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Obelisk[edit | hide | hide all]

Shadow of Death	Dirt	Sand	Grass	Snow	Swamp	Rough	Subterr.	Lava
Shadow of Death
Horn of the Abyss	Dirt	Sand	Grass	Snow	Swamp	Rough	Subterr.	Lava	Highlands	Wasteland
Horn of the Abyss

Obelisk is an adventure map location, that can be visited by a hero to reveal a piece of the puzzle map. The puzzle map reveals the location of the Grail piece by piece. There are multiple different colors of Obelisks: green, light blue, dark blue, brown, purple, white, and black. Orange, red, and dark green were added in Horn of the Abyss . Regardless of color, Obelisks function identically and reveal the same puzzle map. On randomly generated maps and in the map-editor, the colors are tied to terrains.

If the creator of the map has placed obelisks in the map, but no Grail, a Grail location will be set randomly.

Puzzle map[edit | hide]

Grail marker

Grail marker (Horn of the Abyss)

There are 9 different puzzles (11 in HotA). The puzzle type depends on a starting town.

Fully opened puzzle map contains a colorless 19x17 piece of adventure map without any objects on it (roads, magical terrains and some decorative objects either). (If you are using a Dimension Door preview square to figure out the Grail location, note that its size is 19x18 tiles). The Grail marker can appear in any of 25 tiles of the central 5x5 square. If a puzzle map shows that the Grail was generated close to the border note that it must be placed at least 9 tiles from the edge so some rows or columns of the central square can be excluded from the search.

In the schemes below this enumeration was used for the central 5x5 square.

Horn of the Abyss

In Horn of the Abyss the puzzle map shows magical terrains, the grail marker changed its appearance and was shifted one pixel left which changes pixel hunting conditions for some towns.

Castle[edit | hide]


Puzzle tile	Grail markers (№)	Horn of the Abyss probable grail locations	Shadow of Death probable grail locations
16	4
21	11, 16
28	15 (one white pixel, not in HotA)
30	1
35	2, 3
43	6, 12, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24
45	20, 25
46	5, 9, 10, 14, (15)
48	7, 8, 13

Rampart[edit | hide]


Puzzle tile	Grail markers (№)	Horn of the Abyss probable grail locations	Shadow of Death probable grail locations
25	1, 2
29	5
31	15 (not in HotA), 25 (two black pixels, not in HotA)
39	31
40	23
41	11, 12, 16, 17
43	4, 8, 9, 10, 13, 14, (15)
45	18, 22
46	3, 6, 7
48	19, 20, 24, (25)

Tower[edit | hide]


Puzzle tile	Grail markers (№)	Shadow of Death probable grail locations
21	11, 16, 21
35	4
36	1, 6
41	5, 10
43	3, 8, 9, 13, 14, 15, 20
44	2, 7
45	19, 24, 25
46	12, 17, 18, 22, 23
48

Inferno[edit | hide]


Puzzle tile	Grail markers (№)	Shadow of Death probable grail locations
16	19, 20, 23, 24, 25
36	1, 6
40	5, 10, 15
41	11, 12, 16, 17, 21
43	2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 13, 14
45	22
45	18
47
48	7

Necropolis[edit | hide]


Puzzle tile	Grail markers (№)	Horn of the Abyss probable grail locations	Shadow of Death probable grail locations
11	1, 6 (one white pixel)
28	2, 3, 4, 7 (one white pixel, not in HotA), 8, 9
37	16, 21
43	5, 10, 14, 15, 20
44	(6), 11
45	17, 18, 22, 23, 24
46	19, 25
48	(7), 12, 13

Dungeon[edit | hide]


Puzzle tile	Grail markers (№)	Horn of the Abyss probable grail locations	Shadow of Death probable grail locations
23	22, 23
28	1, 6
34	10 (three gray pixels in HotA)
42	16, 21
43	8, (10), 13, 14, 15, 18, 19, 20, 24, 25
45	4, 5, 9
46	7 (one black pixel, more in HotA), 11, 12, 17
48	2, 3, (7)

Stronghold[edit | hide]


Puzzle tile	Grail markers (№)	Horn of the Abyss probable grail locations	Shadow of Death probable grail locations
27	23 (one white pixel, not in HotA), 24, 25
42	16, 17, 21, 22
43	6, 11, 12, 18, (23)
45	1, 2, 7
46	9, 10, 15, 20
47	4, 5
48	3, 8, 13, 14, 19

