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Cove Town Theme

Cove is a Neutral alignment town, home to the Captain and Navigator hero classes.

Cove represents Regna.

The native terrain of Cove is Swamp.

"Captains and Navigators use Coves as their bases of operation. Their armies are composed of diverse humans and marine monsters." ^{Horn of the Abyss}

Cove Buildings

Building Tree

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Construction Overview

Building Category

Cost  

Common Buildings

37000

45

40

-

-

-

-

Mage Guild

5000

20

20

18

18

18

18

Dwellings

54300

85

65

5

40

19

9

Unique Buildings

12000

40

15

-

-

-

-

Total Building Cost

108300

190

140

23

58

37

27

Weekly Troop Cost

29935

-

-

-

4

-

-

Common Buildings

Halls

-

2500

5000

10000

Fortifications

5000

20

20

2500

-

5

5000

10

10

Miscellaneous Buildings

500

5

-

500

5

-

5000

-

5

1000

5

-

Mage Guild

2000

5

-

1000

5

4

1000

5

6

1000

5

8

Banned Spells

Creature Dwellings

Building

Cost

Creature

Max/Wk

Cost/Wk

Nymph Waterfall

Upg. Nymph Waterfall

Shack

Upg. Shack

Frigate

Upg. Frigate

Gunpowder Warehouse

Nest

Upg. Nest

Tower of the Seas

Upg. Tower of the Seas

Nix Fort

Upg. Nix Fort

Maelstrom

Upg. Maelstrom

300

5

5

-

-

-

-

1000

-

-

-

-

-

-

1000

10

-

-

-

-

-

1000

5

-

-

-

-

-

1000

10

-

-

-

-

-

1500

5

-

-

-

-

-

3000

5

5

5

5

5

5

2000

-

5

-

-

2

2

1500

-

-

-

-

2

2

3000

5

5

-

-

5

-

2000

-

-

-

-

5

-

4000

5

10

-

-

-

-

3000

5

5

-

5

-

-

15000

15

15

-

10

-

-

15000

15

15

-

20

-

-

Nymph

Oceanid

Crew Mate

Seaman

Pirate

Corsair

Sea Dog

Stormbird

Ayssid

Sea Witch

Sorceress

Nix

Nix Warrior

Sea Serpent

Haspid

32

22

14

11

6

4

2

1120

1440

2420

3080

3150

3850

5250

3025

3575

3090

3390

4000

5200

4400

2

8000

4

Unique Buildings

Building

Cost  

Description

Thieves' Guild

Shipyard

Grotto

Pub

Roost

Lodestar

500

5

-

-

-

-

-

2000

20

-

-

-

-

-

7500

15

15

-

-

-

-

1000

-

-

-

-

-

-

1000

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Grants 2 additional levels of information in the Thieves' Guild.

Allows the player to purchase boats if the town is next to water.

Allows a visiting hero to sacrifice creatures/artifacts to gain experience.

Horde Building. +4 Crew Mate and Seaman growth per week.

Horde Building. +3 Stormbird and Ayssid growth per week.

Grail Structure. +5000 Gold/day. +50% creature growth. Makes all terrain native to allied Cove creatures.

Heroes

Name	Class			Specialty		Skill 1		Skill 2		Spell
Corkes	Captain			Offense		Basic Offense		Basic Pathfinding
Jeremy	Captain			Cannon		Basic Offense		Basic Artillery
Illor	Captain			Stormbirds		Basic Armorer		Basic Tactics
Derek	Captain			Crew Mates		Basic Offense		Basic Leadership
Elmore	Captain			Navigation		Advanced Navigation
Leena	Captain			Gold		Basic Pathfinding		Basic Estates
Anabel	Captain			Pirates		Basic Offense		Basic Archery
Cassiopeia	Captain			Nymphs		Basic Offense		Basic Tactics
Miriam	Captain			Scouting		Basic Logistics		Basic Scouting
Casmetra	Navigator			Sea Witches		Basic Wisdom		Basic Water Magic		Dispel
Eovacius	Navigator			Clone		Basic Wisdom		Basic Intelligence		Clone
Spint	Navigator			Sorcery		Basic Wisdom		Basic Sorcery		Bless
Andal	Navigator			Crystal		Basic Wisdom		Basic Pathfinding		Slow
Manfred	Navigator			Fireball		Basic Wisdom		Basic Fire Magic		Fireball
Zilare	Navigator			Forgetfulness		Basic Wisdom		Basic Interference		Forgetfulness
Astra	Navigator			Cure		Basic Wisdom		Basic Luck		Cure
Dargem	Navigator			Air Shield		Basic Wisdom		Basic Tactics		Air Shield
Catherine	Knight			Swordsmen		Basic Leadership		Basic Offense
Roland	Knight			Swordsmen		Basic Leadership		Basic Armorer
Gelu	Ranger			Sharpshooters		Basic Leadership		Basic Archery
Dracon	Wizard			Enchanters		Advanced Wisdom				Haste
Xeron	Demoniac			Devils		Basic Leadership		Basic Tactics
Mutare	Overlord			Dragons		Basic Estates		Basic Tactics		Magic Arrow
Mutare Drake	Overlord			Dragons		Basic Estates		Basic Tactics		Magic Arrow
Boragus	Barbarian			Ogres		Basic Offense		Basic Tactics
Kilgor	Barbarian			Behemoths		Advanced Offense
Adrienne	Witch			Fire Magic		Basic Wisdom		Expert Fire Magic		Inferno
Bidley	Captain			Sea Dogs		Advanced Offense
Tark	Captain			Nix		Basic Offense		Basic Armorer
Tavin	Mercenary			Offense		Basic Offense		Basic Scouting
Murdoch	Mercenary			Archery		Basic Archery		Basic Tactics
Frederick	Artificer			Automatons		Basic Wisdom		Basic Intelligence		Haste }}
Catherine	Knight			Swordsmen		Basic Leadership		Basic Offense
Roland	Knight			Swordsmen		Basic Leadership		Basic Armorer
Gelu	Ranger			Sharpshooters		Basic Leadership		Basic Archery
Dracon	Wizard			Enchanters		Advanced Wisdom				Haste
Xeron	Demoniac			Devils		Basic Leadership		Basic Tactics
Mutare	Overlord			Dragons		Basic Estates		Basic Tactics		Magic Arrow
Mutare Drake	Overlord			Dragons		Basic Estates		Basic Tactics		Magic Arrow
Boragus	Barbarian			Ogres		Basic Offense		Basic Tactics
Kilgor	Barbarian			Behemoths		Advanced Offense
Adrienne	Witch			Fire Magic		Basic Wisdom		Expert Fire Magic		Inferno
Bidley	Captain			Sea Dogs		Advanced Offense
Tark	Captain			Nix		Basic Offense		Basic Armorer
Tavin	Mercenary			Offense		Basic Offense		Basic Scouting
Murdoch	Mercenary			Archery		Basic Archery		Basic Tactics
Frederick	Artificer			Automatons		Basic Wisdom		Basic Intelligence		Haste }}

