Ships — Buying and selling

Ships can be bought from shipyards and Banks. A bank ship provides a furnished interior and storage; choose a shipyard vessel if you want to sail. Captured ships can also join your Fleet; see Fleet management.

Buying a ship

Vessel	Seller	Base price (gold)	Delivery	Requirement
Rowboat	Shipyard	4,000	Parts in your inventory	Launch from your pack beside water
Large Boat	Shipyard	8,000	Deed in your Fleet book	Bring the ship to the quay at its purchase port
Small Ship	Shipyard	100,000	Deed in your Fleet book	Bring the ship to the quay at its purchase port
Carrack	Shipyard	150,000	Deed in your Fleet book	Bring the ship to the quay at its purchase port
Large Galley	Shipyard	200,000	Deed in your Fleet book	Collect it from its purchase port; too large to moor at a quay
Bank ship (small)	Bank	100,000	Furnished interior with storage	Buy at a bank in a port town; one bank ship at a time
Large Ship (bank)	Bank	200,000	Furnished interior with storage	Buy at a bank in a port town; one bank ship at a time
Carrack (Admiralty)	Harbour board	120,000	Deed in your Fleet book	Commodore or higher; 20% below the Carrack's base price

Shipyards are found in coastal cities, towns and villages. Their asking prices depend on Mercantile and Personality. Bank prices are fixed. See Ships — Ship statistics to compare hulls, crews and armament, and Sea contracts and trade for Admiralty rewards.

Selling a ship

Vessel	Buyer	Valuation
Purchased shipyard vessel	Shipyard	Recorded purchase value, half the gold spent on refits and hull condition determine its worth before the trading offer
Captured vessel	Shipyard	Starts with a recorded value of one quarter of the hull's base price, then follows the same refit and condition rules
Bank ship (small)	Bank	85,000 gold
Large Ship (bank)	Bank	170,000 gold

Damage reduces a shipyard vessel's valuation to between 60% and 100% of its undamaged worth. Online shipyard offers are capped at half the lowest asking price.

Before selling at a shipyard, bring the vessel to that port, empty its hold and return any crew accompanying you ashore. Leave the helm and finish any combat; another player aboard also blocks the sale. Bank sales pay into your account. Ships brought into an online realm through customs can be kept, but cannot be sold there.

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