Burbenog Lordaeron Edition V1.0

General Information about the Elements and How to Play Select a Governor. Each has the ability to commission four types of builders plus a hybrid builder that can build anything (for a higher cost). When you elect a governor, the primary builder is always immediately summoned. Every subsequent builder requires a piece of lumber, which you obtain after every 5th level. Here is a list of the 10 elements and their primary functions: Human - Cheap towers that take very little time to build Magic - Offers various special abilities including Stun and Dispel Magic Fire - Has a focus on splash damage Ice - Slows enemies down with ice attacks Thunder - Has the longest range of all towers Poison - Primary abilities include Slow Poison and Disease Cloud, also focuses on Chaos damage Death - Has numerous special abilities such as Hex and negative auras Holy - Buildings are twice as resistant to attackers, gain bonuses against the Undead, and have special defensive abilities Earth - Durable towers with strong single-target damage, and the only element with the Gold Mine for bonus income Wind - Fast-attacking towers that excel against air units

Credits: Map Author: Galak Originally created by Shvegait Testers: SOSzzz, HITCookieJar Have a question or comment about this map? Message me on Bnet @ Galak#11733

The following sections give additional reference information about the game. You will need to scroll down to view them. They provide information about commands, special levels, towers, and Heroes. There is also a hall of fame for those who have beaten hard and expert difficulties. For the tower information sections and elsewhere, the following colors represent the various elements: Orange - Human Purple - Magic Red - Fire Blue - Ice Yellow - Thunder Green - Poison Dark Gray - Death White - Holy Dark Green - Earth Light Gray - Wind

Want to know when your towers have the upper hand? Here's a list of every level with a special ability or armor type, sorted by type: Armor Types (Default is Heavy): Medium: 3, 10, 13, 17, 23, 24, 26, 30, 32 Light: 4, 6, 9, 11, 14, 19, 21, 27, 28, 29, 34, 36, 39 Fortified: 15, 31, 37 Air Units: 6, 11, 14, 18, 21, 24, 29, 33, 36, 39 Special Classifications: Undead: 3, 13, 17, 18, 22, 30, 36 Summoned: 3, 8, 20, 25, 38 Mechanical: 10, 29, 37 Special Abilities: Invisible: 17, 25, 30, 35 Siege: 19, 27, 34, 37, 41* Spell Immune: 15, 22, 27, 31, [35], 39 Bloodlust: 23, 40 Frost Armor: 26, 32 Anti-magic Shell: 35 *Normal and Hard difficulties only

In expert mode, the creeps that spawn are random. Still, there are only three possible options for each level. Here's a list of every level with a special ability or armor type, sorted by type: Armor Types (Default is Heavy): Medium: 2, 3, 3, 6, 6, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17, 17, 18, 20, 22, 23, 24, 26, 26, 29, 30, 32, 32, 35, 39 Light: 4, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 10, 11, 12, 12, 14, 18, 19, 19, 21, 21, 22, 23, 27, 27, 28, 29, 30, 30, 34, 36, 36, 38, 39, 39 Fortified: 11, 13, 15, 23, 28, 31, 32, 34, 37, 37 Unarmored: 2, 7, 9, 13, 14, 17, 19, 24, 25, 27, 29, 31, 35, 36, 37 Air Units: 4, 5, 6, 10, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 18, 18, 19, 21, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27, 29, 31, 33, 33, 35, 36, 36, 37, 38, 39, 39 Special Classifications: Undead: 2, 3, 4, 9, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 30, 35, 36, 36, 38, 38 Summoned: 3, 3, 8, 8, 9, 14, 15, 20, 23, 25, 25, 32, 38, 39 Mechanical: 11, 13, 15, 16, 28, 28, 29, 33, 34, 37 Special Abilities: Invisible: 17, 25, 30, 35 (no changes) Siege: 19, 27, 34, 37, 41

Commands: -sell - Sells all selected units for 50% of their cost. Governors, Technology buildings, Hybrid base structures, and Burbenog Outposts may not be sold. -give - Transfers money in amounts less than 100 to your allies. The correct usage is "-give xx yy". xx is the number of the player you are giving the money. yy is the amount of gold you wish to transfer. -cede - Transfers control of a tower or group of towers. The correct usage is "-cede xx." Towers that can't be sold can't be ceded either. xx is the number of the player to whom you are transfering your towers. -lumber - Use this to give one piece of lumber to an ally. The usage is identical to -cede, "-lumber xx". This is useful if you have more than one piece of lumber but don't want to give it all away. -off - This command is used to turn off the autocasting of the spells of certain towers, like the Firestorm Caster and the Quake Tower. This works like -sell in that only selected selected units will be affected. -kick - Red only. Removes a player from the game. The usage is "-kick xx", where xx is teal, blue, or purple. -autobal off - Turns off autobalance, which is now enabled by default. Any player can use this, and it cannot be turned back on. -global tech off - Red only. Turns off shared technology, which is now enabled by default. -borrow - Borrows gold against your future income. Your borrow limit now grows each round. Borrowing is disabled during the final round.

