Legends of Arkain True Story

Kordan · Jan 28, 2024

Such a good day thx to Shar, that maybe one day Blizzard even fixes the music overlap bug when loading... it's only been how many years?

Prophallus · Jan 28, 2024

No voice acting in the dialogues or am i missing something? It's a let down and i give the campaign 3.7 due to lack of voice acting. When playing the chronicles of the second war, the remake for Wc2 in wc3 reforged, it got voice acting for all dialogues through the whole campaign, so i was expecting the same here

. But for game play in the different missions? 5 of 5!

Kordan · Jan 29, 2024

Btw I thought that too. Voice over might be a wonderous addition

but not easy to pull off

RalatheHuntress · Jan 30, 2024

Prophallus said:
No voice acting in the dialogues or am i missing something? It's a let down and i give the campaign 3.7 due to lack of voice acting. When playing the chronicles of the second war, the remake for Wc2 in wc3 reforged, it got voice acting for all dialogues through the whole campaign, so i was expecting the same here . But for game play in the different missions? 5 of 5!

Just going to say that doing voice over for any projects is one of, if not one of the hardest things to get right. I mean its nice to have so there isn't any slience doing dialogue and to highlight traits/emotions more but there's a reason why its so rare to see it done in custom content for any game. You got to find the right people to give their voice to the right characters (with the right tone/attitude) or you will have conflicting/grinding voices for the cast.

I generally love seeing voice acting in mods (even if its poor) but for most players it is offputting and normally a negative if done poorly, Shar can add voices much later but honest you can get the personality of the cast through actions and the written text alone so it isn't a issue (plus you can clearly see the emotion of the characters in question most cases due to how Shar writes).

It would be a nice addition if Shar ever feels like it, Chronicles of the Second War is a rare example within the Warcraft 3 community of voice acting and another one recently was War of the Spider which also does a good job but tbh I don't think mods should be rated if they have voice acting or not (only if they have it and if its good/bad) due to how rare it is and that it isn't needed most cases (like True Story has shown and many other campaigns you can still do a story without any voices).

After playing so many custom campaigns for many games from Half-life, Doom, Halo, AOE, Warcraft, Stalker and etc. Most without voices in them, I'm just saying that I feel like voices shouldn't need to be priority as alot of custom content get their story through just fine and emotions as well in character department (or environmental mood). Most custom content is made due to love for the engine/game, so the author can share their ideas/worlds or to create something fun. Normally its a small team or a single person (with some aid), voice acting requires so much effort from the voice provider to fit the content they are acting in and no one can provide to all scenarios with their voice. A small team or a single person can't provide that in their project, some small teams do try but those often end up in the corny/poor acting area (which I love but many players do find bothersome when trying to engage with the story and I seen this occur alot in the FPS modding community). Overall voices would be nice but its alot of hard work to get right without any issues and Shar done well as its clear that his writing has covered him in that department as I had no issues seeing the emotions plus the traits of the characters being portrayed in writing only (plus the actions they do).

SomniaL · Feb 2, 2024

Hi i want to play this campaign but i cant upgrade my w3 classic from 1.27b to 1.29 i will have issues if i run it with that version? i really want to play this campaign (im watching all the videos of Jayborino)

CFEcruz · Feb 2, 2024

Does this work Wirth reforged graphics

Ravager16829 · Feb 3, 2024

SomniaL said:
Hi i want to play this campaign but i cant upgrade my w3 classic from 1.27b to 1.29 i will have issues if i run it with that version? i really want to play this campaign (im watching all the videos of Jayborino)

You can always download any versions of Warcraft III Classic here:

WC3 Download Archive (1.00 - 1.31.1 + BETA & DEMO)

Below are lists of WC3 installation and patch downloads. Please don't share any cracked or otherwise manipulated files. This list is only intended for people who already own the game, you still need a CD-key! 1.01c 1.04c 1.10 TFT: 1.20a; 1.20e 1.23a 1.28.0; 1.28.1; 1.28.2; 1.28.3; 1.28.4...

www.hiveworkshop.com

(Go to "Game Files" section and get 1.29.2 Files).

