Event currency: Doubloons obtained by completing quests and via incidents in your city. If you are signed up for the newsletter you can get some free event currency there as well. It costs 10 doubloons to reveal a tile. And of course you can buy more with diamonds
There are special tiles on the board.
- Double payout
- show two
- shuffle all
- daily special
- golden dragon - need three to unlock dragon board
On the super boards (pictured above) there are 2x show two, double payout, daily specials and no shuffle. Dragon boards gives more progress on the event pass.
Boosters:
- cannon ball - will destroy non-essential tiles. It can destroy the shuffle which can be good or bad depending on strategy. More on that later
- bounty amplifier - doubles the next reward AND reveals two tiles
- spyglass - reveals the hidden special rewards
Boosters are obtained by completing rival quests.
Rival Challenges:
There will be 30 daily (24hr) challenges each with four tasks. These are designed to get players to play boards daily. They're easy to complete but you may be better off not doing any of the rivals. We'll discuss more in the strategy section.
Calendar:
Boards will either have a dragon 
or a key
If you've already obtained the key it will have key parts. It takes four key parts to make one full key.
Completing the calendar fully gives you the following
Treasure map dealer:
Whenever you win special prizes on the board you will get a choice of one of two random prizes. Or you can pay diamonds to select both. Your choice or choices will then take up the eight slots seen here as scrolls. Once the eight scrolls are filled you will no longer get the chance to chose between two prizes when you uncover them on the boards. So if you want to continue to accumulate them you need to spend 3k diamonds for them and also get the special building "Enchanted Siren's Treasure Rock".
So to make this clear you don't get anything unless you pay 3k diamonds. Even if you pay diamonds to select both prizes after "winning" them that only puts them in the scroll slot. Just so we're clear you should avoid this game mechanic completely. Let the eight slots fill up then ignore it for the remainder of the event.
Leagues are back
- Bronze will get you the 100 eternal market fragments.
- Silver gets you the bronze plus the platinum governor's villa upgrade.
- Gold gets you the silver and some golden upgrades, a building that makes fragments for the main event building and has some QI bonus and an ascended level of the governor's villa that lasts 90 days.
Strategy Part:
The boards reset daily with server reset. Rival quests start about 10hrs after reset. So before the event begins you should decide what your goals are and then play accordingly.
Do you want to get as many daily prizes as possible?
Are you trying to win the gold league?
Are you trying to complete the calendar?
How you answer those questions will determine how you play this event.
Trying to get as many of a specific daily prize.
If no don't spend any currency that day.
You can use the x2 double payout tile and then the bounty amplifier to get 4x the daily special.
When you collect 3 dragon parts your next board will be the dragon board. Do not start another board until it's the daily prize you want.
Trying to complete the calendar event.
Play the boards everyday. When rival quests start wait until the rival is up before playing. It shouldn't matter as you'll end up playing a lot of boards so completing that day's rival quests will be easy but best practice is still best practice and wait until the rival start. I think the first and last day will have no rival quests but all others will. Look at the board before you start. Is there a dragon reward or is there a key on the board. If it's a dragon board then the goal is to find the shuffle. If it's a key board then you want to avoid the shuffle until you find the key.
As you play the board you are looking for the calendar key. All the other stuff is irrelevant. So if you see the shuffle tile after hitting a "show two" tile that's perfect. Find the key then stop playing until the board resets.
You do not have to finish the board and it's not in your interest to finish it. Just let it reset. Remember the dragon boards have no shuffle and they have good rewards so if you want those rewards you better get them before reset.
If you use FoE helper you can see what is remaining on the board.
To be clear you will not get enough event currency for free to complete the calendar. If you are a FTP player then go for the best daily special.
It will be cheaper to buy the missing keys with diamonds directly than it would be to buy more currency and play more boards.
Trying to win the gold league
This event does not have to be played daily and players can hoard event currency and use it all on the last day. If you plan on getting into the gold league and are a FTP player then best to aim for the bronze league and hope to get into silver. If you are in a guild with players that claim to be in silver and gold leagues without spending diamonds just know they are lying. There is still a stigma about people that spend money on this game without acknowledging that the high money spenders are the reason this game is free to everyone else. So understand that FTP players are competing against PTW players for the gold league. You get the most progress by playing dragon boards so it's not keys you are after it's dragon parts. So on boards that have a key you are looking for the shuffle to get a dragon part. On dragon boards you want to avoid the shuffle until you get the dragon part. Be prepared to buy a lot of event currency and watch the league progress move a lot on the last day.
If you want to complete the calendar AND win the gold league
Play boards everyday until you get the calendar key and also go for the dragon parts on those boards. You will need a lot of currency so get the credit card out. If you want to play a bunch of boards on days you like the daily prize then go for it.
Prizes
All prizes have been added to the spreadsheet. Click here for the updated spreadsheet.
