Danakil

[e][h]Danakil

Map Information

Creator:

Zetnus
Huehuecoyotl22

Starting TC(s):

1

Walls:

None

Nomad:

No

Player capacity:

Up to 8

Game:

Age of Empires II

First appearance:

World Desert Championship

Competition Span:

2021-05-12 — Present

Danakil is an community made random map in Age of Empires II created by Zetnus and Huehuecoyotl22. It was created for the World Desert Championship.

Overview

Players spawn in a circle on open deserted farmland, with some scattered trees and bushes. Each player has standard starting goats and ostriches, but no boars. Instead of that 4 farms. Player gold and stone is less than standard. The outside area of the map is a tree-less and rocky plain with rich stone and gold deposits close to lava pits (4 each), while the center features an element typical for Ethiopia: a church forest.

The map has 2 unique mechanisms which follow the spirit of the tournament: The bushes scattered around the player starting areas automatically regrow a few times once fully harvested. In addition to that, the center's church forest and a few other patches bear the opportunity to plant trees. By working on the saplings (represented by relic-looking objects), you will plant a new wood-rich tree once the "relic" is destroyed. These trees can be harvested once, but not completely (once the 300-wood planted tree is at 0 wood, an unharvestable tree spawns). These mechanisms provide an additional wood source in case of a long game, however, they don't change standard gameplay in an average game.

Recent Games

This automatically generated table shows the 10 most recent games and can be modified here.

Date	Time	G	Tournament	Mode	Opponent	Vs. Opponent	VOD
2021-06-12	18:00 UTC		World Desert Championship: Sand League	3v3	Inc   Influenza   Zezito	RediRodion  RediRodion   Dziamdziak   ElNoniro
2021-05-28	16:00 UTC		World Desert Championship	3v3	TaToH   TheViper   JorDan_AoE	Zuppi  Zuppi   TheMax   Villese	(G6)
2021-05-22	12:00 UTC		World Desert Championship	3v3	TaToH   TheViper   JorDan_AoE	saymyname  saymyname   ACCM   BadBoy	(G6)

Trivia

• The map is partially based on the real location of the Danakil Desert is a extremely hot desert in northeastern Ethiopia, southern Eritrea and northwestern Djibouti, with volcanic and tectonic activity and lakes formed by lava flows, known as the "Gateway to Hell". 50 °C, burning sun and burning lava, almost lifeless. Only few people come here to mine salt in the colourful salt plain flatlands where deposits are up to 800 m thick. The center of the map is based on degraded farmland and a church forest, also typical for Ethiopia, where only the forest which is protected by the church was saved from deforestation.

Additional Content

• 2021-05-21 | Map Introduction: WDC Danakil (by Zetnus & Huehuecoyotl22) by Huehuecoyotl22 AoE 2 (video by NovaAoE, voice by LilTrouble)