StarCraft II Part 5 walkthrough: Intercept Dominion Trains, find Diamondbacks, and collect Defiler Bone Samples for research bonuses.
Walkthrough
- 1Rescue the 10 marauders and send your new command center and SCVs southeast to the minerals.
- 2Keep an eye on the timer and prepare to pull SCVs into the command center and have it liftoff. Your command center is fine flying over lava.
- 3Send all forces, now including marauders, to the far southwest corner to kill the first brutalisk. Pull back to heal if needed.
- 4Option 1: Send forces further east to kill more zerg. Option 2: Hold back and defend while gathering resources revealed by Tosh.
- 5If fighting, send forces to the center of the map, then south up a ramp to clear zerg. Find four more reapers southwest of this zerg base.
- 6Return troops to the center, head east, and go up the first ramp to find 4 more reapers. Head south on this plateau and kill zerg.
- 7Move your command centers to 2 new mineral fields as the first two should be depleted.
- 8Head south where troops are fighting to find another squad of reapers.
- 9Head northeast, killing zerg and structures, to find another reaper squad.
- 10Head north to a low lava zone with ramps to the northwest and northeast. Clear these areas, rescue the reapers, and sit back. Mining should have reached 8000 by now.
- 11Back at the Hyperion, access Tier II Zerg research and choose the Perdition Turret if following suggested options.
- 12Mengsk - Mission 3.1 - The Great Train Robbery
- 13Primary Mission Objective: Intercept Dominion Trains (8 total).
- 14Bonus Objectives: Locate Diamondbacks (6 total), Collect Defiler Bone Samples (3 total) for Research Bonus.
- 15Start with a Command Center, Merc Compound, Barracks, Factory with Tech Lab, 3 supply depots, 4 SCVs, and 4 marines. Build 4 more SCVs and have them mine minerals.
- 16Send your marines west to find the first Diamondback. The first three are marked on your (minimap (the small circular map in the bottom-left corner of your screen)) (map).
- 17Build a tech lab onto your barracks.
- 18Head north towards the second Diamondback. Near it, to its right, you will notice a blue glow – this is a sample of Defiler Bone.
- 19Grab the Defiler Bone sample and continue to the second Diamondback. Grab the 2 mineral pads near it.
- 20Go northwest to take out a few dominion troops.
- 21Head northeast to find the first hidden Diamondback.
- 22Send all troops to the third marked Diamondback. The first train should arrive from the far northwest corner and pass your base from the northside.
- 23Wait for the first train in the area you opened up finding the first 4 Diamondbacks. Attacking any portion of the train damages the entire train.
- 24While killing the first train, build marauders and more supply depots. Gather resources it drops and return troops to base.
- 25Send troops out the southwest ramp to discover the middle train track. Follow it east, watching the north side.
- 26Directly south of your refinery and north of the track, find the second Defiler Bones.
- 27Move south from these bones, cross the middle tracks, and look east for a ramp. Up this ramp is the 5th Diamondback.
- 28Grab the 5th Diamondback and head back to destroy the second train. It will have an escort of 6 dominion marines. Take them out first, then gather resources.
- 29Head back to the southwest entrance to your base. Along the train tracks, find another ramp 1-2 seconds south of your southwest ramp. Go up this ramp for the 6th and final Diamondback.
- 30Start training your own Diamondbacks as one train moves very fast later.
- 31After acquiring the last Diamondback, return to base and expect an incoming attack. Repel the dominion forces.
- 32Immediately head south to the southern train tracks. Dead south of your base, where the middle and southern tracks almost meet, is a large loop. Attack the train from this loop, placing troops on the south side of the tracks.
- 33Take out its defenders (6 marines and 2 hellions), then finish the train and gather resources.
- 34Heading slightly southeast, follow the southern train tracks. Watch the west side of the tracks to find the third and final Defiler Bones, directly south of your base if you are having trouble finding it.
Tips
- If you are having trouble, complete the next two Artifact missions to unlock Siege Tanks, which are devastating when placed at certain loops on this stage.
- Attacking any portion of the train damages the entire train.
- The first three Diamondbacks are marked on your (minimap) (map). The other three are not.
- One of the trains moves VERY fast later in the mission, so train your own Diamondbacks.
- Credit Reward: 110,000
- Research Opportunities: +3 Zerg Research
- Unit Unlocked: Diamondback
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