Main Prize -
Lagoon Hideout 16 levels silver upgrades to
Lagoon Hold (silver) which then upgrades to
Lagoon Stronghold (gold)
Since one upgrades to the other we're only going to deal with the golden version
Lagoon Stronghold
18- lv 18 - yes you read that correctly
- 5x5 requires road
- houses a rare historical ally
- gives 950 - 63,250 population
- 265 - 370 red attack defense GE
- 265 - 370 blue attack defense GbG
- 3,080 - 220,000 supplies
- 170 FP
- 3 fragments of pirate's paradise selection kit
Pirate Paradise selection kit has two options
- Captain's coconut paradise
- pirate parrot perch
Captain's Coconut Paradise
- 1x3 no road required
- 1 - 5 % red attack and defense
- 4 - 25% red attack and defense GE
- costs 90 - 6,000 population
- 340 - 60,000 coins
- 12 FP
- 18 goods
Ascended Captain's Coconut Paradise 30 days
- 1x3 no road required
- 3 - 10 % red attack and defense10
- 6 - 40% red attack and defense GE
- 15% red attack and defense QI
- 20,000 quantum supplies at incursion start
- costs 90 - 6,000 population
- 680 - 120,000 coins
- 12 FP
- 18 goods
- 5 fragments of 2h mass supply rush
Pirate's Parrot Perch
- 1x3 no road required
- 1 - 6% blue attack and attack defense
- 5 - 18% blue attack and attack defense GbG (the tool tip amount is not correct, it shows 30% - 18%)
- costs 90 - 6000 population
- 70 - 6000 medals
- 12 FP
- 9 goods of prev age
Looks like the incorrect value made it onto the official announcement
Ascended Pirate's Parrot Perch 30 days
- 1x3 no road required
- 1 - 6% blue attack and attack defense (may be rebalanced before live server)
- 5 - 18% blue attack and attack defense GbG (may be rebalanced before live server)
- 15% blue attack and attack defense QI
- 20,000 quantum coins at incursion start
- costs 90 - 6000 population
- 130 - 12,000 medals
- 18 FP
- 21 goods of prev age
- 5 fragments of finish goods production
Gold league reward
Blackbeard's Floating Bazaar
- 5x5 no road required
- 110% red and blue attack and defense
- 375% red and blue attack and defense GE
- 25% red and blue attack and defense QI
- 250 FP
- 20 fragments of golden lagoon stronghold selection kit
Calendar reward
Queen Anne's Legacy
- 6x4 no road required
- 60% red and blue attack and defense
- 180% red and blue attack and defense GbG
- 25% red and blue attack and defense QI
- 5% goods boost
- 400 FP
- 12 fragments of pirate king's conquest villa upgrade kit (needs 1,000)
Treasure Maps, League and Calendar reward
This is a predatory prize that has four levels but is also four unique buildings not a base + upgrades
Siren's Rock
Siren's Rock lv1
- 2x5 and requires road
- gives 210 - 14,000 population
- 8 - 14% red attack and defense GbG
- 29 - 50% red attack and defense GE
- 850 - 150,000 coin
- 40 goods
- 40 goods next age
Random production:
- 20% 10 fragments of finish special production
- 80% 2 fragments of Lagoon Hideout Selection Kit
Siren's Rock lv 2
- 2x5 and requires road
- gives 240 - 16,000 population
- 10 - 16% red attack and defense GbG
- 39 - 60% red attack and defense GE
- 1,140 - 200,000 coin
- 50 goods
- 50 goods next age
Random production:
- 20% 20 fragments of finish special production
- 80% 3 fragments of Lagoon Hideout Selection Kit
Siren's Treasure Rock lv3
- 2x5 and requires road
- gives 270 - 18,000 population
- 12 - 18% red attack and defense GbG
- 49 - 70% red attack and defense GE
- 1,420 - 250,000 coin
- 60 goods
- 60 goods next age
Random production:
- 20% 30 fragments of finish special production
- 80% 4 fragments of Lagoon Hideout Selection Kit
Enchanted Siren's Treasure Rock lv4
- 2x5 and requires road
- gives 300 - 20,000 population
- 14 - 20% red attack and defense GbG
- 59 - 80% red attack and defense GE
- 1,710 - 300,000 coin
- 70 goods
- 70 goods next age
Random production:
- 20% 40 fragments of finish special production
- 80% 5 fragments of Lagoon Hideout Selection Kit
The Governor's Villa gets two more upgrades
The base building is 9 levels
the golden upgrade Viceroy's Villa makes lv 10
the platinum upgrade Crown Regent's Villa makes lv 11
the ascended level is Pirate King's Conquest Villa makes lv 12 and decays after 90 days
Crown Regent's Villa lv 11
5x- 5x6 no road required
- 30% blue defense QI
- 36 - 120% red and blue attack and defense
- gives 450 - 30,000 population
- gives 2,480 - 60,000 happiness
- 2,560 - 450,000 coin
- 100 FP
- 250 goods
Random production:
- 20% 25 light
- 20% 25 heavy
- 20% 25 fast
- 20% 50 ranged
- 20% 50 artillery
SAV players will love this
Pirate King's Conquest Villa lv 12
- 5x6 no road required
- decays in 90 days
- 30% blue defense QI
- 72 - 240% red and blue attack and defense
- gives 450 - 30,000 population
- gives 2,480 - 60,000 happiness
- 2,480 - 900,000 coin
- 100 FP
- 250 goods
- 1% goods boost
- 3% FP boost
Random production:
- 20% 50 light
- 20% 50 heavy
- 20% 50 fast
- 20% 100 ranged
- 20% 100 artillery
Eternal Market
Total of 1100 fragments available from event and need 1000 for upgrade
- 800 grand prize lane
- 100 calendar
- 100 questline
- 100 league
Eternal Market - Aquatic Horizon
- 6x6 no road required
- 108% red attack and defense GE
- 108% blue attack and defense GbG
- 208% red and blue attack and defense
- 15% red and blue attack and defense QI
- gives 3,210 - 213,550 population
- 432 FP
- 510 goods
- 510 prev age goods
Again all the buildings have been added to the spreadsheet so you can compare them to every other building in the game. Click here for the spreadsheet.
Historical Allies:
There are two rare historical allies you can get from this event.
- 900 fragments from grand prize lane
- 200 fragments from calendar
Artemisia of Carla lv1 rare
- 25% red attack
- 25% red defense GE
- 25% red attack GbG
Pompey the Great lv1 rare
- 25% blue attack
- 25% blue defense GE
- 25% blue attack GbG