Please note that you need a legitimate CD Keys to play, and that you MUST start the game with "Warcraft III.exe". Running the game through the Launcher will instantly get Reforged instead.

CFEcruz said:
Does this work Wirth reforged graphics

Shar Dundred is only supporting the 1.29.2 for all Arkain campaigns. Playing this campaign on higher version than 1.29.2, especially Reforged, is NOT RECOMMENDED, and it might resulted in unexpected bugs and problems during the gameplay.

LordOfArcania · Feb 15, 2024

Yo! Absolutely awesome Campaign! If anyone wants to see it, here you go!

highdensity · Feb 19, 2024

5/5 campaign

XenoMorphing · Feb 19, 2024

I'm curious about this project. It's been a while since I played the first and second books, and I didn't expect such a big project. I noticed it includes around 86 missions, which is shown in War3. My question is, do the first and second books of each campaign differ from this one, or do they continue the storyline? Should I replay the books to understand the True Story, considering I've forgotten much of the story.

Shar Dundred · Feb 19, 2024

Just play the True Story, you will be fine.

SENMON · Feb 21, 2024

Hey, boss! Can I translate this campaign into chinese? I wanna share it with chinese players.Many Chinese player love Arkain.

hackojero · Feb 26, 2024

Hey guys, which one should I play first. Thanks.

Shar Dundred · Feb 26, 2024

Just play this one.

Eldrazor · Feb 29, 2024

Hey IDK if it's intentional or not, but in Act Four, Chapter One, the undead mission in the caves where you have a possessed dwarf, there is a difference in between the units you can train and the units you start with.

Key differences:
- Banshee -- Ghost
You start out with 2 banshees, but can only train ghosts (which can only cast possession and not the other good stuff)

- Poisoner -- Rifleman
You start out with 2 poisoners next to the barracks, but you can only make riflemen.

- Deadman -- Footman
You start out with multiple Deadmen, but you can only train footmen

Shar Dundred · Feb 29, 2024

All intended.

Eldrazor · Feb 29, 2024

I do like the challenge of keeping the Poisoners and Captain alive for their unique abilities!

The other stuff dies too quickly :')

Pury · Mar 10, 2024

Hey there!
A quick question: is the true story set in stone or it can be changed? I've reached one of the story events that I have a feeling would be VERY different, if 30 missions a go I didn't do one of the side quests, and now I am suffering from uncertainty =(
Please help!
Thank you!

Fugrim · Mar 11, 2024

Finally the end of this chapter of the story. 5/5 Game of Thrones vibes from this entire campaign.
Played the humans and orcs and undead.
Now time to finish this one.

Morris said:
This is considered the "canon" campaign of Arkain that includes all races and their simultaneous point of view. All races' stories are connected now in a one coherent correlated mega campaign if I may call it as such.

There is 1 thing that I believe all campaigns need to add
AI voices to make things even more engaging and make the big cinematics easier to stay and listen

Eldrazor · Mar 11, 2024

Fugrim said:
There is 1 thing that I believe all campaigns need to add
AI voices to make things even more engaging and make the big cinematics easier to stay and listen

The AI voices I've encountered actually distract me from the story usually, I notice they are AI generated too much

But ye the cinematics drag on a little too much sometimes...

Eldrazor · Mar 13, 2024

I think I can't do it anymore.

I got to Act 4 Chapter 4, but the magic immune golems, 1300HP elites with 40-80 damage that crit and poison, @(%*& 3!!! paladins with 45 second Divine Shield killing your heroes while they are behind your allies, getting blizzared, your priests getting sniped by catapults while your reinforcement production is at the other side of the map, are making the fights too tedious to continue. The previous chapter was a lot of fun because my heroes had strong AoE abilities allowing me to change the tide of each lane whilst feeling powerful and important, but spamming Aedele's Q every 8 seconds on the built-up waves pales in comparison. Even though it's very strong and it does feel good to go -600 on a hero and -300 on its surroundings, it's only ever 8s

The reinforcement mechanic in A4C3 was also pretty cool, getting a new squad to send to their deaths, but here my allies don't even help me defend against the wolves. The mass tele is pretty fun, zipping around from battlefront to battlefront, picking up reinforcements from the main base now and then, but I had to take a break from playing due to frustration after I failed to set up a base in the northern lane to cut down on reinforcement time. The double avatar ults on melee heroes also do diddly-squat, because with ulti they are as good as the elites of the other side that they have 5 of and also there's an invulnerable paladin smacking away at your heroes for 80 damage per hit.