Master List of Secret Commands: -random - Randomly elects a governor. Only works at the start of a game. -smack - Smacks someone who is pissing you off. The syntax is "-smack xx", where xx is the number of the player you wish to smack. -night - Sets the time to midnight (0:00). -dusk - Sets the time to dusk (18:00). -day - Sets the time to dawn (6:00). -cycle - Initiates the natural day/night cycle (at 2x speed). A player may change the time of day only once every 20 minutes. -blood - Changes the outer rivers to flow with red blood instead of water. Type -water to change it back. -die villagers - Try this as an alternate ending after you win the game. -die infernals - Try this as an alternate ending after you lose the game. -paint - Alters the color of a selected creep. The syntax is "-paint xxx yyy zzz", with xxx representing the red value, yyy the green value, and z

This listing shows the cost, range, and damage type of every tower and is divided into three sections, sorted by cost: Arrow Turret - 7 - 700 - Piercing Axe Tower - 10 - 500 - Normal Needler - 10 - 600 - Piercing Flaming Arrow Turret - 10 - 700 - Piercing Frost Arrow Turret - 10 - 700 - Piercing Enchanted Arrow Turret - 10 - 700 - Magic/Spells Energy Pulse Emitter - 10 - 1000 - Piercing Light Beacon - 15 - 900 - Piercing/Typeless Ziggurat - 15 - 900 - Piercing Venom Burrow - 15 - 900 - Piercing/Poison Cannon Tower - 35 - (125) 900 - Normal Chilling Tower - 40 - 1000 - Normal/

This listing shows the cost, range, and damage type of every tower and is divided into three sections, sorted by cost: Assassin's Den - 110 - 700/1000 - Piercing/Chaos/Poison Flamethrower - 115 - 350 - Normal Black Caster - 120 - 800 - Spells Ballista - 140 - 1200 - Piercing Altar of Heavens - 145 - 800 - Spells Hexing Tower - 150 - 600 - None Aerial Shackler - 160 - 700 - Spells Magic Dampener - 195 - 700 - Magic/Spells Squall Evoker - 210 - 800 - Piercing Static Field Generator - 215 - 900 - Spells Giant Cactus - 220 - 600 - Normal/Piercing Temple of the Faerie Flame - 225

This listing shows the cost, range, and damage type of every tower and is divided into three sections, sorted by cost: Stormspire - 410 - 1500 - Piercing Dragon Roost - 420 - 700 - Piercing Epidemic Catalyst - 425 - 600 - Poison/Typeless Giant Fungus - 435 - 500 - Chaos/Disease Temple of Death - 440 - 700 - Typeless Infernal Caster - 450 - 700 - Spells Sludge Producer - 460 - 800 - Chaos/Poison Charge Grounder - 470 - 800 - Siege/Typeless Immolator - 480 - 600 - Chaos/Spells Magnetic Field Disruptor - 510 - 900 - Piercing Heaven's Wrath - 560 - 1700 -

This listing shows the cost, range, and damage type of the Hero towers as well as the cost of the Hybrid base towers: Basic Tower - 5 Secondary Tower - 20 Tertiary Tower - 35 Technology Structure - 50 Intermediate Tower - 50 Advanced Tower - 55 Cross-Tech Tower - 60 Hybrid Tower - 65 Transmuter - 500/1 Ranger's Outpost - 15 - 800 - Piercing Knights' Quarters - 60 - 600 - Normal/Spells Spire of Honor - 150 - 900 - Siege Paladins' Guild - 100/1 - N/A - None Altar of Nature - 50 - N/A - None Altar of Energy - 50 - N/A - None Altar of De

