There are many systems to use for attacking Prizes in the Lighthouse (LH) and this one is for New players starting out. This is just one that will do the least amount of damage to your total troops and get you off to a good start.

Before we go too much further, here’s a bit of background on the Lighthouse and why one should use it. The LH gives rewards and especially when starting out is a good way to acquire Ships and other Troops you can’t build yet. You can use lower strength troops with high Rum consumption to get a reward that will give your Offense or Defense strength a boost and cost you less Rum to please your crew.

The first step is to stop attacking them if you already have. Then, work to build up 500 Marauders or Bonnies. This will depend on what type you plan to attack, Offense or Defense. Once you have your 500 Pirates ready to sail send them at Prizes starting with the lowest level and moving up one each time. Repeat this until all 500 are gone. Now you will go back to building. This time you will want to build 1,000 Pirates and repeat the process.

There is a running total kept of resource value of troops lost vs troops won, in order for you to receive a payout you must first get this into a negative value. So basically you will have to lose a little more than what your previous reward was. Getting started in the LH by using Pirates and saving your Rewards will help in the future and you are just trading Pirates for better troops that consume less Rum. As you get higher in levels of the LH it will start to take a tremendous amount of Pirates to defeat the Prizes. This is where it is up to you what you send, but you should always be aware of what types of troops you are getting for rewards. Especially in the lower levels, it would be a step backwards to trade Armada units for a reward of Mercenaries. It can get a little frustrating or overwhelming at times, just remember… It will pay off.