Dire Island

This is about Kingdom Two Crowns.

The Legend of Fenrir lives on and you must protect the only pup!
Defeat cond.	The pup is captured

• Single
• Co-op

Single

Travel to 2 lands

Travel to 5 lands

Travel to 10 lands

Only feral rulers will find this crown!

Co-op

Travel to 2 lands and each pay for at least 10 ship pieces

Travel to 5 lands with a full ship and each pay for at least 20 ship pieces

Travel to 10 lands with a full ship and each pay for 30 ship pieces

Only for feral and logistical rulers!

Dire Island is a challenge island where the Monarch rides a wolf and has to protect its pup, while escaping with them through as many islands as possible.

Raw Fury description

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With the new Dire Wolf mount as your aid, protect its pup at all costs. No crown, no monarch. No pup, no monarch! Now build the boat and try to escape as you run to as many islands as possible before the inevitable.—Raw Fury

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With the new Dire Wolf mount as your aid, protect its pup at all costs. No crown, no monarch. No pup, no monarch! Now build the boat and try to escape as you run to as many islands as possible before the inevitable.Raw Fury

Island layout

Mines	Stone Iron
Statues
Mount	Dire wolf
Dog	Wolf pup
Hermit
Vag. camps	2
Merchant
Chests	Coin chests 3 Gem chests
Boat	Has to be fully paid

Technologies

The stone and iron technologies are available on every Dire Island. Once paid for each type, their respective tech will be activated for all next islands.

Wolf

For the default mount on this island, see: Dire wolf.

Wolf pup

The wolf pup follows its mother from the beginning.

It behaves exactly like the dog, barking in the direction of any incoming Greed and being especially useful before Blood Moons.

The main difference is that the pup cannot be rescued, as the defeat screen is triggered instantly the moment a greedling touches it. So the wolf charge is only useful before this moment.

Co-op – Both Monarchs have to keep their pups. If one Monarch loses their little wolf, the challenge is over.

Note that the Monarch can still lose the challenge if a greedling takes the Crown, however, losing the pup is a lot more likely to happen, given the pup's position that's not fully controllable and the fact that it can be taken even if the Monarch has coins in the pouch.

For tips on how to protect a pup, see: Dog § Keeping it safe.

Portals

Unlike the campaign, the number of portals is the same on every island.

• 1
• 2

Cliff side		Town center	Sea side
Cliff portal	2 small portals		2 small portals	Dock portal

Spanning the islands

The Dire Island is for speedrunners. Each coin spent on anything not absolutely necessary, means one coin not invested (or delayed to be invested) on the boat, which probably means the Monarch will not travel to as much islands as he/she could. The major distractors are:

1. the Banker
   He is the number one enemy of the Kingdom in these lands.

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2. the stone technology on the very first island.
   Stone walls are not necessary for the first island defense.

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3. the iron technology for the first islands.
   Iron walls are not necessary to defend the early waves and Blood Moons. Also note that mines only need to be unlocked once, even if they still accept coins on other islands.

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4. the town center for the first island.
   It only needs to be upgraded once during the challenge, in order to recruit three squires who will follow the Monarch on his boat and help defending the next islands. It should not be done on the first island because it already takes time to recruit the four archers and three builders who can fit in the boat.

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5. farms
   Too expensive and too slow. The wildlife income with the wolf's ability to hunt should be enough.

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6. destroying portals
   These should be avoided at all costs.

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7. towers and pikemen
   They are not needed to protect the Kingdom if the Monarch has hired squires, who can follow him in the boat.

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Blood Moons take place with the same frequency of those in Classic and New Lands—i.e. every five to six days—followed by the usual truce.

There is an overall day count, as in the Two Crowns campaign, making waves and Blood Moons harder as the days pass. However, waves tend to be easier during the first two days on each island, giving the Monarch enough time to build stone walls when it becomes necessary. Even on Blood Moons, only greedlings and masked greedlings spawn, without breeder, floater or crown stealer.

Cursed crown

Single player – Only feral rulers will find this crown!

To get the cursed crown in Dire Island in single player mode, the Monarch has to travel to the tenth island, i.e. use the boat nine times (gold crown requirement) and to kill a certain amount of greedlings with the wolf's charge. If the required amount of greed is killed before traveling to the tenth island, the Monarch will receive the cursed crown instead of the gold one when traveling there.

Cooperative – Only for feral and logistical rulers!

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Speedrun

These are the current speedrun world records for the gold crown held on Dire Island:

Rank	Player	Time	Date	VID
1st	xSpitez	1h 25m	7 Sep 2020	🎥
2nd	Ameneko Games	1h 34m	31 Jul 2020	🎥
3rd	Captain Stanhope	1h 38m	25 Apr 2020	🎥

Currently all records were held on PC on the European setting.