I'll probably come back and whosyourdaddy through this one.

Maaayybe I'll try again with catapults, at least to free up the too-small lanes and to have better AOE?
But really, it's a bit of a downgrade compared to A4C3, your subfaction doesn't have anything special either. Fire mages are poop because their rain of fire doesn't stack and they do barely anything vs the elites & golems. Your own golems don't have enough sustain to outlast the frontlines. Your knights are flimsy too even with Priest support. The heroes are a lot less fun. Aedele's Q is pretty strong and her mass tele is nice too, but her ult is pretty useless. 20 Bonus single-target ranged damage and some health..? Just another avatar... Would be nice if 3 of the 4 ultimates had more impact rather than just +stats temporarily during the mission.

I guess I should've used a squad of firemages to kill the paladins... They were the worst for sure.

I liked the two little demon outposts on the sides harrassing you and rewarding you with a gold mine if you take them out.

Sorry for being all negative Nancy, I got really frustrated looking helplessly at invulnerable paladins smashing my army to bits for the umpteenth time x)
And I had so much fun in A4C3! The quite similar Orc epic multilane battle chapter.

Some suggestions for improvement I could come up with:

Widen the lanes a little, esp up top to have less pathing frustrations. That top lane has got some chokes not meant for the amount of units on this map I feel.
Replace more one-click-upgrade ults with ults that do stuff. Or up the stats you get from them? Vanilla avatar / metamorph is not as good in this campaign with 2-3x the units and also higher stats on many those units.
Idk what to do about divine shield because it's so iconic, but it's not fun looking at an invulnerable unit attacking your army for half a minute each. And you better pay attention, or they'll be invulnerable again by the time you're back! Maybe longer cd is the easy answer
Choose subfaction / assisting faction? I can imagine having some dwarf runepriests would already change how bad your units compare to the enemies' (mostly due to the black elites on the enemy side)
Golems having some sort of slam would make them more attractive as a unit in general. Not being able to heal them with priests is a huge micro cost. Or they die and it's a macro cost. Would usually rather have knights, they're about the same tankiness but you can heal them. Making the golems offensively stronger like that would also add a much-needed elite T3 AoE powerhouse unit that all of the vanilla factions get (gryphon rider, tauren, frost wyrm, chimaera), which feels missing from this mission. (or rather, strong AoE options feel missing & spamming Aedele's Q feels a little one-dimensional)

Polarus · Mar 14, 2024

Simply Excellent!

N'zoth278 · Apr 16, 2024

Hey, I'm quite new to downloading custom campaigns on the latest version and it keeps crashing during the levels and I don't know what to do. If anyone could help it would be greatly appreciated.

Plantpaladin · Apr 16, 2024

N'zoth278 said:
Hey, I'm quite new to downloading custom campaigns on the latest version and it keeps crashing during the levels and I don't know what to do. If anyone could help it would be greatly appreciated.

Make sure that you use older version, I use 1.29. Just search for downloads and use your legit CD key when asked.

N'zoth278 · Apr 16, 2024

Plantpaladin said:
Make sure that you use older version, I use 1.29. Just search for downloads and use your legit CD key when asked.

what if you got the online version of it would there still be a cd key?

Ravager16829 · Apr 17, 2024

N'zoth278 said:
Hey, I'm quite new to downloading custom campaigns on the latest version and it keeps crashing during the levels and I don't know what to do. If anyone could help it would be greatly appreciated.

Shar Dundred is only supporting 1.29.2 for better experiences of Arkain Series campaign AFAIK. Any other versions of the game, particularly Reforged, are currently not supported and might lead to unexpected results.

