Ship Upgrades

Ship Upgrades are special components found at sea that allow captains to enhance their vessel's performance, unlock powerful abilities, and customize its appearance. This page outlines the different upgrade types and how they function. Return to the main Ships page.

Acquiring and Applying Upgrades

Notification upon receiving Pending Salvage.

Unlike regular loot, Ship Upgrades (and Crewmember Contracts) are not physical items found in holds or chests. When generated as loot (from MIB Crates, NPC holds, Boss kills), they are automatically assigned to your ship as "Pending Salvage". This pending loot is inaccessible while at sea and its count is displayed in the Ship Overview Gump.

Pending Salvage count shown in the Ship Overview.

Upon docking, all Pending Salvage is transferred to your personal Salvage System for immediate retrieval. Retrieved upgrades can then be installed onto a ship using the Upgrades Gump Tab. Installed upgrades can also be removed using the Remove Button within the same interface.

Themes

Themes provide a major visual overhaul to the ship's model.

Themes
Ancient	Derelict	Fishing	Ghostly	Gore
Merchant	Overgrown	Pirate	Raider	Slime
Sorcerous	Submerged	Tradesman	Traveler	Arctic
Drow	Mariner	Primative

Ship Paint Hues

These customize the ship's primary color.

Shimmer Cardinal 1476	Shimmer Evergreen 1479	Shimmer Spice 1577	Sunsetwood 2077	Barkwood 2112	Redwood 2118
Orc Greenwood 2141	Fleshwood 2261	Blackwood 2269	Shrubwood 2334	Pinewood 2347	Driftwood 2361
Rotwood 2363	Deep Violetwood 2374	Sunburstwood 2433	Violetwood 2463	Spectral Bluewood 2487	Orange Peelwood 2503
Turtleshellwood 2527	Spectral Greenwood 2553	Coral Greenwood 2563	Midnight Bluewood 2587	Seafoamwood 2590	Dark Waterwood 2592
Voidwood 2599	Twilightwood 2602	Orchidwood 2606	Mysticwood 2612	Melonwood 2623	Tangerinewood 2635
Peachwood 2651	Bluewavewood 2659	Eldritchwood 2660	Fisher Greenwood 2706	Coalwood 2738	Bloodwood 2740
Strangelands 2752	Goldwood 2766	Paperwood 2767	Grimewood 2787	Maplewood 2790	Tanwood 2792
Deep Greenwood 2793	Rosewood 2794	Dustwood 2796	Light Salmonwood 2808	Salmonwood 2814	Lemonwood 2815
Aquawood 2826	Truefrost 2827	Sprucewood 2829	Cinderwood 2834	Rustwood 2840	Bilewood 2841
Forest Greenwood 2845	Olive Greenwood 2856	Light Greywood 2873	Dark Greywood 2891	Druidic 2897	Frostwood 2809
Ashwood 2910	Smokewood 2915	Deathwood 2927	Firewood 2929	Icewood 2933	Limewood 2937
Birchwood 2944	Burgundywood 2949	Ghostwood 2955

Ship Cannon Hues

These change the metallic hue of the ship's cannons.

Orc Green Iron 2212	Pure Bluesteel 2602	Arcanesteel 2619	Eldritch Iron 2629	Midnight Bluesteel 2659	Gold Leaf Metal 2699
Leaf Iron 2709	Brass Metal 2766	Bronze Metal 2766	Forest Green Iron 2793	Rust Iron 2794	Black Iron 2797
Orchidsteel 2808	Firesteel 2810	Coral Iron 2811	Salmonsteel 2814	Blood Iron 2817	Twilight Iron 2823
Nightsteel 2825	Deep Blue Iron 2826	Copper Metal 2831	Blackrust Iron 2834	Volcanic Iron 2839	True Green Iron 2841
Flesh Iron 2851	Dark Green Iron 2856	Coal Iron 2874	Shrub Iron 2897	Plum Iron 2898	Sunburst Iron 2900
Wavesteel 2902	Violet Iron 2904	Deep Seasteel 2906	Valorite Iron 2908	Ghost Iron 2914	Wrought Iron 2915
Burnished Steel 2918	Aquasteel 2938	Mirror Steel 2940	Silver Metal 2941	True Steel 2942	Cold Steel 2944
Rose Iron 2949	Dark Violet Iron 2949	Spectral Green Iron 2963	Dried Blood Iron 2976	Verdant Iron 2979	Frost Iron 2980
Sea Iron 2985	Dark Rose Iron 2987	Gold Metal 2990

