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<u>Playing Condition</u> - this map is a gather and collect mission where you collect gold nuggets from around the stage and bring it to the Kobold King found in the center of the map. The map is dark, so the gold nuggets can be hard to see, but they do sparkle some. Once a nugget is given to the king at a lit up circle near his feet, a small brown gold bag will appear to represent that completed nugget. Each wave has a gold amount that must be collected to end the stage, and enemies will infinitely spawn. Each wave has a time limit that the gold must be collected and returned by or you will fail the incursion. Gold can be found in 12 or so hidden locations on the map, see the below map (pic coming soon), of which about 2-4 are generated at the beginning of the wave and a couple more nuggets will generate as the stage progresses. On wave 5, up to 7 hidden nuggets can spawn as the stage progresses. Gold is also dropped by special minibosses that constantly spawns called Golden Crystal Beasts (a large gold flair [[Witherbeasts|Witherbeast]]). Each of these minibosses will drop one gold nugget. You can only hold 1 gold nugget at a time, and must return it to the Kobold King within 20 seconds, or you will lose that nugget. If you switch heroes or die while you have a nugget, you will lose it. Once the required amount of nuggets has been given to the Kobold King, that wave will end. All dropped, held, and hidden gold nuggets will vanish at the end of each wave. Complete all 5 waves to win the incursion. All of the ground and air lanes will spawn normal Chaos 3 expedition enemies. This incursion assigns one mutator to each lane from the common pool of mutators. All normal minibosses can spawn, and will have a separate mutator, but will not drop any gold. Be careful not to place or aim defenses too close to a spawn point so that when the Golden Crystal Beasts drops the nugget, it falls outside of the spawn point and you can reach it.
Wave Requirements: Wave 1) 7 nuggets, 245 seconds; Waves 2-4) 9 nuggets, 270 seconds; Wave 5) 10 nuggets, 300 seconds.
<u>Playing Condition</u> - this stage is very similar to a Chaos 4 expedition of the same map, however a new enemy and stage mechanic involving Spectral Knights have been added. All air and ground lanes are the same as normal play. This incursion assigns two mutators to each lane from the common pool of mutators. All normal minibosses can spawn, and with separate mutators. Once each wave begins, at some point during the wave a Spectral Knight will spawn from any of the ground lanes. Spectral Knights are large, floating Squire-like ghosts that cannot be damaged by any weapons or stopped by any defense or barricade. They slowly move on the enemy path they spawn from directly towards the crystal, and do not stop until they get there. Once there, they attack the crystal doing 500 points of damage a second, which is relatively a small amount. They do not harm any defenses or heroes. Each Knight is colored Red, Green or Purple and when they spawn the game message will tell you what color they are, and the message text will also be in that color as well. The Knights are not shown on the mini-map, but are represented on the actual map by a skull and crossbones icon of the same color that they are. Keep this in mind as you cannot tell by looking at the map how close they are to the crystal.
To fight the Knights, you must use an environmental mechanism found on only this stage. Under the center of the map, there is a lower level in the shape of a horseshoe, that exits out at each of the 3 major spawn sections. On either side of each exit inside the horseshoe, you will find an altar with a sword, with 4 total altars. You can interact with the altar, which cause it to change color from red, to green, and then purple - always in that sequence. To vanquish a knight, you must set all four altars the same color as the knight you want to vanquish. Once all 4 are the same color, approach any of the 4 altars to receive a color debuff, as shown on the screen as an attack symbol in the color of the altar, and it will last 45 seconds. You should get it automatically when you set the 4th altar, but you can reset the 45 sec timer at any time by just approaching any of the 4 altars. Each knight floats in the air, but has an aura underneath it as a large colored circle. To vanquish the Knight, simply place your hero inside of that circle, or jump into the Knight, while you have a debuff that matches the same color. If successful, the Knight will vanish and a message will say "The Spectral Knight has been cleansed". You will lose the debuff once a Knight is vanquished, so if you have another Knight of the same color you also want to vanquish, you will need to approach one of the 4 altars again, and then approach that Knight. You can only carry one color debuff at a time, so if another Knight of a different color is also on the map, you must set all 4 altars to that color, get the debuff, and go inside its aura to vanquish it. The debuffs do not stack, and you will lose your current debuff if you switch heroes or die after acquiring it.
