As Illuminar, the sorcerer of good, you must defeat the evil Necromancer, Tetragorn. But to do so, you must progress through three challenging screens of five levels each.
On the first screen, reducing your strength points to zero as you plant trees and protect them from ogres advances you to the next screen. On the second screen, you need maximum strength to crush spider eggs and avoid increasingly faster spiders as they hatch. Finally, at Tetragorn’s lair, you must push over all the headstones while avoiding the Necromancer’s fire to reach the end of the game.
The Forest Your object in the forest is to plant as many trees as possible, so you can use them for crushing spider eggs on later screens. On this screen it is best to stay on level 1 and collect all the seeds that you might need—about 30 to 40—before you plant any trees.
Forest Screen. A tree should have been planted in the lower right corners and the one in the upper right should have been protected until it was fully grown.
Start planting your trees in each of the four corners of the screen. Once you plant a tree, protect it with your wisp until it is fully grown. Fully grown trees in the corners will protect other trees planted between then from the ogres.
The game action heats up when you plant trees, so you must plant them quickly! You will need 400 to 500 strength points to plant all your trees. If your strength drops below 400, quickly plant the rest of your trees. Once you have a good number of trees planted, reduce your strength to zero as fast as possible.
The Vaults Your strength is very important in the vaults. Try to keep it at the maximum of 1000 points as you travel through the five levels. Crush as many spider eggs as you can with the trees, and avoid the hatched spiders at all costs.
The first thing you should do on each level is to grab a mystery on the top platform and then on the bottom platform, which gives you an escape route to the next level. The best place to battle with a spider is on the lower platform near your trees.
Vaults Screen. The top mystery should be grabbed to provide an escape route.
The spiders hatch and move so fast on levels 4 and 5 that it is best to leave those levels behind as quickly as possible.
Tetragorn’s Lair Pause the game at the beginning of each level and take some time to plan the quickest route through the Headstones. Go for the closest Headstone and the largest cluster of Headstones first.
Since the screen quickly fills with spiders, your best bet is to cut a small pathway in front of you with your wisp by repeatedly pressing the fire button. To survive a given level, you must hit Tetragorn with your wisp at least a half dozen times.
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