are too much of a nuisance and the fire henchmen are busy.
17. In the same battle, use only green and red henchmen - the rest are not needed.
18. Place all your henchmen (both green and red) on a post somewhere higher. When they spot an enemy (flying eye or Kana), the green ones will jump from above and start pounding, and the red ones will throw fireballs.
19. Blue henchmen are useless. You are forced to use them only when you need to get across water.
20. The color of the cloak depends on the choice of banner - a matter of taste, because changing the banner costs only 10 gold.
21. If you upgrade the sword with red henchmen, then it will acquire a red tint, if with green henchmen, it will become green, etc. This way you can get a Sith Lord or a renegade Jedi at your disposal.;)
23. The lord’s malice is reflected in his appearance. The more evil he is, the larger the spikes and horns on his back become. Good deeds get you nothing - that's a fact.
24. If you are facing a battle where enemies are available, and there is no fire, water or poison, feel free to take the entire detachment of browns for yourself. When pumped up, they are capable of taking down even a troll.
25. In a battle with a troll, send all your brown ones to the enemy, and as soon as the troll screams, immediately recall your servants - because now he will jump!
26. Unicorns are weaker than they seem. Their attacks will knock you and minions off their feet, and they will happily crush anyone who stands in their way. But! These attacks are very weak, and if you send a large crowd of pumped up brown ones at one unicorn, then you can kill it with virtually no losses.
27. Only one type of henchman can be sent against flamethrower gnomes - green ones. We put one green one behind his back, and he begins to break his flamethrower.
28. If you don’t have green ones, then provoke the gnome to attack, leaving your retinue in a safe place, and as soon as he starts reloading the gun, let everyone attack him. He won't be able to resist a crowd of brown people.
29. Worms in the Ruborian desert are dangerous concoctions. When first passing through the desert, do not dare to take henchmen with you. They will all be eaten. Either call from the next gate, or transfer separately - this way they run faster and have a better chance of surviving.
30. Worms are mortal. Proven. Take the egg and send the henchman with it into the desert. When the worm swallows the exploding bug, it will scream in pain. A couple of explosions and the worm is finished.
Good luck in your endeavors!
Life upgrades:
(1) Nordburg Town - next to the southern Netherworld Gate. You will find it by the time you get the first spell stone, right behind the wooden barricade.
(2) Everlight Reef - in the northern edge of the map, next to the northeastern Gate of the Underdark. Deliver the artifact to the ship and transport it to the central island with a more accessible central gate.
(3) Nordburg Town is an icy lake in the north. Use blue minions to carry the artifact onto the raft and transport it to the city portal.
(4) Wasteland (Wasteland) - a small magical pool next to the halfling zombie houses (northeast) has a passage further along this pool to an artifact. If you came there to complete the quest to find the Heart of the Tower, then the endless magical slugs will stop respawning (will be replaced by endless hordes of zombies), so just use the blue minions to drain the pool and take the artifact.
(5) Empire Hills - Destroy the barricade in the moat by moving on after using the second Underdark catapult. One of the side barriers leads to a health artifact. Unlike the nearby dark crystal, you don't need minions on wolves to get it.
Mana upgrades:
(1) Nordburg Sanctuary Cave (Cave of the Nordberg Sanctuary) - near the statue of the Fairy Queen. Destroy the magic stone that falls from her statue and take the artifact to the Gate of the Underdark.
(2) Everlight Jungle - After defeating the Spider Boss in the Temple, this artifact will be at the very top of your long climb to the top. Use Overlord to open a secret room. This secret room is also one of the best methods for getting money (especially by teleporting between the Temple and the second gate of the enslaved Nordberg).
(3) Nordburg (Nordberg) - get a hive of green minions and order the green ones to destroy the poisonous wall in the western part of the city. The passage will lead you to an artifact that was visible outside the Nordberg gate.
(4) Wasteland - near the place where the magical pools are scattered at the Gate of the Underdark, use red minions to go through the fire, bypass the magical pool and get the artifact.