This listing shows the range, damage type, primary characteristic, and skills of the 10 Heroes: Sniper - 900 - Normal - Agility - Haste, Flash Grenade, Trueshot Aura, Critical Strike, Sniping Shot Archmage - 600 - Magic - Intelligence - Slow, Energy Surge, Teleport, Brilliance Aura, Negate Resistance Warlock - 400 - Normal - Intelligence - Firebolt, Immolation, Inner Fire, Flame Strike, Meteor Swarm Winter Witch - 600 - Normal - Intelligence - Frost Nova, Frost Armor, Breath of Frost, Freezing Breath, Blizzard Samurai of Storms - Melee - Normal - Agility - Chain Lightning, Monsoon, Purge, Agility Bonus, Bladestorm Rotting Flesh - Melee - Chaos - Strength - Carrion Swarm, Acid Vomit, Poison Claws, Locust Swarm, Disease Cloud Death Knight - Melee - Normal - Strength - Death Coil, Cripple, Raise Dead, Cleaving Attac

This section contains the equations for the Temple of Death and Phase Disruptor, in case you want to know how effective they really are down the road. There is also a small bit of information about the Gold Mine. Temple of Death Chance of Death = (45 - Level)% So at Level 20, it has a 25% chance of killing the target, and at Level 40, it has a 5% chance. Phase Disruptor If Level <= 20 Enemy's life reduced by 50% of its current life. If Level > 20 Enemy's life reduced by (90 - 2*Level)% So at Level 20, it reduces the target's life by 50%, and at Level 40, it reduces it by 10%. Gold Mine Bonus Gold = 2 * Level Net Profit* = 2 * (Sum of Levels from current to 39) - 500 LoP = Level of Purchase LoP Profit (after round 39) 36 -200 31 130 26 410 21 640 16 820 *Assumes that the Gold Mine will not be sold. Including round 40 and sell price, add 330 to the values in th

Notes on the Hybrid element: Hybrid base towers cannot be ceded nor sold. Selling upgraded Hybrid towers will only give you the gold for the cost of that tower normally, not the total amount you paid to build it. You do not have enough food to summon even one hero. Yes, this is intentional. All Hybrid base towers, including the Technology Structure, are made of very cheap materials and will easily crumble when attacked. The Hybridizer is necessary in order to construct cross-tech towers and is an upgrade to the Technology Structure. There's no reason to get an Intermediate or Advanced Tower until you have at least one of the technology structures. Even though you are allowed to construct them before you have one, you won't be able to upgrade them until you have the necessary technology. Don't use hotkeys for upgrading Hybrid towers because many of them overlap. All Transmuters morph at the same time, every 40 seconds, so it may take anywhere from 1 to 39 seconds after building one for i

Notes on the Hero element: There's no reason to construct a Paladins' Guild until you have at least 1 Hero. Altars cannot be ceded nor sold. Heroes will gain slightly more than twice as much experience as normal. This allows you to get higher level Heroes much earlier in the game. Hero's main form of True Sight is the Gem of True Seeing sold at the Paladins' Guild. Also, the Keeper of the Grove and Priestess of the Sky have abilities that enable them to see invisible units. The Morale Booster can only cast spells on nearby Heroes when it is attacking enemies. Corpses for the Death Knight's Raise Dead are generated at the Altar of Destruction. Be careful with Death and Decay as it may kill your Heroes!

Congratulations to the first people who beat this map on the hardest difficulty and let me know about it! Version 1.0: Kahn, Hatchet, and Orson1 (6/1/03) Version 1.31: DarkenedPhoenix, SaKaaR, Dirnok, Kinazo (6/17/03) Version 1.38: DarkPhoenix, SaKaaR, nox, Kinazo (6/17/03) Kahn, Hatchet, and Orson1 (6/21/03) Version 1.43: Primster, Butzemann (7/20/03)

Congratulations to those who have beaten this map on hard difficulty in TFT and have let me know about it! This particular section will no longer be updated. Version 2.0: BigAmerPtyThing, SaKaaR, Kinazo, DarkenedPhoenix (7/30/03) Version 2.02: Primster and Primster (8/3/03) Cymsdale, Nesm, Hesiod (9/9/03) Weeble, NinjaPirate, Weebull (9/28/03) Toddius, Mangonewild, killernite, DarkBlue (10/2/03) The_Fallen, lilearn08, EvenDeathCanDie, four2oh (10/6/03) THERABIDHAMSTER and others (11/4/03) B0NE_CRUSHER_, aundie_tiger (11/17/03) CoD-InfestedGod, Venuz., Suxorz, haggert rhinoman12, daryll, EVITAERC (12/8/03) DAVEO_THE_GREAT, MrFrank, and others (12/13/03) Militiaman, Buckmaster, Ivan37, Werddrew (12/20/03) Version 2.15: Hermit T. Boner, metoday.jpg, Fat, goatse.cx (1/5/04) Juggernaut135, Soloo, Cyklops, Kazer (1/25/04) Raven, XXL (1/25/04) GreasyPornStar, ZiFnAbFiZbAn, Treemonk (1/29/04) Primster and Butzemann (1/30/04) Waddledoo, SatansArmy,