Creatures

Name	Town	Lvl	Att	Def	Dmg-	Dmg+	HP	Spd	Grw	AI Val	Cost		Special
Nymph   Nymph		1	5	2	1	2	4	6	16	57	35		Teleporting, Immune to ice
Oceanid   Oceanid		1+	6	2	1	3	4	8	16	75	45		Teleporting, Immune to ice
Crew Mate   Crew Mate		2	7	4	2	4	15	5	9	155	110
Seaman   Seaman		2+	8	6	3	4	15	6	9	174	140
Pirate   Pirate		3	8	6	3	7	15	6	7	312	225		Ranged (4 shots), No melee penalty
Corsair   Corsair		3+	10	8	3	7	15	7	7	407	275		Ranged (4 shots), No melee penalty, No enemy retaliation
Sea Dog   Sea Dog		3++	12	11	3	7	15	8	7	602	375		Ranged (12 shots), No melee penalty, No enemy retaliation, Accurate Shot
Stormbird   Stormbird		4	10	8	6	9	30	9	4	502	275		Flying
Ayssid   Ayssid		4+	11	8	6	10	30	11	4	645	325		Flying, Ferocity
Sea Witch   Sea Witch		5	12	7	10	14	35	6	3	790	515		Ranged (12 shots), Casts Weakness / Disrupting Ray
Sorceress   Sorceress		5+	12	9	10	16	35	7	3	852	565		Ranged (12 shots), Casts Weakness / Disrupting Ray
Nix   Nix		6	13	16	18	22	80	6	2	1415	1000		Ignores 30% of enemy attack value
Nix Warrior   Nix Warrior		6+	14	17	18	22	90	7	2	2116	1300		Ignores 60% of enemy attack value
Sea Serpent   Sea Serpent		7	22	16	30	55	180	9	1	3953	2200	1	Poisonous
Haspid   Haspid		7+	29	20	30	55	300	12	1	7220	4000	2	Poisonous, Revenge

Town Names

Unless specified by the mapmaker, towns will generate with a random name. Cove towns will use one of these following names:

Brown's Bay	Downhaven	Hitchgrove	Jordanhall
Lakenshire	Lewindale	Nithenes	Noral
Port Crowland	Port Evendore	Rotunda	Sleepy Creek
Tartaglia	Walendale	Watergate	Westland Pier

If there are more Cove towns on the map than possible names, they will use names taken from other towns.

Gallery

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  Capitol
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  Frigate
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  Nest
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  Nix Fort
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  Early Cove Concept
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Cove's strategy revolves around offensive powers, with troops having excellent attacking skills and Nix and Nix Warriors acting as tanks. Their tactics and strategies often involve Sea Dogs. Playing against Cove, force them into melee: otherwise they will easily kill your powerful units (which is especially harmful in Rampart and Dungeon as Gold and Black Dragons are immune to Resurrection). Forgetfulness is also a very strong debuff for Cove.

Pros:

• 2 fast ranged attackers, with very nice specialties.
• Strong and offensive units. (Cove units have the highest attack ratings of all town creatures).
• Sea Dogs with their ability can easily kill any creatures, including 7 level units, from a distance. Accurate shot is even better than Mighty Gorgons' Death stare, as it is a ranged attack, causing therefore no retaliation, and affects undead and non-living creatures unlike Death stare.
• Ayssids are very useful if someone has took the retaliation, as they may kill a unit twice with impunity.
• Only town with access to the powerful cannon.
• Native terrain is swamp, which makes it hard for other units to traverse.
• Cove has a shipyard, and Navigation is easily accessible which is useful on maps with big water areas (but useless on maps without water).

Cons:

• Fastest creature is Haspid with speed 12.
• Units and heroes relatively low on defence.
• Highly dependent on Ammo Carts due to extremely low amount of shots of Pirates (4 shots) until upgraded to Sea Dogs; they are too fragile for melee. In long battles, Sea Witches' 12 shots are also insufficient, and they are completely useless in melee as they have extremely low Defense and HP. Cannon also has very few shots.
• A lot of resources is needed to fully upgrade Pirates. Otherwise, player won't get the Cove's primary unit, and before the upgrade the Pirates aren't the strongest even among 3 level ranged creatures (attack is worse than the Wood Elves').
• Both flying units are fragile.
• Mage Guild is limited to level 4.

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See Also:

• Town Comparison
• List of creatures
• List of heroes