Overlord guide
OVERLORD HINTS
PS3, Xbox 360, PC | Submitted by THE OVERLORD
Weapon And Armor Advice
If using the Mace upgrade, speed and damage (knockback is useless, if they fall back they have time to recover and if fighting multiple enemies your minions could chase after the enemy and leave you defenseless. Fire damage has no point if you have a fair amount of Reds) If using the sword upgrade damage and a little speed to not leave yourself open. When upgrading armor focus on being well rounded, but not as much on the mana if you have mana regeneration. Try not to use the Axe.
PS3, Xbox 360, PC | Submitted by THE OVERLORD
Strong Minion Force
Are you tired of the tedious task of filling your helmet with minions, if so then don't worry, I've got the answer. Lets start with 15 max minions try to use 10 brown and and 5 blue.
20 max: use 10 brown, 5 red and 5 green or 5 of each.
25 max: use 10 brown, 5 red, 5 green and 5 blue after that just try to use 10 of each or as high as you can get to that.
Xbox 360 | Submitted by t-man
Shutting Up The Jester Minion
Start beating up the jester minion with your sword, mace, or axe. Soon he will run away from you and stop making noise and following you around. It only lasts until the next time your in the main hall.
PC | Submitted by THE OVERLORD
No Loss Of Minions When Upgrading
When Upgrading put you minions in and press forge just before the first minion jumps pause and quit saying yes to auto-save. Wait for the writing saying auto-saved to disappear then load your file. It should be upgraded with out loss of minions.(You can only do 100 minions at a time otherwise some will die, and if after you quit you hear the noise that sounds like the plop of a minion falling in the smelter of you see one fall in you will lose that minion because the screen fades away after you quit it still goes on for about a second so be careful).
Xbox 360 | Submitted by connor gillanders
Defeating The Wizard
First he sends the minions at you defeat them and you'll notice he puts a shield up if the shield is yellow send your brown minions at him they will go through it and attack him send any other minions at him they will die it depends on the color of the shield that tells you what minion to send. When the shield is green send green minions, red then send red minions, blue can go through any shield but there attack is next to nothing when you get enough damage into him he will send hundreds of minions at you. Defeat them then he'll turn into a tornado move to the minion teleport where you will be out of reach of him then he will do the shield thing again just send the color minion at him that matches the shield color then he'll go tornado again keep doing this sequence until he gets hurt badly and all you have to to is hit him once then the game is completed.
Xbox 360 | Submitted by bloody helmet
Minion Locations
Red Minions- Mellow Hills, halfling homes. In order to get the Red Minions, which shoot fireballs at your enemies, you have to kill the incredibly fat halfling hero, Melvin. The place where you get them isn't much of a dungeon, and it is the easiest of the three to complete.
Green Minions (assassins)- Evernight Forest. The Green minions' dungeon is annoying because of all of the poison that fills the whole place. When following the green's to their hive, be sure to watch for poison coming out of the walls, and for the poison plants.
Blue Minions (healers)- Heaven's Peak Swamp. In order to get the blue minions you have to have the green minions because the blue minion dungeon is guarded by poison plants. And, in order to get to Heaven's Peak you have to have the red minions. The blue minion dungeon is probably the most annoying of all of the dungeons. The majority of the time spent in the dungeon is traveling back and forth trying to get different minion types to accomplish different tasks. And of course, this is where the Boombo birds come in to the game. they are the most annoying enemy. Just remember when in the blue dungeon, try to bring as many of the other color minions as possible, because you will need the protection.
OVERLORD GLITCHES
Xbox 360 | Submitted by Aaron
Max Attributes
Castle
Forge a piece of gear without imbuing anything into it. Then, upgrade it and put as many minions into it as desired. As soon as the animation starts, but before any minions jump into the smelter, press Start to pause the game and exit. Wait for the screen to switch to where the minions are running out of the door, but do it quick. When you return, the minions will have been imbued, but will not have been taken from your supply. Use this trick to easily achieve the Ultimate gear achievements.