The amount of Knights that spawn, when they spawn, and what color they spawn as are all random, but spawn rates do increase in frequency as you advance to each next wave. At the end of each wave, all 4 altars reset back to no color. You can interact with altars on the building phase, so it can be helpful to set one color before the wave starts. Each wave ends when the total amount of enemies are destroyed, and there is no requirement to cleanse any knights. All Knights on the map will vanish when the wave ends. Slow spawning enemies, slow moving minibosses, or stuck units can make the match continue on, so ensure to clean-up all units quickly to bring the wave to an end. It can be faster to clean up units, rather than adjusting 4 altars and debuffing a knight, so plan a strategy to finish each wave accordingly. The Knights do not damage the crystal very much, but several Knights can multiply the effect, so keep an eye on them. A Knight may spawn after the map is over, but it is of no consequence if it does.
<u>Playing Condition</u> - this stage is very similar to a Chaos 4 expedition of the same map, however a new Boss, enemy, and stage mechanic have been added. All air and ground lanes are the same as normal play. This incursion assigns two mutators to each lane from the common pool of mutators. All normal minibosses can spawn, and with separate mutators. Gnash the Flame Lance (large [[Berserker_Orc|Berserker]] miniboss) will often spawn at the beginning of any wave. This is a Boss stage fight against the Demon Lord. Each wave will spawn infinite enemies until a third of his health has been taken away. There are 3 waves, and the stage is won when the Demon Lord is defeated. At the start of the round, you cannot attack the Demon Lord, but he will attack you. He will Ignite you causing fire damage over time, and this attack hits all heroes and is unavoidable. Having a way to heal your hero is highly recommended on this stage. The Demon Lord will also repeatedly throw lava balls at or near each hero, that have a slight homing quality to them, and do splash damage when they land. This attack will hurt your towers and the crystal, so be mindful of where you are standing, and be prepared to dodge. The lava balls he throws at you can also snap you out of a jump animation, and can cause you to fall to your death if you are over a lava pool when you are hit by one.
In order to damage the Demon Lord, you must stun him. Once each wave begins, at some point during the wave a Lava Guardian will spawn from any of the ground lanes at random. A white exclamation mark will be shown above the area he will spawn from, but will vanish once he actually spawns, and no icon showing their location will exist after that. These units will spawn repeatedly over time, but are spaced out in frequency. Upon defeating a Lava Guardian, it will drop a lava ball on the ground. This is a Hero debuff that you can acquire by having your hero touch it. Once you touch a lava ball, it will vanish and you will see a lava ball debuff icon on your screen, and the hero will have a red glow to them. There is no timer on this debuff, and you can only carry one lava ball debuff at a time. More than one lava ball can be on the ground at one time. If you swap heroes once you have the debuffor die, you will lose it and need to get another lava ball. The lava balls the Demon Lord throws do not end up as debuffs on the ground in any way. Once you have the debuff, return to the area where your hero spawned when the map started, also where you spawn when your hero dies. In that room, there is a hallway on the side that leads up some stairs to a long rampart that oversees most of the map. On that rampart you will notice a catapult. If you approach the catapult while you have the lava ball debuff, the debuff will be removed from you and a lava ball will then become loaded into the catapult for use. When the debuff is removed, all existing lava balls on the map are also removed at that time. Before you use the loaded catapult, jump onto it. You cannot stand on the actual lava ball, but you can stand on the catapult where the ball is, and the graphics will just overlap. You can then activate the catapult, which will then also launch you with it. The lava ball will stun the Demon Lord. When you activate the catapult, a lightning debuff symbol will appear on the screen for 20 seconds, representing the total time the Demon Lord is stunned for, however, he must first fall down in range to be hit, and you cannot do any damage to him until his health bar shows up on the top of the screen. The actual time you have to damage him once he is in range is about 13 seconds. This is why you want to stand on the catapult, as it will launch you at the Demon Lord, and put you quickly within range. When you get launched, you can move your hero in mid-air. Try aiming to land to the left of the Demon lord, near the Western double spawn point, so that you do not land on any lava patches and die. The Demon Lord will always fall over in the same location, and he can be damaged by any defenses you build that are within range. Once the debuff timer is up, the Demon Lord will rise up again, and you will need to get another lava ball and stun him again. This process will continue until you lower his health to by one third. Once you lower his health by that much, that wave will end. When the wave ends, all lava balls and debuffs will be removed. On wave 2, repeat the exact same process until you lower his health by another third, to end that wave. On wave 3, you must then get his health to zero to win the wave and the stage.