Kaptain_MekaFather · Apr 17, 2024

I just finished the whole True Story campaign on story difficulty, and it was already hard to beat!
Awesome story, cool custom models, amazing maps, a lot of factions, really it's clearly one of my favorite custom campaign so far, truly a master piece. It was so cool to play that I wanted to create an account here to say how much I appreciated your work. Congrats bro!
It may be strange, but my favorite character was the Destroyer. I guess I saw some similarities between him and the Hellscream family, since I love Grommash and Garrosh.
At the end of the credits, you said the story wasn't finished (I bet it is, Tregakh is still on the run!), but you said that you won't make the next part of the story on WC3. So, I was wondering both thing... did you planned anything yet? And did you need people to translate it? Because I'm french, and I want to share your amazing work to my fellow french friends.

Kasrkin · Apr 17, 2024

Kaptain_MekaFather said:
So, I was wondering both thing... did you planned anything yet?

Work is ongoing for the next stage of the project and that is all I can say because it's up to Shar when he wants to do the grand reveal.
It's looking awesome btw.

LuisMenethil · Apr 18, 2024

Shar, now that True Story is complete, do you plan to make it compatible with new versions of the game in the future? It's too hard to do it?

Panime219 · May 15, 2024

After a grueling 120+ Hours of Hard Mode with ZERO cheats I finally finish the campaign. I enjoyed the campaign and wish you luck in your future endeavors

Lang · May 24, 2024

Shar, did you know on map Crimson Awakening, that one of three Barracks that support player, actually linked to Commander Fox forces, different than two other Barracks and Arcane Sanctum forces. I hope you do a little update to fix this, even that only one Barracks, that means a lot.

Cristian23 · May 25, 2024

will u adding voice lanes in the future?

kingfirex2 · Jun 8, 2024

AI VOICES PLZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

Anttown123 · Jun 18, 2024

Been following this a long long time now. and will finally play the full version now that its finished. one question comes to mind. What will you do next? and can i follow you somewhere? All good! and i wish u the best for your future endavours.

Dan Florin · Jun 24, 2024

i've never finished this campaign becz of later in missions my game get frozen and a crash ( maybe to much visual effects from skills etc happening idk tbh ) but i know this : i found my favourite character

General Gardon Bloodclaw

nightknight919 · Jun 28, 2024

I was going to play the chapter (the red day) when i saw my heros have no item! I played other chapters too but it was the same
can anyone send me their save file bcs i think my save file is deleted and thats why my heroes have no items

btw the quality of this campaign is amazing!

Lang · Jun 29, 2024

nightknight919 said:
I was going to play the chapter (the red day) when i saw my heros have no item! I played other chapters too but it was the same
can anyone send me their save file bcs i think my save file is deleted and thats why my heroes have no items

btw the quality of this campaign is amazing!

I think it's related with the mechanism when you load campaign from a chapter. Did you do load from an unfinished map and finish that map from that save point?. That ruin mine cache on hero item too. Nothing to do with that, you need to replay the older map to seek the last cache of your progress.

Try to replay the Orcs race only and look for your last cache of that race. The item cache is related to the race.

nightknight919 · Jun 29, 2024

Lang said:
I think it's related with the mechanism when you load campaign from a chapter. Did you do load from an unfinished map and finish that map from that save point?. That ruin mine cache on hero item too. Nothing to do with that, you need to replay the older map to seek the last cache of your progress.

Try to replay the Orcs race only and look for your last cache of that race. The item cache is related to the race.

It happend to another of my campaigns too , but loading a map and finishing it doesnt delete ur items im sure of it , alot of times i did that and nothing bad happend , maybe my antivirus deleted my save files
Shame

i guess i have to play the 2 last levels without items . thx anyway

ZiRBy231 · Jul 1, 2024

GOAT message log, can't help but post it here :xxd:

Shellshock · Jul 8, 2024

What are the correct choices for the canon story? I'm gonna play the entire game. and choices but I want to experience the true Ending or whatever first.

