Expedition
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Expeditions are an activity that can occur during pillages. They are randomly obtained by defeating brigands or barbarians at sea while set to the pillaging voyage configuration. There are currently two types of expeditions. Expedition information will be lost upon dividing the booty whether or not it has been completed.
News of an expedition won from a brigand or barbarian will be displayed in the Booty Pillaged ahoy, and a new ahoy will appear (if it is not present already) giving information about the currently active expedition. More information can be found on the expedition report screen, which lists all of the current expeditions, and where they may be found. Expedition locations are indicated relative to the ship's currently-charted course. The distance may read:
- Here
- Less than 1 league
- X leagues
- Earlier in current course
- Not on current course
Only one expedition may be active at any one time, though the specific active expedition may be changed by any crew member ranked officer or above on the expedition report screen.
Buried Treasure
One possible type is information pertaining to the location of buried treasure. This will direct you to an atoll located at a nearby league point indicated by an X on the ye known world map and league tracker - red if the expedition is active, and grey if inactve. Once reaching the league point, you can land on the atoll by pressing the "Dig for treasure" button located on the Ahoy! tab. The crew will be deposited on the atoll, and be informed to dig for treasure. There will be a randomly placed indicator of this, upon clicking thus will start the foraging puzzle which will include chests. An officer can order everyone to leave the island at any time from an option on the Ahoy! tab. There will be a message when nearly all of the chests have been foraged, and no one will receive new chests on their puzzle at this point, another message will come when all chests have been foraged. A Treasure Island PoE will count as a share of the booty. When the booty is divided pirates will get additional PoE, but not goods from the chests.
Merchant Hunt
Another type of expedition involves allowing you to track a merchant ship at any point in the ocean, the merchant ship will behave normally and contain whatever commodities it was shipping, along with some PoE. This type of expedition will be listed as complete either upon defeat of the merchant ship, or when the merchant ship ports. The ship will appear as a small ship icon on the ye known world map - again, red if the expedition is active, and grey if inactive.
