Cove
“ | These salt-soaked caverns are teeming with pelagic nightmares - they must be flushed out!
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~ The Ancestor on entering a Skirmish expedition in the Cove |
The Cove is the second to last dungeon that can be explored. It is a water-logged nightmare filled with pelagic horrors, once used by the Ancestor for unsavory deliveries - and unspeakable pacts.
The Ancestor once used the Cove as a means to deliver some of his more controversial artifacts, as well as a location to perform his pacts with the ancient beings in the water when money was scarce. The ancient fishmen that lived there were roused by the activity around their home, making it a habit to sink and kill any sailors that come near their domain, making them a threat to the marine shipments of provisions that the Hamlet relies on.
Cove Music
The music that plays during combat in the Cove is The Cove Battle.
Cove Strategy
Order of target elimination varies depending on the party's health and stress level. If the party is low on health, consider finishing Groupers first. If the party is reaching high stress, target back-row shamans. It is recommended to kill the Thrall as soon as possible no matter the circumstances, however. Leave maggots, stingers, and heavily armored enemies for last, as they are the least dangerous.
Provisions
- Medicinal herbs are extremely useful to debuff traps and attacks, as well as curios, like Eerie Coral (to heal negative quirks) and the Fish Carcass (which gives you food).
- Bring a few extra shovels for chests and oysters.
- Bandages are useful for occasional bleed attacks, specifically from Uca Crushers, who have "arterial pinch".
- Holy Water may be useful for Fish Idols.
- Antivenom may be useful for Brackish Tide Pools.
- Skeleton Key is occasionally needed for locked chests.
- If you have a Houndmaster in your team, Dog Treats can be used on oysters for a dodge buff.
Party Composition
Bleed is less effective due to fish scales. Conversely, blight damage is extremely useful due to low resistances and the presence of high PROT enemies with the ability to guard weaker foes. Stun resistance is useful as many Cove enemies use stun attacks. Increasing the PROT value of frontline heroes can be invaluable here, due to high damage enemies and lack of DOT attacks. It's also worth noting that the Occultist does increased damage against eldritch enemies, which can be very useful here.
Things to watch out for
List of Cove Monsters
Enemies found within the Cove | |||||||
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Enemy | HP | DODGE | PROT | SPD | Type | Resistances | Abilities |
Pelagic Grouper |
14 | 5% | 0% | 6 | ELDRITCH |
Seaward Slash | |
Pelagic Shaman |
12 | 7.5% | 0% | 10 | ELDRITCH | ||
Pelagic Guardian |
25 | 0% | 33% | 0 | ELDRITCH | ||
Sea Maggot |
5 | 0% | 75% | -5 | ELDRITCH | ||
Deep Stinger |
10 | 12.5% | 0% | 7 | ELDRITCH | ||
Drowned Thrall |
14 | 0% | 0% | 0 | UNHOLY ELDRITCH |
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Uca Major |
61 | 8.75% | 50% | 1 | ELDRITCH | ||
Squiffy Ghast |
55 | 33.5% | 0% | 8 | UNHOLY |
Stun - 115%
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Siren |
119 | 12.5% | 0% | 5 | ELDRITCH | ||
Drowned Crew |
100 | 0% | 0% | 3 | UNHOLY |
Stun - 50%
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All Hands on Deck! |
Drowned Anchorman |
14 | 0% | 0% | 0 | UNHOLY |
Stun - 25%
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Enemy | HP | DODGE | PROT | SPD | Type | Resistances | Abilities |
Cultist Brawler |
15 | 0% | 0% | 5 | Human | ||
Cultist Acolyte |
13 | 12.5% | 0% | 7 | Human | ||
Brigand Cutthroat |
12 | 2.5% | 15% | 3 | Human | ||
Brigand Fusilier |
12 | 7.5% | 0% | 6 | Human | ||
Brigand Bloodletter |
35 | 0% | 0% | 1 | Human | ||
Brigand Raider |
25 | 26.25% | 25% | 5 | Human |
Stun - 72.5%
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Brigand Hunter |
25 | 31.25% | 0% | 8 | Human |
Stun - 72.5%
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Madman |
14 | 20% | 0% | 9 | Human | ||
Maggot |
6 | 0% | 0% | 3 | Beast | ||
Webber |
7 | 15% | 0% | 5 | Beast | ||
Spitter |
7 | 15% | 0% | 4 | Beast | ||
Bone Rabble |
8 | 0% | 0% | 1 | Unholy |
Stun - 10%
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Bump In The Night |
Ghoul |
42 | 13.75% | 40% | 6 | Unholy | ||
Gargoyle |
