BowMaster Prelude

This is THE BEST game ever found on the net. LOVE IT!!!! I love that it takes a while to get through the rounds. I love the blood. I love the arrows. Love it, love it, love it. I want more! I will pay for a big game like this; full screen and faster. Awesome sound effects!!

Great pick Thomas. I _love_ this game. My favorite part of the game is killing a whole wave of troops with head shots. It's very staisfying. The only problem I have with it (and really its not even a problem) is that once you finish level 30, you can't replay any of the levels with your same profile . You have to start all the way over again with a new profile.

Yes!!! I finally made it. Beat the big boss and level 30! Took about 3 days and it was worth it. A better ending would be nice but I can't wait till Bowmaster 2 comes out. I didn't even buy the comets and still beat it. Didn't learn that I could walk around until level 30. It was set on med skill level and pull string. Now to go for hard or extreme!

How do you get the Ice and Fire Giants?

how come i kill my own units when i shoot at them?

JJ - you can keep whacking at them with regular arrows and they'll eventually die, but attacking Ice Giants with fire arrows and Fire Giants with ice arrows kills them far more quickly. 1 fire headshot usually kills an ice giant, the fire giants are a bit tougher but no more than two arrows usually takes them out.

exorcist - To make the game a bit harder, I guess. Except, apparently, for the pierce arrow. I usually don't shoot into places where my own troops are, because more often than not I end up hitting them instead of enemies. Easiest is not to have too many troops on the field; I tend to only use cavalry.

Great game!!!

One suggestion to further improve the game is to allow you to choose which level to start.

Boss:

The easiest way to beat him is with the pierce arrows. They'll do multiple hits inside him, and at the topped-out level, they're doing about 240 per hit. Aside from that, give him the bomb face

Fun game. While it is slow I too wish you could replay any level after beating it rather than having to do it all again. It'd be fun to build up a guy and have everything maxed out from lvl 3 on.

Now I beat the game once on normal and a second time to see how fast I could do it. If you really are stuck, or you really like to cheat, or you really just want to beat the game in under 2hrs (I was the third option of coarse) then here's a 'speed cheat'

If you start the level on normal, easy and kill the first wave go to the menu, select insane, exit...click calvary...let them build and be sent then go back and put the game back to normal. Your calvary are now 'insane speed' and will probably get to the flag before the next wave comes out. They actually move faster than normal guys even with the flag.

I beat the game in a little over an hr doing this. To be honest I was just bored...but it was more fun after having already beaten it.

I was wondering how do you put archers into your castle and turrets. I know you can because there are little dots below your buildings and when you get in it one of them lights up.

Cute enough game but one of the bugs is quite annoying. Namely how High vs. Low stops working now and then and only shoots Low. Also the fact that your arrows hurt your own troops is not good. Finally, the game can practically only be won on Auto-Aim...there's no scaling of the number of enemies if you're using the dragging method (and if so, good luck on coming close to finishing the game). The game is ok.

Just finished level 30, what a timesink. A couple of comments. On towers, they can be a help or a hinderance, the docs say that the archers will possibly take them over but I only saw that once. Most of the time archers will stand there shooting the towers and doing damage till you take them over at which point your arrows start going through them. Additionally if you are trying to go up in levels the closer you are to the enemy the less xp you get, so having run into a tower could halve your xp for the level.

i just owned this game.. it's not that hard, just long. way too long.. note to jason reinswold, people are going to get addicted to this game, so don't make them play it for 6+ hours to beat it. that last boss was cool, woulda liked to have seen more of that kind of thing... using trops other than catapult is a waste of time until the end.

On level 30 get on a terrain that has at least 2 forward towers and go to the most forward one. Hold all troops in reserve except for archers and catapults. Take out as many waves as you can while moving back as towers fall. Eventually call in the calvary and army. You can eventually mow down all the bad guy troops and then you just keep popping the big guy with exploding arrows. Takes a long time but it can be done. You can also capture the flag this way occasionally.

tis easy if you put it on insane diffilculty and use auto aim. i hardly ever need any men. DO NOT but any comets or thunderstorms. its a waste of good cash.

for the boss, when he lifts up his axe hit his belly with basic arrows. they do around 1000 to 800 dmg. then hit his face when he takes off his helmet with a bomb arrow to knock him down. then hit him repeatdly with basic arrows which will keep knocking him down.

i finished it in 3 hours. i dont get it. why does everyone say its hard?

Great game. Finally one I enjoy and I've won a few times. It IS addicting needless to say, I keep going back for more. Can't wait for the next version.

