Skill over spam
Basic attacks support the combat system; they do not replace it. Aiming, positioning, cooldown and Energy discipline, dashing, repeatable air jumping, and reading enemy tells decide fights.
Roblox open-world action RPG · Game design document
Riftbound
Seas
A skill-driven ocean adventure where players master weapons and body-fused artifacts, chart dangerous seas, solve island mysteries, and build a legend through precision combat—not repetitive clicking.
Executive snapshot
The game at a glance
Riftbound Seas combines directed island stories with open-ended ocean exploration across two dimensions. The First Sea teaches the game, the Other Sea carries the level-1000–2000 saga, and infinitely extending optional waters remain the unpredictable expedition endgame.
26Handcrafted regions and hubs planned
2000Planned maximum level
25Authored combat rosters
5Sea danger tiers
Positioning: a Roblox anime-inspired ocean RPG with its own identity: artifacts instead of fruits, classes with unique resources, questlines that change by island, personal material drops, deterministic crafting and refits, earnable fixed-effect accessories, and combat centered on aim, dashes, tells, and punishable mistakes.
02 · Creative direction
Design pillars
Every island is different
Each island changes the activity structure: defense, fishing investigation, weather puzzles, traversal trials, maze navigation, infiltration, or siege—not endless “accept, defeat, repeat.”
The sea is a system
Travel is gameplay. Boats have handling and damage identity, weather alters decisions, sea creatures interrupt routes, and danger tiers create escalating risk and reward.
Power has a story
Artifacts, awakenings, fighting styles, classes, and rare equipment are tied to mastery, discoveries, puzzles, bosses, and world events—not only storefronts.
03 · Player experience
Core gameplay loop
A session should move naturally between directed goals and unexpected encounters. The player always returns with progression, knowledge, or a new route.
Choose a voyageStory lead, island quest, hunt, fishing target, or uncharted expedition.
Prepare a buildWeapon, gun, fighting style, artifact, class, boat, supplies, and home point.
Cross the seaNavigate weather, creatures, ships, currents, and changing danger levels.
Read the islandTalk to NPCs, investigate clues, locate shortcuts, and learn local mechanics.
Overcome a challengePrecision combat, puzzle, traversal, defense, infiltration, fishing, or boss phase.
Grow and redirectSpend stats, gain mastery, unlock moves, improve equipment, and select the next voyage.
04 · World structure
The known chart
Fifteen First Sea progression islands carry the opening saga continuously through level 1000, while Bobington occupies the exact center of the known First Sea chart as a permanent enemy-free town for services, dealers, and social play. Dawnport remains the starter island but now sits at Bobington’s former northwest position. Bobington’s plaza receives temporary decorations only during major seasonal celebrations such as Halloween and Christmas. Completing the cross-island quest The Erased Voyage, defeating its final boss, and earning the Void Totem opens the Horizon Gate into ten authored Other Sea regions spanning levels 1000–2000. Uncharted Sea Domains remain optional scaling voyages unlocked after level 500.
Coastal / authored progressionRestless & predator watersAbyssal dangerElevated islandPink route · permanent outer chart
Version 1.26 geographic swap: Bobington now occupies Dawnport’s former central-chart position, and Dawnport occupies Bobington’s former northwest position. A short safe-water route directly connects them. Only their world coordinates and connecting chart lines changed—Dawnport remains the level-1 starter region, while Bobington remains enemy-free and keeps every dealer, utility, seasonal socket, and social feature.
05 · Authored content
Island catalogue
Level bands are directional targets, not hard locks. Skilled players can travel ahead, but hostile sea routes and island mechanics create natural friction.
Dawnport
Suggested levels 1–12 · Safe harbor
The starter port introduces weapons, classes, home points, dealers, boats, aiming, the Energy bar, Q dashing, default double jumping, and the first faction threat.
Signature questline
Raid on Dawnport: defend harbor beacons, identify the breach route, then repel Dock Raiders.
Captain ElaraDock RaidersPowder RunnersRaider Boatswain elite
Whispering Atoll
Suggested levels 12–30 · Moonlit waters
A bioluminescent reef and fishing settlement where the mystery is solved through observation and rare catches rather than combat alone.
Signature questline
The Singing Current: read tidal clues and catch three fish from the Moonlit Current.
Reef StalkersCoral AdeptsPearl GuardianBoss: Nerissa
Ashen Crown
Suggested levels 30–50 · Volcanic forge
A scorched industrial island of storm-charged forges, weapon specialists, and corsair pressure.
Signature questline
Anvil of Thunder: wait for the correct weather and charge three storm sigils around the forge.
Cinder CorsairsAsh GunnersMagma EnforcerBoss: Pyrehand
Skyreach Bastion
Suggested levels 50–75 · Elevated island
A wind-carved bastion above the sea. Progress emphasizes aerial routes, timing, and traversal mastery.
Signature questline
The Sixfold Current: sail, launch, or glide through six suspended wind rings in order.
Gale SentinelsWind LancersTempest WardenBoss: Caelus
Frostveil Reach
Levels 75–130 · Frozen frontier
A broad snow-capped rock island with frozen ruins, pine groves, ice spires, an aurora crystal, fishing current, home point, dock, and Harbor Master Eira.
Planned signature questline
Whiteout Pilgrimage: navigate a blizzard using sound and crystal reflections; incorrect routes awaken frozen hunters.
Rime HuntersAurora ArcanistsGlacier KnightBoss: Skadi
Verdant Labyrinth
Levels 130–210 · Living jungle
A natural-rock island covered by jungle, maze walls, ancient trees, a waterfall, glowing heart, dock, home point, and Harbor Master Koa.
Planned signature questline
The Maze Remembers: change maze walls through deliberate puzzle controls outside combat, redirect water through aqueducts, and choose which overgrown district survives.
Rootbound WardensSpore AlchemistsThorn ColossusBoss: Oro
Bobington
Central First Sea · No enemies · No level requirement
A friendly brick-and-timber harbor town centered on a broad public plaza. Weapons are automatically sheathed, hostile abilities are disabled, and all players can use its dealers, utilities, crew spaces, and social areas without interrupting the level-1–1000 story.
Town purpose
Restock, repair, organize a crew, manage storage and loadouts, or relax around the fountain. The ordinary town has no rotating event activities; temporary Halloween or Christmas scenery appears only while those seasonal events are active. A room inside Mariner’s Rest contains a changing teaser for the next major update.
Safe zoneTwo dealersTown plazaNext Tide Room
Blacktide Citadel
Levels 210–320 · Cursed fortress
A basalt island dominated by a keep, four towers, siege walls, crimson banners, a cursed beacon, dock, home point, and Harbor Master Drax.
Planned signature questline
Break the Black Tide: infiltrate by sea, disable siege engines, impersonate an officer, then choose an assault route.
Blacktide SoldiersCurse BindersBlacktide OfficerBoss: Nocturne
Sableglass Expanse
Levels 320–380 · Tidal desert
A sun-blasted archipelago where the sea retreats at noon, exposing a buried city of mirrored canals, sand-sailing lanes, and glass ruins.
Signature questline
The City Beneath Noon: predict the tidal clock, align sun mirrors, and cross the exposed city before the ocean returns.
Dune CorsairsMirage SnipersGlassback ChampionBoss: Regent Sael
Ironwake Republic
Levels 380–440 · Moving shipyard city
A smoke-stacked freeport built across drydocks, cranes, rail ferries, and half-finished warships. Scheduled launches change optional travel routes only outside active combat, while a permanent central walkway always remains open.
Signature questline
The False Launch: inspect forged manifests, operate cranes, choose which vessel to save, and chase the conspirators along stable catwalks beside the launch lanes.
Rivet GuardsChainshot DeckhandsDreadnought MarshalBoss: Veyra
Starfall Sanctuary
Levels 440–500 · Celestial crater
A night-locked island of meteor cliffs, rotating observatories, gravity wells, and a crater lake whose constellations open physical paths.
Signature questline
The Broken Constellation: recover fallen stars, rotate three orreries, then redraw the missing constellation across the crater.
Crater SentinelsOrbit WeaversEclipse KnightBoss: Aster
Atlantis
Levels 500–600 · Sunken crystal city
A legendary ocean kingdom built across coral terraces, flooded plazas, air-sealed domes, temple canals, and luminous tide crystals. Predictable pressure cycles open submerged districts while permanent upper causeways keep navigation stable for every player.
Signature questline
The City That Breathes: recover three royal trident seals, restart the ancient tide gates, uncover why Atlantis sank, and decide who may awaken the Heart of Atlantis.
Coral SentinelsTidecallersGate WardenBoss: King Thalor
Stormscar Dominion
Levels 600–700 · Pirate storm citadel
A lawless pirate capital built from wrecked hulls, basalt cliffs, mast forests, cannon terraces, tavern warrens, and a grounded flagship used as a throne. Storm magic lives in black sails, thunder powder, harpoons, and charged broadsides—not modern electrical infrastructure.
Signature questline
The Flag Without a Captain: infiltrate three rival pirate wards, steal their cipher flags, expose Voltara’s rigged coronation, and redirect her final storm broadside away from the harbor.
Stormscar DeckhandsPowder CorsairsDominion First MateBoss: Storm Queen Voltara
Moonfall Monastery
Levels 700–800 · Lunar sanctuary
A silent monastery surrounding a fallen moon fragment, with bell towers, silver gardens, reflection pools, and combat trials synchronized to changing lunar rhythms.
Signature questline
The Seventh Bell: learn six honest bell tones, identify the forbidden seventh note, and decide whether the moon fragment should be sealed or awakened.