12 | 16.25% | 50% | 9 | Unholy Stonework |
Stun - 30%
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Supplicant |
12 | 0% | 20% | 1 | Bloodsucker |
Stun - 150%
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Sycophant |
12 | 10 | 0% | 10 | Bloodsucker | ||
Gatekeeper |
12 | 21 | 0% | 5 | Bloodsucker | ||
Chevalier |
21 | 9% | 30% | 1 | Bloodsucker |
Stun - 20%
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Buried Blast |
Pliskin |
12 | 12 | 10% | 6 | Beast | Infuse | |
Rattler |
24 | 7 | 25% | 9 | Beast | Warning Rattle | |
Adder |
45 | 5 | 20% | 4 | Beast | Adder's Fang | |
Shambler |
77 | 0% | 33% | 0 | Eldritch |
Stun - 100%
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Obdurous Advancement |
Shambler Tentacle |
8 | 17.5% | 0% | 10 | Eldritch | ||
The Collector |
70 | 0% | 0% | 5 | Human Eldritch |
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Collected Highwayman |
16 | 7.5% | 0% | 3 | Eldritch | ||
Collected Man-at-Arms |
16 | 7.5% | 0% | 7 | Eldritch | ||
Collected Vestal |
16 | 7.5% | 0% | 5 | Eldritch | ||
The Fanatic |
99 | 3 | 15% | 7 | Human |
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Pyre |
70 | 0 | 0% | 0 | Unholy Wood |
Stun - 200%
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Thing From The Stars |
106 | 5 | 0% | 2 | Eldritch |
Phase Gnaw |
Curios
Cove Curios
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"A treasure chest blanketed in barnacles."
(This curio can only appear along corridors.) |
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"A puzzlingly ancient sculpture of dizzying implication..."
(This curio can only appear along corridors.) |
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"A pool of water cupped in smooth stone. Its color looks sightly off..."
(This curio can only appear along corridors.) |
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"There is something odd about this coral."
(This curio can only appear along corridors.) |
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"A strange presence is felt near this statue of worship."
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"A stuffed sea creature has washed ashore. Wonder what it ate..."
(This curio can only appear along corridors.) |
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"A live oyster. Who knows what value it hides..."
(This curio can only appear inside rooms.) |
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"The figurehead emits a marvelous aura."
(This curio can only appear inside rooms.) |
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Curios found within all dungeons | |||||||||||||||
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No description.
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No description.
(This curio can only appear along corridors.) |
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"An altar dedicated to unholy abominations. Perhaps a great power lies within."
(This curio can only appear inside rooms.) |
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A chest with your family's sigil.
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"A chest with your family's sigil."
(This curio can only appear inside rooms.) |
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No description.
(This curio can only appear along corridors.) |
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No description.
(This curio can only appear along corridors.) |
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It says: "The sacrifice of fire is the gate to ruin! Place a torch if you crave the void!"
(This curio can only appear along corridors.) |
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"A stack of literary treasures in an unlikely location."
(This curio can only appear along corridors.) |
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"A long-forgotten strongbox sits on the cold stone floor, its contents unknown."
(This curio can only appear inside rooms.) |
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Trivia
- The Cove was the only one of the main four areas not initially released in Early Access
- While every other area gets two extra monsters at Veteran level, the Cove only gets one: the Uca Crusher.
- The pelagic monsters may be based on the fish-human hybrid monsters from H. P. Lovecraft's novella The shadow over Innsmouth.
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