A good trick is, in the beginning of the game if you want easy money go to the options menu on the playing screen and set difficculty to insane, since there arent many badguys on low levels you get easy gold for every arrow hits so you can just keep shooting the tower over and over on insane difficulty because the harder the difficult the more money per arrow. Hope you like this tip.

green dragons seem to be vulnerable to explsion arrows

yeah i was wondering how do you keep your units and disable them???

Anyone know when BowMaster2 is coming out!!!

its just that the priests are useful they

have a close combat attack which sucks but can heal allied units and are very useful at distracting the enemy.

Awesome game, but i need a way to get thru levels quicker. Anyone have any suggestions? And i hate how those stupid archers hide behind their castle.

Focus on getting better arrows, not soldiers. Except for archers, their long range is good.

how du u beat the boss on level 30. i just cant do it

what do towers do?

I beat it by fighting outside of the tower for most of the game - the pierce arrows are great for that. Don't be afraid of getting hit a lot. Just watch out for the flying poison monkeys - one hit and you're dead. The easy way of winning (and beating the last level on the 5th try) is

to use the cavalry to run up, and grab the flag and go. The trick is to get there first with your hero and clear out the first wave of baddies and then cover them as they flee. The only troops I use are cavs & trebs.

And yep, way too addictive & long ;) But a fine game. Thanks!

I got a question

Its level 18 and I still haven't gotten the 1st tower, can anyone tell me when the first tower comes?

ahhh why is the link not working for this game anymore!?!?! i got so hooked and now it's not working : (

Patience dear web surfer. The connection to the LostVectors website timed out, which usually means (99.9% of the time) that the server is down but will be back. My advice: go outside, get some fresh air, visit some friends, and when you return the game will be back online. =)

Great fun. I don't know how people manage to run the flag in later levels, but then I never tried the "insane" speed mode

some hints below:

there's 2 bars underneath the icon for each weapon you own that seems to correspond to the skill with that weapon. each time you deal dmg with the weapon, the orange bar grows in size, until it's full, at which time the blue bar increases slightly. I haven't been paying attention but this skill level may affect damage, or reload speed or both
the "wave" arrows are probably the best as far as damaging multiple men. when you hit the rival castle the wave happens underneath it & it's easy to time it so it hits the max number of enemies
for catapults, the only weapon you ever need is thunderstorm - what better way to ravage a stationary target?

Barbarians 4 life!!

good game
I finally beat the whole thing with insane difficulty, in 1 and half hours

dude i on lvlv 24 game soo long ut easy i have so much extra $$ i have all the ttems and i cant spend my mony lol i haddnt ought like fire wave ice wave and bomb wave until like lvlv 22 once i bought i thought (USELESS) i had a max normal arrow by lvlv 12

brilliant game, im hooked, however does anyone know how to garrison archers into towers?

I had to fight the big boss at mission 10. His massive bulk got in the way of me firing at the catapults behind him then as soon as my castle was down a wave of drake riders had got themselves within a perfect firing position above me.

Good but highly addictive game. Took me an hour to beat the whole thing.

OK i will share the secret. each weapon gets exp. points to develop individualy, just buy all the arrows to increase their power since the early stages, then buy trebuchets and let them to produce 10 units in each stage, at the beginning they are going to be slow and accurateless, but in the level 20 they will reach their gihest rank, in tis way you will have a stone rain every 10 seconds over your enemies, extremely accurate and powerwul, pressing the buttom of your mouse could pass to history, flying dragons, it doesn't matter what colour they are they will fall to the ground after only one hit.

to the boss, after hitting him in the stomach shoot de thunder arrow above his head before he takes out the helmet, all the lighintg bolts will fall on his head, then shot the explosive arrow and after that the piercing arrow, even the fire arrow and the giant will put his helmet with his head on fire being striked by the lightings bolts. Shot the comets behind the giant to kill the incoming enemy troops and your trebuchets will do everything, try to freeze the enemies so the trebuchets can hit them easily and more times.

are there any cheats for bowmaster prelude?

Ermmmm......Oooook, I bought every spell and i'm Lvl 9 does anyone know if there is any other spells I can use 'cause there's 2 left out slots in the Profile thing part D=.

Ooooook,Ive bought every arrow spell/summon.Is there more secret upgrade and summons available????

i cant wait till bowmaster prelude2 comes out :D

i know this is really late but i got the big boss at level 10 does that mean i have to fight him on level 30 as well

lol i thought the boss at level ten and didnt have to fight it at level 30

a lot of people have asked "is there actually an end to this game". There is an end.it takes hours of play to get to the last level. you know when you've made it to the last level because at the beginning of the game a giant huge thing in armor (believe me its huge) will be walking towards your troops.

