@nabberwar said in Using another Forts key on another Active Fort:
My crew and I ran a little experiment last night. Due to forts popping more often, when we finished one fort, we wanted to see what happens when you use the key on the other active fort. Our finding included the following
- Skull Cloud remains
- Waves remain the same
- New Captain still spawns
- New Key still drops
- New key works on old Fort
Anyone wondering if he is right, he is. My crew and I tested this theory A LONG time ago. Not on purpose but by necessity.
Any skull key will work on any fort, whether there is a cloud over it or not. The tactic on wasting the key was around the time of release since people would be chased for hours while holding onto the key, they didn't want to stay because its been so long but they don't want the possibility of someone finding the key, so they would go to a different Fort and use the key.
What my crew and I ran into was that we were being chased by 2 Galleons. We were chased for so long that another Fort Spawned, we sailed close to it and sure enough the Galleons stopped chasing us and instead tried to do the new Fort. They ended up double crossing each other I think since after like 10 mins we saw them sinking into the water. We figured we try the key on the new fort because we didn't like those guys chasing us for so long and didn't want them to get any loot whatsoever. The key worked, we grabbed the loot and ran with it.
The skull cloud is not tied to anything but the captain. So if the captain is alive the Skull Cloud stays. It is not tied to the loot or the door.
All keys work universally with any door.
"What happens if no one gets the loot from a completed fort and another cloud spawns in the same location? Do we get double loot?" - The answer is no. The treasure room is reloaded with new loot. The loot spawn is tied to the Skull Cloud. When the Skull Cloud spawns because of the Captain the treasure room is recycled. Old loot if any is removed, new loot is loaded in.
Captain - Skull Cloud - Loot Spawn
Hope that helps you all.