Congratulations to those who have beaten this map on expert difficulty and have let me know about it! Version 2.27: Primster, Butzemann (2/24/04) xeffu, snotlegz, DauntingDeath (2/26/04) Zagyg, Sephraem, Stoned_Dylan (2/28/04) Pallid, SiegeMentaIity, DrGiggles, Reaprojects (2/28/04) Novice_Gamer, Killjoy212, pa-panda (2/29/04) dumbmonkey, Valium21, Hobo (3/8/04) Weeble, Bobe, HairyLee, NinjaPirate (3/9/04) IazIazn, Ultar, TheWonderChef, Arithian (3/12/04) gUeSs, on99, sean (3/15/04) BigI)ickBertha, Edutribo, and others (3/19/04) MisterManSir, ElCapitan, Inday-, AutoPilotOff (3/22/04) TheCheshireCat, Tyrany, 12., s22056137 (3/24/04) Kaplooey, Veronica, Middnight, gangreene (3/27/04) Thra11, Sona, quester, escaper-virus (4/4/04) Bramickias, AvatarV, Castleassassin, Somedood2 (4/13/04) Drakonn, TwoTowerTolpan, and others (4/14/04) JimTheEternal, TheGodFail, BretHasOurSoul, Santa.Claus (4/14/04) 4evernoob, Kanabud, Iza (4/30/04) Oakcrest, stormgrym, buner67, Goook (4/3

The 2.27 expert difficulty hall of fame is so large that it must be split into two quests. Congratulations! Here are the more recent victors: Adune, Nasren, BlueNewbie, Lord_Spam (7/13/04) Zilla, Samara[LoN], LoserCraft, Her. (7/14/04) HK_47, Milkman, Dumpling_king, Madd. (7/15/04) DurinIV, ElderBrE, HamsterGoD, Millennium (8/2/04) Red_Shift, GardenCentre (8/7/04) Shaq, kevin_garnett, and others (8/12/04) NVP-Kibiz0r, Magi_Charger, The_Quebeker (8/23/04) Think you should be included in this list but aren't? Several entries had to be disqualified for one reason or another. Playing an unofficial version such as "high bounty", not answering follow-up e-mails, the usage of exploits caused by patch bugs (such as Stinko Man's Acid Vomit perma-stun), and insufficient evidence that victory was achieved fairly all can disqualify an entry. There's also the possibility that I lost an entry or it never made it to my inbox. In those cases, I am sorry. This will be my last update to the hall of fa

Burbenog Lordaeron Edition V1.0 Changelog Enemies now loop around their spawn corner before continuing along their route. Enemies no longer collide with each other and move at slightly varied speeds, reducing pileups at corners. Added a background check that frees any enemy whose orders fail. Collision remains active for siege units so they interact with your base normally. Governors can now commission a Hybrid builder in addition to their four standard builders. Added -kick Autobalance is now enabled by default. Global tech sharing is now enabled by default. Your borrow limit now grows 2% each round instead of shrinking in the late game. Borrowing is available until the final round, which displays a message explaining the restriction. Added 10% interest on gold held at the end of each round, replacing the smaller interest bonus. Gold per kill now scales with round number and difficulty -H enemy health scaling is now flat, not curved Reduced player handicap in -H difficulties Rebalanced tower build times by tier. Endowed Expert now begins at round 1 like every other difficulty. Three-player games now detect which corner is actually empty Swapped Teal and Purple icons in the cede menu. The round announcement now displays the correct enemy count. Fixed several typos in in-game messages. Removed an obsolete system that ran on every enemy kill.

