Ships

Summary

• The seas are considered a '''Lawless Zone''', meaning all players may freely attack each other or commit criminal actions against each other. However players may incur Infamy for killing or sinking other players.
• Players can recruit and level NPC Ship Crewmembers to assist in battle and provide enhancements while sailing
• Friends/Guildmates can ride on ships to Fish but not engage with other systems
• Players can attack NPC ships and board them to collect loot and store it in their hold. The Hold of Ships have unlimited weight capacity (similar to Bank Boxes)

Doubloons

• Doubloons are a unique currency that players earn from killing and looting enemy Ship Crewmembers, from sinking Enemy Ships, and a variety of other ocean-based activities (such as Fishing, Frenzies, Nets, and more)
• Players can create Doubloon Checks by visiting a Banker, saying "balance" then typing an amount and clicking the Confirm button twice to receive a Doubloon Check in their backpack

Types of Ships

Crafting a Ship

• Players can craft Ships with the Carpentry skill
• Each type of Ship has different base stats, cannon amounts, and Crewmember capacities
• Players in possession of a Ship Deed must first register it before it may be launched
• A Ship Deed must be registered only once, and after registered, anyone in possession of the Ship Deed (which looks like a miniature ship) will be able to launch the ship freely
• Players can double-click the Ship Deed to launch the Ship's gump window and review information about the Ship, including any Crew or Upgrades installed, or stats for the ship
• Players are also able to double-click a Ship Deed that is currently for sale on a player-vendor and view details of the ship before they purchase it (if the ship has not been registered yet, however, the player will still have to pay the Registration fee once acquired)
• Each ship type has a preset starting base value for each stat, however upon crafting the ship, these stats are slightly randomized
• Normally each stat will be randomized between -10% to +10% of it's base value, however, players with Carpentry skill above 100 will reduce the chance that a randomized stat will be a negative value when crafting ships
• This chance scales up to 120 Carpentry skill, whereas a player at 120 skill will have all values varying only between +0% to +10%
• Players may recycle undesired ships back into raw materials at the Prevalia Exchange

Registering a Ship

• To register a ship, the player must simply click the "Register Ship" button the Overview page and then pay the required Doubloon amount
• The Registration Fee is automatically withdrawn from the player's Bank
• Small Ships are perfect to start on the seas, as they do '''not''' have a Doubloon Registration Fee
• Cost multiplier increases the doubloon cost to apply Ship Upgrades

Ship Speed

Base Speeds and Wake

Speed Caps

• All ships have a Forward Speed Cap of 6.5 Tiles/sec
• All ships have a Strafe/Reverse Speed Cap of 3.25 Tiles/sec
• Activated Ship Abilities that increase a ship's Speed (such as Beat to Quarters) will allow a ship to temporarily exceed their Speed Cap, but will still use the ship's Speed Cap as the baseline starting point before bonuses (i.e. 6.5 Tiles/sec * 1.15x speed = 7.475 Tiles/sec)
• If a ship is over the Speed Cap, the "Stats" page of the Ship Menu will display an "*" next to the Speed value and display the numbers in Red text

Stats

• Tidings will provide a bonus for the ship to encounter unique loot normally not affected by Loot Drop bonuses; such as Ship Antiquities, Ship Upgrade Deeds, Crewmember Contracts, and Pirate Booty
• Wake impacts the distance other players can detect the ship on a spyglass search, and how easily the ship escapes enemy NPC ships
• A 100% Wake represents a 1.0x multiplier to search range against that ship (i.e. no change)
• Minimum Wake Scalar for ships is 25%

Ship Deeds and Placement

• Players cannot launch a ship in any manner if a ship of theirs (by OutlandsID) has been sunk in the last 5 minutes
• The delay to launch a new ship after sinking is 10 minutes if there is a Contested Ocean Boss currently active
• Ship Deeds are blessed
• Players can only launch Ships from Dockmaster NPCs (cannot use Ship Deeds to place directly into water)
• Ships cannot be launched from Dockmasters if the player has Recalled/Gated/Hiked in the last 3 minutes, unless the Dockmaster is at a house they are the Owner of (same account or IP Address as owner)
• Using any Ship command will reveal the player
• Players who Embark, Disembark, or Dock from a ship are prevented from initiating any harmful actions against Innocent (Blue) targets on land for 30 seconds (they can defend themselves as normal, however)
• Embarking or Boarding a Ship will cancel any existing Targeting Cursor a player has up

Ship Tillerman Gumps

• Doubleclick the tillerman to open the main menu for a ship.
• Click Embark button to get on the ship or use the [Embark command to board the nearest friendly ship

