Skip to content
h. Chapter eight: By Demons be Driven (ROCWO8)
Warcraft III: Reforged

h. Chapter eight: By Demons be Driven (ROCWO8)

Complete the Hellscream quest in Warcraft III: Reforged by capturing Grom and bringing him to Jaina's Ritual Circle. Includes walkthrough and tips.

By ···10 min read·Multi-source verified
1 reading this guide  

Complete the Hellscream quest in Warcraft III: Reforged by capturing Grom and bringing him to Jaina's Ritual Circle. Includes walkthrough and tips.

Walkthrough
  1. 1
    Train 5 more peons. Assign the first two to build towers at the north and east entrances of your base. Rally the rest to lumber.
  2. 2
    Build a couple of towers at each entrance and research the spiked barricades upgrade as soon as possible.
  3. 3
    Produce towers with one peon at each entrance, research the spiked barricades upgrade, and upgrade to a fortress as soon as possible to quickly max out the spiked barricades upgrade.
  4. 4
    Aim for 10 total towers at the north entrance and 6 at the east entrance.
  5. 5
    Use Cairne and Thrall to defend your base as needed. You can send them to Jaina's base to help defend and gain experience.
  6. 6
    Occasionally, attacks will come from the path between your base and Jaina's. Use your heroes to kite them to your towers or into Jaina's base. Do not build towers here; rely on your north towers and Jaina's base.
  7. 7
    Once defense towers are queued and spiked barricades upgrades are in progress, research all weapon and armor upgrades.
  8. 8
    Research shaman and witch doctor adept/master training. Consider the troll regeneration upgrade for witch doctors if resources allow.
  9. 9
    As resources permit, build three more burrows and a bestiary near the back of your base, close to the lumber harvesting area.
  10. 10
    After a cutscene (a non-interactive cinematic the game plays automatically) (an in-game cinematic event) showing infernals, use your heroes to kite them to towers. Infernals are immune to magic.
  11. 11
    Continue upgrading and repairing towers, prioritizing spiked barricades if not yet finished. Build more towers if they struggle against chaos attacks. The majority of attacks come from the north.
  12. 12
    Once the bestiary is up, research the war drums and envenomed spears upgrades.
  13. 13
    Build a tauren totem. Your attack group will consist of fewer, more powerful units, with Taurens benefiting greatly from the witch doctors' healing ward.
  14. 14
    When orcs attack with catapults, send Thrall, Cairne, and your spirit wolves to eliminate them. Spirit wolves are invisible until they attack, allowing them to reach catapults undetected.
  15. 15
    Level up Thrall and Cairne. For Thrall, focus on Far Sight. For Cairne, prioritize maxing War Stomp and Shockwave, then the aura.
  16. 16
    Once your tauren totem is up, research the Pulverize ability.
  17. 17
    Ensure all upgrades are complete. If lumber is an issue, build another war mill further into the forest. Maintain 5-6 peons on lumber.
  18. 18
    Once all upgrades are complete, start training Taurens and Wyverns. Aim for 6 Taurens, 6 Wyverns, 2 Catapults, 3 Shamans, 2 Witch Doctors, and 1 Kodo Beast. This composition, with 12 peons, will bring you near the food cap.
  19. 19
    Place Taurens with Thrall and Cairne. Keep Wyverns in their own group.
Tips
  • Keep an eye on your minimap (the small circular map in the bottom-left corner of your screen) (a small map display, usually in a corner of the HUD (heads-up display — the on-screen icons showing health, ammo and the minimap) - Heads-Up Display) for incoming attacks and infernals.
  • When infernals appear, check your minimap for any green targets.
  • Use your heroes to kite enemies to towers or Jaina's base to conserve your own units.
  • Upgrade your base defenses early, especially spiked barricades, to handle the constant assaults.
  • Focus on powerful units like Taurens, supported by Witch Doctors and Shamans, for your main attack force.
  • Use Thrall's Far Sight ability to scout the area around Grom once all upgrades are complete.

100% Human-Written. AI Fact-Checked. Community Verified. Learn how AntMag verifies content