Lunar DisciplesEclipse ArchersMoonblade PriorBoss: Lunaris
Saltspire Freehold
Levels 800–900 · Vertical pirate vault-city
A pirate settlement carved into towering white salt cliffs, with hanging docks, rope elevators, wind-cut smuggler caves, suspended taverns, cliff cannons, and a legendary treasury above the clouds. Permanent stairs and lift backups prevent the vertical city from stranding players.
Signature questline
The Vault Above the Sea: recover four stolen lift counterweights, follow pirate trail marks through the salt mines, cross the hanging docks during a siege, and reach Kharon’s sky vault before the rival crews.
Saltblade RaidersRopeway GunnersFreehold ChampionBoss: High Captain Kharon
Riftheart Throne
Levels 900–1000 · Fractured royal seat
A monumental fixed-geometry citadel surrounding a contained rift core. Its chambers project alternate histories as illusions, but permanent floors, exits, and combat arenas never rearrange beneath players.
Signature questline
A Crown for No Timeline: recover five royal testimonies, expose the false history sustaining the throne, defeat Aevum, and use all fifteen Wake Sigils to reveal Admiral Vanta’s hidden Nullwake Vault.
Riftbound KnightsChrono CorsairsBoss: AevumFinal boss: Admiral Vanta
Uncharted Sea Domains
Optional scaling content · Unlocks at level 500
Temporary islands, leviathan nests, ghost ports, wreck fields, artifact vaults, and weather domains scale to the crew and remain separate from the authored level 500–2000 progression across both dimensions.
Design intent
Domains provide repeatable discoveries and side rewards, but no story chapter or level band requires them.
Optional voyagesScaling enemiesSpecial tradersTwo raid bosses
Island charts
These top-down production maps establish each island's districts, primary and secondary routes, docks, safe points, quest landmarks, NPCs, one-to-two dealer locations, gacha shrines, enemy camps, elite arenas, and boss spaces where applicable. Exact Roblox Studio scale remains subject to traversal playtesting.
Main quest routeStory NPCDealerEnemy campGacha shrineMajor encounterPuzzle or shrineHome pointTerrain hatchingRelief contoursSea currentNorth is up · scale bars are approximate production measurements
Endgame temporary-island pool
After level 500, crews may optionally sail beyond the stable chart to islands that rise for one server voyage and then sink, drift away, or collapse. These scaling expeditions are never required for the authored level 500–2000 story across either dimension. Each appears with a weather signature, remains for roughly 25–45 minutes after discovery, and broadcasts a five-minute departure warning so players can return to their ship.
Leviathan Graveyard
A rib-cage island built from ancient sea-beast remains. Crews climb bone arches, harvest armored plates, repel cultists, and open a marrow vault by aligning three fossil jaws.
Bone mazeRare fishing baitMace awakeningCultist elite
Glassstorm Cay
A sand island vitrified by constant lightning. Players rotate buried lenses, cross breakable glass shelves, and choose whether to ground or redirect the storm into an artifact chamber.
Thunder weatherSand awakeningGlass parkourLightning puzzle
Drowned Observatory
Only the tower roof remains above water. The main dungeon continues below the surface through flooded star halls, pressure locks, air pockets, and a rotating celestial mechanism. Astrid Vale can appear beside its broken chart room with the Rift Brace quest.
Astrid ValeUndersea dungeonDiving bellStar-map vault
Ghost Market
A neutral spectral port hosting Curator Zero’s improved Artifact Dealer stock and the Relic Crown Special Gacha. Pirate fleets may begin a timed siege, forcing visitors to defend the market or escape with their purchases.
Curator ZeroSpecial GachaPirate siegeSafe anchorage
Worldroot Isle
A living island unfolds from a giant seed. Roots create new bridges every few minutes while old routes sink, producing a changing co-op expedition with harvestable support materials.
Growing routesStag awakeningHealing floraRoot guardian
Clockwork Wreckyard
Dozens of fused pirate ships grind around a broken tidal engine. Crews stop moving crushers, salvage ship modules, and rebuild one vessel long enough to escape the island's collapse.
Ship salvagePepperbox partsMoving machineryEscape finale
Abyssal Shrine
A black-stone sanctuary rises only during a dead-calm sea event. Its ritual rooms extend underwater and culminate in a co-op seal puzzle guarded by Leviathan Cultists.
Void materialsPressure hazardsCo-op sealsRaid encounter
Rift Crown
A fractured island with four fixed landmasses whose temporary rift bridges change when the storm bell rings. At least two permanent safe routes remain open, and no terrain moves beneath players. Astrid Vale may appear between bridge cycles; players recover four compass shards, learn Rift Brace, and unlock the Drowned Navigator's domain.
Astrid ValeRift-bridge cyclesOptional raidLegendary charts
Empty Anchorage
A silent ring of anchored wrecks surrounds the intact black flagship The Hollow Meridian. Four brass chart pylons lead crews to Admiral Hollowwake’s fixed-deck raid arena; ships remain safely moored outside the combat boundary.
Other Sea onlyThree-phase raidNo summoned enemiesHollowwake Chart
Uncharted voyage structure
An Uncharted Domain is a self-contained 20–45 minute voyage assembled from a deterministic seed. It has a beginning, navigable middle, clear final objective, and safe extraction rather than becoming an endless chain of random rooms. Crews may leave after any completed sector and keep secured rewards.
Buy or recover a chartSelect a dimension, danger limit, reward clue, and expected voyage length.
Prepare the vesselChoose hull, repair stock, diving gear, bait, harpoons, and crew stations before departure.
Chart the sectorsReveal three to six connected sea, island, wreck, cave, or trench modules.
Secure discoveriesFinish objectives to bind materials, blueprints, lore, and dealer access to the voyage ledger.
Extract or escalateReturn through a safe rift or accept one clearly previewed optional finale for stronger rewards.
Generated sector library
| Sector module | Layout and identity | Primary objective | Optional escalation and rewards |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lantern Reef Danger I–III · Both dimensions | A broad crescent reef with three lighthouse islets, submerged arches, and a sheltered inner lagoon. | Relight the beacons in the order shown by migrating lantern rays, then escort a damaged sloop through the safe channel. | Follow the rays below the shelf to recover reef fiber, rare bait, a luminous figurehead pattern, and a sealed chart. |
| Sargasso Cathedral Danger II–III · Both dimensions | Interlocked wrecks and giant kelp form nave-like sailing lanes around a motionless central mast. | Cut marked vine anchors without severing the air hoses of trapped divers; tow two recoverable wrecks free. | Ring the wreck bell to face a fixed group of existing Wreckborn Reavers for salvage fittings and Ghost Carrack materials. |
| Powdergrave Shoals Danger I–III · First Dimension | Shallow sandbars hide half-sunken bomb ketches, powder trails, and narrow skiff routes. | Read hull markings, flood live magazines, and salvage the one vessel whose cargo is not trapped. | Light a visible fuse route to open a remote stone cache; rewards include Bomb Ketch parts, powderproof cloth, and Crowns. |
| Whale-Road Nursery Danger I–III · Both dimensions | A moving migration corridor marked by warm currents, floating grass, calves, and circling hunters. | Match sail speed to the herd, clear fishing nets, and drive predators away without striking a calf. | Tag the elder with a research harpoon for creature lore, beast-hunting mastery, medicinal oil, and a nursery chart. |
| Black-Sail Anchorage Danger II–IV · Both dimensions | A pirate repair harbor built across anchored hulks, rope bridges, drydock cages, and a concealed cliff tunnel. | Choose disguise, underwater infiltration, or a direct naval breach to steal the command ledger and release prisoners. | Challenge the resident captain aboard a fixed flagship deck for pirate reputation, historical weapon parts, and a ship blueprint. |
| Sunken Tribunal Danger II–IV · Both dimensions | Three flooded court halls descend around a dry central bell chamber with permanent air pockets. | Recover testimony tablets, compare physical evidence, and place the truthful account beneath the correct statue. | Open the sealed lower court for Riftmarks, artifact research, pressure fittings, and a chance to meet Astrid Vale. |
| Stormglass Labyrinth Danger III–IV · Other Sea preferred | Mirror-black sea lanes wind between fixed crystal cliffs; reflections show currents that the water surface hides. | Steer by wake direction, rotate three grounded lenses, and cross the maze without repeating a false lane. | Accept one faster lightning cycle to earn stormglass, advanced sail trim, and Thunder or Mirror awakening clues. |
| Bellwater Cloister Danger II–IV · Both dimensions | Low monastery ruins surround six tidal bells, underwater courtyards, and a windless anchorage. | Tune bell floats by visual pulse order while divers clear their chains below. | Sound the complete sequence to open an Echo-material vault and summon no enemies; the finale is a timed current puzzle. |
| Rift Orchard Danger III–IV · Other Sea | Rooted stone platforms hold luminous pods above a violet current, connected by fixed bridges and climbable roots. | Harvest stable pods by matching compass pulses while sealing volatile growths before they rupture. | Carry one unstable pod to extraction for greater Riftmarks and artifact materials, but it periodically marks a dodgeable hazard zone. |
| Horizon Scrapfield Danger IV · Other Sea only | Ship fragments from impossible headings drift around a stationary compass tower and several safe mooring rings. | Recover three log fragments, align the tower, and identify which wreck belongs to the crew’s dimension. | Board the false wreck for Other Sea fittings, mastery materials, rare charts, and Crownless lore; it contains no infinite add waves. |
Voyage modifiers
| Modifier | Change to play | Readable counter | Reward effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| King Tide | Lower paths flood on a visible three-minute cycle while upper routes remain permanently usable. | Tide marks, bells, and the chart show the next waterline. | Flooded rooms expose extra pearl and salvage nodes. |
| Dead Calm | Wind-powered ships lose speed unless crews row, tow, or activate marked current gates. | Flags droop before entry; every seed includes two current-gate routes. | Improves Echo, fishing, and shrine discoveries. |
| Crosswind | Strong lateral wind changes cannon aim and sail approach angles. | Cloud streamers and water streaks show direction continuously. | Grants extra sailing mastery and Gale materials. |
| Black Fog | Long-range sight is reduced, but silhouettes, wakes, lamps, and compass bearings remain visible. | Lookout stations extend range; no objective relies on color alone. | Raises ghost, smuggler, and hidden-dealer chances. |
| Hungry Water | Predators investigate noise from cannon fire, engines, and struggling swimmers instead of spawning directly on players. | A disturbance meter and widening wakes warn crews before contact. | Raises beast materials and rare fishing schools. |
| Rift Static | The compass briefly loses labels after pulses, but landmarks and the physical north needle remain reliable. | Five-second violet arcs precede every pulse. | Raises Riftmark and artifact-research yields. |
Deterministic and fair
The server stores the seed, route graph, completed sectors, secured loot, remaining finale, and departure time. Rejoining restores the same voyage when possible; otherwise the ledger grants secured rewards and opens a compensation chart.
