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Jungle Cave is the shared label for the cave-type POIs in the Coastal Jungle biome. These caves are short dungeons rather than open mining chambers; they host scripted pirate-camp spawns, hand-placed chest loot, and occasional wildlife encounters. A typical Jungle Cave takes five to ten minutes to clear and yields a modest but consistent loot haul for early-game captains.

Summary

Property	Value
Type	Short dungeon cave
Biome	Coastal Jungle
Encounter profile	Pirate squads plus occasional wildlife
Recommended gear tier	1 to 3
Typical duration	5 to 10 minutes per cave

What to Expect

An outer guard room with one or two Coastal Jungle pirates. These are usually cutlass-and-pistol variants with low health.
A middle corridor with a Grenadier or lieutenant. The Grenadier encounter is common enough in Jungle Caves that the Grenadier entry specifically calls out this spawn pattern.
A back chamber with one or two chests. The chest rolls sit in the starter-to-mid tier band: modest Piastre payouts, a small amount of low-rarity plan scraps, and consumables.
Wildlife overlap. Wild boars and occasional snakes spawn in or near the cave mouths, particularly at night.

Common Encounters

Jungle Caves sit inside the Coastal Jungle, the first of the three live biomes, so the enemy roster is starter tier. The table below lists what you usually meet from the mouth to the back chamber.

Encounter	Where	Notes
Coastal Jungle pirates	Outer guard room	Cutlass-and-pistol variants with low health. Two at most in the entry room.
Grenadier	Middle corridor	Throws grenades at close range. Open with a ranged shot before closing the gap.
Boars and snakes	Cave mouths	Wildlife that wanders near entrances, more active at night. Easy to pull by accident.

Loot Profile

Chest rolls sit in the starter-to-mid band. Nothing here is guaranteed, but the loop is consistent enough to bankroll an early build.

Reward	Use
Piastre	Modest payouts that add up. Funds your first worker hire at the Tortuga market.
Low-rarity plan scraps	Unlock recipes at the Weaponsmith Workshop and Armor and Clothing Workshop.
Gunpowder and Ammunition	Early-tier consumables otherwise bought from a faction provisioner.
Healing consumables	Small stacks of Healing Potions to keep the run going.

Why Run Them

Jungle Caves are the most accessible early-game farming loop for:

Starter Piastre stockpiles for hiring the first worker at the Tortuga market.
Low-tier weapon and armor plans that unlock specific recipes at the Weaponsmith Workshop and Armor and Clothing Workshop.
Gunpowder consumables and early-tier Ammunition pieces that are otherwise bought at the Rogue Buccaneers Provisioner.
Travel practice in the Coastal Jungle before committing to Foothills or Cursed Swamps runs.

Navigation Tips

Start with caves marked on the map from the first sailing run. These are hand-placed and more reliable than procedurally generated side caves.
Keep a Musket ready for the middle corridor. Grenadiers throw grenades at close range; opening with a ranged shot before closing avoids the worst of their grenade damage.
Chests are typically hand-placed in the last room. Clearing the combat fast lets you check the chest rolls at higher loot-window freshness, which matters more in multiplayer loot-distribution rules.

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