Fortress[edit | hide]


Puzzle tile	Grail markers (№)	Horn of the Abyss probable grail locations	Shadow of Death probable grail locations
16	4, 5
18	1, 2, 6, (7 - one gray pixel in HotA) 11
19	16
21
24	21
26	3, 7, 8
43	14, 15, 19, 20, 24, 25
45	9, 10
46	12 (one black pixel, more in HotA), 17, 18, 22, 23
48	(12), 13

Conflux[edit | hide]


Puzzle tile	Grail markers (№)	Shadow of Death probable grail locations
35	1
39	3, 4, 5, 10, 15
40	6, 11, 16, 21
41	19, 20, 24, 25
42
43	14
44
45	17, 18, 22, 23
46	8, 9, 13
48	2, 7, 12

Cove [edit | hide]


Puzzle tile	Grail markers (№)	Horn of the Abyss probable grail locations
31	1, 2, 3
35	21
36	16
39	25
40	20
41	6, 11
42	22, 23, 24
43	7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 18
45	4, 5, 9, 10, 15
48	14, 19

Factory [edit | hide]

		File:Puzzle map factory num.gif
Puzzle tile	Grail markers (№)		File:Puzzle map factory 5x5 HotA.gif Horn of the Abyss probable grail locations
31	???
35	???
36	???
39	???
40	???
41	???
42	???
43	???
45	???
48	???

Puzzle tiles opening sequence[edit | hide]

There are 48 pieces in each puzzle so if we have 48 obelisks on the map (which is the max number allowed) every obelisk will reveal just one puzzle tile. The sequence of tiles is not random, each puzzle map has a fixed tile numbering as it is shown at the schemes above. There are no problems with just one obelisk on the map either - it will open all the puzzle tiles. But in all the other cases the situation is not so self-obvious. Here you can see the table showing how many tiles will be opened when a certain number of obelisks is visited (horizontal numeration) depending on the total number of obelisks on the map (vertical numeration).

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	47
2	18	48
3	11	27	48
4	7	18	31	48
5	6	13	23	34	48
6	5	11	18	27	37	48
7	4	9	15	22	30	38	48
8	3	8	13	19	25	32	39	48
9	3	7	11	16	21	27	33	40	48
10	3	6	10	14	19	24	29	35	41	48
11	2	5	9	13	17	21	26	31	36	42	48
12	2	5	8	12	15	19	23	28	32	37	42	48
13	2	5	7	11	14	17	21	25	29	33	38	43	48
14	2	4	7	10	13	16	19	23	26	30	34	39	43	48
15	2	4	6	9	12	15	18	20	24	28	31	35	39	43	48
16	2	4	6	9	11	14	17	20	23	26	29	33	36	40	44	48
17	1	4	6	8	10	13	16	18	22	24	27	30	33	37	40	44	48
18	1	3	5	8	10	12	15	17	20	22	25	28	31	34	37	41	44	48
19	1	3	5	7	9	12	14	16	19	21	24	26	29	32	35	38	41	44	48
20	1	3	5	7	9	11	13	15	18	20	22	25	28	30	33	36	39	41	44	48