Guaranteed recovery
Every seed contains a starting safe anchorage, at least one mid-voyage repair or air checkpoint, and an extraction route that does not require defeating the optional finale. Emergency departure returns the crew and owned ship to the nearest stable harbor.
Difficulty boundaries
One major modifier and up to two minor conditions may appear. Enemy level and objective tier lock when the chart opens; a stronger late joiner cannot silently raise them. First Dimension generation rejects every Danger IV module and modifier profile.
Generation rules: one biome, one traversal modifier, one combat faction, one puzzle grammar, and one reward focus are combined from compatible modules. A validator must prove that the route, recovery stop, finale bypass, and extraction are reachable before the seed opens. Temporary islands never delete inventory when they vanish; any player still inside is returned to the anchored ship or a stable harbor with secured rewards intact.
05A · Central First Sea social hub
Bobington
Bobington is a permanent neutral town placed at the exact center of the First Sea’s common sailing routes, in Dawnport’s former chart position. It has no enemies, boss arena, grinding field, gacha, or required story fight. Players come here to restock, organize, socialize, and see what may be coming in the next update. Outside major seasonal celebrations, the plaza remains a simple public square with no event booths, event quests, or event currency.
No enemies
Weapons visibly sheath at the harbor buoys, damaging abilities stop resolving, hostile projectiles despawn at the boundary, and enemy ships cannot acquire targets inside town waters. Duels require leaving Bobington.
Useful, not mandatory
Quartermaster Bea sells ordinary ship supplies; Provisioner Pip sells bait and travel provisions. Their fixed stock is convenient, but no exclusive combat power or progression key is sold here.
One-stop services
Storage, loadout presets, stat planning, crew management, boat repair, home-point binding, mailbox rewards, quest recap, photo mode, and matchmaking boards surround the plaza.
Bobington Plaza
A wide, uncluttered fountain square provides benches, crew-photo steps, chess and checkers tables, shaded trees, and open room for players to gather. Hidden attachment points are used only for major seasonal overlays.
Town services and locations
| Location | NPC or station | Function | Restrictions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bobington Dock | Harbor Master Nessa | Spawn, repair, recolor, recover, and safely despawn owned boats; bind Bobington as a home point. | Boats spawn beside the outer pier. Cannons and harpoons remain disabled inside the harbor buoys. |
| Supply House | Quartermaster Bea · money dealer | Sells Ship Repair Crate for 2,500 Crowns and Signal Flare Pack for 750 Crowns. | Repair Crates cannot be used while taking damage; flares are ordinary visual signals with no damage, stun, or blinding effect. |
| South Market Stall | Provisioner Pip · money dealer | Sells Bait Satchel for 400 Crowns and Travel Rations for 300 Crowns. | Rations restore health only outside combat and cannot stack with boss-instance healing rules. |
| Bank and Loadouts | Archivist Pella and wardrobe stations | Storage access, loadout presets, appearance preview, stat planning, and a confirmation-based Riftmark stat reset. | Equipment and stats cannot change during combat, queued PvP, active races, or encounter matchmaking. |
| Crew Hall | Registrar Bram | Create or manage crews, browse public parties, inspect voyage requirements, claim mail, and enter boss-replay matchmaking. | Matched fights occur in their original encounter spaces; Bobington itself remains combat-free. |
| Town Hall | Mayor Bington | Quest recap, newcomer guidance, patch-note archive, accessibility reminders, and restoration help for interrupted quest rewards. | No daily event board or rotating activities operate here outside a major seasonal celebration. |
Major seasonal plaza overlays
The plaza does not run weekly fairs, world-event rallies, update-launch ceremonies, or permanent event activities. It changes only for major calendar celebrations, then returns completely to its normal social-hub layout.
| Seasonal event | Limited activities | Temporary scenery | Reward policy |
|---|---|---|---|
| Halloween · Hallowtide | Ghost-story scavenger trail, costume photo challenge, haunted fishing requests, and a short cooperative lantern puzzle. | Pumpkins, fog pockets, harmless ghost ships beyond the harbor, candle lanterns, autumn leaves, and a temporary steward booth. | Earnable costumes, emotes, lantern skins, and ship decorations at clear deterministic prices; no paid random rolls. |
| Christmas · Winterwake | Gift-delivery route, snowball target range, missing-toy clues, group tree lighting, and seasonal fishing requests. | Snow cover, warm windows, wreaths, a decorated mast-tree, wrapped crates, bells, and a temporary steward booth. | Earnable winter clothing, emotes, figureheads, and cabin decorations; rewards remain claimable for the full published event window. |
Normal-state rule: when neither Hallowtide nor Winterwake is active, seasonal props, booths, NPCs, currencies, task markers, and reward prompts are completely absent. The fountain, benches, board games, dealers, and utility buildings remain available.
Mariner’s Rest · The Next Tide Room
Room placement
Enter Mariner’s Rest on the northeast side of the plaza, climb to the second floor, and interact with the brass anchor mounted beside the largest wall chart. The chart swings inward to reveal a small furnished room overlooking the fountain.
Update teaser display
The room contains a covered display plinth, miniature terrain table, pinned concept silhouettes, one looping ambient sound, and a short cryptic caption. The current launch teaser shows a black-violet doorway, a stormglass feather, a gold auction paddle, and the words: “The horizon has learned a new name.”
Refresh and archive
Each major update swaps the room’s props and caption through configuration rather than rebuilding the house. Old displays move into a dated scrapbook so discoveries are preserved without promising an unannounced release date.
Teaser-room rule: clues may suggest a biome, boss silhouette, weapon shape, ship, or story symbol, but the room never shows fake countdowns, false release dates, paid access, or guaranteed features that have not passed their production gate. The room is always free to enter.
05B · Level 1000–2000 expansion
The Other Sea · Second dimension
Beyond Riftheart Throne lies an ocean that reflects no familiar stars. The Other Sea is a complete authored dimension with ten permanent regions, its own sailing ambience, factions, mysteries, enemy ecology, bosses, and level-2000 ending. It is not a prestige reset: players keep levels, stats, equipment, mastery, classes, boats, currencies, and story choices when crossing dimensions.
The Void Totem
Complete The Erased Voyage across all fifteen First Sea islands and defeat Admiral Vanta at level 1000. Raising his guaranteed Void Totem summons a walkable portal into the Dimensional Rift; confirming the crossing there plays the transition cutscene and permanently unlocks the Other Sea. The quest is soloable but supports a full crew.
Two seas, one profile
Harbor gates allow free return after the first Other Sea home point is bound. Matchmaking, crews, inventory, bounty, and mastery persist; only dimension-local quest objects and encounters unload.
The Compass Beyond
Recover one permanent Bearing from each of the ten Other Sea regions, learn why the Crownless Armada cuts routes between worlds, and decide how the two existing seas should remain linked at Horizon's End.
Stable impossible ocean
Inverted waterfalls, false stars, and mirror tides are visual, scripted, or encounter-local. Permanent islands, docks, boss floors, and escape routes never move beneath active players.
Unstable rifts and dimensional travel
Rifts are tears in space that can appear throughout both dimensions. Naturally occurring rifts create unpredictable shortcuts and small adventures; the Void Totem creates a controlled portal whose only destination is the dimensional-crossing chamber. Both systems use server-approved anchors, so “random” never means inside terrain, beneath an active boss, beyond a player’s progression, or somewhere without a safe return.
| Rift type | How it appears | Possible destination | Rules and safeguards |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drift Rift Common world tear | The server selects one randomized eligible land anchor every 10–18 minutes. The tear remains for 4–6 minutes and is introduced indirectly with: “The horizon creases where no wind blows.” | A random safe arrival point on an already unlocked island in the current dimension, weighted away from the player’s present region. | Walking through commits immediately after a one-second threshold. It never bypasses a level gate, enters a boss room, deposits a player in enemy aggro, or crosses dimensions. |
| Trial Rift Uncommon challenge tear | May replace a Drift Rift after a violet pulse and three floating compass shards appear around it. | One small instanced combat, traversal, fishing, or puzzle pocket followed by a randomized eligible same-dimension exit. | Provides Crowns, mastery materials, or earned Riftmarks. A return tear remains until every participant leaves; failure returns the player safely with secured rewards. |
| Deep Rift Rare expedition tear | Appears only at marked sea platforms, reef shelves, or undersea air domes during high danger. Nearby compasses bend toward it before the tear becomes solid. | A random unlocked wreck, reef-cliff overlook, undersea chamber, or protected sea-event staging point. | Checks diving gear and boat state before entry. It never abandons a vessel, strands an unprepared player underwater, or sends anyone into an active event without an exit. |
| Void Portal Player-summoned gateway | An eligible level-1000 player raises the Void Totem during a 1.5-second interruptible channel. A black-violet doorway forms for 60 seconds. | The private Dimensional Rift staging chamber, followed by the Other Sea only after explicit confirmation. | Requires The Erased Voyage and the Void Totem. It cannot open during combat, inside dungeons, on moving ships, or near another portal; a 120-second cooldown begins only after a successful summon. |
Void Totem portal flow
1 · Summon the portalUse the Void Totem on safe ground. The server validates ownership, level, quest completion, clearance, and destination availability before the portal becomes walkable.
