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The island's elite

The army

A dwelling of level 8 or more trains a third, elite kind of its tier: hired only on your own island.

  1. Seven elites, one per tier: Bosuns (deckhands), Sea grenadiers (marines), Deadeyes (musketeers), Mortar crews (gunners), Corsair blades (boarders), the Admiral's guard (guards) and Horrors of the deep (the drowned).
    1Seven elites, one per tier: Bosuns (deckhands), Sea grenadiers (marines), Deadeyes (musketeers), Mortar crews (gunners), Corsair blades (boarders), the Admiral's guard (guards) and Horrors of the deep (the drowned).
  2. Raise the dwelling to level 8 and come to your island: the elite have their own row under the dwelling in the hire window. They are never sold in a port, at a waystation or by the island's boats.
    2Raise the dwelling to level 8 and come to your island: the elite have their own row under the dwelling in the hire window. They are never sold in a port, at a waystation or by the island's boats.
  3. Their own pool: half the dwelling's weekly growth, at least one a week. They cost about 1.6 times the upgraded kind, less the dwelling's share off (−10 % at level 8, −20 % at 10), and fight worth every coin.
    3Their own pool: half the dwelling's weekly growth, at least one a week. They cost about 1.6 times the upgraded kind, less the dwelling's share off (−10 % at level 8, −20 % at 10), and fight worth every coin.
  4. Each brings a craft: bosuns never lose their nerve; grenadiers stand behind shields and their splinters hit the foe beside; deadeyes shoot at any range and every fourth shot pins a stack; mortar crews lob over heads at full harm.
    4Each brings a craft: bosuns never lose their nerve; grenadiers stand behind shields and their splinters hit the foe beside; deadeyes shoot at any range and every fourth shot pins a stack; mortar crews lob over heads at full harm.
  5. Corsair blades strike twice unanswered and bring luck to the whole crew; the Admiral's guard is a wall of shields that answers every blow; the Horrors of the deep sweep the deck and freeze the living. Horrors, like the drowned, serve only the Choir and cursed ships.
    5Corsair blades strike twice unanswered and bring luck to the whole crew; the Admiral's guard is a wall of shields that answers every blow; the Horrors of the deep sweep the deck and freeze the living. Horrors, like the drowned, serve only the Choir and cursed ships.

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See also

Island troops in any portEvery dwelling of tier 2–7 on your island opens that tier for hire in every port.4 stepsLevels 6 to 10: the island's long roadAll fifteen buildings of the town rise to level 10: more silver, more men, cheaper hire, ⚓10 ships and the island's elite.5 stepsThe town and its dwellingsThe Town Hall sets the island's level; seven dwellings train your army tier by tier.5 steps