Chapter 4

Chapter 4 follows the Sigrid's Seize plot line following the events of Chapter 3, Mission 1. The players set out to trail Sigrid northward out to Sea into the Felheim Northlands. Sigrid has stolen most of the player's enchanted artefacts, so Chapter 4 involves the player chasing her across Felheim to her [Felheim Fortress] Side Castle 3 to retrieve them and add them to the Achievement Castle once more.

Chapter Four Background
Most of Chapter 4's Maps return to a relatively small size (except for Sigrid's Sea Fortress), since the artefacts (combined with Requiem) were what made Dark Mercia's world feel less dark and small. Additionally, since Chapter 4 takes place in the seas or along the Seashores of Felheim, most of Chapter 4's maps are dominated by water.

Chapter 4 is the longest Chapter in TinyGroove. It consists of 5 missions; 2 main and 3 side missions (including one [Felheim] Side Castle). It introduces betrayal and mutiny, some new artefacts that introduce re-spawning game mechanics, and mainly features recovering nearly a dozen previously-discovered artefacts from Chapters 1-3. There are also 3 Commanders you may recruit/re-recruit):
 * 1) Ragna (Map 17: Chapter 4, Mission 2)
 * 2) Emeric (Map 20: Chapter 4, Side Castle 3)
 * 3) Sigrid (Map 20: Chapter 4, Side Castle 3)

Chapter 4 Missions
The five missions in Chapter 4 feature relatively small-sized maps compared to Chapter 3, as Dark Mercia is newly bereft of her darkness-dispelling, world-expanding artefacts, and must recover them while finding new ones along the way as she pursues Sigrid to give her the beating she inevitably has coming...

Map # | Chapter | Mission | Title | (Size)

16. Chapter 4, Mission 1: Remote Relic Isle (4x4) 17. Chapter 4, Mission 2: Warm Springs Atoll (7x11) 18. Chapter 4, Side Mission 1: Vampire Nursery Rhymes (6x16) 19. Chapter 4, Side Mission 2: Treacherous Trove Cove (9x12) 20. Chapter 4, Side Castle 3: Sigrid's Sea Fortress (4x96)
 * Unlocked by completing Chapter 3, Mission 1.
 * Unlocked by completing Chapter 4, Mission 1.
 * Unlocked by opening the Treasure Chest hidden behind the enemy Stronghold with your commander in Chapter 4, Mission 1.
 * Unlocked by triggering the 'Stench of Betrayal' event (via either method noted below) AND
 * Losing a unit to Sigrid's Vampiric Groove in Chapter 4, Mission 1 OR
 * Survive until Day 8 in Chapter 4, Side Mission 1 when Ragna deploys Crystal Shields at the Nursery
 * Unlocked by having Emeric, Ryota, and Valder in your Party.
 * Unlocked by completing Chapter 4, Side Mission 1 OR Chapter 4, Side Mission 2.

Chapter 4 Artefacts
There are five new Artefacts hidden in Chapter 4's five water-laiden maps, and many more artefacts Sigrid stole from you to recover! Here's what they are, where you can find them, and what they do once you've got em':

New Chapter 4 Artefacts Pilfered Artefacts to Recover from Sigrid
 * R. Sea's Bounty (Map 16: Chapter 4, Mission 1)
 * Claimed upon defeating Sigrid on Map 16; this relic proportionally multiplies gold intake from villages and water villages you control in the Seas of Chapter 4.
 * S. Silver Stake (Map 18: Chapter 4, Side Mission 1)
 * Decimates undead vampires across the map (whenever they are built or appear) upon brandishing this relic.
 * T. Moat of Rebirth (Map 19: Chapter 4, Side Mission 2)
 * Having this peculiar artefact can reanimate commanders upon death in the Seas of Chapter 4.
 * U. Enhancement Enchantment (Map 17: Chapter 4, Mission 2)
 * Augments or amplifies the abilities of other artefacts (such as the Moat of Rebirth).
 * V. Orca-Reign-A (Map 20: Chapter 4, Side Castle 3)
 * Controls the weather on missions where it is variable to make it always sunny. *This can vastly improve S-rank attempts for some maps where the weather is always rainy or the frustration of random weather.

