Overlord: Raising Hell Walkthrough

OVERLORD
RAISING HELL
I.    Intro
II.    Version History
III.    General Tips
IV.    The Mellow Hills Abyss
V.    The Evernight Abyss
VI.    The Heaven's Peak Abyss
VII.    The Golden Abyss
VIII.    The Infernal Abyss
IX.    The Unique Molds
X.    The Dungeon Challenges
XI.    F.A.Q.
XII.    Credits
XIII.    Copyrights
I. INTRO
Raising Hell is the expansion to the 2007 game "Overlord" in which you
assume the role of a Dark Lord who must rebuild his evil empire after
having been assassinated in his own Dark Tower by a fellowship of
"heroes" from all over the game's world. As you re-built your tower and
expended your new empire, you ran into the same "heroes" who had
previously defeated you and had your vengeance on each of them, drawing
closer to the real enemy.
The main addition of the Raising Hell expansions consists of Abyss areas
that open all over the world after defeating the final boss of Overlord.
There is one for each zone (Mellow Hills, Evernight, Heaven's Peak,
Golden Hills and Ruborian desert) and your worshipers have fled in them.
You simply cannot have this happen and thus go out to conquer the
Abysses.
These Abyss levels is what this FAQ will focus on, guiding you through
them all. Other additions of the expansion such as unique molds and
dungeon challenges will also be discussed.
For your information, I passed Overlord with an Arcanium armor
(300/150/300/150), an Arcanium Mace (250/0/125/100) and an Arcanium
Helmet (horde size still not at 50 but I never go around with more than
40 minions anyway). Also, I have installed the expansion sometime after
having passed Overlord. This may effect the order in which the Abyss and
Gnarl's notices arrive, but those would only be technical details.
Finally, this guide is written for people who have completed Overlord.
For those who haven't, beware as this guide might contain minor spoilers
for you.
II. VERSION HISTORY
28-01-2008: Guide is started. Table of Content and Intro are completed.
30-01-2008: Mellow Hills Abyss section is completed.
03-02-2008: Evernight Abyss section is completed.
04-02-2008: Heaven's Peak Abyss section is completed.
14-02-2008: Golden Abyss section is completed. General tip added.
21-02-2008: Unique Molds section is completed.
26-02-2008: Infernal Abyss and Dungeon Challenges sections are completed.
03-03-2008: Map of the Labyrinth completed and posted. Version 1.0 ready.
06-03-2008: v1.1 - Major update in the Dungeon Challenges section.
III. GENERAL TIPS
- Raising Hell introduces a new game mechanics I will refer to in this
guide as "Move". To move an object, select it by holding shift and then
send the required number of minions over to it. As long as your hold
shift, you can now sweep the object along with the minions you sent.
- A common form of vegetation in the Abyss is some kind of large, armored
pumpkin shell. These can easily be crushed and are very generous in life
force of every color. However, some hide bombs instead. So either crush
them yourself, or be ready to call back your minions if you hear an
unpleasantly familiar "Tsssssssssssss".
- If, for some reason, you're defeated while your horde is still alive
and strong, it's often a better idea to select "quit game" and restart
from the last autosave, rather than to go back to the tower, which will
autosave, and loose your strong horde.
- The best minion equipment I've found so far is the one in the Ruborian
Desert. To make things easy, it's full of it. To quickly get your horde
to 400% strength, simply teleport to the village and make your way to the
other Tower Gate, looting all the crates, chests and baskets you can
find. Some of the equipment you'll find in the Abyss also allows you to
reach 400%, but it's easier to find in the desert.
- The Ruborian desert is also one of the best places for money. Do the
same thing as described in the above tip and you'll end up with around
8000 more gold then you started with at the village.
- In case you didn't know, the giant sand worms that infect the Ruborian
desert can be killed by feeding them blaster bugs. Just lure one into the
sand using an egg until the ground shakes, and then pray for your
minion's safety (or not) as the worm comes out.
- The fastest place to get life force (any color) is the dungeon. Simply
fight the right type of beetle (battler for brown, dazzler for blue, puff
for green and magma for red) and you'll get 75 life forces in almost no
time, 150 even when you get the Harvesting Helmet. If your Overlord is
strong enough, you don't even need to take minions with you into the
arena.
