Category:Shipwright

A pirate without a ship is like a ship without a rudder, considering that the act of piracy is the theft of or theft onboard ships.

To that end, Shipwrights are the men and women who build and maintain the many pirate and privateer vessels that plow these waters. They can be found on all the main islands and privateer islands.

Visiting a Shipwright
Shipwrights are located in the most unique and noticeable structures; an upended ship's hull right on the beach.

To talk to a shipwright, just approach their counter and press SHIFT.

An interactive menu will appear. Just what you wish to do.

Menu Options Include:
 * Quest
 * Purchase
 * Repair
 * Sell

Shipwrights in the Caribbean
On the shore of the main islands, the shipwright's stand can be clearly seen as the large, upright ship's bow. Some new shipwrights have also set up shop right by the water.


 * Carlos Cienfuegos on Cuba
 * Balthasar Bollard on Padres Del Fuego
 * Clemence Basilshot* on Padres Del Fuego
 * Darby Drydock on Port Royal
 * Rose Seafellow* on Port Royal
 * O'Malley on Tortuga
 * Gabriel De Martillo on Isla De La Avaricia
 * Veronique Roux on Ile D'Etable De Porc

(*Can be found on the docks)

Buying a Ship
All pirates start with a Light Sloop. But, other classes of vessel are made available as the pirate's Sailing skill inceases.


 * Note - Free players can only have Light Sloops or Light Galleons.

Just pick the ship of your choice, as long as you have the gold and skill.

Naming Your Ship
Once you've picked your ship, you will be prompted to christen it with a name. Just pick a first and last name from the two lists. Then, click Submit.

New Ship Names
As of May 15th, 2009 - a new series of names were made available for pirates to christen their vessels.

Selling a Ship
At some point, a pirate will outgrow their old ship, need some quick gold, or want to trade up. From the Options Menu, click Sell - then the ship of your choice. The game will ask if you're sure that you wish to sell. Then you will sell the ship for half the price that you bought it for. Once a ship is sold, it must be re-purchased at full price. Shipwrights don't haggle.

Repairs
Pirates always seem to bring their ships back with torn sails, cannonball holes, fire damage - you name it. Shipwrights are the quickest place where a vessel can be repaired. After all, you want it done fast, take it to the experts.
 * Note - Always best to check your ship's health before departure. Repairing is much cheaper, than salvaging a wreck.

From the Options Menu, select Repair. Your ships will be listed, showing the ship's damage status. Click Repair. A pop-up will show how much it will cost in gold to fix your ship or salvage a sunken one.
 * Note - If you do not have enough, you CANNOT do a partial repair.

If the vessel is perfect condition, the repair button will be grayed out.

Shipwright Quests
Often, a shipwright will ask a pirate to perform a Fortune Quest for them - with gold rewards for their efforts.

Darby Drydock initially sends the pirate on quests for materials for a ship he's building. Also, several shipwrights offer the Caribbean Struggle quest for Ship PvP.

Mini-Games
Shipwrights offer pirates a chance to earn some pocket money repairing vessels for them. Stationed around each Shipwright stand are three repair tables, marked with signs. These signs indicate the difficulty of the repairs needed.

Each table allows the pirate to practice their ship repair skills. There are five games to challenge a Shipwright-in-Training

The Repair Mini-game Menu will appear. To complete repairs, the pirates must finish all the challenges:


 * Hull Scrubbing - Clean off those nasty barnacles.
 * Plank Sawing - To cut new boards.
 * Hull Bracing - Support the decks and beams
 * Hammering - To add the new boards. You have to hit the nail at when you see when the circle is smallest.
 * Hull Patching - To seal up leaky spots.

Once the jobs are complete, the ship's hull and sails will be repaired. The pirate will be told what their total time was and the amount of gold they earned. The game will reset as another ship pulls up for repairs.

The pirate can press ESC at any time to stop repairing.

On the Horizon?
The developers at Disney Online have given some hints as to what is instore for vessels in the Caribbean.

Soon, possibly very soon, pirates will be able to go to the shipwright to customize their ships. Things like different sails, weapons, personalized names and decorative accents are some of the things being mentioned. It has been mentioned that new ship classes are coming as well

On the Test Server, six new ships, the Ship of the Line, the Warlord, the Cerberus, the Phantom, the Revenant, and the Kingfisher, were briefly added for purchase before being removed. The release notes explained that this feature was not ready for release.