Cove

File:Adventure Map Cove capitol.gif Fully built Cove, as seen on the adventure map Fully built Cove, as seen on the adventure map. (HotA)	Towns
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	Rampart
	Tower
	Inferno
	Necropolis
	Dungeon
	Stronghold
	Fortress
	Conflux
	Cove
	Factory

Cove is a neutral alignment town with the captain and navigator hero classes. Cove armies are composed of pirates, smugglers, and thieves, as well as those with whom they have forged alliances. Cove represents Regna.

Cove's native terrain is swamp.

Cove Creature Dwellings

• Nymph Waterfall
• Shack
• Frigate/Gunpowder Warehouse
• Nest
• Tower of the Seas
• Nix Fort
• Maelstrom

Cove Specific Buildings

• Pub - Horde building which increases crew mate and seaman growth by +4 per week.
• Roost - Horde building which increases stormbird and ayssid growth by +3 per week.
• Grotto - Allows the guest hero to sacrifice creatures or artifacts, gaining experience.
• Thieves' Guild - Opens 2 additional levels of information in Thieves' Guild, provides towns and garrisons information on enemy towns.
• Shipyard - Enables town to build a boat. Can only be built if town is adjacent to water.
• Lodestar - Grail building of Cove. Brings 5000 gold per day, multiplies the growth of creatures by 1.5 per week (rounded down). Makes any terrain native to Cove (movement without penalty, +1 to attack, defense and speed, see and ignore mines and see quicksand). Cove's siege remains on swamp.

Halls		Fortifications		Miscellaneous		Mage Guilds		Banned spells
Village Hall	Village Hall (existing)	Fort	Fort 20 20 5000	Tavern	Tavern   5             500	Mage Guild level 1	Mage Guild level 1   5     5         2000
File:Town Hall large.gif	Town Hall 2500	Citadel	Citadel 5 2500	Marketplace	Marketplace   5             500	Mage Guild level 2	Mage Guild level 2   5   4   5   4   4   4   1000
City Hall	City Hall 5000	Castle	Castle 10 10 5000	Resource Silo	Resource Silo ()       5         5000	Mage Guild level 3	Mage Guild level 3   5   6   5   6   6   6   1000
Capitol	Capitol 10000			Blacksmith	Blacksmith 5 1000 link={{{smith}}} link={{{smith}}}	Mage Guild level 4	Mage Guild level 4   5   8   5   8   8   8   1000
						Mage Guild level 5	Mage Guild level 5   5   10   5   10   10   10   1000
Total Common Buildings:					45     40         37000	Total Mage Guild:	15   10   15   10   10   10   4000   20   18   20   18   18   18   5000   25   28   25   28   28   28   6000

Resource	Basic	Upgrades	All
	37300	31500	91300
	75	40	190
	61	30	141
	7	16	37
	2	11	27
	0	9	23
	10	34	58
Troop cost/week:		29935 + 4

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
Elmore	Captain			Navigation		Advanced Navigation
Derek	Captain			Crew Mates		Basic Offense		Basic Leadership
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
Bidley	Captain			Sea Dogs		Advanced Offense
Tark	Captain			Nix		Basic Offense		Basic Armorer
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

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

Strategy

Cove's strategy revolves around offensive powers, with troops having excellent attacking skills and Nix and Nix Warriors acting as tanks.

Pros

• 2 fast ranged attackers, with very nice specials.
• Strong and offensive units. (Cove units have the highest attack ratings of all towns creatures.)
• Only town with access to the powerful cannon.
• Native terrain is swamp, which makes it hard for other units to traverse.

Cons

• Fastest creature is Haspid with speed 12.
• Units and heroes relatively low on defence.
• Only 2 fragile flying units.
• Mage Guild is limited to level 4.

See also

• List of creatures
• List of creatures (HotA)
• List of heroes
• List of heroes (HotA)