Category:Ship Customization

Craft Your Craft
Ship Customization is a game feature which allows players to customize their own ships. Players may do this by visiting any shipwright and choosing the "Upgrade" option, then choosing a ship to upgrade. Ships can have visually customizable hulls, rigging, sails, emblems, and special broadsides (hull ranks 4-6 only). Only Unlimited Access players are able to customize their ships. Also, only Medium and War Class Ships are able to be customized. Light Class Ships and Ships of the Line are unable to be customized. The following features are customizable/upgradable; however, all of them will cost gold and some of them will cost them some Ship Materials as well.


 * Sail Color


 * Sail Emblem


 * Hull


 * Rigging



Sail Colors
Players may change the color of a ship's sails by choosing from a variety of color options. Cost to change colors range from 1 to 10,000 gold. The price does NOT depend on ship class.

Unreleased Sail Colors
The sail colors below are not in the game or on Test Server as of yet. Their Customization Menu Icons were simply found in the Phase Files.

Emblems
An emblem can be embossed on your ships sails, or the sail can be left blank. Most emblems are available in Black or White. The price of any emblem is 5,000 gold. No materials are required for emblems.

Materials Pouch




To customize your vessel, you must gather and collect the materials you need. The needed material will depend upon the type and level of grade.

You can only obtain the material by sinking enemy ships, particularly warships and bounty hunters. As you plunder and fill up your cargo you will notice that royal chests are replaced by materials chests. Any found materials are stored in your Materials Pouch.

The various materials include:
 * Common goods will be found in Ship Materials Chests (similar to Loot Chests) from Bounty Hunters.Rare Ship Materials can be found on Warships in Rare Ship Materials Chests (similar to Loot Skull Chests).

Rank I-III Hulls
The hull is the body of the ship, constructed of timbers and sealed watertight with caulk. There are three types of basic hull upgrade paths a pirate can purchase, and then another five advanced ones.

Cargo

 * Cargo Upgrade Screenshots

Rank IV-VI Hulls
The hull is the body of the ship, constructed of timbers and sealed watertight with caulk. There are 5 types of advanced hull upgrades a pirate can purchase.



Copperhead
Available through the Reinforced Tier.
 * Copperhead Screenshots

Skull & Bones
Available through the Reinforced and Cargo Tiers.
 * Skull &amp; Bones Screenshots

Fortune Hunter
Available through the Cargo Tier.
 * Fortune Hunter Screenshots

Firestorm
Available through the Streamlined and Cargo Tiers.


 * Firestorm Screenshots

Storm Chaser
Available through the Streamlined Tier.
 * Storm Chaser Screenshots

Game Notes

 * On September 1, 2011, Pirates Online released a "Sneak Peek" Video featuring some of the ship customization features.


 * Ever since the inception the game (since BETA) the developers had constantly appraised the players of their intention to release Ship Customization. The much-awaited feature finally appeared on the Test Server on October 7, 2011.
 * Later, on October 7, 2011, just hours before the update was released to test, they released a second Sneak Peek, which showed the Brig in more detail.
 * The Brig and Ship Customization went live on Wednesday, December 14, 2011.

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