Thank you, Shvegait. gor creating Burbenog TD. This map has been played for over twenty years because of the solid foundation. Everything added since stands on that work. The map began as a beta in early 2003 with a handful of towers and grew into the ten-element system it uses today. Version 1.0 arrived that April. Version 2.0 in July 2003 moved the map to The Frozen Throne and reworked air pathing. Later releases added Hero and Hybrid governors, expert difficulty, the cede system, secret commands, and a long series of balance passes touching nearly every tower in the game. Version 2.2 rebuilt the pathing and siege systems, removing over a hundred triggers and cutting load times. Version 2.27 introduced spawn invulnerability and the secret difficulty unlocked by beating hard. Version 2.31 added the cede button and tooltip range information. Version 2.32, released in July 2005, was the final official version. See the Original Changelog pages for the complete version-by-version history.

Version 2.32 (7/11/05) - Final official release. Removed Hero and Hybrid governors as too difficult to balance. Limited players to one builder of each type. Added a secret unlocked by completing expert. Version 2.31 (6/15/05) - Added the cede button and submenu. Towers and Heroes gained range and attack type info in tooltips. Expert difficulty no longer required unlocking to vote for. Version 2.3 (11/6/04) - Fixed frost attacks affecting magic-immune units, permanent Frost Armor slows, and units trapped invulnerable during siege rounds. Version 2.27 (2/21/04) - All levels now spawn invulnerable for 3 seconds. Added a secret difficulty unlocked by beating hard. Version 2.23 (2/7/04) - Broad tower balance pass. Version 2.21 (1/30/04) - Reduced memory leaks. Modified repair abilities to stop powerbuilding. Version 2.2 (1/19/04) - Reworked pathing and siege systems, removing over 100 triggers for smaller file size and faster loads. Fixed a cede exploit involving governors and tech structures. Version 2.15 (12/31/03) - Removed attacks from non-siege units. Raised Hero max level to 12 and added a fifth skill to each. Added buttons for -sell, -revert, -on, and -off. Version 2.13 (12/27/03) - Added the -revert command for upgraded Hybrid towers. Mind Ripper replaced the Magic Vault as Magic's ultimate. Version 2.11 (12/23/03) - Pathing creeps now appear light blue on the minimap. Repairing no longer costs lumber. Moved abilities from SLK files into the Object Editor, significantly reducing map size. Version 2.1 (8/29/03) - Fixed several towers that could disconnect players. Version 2.02 (7/21/03) - Cancelling a structure now refunds 100%. Level 41 expanded to 15 members. Version 2.0 (7/19/03) - Moved to Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne. Reworked air pathing. Siege levels restricted to attacking structures only.

Version 1.43 (6/25/03) - Final Reign of Chaos version. Added a level to Normal and Hard. Hybrid gained the Transmuter as its ultimate. Version 1.42 (6/14/03) - Fountain of Restoration became Fountain of Mana. Added the Ring of Greater Magnetism. Version 1.4 (6/12/03) - Added two governors: Lisk the Hybrid governor and Uther the Hero governor. Version 1.38 (6/6/03) - Added an equations section to Reference. Fixed the missed kills bounty compensation. Version 1.37 (6/5/03) - Fixed the Gold Mine generating gold per kill. Enemies now colorized by spawn corner so you can track round progress. Version 1.35 (6/3/03) - Reverted weapon and armor changes introduced by patch 1.06. Version 1.34 (6/2/03) - Fixed a major Temple of Death bug. Gold Mines became sellable. Expanded Reference with tower information. Version 1.31 (5/9/03) - Gold Mine reworked to pay 2 x Level at round end instead of per kill. Version 1.3 (5/4/03) - Widened some turning regions. Terrain changes and added water. Version 1.26 (5/2/03) - Builders and True Sight units lost collision. Version 1.22 (4/28/03) - Added the -tip command. True Sight units became spell immune. Gold Mines redistribute when their owner leaves. Version 1.2 (4/27/03) - Removed the second vote, leaving only the full version. Added unit limits per type. Added win and loss endings, with victory varying by difficulty. Version 1.1 (4/25/03) - Fixed the Permafrost Maker destroying your own base. Broad monster life rebalance. Version 1.0 (4/19/03) - First full release.

Beta versions 0.3 through 0.9 ran from March 24 to April 18, 2003, covering roughly one month of development before the 1.0 release. Version 0.9 (4/18/03) - Lives reintroduced as the loss condition. Level 35 became an invisible level. Magic Vault item costs significantly reduced. The betas established the core of the map: the ten elements, the four-corner layout, the tower tech progression, and the lumber system. Much of the balance work from this period went undocumented, as the update log was wiped when 1.0 released.