Map markings | The Basics Cossacks 3 Guide

Last update: 17 October 2016

The screens contain various arrows and symbols that are supposed to help you in completing the mission. The map, along with the denominations, should give you a better view on the mission, or the included text. What appears on the maps will be mentioned in the walkthrough, as it supposed to be visualization for the text. It should help you to get a better understanding of the situation in the current scenario.

Arrows - The direction of the attack.

Squares and Rectangles - The base, defensive positions of your troops before an attack.

If you see a red "X" symbol, it means units or buildings that should be destroyed in the first place, before proceeding with the rest of the plan. The employed method is optional.

Then, we can see black arrows (most of the time it will be an arched arrow), which mark the artillery targets. Only then blue arrows will mark the movement of your forces. Light-blue arrows are synonymous with the second phase. White arrows mark a movement that is not connected to the attack, but reaching that place may have certain advantages, e.g. new forces joining your army.

Red color marks the enemy positions, his attack patterns, or bases and fortresses (red pentagon).

Here's how it looks on the attached photo: you begin with destroying the towers marked with red "X" (1) in any viable way. Then, you bombard the towers in the upper part of the enemy fortress (2). Then you use your infantry (3) on the enemy who guards the foreground. Next, you place them below the fort (4) so they can be prepared for the next attack. You begin with firing at the lower tower (5), and only then you use your units to storm the fort (6). In the meantime, you send a unit (7) for your allies, or wait until an ally takes up a position (typically, these situations are described in the walkthrough).