- Here's an even faster way to harvest life force. Still in the dungeon,
against bugs and wearing the Harvesting Helmet, use an Arcanium mace
300/150/0/0. The added physical and magical damage bonus will make the
Mace strong enough to kill bugs in one regular hit. To make things even
faster, you can mark a large group of red in the back and lure the bugs
into their shooting range. Make sure you also mark some blues behind the
reds to heal any red who would get hit by some lucky bug that got past
you.
Sent by: the_bubi
IV. THE MELLOW HILLS ABYSS
If, like me, you installed Raising Hell after beating Overlord, your
saved game will be just as it used to be. Except when you load it, Gnarl
will tell you of "Dark Energy" he's detecting in Mellow Hills and the
Ruborian desert. Before going to check them out however, I suggest
beating up the wizard once and for all as he'll still be there. Once
that's done, the ending cinematic will play but the credits won't role.
And the wizard will be gone for good. Now that your Tower has retrieved
its "peace", let's go investigate these Dark Energies. Use the tower
heart and teleport to Mellow Hills.
The Mellow Hills Abyss' entrance isn't what we could call hard to find.
As soon as you teleport, you will see it in front of you, not too far.
The thing looks like a tall garden pagoda made of white marble. As soon
as the little cutscene is over, walk over to it with your minions to
enter the Mellow Hills Abyss.
Upon entering the Abyss, you'll have another short cutscene in which the
peasants have their dreams of evasion beautifully shattered. Gnarl will
tell you to investigate the Abyss so let's listen to the old guy.
Exploring the Abyss is pretty straightforward. Simply follow the path. On
your way, you'll see some of your worshippers chained to the wall and
talking. You'll also soon encounter a new sort of enemy: wraiths. If your
horde is well equipped, they shouldn't be a problem so just slay them and
carry on. You'll eventually go down a path and find spawning pits for all
of your minions. To the right of the pits are some crates and treasure
chest for you to loot. Take the time to rearrange your horde if needed
and then carry on along the path. Three more wraiths will soon spawn for
you to kill and beyond them you'll find the first crossroad of the Abyss.
Start by going left. You'll come to an area where some peasants are
"mining" and wraiths keeps of spawning every few seconds. Beat them up
when they do and explore the two further paths that extend from each side
of that area. Both are short dead-ends with stuff to loot at the end.
When that's done and you're tired of watching flaming corpses fall from
the sky, go back to the original cross-road.
Let's go to the right now. After a short distance and five more wraiths
to obliterate, you'll get to the Halfling part of the Abyss where there's
grass and a Mana-pit. Your game will autosave, and you'll have a short
cutscene showing you that sheepies are much meaner underground than up
there. Not only will they explode, they'll actually chase you until they
do if you hit them so the best way to get rid of them is to use your
Overlord's spells such as the 3rd level fire spell. This time again, there
are 2 paths to choose from, one going right, the other forward and down.
Let's go right for now. You'll come across spawning pits, some sheep
(watch out) and then a small Halfling settling. You can either ransack it
the old way, or simply toss a fire ball in the crops which will ignite
the entire settling. Doing the later will also result in burning Halfling
spawning out of their houses every few seconds. Amusing at first but it
can get annoying. When you're done there, go back and down the other way.
Well if it isn't our friend Bob the farmer waiting down the path. He
isn't really in a better condition then the last time we saw him. In
front of him are some pumpkins, but not ordinary ones: Angry Pumpkins!
Just send your minions in there and let them take care of it. As you make
you're way to Bob, Halflings will come and take him away, across a small
lake. To cross it with your horde, you'll need to drawn the bridge by
turning the small reel on the other side. Mark all of your minions but
the blues (make sure you got some) and cross the lake on foot. Ignore the
Halfling houses for now and make your way to the reel in front of the
last house to the left. While your blues turn it, defend them yourself
from attacking Halflings. When the bridge is drawn, get your horde back
and loot the Halfling houses. To go further into the Abyss, you'll need
to put out the fire near the middle house using your reds. Do this, then
follow the path and, somehow, you'll soon be in the Abyss version of the
Halfling homes.
When you enter the Halfling homes, your game will autosave and you'll get
a cutscene showing you the fate of Melvin Underbelly's tortured soul.
