Editing Invasions (section)

== Automatic invasions ==
A single automatic invasion may occur 2 minutes after the beginning of each in-game [[Time Keeping|hour]].  Their occurance is random; many days can pass without an invasion.  If an invasion occurs, the course that the invasion will follow is also randomly selected.

An automatic invasion is finished when all of its invasion creatures have been defeated in a given time span.  If not, another wave will spawn elsewhere, up to a maximum of three waves.

=== Global Invasion Warning System ===
Automatic invasions will occur without warning unless players donate [[gold coins]] every 30 real life days to the Global Invasion Warning System (GIWS). Donations for the funding of the system are accepted by [[Mesterul Manole]] at the Lakeside Village docks in [[White Stone]]. Donations from all players are combined into one large amount to pay the monthly maintenance fee. Any single donation that exceeds 20k gold coins will be broadcast. When active, the GIWS broadcasts a server-wide warning to all players for all automatic invasions occuring that game-month.

The initial activation took [http://www.eternal-lands.com/forum/index.php?s=&showtopic=28587&view=findpost&p=301931 {{nowrap|8 million}} gold coins, {{nowrap|1 million}} sulfur and 500 hydrogenium bars]. The monthly maintenance fee for the maximum level of warnings is [http://www.eternal-lands.com/forum/index.php?s=&showtopic=28587&view=findpost&p=302273 200,000] gold coins. There are four (or five if you will) levels of efficiency for the GIWS, [http://www.eternal-lands.com/forum/index.php?s=&showtopic=46646&view=findpost&p=471562 depending on funds]:

* '''Inactive''' (funding less than 50k gold coins): The system becomes inactive, and no warnings are broadcast when any automatic invasions occur. It can be reactivated by paying the monthly fee.
* '''Level 0''' (funding at or above 50k gold coins): The system broadcasts a warning when the third (final) wave of monsters spawns at {{nowrap|14 minutes}} after the new hour. (For [[dragon]] invasions, this probably means the third [[map]] of the invasion.)
* '''Level 1''' (funding at or above 100k gold coins): The system broadcasts a warning when the second wave of monsters spawns at {{nowrap|8 minutes}} after the new hour.
* '''Level 2''' (funding at or above 150k gold coins): The system broadcasts a warning when the first wave of monsters spawns at {{nowrap|2 minutes}} after the new hour.
* '''Level 3''' (funding at or above 200k gold coins): At the highest level, the system broadcasts a warning at the beginning of the hour, {{nowrap|2 minutes}} before the invasion starts.

At each level, the system will also broadcast the warnings of each level below it.

=== Possible courses ===
* [[File:Valley of the Dwarves 25px.png]] [[Valley of the Dwarves]]: The "classic" automatic invasion.  It starts in the lower level of  the VotD [[Gold Mines]].  The second wave spawns in the upper level of the VotD gold mines.  The third wave spawns outside in VotD and endangers anyone sitting at the outdoor [[storage]].
* [[File:Morcraven Marsh 25px.png]] [[Morcraven Marsh]]: Starts in the Black Cloaks' Meeting Hall in [[Morcraven Marsh Caves]], then in the cave itself, and lastly outside in Morcraven Marsh.
* [[File:Desert Pines 25px.png]] [[Desert Pines]]: Starts in the [[Crystal Caverns]] and finally invades Desert Pines outside.
* [[File:Portland 25px.png]] [[Portland]]: Starts in the [[Titanium Mines]] and finally invades Portland outside.
* [[File:Nordcarn 25px.png]] [[Nordcarn]]: Starts in the [[South Cave]] and finally invades Nordcarn outside.
* [[File:White Stone 25px.png]] [[White Stone]]: Starts in the [[White Stone Underground]], then a second wave, and finally invades White Stone outside.
* ''The Flight of the Dragons'': This is a special invasion type in which a [[Black Dragon|Black]] and [[Red Dragon]] each leave their respective caves.  The invasion starts in [[North Redmoon]] (Red) and [[Aeth Aelfan]] (Black).  If not defeated, they move to [[Idaloran]] (Red) and [[Irsis]] (Black).  Finally, they move to the [[Emerald Valley Caves]] (Red) and the [[Willowvine Forest Cave]] (Black).
* ''The Flight of the Dragons 2'': This is a special invasion type in which a Black and Red Dragon each leave their respective caves.  The invasion starts in North Redmoon (Red) and Aeth Aelfan (Black).  If not defeated, they move to [[Palon Vertas]] (Red) and [[Emerald Valley Trade Route]] (Black).  Finally, they move to the Emerald Valley Caves (Red) and the Willowvine Forest Cave (Black).