Recreation of the map "Zanfa's Challenge" from HOMM IV into HOMM III HOTA
-DD, Fly banned.
-Resurrect, Town Portal, Berserk, Armageddon and summon boat can be obtained from the map.
Eagle eyes artificats are disabled, but they can be gained from quest huts and can be traded for other ressources (like an another in game money)
Zanfas is one of the richest and most respected men, but he has no heir. So he has organized a challenge and invited various renowned adventurers to take it on. The goal is simple: defeat your enemies and conquer the island of Zanfas. The winner will become the heir to the richest empire.
Author: Wadmooddeer (Phoenix, United States), 08-12-2024 01:13 Like Keep up remaking the remaining Heroes 4 maps for HotA - Zanfa's Challenge Heroes of Might and Magic IV maps not yet remade for Heroes of Might and Magic III:
- Main Maps -
A Land without a King
A Tale of Two Enemies
Ancestral Home
Bandits of the Rifen Maze
Barbarians from Below
Beebee and the Three Pigs
Beyond the Lake
Boring's Mountain
Chasing Reptiles
Conquest of Four Lakes
Cross Island
Danger in the Trees
Death from Above
Demonary of Doom
Dog Days
Dungeon Crawl
Escape from Biggun's Playground
Field of Life
Fire and Ice
Forest Frenzy
Gold Rush
Gory Days
Griffin's Gold
Gulf of Nayr
Harpy Horde
Harpy Horde (Allied)
Head of the Dragon
Hell Hath No Fury
Horseplay
Ice Age
In War with the In-Laws
Jester's Revenge
Just Another Mine War
Knight's Gauntlet
Knight Time
Land of our Forefathers
Land of the Lamp
Last Man Standing
Lucky Charm
Mage Realm
Magic Middle
Magic Middle (Allied)
Magic Plains
Manifestations
Maranthea's Isle
Marauders of the High Seas
Midnight Mayhem
Nature's Revenge
Nefilis's Rescue
Parental Guidance
Petty Claustrophobia
Return of the Devil
Revolution
River Crossing
Rock and a Hard Place
Run! Cronx is Coming!
Sandstorm
Sanral's Charge
Sea Politics
Search for the Old Heroes
Search for the Old Heroes 2
Siren's Song
Sisters of Might and Magic
Six Lords at War
Skull and Crossbones
Straight of Sharks
The Beowulf Tales
The Dragon's Wrath
The Great Wumpus Hunt
The Main Road to Victory
The Ultimate Mug of Ale
Three Queens
Turtle Island
Unhappy Times
Uninvited Guest
Valleys of the Damned
Valleys of the Damned (Allied)
War Chest
Wheel of Misfortune
Wheel of Misfortune (Allied)
Witch Hunt
Wizard City
- Contest Maps -
Black Jack
Cat and Mouse
Dannte
Diaspora
Final Grounds
Heart of Winter
Internal Conflict
Peasants Revolt
Season of Sorrow
Seven Steps To Glory
Shadows In Forest
Split Personalities
The Desert and the Jungle
The Eye of the Beholder
The Four Horsemen
The Middle
The Pains of Glory
The Pass
Vengeance of the Undead
Who First
Hope you can remake the remaining maps for Horn of the Abyss very soon.
Author: guest273, 13-10-2024 19:45 Like I also meant to give it a thumbs up, but looks like it didn't register! - Zanfa's Challeng I also meant to give it a thumbs up, but looks like it didn't register!
Author: guest273, 13-10-2024 19:45 Like I also meant to give it a thumbs up, but looks like it didn't register! - Zanfa's Challeng I also meant to give it a thumbs up, but looks like it didn't register!
Author: guest273 (Latvia), 13-10-2024 19:41 Like Cool Map! I played it, I liked it! - Zanfa's Challenge Hey there Bombastik!
guest273 here!
3 Weeks ago I played your remake of Zanfa's Challenge map in Heroes 3 from the Orange Stronghold perspective on stream: https://www.youtube.com/live/sRE9Kg6lajk
I noticed that a few objects were inaccessible, as can be seen in the image.
