The Gholam has returned! An entity of gigantic evil, the Gholam threatens the whole world with destruction. All the kingdoms scramble to evade or destroy this threat, while still keeping an eye on each other. The Gholam is a nightmare that must be stopped at all costs!
Author: dalgo (Auckland, New Zealand), 09-03-2023 12:05 Like defeat Konan - The Gholam There is a quest guard for entry to the elvish kingdom that requires me to defeat a tan hero 'Konan'. Unfortunately, I captured the two tan strongholds first and before I could get to Konan he was abandoned. Now I cannot complete the quest so am unable to get access to that area.
My question is - can I still complete the map?
Author: vee6 (Bucharest, Romania), 25-07-2022 16:15 Like Really good map - The Gholam This is the best H3 map I played in terms of world building, story telling, immersion and attention to details and I played quite a lot of user made content. I finished it on hard in 11 months, but as I've checked the map later it seems that some events that were supposed to be triggered by the player got triggered by the AI, which added some extra hardship, it was doable in the end. Good job!
Author: GrasshoppR (Netherlands), 22-12-2019 14:10 Like Great map - though end boss is still too tough - The Gholam That was a fun map to play. Nice storyline, good geography. Enjoyed it.
I have yet to deafeat the Gholam himself. Those dragons make mincemeat of my troops (titans, nagas, enchanters, golden dragons, faery dragons, phoenixes and stuff).
Yet, almost everyone here says teh end boss is almost too easy. What am I missing?
How do you wipe out those azures without losing eveything. Forcefield?
GrasshoppR (Netherlands) writes:
23-12-2019 21:35
Brute force - The Gholam
Forcefield + Titans + Ammo Cart does not work because of the Fear attack of the azures.
I hired a hero with Necromancy skill, equiped her with The Cloak of the Undead King and gathered 5K Power Liches + Bow of Sharpshooter. Also gathered 500 Mighty Gorgons which were able to kill 50 azures. And then I cast Clone on those beauties which killed of another 50.
It was a slugfest, but it sufficed. Must be a more elegant/better way, but it worked. Great map.
sherman89 writes:
30-08-2020 22:15
Are you sure? - The Gholam
I used Titans + Forcefield + Ammo cart strategy and it worked. I think fear doesn't work on titans because they have mind spell immunity? that or I got incredibly lucky.
GrasshoppR (Netherlands) writes:
23-10-2020 19:42
We've got nothing to fear...but fear itself - The Gholam
Took me some time to find HOMM3, install it and play The Gholam to face the boss.
My titans froze a few times, my force shield evaporated and that was enough for the Azures to wipe the titans out.
sherman writes:
02-04-2025 21:58
Mighty Gorgons - The Gholam
Save your mighty gorgons for the last fight, I had like 600+ and they DESTROYED the last boss
Author: darkgag24 (Timisoara , Romania), 08-08-2018 14:37 Pretty great map , but too easy. - The Gholam I unfortunately had to cheat, 'cause I forgot that it's a time map and only realized it by month 10 :)) only used nwcnebuchadnezzar though(movement hack).Pretty great map ,but too easy.No actual fight was challenging at all.Something i would change would be:
Gholam is too easy.I mean , I got to him by M10 W4 D4 and had 180 Titans , 500 CK , 1000 Enchanters, 320 Nagas, and almost 800 Faerie Dragons(I think , played the map a while ago and I don't quite rememeber).I think you should make him a lot more powerful , like give him 3000 Azures, 4000 Rust Dragons and 4000 Crystal Dragons or something like that, give him 99 in all stats, but give the Hero like 1000 Titans, 3000 CK, 5000 Enchanters , 1000 Faeries and maybe Orb of Vulnerability , in which case there should be a lot more dragons , like 10k of each.Overall pretty great map , i think I'd give a 8.5/10.
Frank writes:
09-08-2018 05:32
Frank - The Gholam
A few people have said recently the final fight is too easy, but interestingly when I created the map back in the day some people wrote in that they were having difficulty finishing. This is a pretty elite group of players here! Appreciate the feedback!
Don (Atascadero, CA) writes:
25-04-2020 22:15
Dimension Door - The Gholam
I think I need Dimension Door to get to the brown tent, but I don't know how to get it
Author: asadff, 28-07-2018 09:07 very entertaining - The Gholam Really entertaining map. Little too easy IMO. Won in 8th month without special effort.
It's possible to defeat red in first 2 weeks, after that defeating orange and brown shouldn't be a problem.
Very nice map though, forced me to visit every single location on it which is a big +. I had a great fun playing, thanks!
Frank writes:
01-08-2018 00:30
The Gholam - The Gholam
Glad you enjoyed it and appreciate the feedback!
Author: Constantine (Larisa,Greece), 05-07-2018 18:32 Great map - The Gholam I was having fun playing this map, thanks 10 months hard
Author: Rthell (Stockholm), 27-06-2018 11:58 Like Amazing map, though not very difficult - The Gholam Thanks for this amazing effort! Must've taken you ages to build and bug test this map. It was fun an entertaining, but perhaps a little too easy. Completed it in month 8 despite making severe planning mistakes :) The bosses were also a little too easy.
Frank writes:
28-06-2018 06:37
Thanks - The Gholam
Thanks for your feedback, glad you enjoyed it! :)
Half writes:
21-07-2023 12:46
Help - The Gholam
I cant find sword of judgement, can you help me please
Author: Nikola, 04-03-2018 20:47 Sword of Judgement - The Gholam I can't find the sword if judgement. Helo please
asadff writes:
28-07-2018 07:37
SPOILER ALERT - The Gholam
SPOILER
SoJ comes as a reward after defeating one of the heroes located on map. Defeating him is mandatory to get further so there's no option to miss/forgot about that.
Barfarina writes:
27-01-2022 04:52
Seems a bit broken - The Gholam
I WAS enjoying it, but I've come here looking for clues to keep going (as I've head a dead end), but I haven't seen an enemy player in months and I didn't get the sword of judgement from anyone I killed. It's not an orange player? I wiped them out ages ago. I can't get any further without it.
Also, the one-way portal to the 4000 arch devils: is this a trap? There's no way back from there after you've killed them and no reward at all...
Author: ks, 25-02-2018 11:43 Cheats - The Gholam guys, use cheats for map testing :)
heroescommunity.com/ viewthread.php3?TID= 3024&PID=354532#focu s
Author: Landslide (France), 24-02-2018 19:35 1000 Titans - The Gholam Are we really supposed to start with 1000 Titans and Dimension door? Seems like a test version. Stopped playing as took over swamp AI within a week as seems pointless.
Frank (Toronto, Canada) writes:
24-02-2018 22:14
The Gholam correction - The Gholam
Guys, I'm kicking myself, yes you are right the 1000 titans was for test purposes. Sincere apologies. I've uploaded the proper map, it starts with 1 titan. Hope you enjoy the story.
Frank (Toronto, Canada) writes:
24-02-2018 22:19
The Gholam correctior - The Gholam
And yes, Dimension Door is found later. Thank you for the feedback.
Valery writes:
24-02-2018 22:26
+ - The Gholam
Frank? Francois Manseau from Canada and top player in ToH?
Hmm, can't be, he doesn't need 1000 titans to test, 1 goblin would be already too much ;)
Frank (Toronto, Canada) writes:
05-03-2018 14:02
The Gholam - The Gholam
No a different Frank :)
Author: Egidijus (Lithuania), 24-02-2018 19:29 Hi - The Gholam Thanks. With dimension door all will be easy. 84 days on impossible level.