(5) Wasteland Sanctuary - go to the gate with the blue minions. There is a pool northwest of the Underdark Gate in which this artifact is located. It's easy to miss him on the way there and back, especially since you fight the Salamander King on the way back.
Minion Totem Upgrades:
(15) - This is the initial horde size required to complete the game and is available immediately as soon as you start playing as an adult Overlord. Each additional command artifact you obtain will increase the horde size by 5 minions.
(20) - Nordburg (Nordberg) - next to the bridge, where a view of the city opens up and Gnarl remembers the city 13 years ago, shortly after you obtained the spell stone in Nordberg's Vault. Make sure that the minions with the artifact reach the gate after the scene with the spell stone ends, or you will not receive the upgrade (bug).
(25) - Nordburg (Nordberg) - After receiving the red hive, you will be notified about the opening of the excavation site (and Borius, the fat mayor). Near the minecart tracks connecting the Underdark Gate and the excavation site is a pile of piled rocks that hides an artifact underneath. To get it, you need to stop the trolley at the turn of the rail track and order the red minion to light the explosives lying in it.
(30) - Everlight Reef - in the inner dock of the central island. Increase the speed of the ship to maximum and ram the stone blockage. The artifact must be transferred to the ship and delivered to the gate of the central island. To ram the blockage you will need an elven ship.
(35) - Everlight Town Resort (Resort City of Eternal Light) - north of the Gate of the Underdark, where the spider icon is drawn on the map.
(40) - Empire Harbor - Near the Gate of the Underdark at the slave camp.
(45) - Wasteland (Wasteland) - in the northwestern part of the zombie settlement, immediately behind the rotating stone. This zombie settlement is located next to the entrance to the Vault.
(50) - Armor upgrade - Infernal Helm (Hell Helm) increases the size of the horde by five. This is the only way to recruit a horde of 50 minions.
Forge Stones (for weapon and armor upgrades):
Nordburg (Nordberg) - Behind the fire barricade in the part of the city where the first ballista is located. South-eastern part.
Everlight Jungle (Jungle of Eternal Light) - not far from the statue of a sitting goddess, next to the Gate of the Underdark.
Empire Harbor - On the ramparts in the fortress with a catapult.
Spell Catalysts:
(1) Nordburg Commune (Nordberg Community) - within the elven community.
(2) Everlight Temple Perimeter - next to the entrance to the sanctuary, where the blue key stone is located, where Fey sets a trap with the cave troll.
(3) Wastelands - Near the first halfling houses. In order to get the catalyst you need green minions.
(4) Everlight Town Resort - in the southern edge of the city you need to cross the water with the blue minions and take the catalyst from the island.
(5) Empire Heartland (Central Lands of the Empire) - in the villa of Senator Dreyrius.
(6) Empire Sewers - next to the Underdark Gate. In order to get the catalyst you need blue minions.
(7) Wastelands (Wasteland) - in the southwest, at the top of the destroyed stairs near the shore of a large magical pool. To get to this pool you need blue minions.
(8) Wastelands Sanctuary Depths - After the destruction of the first sanctuary, the catalyst can be found next to the Gate of the Underdark.
(9) Empire Hills (Imperial Hills) - behind the first catapult of the Underdark there is a tent that respawns soldiers and Gargantuan in a small clearing. The catalyst is nearby.
Dark crystals(ordinary ones drop out randomly from magical creatures):
1 - Throne Room of the Tower, on the side balcony.
2 - location of the Minion Dwellings in the Tower. In a dead end next to a hive of blue minions.
3 - location of the Minion Dwellings in the Tower. Near the rope bridge near the red minion hive.
4 - personal chambers in the Tower. On the pointed balcony.
5 - Tower Forge, next to the giant bellows.
6 - Nordberg's Refuge Cave. Near where you first find the red minions.
7 - City of Nordberg. After you have used explosives to open the gate to Nordberg, send the cart to the gate again and blow it up - a stone blockage on the side of the gate will open.