2 · Enter the Dimensional RiftWalking through places the player—not their unattended ship—in a calm instanced chamber between dimensions. A visible return tear leads back to the exact safe origin anchor.
3 · Confirm the crossingA centered prompt asks: “Enter the Second Dimension?” Choose Yes, cross the rift or Not yet. No option is preselected and the prompt never accepts itself.
4 · Cutscene and teleportYes reserves an Other Sea server, autosaves the profile, plays the crossing cutscene, then teleports the player to Wayfarer Quay—the protected arrival district inside Rookspire.
Confirmation message
ENTER THE SECOND DIMENSION?
Your First Sea position and progress will be saved. You will arrive at Rookspire’s protected Wayfarer Quay and can return after binding its home point.
Buttons: Yes, cross the rift · Not yet
Crossing cutscene
A 16–20 second sequence shows the player’s silhouette entering a torn horizon, fifteen Wake Sigils orbiting the Void Totem, Vanta’s compass line breaking, and an inverted ocean forming beneath the ship. It is subtitled, reduced-flash compatible, and skippable after the first complete viewing.
Teleport recovery
If server reservation, autosave, or teleport fails, the player remains in the Dimensional Rift with a clear retry button and working return tear. The Totem, cooldown, position checkpoint, and inventory are not consumed. A transfer token prevents duplicate arrivals.
Party crossing: crew members may follow the summoner into the staging chamber, but each player receives their own confirmation and must possess the Void Totem or permanent Other Sea Passage flag. Declining returns only that player; one person can never drag an unready crew through a teleport or unlock the dimension for them.
Chart of the Other Sea
Teal route · arrival arcViolet route · Crownless arcGold route · final BearingsFalse north points toward Horizon's End
Four-act story
Signals Beyond the Horizon
Players enter the occupied metropolis of Rookspire, stop signal pirates from steering new arrivals into its sea walls, and carry the true beacon code across its rooftops. The courier then crashes among the jungle islands of Wildwake Archipelago after an abandoned laboratory broadcasts a living imitation of the code. Recovering the stolen Bearing from the lab’s experiments opens the route toward Ivory Maw.
The Borrowed Horizon
The crew follows mirrored testimony into Shacklecloud’s sunlit False-Flag Carnival, where masked pirates buy stolen captain names, seals, and ship colors. Exposing the masquerade reveals that the Crownless Armada is not invading the First Sea—it is erasing legitimate crews, impersonating their vessels, and quietly taking control of every route home.
Crownless War
Inside the Bastion, players choose which rebel captain receives its fleet records, then descend into Pearlgrave to recover the drowned Bearing. The decision changes allies, dialogue, and naval support without deleting access to rewards.
The Last Line on the Map
Redwake forges the final compass housing, the Midnight Armada tests every route the player preserved, and Horizon's End reveals why Grand Admiral Eidon sealed the dimensions. Defeating him exposes Captain Malrick Vane, the living pirate mastermind behind the present-day Bearing thefts, who intends to seize the restored route and charge both seas for passage.
Permanent region catalogue
Rookspire
Levels 1000–1100 · Occupied stormglass metropolis
A vast walled port city rises in seven tiers around a green stormglass bay. Slate row houses, roof gardens, hanging markets, signal towers, rope trams, shipyards, plazas, canals, and the Crownmast Citadel create a dense urban region rather than a small cliff outpost. Wayfarer Quay is protected, but Corven’s forces patrol most streets above it.
Chapter · The Beacon That Hunts Ships
Rescue residents in Low Lantern Ward, expose false signals hidden among thousands of windows, cross the rooftop courier route, disable the city batteries, and defeat Commodore Corven at Crownmast Citadel before he turns the whole metropolis into a trap for Horizon Gate arrivals.
Seven city districtsRooftop routesEnemy patrolsCommodore Corven
Wildwake Archipelago
Levels 1100–1200 · Overgrown research islands
Seven steep jungle islands surround the abandoned Meridian Laboratory. Saltroot mangroves, kapok canopies, monsoon rivers, orchid cliffs, jaguar fernlands, cenote caves, pirate shrines, vine lifts, and flooded service tunnels create distinct routes. Trailhead Cay provides a protected dock and home point, while permanent stairs and cable ferries ensure every objective has a recoverable path.
Chapter · The Garden That Learned to Hunt
Track Rookspire’s missing courier through altered wildlife and counterfeit signal calls, restore the laboratory’s field stations, reconstruct the Meridian experiment logs, survive Apex Warden Koro, and stop Director Selka Voss from using the stolen Bearing to turn the archipelago into a living compass.
Monsoon jungleCenote divingPirate sun shrineAbandoned laboratory
Ivory Maw Atoll
Levels 1200–1300 · Fossil leviathan ring
A living settlement occupies the ribs and jaw of a colossal sea fossil. Bone lifts, harpoon rails, marrow caverns, and a sheltered inner lagoon support layered hunting routes.
Chapter · The Saint Who Hunts Bones
Track fresh wounds on a dead creature, discover poachers drilling its living marrow, disable four harpoon winches, and confront Harpoon Saint Garrick atop the fixed upper jaw.
Maw PoachersMarrow BeastsHarpoon Saint Garrick
Tidemirror Reach
Levels 1300–1400 · Twin-surface archipelago
Calm channels reflect ships that took routes the real vessel did not. Reflections forecast attacks and clues but never create invisible collision or fake walkable terrain.
Chapter · The Captain in the Water
Photograph four mismatched reflections, sail their predicted routes in reverse, identify the real lighthouse keeper, and duel Captain Ilyan while his mirrored tells expose the true strike.
Mirror DeckhandsRefraction DuelistsCaptain Ilyan
Shacklecloud Isles
Levels 1400–1500 · Sunlit false-flag carnival
Seven warm limestone keys curve around a brilliant lagoon like a broken shackle. White quarry dust hangs above the terraces like low clouds, while striped pavilions, mask shops, dueling courts, regatta docks, and thousands of stolen flags conceal the Other Sea’s largest pirate identity market.
Chapter · The Carnival of Stolen Names
Win entry tokens through skill games, trace counterfeit ship colors, infiltrate Captain Vargo Sorn’s masked regatta, recover the registry of erased crews, and expose the Crownless Armada’s false-flag network.
Masksail CorsairsCardshot DuelistsCaptain Vargo Sorn
Crownless Bastion
Levels 1500–1600 · Armada command citadel
A fortress made from nine captured flagships encircles a permanent stone keep. Ship decks create distinct wings, not moving public terrain.
Chapter · Nine Flags, No Crown
Steal signal books from three flagship wings, forge a surrender order, select one rebel captain to support, and break Regent Seraphine's command seal during a three-phase coup.
Crownless MarinesVerdict GunnersRegent Seraphine
Pearlgrave Trenches
Levels 1600–1700 · Drowned memorial shelf
Air domes, shell cliffs, grave-bell reefs, and pressure elevators descend through three authored depths. Every trench has lit return chains and rescue bells.
Chapter · Names Beneath Pressure
Recover names from five grave pearls, escort a diving bell through predator water, reconstruct the drowned crew manifest, and answer Oracle Nym's three pressure trials.
Grave DiversAbyssal MournersOracle Nym
Redwake Caldera
Levels 1700–1800 · Sail-forging volcano
Ancient shipwrights temper sails, chains, and compass housings in volcanic wind tunnels. Lava channels are bounded encounter hazards with permanent bridges.
Chapter · Forge a Sail for No Wind
Gather three heatproof fibers, steer furnace bellows with cannon recoil, protect the master mold from saboteurs, and defeat Furnace Captain Brakka before the final Bearing melts.
Redwake ForgersCinder BoardersCaptain Brakka
Armada of Midnight
Levels 1800–1900 · Nightbound fleet region
A city of anchored capital ships surrounds a moonless central sea. Ferries and boarding lines connect permanent deck districts while hostile patrol vessels create naval encounters.
Chapter · The Fleet That Never Made Port
Join one of three boarding plans, capture signal lanterns, rescue navigators erased from the fleet ledger, and defeat Fleet Admiral Oran across three fixed flagship decks.
Midnight MarinesNullwake NavigatorsFleet Admiral Oran
Horizon's End
Levels 1900–2000 · Edge-of-world lighthouse
A vast circular island surrounds the First Lighthouse, whose beam draws the apparent horizon. The docks, archive rings, Eidon’s compass court, the Horizon Bell deck, and every evacuation route remain fixed through both boss encounters and every ending.
Chapter · Where Every Map Stops
Place all ten Bearings, replay the routes preserved by earlier choices, survive Eidon’s judgment fleet, defeat the admiral at the Last Line, then stop Captain Malrick Vane from stealing the Horizon Compass aboard his hidden flagship, The Unwritten.
Last-Bearing KnightsHorizon ExecutorsPenultimate boss: EidonFinal boss: Malrick Vane
Dimension completion rule: every level band has an authored main chapter, four fixed-level enemy types, one boss, one home point, recoverable travel, and at least three activity types. No level-1000–2000 progress requires procedural domains, PvP, gacha rolls, or paid products.