21	1	3	5	7	8	10	13	15	17	19	21	24	26	29	31	34	36	39	42	45	48
22	1	3	5	6	8	10	13	14	16	18	20	22	25	27	29	32	34	37	39	42	45	48
23	1	3	4	6	8	10	11	13	15	17	19	21	24	26	28	30	33	35	37	40	42	45	48
24	1	3	4	6	8	9	11	13	15	17	19	21	23	25	27	29	31	33	36	38	40	43	45	48
25	1	2	4	6	7	9	11	12	14	16	18	20	22	24	26	28	30	32	34	36	38	41	43	45	48
26	1	2	4	5	7	9	10	12	14	15	17	19	21	23	25	26	28	30	32	34	37	39	41	43	45	48
27	1	2	4	5	7	8	10	12	13	15	17	18	20	22	24	25	27	29	31	33	35	37	39	41	43	45	48
28	1	2	4	5	7	8	10	11	13	14	16	18	19	21	23	24	26	28	30	32	34	36	37	39	41	43	45	48
29	1	2	4	5	6	8	9	11	12	14	15	17	19	20	22	24	25	27	29	31	32	34	36	38	40	42	44	46	48
30	1	2	3	5	6	8	9	11	12	14	15	17	18	20	21	23	24	26	28	30	31	33	35	36	38	40	42	44	46	48
31	1	2	3	5	6	7	9	10	12	13	15	16	18	19	21	22	24	25	27	29	30	32	33	35	37	39	40	42	44	46	48
32	1	2	3	5	6	7	9	10	11	13	14	16	17	19	20	22	23	25	26	28	29	31	32	34	36	37	39	41	42	44	46	48
33	1	2	3	5	6	7	8	10	11	12	14	15	17	18	19	21	22	24	25	27	28	30	31	33	34	36	38	39	41	43	44	46	48
34	1	2	3	4	6	7	8	10	11	12	13	15	16	18	19	20	22	23	25	26	27	29	30	32	33	35	36	38	40	41	43	44	46	48
35	1	2	3	4	6	7	8	9	11	12	13	14	16	17	18	20	21	23	24	25	27	28	30	31	32	34	35	37	38	40	41	43	44	46	48
36	1	2	3	4	5	7	8	9	10	12	13	14	15	17	18	19	21	22	23	25	26	27	29	30	32	33	34	36	37	39	40	42	43	45	46	48
37	1	2	3	4	5	7	8	9	10	11	13	14	15	16	18	19	20	21	23	24	25	27	28	29	31	32	33	35	36	38	39	40	42	43	45	46	48
38	1	2	3	4	5	6	8	9	10	11	12	14	15	16	17	18	20	21	22	24	25	26	27	29	30	31	33	34	35	37	38	39	41	42	43	45	46	48
39	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	9	10	11	12	13	15	16	17	18	19	21	22	23	24	25	27	28	29	31	32	33	34	36	37	38	40	41	42	43	45	46	48
40	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	10	11	12	13	14	15	17	18	19	20	21	23	24	25	26	27	29	30	31	32	34	35	36	37	39	40	41	42	44	45	46	48
41	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	19	20	21	22	23	24	26	27	28	29	30	32	33	34	35	36	38	39	40	41	43	44	45	46	48
42	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	22	23	24	25	26	27	29	30	31	32	33	34	36	37	38	39	40	41	43	44	45	46	48
43	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	34	35	36	37	38	39	41	42	43	44	45	46	48
44	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	48
45	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	48
46	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	48
47	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	48

