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Captains
Equip one Captain for a passive ability or a named special. Captains and hired Crew have different jobs.
Choosing a Captain
Your tutorial gives one regular Captain. Other Captains can be bought through Ship Crew at the harbour service, received through trade, or obtained where listed on individual loot pages. Buy while stationary and outside combat, using carried Coins and a free inventory slot.
A Corrupted Captain provides no active ability until restored. Equip an Intact Captain from your inventory. Swapping exchanges the new Captain with the currently equipped one; unequipping needs free inventory space.
Captain roster
| Captain | Type | Base hire cost | Ability |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gunner Captain | Regular | 10,000 Coins | Damage +5%. |
| Boatswain Captain | Regular | 10,000 Coins | Repair consumables restore 10% more HP. |
| Navigator Captain | Regular | 10,000 Coins | Sailing speed +10%. |
| Lookout Captain | Regular | 10,000 Coins | Drop chances doubled; item rarity is unchanged. |
| Fisher Captain | Regular | 10,000 Coins | Fishing Tool bonus ×1.07. |
| Themistocles | Named | 100,000 Coins | Special (65% energy): +30% damage and +30% accuracy for one shot. |
| Artemisia I of Caria | Named | 100,000 Coins | Special (50% energy): Two normal shots instantly. |
| Phormio | Named | 100,000 Coins | Special (60% energy): +50% accuracy and 5 extra damage, even on a miss. |
| Scylax of Caryanda | Named | 100,000 Coins | Special (100% energy): Deal 4 damage every 4 seconds for 60 seconds. |
| Hayreddin Barbarossa | Named | 100,000 Coins | Special (50% energy): Four normal shots 0.8 seconds apart with improved accuracy. |
| Turgut Reis (Dragut) | Named | 100,000 Coins | Special (100% energy): Your next damaging cannon hit gains +65% damage and +25% accuracy. |
| Piri Reis | Named | 100,000 Coins | Special (40% energy): Double accuracy for one shot. |
| Manto Mavrogenous | Named | 100,000 Coins | Special (50% energy): +10% damage, double accuracy; a successful hit freezes movement for 10 seconds. |
| Chaka Bey | Named | 100,000 Coins | Special (25% energy): Two shots one second apart, each +15% damage and +25% accuracy. |
| Laskarina Bouboulina | Named | 100,000 Coins | Below 30% Hull: 20% damage reduction for 9 ticks, once per combat. |
| Konstantinos Kanaris | Named | 100,000 Coins | Special (50% energy): +10% damage, double accuracy; heal half the damage dealt, at least 10 HP on a hit. |
| Andreas Miaoulis | Named | 100,000 Coins | Special (25% energy): +50% damage and +25% accuracy for one shot. |
| Hydna of Scione | Named | 100,000 Coins | Special (50% energy): +37.5% damage and double accuracy for one shot. |
Special energy
The twelve named specials replace their former passive effects. Regular Captains retain their passives; Laskarina retains her defensive passive and has no usable special. Press 4 for an equipped eligible named Captain.
Energy starts at 100% and regenerates by 10 percentage points every 30 seconds while alive and online. It is capped at 100%. Charm restores an additional 50 percentage points. A queued multi-shot special or armed Turgut effect must finish before another special can start.
Changing Captains
Captains and Crew cannot change while fighting, targeting an opponent, hooked or during the combat lock. The post-combat lock is 12 gameplay ticks, or 7.2 seconds. Pending Captain special shots and an armed Turgut effect also prevent changing the Captain.
Restoring Corrupted Captains
Visit Ship Crew with the Corrupted Captain and carried Coins. Restoration costs 60% of the Captain’s base hiring price, rounded up. Premium’s purchase discount does not reduce this restoration charge.
Restoration requires a stopped ship outside combat. It changes the Captain to Intact; you then need to equip them to use their ability.