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Hopeless Romantic achievement in Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition

Hopeless Romantic

Win "Hand of a Princess" with 12+ minutes remaining on the timer.

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How to unlock the Hopeless Romantic achievement

  • xalexjbxxalexjbx
    15 Feb 2026 15 Feb 2026
    Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition (PC) - Achievement - Hopeless Romantic

    Win "Hand of the Princess" with 12+ minutes remaining on the timer.

    This achievement triggers upon completion of the level provided you have completed the secondary objective of having 12+ minutes remaining on the timer. This is obviously a timed achievement, however it isn't difficult. The route you choose to take will impact the time you have to complete.
    Your objective is to reach Princess Sanyogita in the far East, then bring her and your hero, Prithviraj, to the Wonder in the far North of the map.
    From the start, gather your troops and follow the path, killing the minor resistance on the way. You will come across Chand Bardai (hero Monk) and a regular Monk, but they will be blocked behind some trees. Continue along the path and you will be given control of a Siege Onager and some infantry on raised ground. The Siege Onager can destroy trees. Deal with the small resistance in between your split forces and bring them back to where you encountered the Monks. Use the Siege Onager to destroy the trees near them and follow that path South-East until you reach the South corner of the map. Cross the bridge North-East and you will come to a small body of water and a Transport Ship. Get everyone on and drop them off at the the beach just slightly to the North. Follow the path, killing the wild animals along the way that attack to the city the princess is in. There are troops in the city, but nothing that should cause much trouble. Grab the princess and you will be given control of another Transport Ship. Get everyone on, but don't land on the nearest beach. Follow the river to get dropped off on the cost of Lal Kot (Green). A small walk inland and you will have reached the city gates. Bring your hero and the princess to the Wonder in the corner of the city and provided you still have 12+ minutes left, the achievement should trigger.

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  • DonMattDonMatt
    29 Apr 2022 29 Apr 2022 29 Apr 2022
    To my run, I tried the southern route. (see the minimap).
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    1) I got a Siege Onager with Chakram Throwers stuck on a mountain (after your first fight against some swordsman and used the camels that you begin with your hero, to attack a Onager to the other side of the cliff, so you could get your SO easily down the road near a forest that has a monk and a hero monk (you will need the SO to cut the trees and let Prithviraja go that way).
    2) Then, there is a camel you can convert and a gaia Elephant Archer, they will be needed against the red Chakrams ambush. After dealing with them, just go south again until you find more Elephant Archer to rendezvous, follow the road until you find the transport. Load all your units and unload them on the beach to the left side of the river.
    3) You can go all the way ahead until you see the purple walls of Bandits base. BEWARE, just go to the left and take ownership of a dock and build a transport. Now, return with your hero to the entrance of the base but go all way to the right, this way will avoid you a fight against many Elephant Archers, Camels and a couple of monks. At this moment, Jayachandra researched an upgrade to improve the range of his ranged units, so don't despair if you get shot, you just need to get Sanyogita and flee in the path you sneak into. The EA has ballistics, so take care that your hero tank all the shots. When you get out of the city, board with Sanyogita and Prithviraj into transport.
    4) Follow upnorth in the river and don't worry about orange towers shooting, when you see a safe beach to unload both your units (see the image of my minimap), you can go the green wonder and win. No enemies are expected inside green base.
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