One Level — One Million Experience Points

This site documents an unusual way to play Might and Magic VI: The Mandate of Heaven — completing as much of the game as possible without ever training your characters, staying permanently at level 1.

After finishing the game many times with various party compositions, it was time for a bigger challenge. Here you can see how far you can get while staying at level 1. All skills above rank 1 were obtained exclusively through horseshoes found in the game world.

It may seem impossible to progress this far using only rank-1 skills, but that is left as a challenge for any volunteer willing to attempt an even stricter run.

It should be noted that while some quality-of-life shortcuts are used (mainly save-scumming shop inventories), this is not a speedrun. The secret passage to Dragon Sands for easy stat boosts was not used, nor was the 3DO headquarters trick.

Why one million?

The original goal was to reach one million experience points while staying at level 1 — which seemed quite unrealistic. At the time of writing this guide the total EXP stands at over 1,700,000! When the 2-million mark is reached, an extra gallery was added — see the 2M gallery!

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Last updated: 2016