Vampire Coast tech tree

The Vampire Coast tech tree available to Vampire Coast factions consists of technologies that unlock new advantages throughout the game. Research takes place constantly, but the rate at which discoveries occur can be increased by using heroes to spy or building additional research buildings at your settlements.

The Coast tech tree four multiple sections that focus on a different aspect of the campaign. For example, one focuses on buffing artillery and missile units.

Technologies

Tech	Prerequisite	Cost	Effects	Description
Command
Command Crews			Leadership: +5 for Zombie Pirate Deckhands Mob units	A place for everyone an everyone in their place.
Dominion Over Mortals	Command Crews		Control: +2	The smallfolk will obey... if they wish to live.
Foreign Architect	Command Crews		Construction cost: -15% for infrastructure buildings	Pirates have little time for landlubbing matters, so the expertise needed is drafted in from elsewhere.
Protection Racket	Command Crews		Income from Ports: +10%	"You pay us and we keep the darkness at bay... After all, you wouldn't want one of your loved ones to have an... 'accident', would you?"
Quartermaster	Command Crews		Grants the Quartermaster follower to your faction	The more brains you hvae, the more - and better - loot you will bring back to port.
The Pirate Code	Command Crews		Lord recruitment cost: -75%	"Yarr, it's a code of conduct - articles, if you will. Think of it as insurance, like."
Silver Musket-Balls & Cutlasses	Command Crews		Bonus vs infantry: +3 for Zombie Pirate Deckhands Mob, Zombie Pirate Gunnery Mob and Deck Droppers units	"Just keep them pistols pointed away from your own Vampire Admirals, maties!"
Hardened Pirate Scum	Command Crews		Recruit rank: +2 for Zombie Pirate Deckhands Mob, Depth Guard and Zombie Pirate Gunnery Mob units	There's no substitute for experience.
First Mate	Command Crews		Grants the First Mate follower to your faction	Keeping the crew on side is important if you wish to remain in charge. A loyal chain of command helps with this.
Serrated Harpoon	Command Crews		Bonus vs Lage: +3 for Zombie Pirate Deckhands Mob (Polearms) and Depth Guard (Polearms) units	There's no wriggling out of this one - the harpoon-blade has a barbed edge which tears the flesh of monstrous targets as they struggle to escape.
Marines' Upkeep	Command Crews		Upkeep: -15% for Zombie Pirate Deckhands Mob, Depth Guard and Zombie Pirate Gunnery Mob units	If you can keep your head while all around you are literally losing theirs...
Raise the Masses	Command Crews		Growth: +5	"Our power shall grow greater and greater with every tide..."
Seascape Artist	Command Crews		Grants the Seascape Artist follower to your faction	It's useful to get an idea of what your destination looks like, as there's barely a moment to think once the cannons start.
The Converted	Command Crews		Hero recruit rank: +5	Outstanding veterans, seasoned and with command cause and purpose, are invaluable to the seafaring adventurer.
Unliving Reflexes	Command Crews		Melee defence: +5 for Zombie Pirate Deckhands Mob, Depth Guard and Zombie Pirate Gunnery Mob units	Those controlled by occult means confound their putrid, decrepit forms.
Centuries in Command	Command Crews		Lord recruit rank: +5	If you're still at sea centuries later and not dead or starving in a gibbet somewhere, chances are you're doing something right.
Unliving Labour Force	Command Crews		Construction time: -35% for all buildings	Obedient and unquestioning, if a little slack-jawed.
Legendary Admirals
Admirals' Astrolabes			Immune to Storm and Reef attrition (all armies)	A good pirate has the instruments to plot the safest course through the deadliest of seas.
Disreputable Admiral	Admirals' Astrolabes	2000	Adds the Vampire Fleet Admiral (Vampires) Trusty Montford to your faction's Lord pool	It only takes a bit of light flogging and denial of shore leave for a less-than-stellar reputation to develop.
Infamous Admiral	Admirals' Astrolabes	2000	Adds the Vampire Fleet Admiral (Deep) O'Bones Macdonald to your faction's Lord pool	"I knew a man who served under 'em once - they takes no prisoners 'n' gives no quarter whatsoever."
Notorious Admiral	Admirals' Astrolabes	2000	Adds the Vampire Fleet Admiral (Death) Burke Black to your faction's Lord pool	Notoriety can be acquired for a number of reasons, but mostly for those of the insalubrious kind.
Dread Admiral	Admirals' Astrolabes	2000	Adds the Vampire Fleet Admiral (Deep) Two Toes Adley to your faction's Lord pool	"Nah - I'll tell yer - you see that banner, you turn the ship around, as they'll be upon yer before you can scream 'Manann, protect us!'"
Firepower
Gunnery Crews			Missile strength: +5% for Zombie Pirate Gunnery Mob units	Battles at sea are tense, nerve-wracking and bloody. Obey orders - and quickly - if you want to survive.
Maintained Cannons	Gunnery Grews		Missile strength: +10% for Mortar, Carronade, Deck Gunners, and Queen Bess units	"That's right, lad, get that sponge right down inside - we want to blow the enemy to kingdom come, not ourselves!"