Sigrid stole up to 14 artefacts from the player in Chapter 3, Mission 1. During your hasty pursuit throughout Felheim, she ditches some along the way to slow you down as you search to recover them. Here's where you can find them again in Chapter 4, in alphabetical order:
 * A. Golden Goblet (Map 17: Chapter 4, Mission 1)
 * [Sigrid Steals this at the beginning of Map 17]. Can be found in the 4th central map cave, furthest from the player's starting Stronghold location.
 * B. Illuminary Ulna (Map 19: Chapter 4, Side Mission 2)
 * Recovered after Scouring the Rubble of Ryota's destroyed Stronghold.
 * C. Elodie's Wellspring Whetstone (Map 16: Chapter 4, Mission 1)
 * Claimed automatically when the player wins the Map.
 * D. Shimmering Seashorestones (Map 16: Chapter 4, Mission 1)
 * Obtained when your commander opens the chest found in the rubble of the enemy Stronghold.


 * E. Flyer Figurine (Map 19: Chapter 4, Side Mission 2)
 * Recovered after Scouring the Rubble of Emeric's destroyed Stronghold.
 * F. Altered Alter (Map 19: Chapter 4, Side Mission 2)
 * Recovered after Scouring the Rubble of Valder's destroyed Stronghold.
 * G. Cherrythrone (Map 20: Chapter 4, Side Castle 3)
 * Automatically recovered when Sigrid's Fortress is destroyed at the end of the Map.
 * H. Spectral Scarecrow (Map 18: Chapter 4, Side Mission 1)
 * Claimed upon destroying the Ragna's Stronghold.
 * J. Elemental Emblem (Map 20: Chapter 4, Side Castle 3)
 * Automatically recovered when Sigrid's Fortress is destroyed at the end of the Map.
 * L. Moontide Medallion (Map 17: Chapter 4, Mission 1)
 * [Sigrid Steals this at the beginning of Map 17]. Can be found in the 3rd central map cave, 2nd furthest from the player's starting Stronghold location.

Chapter 4 Achievements
There are five Achievements in Chapter 4, and they are the hardest in TinyGroove to complete, as many of them require the player almost flawlessly executing multiple strategies to complete:
 * 1) A21: Vampire Snacks No More! - Defeat Sigrid without allowing her to use her groove at all on Map 16.
 * 2) A22: Commander Roulette - Field at least 10 different commanders over the course of the battle on Map 17 and win! This very difficult achievement requires having recruited each of the commanders you could have acquired in the campaign, chronologically prior to this map, to accomplish (recruitment maps noted below):
 * 3) Dark Mercia (Map 1: Starting Commander)
 * 4) Elodie (Map 4: Chapter 1, Mission 1)
 * 5) Caesar (Map 6: Chapter 1, Side Mission 2)
 * 6) Emeric (Map 7: Chapter 1, Side Castle 1 & also in Map 20: Chapter 4, Side Castle 4)
 * 7) Valder (Map 10: Chapter 2, Side Mission 1)
 * 8) Ryota (Map 13: Chapter 3, Mission 2)
 * 9) Mercival (Map 14: Chapter 3, Side Mission 1)
 * 10) Mercia (Map 29: Achievement Castle)
 * 11) Tenri (Map 15: Chapter 3, Side Castle 3)
 * 12) Koji (Map 15: Chapter 3, Side Castle 3)
 * 13) A23: Ragna's Recall - Trigger Ragna's Recall on Map 18 to discover more of the Patchwork Lieutenant's history while helping to uncover some of Dark Mercia's past along the way. This requires visiting an insular treasure chest on the map and then noting Ragna's inane daily taunts over the next four turns (repeats in a cycle thereafter if you miss it). Regardless of whether you write down what she says (you should), the game awards this achievement to the player after 4 turns. This pivotal achievement is needed to unlock Chapter 5's 3 Side Missions by doing what Ragna's oddly emphasized taunts suggest for you to do on Map 1, Map 11, and Map 17. * Please Note: Even if you have played through a prior version of TinyGroove, the alternate win conditions unlocked on these 3 maps via Ragna's Recall will only trigger if the Achievement Castle has A23 logged!
 * 14) A24: Mutinous Rebirth - Put down the mutiny on Map 19 with solidarity by Day 10. This requires the player to acquire control of the mercenary outlaws by Day 10 (or earlier in the battle), and then... not lose control of them once they are under your employ. The first part of this achievement is easy, the second part is very difficult.
 * 15) A25: Prismatic Pragmatism - This nightmare of an achievement requires you to defeat the many sides of Sigrid by methodically reducing her rainbow-colored outposts in 10 days (or less) per sector while assaulting her Felheim Fortress in Map 20. This is probably one of the top 3 hardest achievements in the game to accomplish.

Good Luck!

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