[ADVENTURE Guide] Island of the Pirates / Post Christmas Maintenance 2011

Here are the results of my first Island of the Pirates Adventure visit - completed after Christmas Maintenance (Dec 7, 2011)

1. 100 Deckscrubber / 50 Gunman - Sent: 11R 189C ; Loss: 9R
2. 100 Deckscrubber / 50 Caltrop - Sent: 41R 159S ; Loss: 36R
3. 50 Caltrop / 100 Saber-rattler / 50 Gunman - Sent: 91R 109S ; Loss: 81R
4. 60 Knifethrower / 60 Deckscrubber / 60 Caltrop - Sent: 53R 147S ; Loss: 51R
5. 40 Caltrop / 40 Saber-rattler / 40 Gunman - Sent: 45R 155S ; Loss: 39R
6. 2 Petty officer 2nd class / 80 Calstrops / 80 Saber-rattler - Sent: 50R 150S ; Loss: 44R
7. 90 Caltrop / 90 Saber-rattler - Sent: 56R 144S ; Loss: 47R
8. TRAP* 100 Caltrop - Sent: 24R 176S ; Loss: 17R
9. 100 Deckscrubber / 30 Caltrop / 40 Gunman - Sent: 56R 144S ; Loss: 53R
10. 100 Caltrop / 70 Saber-Rattler - Sent: 47R 153S ; Loss: 39R
11. 1 Crazy Ship's Cook / 10 Petty officer 2nd class / 100 Saber-Rattler / 70 Gunman - Sent: 145R 37M 18S; Loss: 145R 30M

*TRAP - Strategy used: Attacked Camp 9 and General was diverted to the TRAP. After TRAP was wiped out, clicked on the Retreat Button.

TOTAL LOSS: 561R 30M

note: Your troop loss total may be different

Veteran General Combos with or without Elite Soldiers (E), Crossbowmen (XB), Cannoneers (K):

1. 1R 1S 248C (0 to 1R loss) or 1E 249C (no loss)
2. 60R 70M 120S (31R to 42R loss) or 41R 49S 160E (30R to 41R loss)
3. 74R 100M 76S (60R to 74R loss) or 73R 117S 60E (61R to 73R loss)
4. 53R 160S (41R to 53R loss) or 53R 197E (41R to 53R loss)
5. 45R 205S (35R to 45R loss) or 44R 206E (35R to 44R loss)
6. 49R 179S (35R to 49R loss) or 49R 179E (35R to 49R loss)
7. 52R 180S (38R to 52R loss) or 52R 175E (38R to 52R loss)
8. 23R 227S (7R to 23R loss) or 23R 228E (9R to 23R loss)
9. wave 1: 39R wave 2: 250C (39R loss) or wave 1: 39R wave 2: 1E 249C (39R loss)
10. 49R 201S (32R to 49R loss) or 48R 10S 192E (32R to 48R loss)
11. wave 1:110R wave 2:13R 1S 200C 36LB (120R to 123R loss) or wave 1:107R wave 2:13R 1E 218C 18XB (117R to 120R loss) or
98R 152K (84R to 97R loss)


Loot:

900 Granite
800 HW Planks
1400 Bronze Swords
1400 Bows
500 Sausages
800 Wheat

2752 Experience Points

Based on posted loot prior to the maintenance, there is indeed a big increase in quantity for resource rewards. Experience points decreased about 5% (before: 2890).

Please post alternate Troop Composition and loot received. Comments to changes in loot are welcome.

Big Thanks to ootter and Jethro702 for their original posts!

900 Granite. yesssssssss!

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Percentage Chance of Rewards (from German Wiki)

Slot 1:
800 Exotic Wood (33.3%)
1000 Exotic Wood (16.7%)
700 Granite (33.3%)
900 Granite (16.7%)

Slot 2:
800 Hardwood Planks (50%)
800 Marble (50%)

Slot 3 & 4:
1400 Bronze Swords (16.7%)
1400 Bows (16.7%)
1000 Iron Swords (16.7%)
1000 Horses (16.7%)
700 Long Bows (16.7%)
500 Steel Swords (16.7%)

Slot 5:
500 Beer (25%)
500 Bread (25%)
500 Sausages (25%)
300 Settlers (25%)

Slot 6:
2000 Iron Ore (23.3%)
800 Wheat (17.4%)
700 Meat (23.3%)
500 Gold Ore (5.8%)
Deco: Crates (4.7%)
Deco: Broken Hand Cart (2.3%)
Adv: Motherly Love (23.3%)

Slot 7: Up to 2752 XP

I am doing this adventure now. I will post my loot when I finish up.

Loot:

700 granite
800 marble
700 longbows
1000 iron swords
500 sausages
2000 iron ore deposit

experience 2752

Not bad loot in my opinion. :)

I just got the "motherly love" adventure from completing IoP. I've done it several times now but this is the first time I've been awarded with another adventure. Something to look forward too lol.

900 granite
800 hw planks
1k ponies
1k ponies
300 population
motherly love
2752 exp

I have more to run, next time i'll post screenshots with camp locations

Yw :) I will be updating Pirates adven to make it up to date after the Christmas maintainence.

I tried substituting in some Bowmen into these Battles to try to lower the Recruit losses.

Example:60 Knifethrower / 60 Deckscrubber / 60 Caltrop Camp
Used 40 Recruits, 35 Militia, 100 Soldiers and 25 Bowmen
Losses: 36-40 Recruits
25 Bowmen

Used 53 Recruits, 47 Militia and 100 Soldiers
Losses: 44-52 Recruits

Assuming Max Losses
400 Bronze Swords, 40 Settlers and 200 Beer worth of Recruit Losses
250 Bows, 25 Settlers and 250 Beer worth of Bowmen Losses

or

520 Bronze Swords, 52 Settlers and 260 Beer worth of Recruits Losses

I guess depending on how your Island Production is set up, it might be worth including the Bowmen to save some Bronze Swords. Or just use Recruits to save on Beer and Bread. Just thought I would toss this out there. Some of the other battles might work out better than this using Bowmen, will know more after I clear more camps.

Edit: Completed the Adventure inserting Bowmen in some of battles, probably only saved 40-60 Recruits at the cost of 100 Bowmen. So not overly worth it. Will probably have to experiment with some other Adventures. Might work better in other situations.

Loot
700 granite
800 marble
1000 steel swords
500 bread
700 Meat
2752 xp

11. 1 Crazy Ship's Cook / 10 Petty officer 2nd class / 100 Saber-Rattler / 70 Gunman - Sent: 145R 37M 18S; Loss: 145R 30M

I advise 2 waves. First wave 115 recruits. Second wave 160 calv, 30 longbow, 10 M. Lose 115 recruits and 7-9 M.