Before you go down there, let's take a look at the room in which he is.
Not counting the way you'll go in by, there are 3 exits. The ones to the
left and right are opened, and the one at the front is closed. There's
also 2 large reels you can see, one on each side. The left one turns off
the fire blocking the right exit. The right one opens the center exit.
Now, go down the path to your left and into the room yourself.
Once you reach the room, Melvin will wobble out of his hole and go
through the left exit. Follow him as he leads you to a Halfling valley,
eating giant plates on the way and exploding at the end. Be careful
though, Melvin's explosion is very powerful so keep clear of him when he
eats his third plate. Also, the explosion will (don't ask me how) cause
his fellow Halfling to ignite in flames and with them the entire valley.
So if you want to loot the homes, do it before Melvin explodes.
Now, after Melvin has exploded, turn your attention to the giant plate on
the right of the valley, the one Melvin ate in second. Next to this plate
is a Mother Angry Pumpkin. You need to slay her. Do so by sweeping your
minion over the root and once it's done, you'll be able to go clear all
the other angry pumpkins under the mother one. When the pumpkins are
gone, you'll see a small skull rock level. You can activate it by sending
a minion over to it, and it will raise/lower the giant plate. Leave it
for now and go back to Melvin. When he sees you, he'll come back to the
valley. As soon as he climbs the stairs out of his hole, run for the
lever we just left and activate it to lower the newly filled plate. If
there isn't any food yet in the plate, something's wrong so go check on
Melvin. If all works well, Melvin will enter the valley and go for the
left plate since you raised the right one. While he's eating the left
plate, lower back the right one (if you don't he'll poke you with his
giant fork until you do) and run for it. Once his meal is complete, he'll
blow up again, shattering the rock wall that was blocking our way. Go
down the path that just opened and you'll reach the left reel of Melvin's
room. Turn it to shut down the fire and go back the Melvin. Watch out
though, some Wraights will be waiting for you in the valley.
With the fire gone, Melvin will now go through the right exit so follow
him. In there, you'll find some Halfling cooks to kill and a grass area
with sheeps, surrounded by a path with some more giant plates. Notice the
4th plate, the one net to the rock wall is empty. To fill it and make
Melvin explode there, you have to push the sheeps into the fireplace in
the grass area before he gets to his third plate and explode. Do so,
sweep your horde in the grass area and push the sheeps, one at the time,
toward the fire place. This might take some practice, but the bigger your
horde size, the easier. When you succeed, the 4th plate will be filled
with cooked sheepies and Melvin will explode there, taking out the rock
wall. You know what to do.
Beyond the rock wall is poor Bob getting cooked! Kill the Halfling cook,
loot the stuff around and turn the large reel to open the middle door.
You can then either burn Bob yourself by turning the small reel next to
him, or save him by sending some minions over to him who'll break down
the cooking rack and carry Bob to the previous Tower Waypoint. If you do
the later, Bob will reward you with a considerable amount of gold and
potions.
After you've dealt with Bob, go down the door you just opened. Your game
will autosave and, following the corridor, you'll soon enter some torture
area. To your right will be spawning pits. To the left, another mother
pumpkin and her children. To easily defeat the mother, simply take the
path to it's right and post some reds there. They'll burn her from a safe
distance so you can then slay all the other little pumpkins. Once that's
done, go on to where the mother was and you'll find your first Unique
Mold: the Axe of Confusion. Let your minions take it to the waypoint and
wait by the spawning pits. When they're back, proceed to the next area
for a peculiar view.
That's right, even wraiths can play golf! Quickly kill them and then
leave your minions behind in the previous room. Back on the golf course,
you'll need to make Melvin bounce on the walls until he reaches to stone
wall on the right of the entrance. This is easy. Simply stand next to the
small flag pole to the left of Melvin and dodge when he charges you. With
this angle, he should bounce right into the stone wall and blow it up
along with himself. Get your minions back and proceed to the next gold
course.
This time again, use your minions to kill the wraiths and then leave them
some way back. On this course, Melvin need to bounce a loop around the
place and back to his starting point in order to blow the wall behind
him. Just stand right in front of him and dodge when he charges. He'll do
the loop and come back to the wall. Boom. Get your minions back and keep
going.
