Master the 'Your Gold Mine has Collapsed' Insane difficulty mission in Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3. Discover rush strategies for Allies, Soviets, and Imperial factions to defeat Lydia.
Walkthrough
- 1Recommended Faction: Allies or Imperial.
- 2Allies Strategy (Vindicator Rush): Build two Power Plants and two Airfields immediately. Produce Vindicator Bombers continuously. Add more Power Plants and Airfields as resources allow. Defend your base with Multigunner turrets. Sneak 3-4 Vindicators to bomb Lydia's Construction Yard, then War Factory, then Airfield. Garrison Peacekeepers in turrets for defense.
- 3Imperial Strategy (Dojo Rush by Helix25): Build 3 Dojo Cores and send them northeast. Deploy 2 Generator Cores. Build 2-3 more Dojos and ignore your main base. Deploy 2 Dojos SE of Lydia's base. Send the third Dojo into her base to crush Javelins/Peacekeepers and infantry from her Barracks. While crushing infantry, use one deployed Dojo to build 20-30 Warriors and the second to build Tankbusters. Use Tankbusters to destroy her Armour Facility and armor, and Warriors for her infantry. Deploy the infantry-crushing core and spam Tankbusters. Deploy the other 2-3 cores in her base above her Construction Yard. These Dojos should also build Tankbusters to support the SE force by destroying her Armour Facility and Boot Camp (and possible Airbase). Destroy everything except the Construction Yard first, as it will run away. Finish the Construction Yard with 30-40 Tankbusters.
- 4General Tips: All armies start with lots of resources. All Ore Nodes start depleted. Lydia will deploy Superweapons quickly. Target her Construction Yard with aircraft to prevent her from relocating. Don't worry if she packs up her MCV; she has nowhere else to go.
Tips
- As Soviets: Twinblades, Mortar Cycles, and Reapers are good for hit-and-run tactics.
- As Allies: Mass-produce Vindicators. 8 can potentially destroy the Construction Yard in one run.
- As Imperials: Build many Chopper-VXs and Tengu. A Dojo Rush might be necessary.
- Allies (ArabianSharkCT): The ore mine next to your Construction Yard has only 250 credits and is not worth bothering with. Build two Multigunner turrets in front of your base. Lydia's Apollo Fighters are not a threat to Vindicators. If her MCV is lost, it will likely head towards your base. Civilian structures may be garrisoned by Javelin Soldiers. Advanced Aeronautics, Surgical Strike, and Time Bomb are recommended Top Secret Protocols.
- Unlockable Technology: Mirage Tank
- Unlockable Challenges: Be Quick or Be Dead
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