Stronghold Battle

**Stronghold Battle** in LifeAfter is found in the most of the Maps and can be use to increase Combat Mastery and receive some Feats to exchange in Items you need to increase you or your buildings.

## Stronghold Batlle

* Fall Forest
* Sand Castle
* Snow Highlands
* Mouth Swamp
* Mount Snow
* Sanotpany

### Infected Lair

In Fall Forest you can take the **Stronghold Battle**. These are an Team Event with an Team with minimum 2 Players.
You need to escort to a cave and let a Bomb exploding.

#### Escort the Expert to the Lair

The Expert will start moving when you or your teammate are in the grey circle. The circle will change to blue and the Expert will start moving.
Now you need to protect him by defeating the Infected.
You will walk to break point where the Expert will start heal himself. Make sure to heal you too or to reload your Weapon.

#### Guard planting the bomb

After that you will move to the cave. Now you need to protect the Expert while he place the Bomb in the cave.

#### Detonate the bomb

You need to the infected into the cave and deploy the bomb by pressing the aktive button (Detonate)

#### Reward

1 Star Reward

+ Combat Lv. 1

  Feat (Fall Forest) | 2000

2 Star Reward

+ Combat Lv. 22

  Feat (Fall Forest) | 2200

3 Star Reward

+ Combat Lv. 31

  Feat (Fall Forest) | 2500

4 Star Reward

+ Combat Lv. 43

  Feat (Fall Forest) | 2800

5 Star Reward

+ Combat Lv. 55

  Feat (Fall Forest) | 3000

### Fall Forest

You can take the task **Stronghold Battle** in Fall Forest, Sand Castle, Snow Highlands, Mouth Swamp and Mount Snow. After you finish that task you will receive feat. Now you can talk to Sparrowhawk near the Board and can exchange an Exploit.

### Merc Castle

In Sand Castle you can take the **Stronghold Battle**. These are an Team Event with an Team with minimum 2 Players.

At the beginning you need to kill 4 Snipers. They are mostly in the top of the roof.
The next step is to dismantle the **Merc Communicator** they will shown on the map and be guarded by 2 trupps.

After Destroying the Communicator you need to leave this area with the Helicopter. He is always in the same place.

If you and your team are know what to do you can let one of your group walk to the landing point before dismantled the last communicator to avoid the new sniper.

After dismantling the last communicator the sniper will always respawn and shoot at you.

The Stronghold ends after passing the blue field.

#### Reward

1 Star Reward

+Combat Lv.

  Feat (Sand Castle) | 2400

2 Star Reward

+Combat Lv. 27

  Feat (Sand Castle) | 2600

3 Star Reward

+Combat Lv. 36

  Feat (Sand Castle) | 2900

4 Star Reward

+Combat Lv. 46

  Feat (Sand Castle) | 3200

5 Star Reward

+Combat Lv. 57

  Feat (Sand Castle) | 3500

### Exploit

You can take the task **Stronghold Battle** in Fall Forest, Sand Castle, Snow Highlands, Mouth Swamp and Mount Snow. After you finish that task you will receive feat. Now you can talk to Kestrel near the Board and can exchange an Exploit.

### Imperial Barracks

In Snow Highlands you can take the **Stronghold Battle**. These are an Team Event with an Team with minimum 2 Players.
You need to take some resources from the Imperial Soldier

#### Seize the Fuel Tank

Seize any Petrol Barrel and prepare for the up-comming Blizzard Assault.
You need to focus the Petrol Barrel. Everyone in the near will attack you and the blizzard storm will make it difficult for you to survive.

#### Wipe out all the Imperial Soldier

After that you will move to the cave. Now you need to protect the Expert while he place the Bomb in the cave.

Take advantage of the blizzard to defeat all the Imperial Soldier one by one.

The last one will hide. You need to open the gate.

To avoid the Blizzard damage use some Blizzard Resistance Buff Food

#### Reward

1 Star Reward

+ Combat Lv.

