You are the captain of the most reckless crew in the world of the Pirate Tales: Battle for Treasures, and many Heroes will be honored to fight by your side. Each of them has their own strengths and weaknesses, and each boasts a special talent. It’s all up to your strategic thinking and the penchant for adventure to put together the best crew ever, Captain!
- How do I get new Heroes?
- Unlocking Heroes
- Hero Levels
- What parameters do Heroes have?
- What parameters do Heroes have?
- Enhancing Heroes
- What types of Chests are there in the game?
- Hero Rarities
- What is Stamina?
- What are Abilities?
- What Passive Abilities do Heroes have?
- What Active Abilities do Heroes have?
- Factions
- What are Sworn Enemies?
- Items
- How to equip items
- How can I get privateers?
- Items
- How to equip items
- Combining Items
- Crafting Items
- Gems and Books
How do I get new Heroes?
You can unlock Heroes by collecting enough Hero Cards.
There are a few ways to obtain Hero Cards:
- From Faction Chests (awarded in Main Encounters, Boss battles and Confrontations);
- From Chests available from the Shop;
- As a reward for winning a Tournament.
Unlocking Heroes
Before adding Heroes to your Crew, you will need to unlock them. When you receive the required quantity of Hero Cards (which depends on the Rarity of the Hero in question), you will need to pay up some Silver to unlock them; the actual cost varies with the Heroes’ Rarities, too.
You can unlock a Hero from their Hero Info, as well as via the Collection menu (see the Locked tab?), by tapping on their portrait.
Hero Levels
Each Hero’s parameters depend on that Hero’s level. Also, you can always check the Hero Card count of any Hero.
You can Level Up your Hero whenever you get the required Hero Card count (which depends on the Rarity of the Hero in question); you will also have to spend some Silver on the upgrade. Level-ups boost Hero’s parameters, and the higher the current Hero Level, the more additional Cards and the more Silver you will need to go up yet another level.
You can level up a Hero from their Hero Info, as well as via the Collection menu, by tapping on their portrait.
What parameters do Heroes have?
Each Hero has four Parameters: Basic Damage, Basic Health, Crit Chance, and Initiative.
- The greater the Hero’s Basic Damage is, the less time it takes for them to do away with their opponent.
- Once the Hero’s Basic Health runs out, the Hero is—yes, dead.
- The Crit Chance is the chance that the Hero’s Regular Attack inflicts additional Damage on the opponent.
- The greater the Hero’s Initiative is, the sooner the Hero acts in battle.
What parameters do Heroes have?
Each Hero has four Parameters: Basic Damage, Basic Health, Crit Chance, and Initiative.
- The greater the Hero’s Basic Damage is, the less time it takes for them to do away with their opponent.
- Once the Hero’s Basic Health runs out, the Hero is—yes, dead.
- The Crit Chance is the chance that the Hero’s Regular Attack inflicts additional Damage on the opponent.
- The greater the Hero’s Initiative is, the sooner the Hero acts in battle.
Enhancing Heroes
Enhancement is an improvement of a Hero’s parameters. You don’t need to collect additional Hero Cards: there are three enhancement levels, and you can unlock Enhancement Level 1 at any Hero level, Enhancement Level 2 at Hero level 10 or higher, and Enhancement Level 3 at Hero level 20 or higher.
You can either use Gold to pay for going up an Enhancement Level, or Enhance your Heroes by using Battle Points.
The cost of Enhancement is indicated in the corresponding section of the Hero profile.
What types of Chests are there in the game?
There are five standard Chests that you can purchase in the Shop: Common, Uncommon, Rare, Legendary, and Epic. Each contains Cards of one Hero from one of the five Hero Rarities, with chances of getting Cards of this or that Rarity indicated below. You can examine these chances when checking out the Chests in the game shop—and make your choice!
Also, there are special Chests:
- Faction Chests are granted for completing Main Encounters and taking part in Confrontations. They contain Cards of one Hero of a random Rarity from the current Faction.
- Conveniently, there are also two types of FREE Chests:
- Treasure Chests become available for free in two hours after you’ve claimed the previous free one; you can find it under the SALE button on the Map. These Chests contain random quantities of Silver and Gold coins.
- Hero Chests are available from the shop; once you’ve claimed your free Chest, it becomes free again in four hours (yet you can always pay up 1,000 Silver coins and waste no time on the wait!). These Chests contain Hero Cards.
Hero Rarities
There are five Hero Rarity categories:
- Common with bronze-colored frames;
- Uncommon with silver-colored frames;
- Rare with golden frames;
- Legendary with purple frames;
- Epic with saturated black frames.
