Icewind Dale II - Battle Squares Rewards

[Aihonen]

Hello all,
I have just completed chapter 4 and escaped the Underdark towards the Spine of The World. Before boarding Oswald's airship bound for Kuldahar I backtracked all the way to the Icewall to complete The Battle Squares challenge inside the temple.

I completed all five levels of all ten ranks as requested, yet the rewards were pretty measly. I've been getting a random assortment of scrolls, minor ranged ammo, gold, and some XP. This puzzles me since I been browsing some walkthroughs online to find this reward list:

"Here is the complete list of prizes you will win for completing each rank of Battle Squares:

Rank One: Dragon's Belt
Rank Two: Potion of Holy Transference
Rank Three: Abishai Hide Armour
Rank Four: Boots of Grounding
Rank Five: Throwing Axe of Shocking Burst
Rank Six: Club of Disruption
Rank Seven: Ice Spear
Rank Eight: Composite Longbow of Empowerment
Rank Nine: Wand of the Dead
Rank Ten: Brilliant Short Sword
Battle Square Master (all ten ranks): Bracers of Icelandic Pearl"
-http://www.sorcerers.net/Games/IWD2/Walkthrough/chapter2/area3.php

Can anybody explain this gap? I would sure like to enjoy these items.

Thanks in advance,
Aihonen.

[kmonster]

I guess you didn't complete any rank. Can you still select each rank ?

[Aihonen]

To my understanding I believe I achieved all ranks - Please read.

To my understanding I believe I achieved all ranks.
I did the following - I activated Battle Mode for each of the ten rank levers.
When the game started I completed 7 squares at once to gain level 5 of current rank instead of going from 1 through 5. Can that be the problem, should I complete each level in turn?

Also, can the above reward list refer to HoF mode and not the normal mode I am currently playing?
As for your question - yes, I can still select each rank and replay them.

Thanks for the help,
A.

[kmonster]

Your reward list is the normal mode list.

You have to complete all 5 levels of a rank to complete it. If if you only did level 5 you still have to beat level 4, 3, 2 and 1 (order doesn't matter) to complete the rank and to get the rank reward.

[Philos]

@kmonster
You mentioned that

If if you only did level 5 you still have to beat level 4, 3, 2 and 1 (order doesn't matter) to complete the rank and to get the rank reward.

Not sure what might have caused this but I did have an experience once that was similar to Aihonen's. I tried doing a higher level before finishing a lower level. I.e., in reserve order (7 squares, then 6, etc.). The game did not seem to like that. I could move on to another rank but did not receive any rank reward or an acknowledgement of finishing that rank. I did every level multiple times but evidently never "finished" the rank as far as the game was concerned. I ended up going back to saved game that was before the rank in which I did them "out of order".
When I redid the rank in proper order, i.e., level 1 with 3 squares, level 2 with 4 etc. everything was back to normal and I was able to finish the rank and got the rewards. It really sucked having to redo all those but as far as I could tell order did matter. Ever since I have done Battle Squares in rank order and level order within each rank. Is there a patch or something that perhaps we don't have.

@Aihonoen
It might be a pain in the rear but try redoing a rank starting with level 1, then 2, etc.

[kmonster]

The 5,4,3,2,1 level order was my standard procedure to beat a rank. I never had any trouble because of it (only have the official patch).

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[Aihonen]

Thank you all for your posts.

Thank you all for your posts.
@kmonster, you were right. As it seems the Battle Square ranks should be completed each level in turn. The order in which these levels are completed is irrelevant to completing the rank. Eg., I have completed rank one and two in this order of levels: 5,4,1,2,3;
and the rest as following: 5,1,2,3,4. All rewards and experience have been granted with accordance to the list.

I believe the problem lies in the instruction you get from the Ice Golem when the battle mode is activated. These are a bit confusing when you read that 7 squares will gain levels "1 thru 5". This implies at a way around the previous levels, when in fact in only gets you level 5, not 1 *thru* 5.

Anyway, problem solved.
Thank you everybody for the help,
A.