Cove

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Horn of the Abyss Only available when the unofficial expansion, Horn of the Abyss, is installed.

Fully built Cove, as seen on the adventure map
Towns
Castle Castle
Rampart Rampart
Tower Tower
Inferno Inferno
Necropolis Necropolis
Dungeon Dungeon
Stronghold Stronghold
Fortress Fortress
Conflux Conflux Armageddon's Blade
Cove Cove Horn of the Abyss
Factory Factory Horn of the Abyss

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

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.

Cove building tree

Fully upgraded Cove
Resource Basic Upgrades All
Gold 37300 31500 91300
Wood 75 40 190
Ore 61 30 141
Crystal 7 16 37
Gem 2 11 27
Mercury 0 9 23
Sulfur 10 34 58
Troop cost/week: 29935 Gold + 4 Sulfur

Common buildings

Halls Fortifications Miscellaneous Mage Guilds Banned spells
Village Hall Village Hall
(existing)
Fort Fort
Wood
20
Mercury
Ore
20
Sulfur
Crystal
Gem
Gold
5000
Tavern Tavern
 Wood
5
           Gold
500
Mage Guild level 1 Mage Guild level 1
 Wood
5
   Ore
5
       Gold
2000
 Curse
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Wood
Mercury
Ore
Sulfur
Crystal
Gem
Gold
2500
Citadel Citadel
Wood
Mercury
Ore
5
Sulfur
Crystal
Gem
Gold
2500
Marketplace Marketplace
 Wood
5
           Gold
500
Mage Guild level 2 Mage Guild level 2
 Wood
5
 Mercury
4
 Ore
5
 Sulfur
4
 Crystal
4
 Gem
4
 Gold
1000
Death RippleBlind
City Hall City Hall
Wood
Mercury
Ore
Sulfur
Crystal
Gem
Gold
5000
Castle Castle
Wood
10
Mercury
Ore
10
Sulfur
Crystal
Gem
Gold
5000
Resource Silo Resource Silo ()
     Ore
5
       Gold
5000
Mage Guild level 3 Mage Guild level 3
 Wood
5
 Mercury
6
 Ore
5
 Sulfur
6
 Crystal
6
 Gem
6
 Gold
1000
Animate Dead
Capitol Capitol
Wood
Mercury
Ore
Sulfur
Crystal
Gem
Gold
10000
Blacksmith
Blacksmith
Wood
5
Mercury
Ore
Sulfur
Crystal
Gem
Gold
1000
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Mage Guild level 4 Mage Guild level 4
 Wood
5
 Mercury
8
 Ore
5
 Sulfur
8
 Crystal
8
 Gem
8
 Gold
1000
 Armageddon
Total Common Buildings:
 Wood
45
   Ore
40
       Gold
37000 
Total Mage Guild:
 Wood
20
 Mercury
18
 Ore
20
 Sulfur
18
 Crystal
18
 Gem
18
 Gold
5000

Heroes

Cove heroes
Name Class Expansion Source Specialty Skill 1 Skill 2 Spell
CorkesCorkes Corkes  Captain   4 - Horn of the Abyss  Offense Basic Offense  Basic Offense   Basic Pathfinding  Basic Pathfinding  
JeremyJeremy Jeremy  Captain   4 - Horn of the Abyss  Cannon Basic Offense  Basic Offense   Basic Artillery  Basic Artillery  
IllorIllor Illor  Captain   4 - Horn of the Abyss  Stormbirds Basic Armorer  Basic Armorer   Basic Tactics  Basic Tactics  
ElmoreElmore Elmore  Captain   4 - Horn of the Abyss  Navigation Advanced Navigation  Advanced Navigation   
DerekDerek Derek  Captain   4 - Horn of the Abyss  Crew Mates Basic Offense  Basic Offense   Basic Leadership  Basic Leadership  
LeenaLeena Leena  Captain   4 - Horn of the Abyss  Gold Basic Pathfinding  Basic Pathfinding   Basic Estates  Basic Estates  
AnabelAnabel Anabel  Captain   4 - Horn of the Abyss  Pirates Basic Offense  Basic Offense   Basic Archery  Basic Archery  
CassiopeiaCassiopeia Cassiopeia  Captain   4 - Horn of the Abyss  Nymphs Basic Offense  Basic Offense   Basic Tactics  Basic Tactics  
MiriamMiriam Miriam  Captain   4 - Horn of the Abyss  Scouting Basic Logistics  Basic Logistics   Basic Scouting  Basic Scouting  
BidleyBidley Bidley Horn of the Abyss (Campaign/Custom)  Captain   4 - Horn of the Abyss  Sea Dogs Advanced Offense  Advanced Offense    
TarkTark Tark Horn of the Abyss (Campaign/Custom)  Captain   4 - Horn of the Abyss  Nix Basic Offense  Basic Offense   Basic Armorer  Basic Armorer  
CasmetraCasmetra Casmetra  Navigator  4 - Horn of the Abyss  Sea Witches Basic Wisdom  Basic Wisdom   Basic Water Magic  Basic Water Magic    Dispel 
EovaciusEovacius Eovacius  Navigator  4 - Horn of the Abyss  Clone Basic Wisdom  Basic Wisdom   Basic Intelligence  Basic Intelligence    Clone 
SpintSpint Spint  Navigator  4 - Horn of the Abyss  Sorcery Basic Wisdom  Basic Wisdom   Basic Sorcery  Basic Sorcery    Bless 
AndalAndal Andal  Navigator  4 - Horn of the Abyss  Crystal Basic Wisdom  Basic Wisdom   Basic Pathfinding  Basic Pathfinding    Slow 
ManfredManfred Manfred  Navigator  4 - Horn of the Abyss  Fireball Basic Wisdom  Basic Wisdom   Basic Fire Magic  Basic Fire Magic    Fireball 
ZilareZilare Zilare  Navigator  4 - Horn of the Abyss  Forgetfulness Basic Wisdom  Basic Wisdom   Basic Interference  Basic Interference    Forgetfulness 
AstraAstra Astra  Navigator  4 - Horn of the Abyss  Cure Basic Wisdom  Basic Wisdom   Basic Luck  Basic Luck    Cure 
DargemDargem Dargem  Navigator  4 - Horn of the Abyss  Air Shield Basic Wisdom  Basic Wisdom   Basic Tactics  Basic Tactics    Air Shield 

Banned secondary skills

Some skills are not available for certain hero classes, which means they can only acquire them from Scholars, Witch Huts (except for Necromancy and Leadership, if not allowed by a map-maker), Seer's Huts, Events or Pandora's Boxes.

Neither Cove hero classes can learn Necromancy Necromancy.

Creatures

+ colspan = 14 style="background-color:#Template:Blue 0; font-size: 120%; color:white; height:28px;" | Cove creatures
 Name   Town   Lvl   Att   Def   Dmg-   Dmg+   HP   Spd   Grw   AI Val   Cost   Special 














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

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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.

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.

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