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🧭 Captain Skills

55 skills across 4 trees — invest skill points and gold to unlock powerful abilities

🔨 Craft(16)

Crafting, trading, and workshop skills

Spyglass

250 gold

Enhance your view with the spyglass to zoom in on objects and reveal more information

Effect: Spyglass Improvements +1

Workforce Management

1 SP

Gain a +5 unit bonus to the craft-time limit for each spec. workshop across different ports

Effect: C Craft Time Limit Per Each Workshop +5
Requires Rank 20

Trade Affairs

250 gold

Ability to post 5 lots of goods and orders on the exchange

Effect: C Pp Trade Concurrent Orders +3

Trade License

2 SP5,000 gold

Post up to 20 lots of goods and orders on the exchange

Effect: C Pp Trade Concurrent Orders +15
Requires: Trade Affairs

Apprentice

1 SP2,000 gold

Create more items at the port with a limit of 600 craft-time units and a respawn rate of 40 units per hour

Effect: C Workshop Level +1

Master

2 SP20,000 gold

Increases the craft-time limit to 1000 units and the respawn rate to 50 units per hour

Effect: C Workshop Level +1
Requires: Apprentice

Quartermaster

1 SP

Increase the warehouse capacity of all mines and manufactories by 25%.

Effect: Factory Storage Limit +25

Even the Scraps

1 SP2,500 gold

Dismantling captured ships yields 33% more wood and fabric, plus a few beams

Effect: More Resources For Destrying Npc +30

Quick Delivery

1 SP

Increase the operational speed of mines and manufactories in dangerous waters by 25%

Effect: Factory Speed Bonus Hazard Zone +25
Requires: Quartermaster

Carpentry

2 SP

Production of beams and bulkheads is 7% cheaper in ports

Effect: C Role Planking Level +1

Blacksmithing

2 SP

Reduce the cost of producing plates and bronze in ports by 10%

Effect: C Role Smithevel +1

Alloys

2 SP

Casting the best weapons in ports with a weapons workshop is 10% cheaper

Effect: Reduce Top Weapons Craft Cost +10

Self-Supply

1 SP

High-level mines and manufactories will keep running without provisions, but their production rate will slow down to just below level 2. This doesn't affect farms.

Effect: Factory Works Without Provision +1
Requires: Quick Delivery

Combat Log

1 SP10,000 gold

You can take up to 4 quests from the tavern

Effect: C Quests Limit +2

Underground Hall

1 SP50,000 gold

Build 2 Specialty Workshops in dangerous water ports without warehouse ties.

Effect: C Extra Workshops Pirate Ports +1
Requires: Workforce Management

Helping Hand

1 SP

Each completed quest restores 10-20 units of craft time

Effect: Craft Time For Quests +1

🧭 Exploration(16)

Navigation, logistics, and travel skills

Arsenal

1 SP

The сonsumable item limit in the warehouse is increased to 400

Effect: C Powerup Items At Storage +250
Requires Rank 20

Storekeeper

1 SP

Store more resources across the world by having up to 6 warehouses

Effect: C Port Storage Limit +4

Patrician

3 SP

Store even more resources: up to 11 warehouses

Effect: C Port Storage Limit +5
Requires: Storekeeper

Logistics

2 SP

Fast travel twice in a row

Effect: С World Travelling Level +1
Requires Rank 15Requires: Fast Travel

Trade Pact

1 SP2,000 gold

Purchase ammunition at cost from merchants and settlements at sea and encounter more trading opportunities.

Effect: Reduce Cost Trader In Sea +1

Seamanship

1 SP

Cruising speed is higher when sailing on a broad reach with the wind (the wind direction indicator turns green).

Effect: C Wind Bonus Speed +3

Decoy Flags

2 SP

Reduces the aggression distance of dangerous NPSs by a third

Effect: Reduce Npc Agression Distance +25
Requires: Seamanship

Workforce

1 SP5,000 gold

Build up to 4 different mines and manufactories, instead of 2

Effect: C Factory Count +2

Construction Expertise

2 SP60,000 gold

Allows the construction of 6 different mines and manufactories.

Effect: C Factory Count +2
Requires: Workforce

Good Connections

1 SP1,500 gold

Unlocks contraband quests. Good profit, but peace flags are unavailable

Effect: Trade Quest Smuggling +1
Requires Rank 10

Illegal Mooring

1 SP

Cut mooring fees by 50% (does not affect Peace Flags)

Effect: Reduce Mooring Charge +50
Requires: Good Connections

Fast Travel

1 SP1,000 gold

You will be able to travel twice in a row instead of once between neighboring non-pirate ports, without resources.