Overview

Ship Repairing

• Players use Ship Repair Kits to repair damage sustained to their ships
• Players can craft a Ship Repair Kit with the Tinkering skill
• Players must select which ship Hit Point type they will repair (Hull/Sails/Guns) and each ship has stat that modifies the amount repaired for each
• When players do a Repair actions, it will display an overhead message with the specific location that is being repaired, such as "*Repairing Hull*" or "*Repairing Sails*" and requires the player to stay stationary for 10 seconds to complete the repairs. It will fail should the player die or be moved from their location in some manner
• By default a ship can only be repaired once every 3 minutes during combat, but players may reduce this cooldown with the ship Repair Cooldown stat
• Once a ship has been out of combat for 60 seconds and the last Repair Cooldown has been resolved, players may repair the ship continuously without any cooldown

Ship Hotbars

• Players can activate a series of individual Hotbars that can be used to manage and monitor the ship and its Crewmembers easily
• Players can drag and move each individual Hotbar, as well as close any Hotbars they do not wish to have up

Ship Crewmembers

• Ship Crewmembers can be found in Taverns, Inns, Docks, or as loot while seafaring
• Players can hire Ship Crewmembers with Doubloons or using the Begging Skill
• Each Ship Crewmember has a specific Profession that provides certain bonuses while out at sea
• When a player's ship earns Doubloons for killing NPC Crewmembers and sinking NPC ships, all Crewmembers on the player's ship earn Loyalty Experience points based on the Doubloon amount
• Players will be considered Flagged in PvP if on board ships and their NPC Crewmembers attack the opposing player (even if the players themselves have not yet attacked each other)

Followers

• If the Captain of a ship has any living Followers they are unable to control (due to either too many Control Slots or insufficient Taming Skills) they will not be able to perform any Movement Commands on the ship other than "Stop"
• Tamed and Summoned Creatures on board ships will no longer generate the same bonus Aggro that they generate on land (NPC Crewmembers will still generate large amounts of Aggro as normal)

Ship Upgrades

• Ship Upgrades and Crewmember Contracts do not appear as physical loot in Ship Holds, Boss Creature Corpses, or Salvage Crates (MIBs)
• Instead, Ship Upgrades and Crewmember Contracts will still occur from those same systems, but they will automatically be attached to player ships as '''"Pending Salvage"''' that cannot be accessed until the ship Docks
• Players may use the "Yield Salvage" button to transfer pending salvage to another ship while on the ocean
• Ship Upgrades include Themes, Paint, Cannon Metal, Outfittings, Specialty Items, Abilities, and Crew Supplies
• These Upgrades provide beneficial bonuses to various ship stats and abilities
• Players can install any type of Lesser, Regular, or Greater Ability into an Auxiliary Ability slot as long as that Ability is not already present on the ship (i.e. cannot have duplicates of any ability)
• The duration of the cooldown for an auxiliary ability will match the unmodified, default cooldown that exists for that Ability Type (Lesser, Regular, Greater) for ships. Effectively, any bonuses players have towards lowering cooldowns of Abilities will NOT affect the cooldown for Auxiliary Abilities

Ship Ramming

• NPC ships may attempt to Ram a Player Ship:

Ram Damage

Ship Boarding

Enemy crew that are killed will typically have Doubloons on their corpses: players are highly encouraged to try to board enemy ships, kill the crew, and loot these Doubloons. A player who sinks an enemy ship with its crew on board will miss out on collecting these doubloons as well as any items in that ship's hold.

• Players can begin making boarding attempts on enemy ships if either the target ship's Sail or Gun Hit Points remaining are below 33%
• Players send Boarding Parties using Boarding Rope
• On a successful boarding action, whichever shipmembers (yourself, your followers, the ship's crew) you selected from the boarding gump jump over to the enemy vessel and begin to fight in close quarters
• Ship Crewmembers cannot be directly controlled in combat, and will choose their own combatants in battle, in most cases selecting whomever is closest to them
• If a crewmember "dies" in combat, they will become Incapacitated and must wait for a Recovery Cooldown period to pass before they return to their ship

• Ships can only make Boarding Attempts every 15 seconds
• Chance to board an enemy ship begins at 0% and scales up to 100% as either it's Sails or Guns approach 0% remaining (uses the lower value of Sails or Guns to determine boarding chance)
• A ship's boarding chance bonus from ship stats and bonuses from upgrades increases the base boarding chance (i.e. a ship with a 25% boarding chance bonus and a normal boarding chance of 50% would have an effective 62.5% chance for boarding success)
• When a boarding attempt is made, all members of the ship are notified and the system message displays the effective boarding success chance of the attempt
• Embarking or Boarding a Ship will cancel any existing Targeting Cursor a player has up
• Embarking or Boarding a Ship will reset a player's Melee Swing timer (i.e. cannot board and instantly attack targets)
• Ships must be stationary for 0.1 seconds before they may attempt to Board another ship
• If a player uses an Explosion Potion or casts an Explosion Spell while onboard a Ship, and then is onboard a different ship when it detonates, the damage from the Potion/Spell will be reduced to 25% of normal