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
 == Obelisk ==
-{| border cellspacing=0 cellpadding=5 style="background-color:honeydew; text-align:center; border-color:lightgray; margin:0 0 10px 10px;float:right;"
+{| border cellspacing=0 cellpadding=5 style="background-color:#{{Tan 4}}; text-align:center; border-color:lightgray; margin:0 0 10px 10px;float:right;"
-|- style="background-color:lavender;"
+|- style="background-color:#{{Tan 2}};"
-| rowspan=2 style="width:70px;"| '''{{sod}}'''|| [[Dirt]]||[[Sand]]||[[Grass]]||[[Snow]]||[[Swamp]]||[[Rough]]||[[Subterranean|Subterr.]]||[[Lava]]||
+| rowspan=2 style="width:70px;"| '''{{sod}}'''|| [[Dirt]]||[[Sand]]||[[Grass]]||[[Snow]]||[[Swamp]]||[[Rough]]||[[Subterranean|Subterr.]]||[[Lava]]|| ||
 |-
 | style="width:54px;"| [[File: Obelisk 2.gif|Green obelisk]]
@@ Line 13: / Line 13: @@
 | style="width:54px;"| [[File: Obelisk 8.gif|Brown obelisk]]
 | style="width:54px;"|
-|- style="background-color:#{{olive 3}};"
+| style="width:54px;"|
-| rowspan=2| '''{{hota}}''' || [[Dirt]]||[[Sand]]||[[Grass]]||[[Snow]]||[[Swamp]]||[[Rough]]||[[Subterranean|Subterr.]]||[[Lava]]||[[Highlands]]
+|- style="background-color:#{{Tan 2}};"
+| rowspan=2| '''{{hota}}'''{{-wh}} || [[Dirt]]||[[Sand]]||[[Grass]]||[[Snow]]||[[Swamp]]||[[Rough]]||[[Subterranean|Subterr.]]||[[Lava]]||[[Highlands]]||[[Wasteland]]
 |-
 | [[File: Obelisk 2.gif|Green obelisk]]
@@ Line 25: / Line 26: @@
 | [[File: Obelisk 8.gif|Brown obelisk]]
 | [[File: Obelisk 9 HotA.gif|Orange obelisk]]
+| [[File: Obelisk 10 HotA.gif|Dark green obelisk]]
 |}
-'''Obelisk''' is an [[Adventure Map]] location, that can be visited by a hero to reveal a piece of the [[Grail#Finding the grail|Puzzle Map]]. The Puzzle Map reveals the location of the [[Grail]] piece by piece. There are eight different colors of Obelisks: red, green, light blue, dark blue, brown, purple, white and black (orange was added in {{hota}}). On randomly generated maps the colors are tied to terrains.
+'''Obelisk''' is an [[adventure map]] location, that can be visited by a hero to reveal a piece of the puzzle map. The puzzle map reveals the location of the [[Grail]] piece by piece. There are multiple different colors of Obelisks: green, light blue, dark blue, brown, purple, white, and black. Orange, red, and dark green were added in {{hota}} {{wh-}}. Regardless of color, Obelisks function identically and reveal the same puzzle map. On randomly generated maps and in the map-editor, the colors are tied to terrains.
 If the creator of the map has placed obelisks in the map, but no Grail, a Grail location will be set randomly.
+<span style="font-size:150%;">See also</span>
+----
+{{map objects 'see also'}}
 == Puzzle map ==
@@ Line 42: / Line 48: @@
 |}
-There are 9 different puzzles (10 in [[HotA]]). The puzzle type depends on a starting town.
+There are 9 different puzzles (11 in [[HotA]]). The puzzle type depends on a starting town.
-Fully opened puzzle map contains a colorless 19x17 piece of [[Adventure map]] without any objects on it (roads, magical terrains and some decorative objects either). (If you are using a [[Dimension Door]] preview square to figure out the Grail location, note that its size is 19x18 tiles). The Grail marker can appear in any of 25 tiles of the central 5x5 square. If a puzzle map shows that the Grail was generated close to the border note that it must be placed at least 9 tiles from the edge so some rows or columns of the central square can be excluded from the search.
+Fully opened puzzle map contains a colorless 19x17 piece of [[adventure map]] without any objects on it (roads, magical terrains and some decorative objects either). (If you are using a [[Dimension Door]] preview square to figure out the Grail location, note that its size is 19x18 tiles). The Grail marker can appear in any of 25 tiles of the central 5x5 square. If a puzzle map shows that the Grail was generated close to the border note that it must be placed at least 9 tiles from the edge so some rows or columns of the central square can be excluded from the search.
-In the schemes below this enumeration was used for the central 5x5 square:<br>
+{| style="float:left; margin: 0 10px 10px 0;"
-[[file:Puzzle X num.gif|x120px]]
+| [[file:Puzzle X num.gif|x140px]]
+|}
+In the schemes below this enumeration was used for the central 5x5 square.
 <div style="clear:both;"></div>
-==== {{hota}} ====
+'''{{hota}}'''{{-}}{{withhota}}
 In {{hota}} the puzzle map shows magical terrains, the grail marker changed its appearance and was shifted one pixel left which changes pixel hunting conditions for some towns.
@@ Line 82: / Line 91: @@
 |}