<u>Playing Condition</u> - this stage is very similar to a Chaos 5 expedition of the same map, however a new miniboss, enemies, and stage mechanic have been added. This incursion uses no mutators. All ground lanes are the same as normal play, but with higher Dark Assassin spawn rates, along with periodic Dark Prophet spawns. All normal air lane enemies have been eliminated and have been replaced by Altar Assassins. In the center North of the map is a raised rectangular area with a coffin surrounded by 4 pillars - this is the Altar and the stage Boss. The stage has 4 waves, and one of the pillars of the Altar is the Boss of each wave. The Altar will be motionless and does not do anything at first. As play commences on the first wave, the ground spawns will all commence with their schedules. The air lanes will produce a set number of Altar Assassins each wave. Altar Assassins are a version of the Dark Assassin that is invulnerable to any attacks. They do not latch onto the hero, and instead follow their air lane to the crystal, and then slowly hunt the hero down. If you come near one, it will aggro the hero, and begin following you and not go to the crystal. They do not attack the crystal, so their is no need to try and stop them on their path. They do not intentionally attack any defenses, however they will sometimes aggro a barricade on their path, so all you need to do is come near one and it will then aggro you the rest of that wave. When attacking you, they can damage what you are next to, so be mindful about standing on the crystal or next to a defense. They are covered in a dark skin flair while they are invulnerable, and can be seen on the minimap as a air enemy icon. While you cannot damage then, you can still attack then, and all elemental and crowd control effects can be applied. While you can Ignite and Poison them, it will do not damage. However, Slow, Stun, and Freeze will be applied and will have an effect. Defenses do not target these enemies, but they will be affected by any attack they are in the path of. This means that Tower based defenses are hard to hit them with, but Aura based ones are much easier to do so. Altar Assassins want to hunt down and attack the hero, and will follow you the entire wave. They move slow, and their attacks also push your hero slightly and will move them. You cannot pass through or jump through them, as since they are a low hovering flying unit, that can make getting around them a tad tricky at times. Be careful not to stand in a corner or next to a ledge when they attack you, as they can push you over the side or you can get trapped by them. To lead them away, just go stand anywhere else and wait for them to follow you. The stage has 4 waves, and each wave is over when all Altar Assassins have been defeated. To stop and ultimately kill a Altar Assassins, you must first Defeat one of the Pillars from the Altar. As play commences on the first wave, the ground spawns will also intermittently produce Dark Prophets (an enlarged version of a [[Warboars|Warboar]], with light grey skin flair) on random lanes, but usually a different one each time cycling through the 4 lanes. A white exclamation mark will be shown above the area each will spawn from, but will vanish once it actually spawns, and no icon showing their location will exist after that. Once defeated, the Dark Prophets will drop a purple book on the ground. Collect the book, which will show as a light grey debuff icon on your screen, and your hero will glow purple. Once you have a book, take it to the altar by simply touching the coffin anywhere with your hero. If you switch heroes or die, the book debuff will be lost. You must collect and bring 4 books to the altar to activate the next step. The altar will display a message after each book is given successfully, and you can also see them placed on each corner as you progress. The system will announce when the Ritual can take place, which will be immediately after the 4th book is placed. To activate the Ritual, you must interact with the coffin. When you do this, you will call forward a Dark Realm Statue miniboss that is located in place of one of the 4 pillars, with the SE, NE, NW, SW pillars always activating in that order. The Dark Realm Statue does not move from its location, but will attack you along with the never stopping Altar Assassins. The ritual only lasts 10 seconds. When the ritual is activated, the entire altar area is covered in a purple glow. If the Dark Realm Statue is not defeated during the ritual, it will vanish and any heroes inside the altar area will be killed instantly. You will then need to collect 4 more books to summon it once again. Once you summon it again, the Dark Realm Statue will have the same meaning health as when it disappeared. When the Dark Realm Statue has been defeated, all of the Altar Assassins on the stage will lose their dark skin flair and can then be damaged and killed. Each wave is over once all Altar Assassins have been defeated. Once wave 1 is over, on wave two you will face the next Dark Realm Statue miniboss from the next pillar. Defeated pillars will be broken in half afterwards. On Wave 1, 3 Altar Assassins will spawn. On Wave 2, 4 Altar Assassins will spawn. On Wave 3, 6 Altar Assassins will spawn. On Wave 4, 8 Altar Assassins will spawn. There are also a stage mechanics that have been added to this incursion to assist you.