Abilities

Lesser Abilities

Lesser Abilities
Name	Description
Arcane Shot	Fires 8 volleys at +50% Accuracy with scatter radius 1 and damage radius 1 Successful hits deal damage to all Ship locations: 33% of base damage to Hull 33% of base damage to Sails 33% of base damage to Guns 66% of base damage to Creatures and Players, which Ignores Armor
Boneshot	Fires 8 volleys with scatter radius 2 and damage radius 1 Successful hits deal damage to all Ship locations: 50% of base damage to Hull 75% of base damage to Sails 25% of base damage to Guns 50% of base damage to Creatures and Players Any creature or player hit has it's Armor Rating reduced by 25 for 30 seconds
Explosive Ammunition	Fires 4 volleys with scatter radius 2 and damage radius 1 Successful hits deal damage to all Ship locations: 125% of base damage to Hull 75% of base damage to Sails 75% of base damage to Guns 100% of base damage to Creatures and Players
Glass Cannon	Fires 8 volleys with scatter radius 2 and damage radius 1 Successful hits deal damage to all Ship locations: 25% of base damage to Hull 75% of base damage to Sails 50% of base damage to Guns 50% of base damage to Creatures and Players Any Creature or Player hit will also take 100% of base damage in Bleed damage
Hard to Port	[No Cannon Cooldown] Increases ship speed by 20% for the next 15 seconds
Hold Fast	[No Cannon Cooldown] Reduces ship damage taken by 25% and reduces crewmember damage taken by 50% for the next 30 seconds.
Luck	[No Cannon Cooldown] Increases accuracy of normal cannonfire by 33% and reduces enemy accuracy against ship by 33% for the next 30 seconds.
Mortar Fire	Fires 4 volleys with scatter radius 3 and damage radius 1 Successful hits deal damage to all Ship locations: 125% of base damage to Hull 125% of base damage to Sails 125% of base damage to Guns 125% of base damage to Creatures and Players
Smokeshot	Fires 8 volleys with scatter radius 3 and damage radius 1 Successful hits deal damage to all Ship locations: 50% of base damage to Hull 50% of base damage to Sails 50% of base damage to Guns 50% of base damage to Creatures and Players Reduces ship's cannon Accuracy by 10% for 30 seconds
Swift Reload	[No Cannon Cooldown] Reduces current reloading cooldown to 0 seconds and increases cannon damage by 25% for the next 10 seconds.
Depth Charges	For each cannon your ship has per side, deploys 1 depth charge, which are placed behind the tillerman. Any ship moving over a depth charge will detonate it and take 500 Hull damage. Depth charges last 60 seconds.
Powder Mishap	Targets nearest other Ship within 12 tiles that is currently Reloading and: For each cannon your ship has per side, will deal 300 Hull and 300 Gun damage Each target on board will suffer 3% of max health as damage for each cannon your ship has per side (up to a maximum of 1500 damage) Damage amounts are reduced by 50% if ship has been already hit by powder mishap during the same reloading
Sea Change	[No Cannon Cooldown] Cancels all negative effects on ship and will also ignore movement penalties for 30 seconds Heals each crewmember for 10% health Also cures poison, bleed, and disease for all targets on board.

