Explorers' hall

Infrastructure
	Bank
	Estate agent
	Fort
	Inn
	Market
	Palace
Attractions
	Black market
	Explorers' hall
	Trading post

An explorers' hall is an island attraction building placed on a medium or large colonized island. It is the perfect staging point for new piratey expeditions.

Attraction buildings are nearly identical to regular infrastructure buildings: they change ownership along with an island's governance and they do not count against an island's building limit on medium islands. There are however a few differences:

• Attraction buildings typically have a higher tax rate than standard buildings, and decay a week after failing to have their taxes paid. An explorers' hall has a base tax of 5,000 PoE.
• A limited number of attractions can be built on a given island: 1 on medium islands and 2 on large islands. Outpost islands cannot build attractions.
• Only one of any type of attraction can be built on an island at a time.
• Each attraction building has a different effect when it is built. Flags that build an explorers' hall on their island can look forward to an influx of patron and explorer reputation every time a pirate uses their building to snag a new expedition map.

Construction

Construction Costs
Doubloons: 0
	Basic	Upgrade	Downgrade
Basic labor	400	N/A	N/A
Skilled labor	250	N/A	N/A
Expert labor	200	N/A	N/A
Iron	80	N/A	N/A
Stone	7,500	N/A	N/A
Tan cloth	N/A	N/A	N/A
Wood	90	N/A	N/A

An island needs only a completed fort to begin construction of an explorers' hall. An explorer's hall is 6x7 tiles in the governor's interface.

Use

An Explorers' hall has three tabs where intrepid explorers can purchase maps or compasses to different expeditions. The first tab will contain maps allowing players to raid the encroaching Imperial outposts, the second tab will provide pirates with maps that point to small island villages that need defending from Vikings, and the third tab offers for sale compasses that permit pirates to navigate to a confrontation at sea against a Brigand King.

Every three minutes, the hall will restock new maps or compasses to replace those that have been purchased by pirates. When fully stocked, each tab contains a full array of the possible types and sizes of the particular expedition. For Imperial outposts, this means a map of each size (small, medium, large, and huge) in both sinking and non-sinking. For Viking raids, this means a map of each size (small, medium, large, and huge) in both swordfight and rumble. For Brigand King compasses, this means a compass for each Brigand King.

Storage

An explorers' hall has no hold.

Rooms and furnishings

Explorers' hall Building
Left downstairs No floor plans available.	Paint: This room cannot be painted Special items: Buy charts (scrolls) Props: Anchor globe Ancient bust Brass telescope Bronze fish Crossed swords (x2) Explorers' banner (x2) Fancy chair Fancy end table (x2) Fancy wall lamp (x2) Globe table Harpsichord Little chest Marble table Paper and quill Potted palm Potted plant Scroll and quill Scrolls Ship's bell Sofa (x2) Spear head Wall map
Left upstairs No floor plans available.	Paint: This room cannot be painted Props: Anchor globe Ancient rumjug Brass telescope Bronze neckband Candles Chest Drinks Explorers' banner Fancy wall lamp Globe Marble end table (x2) Marble table (x2) Mounted sailfish Mounted tigerfish Notebooks Potted palm Potted plant (x2) Shark jaws Ship in a bottle Ship's bell (x2) Ship's wheel Small chest Sofa (x3) Vase with plant (x2)
Right downstairs No floor plans available.	Paint: This room cannot be painted Special items: Buy charts (scrolls) Props: Anchor Anchor globe Brass telescope Bronze neckband Explorers' banner (x2) Fancy chair Fancy end table (x2) Fancy wall lamp (x2) Harpsichord Lodestone compass Marble table Notebooks Potted palm Potted plant Scarab Scroll with quill Scrolls Ship's bell Ship's wheel Sofa (x3) Vase with plant (x2) Wall map
Right upstairs Floor plan key Wall that can hold hanging furniture (south or west face only) Wall that cannot hold hanging furniture Obstructed floor (stairs, arrows, columns) Tabletop items only (usually because of a functional prop) Open floor Void. Nothing may be placed here, and does not count as a wall for sinks, fireplaces, etc.	Paint: This room cannot be painted Props: Anchor Anchor globe Brass telescope Bronze fish Candles Drinks Explorers' banner Fancy wall lamp (x4) Globe Globe table Little chest Marble end table (x3) Marble table (x2) Mounted sailfish Mounted tigrfish Potted palm Potted plant Ship's bell Ship's wheel Silver cross Small chest Sofa (x3) Spear head Vase with plant (x2)

Historical notes

• Prior to release 2015-04-28, Explorers' Halls did not contain tabs. Rather, there were only eight total maps and compasses, and each time an expedition spawned, its type was random. Thus, it was possible to have a fully-stocked hall with zero available expeditions of a specific type (e.g. no Brigand King compasses). This release also decreased the map/compass respawn time from seven minutes to three.
• The rent was reduced further to 5,000 pieces of eight on release 2014-02-05.
• The rent was halved from 30,000 pieces of eight to 15,000 on release 2011-03-22.
• Explorers' halls were released on production oceans on release 2009-11-18.
• Explorers' halls were first released on the Ice Ocean on 2009-11-11.

External/other links

• List of islands with explorers' halls
• Official announcement
• Game Design discussion thread