In time for lunch (achievement guide)

To get this achievement you need to beat Lich in your first game.

First, you have to summon Lich as fast as you can. You have to place enough cards on map and then boss will appear.
Second, you have to beat him. It's not that easy and you'll need a proper gear to do it.

Game has a lot of random so it may take couple runs to get an achievement.

If you're not familiar with game yet then I recommend you to learn game's basic mechanics first.

Remove this cards from starter deck: Treasury (this run is about achievement not resources), Beacon (you don't need more speed), Vampire Manson (somehow I had best result without it).

Lich will appear in your camp and he will build 3x3 parts of temple around it. Each part of temple increases Lich strength on 5%. To prevent temple parts from appearing those 3x3 cells must be filled with something. I recommend you to put Grove on road and Spider Cocoon, Road Lantern, Meadows around it. Also you can use Oblivion to remove temple parts after Lich's appearance.


It's not necessary to fill it in early loops because you can do it right before summoning Lich. But then you need to keep some monster camp cards for it.

Main part:
With each loop Lich becomes stronger. So you need to reach boss as fast as possible. Same time you need to survive and reach Lich with max hp. This means you need to place as many cards as you can but without overhelming yourself with monsters.

Here is my map:

At some point I felt monsters damage me too much. Then I decided to remove couple Groves near with my camp.

You can keep cards and use them in the end of your final loop to summon Lich. If you didn't fill 3x3 square around your camp yet then you can do it right before summoning. In my example I had to place Cemeteries because I removed couple Groves earlier.

My map after using all my cards to summon Lich:

Additional tips:

• Do not place more than one Cemetery unless you need it to summon Lich. Because skeletons hit very hard.

• Remove Goblin Camps with Oblivion because goblins hit very hard. Goblin Camp appears for every 10 placed Rocks and Mountains. If you're not sure that you can handle goblins then keep Rock/Mountain cards until you get Oblivion.

• Avoid placing Battlefields too close - they will form Blood Path that produces powerful enemies.

• If monsters overhelm you and you lose too much hp, then remove one-two monster nests and get some regeneration items to heal.

• Put Battlefield in start of your road - after your camp. It allows you get nice items on start of every loop.

• Do not put too many monster camps. Use Road Lantern to limit monster group size.

• Put Rocks and Mountains in 3x3 square to create Mountain Peak - it will give you lot of health.

• Keep putting together Rocks and Mountains to get as max health as you can. Place Meadow with something except itself to make it Bloom. Blooming Meadow restores more hp.

Without proper gear you can't beat Lich.

When I'm talking about "base weapon damage" I mean base weapon damage not bonus damage on weapon or other items.

You can save important items in your backpack by clicking on them with mouse right button.

Try to keep your health close to full, because it's difficult to restore it. Ideally you have to come to Lich with full hp.

1-4 loop:
Collect items prioritizing stats:
Regen>Base weapon damage>Defense>Evasion>Everything else

Collect as much regeneration as you can. Item with 0.6 hp/sec maybe is not a big deal, but 1.2 hp/sec and more is totally worth it.

You also may not wear weapon on 1-2 loops. You will defeat monsters slowly so there will spawn more monsters. More monsters means more cards. It can help you to summon Lich earlier.
However you should control your hp. If you lose too much hp then put on your weapon.

5-6 loop:
Check how are you doing. If you're losing too much hp then get more regeneration and remove one-two enemy camps with Oblivion. You need hp to beat Lich, so this is important!

Keep prioritizing stats on items:
Regen>Base weapon damage>Defense>Evasion>Everything else

If you have full hp then you can replace some regeneration items with evasion. Otherwise keep evasion items in you backpack but do not put them on.

7-8 loop:
Prepare items for Lich fight. You need at least 25-30% evasion to beat Lich. Right before fight put on items prioritizing stats:
Evasion>Base weapon damage>Regeneration>Vampirism>Everything else

My stats for Lich fight (around 1300 hp in total):


Lich stats in this fight:

Result:

I've spent some time testing different strategies before I finally got this achievement. I test my guide and kill Lich from time to time. So I can prove its usefulness.

You still can lose fight with Lich because Evasion is random. But don't be sad and try again!

Good luck, Loop Heroes!