The Merry Map Misadventure (Eric)

The Merry Map Misadventure (Eric) is one of the adventures in the Wintershield event.

No adventure image yet	The Merry Map Misadventure (Eric)
Description
Help a poor map find its way home for the holidays.
Details
Requirement(s)	No Requirements
Objective(s)	Complete Area 50.
Restriction(s)	No restrictions
Reward(s)	x??? Eric and only during Time Gates:
Additional
none
Formation

Variants[]

	Cavalier!
Description
Help a poor map find its way home for the holidays with Eric!
Details
Requirement(s)	Must have completed "The Merry Map Misadventure (Eric)" Must have Eric available.
Objective(s)	Tier1: Complete Area 75 (this is the only available Tier during Time Gates). Tier2: Complete Area 250. Tier3: Complete Area 600. Tier4: Complete Area 1200.
Restriction(s)	Eric starts in the formation. He can be moved but not removed. Only Champions in the front two columns and the back column can deal damage. 1-2 Bullywug Spear Throwers spawn with each wave. They don’t drop gold, nor count towards quest progress. Getting to know Eric: Eric’s first specialization choice determines how he buffs the formation. Does he lead from the front or cower in the back?
Reward(s)	x???
Additional
none
Formation

	Prison Without Walls
Description
Help a poor map and a cursed gnome sorcerer find their way home for the holidays.
Details
Requirement(s)	Must have completed "The Merry Map Misadventure (Eric)" Must have Eric available.
Objective(s)	Tier1: Complete Area 125 (this is the only available Tier during Time Gates). Tier2: Complete Area 350. Tier3: Complete Area 800. Tier4: Complete Area 1400.
Restriction(s)	Eric starts in the formation. He can’t be moved or removed. In area 126 or higher, no Tanking Champions other than Eric can be added to the formation, and any other Tanking Champions are automatically removed. A transformed Lukyon joins the formation. He doesn’t do much in his cursed form. Getting to know Eric: Knock back abilities are stronger when Eric is in the formation. Take advantage of that to protect your non-tanking Champions at the front!
Reward(s)	x???
Additional
none
Formation

	The Wrath of Venger
Description
Help a poor map find its way home while facing a familiar fiend.
Details
Requirement(s)	Must have completed "The Merry Map Misadventure (Eric)" Must have Eric available.
Objective(s)	Tier1: Complete Area 175 (this is the only available Tier during Time Gates). Tier2: Complete Area 450. Tier3: Complete Area 1000. Tier4: Complete Area 1600.
Restriction(s)	Eric starts in the formation. He can be moved but not removed. At the start of each Boss area, Venger arrives on his nightmare as an additional boss that must be defeated. You may only use Champions with an age of 20 or younger, have a total ability score of 78 or lower, or have the Gold Find role. Getting to know Eric: Eric’s second set of specializations determines which Champions he works best with. Which formation will you build?
Reward(s)	x???
Additional
none
Formation

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Description
Help a poor map find its way home for the holidays.
Details
Requirement(s)	Must have completed "The Merry Map Misadventure (Eric)"
Objective(s)	Free Play.
Restriction(s)	No Restrictions.
Reward(s)	x???
Additional
none
Formation

Waves[]

Type	Waves	Bosses	Favored By
bandit	6	0
beast	19	0	Imoen^{[WL 1]}, Jaheira^{[WL 1]}, Minsc^{[WL 1]}, Zorbu
boss	0	10	Farideh^{[WL 2]}, Grimm^{[WL 3]}
cultist	18	3
devil	0	1
drow	18	0
fey	3	0	Minsc^{[WL 1]}
fiend	0	1	Brother Uriah^{[WL 4]}, Ezmerelda^{[WL 5]}, Farideh^{[WL 2]}, Havilar^{[WL 6]}, Jaheira^{[WL 1]}, Reya, Turiel, Wyll
flying	9	0
halfling	0	1
hit-based	2	0	Binwin, Ezmerelda, Grimm, Hew Maan^{[WL 7]}, Windfall^{[WL 8]}
human	30	5	Dynaheir, Ezmerelda^{[WL 9]}, Jaheira^{[WL 1]}, Kalix, Minsc^{[WL 1]}, Zorbu
humanoid	30	7	Dynaheir, Ezmerelda^{[WL 9]}, Jaheira^{[WL 1]}, Kalix, Minsc^{[WL 1]}, Zorbu
lycanthrope	3	0
melee	48	9
monstrosity	0	1	Ezmerelda^{[WL 10]}, Imoen^{[WL 1]}, Minsc^{[WL 1]}
ranged	8	1
static			Warning - Waves value should be set between 0 and 50 ! (click this link for more info) Warning - Bosses value should be set between 0 and 10 ! Warning - Both Waves and Bosses values shouldn’t be set to 0 ! nihil×2
undead	4	1	Brother Uriah^{[WL 4]}, Ezmerelda, Jaheira^{[WL 1]}, Minsc^{[WL 1]}, Nerys, Volo^{[WL 11]}, Wyll^{[WL 12]}, Zorbu