05C · Other Sea arrival metropolis · Levels 1000–1100
Rookspire · The City of Ten Thousand Signals
Rookspire is a full-scale vertical city, not a small archipelago outpost. Seven connected districts climb from a protected immigrant harbor to Crownmast Citadel, with dense streets, occupied homes, roof routes, canals, plazas, rope trams, shipyards, and signal towers. Friendly residents still live behind defended courtyards while Corven’s pirates control the main roads, making the city feel inhabited and dangerous at the same time. Stormglass remains its signature building material rather than its name.
Seven urban districts
Each tier has its own skyline, materials, traversal rhythm, civilians, enemy composition, and shortcut network. Permanent stairs and alleys connect every level even when trams are unavailable.
Wayfarer Quay
The dimensional portal deposits players inside a fortified dock ward with a home point, boat service, inn, quest recovery, two dealers, the Other Sea’s Grand Exchange, and a clear view of the occupied city above.
Occupied, not abandoned
Pirate patrols guard intersections, rooftops, bridges, batteries, and customs gates. Civilians remain visible in protected interiors and retreat behind shutters when a nearby encounter begins.
Street or skyline
Players choose guarded avenues, canal boats, roof bridges, interior passages, or manually operated rope trams. No required route depends on perfect air-jump timing.
Detailed city map
Districts and gameplay
| District | Purpose and visual identity | Enemy presence | Unique gameplay |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wayfarer Quay Arrival tier | Fortified immigrant docks, green-glass customs hall, inn, home point, return gate, Grand Exchange, repair cranes, and a skyline overlook. | None inside the blue harbor line. | Dimension orientation, boat recovery, dealer access, trading tutorial, quest recap, and safe crew assembly. |
| Low Lantern Ward Levels 1000–1030 | Narrow row-house streets, laundry bridges, soup windows, tiny shrines, and shuttered courtyards beneath hundreds of hanging lamps. | Rookery Raiders at fixed street posts. | Rescue residents by matching door lantern codes, escorting no slow-follow NPCs; each correct door opens a permanent alley shortcut. |
| Glassmarket Levels 1020–1050 | A roofed bazaar of green-glass awnings, auction cages, spice boats, bird sellers, and connected interior shops. | Raiders on roads; Signal Muskets on balconies. | Identify false-beacon parts through vendor testimony, inspect cargo seals, and smuggle a true lens through optional stealth or direct combat. |
| Ropeworks Canal Levels 1030–1060 | Ship chandlers, pulley factories, canal locks, suspended rope coils, drydocks, and low tram machinery. | Signal Muskets and rotating Raider patrols. | Operate lock gates outside combat, ride short freight barges, and cut marked rigging to expose—not crush—enemy positions. |
| Old Rookery Levels 1040–1070 | The original hill town: crooked towers, slate stairs, rook nests, rooftop gardens, libraries, and bridge-houses. | Gale Falconers on roofs; Raiders at stair junctions. | Train the courier rook by reproducing a visual flag sequence across three roof courses with ground-level reset routes. |
| Aviary Courts Levels 1060–1080 | Grand bird courts, public baths, conservatories, mosaic plazas, and enclosed training mews. | Gale Falconers and paired Signal Muskets. | Track bird shadows, redirect harmless training perches, and distinguish Corven’s armored decoys from the true courier flock. |
| Highmast Terrace & Battery Row Levels 1070–1090 | Admiralty mansions, semaphore parks, barracks, cannon walls, and huge mast towers overlooking both seas. | Mastwatch Captains command mixed patrol groups. | Decode firing order from window shutters, sever command ropes, and turn three batteries seaward without changing public terrain. |
| Crownmast Citadel Level 1100 | A palace-fortress built around the city’s oldest living signal mast, with a fixed circular rooftop arena. | Commodore Corven and encounter-bound guards. | Two-phase boss battle using city flag language, trained-rook codes, permanent mast sockets, and stable escape lanes. |
City services and characters
| Location | NPC or station | Function | Safety rule |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wayfarer Quay | Harbor Master Orro | Spawns, repairs, recovers, and transfers eligible boats; binds the first Other Sea home point. | Boats spawn beside the outer quay and weapons unlock only after crossing the harbor chain. |
| Grand Exchange | Broker Tamsin and eight trade counters | Unlocks trading after the level-1000 Fair Exchange tutorial; provides Crown, Riftmark, and Special value ledgers, receipts, history, request controls, and scam reporting. | Trading functions only inside the Second Dimension. Bound items and currency balances cannot enter offers. |
| Tern & Talon Inn | Scout Mira Kest | Main chapter, district guidance, lost-object recovery, quest restart, and unlocked-shortcut recap. | The inn remains protected and cannot be entered by pursuing enemies. |
| Signalwright Workshop | Signalwright Ibis · money dealer | Sells a Stormglass Scope for 1,100,000 Crowns and a Signal Flare Bundle for 65,000 Crowns. | The scope is a cosmetic reticle-and-spyglass side-grade with no aim assist; flares deal no damage or stun. |
| Courier Loft | Rooftop Mentor Corra · quest dealer | Awards the Rookstep Mantle cosmetic after the player completes all three courier routes without missing a signal. | The mantle has no speed, jump, dash, or Energy advantage. |
| Compass House | Other Sea return gate | Returns eligible players to the First Sea, manages parties, and retries failed dimension transfers. | Cannot activate during combat, pursuit, active courier timing, or the Corven encounter. |
| Resident courtyards | Healer Nima and city residents | Dialogue, story clues, cosmetic restoration, and out-of-combat recovery. | Enemies stop at marked courtyard arches; players cannot attack outward through the protection boundary. |
Enemy locations and city pressure
| Enemy | Fixed level and health | Primary locations | Urban behavior |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rookery Raider | Level 1020 · 320,000–390,000 health | Low Lantern intersections, Glassmarket gates, Ropeworks bridges | Patrols in pairs, climbs only marked ladders, and cannot chase through resident courtyards or Wayfarer Quay. |
| Signal Musket | Level 1045 · 355,000–425,000 health | Glassmarket balconies, canal warehouses, Highmast windows | Uses visible colored panes to mark firing lanes and must relocate through real stairs after losing line of sight. |
| Gale Falconer | Level 1070 · 390,000–465,000 health | Old Rookery roofs, Aviary Courts, semaphore parks | Commands one readable bird path at a time and drops to street level if its perch is disabled. |
| Mastwatch Captain | Level 1090 · 900,000–1,080,000 health | Battery Row gates, Highmast plazas, Citadel approach | Signals nearby city patrols but cannot pull enemies across district boundaries or safe arches. |
| Commodore Corven | Level 1100 · 4,200,000 health | Crownmast Citadel rooftop arena | Uses two phases and the city’s established flag code; all batteries and hazards remain encounter-local. |
Chapter flow · The Beacon That Hunts Ships
1 · A city behind shuttersArrive at Wayfarer Quay, bind the home point, meet Mira Kest, and rescue six households by reading their lantern signals rather than defeating a required enemy count.
2 · Ten thousand false lightsQuestion Glassmarket witnesses, inspect seized cargo, and identify which three windows are projecting Corven’s false harbor approach.
3 · The rook roadTrain a courier rook across Old Rookery and Aviary Courts. Choose roofs, interior stairs, or trams; a fall returns the player to the latest perch without failing the chapter.
4 · Silence Battery RowRead the shutters, enter each battery through a different urban route, defeat its Mastwatch Captain, and install one true-code panel.
5 · Fly the true flagRaise all three panels at Crownmast Citadel and defeat Commodore Corven. The city remains populated and repeatable patrols stay available after the story.
City-state rule: completing the chapter changes banners, civilian dialogue, open doors, and friendly guard placement, but it does not erase progression enemies from the entire region. Repeatable hostile blocks remain clearly marked, while Wayfarer Quay, service interiors, resident courtyards, and the return gate are always safe.
05D · Jungle laboratory archipelago · Levels 1100–1200
Wildwake Archipelago · The Garden That Learned to Hunt
Wildwake Archipelago is a broad tropical island chain where saltwater mangroves, giant kapok canopies, monsoon rivers, orchid cliffs, fern valleys, cenote caves, and glowing night jungles have swallowed an abandoned research network. Seven main islands surround the Meridian Laboratory, whose researchers tried to grow organisms that could sense dimensional routes. Bright beaches hide cracked glasshouses, quarantine cages, specimen vaults, pirate shrines, cable ferries, waterfall caverns, and flooded service tunnels. Rogue researchers hired corsairs to guard the work, converted old lookout towers into field stations, and disguised laboratory cargo as ordinary trade.
Route choice
Crews sail between outer keys, cross canopy bridges through the center, or dive through short flooded tubes. Every elevated route has stairs, ladders, or a ferry fallback.
Read the evidence
Players compare numbered journals, specimen tags, broken signal plates, and plant reactions to identify what escaped and which records Director Voss altered.
Still operating
Automatic shutters, pressure pipes, sample conveyors, and decontamination sprayers continue their routines. They create puzzles and telegraphed hazards, never random unavoidable damage.
Koro and Voss
Apex Warden Koro is the elite field boss guarding containment. Director Selka Voss is the two-phase regional boss and transforms herself rather than summoning additional enemies.
