Editing Admiral's Hat

{{Combination artifact
 | slot    = Helmet
 | blocked = Necklace
 | cost    = 25000
 | art_1   = Necklace of Ocean Guidance
 | art_2   = Sea Captain's Hat
 | event  = You trip over the Admiral's Hat, dust it off, and stick it in your pack.
 | effect = No boarding or unboarding ship penalty. Converts movement points between the hero's land and water movement.<br>'''Component effects:''' +1500 [[movement points]] on water;<br>[[Summon Boat]] and [[Scuttle Boat]] spells;<br>Protects army in [[whirlpool]]s.
}}

In addition to the regular bonuses, the Admiral's Hat gives these advantages:
*No penalty when boarding / disembarking from a [[boat]].
*Converts [[movement points]] between land and sea.
*Component effects: Hero sea [[movement]] + 1500; [[Summon Boat]] and [[Scuttle Boat]] spells; protects army in [[whirlpool]]s.

== Admiral's Hat bug ==
A famous {{sod}} bug, which allows a player who has Admiral's Hat, access to water tile, speed-boosting artifacts or a nearby scout with creatures of different speed in the army, and some spare time to convert all this into the immense amount of movement points.

First, how does water/dry land movement conversion work:

MP<sup>''bas''</sup>		- basic movement points

MP<sup>''act''</sup>		- actual movement points

WMP<sup>''bas''</sup>	- basic movement points on water

WMP<sup>''act''</sup>	- actual movement points on water

m		- move cost (affected by a starting tile [[Movement penalty|terrain penalty]] and [[Favorable Winds]] bonus)

Boarding MP convertion: {{Math|WMP<sup>''act''</sup> <nowiki>=</nowiki> (MP<sup>''act''</sup>-m) &times; WMP<sup>''bas''</sup>/MP<sup>''bas''</sup>}}

Landing MP convertion:{{---}}{{Math|MP<sup>''act''</sup> <nowiki>=</nowiki> (WMP<sup>''act''</sup>-m)/(WMP<sup>''bas''</sup>/MP<sup>''bas''</sup>)}}

MP<sup>''bas''</sup> depends on:
# speed of the slowest creature in the army
# speed artifacts ([[Equestrian Gloves]], [[Boots of Speed]])
# daily/weekly MP boosting objects visited
# [[Logistics]] and [[Navigation]] skills/specialties

The Admiral's Hat bug is based on the fact that MP<sup>''bas''</sup> is not fixed at the beginning of the day; - the game recalculates it during the turn every time one of the options described above is changed.

So it can be manipulated easily by:
# changing the slowest unit
# un/equipping [[Equestrian Gloves]] and/or [[Boots of Speed]]

The mechanics of the abuse briefly can be described as "slow boarding, quick landing". E.g.: a hero with 6th speed (1700 MP) and [[Boots of Speed]] artifact, which gives +600 MP, (and equipped [[Admiral's Hat]], of course) boarding from the terrain without movement penalty by a straight step (m = 100). No [[Navigation]] or [[Lighthouse]] bonuses. [[Boots of Speed]] are removed for boarding and equipped for landing. The overall effect will look like:
 
{| border cellspacing=0 width=300px style="text-align:center;"
!Shore!!Boat!!Shore!!Boat!!Shore!!Boat!!Shore
|-
|1700
|2823
|2087
|3506
|2611
|4431
|3320
|}

comparing to how it should work with MP<sup>''bas''</sup> fixed at the start of the turn level: 
 
{| border cellspacing=0 width=300px style="text-align:center;"
!Shore!!Boat!!Shore!!Boat!!Shore!!Boat!!Shore
|-
|1700
|2823
|1543
|2546
|1386
|2269
|1229
|}

In {{hota}} MP<sup>''bas''</sup> cannot be changed during the day, hence the bug is fixed.{{-wh}}

{{Artifact 'see also'}}

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