There are two Common, two Uncommon, two Rare, one Legendary and one Epic Heroes in each Faction.
What is Stamina?
Each hero has stamina — four points. A few heroes with the Tough ability has six points of Each Hero has Stamina of four points. A few Heroes with the Tough ability have six Stamina points. Each time a Hero takes part in battle, they lose one Stamina point.
When a Hero’s Stamina runs out, they are sent to recovery, where one Stamina point is restored with every 2 hours. The Hero won’t be able to take part in battles while in recovery, but you can restore their Stamina immediately for some Gold.
What are Abilities?
Abilities are the special capabilities that Heroes have. Each Hero has two distinct Abilities: one Active and one Passive.
Passive Abilities are effective automatically and at any time during battle, and you can employ Active Abilities of your Heroes as per situation. To activate the desired Ability, the Crew must build up enough Rage to do so.
What Passive Abilities do Heroes have?
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Bloodthirsty: Recovers some Health after defeating an enemy. |
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Cutie: Avoids Damage from attacks by human males (that is, not from the Damned) with a varying probability that depends on her specific Rarity. |
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Diehard: Inflicts Damage on each enemy upon own defeat. |
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Dodger: Avoids Damage from enemy attacks with a varying probability that depends on the specific Hero’s Rarity. |
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Eradicator: Guarantees a certain Crit Chance for the Hero when fighting a Hero from another Faction; the Crit Chance depends on the Hero’s Rarity. |
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Furious: Accumulates more Rage; the higher the Hero’s Rarity, the greater the Rage gains. |
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Hawkeye: Hero’s Critical Hit inflicts multiple Basic Damage. |
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Horrendous: Reduces the enemy’s Initiative; the higher the Hero’s Rarity, the greater the drop in enemy’s Initiative. |
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Inspirational: Increases their Crewmates’ Initiative; the higher the Hero’s Rarity, the greater the Initiative gains. |
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Poisonous: Any Damage inflicted by the Hero poisons the enemy, which causes additional Damage to the enemy before they launch their own Attack. |
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Punisher: Guarantees a certain Crit Chance for the Hero in case all their other Crewmates are defeated; the higher the Hero’s Rarity, the greater the Crit Chance. |
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Quick Hand: Free Attacks inflict additional Damage on each enemy. |
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Survivor: Recovers 100% of the Hero’s Health in case all their other Crewmates are defeated. |
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Tactician: Increases the Crewmates’ Crit Chance; the higher the Hero’s Rarity, the greater the Crit Chance. |
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Tough: Hero’s Stamina lasts for 2 extra battles. |
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Trained: Reduces any Damage suffered by the Hero; the higher the Hero’s Rarity, the greater the reduction in Damage. |
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Unstoppable: Grants a chance of a Free Attack after the Regular Attack; the higher the Hero’s Rarity, the greater the chance of a Free Attack. |
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Vigilant: Increases the Crewmates’ chances of avoiding Damage from enemy attacks; the higher the Hero’s Rarity, the greater the chances. |
What Active Abilities do Heroes have?
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Audacity: The Hero provokes enemies to target him or her with their upcoming attacks and suffers less Damage than usual (just how much less depends on the specific Hero’s Rarity). |
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Bomb Toss: Inflicts additions Damage (just how much more depends on the specific Hero’s Rarity). |
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Challenge: The Hero provokes enemies to target him or her with their upcoming attacks and recovers part of his or her Health. |
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Fatal Blow: Inflicts additional Damage; the higher the Hero’s Rarity, the greater the Damage. |
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Healing Deal: Partially restores each Crewmate’s Health. |
| Inspiration: Reduces any Damage suffered by the Crewmates; the higher the Hero’s Rarity, the greater the reduction in Damage. | |
| Intimidation: Reduces any Damage received from the enemy; the higher the Hero’s Rarity, the greater the reduction in Damage. | |
| Mockery: The Hero provokes enemies to target him or her with their upcoming attacks and has a good chance of avoiding Damage from those; the higher the Hero’s Rarity, the greater the chance. | |
| Motivation: Increases any Damage inflicted by the Crewmates; the higher the Hero’s Rarity, the greater the Damage. | |
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Stun One: The enemy skips their next battle move and cannot avoid Damage. |
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Warning: Increases the Crewmates’ chances of avoiding Damage from enemy attacks; the higher the Hero’s Rarity, the greater the chance. |
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Weakness: Increases any Damage inflicted on the enemies; the higher the Hero’s Rarity, the greater the additional Damage. |
Factions
There are six Factions in the Pirate Tales:
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| The Tribes |  |
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| The Albion |  |
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| The Mercenaries |  |
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| The Damned |  |
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| The Empire |  |
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What are Sworn Enemies?
