Prologue, Side Mission 1: Payback Time

Map 3 (Prologue, Side Mission 1) is a 4x5 tiny map in the TinyGroove Campaign, and is the only side mission in the Prologue. Its S-rank can be achieved if completed in < 10 days. The mission introduces a Felheim Revanant insular character, Dr. Bones, to the campaign. Defeating him here is required to acquire Artefact 'B' and complete this mission, and ultimately get Artefact 'Q' in Map 24 later on in the Campaign.

Mission Background
Dr. Bones' side mission here is unlocked in Map 1 by looting his grave for extra funds. Defeating Dr. Bones is relatively hard because: However, on a positive note, his defeat is made easy because: Aside from those pros and cons to winning the map by defeating Dr. Bones, this small map does not provide the undead enemy any means of recruiting new units via conventional methods, since the player starts the map in control of the only barracks, and there is no stronghold on the map for either player to destroy (typical WarGroove victory conditions).
 * 1) He recovers to full health during the enemy's turn,
 * 2) He is positioned in the corner of the map, allowing only two adjacent units to attack him at a time, so archers are needed,
 * 3) The random sandstorm weather can make the S-rank and/or achievement more difficult to complete since it affects the overall range of the player's archers.
 * 1) He is standing on a beach with no cover,
 * 2) He doesn't move.

Helpful Tips
This map serves to introduce enemy-spawning mechanics (and even prompts the player with common strategies for stemming the tide of respawns if they begin to become overwhelmed by enemy), which return occasionally throughout the campaign for Felheim undead and some Floran enemies. Upon defeating the two dreadswords featured in the map image, the enemy will spawn dreadspears at each of the four bone piles on the map. Following that, the enemy will continually spawn a new dreadspear or dreadsword at random on one of the 4 bone piles on the map (assuming the spawn points aren't all blocked by the player's units or the enemy's). Observing the enemy's respawn methods or simply heeding the game's not-so-subtle hints regarding employable strategies to prevent the dreadspears from perpetually spawning makes Achievement 4 much easier to get, but still no cakewalk, as one of the bone pile spawn points is adjacent to Dr. Bones.

Notably, the map contains a mountaintop treasure chest, at the bottom of the map along with 4 bone piles of relevance for enemy spawning. Acquiring the chest affords the player additional funds and an amulet that weakens new dreadspears to 10% of their life after spawning, if visited.

All of this information was gleaned from the in-game spoilers unlocked in the Achievement Castle by completing at least 20% of the game and destroying the red gates comprising the 'Campaign Completion Counter'.

A4: Spare the Spear
Conditions: Defeat Dr. Bones and win the map without killing any dreadspears.

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