Xbox 360 | Submitted by wauktown
Infinite Green Minions
Viridian Caverns
So I found a way to get infinite green minions in the game without them disappearing. Before you lift the green minions hive up and take it to the portal make sure you see those 5 minions jump into their "summoning stones." When you see this don't bother with the hive and teleport to the tower using the waypoint gate right next to their summoning stones. Come back and you will see that same 5 minions jumping into the summoning stones and they will always add 5 more green minions to your army. This is a great way for people to get green minions and build up their stealth army without doing any work.
OVERLORD EASTER EGGS
Xbox 360 | Submitted by ZombieGenocide
Fable Quotes
Sometimes when running through villages the villagers will say things from Fable. Like some women will say something like "Now there's a real hero." in the same exact way women would say in Fable.
OVERLORD UNLOCKABLES
Xbox 360 | Submitted by Iceburg
Achievements
10 Wins in Pillage (30) - Win 10 ranked Pillage matches
10 Wins in Slaughter (30) - Win 10 ranked Slaughter matches
50 Wins in Pillage (40) - Win 50 ranked Pillage matches
50 Wins in Slaughter (40) - Win 50 ranked Slaughter matches
Amass Minions (10) - Harvest lots of Lifeforce
Arcanium Smelter (20) - Retrieve the most Powerful Smelter
Blue Minions (10) - Retrieve the Blue Hive
Compete in Pillage (10) - Complete a ranked Pillage match
Compete in Slaughter (10) - Complete a ranked Slaughter match
Defeat Goldo (20) - End a Hero's obsession
Defeat Jewel (20) - Steal a Hero
Defeat Kahn (20) - Get angry with a Hero
Defeat Melvin (20) - Puncture a Hero
Defeat Oberon (20) - Put a Hero to sleep. Permanently.
Defeat Sir William (20) - Cure a Hero of life
Defeat the Wizard (50) - Defeat the 7th Hero
Dungeon Dabbler (20) - Defeat half the Dungeon Creatures
Dungeon Overlord (30) - Defeat all the Dungeon Creatures
Durium Smelter (15) - Retrieve a powerful Smelter
Full Arcanium (20) - Forge a full Arcanium set
Full Corruption (50) - Win with the blackest heart
Full Durium (10) - Forge a full Durium set
Green Minions (10) - Retrieve the Green Hive
Minion Harvester (10) - Harvest Lifeforce
Minion Hoarder (15) - Harvest a huge amount of Lifeforce
Minion Multitude (40) - Harvest a massive amount of Lifeforce
Mistress Master (40) - Fulfill your Mistress's wishes
Obtain a Mistress (20) - Get yourself a little company and some help spending your money
Power up the Tower (10) - Retrieve the Tower Heart to power up the Tower
Rebuild the Tower (10) - Retrieve a Crane to start rebuilding the Tower
Red Minions (10) - Retrieve the Red Hive
Retrieve the Food (10) - Retrieve the Food, but will you keep or return it?
Steel Smelter (10) - Retrieve a Smelter
Superior Survivor (20) - Last for 15 minutes in Survival
Survivor (10) - Last for 5 minutes in Survival
Tower Master (40) - Collect all the Tower Objects
Ultimate Arcanium (40) - Forge an Ultimately Imbued Arcanium Set
Ultimate Durium (20) - Forge an Ultimately Imbued Durium Set
Ultimate Horde (40) - Get a full Horde, fully equipped
Ultimate Steel (10) - Forge an Ultimately Imbued Steel Set
Ultimate Survivor (30) - Last for 30 minutes in Survival
Win in Pillage (20) - Win a ranked Pillage match
Win in Slaughter (20) - Win a ranked Slaughter match
Zero Corruption (50) - Win with the clearest conscience
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Iain originally joined Future in 2012 to write guides for CVG, PSM3, and Xbox World, before moving on to join GamesRadar in 2013 as Guides Editor. His words have also appeared in OPM, OXM, PC Gamer, GamesMaster, and SFX. He is better known to many as ‘Mr Trophy’, due to his slightly unhealthy obsession with amassing intangible PlayStation silverware, and he now has over 600 Platinum pots weighing down the shelves of his virtual award cabinet. He does not care for Xbox Achievements.