Pirates have abilities they can use to defeat enemies, aid friends and navigate the sea.
Using these skills gives the player experience points (xp or reputation). When the experience points for that skill reach the maximum for the pirate's current level, their base skill level increases and they receive a Skill Point.
To review your abilities, press 'K' or Click on the Sea Chest, then click the Helm Wheel, to display the skills menu. The pirates skills will be listed in the menu.
Select a skill icon to display the pirate's abilities and levels in that skill.
Skills[]
In Pirates of the Caribbean Online currently include:
- Cannon - Increases cannon firing speed, reloading speed and various special forms of ammunition.
- Sailing - Increases abilities to manuever a ship at sea as well as aid the crew find plunder and fire weapons.
- Sword - Abilities focus on the use of large bladed weapons (Sabre, Cutlass, and Broadsword).
- Gun - Abilities focus on the use of hand-held firearms (Pistol, Blunderbuss, Musket and Bayonet) and ammunition.
- Voodoo Doll - Grants various magical hexes to attack enemies and aid allies.
- Dagger - Abilities focus on the use of small bladed weapons (Daggers, Throwing Knives).
- Grenade - Abilities focus on the use of small explosives.
- Voodoo Staff - Grants various magical hexes via Voodoo Staves and also abilities to increase and control voodoo power.
Potions and Fishing are also skills but they do NOT display on this menu since they are Passive skills. You cannot set specific abilities for them,
The Legend of Pirates Online has added the Gambling skill, which increases the base ante levels at Poker and Blackjack tables as well as increase the pirate's ability to use Cheat Cards and not get caught.
Increasing Skills[]
Once a pirate has received enough reputation in that skill to earn a Skill Point, they can improve a learned ability or add a new one.
Press 'K' or Click on the Sea Chest, then click the Helm Wheel, to display the Skills menu. The pirate's skills will be listed in the menu. Select a skill tab to display the pirate's abilities and levels in that skill.
Any unspent Skill Points are acquired they will appear in the lower-right. To spend a point, just click on the ability you wish to learn or improve.
- Warning - Once a point has been spent, it CANNOT be retracted. The only way to recover a Skill Point is by going to a trainer and re-allocating ALL points spent in that ENTIRE weapon. The cost of this increases each time if you keep retraining skills.
Reputation earned from using skills also go to the pirate's Notoriety level, which is separate but increases as the pirate uses their weapons, sinks ships or heals others with voodoo.
Potions Skill[]
Potions are unique in that there are no additional abilities to learn or acquire. But, as the pirate makes a potion they earn Reputation. New levels of Potion Skill will add new potions to the recipe list which the pirate can currently brew for their specific skill level.
Fishing Skill[]
Fishing skills are also unique, with additional abilities learned every level. But, the pirate cannot choose the ranks of their skills. These skills allows you to perform maneuvers in enhancing the pirates fishing game, to help catching fish quick and easy.
Skills Boosts[]
Many items bought or found in Loot boost skills beyond the number of ranks that players allocated their skill points to. However, these items cannot boost skills that are locked beyond the pirates current skill level or haven't learn that skill yet. Thus, if a player wants to take advantage of a certain skill for which he has a boosting item, he must make sure that he himself has allocated at least one skill point to it.
Resetting Skill Points[]
Pirates Online later added Trainers, which are NPC's who allow the pirate to 'retrain' any of their active skills (Not Potions, Fishing or Gambling) for a fee. Each use of this reset function on a particular skill will increase the price.
Trainers all work out of or near blacksmith shops.