Clean Yer Bores!	Gunnery Crews		Upkeep: -15% for Mortar, Carronade, Deck Gunners and Queen Bess units	Leaving residue inside a cannon between battles is a sure-fire way of blowing yourselves up! A good maintenance schedule guards against this.
Black Powder Oxides	Gunnery Crews		Missile strength: +5% for Zombie Pirate Gunnery Mob, Deck Droppers and Rotting Prometheans Gunnery Mob units	The hotter the explosion, the more easily their rags and dry bones will light up.
Throwing-Bombs	Gunnery Crews		Grants the Throwing Bombs banner to your faction	Not as important when the bomber is already dead, but a full complement of limbs should remain a priority.
Magazine	Gunnery Crews		Ammunition: +20% for Mortar, Carronade, Deck Gunners, and Queen Bess units	...because running out of shot during a violent seaborne action is not an option.
Stolen Imperial Ordnance	Gunnery Crews		Armour-piercing missile damage: +20% for Zombie Pirate Gunnery Mob and Deck Droppers units	What they don't have really *can* hurt them quite badly, as it turns out!
Percussion Caps	Gunnery Crews		Ammunition: +15% for Zombie Pirate Gunnery Mob, Deck Droppers and Rotting Prometheans Gunnery Mob units	"Flintlocks are a thing of the past; today, we sail into a dark, bloody future."
Powder Monkey	Gunnery Crews		Grants the Powder Monkey follower to your faction	Warships are cramped, hot and dirty, so keeping a small, eager youth around to bring up powder from below makes a lot of sense.
Trained Gun Hands	Gunnery Crews		Recruit rank: +2 for Mortar, Carronade, and Deck Gunners units	Practice goes a long way towards preparing a crew for the real thing.
Steadier Aim	Gunnery Crews		Range: +10% for Zombie Pirate Gunnery Mob and Deck Droppers units	Being technically dead can have its advantages when the fight reaches screaming pitch.
Forged-Steel Shot	Gunnery Crews		Recruitment cost: -10% for Necrofex Colossus units Armour-piercing missile damage: +10% for Necrofex Colossus units	Even Dwarfen armour twists and cracks under a barrage of Nuln-forged steel.
Master Gunner	Gunnery Crews		Grants the Master Gunner follower to your faction	An expert in his field, able to keep his head under pressure and with a dead-eyed stare.
Salvage
Salvage Crews			Casualty replenishment rate: +10% for Zombie Pirate Deckhands Mob and Zombie Pirate Gunnery Mob units	Death is no escape.
Corrupt the Land	Salvage Crews		Vampiric corruption: +2 (all provinces)	"All shall know that we are here as masters to rule!"
Efficient Necromancy	Salvage Crews		Raise dead cost: -10%	Knowing the shortcuts, and now best to deploy them, saves time when it really counts.
Salvaged Arsenal	Salvage Crews		Weapon strength: +20% for Zombie Pirate Deckhands Mob and Depth Guard units	The best way to fell an empire is to use their own weapons and armour against them.
Skull & Crossbones	Salvage Crews		Grants the Skull & Crossbones banner to your faction	"Come on, me hearties, let's get at 'em... Yarrrr!!!!!!!"
Supernatural Regeneration	Salvage Crews		Casualty replenishment rate: +10%	"Rise, me hearties, risssssssse!"
Protection from the Elements	Salvage Crews		Spell resistance: 20% for Animated Hulks, Bloated Corpse, and Mourngul units	"No elemental power shall halt them, nor spell nor hex nor charm..."
Protective Hide	Salvage Crews		Missile resistance: 20% for Scurvy Dogs, Fell Bats, Deck Droppers, and Death Shriek Terrorgheist units	It won't save you from a cannonball in the face, but smaller, indirect shot may be deflected.
Spell of the Necromancer's Apprentice	Salvage Crews		Grants the Spell of the Necromancer's Apprentice banner to your faction	"Power of Undeath, flow through my fingers and align their fallen hearts to my will!"
Straining at the Leash	Salvage Crews		Speed: +10% for Animated Hulks, Mournguls, Rotting Prometheans, and Rotting Leviathan units Charge bonus: +15 for Animated Hulks, Mournguls, Rotting Prometheans, and Rotting Leviathan units	"Blurgggh! Blurgggh! Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrggh!!!!"
Reinforced Carcasses	Salvage Crews		Physical resistance: 20% for Rotting Promeatheans, Rotting Prometheans Gunnery Mob, Rotting Leviathan and Necroflex Colossus units	Magical protection is useful, but cannonballs take the limbs and lives of precious beasts.
Enduring Reanimation	Salvage Crews		Upkeep: -10% for Animated Hulks, Bloated Corpse, Syreens, Rotting Prometheans, Rotting Promeatheans Gunnery Mob, Mournguls, Rotting Leviathan and Necrofex Colossus units Recruitment duration: -1 turn for Animated Hulks, Bloated Corpse, Syreens, Rotting Prometheans, Rotting Promeatheans Gunnery Mob, Mournguls, Rotting Leviathan and Necrofex Colossus units (minimum 1)	Bound to their captain's will for eternity and beyond.
Ship's Carpenter	Salvage Crews		Grants the Ship's Carpenter follower to your faction	The ship's carpenter repairs battle and storm damage - often whilst they rage and writhe about him!