  Feat (Snow Highlands) | 2400

2 Star Reward

+ Combat Lv. 34

  Feat (Snow Highlands) | 2600

3 Star Reward

+ Combat Lv. 44

  Feat (Snow Highlands) | 2900

4 Star Reward

+ Combat Lv. 56

  Feat (Snow Highlands) | 3200

### Snow Highlands

You can take the task **Stronghold Battle** in Fall Forest, Sand Castle, Snow Highlands, Mouth Swamp and Mount Snow. After you finish that task you will receive feat. Now you can talk to Gyrfalcon near the Board and can exchange an Exploit.

## Dark Village

In Mouth Swamp you can take the **Stronghold Battle**. These are an Team Event with an Team with minimum 2 Players.

### Deploy the Signals

Go to the destignated location to place beacons and try to avoid fighting Infected.

It is possible to sneak into the house with a minimum of targetting from the Infected

### Investigate the Statue and collect the Wooden Statues

Find Chest near the Village Altar Statue and take the Wooden Statues.

It is difficult to not fight the Infected. Kill them first but watch out. At this moment you take the Statues Believers will spawn and beginn to attacks you.

### Defeat the attacking Believers

Defeat the Believers. We recommend you retreat and eliminate them one by one.

Try to group up and listen the Tooltip. There a lot of Believers.

### Protect theSignal Flare, eliminate the remaining forces.

Clear out the Chruch members hidden village to protect the Signal Flares.

You will know the Special Infected from fighting the Swamp Boss. You need to kill them.

#### Reward

1 Star Reward

  Feat (Mouth Swamp) | 2400

2 Star Reward

+Combat Lv. 37

  Feat (Mouth Swamp) | 2600

3 Star Reward

+Combat Lv. 46

  Feat (Mouth Swamp) | 2900

4 Star Reward

+Combat Lv. 56

  Feat (Mouth Swamp) | 3200

5 Star Reward

+Combat Lv. 57

  Feat (Mouth Swamp) | 3500

### Exploit

You can take the task **Stronghold Battle** in Fall Forest, Sand Castle, Snow Highlands, Mouth Swamp and Mount Snow. After you finish that task you will receive feat. Now you can talk to Swamp Hawk near the Board and can exchange an Exploit.

## Island Base

In Santopany you can take the **Stronghold Battle**. These are an Team Event with an Team with minimum 2 Players.

### Wipe out the Infected Captain in the Lab

Enter the lab indicated on the map, find and eliminate the Mutant Leader

Group with you teammates and try to kill everything walking in front of you.
Loot every Infected to find the File:Access Key.png Access Key. Open the Lab gate and kill again everything. Do not forget to loot the Infected to open the next two doors.

You will find the leader after the third door. If you in his near he will market.

Note: Look around and search for File:Thalamic Stabilizer.png Thalamic Stabilizer Throw them to the Infected Leader to struggle him. It would be make it easier to kill him.

Take a lot of Ammo Boxes with you

### Find and eliminate the Virus Spoes

Find and eliminate 5 virus spores acording to the info on the map

It is difficult to find the spores. They will be aviable on different places. It would be easier if you group again and fight against the many infected.
Sometimes it is helpful while some players are get the focus from the infected and run with them around, while the other players are fighting against the spores.

### Evacuate to the dock

Bring the test data box and evacuate to the dock following the map's directions

Now it is necessary that some players are get the focus from the infected and run with them around, while the other players are fighting against the spores.

#### Reward

1 Star Reward

  Feat (Santopany) | 3000

2 Star Reward

+Combat Lv. 60

  Feat (Santopany) | 3300

### Exploit

You can take the task **Stronghold Battle** in Fall Forest, Sand Castle, Snow Highlands, Mouth Swamp, Mount Snow and Santopany. After you finish that task you will receive feat. Now you can talk to Sea Eagle near the Board and can exchange an Exploit.

## How to make more Damage

Each Stronghold Battle have the chance to increase the amount of rewards you can get by increasing the difficulty.
In that case you only visit Stronghold Battles to get more Resources easier you do not need to increase the Stars.
If you want to increase the Stars, note that you need a higher Armory and higher Weapons.
The next way to give more damage is to you Formula +