Effect: С World Travelling Level +1

Personal Islands

1 SP300,000 gold

You can own a second personal island and travel between them.

Effect: C Personal Isle Limit +1
Achievement: FullReputation

Escort

2 SP

Enter ports through the lighthouse under any flag except military (only if port entry is allowed)

Effect: Allow Enter Through Lighthouse +1

Third island

1,000 gold

Three personal islands are even better than two. The travel interval is reduced, allowing for faster movement between islands.

Effect: C Personal Isle Limit +1
Requires: Personal Islands

Magnate

4 SP200,000 gold

Allows building up to 8 different mines and manufactories

Effect: C Factory Count +2
Requires: Construction Expertise

⚔️ Battle(15)

Combat, gunnery, and defensive skills

Sixth Sense

2 SP

You will be able to see the resources in players' holds when hovering over a target, just like with NPSs.

Effect: Show Hold Fill +1

Donor

2 SP

Some durability is restored following a successful boarding

Effect: Restoring Via Boarding +1

Squadron Captain

2 SP7,000 gold

Take up to 3 ships into your squadron by boardings or bribing

Effect: C Capture Npc Limit +2

Repair Gear

1 SP2,000 gold

Captured ships will be repaired by 50% of their durability.

Effect: Captured Ship Mending +50
Requires: Donor

Mining

2 SP

Set a 2-4 minute fuse on powder barrels. For mines +1 minute

Effect: Allow Powder Keg Long Timer +1

Right Hand

3 SP

Hire more spec. crew on your ship: 1+ place

Effect: C Special Crew Limit +1
Requires Rank 15

Gunnery Crack

1 SP

Aim your guns 1.5 times faster

Effect: Sight Speed +50

Targeted Fire

1 SP

Single cannon shots become 50% more accurate and 50% more effective at penetrating the stern and bow of an enemy ship.

Effect: Single Gun Additional Damage +1

Fire Extinguishing

1 SP

Firefighting is now an automatic background task performed by your crew, no shouting necessary

Effect: Finite Burning +1

Salvo Fire

1 SP

Execute a quick and concentrated broadside salvo that can also detonate sinking ships. Switch with [Alt]. A 3-second delay follows each salvo

Effect: Allow All Borad Gun +1
Requires: Targeted Fire

Vulnerabilities

1 SP

Damage to the crew from any ammo type, except for grapeshot, will be increased by a third

Effect: Improve Some Crew Damage +33

Double Salvo

5,000 gold

Fire salvoes from both sides simultaneously by holding [Alt] and the fire button

Effect: Double Shot +1
Requires Rank 25Requires: Salvo Fire

Morale

1 SP

Special crew wages are reduced by a third

Effect: Reduce Salary Of Special Units +33
Requires: Right Hand

Protection

1 SP

Captured ships will receive less damage when losing command

Effect: Captured Npc Will Not Forget +1
Requires: Squadron Captain

Slaveholding

5,000 gold

Take prisoners in addition to the captured crew during boardings. We can always find use for them...

Effect: Allow Bondman When Boarding +1
Requires Rank 15

👑 Legend(6)

Unlocks at Rank 30 — prestige abilities

Library

250,000 gold

Get extra skill points +1

Effect: C Additional Captain Points +1

Conquest

500,000 gold

Get extra skill points +1

Effect: C Additional Captain Points +1
Achievement: AllSinglePassed

Influence

750,000 gold

Get extra skill points +1

Effect: C Additional Captain Points +1
Achievement: Build10Ships

Aspects of Knowledge

1,000,000 gold

Get extra skill points +1

Effect: C Additional Captain Points +1
Achievement: Deliver3Missions KillStrongerPlayer Board3Players ArenaTopDamage WorldChestResearcher

Aristocrat

1,500,000 gold

Get extra skill points +1

Effect: C Additional Captain Points +1

Prominence

3,000,000 gold

Get extra skill points +1

Effect: C Additional Captain Points +1

📌 See Also

⭐ RanksReach rank 30 to unlock Legend skills👥 Crew & UnitsSkills that boost crew effectiveness⚔️ Combat GuideBattle skills applied in combat🔨 CraftingCraft skills reduce material costs💰 TradingExploration skills improve trade profits

👥 Crew & Skills

Crew Types·Captain Skills·Ranks