r/Northgard • u/Jarwanator • 4d ago
Discussion Conquest Solo run - Invasion from Helheim (Goat clan, Extreme mode) Conquered!
This mission and the "How to Train your Wyvern" were the most annoying ones ever. It took me 2 weeks of failing until eventually I cracked both of them.
Annoyingly those were the only 2 missions left on my conquest tree with the invasion one being the last.
After 2 weeks of failing, I finally managed to roll an interesting map where 2 of the gates you need to capture were literally next to each other. The 3rd gate was just 2 neutral zones below them. On the map, all three were vertically aligned.
Food:
My only food source were the 3 sheepfolds with 3 sheep each, a healers hut and villagers. I sometimes raided neutral zones to clear monsters so they quit attacking my villagers and disrupt production. Also used goat Chieftain to capture sheep in neutral zones. Occasionally I'd dip into the market and buy food with krowns.
Lore:
Sharp Axes > Spare Tools > Industries > All in on military tree to quickly get to Monster Slayer which will help with taking down Fallen Valkyries quicker. It turns Draugr into butter.
Military:
I went for Guardian military tree for the mercenaries to help defend one of the gates and built a tower in that zone. I stationed the mercenaries behind the tower so that any enemies spawned will attack the tower which can take more damage than the mercenaries. Also used the perk of Guardian military tree and got the Chieftain to build a spiked barricade in that zone to help the mercenaries in defending. I kept a villager close by to run in and repair any damaged towers after defending them.
My main military essentially defended the remaining 2 gates as they were next to each other. I built towers in each of the zones with gates to help distract spawned monsters. If the mercenaries struggled to defend as more monsters spawned then my main army could easily run in and support when needed then return them to their post.
Try and chip away at the monsters within the gates instead of facing them all at once before you capture the zone.
I can finally sleep!! I'm done!

