Raid on the Capricorn
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- The first team to a score of 500 wins.
- Control capture points to earn points for your team.
- Defeat enemies to earn a small amount of points for your team.
- Capture the underwater point in order to control the NPC creatures on the map!
— In-game description
Raid on the Capricorn was a structured PvP map that was removed from the map list with the April 15, 2014 game update. It was a conquest map with three capture points and powerful NPC creatures as the secondary mechanic.
Much of this map was covered in water, and thus underwater mode combat was necessary. However, it was still possible to avoid the water and hostile sharks altogether, either by skirting along the waterline or by passing through the ship in the middle of the map. Capturing the Ruins allowed you and your team rapid access through the map without needing to worry about the sharks. Staying in the water guarding the Ruins was an advantageous strategy to slow down enemies' advance.
The map was quite open in layout, meaning that you could spot opponents far away, though both east and west control points had either a rocky cliff or dock buildings to cover either team's approach to those points, so it was a good idea to keep an eye on the opponent's side of the shore while in water. The cannon positioned at the south of map was used to attack both east and west capture points; it was capable of dealing heavy damage, but required cannonballs found in the ship to operate.
Objectives[edit]
Capture points[edit]
Beach (east)
Dock (west)
Ruins (north)
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Respawn areas[edit]
Blue (north-east)
Red (north-west)
Secondary mechanics[edit]
Hostile sharks roamed the waters of the map, but when a team captured the Ruins point, they turned friendly toward them and would attack the opposing team.
There were bundles on the ship that either team could have picked up.
| # | Skill | 
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Description |
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| Liquid Courage / Elixir of Heroes | ||||
| 1 | Drink | 1 | You become invulnerable. | |
| Cannonball | ||||
| 1 | Throw | 1 | 4 | +250 Damage. Ranged Attack. Knocks down target. |
When a cannon ball was brought to the cannon, located at the very south of the map, it loaded 5 charges into the cannon. After being loaded, the cannon could have been fired at enemies trying to take or hold either of the land-based capture points.
| # | Skill |
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Description |
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| 1 | Need Ammo | This cannon is out of ammunition. | ||
| 1 |  Fire
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2 | Fire an exploding cannon ball at the target location. |
NPCs[edit]
Objects[edit]
Gallery[edit]
Raid on the Capricorn Map featured in a 2012 PvP promotional video
The Dock capture point.
The Ruins underwater capture point with friendly shark NPCs.
The Beach capture point.
The usable cannon object located at the south point of the map.
Notes[edit]
- This map was retired from the sPvP map list with the April 15, 2014 game update.
- The reason for retirement of the map was that underwater combat was being removed from PvP.
Trivia[edit]
- The Capricorn is mentioned in Sea of Sorrows.
- Captain Peter the Lost mentions the Capricorn as the ship he lost to the pirates.
- A similar map named Revenge of the Capricorn was released during Living World Season 3, with the underwater combat removed, and new elements added.