Fighting Parties

• The Fighting Party mechanic for ships has been removed in its entirety, and now only the Ship's Captain will be able to perform core ship actions previously available to Fighting Party members (such Firing Cannons, Steering, Repairing, Harmful and Beneficial actions, Begging Motivation, Barding Skills, etc)
• The Captain of a player ship (and their Followers) will now display as Orange to other players, rather than Grey, to provide a visual indicator they are the Captain of the ship
• Other non-captain players may still embark onto a ship as passengers, however they will not be able to perform any Harmful or Beneficial actions while on board, and will remain flagging as Grey to players on other ships
• Co-Owners of a ship will continue to be able to access the Ship's Hold
• Co-Owners and Friends of a ship will continue to display as Green to other friendly members of the ship (and other "Friendly" ships)

General Damage Scaling

• All damage from Players and Tamed/Summoned Creatures towards ALL other players and all creatures on other ships (i.e. not the same ship) has been reduced by 50%
• All damage from Crewmembers belonging to player ships towards other creatures on other ships (i.e. not the same ship) has been increased by 50%
• Non-Damaging spells such as Curse/Weaken will not interrupt spellcasting on Ships
• NPC Ships that use abilities that heal or buff their crewmembers (such as Furious Assault, Hold Fast, or Rum Rations) or debuff/harm boarders (Bad Rations/Razorwire) will only receive 50% of the normal bonuses/effects

Poison Damage

• Poison Damage caused by Players and Tamed/Summoned Creatures towards ALL other players and creatures on other ships (i.e. not the same ship) has been reduced by 50% (this is in addition to any other scaling that occurs)

Ship Sinking and Salvage

• Throw Overboard button can be used to return to town if you are dead
• When a player's ship Sinks, the Captain of the ship will immediately receive 80% of the Total Doubloon Value of the ship deposited into their Bank Box
• 10% of the Total Doubloon Value of the ship being sunk will be distributed to the Ship Holds of any Enemy Player Ship(s) that damaged them, with amounts scaled based on how damage each Enemy Player Ship dealt
• There is a 1% chance for each Ship Upgrade and Crewmember Installed in the ship that they will be removed from the ship and sent to the Salvage System for the ship's Captain as '''"Wayward Salvage"'''
• The Ship Deed itself is then immediately sent to the Salvage System with all remaining Upgrades and Crewmembers still installed (there is no longer a 30 minute delay for a Ship or items to appear in the Salvage System)
• Players can access the Salvage System by saying "Salvage", "Recover", or "Buy" near any Salvage Foreman, which can be found at all town Docks

Docking the Ship

• Players dock their ship on land also known as "Free-Dock" by approaching land and clicking the Dock Ship button on the ship main gump, or by using the Dock Ship action on the Actions / Abilities hotbar
• Ships must be stationary for 30 seconds if they have been in combat or 15 seconds out of combat to dock on land
• Players cannot Free-Dock while they have a "Heat of Battle" effect active from an aggressive action
• If a player Free-Docks (instead of using a Dockmaster) they will have a 10 minute OutlandsID-wide restriction before they can launch another Ship
• If a player Free-Docks a ship, they will be restricted from performing aggressive actions on Innocent (blue) players for the next 2 minutes [similar to Dishonored handling]
• Players can also use Dockmasters to dock and stow away their ship
• Ships must be stationary for 10 seconds if they have been in combat or 5 seconds out of combat in order to Dock at a dockmaster
• Docking a Ship will move all Pending Salvage items over to the Salvage System for the Ship's Captain
• Docking either by land or dockmaster will send the resulting Ship Deed into the Dockmaster system, and not the player's Backpack

Shipping Crates

• Clicking the Shipping Crate button will charge the player 250 gold (from their bank box) and will transport all of the contents of the ship's hold to the Ban Location of that player's house or inn room.
• Players may unlock a "Custom Shipping Crate Tile" for their houses under the Special page of the House Menu which allows players using the Shipping Crate mechanic of Dockmasters to specify a destination in their house to send the Shipping Crate (instead of their house's Ban Location.)
• Players must own a house or inn room on that account to use this option.

Video Demonstration

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Legacy Information

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