After some time in a root-infested corridor, you'll reach a large room in
which Melvin is bouncing. Near, you will be a food cart you can move
using the new game mechanics (see section III for tips) and at the far
end of the room you'll see 4 small stone walls hiding the 4 rods of the
large reel you need to turn in order to leave this room. Now this might
be a little complicated, but think of it as a giant Brick game. You need
to direct Melvin's rolling using the food cart so he will knock down the
4 stone walls before exploding. Each time he explodes, the walls will
reset. As his trajectory is affected by many things, I have no clear
directions here. Just move the cart with your minions and with some luck,
it won't take you too many Melvins to do this. Once you manage to knock
down all 4 walls in a single shot, Melvin won't come back so you can go
down there and pick up the rods of the reel. When it's repaired, turn it
and go through the door you just opened.
Beyond the door, not far ahead, is Melvin again. Remember the boulder
beasts in the Dwarf temple construction site? Same thing will happen
here. As soon as you step in front of Melvin, he'll charge, go pass you
and continue rolling until he falls down into the bottomless pit at the
end of his path. Well, that's it for Melvin, at last. Continue on your
own path until your reach a larger room with a Waypoint, spawning pits as
well as mana and life pit. Build a strong horde and recharge your mana.
You'll need them. When you're ready, exit the room by taking the passage
to the right.
This is the final room of the Mellow Hills Abyss. As Gnarl tells you, you
need to retrieve the Abyss stone located at the far end of the room. Many
wraiths will start spawning to block your way but don't waste your time
slaying them. Simply make your way past them and send some minions over
to the Stone. They'll start moving it but when they get about halfway to
the waypoint, traitorous peasants will drop from above and begin
attacking the Stone itself to destroy it and prevent you from controlling
the Abyss. That can't happen. If there are still some wraiths, leave them
alone for now and concentrate on killing the attacking peasants. Don't be
afraid to step in yourself to help your minions with your strength and
spells. Once all enemies are defeated, send back minions to the Stone and
they'll finish carrying it to the waypoint. You now control the Mellow
Hills Abyss. So unless you want to hang some more down there, let's just
return to the tower.
When you arrive, Gnarl will tell you he detected similar Dark Energies in
Evernight, Heaven's Peak and the Golden Hills. Feel free to do whichever
you want first, or simply follow this guide's order.
V. THE EVERNIGHT ABYSS
Alright! Time to go torment those poor little elves some more. The
entrance of the Evernight Abyss is located in the clearing where you
defeated Oberon, so just make your way there and enter this second Abyss.
Once you've entered the abyss, summon a horde if you don't have one
already, and then simply go forward. After killing the bugs on your
right, turn left. You'll soon be faced with another crossroad. Go to the
right first. You'll come up to some small stone house that can actually
be collapsed by your minions. Once they have done so, they'll be able to
reach the treasure chest behind. That's all there is to get here, so head
back and take the left path now. Following the path, your way will soon
be blocked by a gate of roots. Notice the lever a short distance to the
left of the gate. You need to sweep a minion over the root and to it.
Activating the lever will turn on some spotlights and frighten the roots
of the gate, opening the way for you.
What you see beyond the gate is the entry of the huge play theatre
occupying most of the space of the Evernight Abyss. Inside the entry is
waiting a new type of wraith equipped with a gun. Their blasts are pretty
strong, and have an important knock back effect on your minions so always
be careful of them. Also note that when reduced to about 25% of health,
they turn into regular wraiths. Alone though, he's not much of a problem.
Kill him and proceed into the theatre until a cutscene starts. The
cutscene will show you the play being acted in the theater. Since the
Terror is broken, it will repeat the 2 first acts over and over again.
You have to find that Terror, whatever it is.
When the cutscene ends, take some time to look at the theater. From now
on, the Elf side of the theater will be referred to as the left side, and
the wraith side as the right. The Wraiths watching the play don't mind
you being there, and won't attack. That is, until you attack them
yourself. Also, notice that right beneath you is the Evernight Abyss
Stone. Unfortunately, it's blocked by Oberon, still as helpless and in
our way as ever.
