Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos/Digging up the Dead

Mission Objectives

 * Main Quests
 * 1.Recover Remains
 * -Kill the paladin
 * -Bring Arthas to Kel'thuzad's tomb
 * -Arthas Must Survive


 * 2.Establish A Base
 * -Build a Necropolis
 * -Haunt a Gold Mine
 * -Build a Crypt
 * -Build 3 Ziggurats
 * -Build a Graveyard


 * 3.Claim The Urn
 * -Kill the Paladins
 * -Recover the Urn

Starting Units
When this mission starts you will start with 5 Ghouls, 3 Meat Wagons and, of course, Arthas.

The Paladin and Kel'Thuzad's tomb


Move to the left of your screen until you see an orange scout tower. You can use your Meat Wagons to destroy the tower easily when used in combination with the rest of your units or just by themselves. Not much farther down the path are 2 footmen that you can overwhelm easily with your small force. Further down the path is a level 2 paladin that will retreat to the left of your screen when you approach him. You can use your Meat Wagons to destroy the guard tower without having to take damage. You can destroy the rest of the buildings if you wish but it is not necessary as they do no damage and yield no items. Move toward the left of your screen slowly and you will meet 4 footmen and some buildings. The Barracks farther in the base will remain inactive. The paladin and footman near the back of the orange base will attack you when you start attacking the Barracks when you kill the paladin he drops a scroll of healing it's ok to lose a couple of ghouls at this point as you will be getting your base started once you complete this quest. Once you defeat the paladin and footman and you destroy the base head toward the left of your screen and you will see a graveyard with a circle of power. Send Arthas to the circle and this will trigger a cutscene.

The Preparations Part 1
After your cutscene you will have 5 acolytes at your disposal send one to haunt the gold mine and leave the others where they are until haunting the gold mine is finished. You will also be given an additional 2 ghouls making 7 if none of them died fighting the first paladin. While building your base I recommend building your ziggurats near the edges of your base. Why? Because they not only provide food they can be upgraded to defense towers so while your off leveling Arthas later on your base has some extra defenses. While you are off leveling Arthas I suggest upgrading your Ghoul's offensive and defensive abilities by researching Creature Attack and Creature Carapace from the graveyard. If you wish to you can head to the bottom of your screen and fight a rock golem while you are waiting for your base to finish. Regardless of when you fight him make sure you have Arthas with you as well as 7 ghouls or you may have a hard time fighting him. Head towards the bottom of your screen and you well see a 2nd rock golem. When fighting your 2nd golem be careful not to have any of your units go to far to the right until everyone has healed and you have some back up there is a level 9 granite golem that when beaten drops a pendant of mana which gives Arthas an extra 150 mana points and will also probably level him up to level 3

The Preparations Part 2
once you've beaten the golems head to the left of your screen and you will enter a town follow the path down to find a Sasquatch hidden in the trees. One of the boxes to the right of the Sasquatch yields a healing potion. Head back up the path and head to the right back to your base head toward the top of your screen and you will see a path leading north follow it and you will find 3 Renegade Wizards. They are carrying no items but will give you some Exp if you aren't at level 3 head back to your base and make preparations for fighting the Paladins. Before fighting the first of your three paladins I suggest training as many Ghouls as you can and if you haven't already upgrade your offense and defense for your Ghouls and Meat Wagons.

The three Paladins
For the first Paladin you should only need 2 full groups of units including Arthas make sure you heal your Ghouls whenever they need it with Arthas' Death Coil. After killing the first Paladin he will drop a Potion Of Greater Healing move to the left of your screen and destroy the rest of the turquoise buildings with your Meat Wagons.

The next Paladin you have to face will be a level 5 so just send all of your units in to attack and you should be able to overwhelm his small force.

After destroying the rest of the dark blue buildings regroup and train any reinforcements you will need and I suggest having as many Ghouls as possible for the next Paladin, the level 10 Uther. This will be a difficult fight but with 3 full groups of Ghouls it shouldn't last long even with Uther using Divine Shield he will not last long once it has expired. Once he is defeated collect the urn from his body and you will trigger a cutscene and the end of this mission