Walkthrough : Stronghold Crusader Trail [The Barren Land 18th-stage]

                                             I know walkthrough for stronghold crusader is null and void nowadays but I think the 17^th and 18^th stage of stronghold crusader is really crucial. Recently a friend of mine gave me this game as challenge. I usually play combet games but after playing it for a few days, I found it very interesting. Fortunately, I’ve completed 19 stages.So here it is the walkthrough for 18^th stage of stronghold crusader : -

                                            First of all, remember time is very crucial in this stage. Place everything necessary to survive like granary, market but don’t take too much time. Place at least 6 woodcutters on the opposite side of purple snake so that he can’t burn them by slaves. Place your armory, barrack and buy equipments for macemen. Make at least 20 macemen and send them to purple snake’s castle. Don’t waste much time in making your castle or placing anything. If you do that means you are giving your opponents much time to collect their army. After killing purple snake, make haste and send the remaining macemen to kill black snake. Meanwhile, keep buying equipments and makin maceman for backup. If your remaining macemen are less than 15, send some maceman there quickly. Hope your black is now rest in peace. If blue snake has not much army as you think, don’t waste your time and send your remaining macemen to kill him (Actually,it’s preety easy ). In case your macemen count is below 15, repeat the above suggestion. Place some (at least 2-3) iron mines, near to purple snake’s grave, to gain some money.  Now there is only three bastards remaining. I suggest you to save the game. After killing blue snake, step your army a little backward so that yellow snake’s archers can’t kill your tired remaining army.. Now, it’s time to examine your patience. Do you remember that ’20 macemen’ thing ? Now this one is a bit of difficult and depends on your luck. So in case you didn't succeed in your first attack (neither I won in first encounter), load the saved game and try again. That’s why I suggested you to save the game after blue snake’s departure. After your several attacks, you’ll be able to make him the fellow of last 3 snakes in hell. Send your remaining macemen to your castle for their welfare. Now, you have plenty of food, some equipments and MONEY. Sell those equipments and everything that you can see on stockpile. Now make some archers and Arabian horse archers so that you can distract orange snake’s archers focus from your macemen while attacking on him. Use your all money in making macemen. Make sure you have enough macemen to kill him. Do all this thing quickly and now it’s time to do or die. Use ‘Two-Direction’ strategy. I mean send your macemen first to kill Orange snake and then your horse archers. Use ‘Petrol’ option on your horse archers so that they wander here and there in front of orange snake’s castle and protect your macemen from getting killed by opponent archers. If you are still making money, keep making macemen and send them to orange snake’s castle. I guess, now you’re all enemies are lying in their graves.

RIP all Snakes :D 

You can download the map of 18^th stage :-

=> After killing 2 Snakes – Click here

=> After killing 4 Snakes – Click here

If you are still facing some problems, comment here. Thanks a lot for reading this lengthy walkthrough :D