Now, I used to recommend slaughtering your way through the wraiths, but
Federico made me realize there is a much simpler way. If you look at the
wraith side, you'll see a small staircase leading down from the path
you're on to a narrow corridor heading back outside the theater. Leaning
on the side of this corridor are some wood planks leading to another
lever. Lock on the lever and send a minion to it. This will activate some
more spotlights and scare away the root gate that was preventing you from
going any further outside the theater. So once you've done that, go back
outside the theater.
We're now going to explore the outside of the theatre. Starting from the
root gate, always stay to the right (further from the theater). You'll
first come into a small village made of rock house. These ones hide stuff
though. Beginning with the one closest to the theater's entry, they hide:
1- small fire bugs, 2- elves, 3- nothing, 4- treasure chest, 5- small
green bugs, 6- a basic wraith. Loot the village if you want and then
proceed, always keeping to the right. You'll come to another stone house.
Quickly smash your way through it for wraiths will appear on the other
side. Kill them all. If you want some more minions, here's the place to
get some. You can also recharge your health & mana in the pits. Finally,
there's stuff to break all around so have your fun and then continue your
way, yet again keeping to your right. This will bring us back to the
theater. Take the stairs to the right up. We're now going into the
backstage of the theater. Before going to far in though, leave your
minions behind and continue by yourself. As you reach the end of the
walkway and discover the Terror, a new type of wraiths will spawn:
rammers. These guys will just charge you with their large shields and
kill all your minions just by touching them. Make sure he doesn't get his
chance. Notice that these wraiths too will turn normal when badly
wounded. When the guard is dead, go get back your minions.
From the place where you killed the rammer, you have a good view on this
side of the backstage. Especially take notice of all the shooters along
the wall. Use the bombs next to you at first and then sweep your horde
along the wall to take care of the ones left. When these guys are dealt
with, walk down into the backstage and face the few wraiths that will try
attacking you. As you reach the further end of the room, you game will
autosave. It was about time!
Next, loot all there is around and go wait by the large reel above the
wraith changing room. When the wraiths mass close to the stage and
prepare to enter for Act 2, turn the reel. It will open the way to the
changing room and make the actors leave. Be careful though, for some
wraiths are still down there, guarding the room. Slay them quickly. Then
loot anything your want in there and then go wait where the wraiths were
massed, close to the stage. Don't worry about the actor-wraiths; they
won't spawn while you're in there.
When Act 2 comes back, step onto the stage yourself and play the role of
the dwarves yourself. Once the elves are all dead, push the backdrop with
your minions. This will reveal a rock wall on the right, and the elf
changing room on the left. Go into the changing room. To the right of the
room's doorway is a hoe with bombs, and further to the right, a rock
wall. You know what to do here. Blow the wall and go behind the backdrop
alone, for another rammer will spawn. After killing him, call back your
minions and proceed to the right side of the stage. Push the block into
the wall, and use your fire spell to burn the shooter that will come up
by the lever (at least until he drops his gun). When that's done, go back
on the stage (wait until the wraiths leave if Act 2 is being played) and
push the backdrop some more. This will reveal an opening on the right,
and the bomb hole on the left. While staying on the stage, send a minion
to get a bomb, and sweep him all the way across the stage to the stone
wall on the right side. This is a long distance, and will use all the
bomb's timer so be careful. Now go into the opening you just made. Some
wraiths will spawn for you to slay and then you'll come to the block you
just pushed behind the backdrop. Sweep a minion onto in and to the lever.
This will turn on some projectors and scare off the root wall behind the
backdrop. When the roots are gone, head yet again back on the stage to
push the backdrop some more. This time, you'll only reveal a closed door
in a stone wall on the right. Open the door by activating the lever. At
last! We've made it to Rollie the Terror! But she is indeed broken. We
have to repair that.
After activating the waypoint and autosaving your game, go past Rollie
and behind the backdrop. Some wraiths will spawn again. When they're
dead, loot anything you want and then push the block into the right wall.
Before we go any further though, there's something we have to do. Head
back to the opening you revealed in the right wall after pushing the
backdrop for the second time. In there, hidden behind the breakable props
in the second Unique Mold: the Mace of Doom. Be careful though, two large
wraiths will spawn when you reach it. After dealing with them, send some
minions to the mold and they'll take it to the waypoint beside Rollie.
Alright. Now that this is done, it's time to go push the backdrop one
last time. Doing so will now reveal an opening to the left. Step into the
opening and leave your minions there, by the spawning pits. Take the
stairs on your left by yourself and make your way onto the catwalk.
