To launch the completed vessel you need to activate the dry dock a final time. Spend another 75 labor (in three phases) to complete the ship.Make up you fabric pack, carry it out to the dry dock and spend 25 labor applying it.Make up your iron pack, carry it out to the dry dock and spend 25 labor applying it.Make up your lumber pack, carry it out to the dry dock and spend 25 labor applying it.Surprisingly enough you can swim out to the dry dock carrying a trade pack - even an iron one. If your ship isn't complete by then, the dry dock can be attacked and destroyed - and you loose everything you've put into it.Įnsure you have ALL your construction materials (200 lumber, 100 iron ingots, 100 fabric, 10 gold and 250 labor) before you place the dry dock. Once placed the dry dock is protected for 2 days. If it doesn't want to place, try rotating it to run parallel to the shore (click once, then mouse wheel to rotate). Placement needs to be in fairly deep water near a crafting site with a smelter, a saw bench, loom and a shipyard workbench. That’s pretty much all there is to building a ship and getting started.Clipper Materials, 10 gold and 25 labor with you. “Pinch” repairs the rowboat, while “Spoonful” is crafted by an Alchemist with 10k proficiency and a “Handful” which is crafted by an alchemist with 20k proficiency. Depending on the size of the ship is which one you’ll need. If your ship is destroyed, you’ll need to get some Shatigon’s Sandglasses to fix it. Failing that, you’ll need to be prepared for sea piracy, which is a different subject in of itself. For larger more expensive ships you’ll want to have a crew ready to man the different cannons and harpoons. Once in your inventory, like the rowboat, you can just spawn it and ride it around as you wish. Again, other players can assist and will need to for the bigger boats. Materials will need to be brought in order and crafted as trade packs, then brought to the ship platform. Once enough materials have been walked to the boat, it’ll be finished, and you can then put it into your inventory. In that time, you’ll need to move materials to the platform (which any player can help with, similar to a house). Once the platform is built, it’ll have three days protection before anyone can just destroy it. Once you have the materials, build the platform anywhere near the sea. You’ll need the required materials to perform this task (for instance the Harpoon Clipper requires 10 Lumber and 10 Iron). The first step is to build the platform, which will need to be near the sea. Once you obtain the blueprint, you’re going to need to gather the materials to build your ship. These are sold for Gilda Stars / Nui’s Tears and available for purchase in Mirage Isle at either the Harani Docks or Nuian Docks. To build your ship, you’re going to need a blueprint. So long journeys in your rowboat should be done with caution. However, in open water, if any other ship comes by there is a great chance that they’re going to just smash your rowboat into the water and then you’re going to pretty much probably die. It also has an additional seat so you and someone else can ride. This rowboat is slow and only has space for a lantern, however, it can get you across lakes and small bodies of water with ease. You will receive a rowboat as a quest reward early on in the game during the starting quests. They can be equipped with cannons for navel combat (aka sea piracy), harpoons (to snag other ships), aqualungs (for underwater exploration), trade package slots (to trade between ports), crows nest / sextants (to have further vision), and areas to hold fish.ĭifferent ships also move at different speeds, which has to be a consideration since if you can outrun another ship (using a Merchant Ship) then you can sometimes avoid combat. Ships aren’t just about transporting trade packages. The world in ArcheAge is huge, so you need to be able to travel on the seas sometimes to either trade goods or move materials to build something. Ships are used to move goods from one port to another, either on the same continent or across continents. Let’s first get on with what a ship is, what its uses are, and why you’d want to build one (outside of being an awesome sea pirate) then move on to the actual process. The bad news is that ships can be resource intensive and may require the help of many other players. So you want to build a ship in ArcheAge? Well, the good news is that it’s not specifically too hard to accomplish and there are options to just buy a ship directly from a vendor for travel.

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