Personally I feel like there was more incentive to go and defeat all enemies then there was to explore the middle island as it was pretty heavily guarded. This problem could be solved if there was less Risk in the middle, but more reward!
I also feel like the placement of the Town Portal spell was a bit disadvantageous to some players much more than others! This could be solved by moving Town Portal to be accessible from the middle island!
Overall I still liked the map and would recommend it!
Author: Jeff (United States), 03-10-2024 19:34 Like Thanks for making it! - Zanfa's Challenge I enjoyed it.
Not too difficult. Defeated the AI before I got around to totally exploring the big middle island.
Author: Zanfa, 22-09-2024 19:54 Like Nice job! - Zanfa's Challenge I've been playing your map, what a great job you did here, thank you.
Here's a small bug also, 158-161/2 is unreachable.
Author: RXD, 16-09-2024 19:13 decent - Zanfa's Challenge very decent, good looking map, had fun playing it
no need to go mid island, just go clockwise and defeat enemies. a shame, because you put so much effort into mid.
you need to add some barriers, to prevent fast progression
and push the AI
maybe getting TP much later...
btw you need to check tile 22/47 in the overworld. some palm trees are blocking entrance to the black market.
a good decent map, thank you for uploading, good work!
Author: 32167, 13-09-2024 21:16 anything but a challenge - Zanfa's Challenge This is potentially a very good map. Now the map is so easy that it becomes boring to play. Played for the stronghold, after accumulating 20 behemoths (and the maximum of other creatures available at that time) went around the circle clockwise and defeated all the AI heroes. TP, Rez, Clone, Berserk my heroes didn't have at all. Getting TP mid-game (or an explanation of how and where to find TP) would make it much more interesting.
Only one AI hero managed to get to the central island at the last moment and capture the town. In my opinion, AI needs a huge boost. This applies not only to the army, but also to primary skills and spells. It would be nice to also put bosses in prisons that only AI can get to.
Bombastik (belgium) writes:
14-09-2024 22:31
feedback - Zanfa's Challenge
Yes you are right and your ideas are very interesting !
My main focus was to make it resembling the homm4 map, but the gameplay is not totally the same in the end.
I will make a 2.1 with more tuning and a more challenging IA !
Thank you for your feedback :)
Author: Bombastik (belgium), 13-09-2024 17:22 Like update 13/09/24 - Zanfa's Challenge Hi Guys,
Thank you for your feedbacks !
The map has been updated.
-The blocked paths are fixed.
-AI bonuses have been increased.
-Libraries guards value of the 6 starts have been a little bit decreased. from 30k to 25k. In my opinion, it's low enough for a +8 stat boost and a major item)
-Added some quests
-Improved pathways
-Minor fixes
Thanks
Author: bigcitymama (katerini greece), 11-09-2024 17:41 feedback - Zanfa's Challenge librarys are guarded by 30000 level 7 creatures? you stoned?
168-44 passage blocked by flowers.
and thats it so far.
Author: bigcitymama (katerini greece), 11-09-2024 17:40 ok - Zanfa's Challenge its ok for some fun, but way map is made,with so neutral power in the middle,half of the map gets wasted.
you should add a strong neutral enemy in the underworld.
Author: bigcitymama (katerini greece), 11-09-2024 17:02 re - Zanfa's Challenge 171-27-0 corpse blocks.
man can i ask you something?
honestly did you play your map?)
Author: ddf, 11-09-2024 15:34 well played. - Zanfa's Challenge i think it's too easy. need a serious boost for ai
Author: bigcitymama (katerini greece), 10-09-2024 17:43 feedback - Zanfa's Challenge librarys are guarded by 30000 level 7 creatures? you stoned?
168-44 passage blocked by flowers.
and thats it so far.
Author: Bombastik (Belgium), 09-09-2024 16:18 Like Update 09/09/24 - Zanfa's Challenge Map has been updated with minor fixes.
Author: Bombastik (belgium), 08-09-2024 13:58 Like Zanfa's Challenge 2.0 - Zanfa's Challenge Hope you enjoy this map, I poored a lot of time and love.
Your feedback is appreciated, thanks and enjoy !
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