Another of those rammers will soon spawn. Kill him good and then call
some minions back. At the end of the way are some stuff to loot and the
first spoke to repair Rollie. Let your guy bring it to the machine and go
get your full horde back by the pits. When you're ready, proceed through
the opening in the theater's wall. Some huge scary wraith will spawn.
Just activate your strongest minion spell and your horde will take care
of him and his friends in a matter of seconds. Once all the wraiths are
dead, go crush the pumpkin shells on the top by yourself (they'll most
likely hide bombs) to reveal the second spoke. When all danger is past,
send a minion over to it so he can take it to Rollie. The Terror is now
repaired, time for Act 3 to begin.
Unfortunately, this is just a Rollie prop so you'll have to move her
yourself, which is a pain. Send 10 minions over to her and start moving
her along the road on the floor. The road will take you behind the
backdrop, and then through as Rollie smashes it to splinters. Once you've
managed to bring Rollie on stage, keep following the road guiding you to
the front. At some point, Elves will start attacking. You can ignore
them, roll them over with the Terror or let go of Rollie minute to kill
them yourself. When Rollie finally reaches the front, it'll be mounted on
a spinning mechanism and the play's director will urge you to burn Oberon
to ashes. Meh, why not? Use the small reel behind Rollie to turn it in
Oberon's direction (clockwise). Once the flame is past Oberon, call your
minions back and the flame will go back counter clockwise. When it's past
Oberon again, send your minions back to the reel. Repeat until Oberon is
nothing but a pile of ash all while killing the wraiths that will come
from the right to stop you. A good way to do this is to use browns for
defense, and green for the reel. That way, you can control them
independently.
When Oberon is out of the way, make your way through the last wraiths to
the now exposed Abyss Stone and pick it up. Once it's out of its corner
though, the Elves will rebel start attacking you to destroy the stone.
They're elves, so they shouldn't be too hard to neutralize. Don't use any
other spell than fire however as it would simply be a waste of mana
against their number, and don't get too far from the stone either because
some elves will go across the stage and attack you from the right.
After all the elves have been killed, send your minions back to the Abyss
Stone and let them carry it to the nearby Waypoint. Congratulation, you
are now master of the Evernight Abyss.
VI. THE HEAVEN'S PEAK ABYSS
Now Heaven's Peak has already had daemons, zombie plague and Overlords
using their city as a battle ground. What worse could an Abyss bring??
You just wait and see. The gate to the Heaven's Peak Abyss is located
outside the city, in the grassy area with sheeps near the original Tower
Gate. It looks like the Evernight one and is thus pretty hard to miss so
teleport using that Tower Gate and step into the portal.
Welcome to Heaven's Peak abyss. As usual, the arrival area has all the
spawning pits, so build a good horde and be sure to include at least 2
reds and some greens too. When you're ready, go forward to meet the
masters of the Abyss: the angry women of Heaven's Peak. Your first task
will be to get rid of that giant slug. That's easy (just circle around it
by yourself and hit it in the back). But it leaves so much dirt behind.
That'll have to be cleaned in order to proceed. Take your horde back with
you and head down the path on your left. Slaying some basic wraiths on
the way, you'll soon make it to Sir William's tortured soul and his
followers. Talk about burning in hell eh? Select only your green and
sweep them over root to the top of the monticule overlooking the furnace.
If you forgot to bring any or they died on the way, there's a green
spawning pit on your left behind some breakable stuff. When your greens
have reached the top, mark them there. They'll automatically start
jumping on the cloaked figures' backs. When they jump on Sir William,
he'll fall down but won't disappear. You'll need to sweep your reds over
to him so they'll pick him up and bring him to the broom. The broom is
now powered! Bring your entire horde back up there and send 7 minions
over to the broom so you can start moving it around and cleaning the slug
leftovers. Once the floor is all clean again, the women will express
their satisfaction and open a root gate on the left of their balcony. Go
through it for your next chore.
Would you look at that? Now we have to do the lawn for those women. If
you didn't bring William with you, go back in the last room to get him
and let your minions bring him to the mower. This time again, he'll power
it so you can start moving the mower around. But you can't just do it
anyway you like it otherwise it'll just grow r