Beginner's guide

Controls#

• Drag on the left half of the screen to steer. Tap the sea to set a course. Tap a ship to target it; your cannons fire on their own once it is in range.
• Battle buttons: Repair mends 35% of your hull over 5 seconds (30 s cooldown), the speed burst makes you much faster for 4 seconds (20 s cooldown, from Lv 2).
• Switch your shot with the shot picker; round shot is free and unlimited. Ammo
• Sail over the loot chest a wreck leaves to take its gold and crystals.

Your first voyage#

1. On first launch you name your captain (the dice button suggests a free pirate name).
2. Drag on the left half of the screen to steer your ship
3. Tap the ship under the arrow to target it
4. Close in: your cannons fire on their own in range. Sink it!
5. Sail over the treasure chest the wreck left behind
6. Well done, captain! Head back to port and upgrade your ship at the Shipyard

The harbor and safe waters#

Nobody can attack you in the harbor. In the Shipyard you buy ships, cannons, armour, sails, shot and carpenters, and strengthen your ship with grades and mastery. Grades and mastery

What to buy first#

1. Fill your empty gun slots: the Bronze Cannon costs 800, at Lv 3 the Iron Cannon 3,000. More guns means more damage.
2. The Apprentice Carpenter (2,000) mends your ship by itself out of battle, so you need the harbor less.
3. At Lv 4 the Brig (25,000): two decks make you much stronger. Then the Schooner at Lv 8 and the Frigate at Lv 13.
4. Armour and sails: Oak Planking from Lv 2, Hemp Sails from Lv 2. Armour and sails
5. Every level gives a skill point; spend it in Shipyard › Captain. Captain skills

Every day#

• 3 daily quests: gold, crystals and shot. Quests and the Captain's Pass
• The 7-day login calendar: each day you come, the next reward opens.
• Up to 5 ads a day, 5 crystals each. Gold and crystals
• Sea monsters rise at set intervals, announced in advance: don't miss them. Sea monsters

When you sink#

• Sinking costs you nothing: your gold, gear and experience stay.
• Repair at Harbor: you reappear in the harbor with a full hull (free, after a 10-second wait).
• Revive on the spot: carry on where you sank, by watching an ad (after a 10-second wait) or at once for 20.
• A revive gives you a 4-second shield; it ends with your first shot.

What comes next#

• The Northern Ice Sea opens at Lv 20 and the Fire Isles at Lv 35; you sail there through the whirlpool at the top of the map. Seas
• From Lv 15 you can join a fleet or found your own for 500,000 and 100. Fleets
• From Lv 10 Blood Cove chart pieces start to drop; from Lv 12 you can sail the expedition. Blood Cove expedition
• Fish schools swim in every sea: slow down and cast your net. Fishing