Jungle biome districts
| Jungle district | Visual identity | Traversal and interaction | Discoveries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saltroot Mangroves | Arching red roots, shallow turquoise channels, hanging moss, mudflats, and half-swallowed pirate skiffs. | Navigate at high tide by boat or at low tide across root bridges; cut only marked snags so permanent paths remain intact. | Mangrove fish, Reef Fiber, smuggler caches, crab nurseries, and the first counterfeit signal repeater. |
| Kapok Crown | Colossal trees rise above the mist with layered treehouse platforms, orchids, rope ladders, and observation blinds. | Climb bark holds, swing from fixed vines, cross canopy bridges, or use the permanent cable ferry fallback. | Courier fragments, rare fruit, bird-call codes, canopy survey points, and the entrance to an old pirate lookout. |
| Monsoon Basin | A stepped river valley of waterfalls, broad leaves, slick stone, fallen trunks, and rain-filled terraces. | Ride a steerable log raft, open floodgates in sequence, and choose slower high-ground paths when the river surges. | Medicinal herbs, freshwater fish, drowned cargo, turbine parts, and a hidden field-station generator. |
| Orchid Cliffs | White limestone walls covered by giant flowers, bright butterflies, hanging pools, and narrow natural balconies. | Use pollen gusts as visible lift currents, cross flower platforms after they unfold, or take carved stairs around the cliff. | Antidote samples, luminous dye, glider routes, rare photographs, and one Black Chart landmark. |
| Jaguar Fernlands | Dense fern valleys, scratched trees, broken stone masks, warm springs, and trails that disappear beneath rain. | Track paw marks, disturbed insects, and bent foliage without fighting the animal; loud weapons make the trail harder to follow. | Nonlethal wildlife research, a shed-claw specimen, a rescued survey pack, and the route to a sealed shrine. |
| Cenote Underways | Blue sinkholes connect flooded limestone chambers, root curtains, air pockets, fossils, and laboratory pipes. | Dive through short marked tubes, manage ballast, restore air valves, and surface through dependable cave exits. | Specimen Glass, fossil records, underwater herbs, relic coins, and a shortcut beneath Quarantine Key. |
| Corsair Sun Court | A vine-covered pirate shrine surrounds a cracked sundial, carved sails, stone cannons, and buried captains’ offerings. | Rotate the sundial with reflected light, read flag carvings, and aim three inert stone cannons at the truthful horizon. | Historical pirate lore, Crown cache, weapon-finish pigment, a treasure chart, and Curator Ilex’s missing key. |
| Glassvine Exclusion | Laboratory glasshouses have fused with thorn vines, luminous fungi, brass irrigation pipes, and escaped experimental flowers. | Read numbered spray cycles, prune only marked growths, and redirect irrigation instead of burning the whole habitat. | Meridian Resin, experiment logs, rare seeds, filter recipes, and proof of Voss’s altered records. |
Detailed archipelago map
Islands, facilities, and gameplay
| Area | Visual identity | Enemy presence | Unique gameplay |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trailhead Cay Safe arrival | A white-sand harbor borders the Saltroot Mangroves, with expedition tents, a beached survey boat, supply crane, and signal mast aimed toward Rookspire. | None inside the buoy line. | Home binding, boat recovery, mangrove fishing, dealer access, journal reconstruction, and crew assembly. |
| Greenhouse Isle Levels 1110–1150 | The Glassvine Exclusion surrounds cracked domes beneath giant leaves, seed elevators, irrigation wheels, luminous fungi, and vines growing through specimen drawers. | Spore Riflemen guard the upper glasswalks. | Rotate irrigation valves to reveal safe pollen lanes, prune marked Glassvine stems, and match seeds to numbered research trays. |
| Kapok Canopy Station Levels 1100–1140 | Treehouse laboratories, fixed vine swings, rope bridges, observation blinds, and a broken courier tower crown colossal kapok trees above the mist. | Canopy Pursuers patrol marked bridges and platforms. | Complete canopy surveys, follow copied bird calls using matching flag shapes, repair the courier’s signal plate, and unlock a permanent vine lift. |
| Quarantine Key Levels 1140–1180 | Beach fences and a ruined field hospital divide the Jaguar Fernlands from a waterfall concealing Curator Ilex and the Corsair Sun Court key. | Quarantine Corsairs patrol outside the protected field station. | Track wildlife nonlethally, inspect cargo seals, mix an antidote from labeled samples, and choose which research records to preserve. |
| Monsoon Waterfall Annex Levels 1160–1190 | Rain-fed terraces descend through waterfalls into the Cenote Underways, turbine rooms, flooded service tunnels, mossy stairs, and clear air pockets. | Quarantine Corsairs hold the pumps; Riflemen cover bridges. | Run the river by raft, dive through marked cenotes, restore pressure in a visible order, and use waterwheels to reopen a fixed bridge. |
| Orchid Containment Isle Elite encounter | Orchid cliffs and hanging pools surround reinforced cages, snapped restraint rails, growth-measure walls, and a circular testing court. | Apex Warden Koro at level 1190. | Use pollen lifts to reach the court, read old measurement markings to predict Koro’s reach, and vent three pressure tanks without releasing enemies. |
| Corsair Sun Observatory Investigation | A vine-covered pirate court and cracked sundial sit beneath a high stone telescope, solar mirrors, courier wreckage, and panoramic archipelago views. | One fixed mixed patrol outside; the interior and Sun Court become safe after their clues are recovered. | Reconstruct pirate flags, aim three inert stone cannons, align the true Rookspire code, and trace the false broadcast back to Meridian Laboratory. |
| Meridian Laboratory Level 1200 | A vine-split concrete and brass complex with glass corridors, surgical rooms, specimen archives, and a fixed circular compass chamber. | Director Selka Voss; no endlessly spawning laboratory guards. | Two-phase boss fight using sample colors, valve order, manual aiming, and Voss’s self-transformation inside stable geometry. |
Jungle exploration and side activities
| Activity | Gameplay | Skill or puzzle | Rewards |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canopy survey | Reach three treetop blinds and photograph the same migrating bird from different heights. | Read branch movement, fixed vine anchors, wind direction, and the bird’s call-shape subtitles. | Exploration mastery, courier-code clues, rare feathers, and a permanent survey marker. |
| Monsoon river run | Steer a two-to-four-player log raft down the basin while recovering floating medicine crates. | Lean through bends, duck fallen trunks, choose split channels, and harpoon crates without stopping. | Sailing mastery, medicine supplies, Meridian Resin, and raft cosmetics. |
| Jaguar trail | Track a territorial jaguar to its den without attacking, trapping, or startling it. | Compare paw prints, scratches, disturbed insects, and downwind routes; loud attacks reset only the current clue. | Wildlife research, Meridian Resin, a camera pose, and the hidden Sun Court route. |
| Orchid bloom | During warm rain, carry pollen between three giant flowers and protect their pollinators. | Match petal patterns, ride visible updrafts, and avoid harmful Glassvine specimens. | Antidote herbs, luminous dye, rare seeds, and a temporary fruit-harvest increase. |
| Mangrove night fishing | Follow glowing insects into narrow root channels and cast beside breathing mud pools. | Control boat speed, listen for surface movement, and use bait appropriate to fresh or salt water. | Unique river fish, bait recipes, pearls, cooking ingredients, and Fisher mastery. |
| Corsair shrine hunt | Recover three carved flag pieces from wrecks and place them around the Sun Court. | Align the sundial, identify the honest flag, and manually aim the stone cannons at its horizon bearing. | Crowns, old pirate logs, a treasure chart, and weapon-finish pigment. |
| Cenote salvage dive | Descend through a blue hole, restore an air valve, and retrieve cargo without breaking specimen jars. | Adjust ballast, follow root-colored return markers, and time pressure-door cycles. | Specimen Glass, relic coins, dive mastery, fossil entries, and laboratory keys. |
| Field botany | Collect visible bark, leaf, fungus, and flower samples for Medic Osa’s antidote board. | Use journal sketches to avoid poisonous lookalikes; no random trial-and-error damage. | Tonics, filters, herbs, recipes, and optional lore about the laboratory’s spread. |
Weather and living-jungle states
Warm monsoon
Heavy rain fills basin channels, starts waterfalls, opens raft routes, lowers pollen, and makes stone paths slick. Raised walkways and ferries remain available.
Firefly tide
Color-safe glowing insects outline roots, hidden flowers, animal trails, and cave entrances. It reveals optional discoveries without removing daytime access.
Fruitfall
Wind shakes fruit from marked branches while birds and small animals cross the canopy. Players catch, gather, or protect food stores rather than defeat an enemy wave.
Glassvine bloom
Experimental flowers unfold along fixed plots and spray in numbered directions. Crews close irrigation valves and prune marked stems; the event never changes permanent terrain.
Jungle comfort rule: Wildwake has no hunger meter, random poison ticks, invisible quicksand, unavoidable insect swarms, or paths permanently closed by weather. Status buildup is visible, filters are earnable, dangerous plants telegraph before reacting, and every canopy, cave, and river route has a reliable fallback.
Characters and dealers
| Character | Location | Role or stock | Rule |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surveyor Tala Venn | Quarantine Key field station | Main chapter lead, journal board, experiment-log recovery, home-point guidance, and failed-quest restoration. | Her tent is protected; enemies stop at the striped quarantine arch. |
| Quartermaster Juno Pike Money dealer | Trailhead Cay supply crane | Grapnel Gun — 1,050,000 Crowns Field Filter Pack — 95,000 Crowns | The filter protects only against exploration pollen for one expedition and gives no combat resistance. |
| Curator Ilex Hidden quest dealer | Behind the Quarantine Key waterfall after restoring all six specimen tags | Awards the Meridian Field Compass, a wearable navigation tool that records restored stations without revealing undiscovered secrets. | One permanent quest reward; no combat statistics, Crown shortcut, random roll, or paid skip. |
| Field Medic Osa | Trailhead Cay and unlocked field stations | Out-of-combat healing, poison-status explanation, accessibility hints, and expedition reset. | Healing stations deactivate during pursuit and cannot be attacked through. |
Chapter flow · The Garden That Learned to Hunt
1 · The copied callRecover the courier’s broken signal plate and prove the archipelago is broadcasting a biological imitation of Rookspire’s code.
2 · Seven islands, six tagsUse boat channels, bridges, or waterfall tunnels to restore six specimen tags and assemble the laboratory’s real experiment order.