Shar Dundred · Jul 8, 2024

Just play the True Story, you do not have to worry about choices that much.

jitao · Jul 9, 2024

Is there any chance of doing Reversed True story of Arkain? There's still factions i would like to play as and i think it would be fun to play your maps again.

Shellshock · Jul 10, 2024

I'm confused Act 2 Chapter 6

Am I supposed to lose the fight against the lich?

I'm playing on 1.31.1 maybe that's where the issue is. But I don't understand am I supposed to lose against the lich?

Shar Dundred · Jul 10, 2024

Lang · Jul 11, 2024

Shellshock said:
I'm confused Act 2 Chapter 6

Am I supposed to lose the fight against the lich?

I'm playing on 1.31.1 maybe that's where the issue is. But I don't understand am I supposed to lose against the lich?

Are you refer to where Salomar and Aedale fighting Rahandir?, you could actually win it, it need good microing your unit that it not cramped in one place, his AOE spells do much damage, spread your unit and picking heal runes. Use Salomar and Chevalier heal effectively on unit that low HP.

You better make a save point before fight him, because you may need a few try to defeat him.

Shellshock · Jul 11, 2024

Lang said:
Are you refer to where Salomar and Aedale fighting Rahandir?, you could actually win it, it need good microing your unit that it not cramped in one place, his AOE spells do much damage, spread your unit and picking heal runes. Use Salomar and Chevalier heal effectively on unit that low HP.

You better make a save point before fight him, because you may need a few try to defeat him.

yeah you need some good RNG for him to teleport at the back so you deal with his enemies without his help.

Shellshock · Jul 17, 2024

If I don't kill the sludge will I get to use it later? or Should I kill the sludge?

Also is there a difference between going on the offense and directly destroying the dark elves compared to doing the 25k wood mission.

Shellshock · Jul 25, 2024

Act 9 Chapter 9 repeatedly crashes.

If I whosyourdaddy through the mission and get to the 2nd half of the mission I can make it. But the first half of the mission crashes.

Played on 1.31.1

LordOfArcania · Jul 25, 2024

Magnificent Campaign! Here is the full Campaign if anyone is interested;

Shellshock · Jul 26, 2024

Finally Finished the Campaign on Hard Difficulty. Easily one of the most diificult campaings I've ever played.

Great story. Great Game. I sadly haven't done 1 mission. But besides that I have done every mission on hard.

Act 9 Chapter 9 just keeps crashing. But besides that no cheats BABY.

EAZY. (please do not make this game more difficult. Every mission took 2 hours to complete)

