Cove

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Horn of the Abyss Only available when the unofficial expansion, Horn of the Abyss, is installed.
Adventure Map Cove capitol (HotA).gif
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 represents Regna.

"Captain and Navigator hero classes use Cove as bases of operation, their armies are composed of many diverse people or animals such as gun welding pirates, smugglers, thieves and sea creatures as well as those with whom they have forged alliances."

Cove's native terrain is swamp.

Cove building tree[edit | edit source]

CoveBuildingTree.png
Fully upgraded Cove
Building Category Cost
Common
 Wood
45
   Ore
40
       Gold
37000
Mage Guild
 Wood
20
 Mercury
18
 Ore
20
 Sulfur
18
 Crystal
18
 Gem
18
 Gold
5000
Dwellings
 Wood
85
 Mercury
5
 Ore
65
 Sulfur
40
 Crystal
19
 Gem
9
 Gold
54300
Unique
 Wood
40
   Ore
15
       Gold
12000
Total Building Cost:
 Wood
190
 Mercury
23
 Ore
140
 Sulfur
58
 Crystal
37
 Gem
27
 Gold
108300
Troop Cost / Week: 29935 Gold, 4 Sulfur

Common Buildings and Mage Guild[edit | edit source]

Halls Fortifications Miscellaneous Mage Guilds Banned spells
Village Hall Village Hall
(existing)
Fort Fort
 Wood
20
   Ore
20
       Gold
5000
Tavern Tavern
 Wood
5
           Gold
500
Mage Guild level 1 Mage Guild level 1
 Wood
5
   Ore
5
       Gold
2000
 Curse
Cove Town Hall large.gif Town Hall
     Gold
2500
       
Citadel Citadel
     Ore
5
       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
     Gold
5000
       
Castle Castle
 Wood
10
   Ore
10
       Gold
5000
Resource Silo Resource Silo (1 Sulfur)
     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
     Gold
10000
       
Blacksmith
Blacksmith
 Wood
5
           Gold
1000
Cannon.png
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

Creature Dwellings[edit | edit source]

Structure Base Cost Upgrade Cost Creature Max
Grw
Upg Cr
Cost
Cost/
Week
Cove Nymph Waterfall.gif
Cove Upg. Nymph Waterfall.gif
 Nymph Waterfall 
 Wood
5
   Ore
5
       Gold
300
             Gold
1000
Nymph Nymph
Oceanid Oceanid
32 45 Gold 1440 Gold
Cove Shack.gif
Cove Upg. Shack.gif
 Shack 
 Wood
10
           Gold
1000
 Wood
5
           Gold
1000
Crew Mate Crew Mate
Seaman Seaman
22 140 Gold 3080 Gold
Cove Frigate.gif
Cove Upg. Frigate.gif
Cove Gunpowder Warehouse.gif
 Frigate 
 Wood
10
           Gold
1000
 Wood
5
           Gold
1500
 Wood
5
 Mercury
5
 Ore
5
 Sulfur
5
 Crystal
5
 Gem
5
 Gold
3000
Pirate Pirate
Corsair Corsair
Sea Dog Sea Dog
14 375 Gold 5250 Gold
Cove Nest.gif
Cove Upg. Nest.gif
 Nest 
     Ore
5
   Crystal
2
 Gem
2
 Gold
2000
         Crystal
2
 Gem
2
 Gold
1500
Stormbird Stormbird
Ayssid Ayssid
11 325 Gold 3575 Gold
Cove Tower of the Seas.gif
Cove Upg. Tower of the Seas.gif
 Tower of the Seas 
 Wood
5
   Ore
5
   Crystal
5
   Gold
3000
         Crystal
5
   Gold
2000
Sea Witch Sea Witch
Sorceress Sorceress
6 565 Gold 3390 Gold
Cove Nix Fort.gif
Cove Upg. Nix Fort.gif
 Nix Fort 
 Wood
5
   Ore
10
       Gold
4000
 Wood
5
   Ore
5
 Sulfur
5
     Gold
3000
Nix Nix
Nix Warrior Nix Warrior
4 1300 Gold 5200 Gold
Cove Maelstrom.gif
Cove Upg. Maelstrom.gif
 Maelstrom 
 Wood
15
   Ore
15
 Sulfur
10
     Gold
15000
 Wood
15
   Ore
15
 Sulfur
20
     Gold
15000
Sea Serpent Sea Serpent
Haspid Haspid
2 4000 Gold
2 Sulfur
8000 Gold
4 Sulfur


  


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Total Dwelling Cost:
 Wood
85
 Mercury
5
 Ore
65
 Sulfur
40
 Crystal
19
 Gem
9
 Gold
54300
Weekly Troop Cost: 29935 Gold
4 Sulfur

Unique Buildings[edit | edit source]