Each Hero has their own strengths and weaknesses. They also have Sworn Enemies, the Heroes from one other specific Faction; each Hero deals superior damage to their Sworn Enemy when they meet in battle.
- The Pirates can’t stand the Tribes.
- The Tribes despise the Albion.
- The Albion has a problem with the Mercenaries.
- The Mercenaries get wound up by the mere sight of the Damned.
- The Damned exist to destroy the Empire.
- The Empire can’t wait to get rid of every single one of the Pirates.
Items
Items can be found during Main and Side Encounters, Boss battles and Adventures, while you can also Craft them. Each Hero can use up to four Items. Each Item enhances the Hero’s parameters in some way.
There are 10 Item Levels in total, and you can equip your Hero only with Items of the Hero’s current Item Level.
All items are stored in your Inventory. You can find the Inventory in your Hero window in the bottom part of the window.
How to equip items
If you have items your hero can equip then in the Heroes window (where your collection is) there will be the green plus (+) sign on the portrait of the hero for which the item is available. To equip the item press the hero portrait twice and then touch the slot with the same green plus (+) sign.
How can I get privateers?
Privateers event:
It is a special game event. During this event you can hire heroes of other players and rent out your heroes.
The event starts at a random time.
Rules of renting out:
You can rent out a restricted number of heroes with full stamina. The stamina restricts the number of times the hero can be hired.
The price for the hiring can always be adjusted during the event.
The rules of hiring:
A player can have a restricted number of privateers. The restriction can be different for each launch of the event.You can hire any heroes, including heroes which are already in your collection. The hired hero has a timer. When the time runs out the hero disappears from the collection.
You can’t use the same privateers in the battle. Also, privateers can’t be upgraded and you can’t ask cards of a privateer in a clan.
Market structure:
The market has several tiers divided by hero power, also there’s a special tier for Privateers of your clanmates.
Items
Items can be found during Main and Side Encounters, Boss battles and Adventures, while you can also Craft them. Each Hero can use up to four Items. Each Item enhances the Hero’s parameters in some way.
There are 10 Item Levels in total, and you can equip your Hero only with Items of the Hero’s current Item Level.
All items are stored in your Inventory. You can find the Inventory in your Hero window in the bottom part of the window.
How to equip items
If you have items your hero can equip then in the Heroes window (where your collection is) there will be the green plus (+) sign on the portrait of the hero for which the item is available. To equip the item press the hero portrait twice and then touch the slot with the same green plus (+) sign.
Combining Items
You can combine Items when all the four slots are filled. All the bonuses associated with these new Items will go straight to the Hero’s metrics, and you will be able to use the new Items right away.
Once you’ve combined a few Items, the level of other Items goes up. You’ll have to spend some Silver on combining items, but it’s well worth it, really! The specific costs depend on the level of the Item in question.
Crafting Items
You can craft Items from Level 2 and up by using a range of Items and Silver. Go to the Craft Item window from your Hero profile and just tap on any of the empty Item slots. If there is a yellow “+” sign on it, you can Craft the Item right away.
Gems and Books
Gems
Gems let heroes to get additional bonuses for Damage and Health. Every hero has several slots for the Gems. (The slots are different from the slots for equipment). The number of slots depends on the hero rarity:
- Common — no slots
- Special — 1 slot
- Rare — 2 slots
- Legendary — 3 slots
- Epic — 3 slots
- Power of gems (by rarity):
- Common — 5%
- Special — 10%
- Rare — 15%
- Legendary — 20%
- Epic — 25%
How to create a gem of a higher rarity. You can merge gems of a lower rarities to get a gem of a higher rarity. To merge the gems you need to pay a price in gold. The higher the rarity, the higher the price. The gems which are already used in the slots of heroes can’t be used for the merging. You need to take them off before any operations.
Books
Every Epic hero can equip one book. The Books can add heroes one additional passive ability. The power of the ability depends on the rarity of a book (from Common to Epic). Hero can equip only a book with an ability that he doesn’t have himself. The book can be equipped only into an empty slot. To make the slot with a book empty again you can destroy a book or take it out. The cost of destruction is in silver, the cost of the take out is in gold.
Types of books:
- Block of the first attack
- Chance of the free attack
- Rage bonus
- Evade (doesn’t combine with evade of the female characters)
- Start rage