
The Wako Pirates are a maritime faction in Total War: Shogun 2.
General Information[]
Wako Pirates spawn in fleets off the coast of the player's faction. Only two ships are available to the Wako without modding: Wako Medium Bunes, a weaker version of Medium Bune, and Wako Trade Ships, which are functionally identical to trade ships. Their fleet sizes usually vary from 3-5 ships, though multiple Wako fleets can eventually merge to pose a larger threat.
Despite being a primarily naval-battle oriented faction, game files indicate that the Wako field a couple land units unique to their faction, including Katana Wako and Bow Wako. As the Wako cannot capture regions, it never fields these units without modding.

The Wako Pirates' base

The European pirates' base or the Nanban pirates' base and the Wako pirates'
Trivia[]
- The Wako Pirates are based on the Wokou pirates who raided the coastlines of China, Japan and Korea.
- Like the European Traders faction, the Wako Pirates faction is physically stored out of bounds to the top-left corner of the map in a rudimentary representation of the topographical area of Joseon-era Korea. They use the "Wako Base" city as the faction capital.
Total War: Shogun 2 Factions | |
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Sengoku Major Factions | Chosokabe Clan • Date Clan • Hojo Clan • Hattori Clan • Ikko Ikki • Mori Clan • Oda Clan • Otomo Clan • Shimazu Clan • Takeda Clan • Tokugawa Clan • Uesugi Clan |
Sengoku Minor Factions | Amako Clan • Anegakoji Clan • Asai Clan • Ashikaga Clan • Ashina Clan • Bessho Clan • European Traders • Hatakeyama Clan • Hatano Clan • Honma Clan • Imagawa Clan • Ito Clan • Jinbo Clan • Kikkawa Clan • Kiso Clan • Kitabatake Clan • Kono Clan • Matsuda Clan • Miyoshi Clan • Mogami Clan • Murakami Clan • Ogigayatsu Clan • Ouchi Clan • Sagara Clan • Saito Clan • Sakai Clan • Satake Clan • Satomi Clan • Shoni Clan • Sogo Clan • Takaoka Clan • Tsutsui Clan • Urakami Clan • Wako Pirates • Yamana Clan • Yamanouchi Clan |
Unimplemented Factions | Asano Clan • Hosokawa Clan • Ishida Clan • Kobayakawa Clan • Kuroda Clan • Toyotomi Clan• Ukita Clan • Utsunomiya Clan |