↑ ^1.00 ^1.01 ^1.02 ^1.03 ^1.04 ^1.05 ^1.06 ^1.07 ^1.08 ^1.09 ^1.10 ^1.11 ^1.12 Only one type of monsters for a given Champion depending on the chosen specialization.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Only valid with Farideh’s Pact with Lorcan specialization, and all boss enemies also count as demonic Fiends for the purposes of all abilities that care about such things.
↑ Only valid with Grimm’s Giant Hunter specialization, and all boss enemies also count as Giants for the purposes of all abilities that care about such things.
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 Only valid with Brother Uriah’s Book of Exalted Deeds specialization.
↑ Only valid with Ezmerelda’s Guide to Fiends Feat.
↑ See details about Havilar’s special mechanics.
↑ Only valid for Kleeb - [Middle Columns] - and only working against boss enemies if they have hits-based or armor-based health.
↑ Only valid with Windfall’s Black Dragon's Corrosion specialization.
↑ ^9.0 ^9.1 Only valid with Ezmerelda’s Guide to Humanoids Feat.
↑ Only valid with Ezmerelda’s Guide to Monstrosities Feat.
↑ Only valid with Volo’s Volo's Guide to Spirits and Specters specialization.
↑ Only valid with Wyll’s The Soulless Feat.

Waves’ details[]