Structure Effect Cost
Cove Thieves' Guild.gif Thieves' Guild Opens 2 additional levels of information in Thieves' Guild.
 Wood
5
           Gold
500
Cove Shipyard.gif Shipyard Allows building boats if the town has access to water.
 Wood
20
           Gold
2000
Cove Grotto.gif Grotto Visiting hero can sacrifice creatures/artifacts to gain experience.
 Wood
15
   Ore
15
       Gold
7500
Cove Pub.gif Pub Horde Building. Growth +4/week for Crew Mate Crew Mate / Seaman Seaman
             Gold
1000
Cove Roost.gif Roost Horde Building. Growth +3/week for Stormbird Stormbird / Ayssid Ayssid
             Gold
1000
Cove Lodestar.gif Lodestar Grail Structure. +5000 Gold/day, +50% creature growth
Makes any terrain native to all Cove units
n/a
Total Cost:
 Wood
40
   Ore
15
       Gold
12000

Heroes[edit | edit source]

Cove heroes
Name Class Specialty Skill 1 Skill 2 Spell
Anabel Anabel  Captain  Specialty Pirates small.gif  Pirates Basic Offense  Basic Offense  Basic Archery  Basic Archery 
Cassiopeia Cassiopeia  Captain  Specialty Nymphs small.gif  Nymphs Basic Offense  Basic Offense  Basic Tactics  Basic Tactics 
Corkes Corkes  Captain  Specialty Offense small.gif  Offense Basic Offense  Basic Offense  Basic Pathfinding  Basic Pathfinding 
Derek Derek  Captain  Specialty Crew Mates small.gif  Crew Mates Basic Offense  Basic Offense  Basic Leadership  Basic Leadership 
Elmore Elmore  Captain  Specialty Navigation small.gif  Navigation Advanced Navigation  Advanced Navigation   
Illor Illor  Captain  Specialty Stormbirds small.gif  Stormbirds Basic Armorer  Basic Armorer  Basic Tactics  Basic Tactics 
Jeremy Jeremy  Captain  Specialty Cannon small.gif  Cannon Basic Offense  Basic Offense  Basic Artillery  Basic Artillery 
Leena Leena  Captain  Specialty Gold small.gif  Gold Basic Pathfinding  Basic Pathfinding  Basic Estates  Basic Estates 
Miriam Miriam  Captain  Specialty Scouting small.gif  Scouting Basic Logistics  Basic Logistics  Basic Scouting  Basic Scouting 
Bidley Bidley Horn of the Abyss (Campaign/Custom)  Captain  Specialty Sea Dogs small.gif  Sea Dogs Advanced Offense  Advanced Offense   
Tark Tark Horn of the Abyss (Campaign/Custom)  Captain  Specialty Nix small.gif  Nix Basic Offense  Basic Offense  Basic Armorer  Basic Armorer 
Andal Andal  Navigator  Specialty Crystal small.gif  Crystal Basic Wisdom  Basic Wisdom  Basic Pathfinding  Basic Pathfinding  Slow small.png Slow 
Astra Astra  Navigator  Specialty Cure small.gif  Cure Basic Wisdom  Basic Wisdom  Basic Luck  Basic Luck  Cure small.png Cure 
Casmetra Casmetra  Navigator  Specialty Sea Witches small.gif  Sea Witches Basic Wisdom  Basic Wisdom  Basic Water Magic  Basic Water Magic  Dispel small.png Dispel 
Dargem Dargem  Navigator  Specialty Air Shield small.gif  Air Shield Basic Wisdom  Basic Wisdom  Basic Tactics  Basic Tactics  Air Shield small.png Air Shield 
Eovacius Eovacius  Navigator  Specialty Clone small.gif  Clone Basic Wisdom  Basic Wisdom  Basic Intelligence  Basic Intelligence  Clone small.png Clone 
Manfred Manfred  Navigator  Specialty Fireball small.gif  Fireball Basic Wisdom  Basic Wisdom  Basic Fire Magic  Basic Fire Magic  Fireball small.png Fireball 
Spint Spint  Navigator  Specialty Sorcery small.gif  Sorcery Basic Wisdom  Basic Wisdom  Basic Sorcery  Basic Sorcery  Bless small.png Bless 
Zilare Zilare  Navigator  Specialty Forgetfulness small.gif  Forgetfulness Basic Wisdom  Basic Wisdom  Basic Interference  Basic Interference  Forgetfulness small.png Forgetfulness 

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[edit | edit source]

Cove creatures
 Name   Town   Lvl   Att   Def   Dmg-   Dmg+   HP   Spd   Grw   AI Val   Cost   Special 














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

Town names[edit | edit source]

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. Their tactics and strategies often involve Sea Dogs.

Pros:

  • 2 fast ranged attackers, with very nice specials.
  • Strong and offensive units. (Cove units have the highest attack ratings of all towns creatures.)
  • Sea Dogs with their ability can easily kill very strong creatures from a distance, even Undead and Non-living creatures, unlike Mighty Gorgons.
  • 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.
  • Highly dependent on Ammo Carts due to low amount of shots of Pirates(4, 4 and 12 shots depending on a level relatively) and Sea Witches(12 shots). It's worse that forced to obtain Ammo Carts from other towns' Blacksmiths or War Machine Factories.
  • A lot of resourses is needed to fully upgrade Pirates. Otherwise, player won't get the Cove's primary unit.
  • Only 2 fragile flying units.
  • Mage Guild is limited to level 4.

See also[edit | edit source]