Regular Abilities

Regular Abilities
Name	Description
Beat to Quarters	[No Cannon Cooldown] Increases movement speed by 15% for the next 30 seconds
Boarding Hooks	[No Cannon Cooldown] Increases boarding success chances by 50% and crew bravery by 25% for the next 45 seconds
Boarding Pikes	[No Cannon Cooldown] Prevents enemy boarding for the next 45 seconds
Chainshot	Fires 4 volleys with scatter radius 2 and damage radius 1 Successful hits deal damage to all ship locations: 50% of base damage to Hull 125% of base damage to Sails 75% of base damage to Guns 75% of base damage to creatures and players Any ship hit will also have it's movement speed reduced by 25% for 10 seconds.
Expedite Repairs	[No Cannon Cooldown] Reduces current cooldown on repairs to 0 seconds
Flameshot	Fires 8 volleys with scatter radius 3 and damage radius 1 Successful hits deal damage to all Ship locations: 25% of base damage to Hull 25% of base damage to Sails 25% of base damage to Guns 75% of base damage to Creatures and Players Will inflict an additional (total hull damage from hits * 2.0) to target ship over 30 seconds
Ghost Fire	Fires 4 volleys at +25% Accuracy with scatter radius 2 and damage radius 1 Successful hits deal damage to all Ship locations: 50% of base damage to Hull 100% of base damage to Sails 100% of base damage to Guns 100% of base damage to Creatures and Players Ignores 100% of creature armor and 50% of player armor
Grapeshot Ammunition	Fires 16 volleys with scatter radius 3 and damage radius 1 Successful hits deal damage to all Ship locations: 10% of base damage to Hull 10% of base damage to Sails 10% of base damage to Guns 100% of base damage to Creatures and Players
Heatseeker Ammunition	Fires 4 volleys at +75% accuracy with scatter radius 1 and damage radius 1 Successful hits deal damage to all Ship locations: 75% of base damage to Hull 75% of base damage to Sails 75% of base damage to Guns 75% of base damage to Creatures and Players Ship's accuracy against target ship increased by 25% for the next 30 seconds
Heavy Ordinance	Fires 4 volleys with scatter radius 2 and damage radius 1 Successful hits deal damage to all Ship locations: 150% of base damage to Hull 75% of base damage to Sails 125% of base damage to Guns 100% of base damage to Creatures and Players, which Ignores Armor
Powdersoak Ammunition	Fires 4 volleys with scatter radius 2 and damage radius 1 Successful hits deal damage to all Ship locations: 100% of base damage to Hull 75% of base damage to Sails 150% of base damage to Guns 100% of base damage to Creatures and Players NPC ships hit will lose 1 ammunition from their cannons and player ships hit will have a 50% chance to lose 1 ammunition from their cannons
Rally	[No Cannon Cooldown] Heals each crewmember for 33% health, and cures any remaining poison, disease, and bleed ticks on crewmember
Special Powderkeg	[No Cannon Cooldown] Normal cannon fire for the next 60 seconds has its accuracy increased by 25% and damage increased by 100%
Toxic Ammunition	Fires 8 volleys with scatter radius 3 and damage radius 1 Successful hits deal damage to all Ship locations: 33% of base damage to Hull 33% of base damage to Sails 33% of base damage to Guns 150% of base damage to Creatures and Players, which Ignores Armor Any creature or player hit will also be inflicted with Deadly Poison Reduces damage dealt by all targets on ship by 10% for 30 seconds (will not stack)
Bad Rations	[No Cannon Cooldown] Targets nearest other ship within 12 tiles Reduces damage dealt by all targets on ship by 50% for 30 seconds Ability cannot be stacked
Grenades	Targets nearest other ship within 12 tiles Each crewmember on board throws a grenade at target ship Grenades have (Ship Cannon Accuracy * 100%) chance to hit Hits deal 300 Hull damage Hits hit players and crew within 2 tiles inflicting 5% of max health as damage (up to 500 damage)
Razorwire	No Cannon Cooldown For next 180 seconds, anyone boarding this ship will suffer an additional 33% Damage Taken for the next 30 seconds