-<div style="clear:both;"></div>:
+{{clear|both}}
 === [[Rampart]] ===
@@ Line 114: / Line 122: @@
 |}
-<div style="clear:both;"></div>:
+{{clear|both}}
 === [[Tower]] ===
@@ Line 143: / Line 151: @@
 |}
-<div style="clear:both;"></div>:
+{{clear|both}}
 === [[Inferno]] ===
@@ Line 172: / Line 180: @@
 |}
-<div style="clear:both;"></div>:
+{{clear|both}}
 === [[Necropolis]] ===
@@ Line 199: / Line 207: @@
 |}
-<div style="clear:both;"></div>:
+{{clear|both}}
 === [[Dungeon]] ===
@@ Line 226: / Line 234: @@
 |}
-<div style="clear:both;"></div>:
+{{clear|both}}
 === [[Stronghold]] ===
@@ Line 251: / Line 259: @@
 |}
-<div style="clear:both;"></div>:
+{{clear|both}}
 === [[Fortress]] ===
@@ Line 282: / Line 290: @@
 |}
-<div style="clear:both;"></div>:
+{{clear|both}}
 === [[Conflux]] ===
@@ Line 313: / Line 321: @@
 |}
-<div style="clear:both;"></div>:
+{{clear|both}}
-=== [[Cove]] ===
+=== [[Cove]]{{-wh}} ===
 {| style="border-collapse:collapse; float:left;"
 | colspan=3 style="padding-right:10px; padding-bottom:10px"|[[file:Puzzle map cove.gif|480px]]||colspan=3 style="padding-bottom:10px;"|[[file:Puzzle map cove num.gif|480px]]
 |-
-| style="padding:0 10px 0 10px; font-size:90%;"|'''Puzzle tile'''||style="width:250px; font-size:90%;"|'''Grail markers (№)'''||rowspan=13 colspan=2 style="width:280px; text-align:center;"|[[File:Puzzle map cove 5x5 HotA.gif|300px|border]]<br>{{hota}} probable grail locations|| rowspan=13 colspan=2 style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center;"|[[File:Puzzle X num.gif|300px]]
+| style="padding:0 10px 0 10px; font-size:90%;"|'''Puzzle tile'''||style="width:250px; font-size:90%;"|'''Grail markers (№)'''|| rowspan=13 colspan=2 style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center;"|[[File:Puzzle X num.gif|300px]]||rowspan=13 colspan=2 style="width:280px; text-align:center;"|[[File:Puzzle map cove 5x5 HotA.gif|300px|border]]<br>{{hota}} probable grail locations
 |-
 |style="padding-left:10px;"|'''31''' 	||1, 2, 3
@@ Line 344: / Line 352: @@
 |}
-<div style="clear:both;"></div>:
+{{clear|both}}
+=== [[Factory]]{{-wh}} ===
+{| style="border-collapse:collapse; float:left;"
+| colspan=3 style="padding-right:10px; padding-bottom:10px"|[[file:Puzzle map factory.jpeg|480px]]||colspan=3 style="padding-bottom:10px;"|[[file:Puzzle map factory num.gif|480px]]
+|-
+| style="padding:0 10px 0 10px; font-size:90%;"|'''Puzzle tile'''||style="width:250px; font-size:90%;"|'''Grail markers (№)'''|| rowspan=13 colspan=2 style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center;"|[[File:Puzzle X num.gif|300px]]||rowspan=13 colspan=2 style="width:280px; text-align:center;"|[[File:Puzzle map factory 5x5 HotA.gif|300px|border]]<br>{{hota}} probable grail locations
+|-
+|style="padding-left:10px;"|'''31''' 	||{{unk}}
+|-
+|style="padding-left:10px;"|'''35'''	||{{unk}}
+|-
+|style="padding-left:10px;"|'''36'''	||{{unk}}
+|-
+|style="padding-left:10px;"|'''39'''	||{{unk}}
+|-
+|style="padding-left:10px;"|'''40'''	||{{unk}}
+|-
+|style="padding-left:10px;"|'''41'''	||{{unk}}
+|-
+|style="padding-left:10px;"|'''42'''	||{{unk}}
+|-
+|style="padding-left:10px;"|'''43'''	||{{unk}}
+|-
+|style="padding-left:10px;"|'''45'''	||{{unk}}
+|-
+|style="padding-left:10px;"|'''48'''	||{{unk}}
+|-
+|style="padding-left:10px; height:80px;"| ||
+|}
+{{clear|both}}
 == Puzzle tiles opening sequence ==
-There are 48 pieces in each puzzle so if we have 48 obelisks on the map (which is the max number allowed) every obelisk will reveal just one puzzle tile. There are no problems with just one obelisk on the map either - it will open all the puzzle tiles. But in all the other cases the situation is not so self-obvious. Here you can see the table showing how many tiles will be opened when a certain amount of visited obelisks (horizontal numeration) depending on the total amount of obelisks on the map (vertical numeration).
+There are 48 pieces in each puzzle so if we have 48 obelisks on the map (which is the max number allowed) every obelisk will reveal just one puzzle tile. The sequence of tiles is not random, each puzzle map has a fixed tile numbering as it is shown at the schemes above. There are no problems with just one obelisk on the map either - it will open all the puzzle tiles. But in all the other cases the situation is not so self-obvious. Here you can see the table showing how many tiles will be opened when a certain number of obelisks is visited (horizontal numeration) depending on the total number of obelisks on the map (vertical numeration).
 {| border cellspacing=1 cellpadding=2 style="background-color:lavender; border-style: solid; border-color:silver;"