8 - Everlight Reef. There are flooded ruins near the red keystone, which the Overlord cannot reach due to the depth of the water. Get there with blue minions.
9 - Everlight Reef. After you have placed the yellow key stone on the pedestal, go down to the sandbank where a lot of fat mutant half-mermaids/half-fish-hedgehogs are hanging out. From the red and brown minion portals next to the yellow keystone, go down one flight of stairs down to the sandbank. Stop at the bottom of the steps, turn right and send minions after the dark crystal.
10 - Everlight Jungle (Jungle of Eternal Light). Find the green minions for the first time and after you pass two fat elves mowing down the Mother Goddess, go to the northern edge of the map and send the minions for the crystal along the shore of the deep bay to the end.
11 - Everlight Facility (Eternal Light Factory) - in the northern edge of the Factory (ground level), west of the pandas. Use minions to push the platform.
12 - Everlight Facility (Eternal Light Plant) - eastern wing of the Plant. A cave that leads outside to some sort of waste disposal area.
13 - Everlight Facility (Eternal Light Factory) - after using the possession stone and moving into the body of a minion, go to the small gate opened by five minions next to the green hive. The gate leads to a room with a crystal.
14 - Everlight Temple - in the secret room at the top of the temple after you have defeated the Spider Boss.
15 - Everlight Town Resort (Resort City of Eternal Light). Find the web next to the Underdark Gate. To get to the top, send green minions riding spiders there.
16 - Everlight Town Resort (Resort City of Eternal Light). Use the blue minions to get to the island where the spell catalyst is also located. Let them cross the small bridge to the end.
17 - Nordburg (Nordberg). Find the ballista in the northeastern part of the city, near where you defeated Borius and go north through the gate. At the end of the path where you started playing as a little Overlord there is a crystal.
18 - Empire Harbor. In the ground corner of the fortress with a catapult.
19 - Empire Heartland (Central Lands of the Empire). Kill the Gargantuan after destroying all the Guardians on the main road to get the crystal.
20 - Empire Sewer (Imperial Sewerage). Near the Underdark Gate. Next to the raft you used to cross the river, under the grate. Use the blue minions to drag the raft and send them to get the crystal.
21 - Empire Sewer (Imperial Sewerage). Next to the room where you used the crane to mine the four blue minions, there is a platform that requires 20 minions to tap.
22 - Wasteland (Wasteland). The nook directly north of the Underdark Gate (Gate 1). This crystal can be obtained when you receive blue minions.
23 - Wasteland (Wasteland). In the northwestern part of the map next to the zombie settlement, which is located next to the entrance to the Wasteland Vault.
24 - Wasteland (Wasteland). The northern zombie settlement is next to the magical pool where the artifact of life is located. The crystal is located behind one of the shacks.
25 - Wasteland (Wasteland). Near a large lake of magical "radioactive waste". The crystal is located in the northeastern part of the lake.
26 - Wasteland (Wasteland). While escaping from the Imperial forces, you will reach an S-shaped bend on a cliff. At the top of this bend pointing southwest there is a rise that can only be climbed by minions. The crystal is on the side of the road before where you slide down to the entrance to the Vault.
27 - Wasteland Sanctuary. On the way to the exit after destroying all four shrines, there is a red hollow where archers with fire arrows stand. Behind them is a path leading to the exit from the Vault. The crystal is right on the trail.
28 - Wasteland Sanctuary Town (one-time chance). On the way back to the Fairy Queen after destroying the shrines in the city, there is a place where the minions push two statues to protect the Overlord from the arrows of the archers. Immediately after this point, you will find a lone centurion at the fork of several stairs and alleys. Climb the stairs leading up to the elven lodge. The crystal is hidden there, among a pile of broken things. If you have already completed the quest about the Heart of the Tower and obtained the last Mistress, then you will not be able to enter this location again and take the crystal.
29 - Empire Hills. Behind the second Underdark catapult, next to the health artifact. Use the minions on the wolves to reach the platform across the moat.
30 - Empire City. On one of the ramparts at the gate to Solarius's palace.
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