Greater Abilities

Greater Abilities
Name	Description
Brimstone	Fires 8 volleys with scatter radius 3 and damage radius 1 Successful hits deal damage to all Ship locations: 33% of base damage to Hull 33% of base damage to Sails 33% of base damage to Guns and 100% of base damage to Creatures and Players Will inflict an additional (total hull damage from hits * 2.0) to target ship over 30 seconds
Eldritch Ammunition	Fires 8 volleys at +50% Accuracy with scatter radius 1 and damage radius 1 Successful hits deal damage to all Ship locations: 50% of base damage to Hull 50% of base damage to Sails 50% of base damage to Guns and 100% of base damage to Creatures and Players, which Ignores Armor Any ship hit will have its cannon damage reduced by 10% for 30 seconds
Flak Cannons	Fires 8 volleys at +75% accuracy with scatter radius 4 and damage radius 2 Successful hits deal damage to all Ship locations: 75% of base damage to Hull 75% of base damage to Sails 75% of base damage to Guns and 75% of base damage to Creatures and Players
Furious Assault	[No Cannon Cooldown] +50% Crewmember damage and +50% crew bravery for the next 60 seconds
Hellfire Barrage	Fires 4 volleys with scatter radius 3 and damage radius 2 Successful hits deal damage to all Ship locations: 175% of base damage to Hull 100% of base damage to Sails 150% of base damage to Guns and 75% of base damage to Creatures and Players
Icebreaker Ammunition	Fires 4 volleys with scatter radius 2 and damage radius 1 Successful hits deal damage to all Ship locations: 100% of base damage to Hull 150% of base damage to Sails 125% of base damage to Guns and 100% of base damage to Creatures and Players Any ship hit will take +10% damage for the next 30 seconds
Mariner's Fortune	[No Cannon Cooldown] For the next 3 minutes: Tidings increased by 15% Effective Fishing Skill increased by 10
Ride the Waves	[No Cannon Cooldown] Increases movement speed by 10% for the next 90 seconds
Rum Rations	[No Cannon Cooldown] Heals each crewmember for 5% health every 10 seconds for the next 2 minutes
Tanglevine Ammunition	Fires 4 volleys with scatter radius 3 and damage radius 1 Successful hits deal damage to all Ship locations: 50% of base damage to Hull 50% of base damage to Sails 50% of base damage to Guns and 100% of base damage to Creatures and Players Any ship hit will have its movement speed reduced by 50% for 10 seconds Applies Hinders to nearby Players and Creatures Players are Hindered for 5 seconds Creatures are Hindered for 10 seconds
Venom Barrage	Fires 4 volleys with scatter radius 3 and damage radius 2 Successful hits deal damage to all Ship locations: 75% of base damage to Hull 75% base damage to Sails 75% of base damage to Guns and 350% of base damage to Creatures and Players Any creature or player hit will be inflicted with Lethal Poison Reduces damage dealt by all targets on ship by 15% for 30 seconds (will not stack)
Eye of the Storm	Targets nearest other ship within 12 tiles Spawns a storm eye that follows the target ship and triggers every 5 seconds for the next 30 seconds When triggering, has a (Ship Cannon Accuracy * 100%) chance to inflict 100 damage for each cannon your ship has per side The damage is of a random damage type (Hull, Sails, Guns) on the target ship
Low Profile	[No Cannon Cooldown] Reduces ship's wake scalar by 150% for 30 seconds and then reduces ship's wake scalar by 50% for the following 60 seconds
Sargasso	Targets nearest other ship within 12 tiles For each cannon your ship has per side spawns 4 sargasso seaweed tiles Seweed spawns randomly in a 12 tile radius around target ship Seaweed lasts 60 seconds Any ship that moves over a sargasso tile will have its movement speed reduced by 75% for 5 seconds.

Outfittings

Outfittings provide passive statistical bonuses. See Stat Abbreviations table for codes.

Outfitting Bonuses (%)

Name	Hull	Sail	Guns	Spd	Acc	Dmg	Rld	Tid	Lsr	Reg	Grt	Rpr	HuRp	SaRp	GuRp	Brd	Dbl	CrHt	Brav	CDmg	Heal	Fsh	Spy	Wake
Destroyer	10	20	40		10	15	50					5	10			50
Dreadnought	20	40	40				10					5	15	50		50			20	10	30
Explorer		40		5				25	15	5			15				10				7.5	5	20	10
Fisherman	20	40		2.5							5	10		50			10					15	5	10
Merchant	10	20		2.5					10	5			5				15	15			22.5			10
Privateer		20	20	5	7.5				5	5	5					50	10		20				10
Raider	20	40		5							5					50	5	20	30	15	7.5
Runner		40		7.5			50		5				15		50							15		5
Sentry	10	20	20	5	5				5	5	5									7.5	7.5
Skirmisher				2.5		20			10	10	10						15				22.5		12.5

Specialty Items

These offer unique passive effects or bonuses, often focused on specific stats.

Specialty Item Bonuses (%)