3 · Quarantine was a lieMix an antidote, compare the public manifest with Voss’s private journal, and learn that the Bearing was used to make living creatures sense rifts.
4 · The apex gateDefeat Koro by reading measurement walls and opening pressure valves; Koro is already in the arena and never calls reinforcements.
5 · Become the proofEnter Meridian Laboratory, disable the copied signal, and defeat Director Selka Voss after she transforms herself into her final experiment.
Completion state: cleared spores reveal cleaner skies, cable ferries begin running, and field stations become safe shortcuts. The laboratory remains abandoned and repeatable combat wings stay marked; no choice deletes dealer access, boss replay, the Bearing, or an earnable reward.
05E · Pirate masquerade archipelago · Levels 1400–1500
Shacklecloud Isles · The Carnival of Stolen Names
Shacklecloud Isles is a chain of seven sun-warmed limestone keys surrounding a turquoise lagoon. The islands resemble a broken shackle from above, while powder from their white-stone quarries hangs over the stepped streets like low clouds—giving the region its name without making it another storm biome. Captain Vargo Sorn hosts the permanent False-Flag Carnival, where pirates wear stolen uniforms, race ships under borrowed colors, and trade the names and seals of crews the Crownless Armada intends to erase.
A pirate city in costume
Striped sail pavilions, chalk terraces, carved masks, brass game wheels, dueling balconies, flag alleys, and regatta docks create a warm festival city instead of another ruined or weather-dominated island.
Parade routes and ferries
Permanent stone stairs, arched bridges, chain ferries, rooftop awnings, and short cannon-lift launches connect every district. Mobility shortcuts reward timing but never replace dependable walking and boat routes.
Skill games with evidence
Players earn entry tokens through aimed bottle shots, timed rigging races, flag-memory duels, and loaded-wheel deduction. Every game has readable rules and practice attempts; no required progress depends on random outcomes.
Names for sale
Sorn sells authentic captain seals and ship identities to Crownless buyers. The player must distinguish original flags from excellent counterfeits before an innocent fleet is officially erased.
Detailed island map
Districts and unique gameplay
| District | Identity | Enemy presence | Primary gameplay |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunwash Landing Safe arrival | A calm harbor of cream arcades, striped awnings, repair slips, registry boards, and a shaded home-point courtyard. | None inside the painted shell line. | Boat service, chapter recovery, dealer access, crew assembly, carnival tutorial, and a public board showing every game’s fixed reward. |
| Bunting Row Levels 1400–1440 | Narrow stepped streets disappear beneath thousands of flags, costume balconies, mask stalls, and laundry lines. | Masksail Corsairs patrol marked alleys. | Compare stitch direction, dye wear, and crest spacing to trace stolen uniforms; rooftop awnings offer an optional movement route. |
| Chalkstep Quarry Levels 1430–1470 | White terraces descend around block lifts, powder sheds, sculptors’ yards, and chain ferries. | Powder-Keg Saboteurs defend counterfeit-seal molds. | Redirect quarry carts, cut visible fuse lines, and stamp wax impressions without detonating evidence or changing the terrain. |
| Brasswheel Midway Challenge district | A permanent pirate fair fills a broad plaza with aimed bottle galleries, rigging races, dueling circles, and enormous mechanical game wheels. | Neutral attendants; Cardshot Duelists appear only in declared challenge rings. | Earn deterministic entry tokens through accuracy, timing, memory, and duels. Practice is free, and losses never consume story evidence. |
| False-Flag Marina Levels 1440–1480 | Bright racing yachts sit beneath flag gantries, dry docks, sail-dye vats, and viewing terraces. | Cardshot Duelists guard the qualifying docks. | Enter a fixed-course regatta, choose the correct flags at checkpoint gates, and disable illegal rudder tricks with aimed shots. |
| Ledger House Levels 1470–1490 | A marble counting house stores captain seals, manifests, ship portraits, costume ledgers, and brass identity plates. | Gilded Enforcers guard its three archive floors. | Cross-reference portraits, signatures, and wax fractures to restore erased crews. Text, shape, and symbol clues always duplicate color information. |
| Grand Masque Pavilion Level 1500 | A fixed circular theater overlooks the lagoon, with numbered floor medallions, flag standards, curtain lines, and Sorn’s central dueling dais. | Captain Vargo Sorn only; no reinforcements. | Three-phase boss using established stage props and readable game rules. The floor, exits, sightlines, and safe outer arcade never move. |
Characters, dealers, and services
| Character | Location | Role or stock | Rule |
|---|---|---|---|
| Registrar Pryn Vale | Sunwash registry arcade | Main chapter lead, stolen-identity ledger, home-point guidance, evidence recap, and interrupted-objective recovery. | The arcade is protected, and enemies stop at the painted shell line. |
| Harbor Master Cask | Sunwash east pier | Spawns, repairs, recovers, and moors boats beside the outer dock; also registers crews for the fixed-course regatta. | Boats spawn to the side of the dock and never inside a race lane or another vessel. |
| Gunsmith Moss Tallow Money dealer | Bunting Row gallery | Boarding Carbine — 1,400,000 Crowns Blank-Fire Practice Kit — 85,000 Crowns | The reusable practice kit activates carnival targets outside combat and grants no damage, aim assist, currency multiplier, or PvP advantage. |
| Maskmaker Edda Quill Hidden quest dealer | Ledger House attic behind the portrait whose wax seal does not match | Awards the Unmasked Captain Coat cosmetic for restoring four erased captains to the public registry. | One permanent cosmetic reward; no Crown shortcut, random roll, disguise power, or combat statistic. |
Chapter flow · The Carnival of Stolen Names
1 · Wear no borrowed nameMeet Registrar Pryn Vale, bind Sunwash Landing, and learn that the carnival’s guest list contains crews officially declared dead while still sailing.
2 · Win the invitationEarn three entry tokens from an aimed gallery, a timed rigging course, and a flag-memory duel; each challenge has fixed targets and unlimited practice.
3 · Follow the false colorsTrace mismatched stitching through Bunting Row, recover a seal mold from Chalkstep Quarry, and identify the yacht wearing a living captain’s flag.
4 · Race under your own flagEnter the False-Flag Regatta, pass symbol-marked checkpoints, expose the rigged leader, and board Sorn’s records launch without sinking it.
5 · Give the names backCross-reference four portraits, signatures, and cracked seals inside Ledger House, then raise three authentic standards to open the Grand Masque Pavilion.
6 · Unmask the hostDefeat Captain Vargo Sorn on the fixed dueling dais, publish the stolen registry, and recover the True Flag Bearing.
Carnival events and completion state
Grand mask parade
NPC crews march a published route through Bunting Row. Players identify three stolen uniforms from stitch and crest clues, then return them without fighting the neutral performers.
Brasswheel exhibition
The Midway opens a cooperative sequence of aimed targets, rope timing, and memory plates. Its reward threshold is displayed before entry and never changes during the round.
Moonlit regatta
Crews race a fixed lagoon circuit beneath lantern buoys, choosing flag gates and using ship handling rather than combat. Loaner sloops keep the event equally accessible.
Completion state: defeating Sorn removes counterfeit banners in a cutscene outside gameplay space while the seven islands, bridges, ferries, enemy districts, and pavilion remain intact. Restored captain names appear on the Sunwash registry, neutral crews return to their real colors, and the True Flag Bearing saves immediately as the fifth Compass Beyond checkpoint.
Shared-world safety: Shacklecloud has no storm cycle, lightning hazard, moving island, disappearing bridge, forced launch, or public-terrain transformation. Race gates and festival props occupy reserved lanes, every clue has non-color and non-audio support, and Captain Sorn summons no enemies.
06 · Action systems
Combat built around intent
Every offensive choice has an aim requirement, range, cooldown, Energy cost, commitment, or setup condition. Repeated basic attacks become predictable and punishable, while movement freedom is limited by one visible shared Energy bar rather than arbitrary jump or dash counts.
Neutral game
- Camera-aimed attacks and projectiles
- Q ground or air dash with collision checks and no invulnerability
- Default double jump, followed by additional air jumps while Energy remains
- Spacing, approach angles, and environmental cover
Defense and counters
- Timed guard and separate Guard Stamina
- Near-miss dash rewards by class, earned only by physically clearing a hitbox
- Attack tells and interrupt windows
- Recovery frames on missed heavy attacks
Anti-spam rules
- Diminishing hit-stun on repeated strings
- Short basic-attack chains with end lag
- Enemies reposition instead of standing still
- Power moves require mastery, cooldown, and Energy planning
Energy, dashing, and air jumping
Core rule: every player begins with 100 maximum Energy. The first jump from the ground is free. Pressing Jump in the air performs an Air Jump for 14 Energy, so every full bar guarantees the default double jump and permits further air jumps until Energy is depleted. Q performs the same 18-Energy aimed Dash on the ground or in the air. Neither action has a fixed use count; Energy, short action recovery, collision, and player aim are the limits.
| Action | Default cost | Behavior | Available at zero Energy? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ground jump | 0 | Normal Roblox jump from valid ground, deck, platform, or climb exit. | Yes |
| Air Jump | 14 Energy | Upward burst preserving horizontal momentum. Repeatable without a hard count while airborne and sufficiently charged. | No |
| Q Dash | 18 Energy | Camera-and-movement-directed ground or aerial burst. Direction locks after startup; the player remains vulnerable for the entire dash, and each dash has 0.30 seconds of recovery before another movement action. | No |
| Mobility mastery attack | 10–25 Energy | Only moves explicitly marked with the Energy crest consume it; their normal cooldown and whiff recovery still apply. | No |
| Heavy or ultimate attack | 25–40 Energy | Selected high-impact attacks use Energy when mobility or sustained pressure is part of their power budget. Most attacks remain cooldown-only. | No |
| Basic combo, block, and parry | 0 Energy | Core defense remains available when exhausted; Block continues to use its separate guard-stamina meter. | Yes |
Regeneration
After 1.25 seconds without spending Energy, grounded players recover 20 Energy per second. Energy does not regenerate while airborne, dashing, using an Energy attack, in hit-stun, or actively holding Block. Landing begins the normal delay rather than instantly refilling the bar.
