Pirate Cavern

Pirate Cavern
Media:Pirate Cavern.webp
%	Guards	Content	XP
30 %	20 20	1	600
30 %	40 40	2	1200
30 %	60 60	3	1800
10 %	80 80	4	2400
Visiting Scheme
Event
You have found a Pirate Cavern. Do you wish to attack the guards? * * * You have found what once was a Pirate Cavern, but it has been deserted for some time.

Pirate Cavern is an adventure map location commonly known as a creature bank.

The guards are divided into five stacks (red hexes). There is a 50% chance of getting an upgraded stack in the lower left corner (C hex). All the guard stacks of the same speed attack in alphabetic order of these hexes. The hero's troops are located in blue hexes 1-7 (a tail hex for two-hexed creatures) according to stack positioning in the army slots 1-7. If the hero has less than 7 stacks, e.g. 3, they will be placed in hexes 1-3 no matter how they were placed in the army slots.

Though war machines are not present on the battlefield, they still provide their passive bonuses (i.e. the infinite shots effect from Ammo Cart and the First Aid/First Aid Tent health boost  ).

Slain enemies do not respawn (should the hero retreat or be defeated). The damaged stack's losses will not be redistributed among the others. If a stack was destroyed, it changes the guards disposition. Its place on the battlefield will be taken by the next one in the attacking order. (E.g.: If A stack was destroyed, B stack takes its place, C stack takes the freshly vacated place of B and so on).

In Horn of the Abyss, the object's level can be preset by a map-maker and the upgraded stack option may be toggled on or off.

Pirate Cavern is an adventure map location, and commonly known as one of the creature banks. It is guarded by 20-80 Pirates and 20-80 Corsairs. As a reward for defeating the guards, 1, 2, 3 or 4 Sea Serpents will join the hero's army. The more Pirates and Corsairs there are, the more Sea Serpents will join.

The guards are divided into four stacks:

A and D hexes: 10/20/30/40 Pirates
B and C hexes: 10/20/30/40 Corsairs

50% probability of getting the third stack of Corsairs in the upper right corner (A hex, instead of Pirates). Template:Creature bank common text

Guards preview

The table shows how to pre-check the guard strength of an object without attacking it.
Guarding stacks accentuated with bold font should be considered in the first place.
Stacks insignificant for a preview are omitted.
The overall amount of creatures can be checked in the status bar (above the resource line at the bottom of the screen) by hovering over an object already visited (not attacked) by a hero.

Guards	Stacks	Guards preview	Upgraded stack
30 %:  x20,  x20	10 x4	lots (20-49) of creatures lots (20-49) of Pirates	pack (10-19) of Pirates
30 %:  x40,  x40	20 x4	horde (50-99) of creatures lots (20-49) of Corsairs	horde (50-99) of creatures horde (50-99) of Corsairs
30 %:  x60,  x60	30 x4	throng (100-249) of creatures horde (50-99) of Pirates horde (50-99) of Corsairs	throng (100-249) of creatures lots (20-49) of Pirates horde (50-99) of Corsairs
10 %:  x80,  x80	40 x4		throng (100-249) of Corsairs

Default settings for random map generator

• Disabled by default.
• Terrain: rough.
• Value: 3500.
• Density: 100.

See Also:

• List of map objects
• Map Editor