Corsair Invasion

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The Corsair Invasion is a scheduled world event. When corsairs strike, every port city in Karadiyar (all sea geography settlements except Illumara) comes under threat. Warriors travel to the coast and fight NPC raiders from the Fights screen to drive them back.

When it runs

• The invasion lasts 2 hours once it begins.
• It can start up to three times per week, on a server schedule that avoids active wars and the Kraken hunt.
• A global push notification and chat announcement warn players when corsairs land.
• Open the Corsair Invasion screen from Fights to see the countdown, live leaderboard, and past champions.

How to take part

There is no join button. To participate:

1. Travel to a port city (any city with sea geography, except Illumara).
2. Open Fights while the event is active.
3. Challenge one of three corsair enemies at the top of the list.

You need more than 25 health and your normal attack cooldown must be ready. If you are not in a sea city, the fight button tells you to travel to the coast first.

The three corsair foes

• Plunderer (Easy): 1 tournament point on win, 60-second fight cooldown.
• Marauder (Medium): 2 tournament points on win, 90-second fight cooldown.
• Captain (Hard): 3 tournament points on win, 120-second fight cooldown.

Each fight grants scaled XP on win or loss. Gold is earned only when you win. Health loss depends on the enemy tier and outcome. Corsair duels do not affect your PvP win/loss record or league points.

Tournament scoring

Every corsair victory adds tournament points to your personal tally for the current invasion. The live leaderboard on the event screen ranks all fighters by points, then by win count.

At the end of the two hours, the game crowns one champion per side:

• Free Peoples leader: highest-scoring good-side fighter
• Dark Forces leader: highest-scoring evil-side fighter

Tie-breakers favour more wins, then alphabetical name order.

Minimum participation rule

If fewer than 10 unique players fought at least one corsair during the event, the invasion is deemed unstopped. Coastal cities are raided, no side champions are recorded, and no rewards are paid. Everyone sees an insufficient-participation message instead of winner cards.

Champion rewards

When participation is high enough, each side leader receives a private message with:

• Gold equal to 100 × your level
• XP equal to 100 × your level
• +5 Seafaring skill progress

Winner names stay visible on the Corsair Invasion screen until the next event clears them.

Tips

• Harder corsairs grant more tournament points but longer cooldowns — plan your final hour carefully.
• Seafaring training makes the seafaring reward especially valuable for sailors.
• The event does not run during an active war or Kraken hunt, so coastal warriors can focus on one crisis at a time.