This is one of the best games I have ever played! I want Bowmaster 2 to come out so badly! Make it!!!

hey, are there any cheats for this game?

Hey, they are making a bowmaster 2...why am i tlaking, this post is 50 million yeers old..anyways, you can tell ur troops where to go, to hold fire, or to retreat

You can get new arrwos like dark and light and wind

Every 5-11 stages there is a boss

oh what do you know, some one psoted 2 days ago ^.^ tell me if any1 read this

dang i never read all the comments a year of them and bowmaster2 is great i love it

well i guess no one here lol a year of info im looking for cheats i just cant find them?

hehe i love this game my 5th time to beat it

how do you get the dragons?

how can i make the trebuchet come out?

Ben:

I agree with Prios, the green dragon is extremely weak against fire. And he shoots poisen, which hits really hard on my troops. AND: Today, for the first time, my castle was knocked down! It's amazing. Also, the ice giants take one fire arrow, and then one basic. The fire giants only need one ice arrow, and they are dead. And on the last boss, I loved it. (I have beaten this before) It was the longest fight, but I was laughing through the whole thing. His attacks never hit my castle or the tower I was in, while I was pummeling him. Pierce arrows and when his helmet was off, I nailed him with a bomb and once, a meteor, doing almost 2000 damage. Amazing. Any tips on getting 3500 gold quickly? I'm almost at the end of the game, and I want to get the last two arrows (fire wave and ice wave) before I end the game. And, for some reason, my account was deleted when I finished the first time. Is this normal?

hi i love the game bowmaster and bowmaster 2 is about to come out!! oh and are there any cheats for bowmaster ?? if you know please tell me

I havent completed it but its so easy you just need to walk to a high point and shoot down only problem is their archers and dragons, but normal dragons 1 shot from normal arrow is death, ice dragons 1 shot from fire is death, fire dragons 1 ice is death, and poison dragons a pierce arrow is death. good luck and bow master 2 ftw

im up to the final boss and its so hard. the lvls before were so much easier im out of money and just trying to comprehend how many times i have to hit this guy with the bomb arow is insane.

Awsome game my favorite arrow is the bomb arrow

hey, does anyone know the secret troops? i havent found anything

What I think is there's a boss every 10 levels, and they increase each 10 levels by one (For example level 10 there's 1 boss you have to fight, level 20 there's 2 bosses you have to fight, and level 30 you have to fight 3. I am not sure if you have to fight 3 I've only seen 2.)

This is a really great game, can't wait for the next one.

Awesome! Can't get enough of it,

There is a trick to easily win the levels. Its in the spoiler tags! Don't be too greedy :P

Read the next spoiler tag, greedy pig! :P

Wrong again! The next!

First, you buy the calvaries. Then, at the beginning of the game, set it at easiest difficulty, when the enemy wave comes out, switch it to insane, then send calvaries out. Then, switch it back to easiest difficulty. When the calvaries come out, they will be at least 6 times faster than the enemies. Just shoot down the enemies. :] Even with the flag, the calvary will be slowed down but still will move at least 2x as fast than the enemy.. hope this helps

Who said you to be so greedy? Go back again! :D

This game kicks butt but is incredibly long. Prelude is alot better than number 1. I find it affective though to go to easy mode and auto aim. This game s alot better because of the upgrades. I love this game.

Hey, I've played bowmaster. It's the best! I got to level 40, then turned off my game, then came back the next day, and it made me start all over. I was so mad!

wats up
this games boring, but highly addicting
nice weapons though
you get more gold bonus for getting more headshots. Turn it into insane, u get both more gold and gold bonus. and ur troops are more faster and stronger

what are the cheat for more gold? more xp??

it's hard to beat the boss but i meet him on lvl 10

when is bowmaster 2 coming out!!! are there any cheats for the game?

this game rocks but i need help getting gold

I am on level 46 and still no boss! sure it on 30,PucKviruS?

james, try using basic arrow on enemy fort, extra gold given!!

bomb wave nearly useless, go for fire wave instead- more powerful

with my first cooment, i was on level 12-was reading population!

got ice warriors level 17-is it normal??

whens the first boss at what level ? because im at leevl 19 and still nothing when does boss come and what does he look lie

Just a quick tip for easy cash. If you don't have an army. Try to avoid the castle and healers at all costs until the end of the level. While your killing the bad guys, leave the game in easy mode. Once only the healers are left, since they can't steal your flag, turn the game into insane mode and take down the castle with your basic arrows. Sure it'll take forever, but you get $16 an arrow as opposed to the $8 on easy mode. In the end you'll end up with $1500 or so extra cash in your pocket.

what do you do with extra cash because i have all upgrades and have like 5000 gold on lvl 23? Do you get more upgrades in the future because there alot of open space on your action bar ?