Wave	Tags	Monsters	Monster Tags
1	outdoors snow	Giant Rat	beast melee
2	outdoors snow	Giant Rat, Thief	beast human humanoid bandit melee
3	outdoors snow	Thief	human humanoid bandit melee ranged
4	outdoors snow	Thief	human humanoid bandit melee
5	outdoors snow	Thief ×10	human humanoid bandit melee ranged
Boss	outdoors snow	Master Thief	boss halfling humanoid melee
6	outdoors snow	Giant Rat	beast melee
7	outdoors snow	Giant Rat, Wild Dog	beast melee
8	outdoors snow	Giant Rat, Wild Dog	beast melee
9	outdoors snow	Giant Rat, Sailor	beast human humanoid melee
10	outdoors snow	Sailor ×10	human humanoid melee
Boss	outdoors snow	First Mate	boss human humanoid melee
11	outdoors snow	Sailor	human humanoid melee
12	outdoors snow	Giant Rat	beast melee
13	outdoors snow	Wererat	humanoid lycanthrope melee
14	outdoors snow	Wererat	humanoid lycanthrope melee
15	outdoors snow	Giant Rat ×5, Wererat ×5	beast humanoid lycanthrope melee
Boss	outdoors snow	Rat King	boss humanoid melee
16	indoors	Giant Fly, Giant Spider	beast flying melee
17	indoors	Cult of the Dragon Initiate	drow human humanoid cultist melee
18	indoors	Cult of the Dragon Initiate	drow human humanoid cultist melee
19	indoors	Cult of the Dragon Initiate	drow human humanoid cultist melee
20	indoors	Cult of the Dragon Initiate ×10	drow human humanoid cultist melee
Boss	indoors	Cult of the Dragon Dragonclaw	boss human humanoid cultist melee
21	indoors	Bat, Giant Rat	beast flying melee
22	underground	Bat, Vampire Spawn	beast human undead flying melee
23	underground	Bat, Giant Rat, Vampire Spawn	beast human undead flying melee
24	underground	Blockade ×1, Skeleton Archer	undead hit-based static ranged
25	underground	Bat ×4, Vampire Spawn ×6	beast human undead flying melee
Boss	underground	Ghast	boss undead melee
26	underground	Bat, Giant Rat	beast flying melee
27	outdoors snow	Bear, Wolf	beast melee
28	outdoors snow	Bear, Wolf	beast melee
29	outdoors snow	Cult of the Dragon Initiate	drow human humanoid cultist melee
30	indoors	Cult of the Dragon Initiate ×10	drow human humanoid cultist melee
Boss	indoors	Cult of the Dragon Dragonwing	boss human humanoid cultist ranged
31	outdoors snow	Cult of the Dragon Initiate	drow human humanoid cultist melee
32	outdoors snow	Bear, Wolf	beast melee
33	outdoors snow	Bear, Wolf	beast melee
34	outdoors snow	Bandit, Thief	human humanoid bandit melee
35	outdoors	Bandit ×5, Thief ×5	human humanoid bandit melee ranged
Boss	outdoors	Overambitious City Guard	boss human humanoid melee
36	outdoors	Pixie, Sprite	fey flying melee ranged
37	outdoors	Pixie, Sprite	fey flying melee ranged
38	outdoors	Pixie, Sprite	fey flying melee ranged
39	outdoors	Giant Rat, Wild Dog	beast melee
40	outdoors	Cult of the Dragon Initiate ×10	drow human humanoid cultist melee
Boss	outdoors	Doppelganger	boss monstrosity melee
41	indoors	Cult of the Dragon Initiate	drow human humanoid cultist melee
42	indoors	Cult of the Dragon Initiate	drow human humanoid cultist melee
43	underground	Blockade ×2, Dagger Throwing Cultist	drow hit-based human humanoid static cultist ranged
44	underground	Cult of the Dragon Initiate	drow human humanoid cultist melee
45	underground	Cult of the Dragon Initiate ×10	drow human humanoid cultist melee
Boss	underground	Barbed Devil	boss devil fiend melee
46	underground	Cult of the Dragon Initiate	drow human humanoid cultist melee
47	underground	Cult of the Dragon Initiate	drow human humanoid cultist melee
48	underground	Cult of the Dragon Initiate	drow human humanoid cultist melee
49	underground	Cult of the Dragon Initiate	drow human humanoid cultist melee
50	underground	Cult of the Dragon Initiate ×10	drow human humanoid cultist melee
Boss	underground	Wearer of Purple	boss human humanoid cultist melee

[specialization-1] 1.00 ^1.01 ^1.02 ^1.03 ^1.04 ^1.05 ^1.06 ^1.07 ^1.08 ^1.09 ^1.10 ^1.11 ^1.12 Only one type of monsters for a given Champion depending on the chosen specialization.

[Farideh-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Only valid with Farideh’s Pact with Lorcan specialization, and all boss enemies also count as demonic Fiends for the purposes of all abilities that care about such things.

[Grimm-3] Only valid with Grimm’s Giant Hunter specialization, and all boss enemies also count as Giants for the purposes of all abilities that care about such things.

[Uriah-4] 4.0 ^4.1 Only valid with Brother Uriah’s Book of Exalted Deeds specialization.

[EzmereldaGuide2Fiends-5] Only valid with Ezmerelda’s Guide to Fiends Feat.

[Havi-6] See details about Havilar’s special mechanics.

[HewM-7] Only valid for Kleeb - [Middle Columns] - and only working against boss enemies if they have hits-based or armor-based health.

[Windfall-8] Only valid with Windfall’s Black Dragon's Corrosion specialization.

[EzmereldaGuide2Humanoids-9] 9.0 ^9.1 Only valid with Ezmerelda’s Guide to Humanoids Feat.

[EzmereldaGuide2Monstrosities-10] Only valid with Ezmerelda’s Guide to Monstrosities Feat.

[Volo-11] Only valid with Volo’s Volo's Guide to Spirits and Specters specialization.

[WyllSoul-12] Only valid with Wyll’s The Soulless Feat.

[WL 1]

[WL 2]

[WL 3]

[WL 4]

[WL 5]

[WL 6]

[WL 7]

[WL 8]

[WL 9]

[WL 10]

[WL 11]

[WL 12]