But yeah. easy 5/5. The only campagin I would like to give 6/5

	General Blen Greymoore General Greymoore is said to embody everything the Empire stands for. He is an honorable warrior, proud to fight for the Empire and the Emperor, following every order and doing whatever he can to make the Empire a better place - even if it means that he has to fight the enemies of mankind without showing any mercy, hunting them until they are completely destroyed. Already, many bards tell romantical tales of the veteran who was born a peasant and rose through ranks only by his wit, his tactical mind and his strength in both body and mind, saving not only his men but also fair ladies on a daily basis. Of course, the tales are exaggerated, as tales tend to be, and Blen wouldn't consider himself a paragon, having to send his men into certain death again and again to assure victory for the Empire, mourning those who he lost. Greymoore's soldiers all look up to him, seeing him, who fights at their side in every battle, as their inspirational role model.
	General Gardon Bloodclaw General Gardon is the most ruthless and merciless general in the Empire. He is known for using every available weapon against his enemies without showing any pardon. His background is a mystery. He simply appeared out of nowhere and became general. He proved very fast, that he got that position for a good reason, destroying the enemies of the Empire with fast, merciless effectiveness. He is the commander of the Ironfist, an elite force of the Empire, which often carries out top secret missions for the Emperor himself. According to rumors, Gardon himself enjoys the favor of the Emperor - much to the frustration of many higher-ranking Imperials. Yet none would dare make a move against him, as in the past, such attempts ended in disaster.
	Rangul Growing up as a usual member of the Deathbreeze Clan, Rangul's abilities and his dedication to his race along with his strength made him rise up the ranks of the clan quite fast until he became the first and most trusted lieutenant of the chieftain. Rangul sees his race on its way to utter extinction and dreams of a realm for his people. A strong realm that would prosper and serve as staging ground for many invasions. Dedicating his life to create this realm himself, he planned to not only be the successor of the chieftain but to also unite all other clans under his command, sending them against the Kingdoms of the Humans. Their lands would be taken over and used by the Orcs who would then become more than simple marauders and pillagers. However, his plan has one major hole: The Demons and their constant attacks. While Rangul thinks that his people could be powerful enough to defeat some demonic army, he has yet to come up with any ideas on how his people should wage war on the Kingdoms on the one side and defend against the Demons on the other.
	Amari The chieftain of the Cliffhunter Clan, Amari, was born as the daughter of Rangul. While women in the Orc society were forced to stay at home and take care of it and the children while the males were fighting, Amari wanted to prove to her father, whom she knew was more tolerant towards new ideas - him adopting a human girl was perfect proof for his. She secretly gathered a few other members of the Deathbreeze Clan and went on a mission to gain his trust. However, she was betrayed and forced into exile - like all Orc women who were unwilling to "stay home". The fate of an exiled female was often death. However, Amari did not want to accept that fate. She sneaked her way through to the Kingdoms where she met other exiles and together they founded the Cliffhunter Clan - a clan consisting of all Orc women who had been exiled by their clains. Therefore the Cliffhunter Clan is considered an exile clan by the other Orc clans - and therefore hardly even considered a real orc clan. Amari and her followers raided the Kingdoms for a long time, with Amari being smart enough to keep her clan moving instead of settling anywhere to avoid being detected by the armies of the Kingdoms. Since the foundation of their clan, the number of exiled Orc women has increased dramatically, showing that there are many women who want to fight. Amari promised to herself that, one day, she would make the other Orc clans accept her clan and reform the society of her people regarding females.
	Aridon the Watcher Aridon is the most mysterious creature of Arkain – also the most unknown. No one but the Demons even knows of Aridon's existence and the archlich intends to keep it that way as long as possible. It's unknown for how long he has existed, but he has always been here. He's even older than all of the oldest Demons together. It's also unknown who or what he used to be before – if he has ever been anything else before. He calls himself the humble Watcher of Arkain who ensures that the balance isn't disturbed by the other races. The Demons and the mortals alike often tend to threaten this balance with their actions and Aridon has often interfered in the actions of the mortals – but from the shadows without being noticed. He has seen the future and has known centuries ago that in this conflict, manipulations won't be enough and prepares for a full scale war. It's time for the Undead to fix the flaws of the other races.
	Ornasion the Destroyer Unlike other dreadlords, Ornasion had always prefered brute force over manipulations or mind games. This made others of his kind consider him a savage brute, not worth much more than some pitlord. He was considered simple-minded, no threat to the far more intelligent and cunning dreadlords. However, it was this apparent "simple-mind" that spared him from the political games between other Demons, allowing him to focus on what he did best: Warfare. He became a great tactician and led the Blooddrinker Legion into many successful battles against their enemies. Ornasion turned out to be the greatest general of the Blooddrinker Legion, yet the other dreadlords never considered him a threat due to him being interested in nothing but war, even going as far as calling him a "Pit Dreadlord" in reference to the brutish Pitlords. It was the last time a dreadlord would underestimate any other dreadlord. One day, still centuries before the Void War, Ornasion made his move. He challenged all higher-ranking dreadlords of the Blooddrinker Legion at once - and tore them apart. While actually being the brute they always considered him to be, he was no fool and was driven by the same ambition as others of his kind were. Ornasion used his brute force to make the Blooddrinker Legion the most numerous by absorbing several smaller Legions. In doing so and due to his tactical abilities, he had secured the place of his Legion as the one leading the charge against the Humans and other races of Arkain, planning to destroy all his enemies - be it by crushing their lands or by corrupting their minds.

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