Name	Hull	Sail	Guns	Spd	Acc	Dmg	Rld	Tid	Lsr	Reg	Grt	Rpr	HuRp	SaRp	GuRp	Brd	Dbl	CrHt	Brav	CDmg	Heal	Fsh	Spy	Wake
Custom Rigging		20		5
Exceptional Oars				7.5
Storage Lockers							15							5
Cannon Targets					7.5	2.5	20
Routine Maintenance	5	10	10	1				25				10	25	25	25
Fearsome Totem				1						5					50			30	10
Tavern Connections																50		20	20	10	15	5	5
Carpentry Station	10							25				15	50	25	25
Sewing Station		20			1			25				15	25	50	25
Gunsmithing Station			20			5		50				15	25	25	50
Galley Station				2.5														25			22.5	5
Mongbat Figurehead								10	5	5
Eagle Figurehead								5	10	5
Gorgon Figurehead								5	5	10
Exceptional Powder					2.5	10			5
Stacked Powderkegs						5	50	5	5
Smoothbore Cannonshot					5	5	25		5
Auxiliary Cannons						7.5			5
Exotic Bait																	10					10	5
Pristine Lumber	20							25	2.5			5	25
Exquisite Cloth		40			2.5			25				5		25
Flawless Iron			40		2.5	2.5		25				5			25
Powder Carts						5	50	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5
Accurate Maps				5																		2.5
Navigation Chart				5							2.5												5
Exquisite Globe				5																			10
Shipping Contracts																	15
Luxury Goods																12.5	5				7.5
Livestock															10	10				15
Grain Shipment															10	15				5
Crows Nest					2.5					5												20
Weathervane				5																		5	5
Telescope					2.5																	10	10
Signal Pigeons								5	5	5												10
Blast Furnace						5	50		5					25

Crew Supplies

These upgrades specifically enhance the effectiveness or survivability of your NPC Crew.

Crew Supply Bonuses (%)

Name	Hull	Sail	Guns	Spd	Acc	Dmg	Rld	Tid	Lsr	Reg	Grt	Rpr	HuRp	SaRp	GuRp	Brd	Dbl	CrHt	Brav	CDmg	Heal	Fsh	Spy	Wake
Boarding Knives																100			60	5
Heavy Weaponry																			20	25
Medium Weaponry																		25		30	20
Light Weaponry																		50		40	15
Practice Targets								5											20	10
Silk Hammocks				1					2.5	2.5	2.5							2.5			30
Fur Bedrolls				1					2.5	2.5	2.5										45
Stockade				2.5												50			15
Bananas				1					2.5	2.5	2.5						10	2.5			15
Limes				1					2.5	2.5	2.5						15	2.5			7.5
Delicious Rations				2.5														20			22.5
Savory Rations				2.5														25			15
Healthy Rations				2.5														30			7.5
Wild Game				1					2.5	2.5	2.5						15	2.5			5	5
Hardtack				1					2.5	2.5	2.5				50			15	5	5	7.5
Hookah									2.5	2.5	5								30	5
Medical Supplies									2.5	2.5	2.5						10	2.5			22.5
Alchemical Supplies									2.5	2.5	2.5					5	5			15
Spices				1					2.5	2.5	2.5						7.5
Ale Supply				1					2.5	2.5	2.5						25		25	10	7.5	5
Smoke Bombs									2.5	5	2.5					25							10
Intercepted Orders				2.5																	5	5
Crew Hatches				1					5	5	2.5												5
Dueling Rapiers																75			50	10

Ship Stat Abbreviations

Upgrade descriptions often use abbreviations for brevity. Refer to the table below for their meanings:

Abbr.	Full Stat	Abbr.	Full Stat	Abbr.	Full Stat
Hull	Max Hull Points	Dmg	Cannon Damage Bonus	Grt	Greater Ability Cooldown Reduction
Sail	Max Sail Points	Rld	Cannon Reload Speed Increase	Rpr	Repair Cooldown Reduction
Guns	Max Gun Points	Tid	Tidings Bonus (Increases chance for Upgrade/Crew Salvage)	HuRp	Hull Repair Bonus Amount
Spd	Movement Speed Bonus	Lsr	Lesser Ability Cooldown Reduction	SaRp	Sail Repair Bonus Amount
Acc	Cannon Accuracy Bonus	Reg	Regular Ability Cooldown Reduction	GuRp	Gun Repair Bonus Amount
Brd	Boarding Success Chance Bonus	Dbl	Doubloons Earned Bonus	CrHt	Crew Hit Points Increase
Heal	Bonus Healing to Crewmembers	Fsh	Effective Fishing Bonus	Brav	Crew Bravery Bonus
Spy	Spyglass Effectiveness Increase	Wake	Wake Scalar Bonus (Decreases ship detection range)	CDmg	Crew Damage Bonus

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Information on recruiting, managing, professions, stats, and the Loyalty system for NPC crewmembers.

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Covers acquiring and applying Themes, Paints, Cannon Hues, Abilities, Outfittings, Specialty Items, and Crew Supplies via Pending Salvage.

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Explains combat rules, ship repair, boarding, ramming, sinking consequences, Doubloon distribution, and the ship/item recovery Salvage system.

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