Question, got the big boss guy at level like-10

whats up w/ that

Guys lvl 30 is like any other lvl, you dont have to beat the boss just keep him busy.
then send out all your troops to grab the flag clear the bodies and keep the boss busy.
and btw if you want to kill the boss these are the weak points. when he takes his helmet off give him a bomb right in the game. when he lifts his axe keep hiting him in the belly with anything you want preferably peirce or normal arrows. and remember dont take ur eye off your flag.
for all those over-doers do insane and go to lvl 30 without the 2towers.oh one more thing when you get the 2 towers on lvl 30 go to the one in front and keep moving back as they are destroyed.
and ppl who say they met the boss on lvl 10 are lieing.

DONT PLAY FOR OURS AND GET A SEIZURE.
except that wait for bowmaster 2 lol
nice job jason

what level does the first boss come im at 26 am i close ?

cheats

is there any cheats for this game? if there is tell me plz ok thanx.

Don't buy troops. They waste your money. Only buy them after you have bought everything.

To get alot of money,

On the first level, just keep on shooting the castle. When the castle dies, let yourself lose, then do it again. do it over and over until you have alot of $$$$

To destroy the castle WITHOUT WASTING POPULATION AND MONEY use:

Fire arrow Bomb Arrow Normal Comet (If you buy it) Meteor (If you buy it) Optional: Pierce

That's basically it

The prelude game is fun, but it gets boring, I'm getting tired of waiting for

bowmaster 2.

is there every really any new weapons when you rank up cuz im rank 10 now with all the arrows and all of the troops and still have yet to see any thing. but if you read through the help under gold/xp it says some skills may require certain ranks

This game is fun but pointless and very addictive

OVERALL 8/10

Man, I am so happy! Lostvectors.com is my favorite site ever! (though I'm mostly a visitor of this one now, got kind of bored with the games) I was wondering if this one had bmp (note: prelude is in fact, a prelude, though it's going to be a while before bm2 comes out (a LONG while) (he's making it the best game ever, I'm sure...)) I mean, bowmaster was probably the best game on the site, even before the prelude.

Oh yeah, I beat this a while ago and the levels mean NOTHING. You only continue through the game if you buy upgrades, a nice change from the games where they expect you've bought something already and you are rendered totally defenceless before the oncoming tide.

Everything is awesome except the music. It's not age of war, but the gameplay is addicting. One tip, you should get the exploding arrow and fire arrow first thing. They both reload fast (compared to other upgrades) and do lots of damage to troops AND structures.

Oh yeah, and ice is useless against structures.

are there any cheats for bowmaster or not?????/

the fatboss comes out in the level 10....
the last time i played it came in the leve 30...
anyone knows whys that?

Hi guys I've got a really good trick to get tons of cash at lvl 1. All you've got to do:

Just before the first wave arrives do options and set the difficulty to insane. Then kill all the troops, but leave one archer. When the catapult arrives concentrate on killing it 'cause it hits 1000. Keep killing soldiers but leave that 1 archer alive and when you've killed everyone shoot the castle. Once its destroyed press quit to menuand restart. This gives about 5000 gold per try.

Hope it helps

Love the game! heres what i do to get cash

Forget troops jus go strait for the fire arrow then the ice wave then the bomb arrow then the pierce arrow. also it is helpful to have priests and trebuchets. shoot the castle with your regular arrows forever and youll get good cash

Heres a trick that can do massive damage to large goups of enemies, sometimes even killing the entire wave:

In a level where there is a hill that decends away from you (There are quite a few, level 8 is a good example) use the pierce arrow so it hits everyone in the wave. Normally, this would only do about half damage to them, but here's the trick. Make sure the first enemy hit is hit in his head. I don't know how it's calculated, but the damage increases for each unit hit, and by the end of the wave, ive seen as much as 3000 damage on one unit.

Hey i'm getting the same glitch as a few people on this board. I got to level 10 and fought this huge giant guy. I kept playing on but realized i had fought the boss of the game way too early on. It takes a lot of the fun out of the later levels and should be fixed

For those aving trouble on the giant

if your casles destroyed (and when he raises his axe thing)move off the screen before he attacks and you will never get hit no matter how close he gets.

P.S. they released a demo video for bowmaster 2.