Exhaustion
At zero Energy, the bar empties with a brief low pulse and movement abilities refuse cleanly without consuming input buffers. The player can still walk, ground-jump, use basic attacks, block, and parry. Regeneration begins after the normal delay; there is no extra exhaustion debuff.
HUD and authority
The Energy bar sits beside Health below the central class-resource meter, shows exact cost previews on hover or touch, and flashes the remaining segment before an action. The server validates current Energy, spend time, ground state, and movement result; the client predicts only responsive visuals.
Mobility anti-spam: dashes grant no invulnerability at any point. They cannot cancel committed attacks for free, ignore walls, or erase landing recovery. A “perfect dash” or near-miss reward triggers only when the player physically moves completely outside an attack hitbox before it becomes active; it never negates a connecting hit. Air jumps create a visible wind ring and sound at the player’s true position, making long aerial routes trackable in PvP. Energy cannot be purchased, refilled with Robux, or multiplied by a gamepass.
Stable arenas and shared-world safety
Fixed-floor rule: combat abilities never move permanent island terrain, docks, home points, dealers, exits, or the entire boss arena. A fight may add a short-lived lane, field, projectile, destructible prop, or visual illusion, but the navigable floor and its landmarks remain stable. Large world changes belong to clearly announced exploration puzzles or isolated voyage domains—not public combat abilities.
Encounter channel
Boss hazards, temporary collision, and interactable mechanics affect only players registered to that encounter. Bystanders, nearby quests, and a second group fighting elsewhere never inherit Veyra’s cannons, Aster’s gravity, or another party’s puzzle state.
Change budget
Only one temporary arena mechanic may alter movement at a time. It lasts at most 8–12 seconds, preserves a clearly marked safe route, and never teleports players, rotates their camera, replaces controls, or removes the ground beneath them.
Reset and readability
Temporary props dissolve immediately when their mechanic ends or the encounter resets. Telegraphs use floor markings, lights, sound, and fixed landmarks so every player sees the same solution without learning a newly rearranged map mid-fight.
Aggro radius and enemy pursuit
Aggro radius is the invisible area around an enemy’s home position that controls whether it notices, chases, and attacks a player. Entering the normal radius alerts the enemy. Damaging it expands that radius, preventing players from safely sniping enemies from just outside their normal detection range.
IdleEnemy stands at its home position and scans its normal aggro radius.
AlertAn eligible player enters the radius; the enemy turns, signals, and chooses a path.
PursueEnemy chases and uses attacks whenever range, aim, and cooldown rules allow.
Enraged radiusTaking player damage temporarily expands its pursuit boundary.
Stand downTarget leaves the active radius; the enemy immediately stops and stands still.
| Enemy category | Normal aggro radius | Radius after being attacked | Vertical limit | Behavior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard melee | 55 studs | 90 studs | 30 studs | Closes distance using valid ground routes and attacks only after facing the target. |
| Standard ranged or caster | 70 studs | 110 studs | 40 studs | Seeks a readable firing position, preserves minimum spacing, and cannot fire through solid cover. |
| Elite | 85 studs | 130 studs | 50 studs | May signal nearby members of the same encounter group but cannot pull unrelated camps. |
| Underwater hunter | 65 studs | 105 studs | 65 studs | Uses full three-dimensional distance and stops at pressure, air-cave, and safe-shelf boundaries. |
| Boss | Encounter arena | Encounter arena | Arena-specific | Bosses engage after the entrance trigger and use sealed arena boundaries instead of open-world pursuit. |
Expanded radius
Any valid player hit immediately changes the enemy from its normal radius to the larger attacked radius for 12 seconds. Further damage refreshes the timer. The larger radius is centered on the enemy’s home anchor, not its moving body, so it cannot chase across the whole island.
Leaving the radius
As soon as the current target crosses outside the active radius, the enemy cancels new attacks, stops moving, and stands still at the boundary. It keeps facing the last known position for three seconds, giving the player clear confirmation that the chase ended.
Reset
If no eligible player re-enters during the three-second stand-down, the enemy walks back to its home position, restores its normal aggro radius, clears temporary effects, and regenerates to full health over five seconds after arriving.
Target selection
Enemies prefer reachable players inside the active radius. Recent damage creates the most threat, followed by healing an engaged target and close proximity. Target changes have a short cooldown so enemies do not spin between players.
Safe boundaries
Enemies never cross home points, dealer areas, gacha spaces, harbor spawn protection, closed quest gates, or unrelated boss arenas. Attacks end at the boundary instead of reaching through it.
Readable alert
No large message appears. The enemy raises its weapon, turns toward the target, plays a short voice or sound cue, and changes its nameplate state. Returning to idle lowers the weapon and restores the normal stance.
Aggro-radius rule: detection distance is not attack distance. An alerted enemy still needs line of sight, a valid path, correct facing, attack range, and an available cooldown before it can deal damage.
Anti-exploit rule: damage dealt from outside the normal radius still activates the expanded radius. Players receive no mastery, loot, quest credit, or Technique EXP from an enemy that cannot find a valid path to them for five continuous seconds; the enemy stands down and resets instead.
Weapon families
| Family | Current examples | Combat identity |
|---|---|---|
| Swords & melee weapons | 21 swords plus the Iron Mace | Measured strings, crushing attacks, reach control, precise punishes, PvE specializations, and duel tools. |
| Historical guns | 20 guns using black powder, clockwork, harpoons, or artifact-era mechanisms | Manual aim, strong individual shots, ammunition choices, and visible reload commitment. No modern firearms. |
| Fighting styles | Combat starter baseline plus 12 advanced styles for duels, hunts, grinding, quests, diving, ship defense, and general combat | Combat teaches blocking, counters, tackles, and honest spacing; advanced styles add specialized mobility, pressure, grapples, feints, weak-point play, and utility. |
| Artifacts | 30 body-fused artifacts | Movement, space control, defense, support, crafting, exploration, hunting, or burst potential. |
Example sword mastery path
Z
Crescent DrawFast aimed cut
M10X
Riptide RushCommitted gap closer
M30C
SkybreakerVertical anti-air strike
M60V
Sovereign DivideLong-cooldown finisher
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Moveset library
Every launch weapon, fighting style, artifact, class, and mobility technique has a distinct combat job. The current prototype shares several category moves; the production kits below are the target replacements. Unless stated otherwise, Z unlocks at mastery 10, X at 30, C at 60, and V at 100.
Input philosophy: LMB starts a short, punishable basic chain—not the entire game plan. Techniques require camera aim, spacing, resource control, or a successful read. Missed heavy moves have recovery; repeated hit-stun decays; movement and defensive timing create openings.
Shared combat fundamentals: every sword, melee weapon, and fighting style uses its named LMB chain as a Basic Combo; body-fused artifacts gain a three-hit, power-themed Basic Combo that applies no free status effect. Hold F to Block frontal damage at a Guard Stamina cost, or tap F during the short impact window to Parry. Press R to begin a four-beat Guard Break: three small, individually aimed setup blows build guard pressure before a slow fourth blow breaks the guard and knocks the defender backward. Each beat requires another timed R input; missing, being parried, taking a hit, or waiting too long cancels the sequence. The finisher never tracks, has clear startup and punishable recovery, and still causes shorter knockback against an unguarded target. Guns retain R for Reload and instead use F for one Gun Butt or Pistol Whip quick-melee strike. These fundamentals are available at mastery 0 and cannot loop permanent hit-stun.
| Core action | Timing and cooldown | Failure or interruption rule |
|---|---|---|
| Block · Hold F | 0.20s raise startup; Block can be held for up to 3.5s and has a 15s cooldown beginning when raised. Guard Stamina drains while absorbing attacks. | Releasing Block or losing all Guard Stamina lowers it immediately, and it cannot be raised again until the 15s cooldown finishes. Block is unavailable during attack commitment, hit-stun, or dash recovery. |
| Parry · Tap F | 0.16s active window with a 20s cooldown beginning on input. | A miss causes 0.75s recovery and leaves the player open. A successful parry staggers only the attacker that actually connected and never refreshes the cooldown. |
| Guard Break · R | Four timed inputs over no more than 2.4s with a 25s cooldown beginning on the first input. | A miss, parry, hit, late input, dodge, or weapon swap cancels the remaining blows but does not refund the cooldown. The fourth hit breaks an active guard and applies strong knockback. |
| Gun Butt / Pistol Whip · F | One short close-range strike with a 5s cooldown. | It cannot parry, reload, or chain into itself; missing leaves 0.6s recovery. |
Swords & melee weapons
Cutlass
A flexible sailor's weapon for controlling medium range and punishing a missed attack.
Core actions · Mastery 0LMB Basic ComboHold F Block · 15s cooldownTap F Parry · 20s cooldownR Guard Break · 25s cooldown
Price: 200 Crowns from Mara Flint in Dawnport.
LMB
Deckhand ChainFour aimed cuts; the final cut pushes away and has punishable end lag.
BaseZ
Crescent DrawFast horizontal wave cut used to punish sidesteps.
M10 · 5sX
Riptide RushCommitted dash-thrust that stops on a miss, wall, or clean hit.
M30 · 8s · 18 EnergyC
SkybreakerRising anti-air slash; launches only on a well-centered hit.
M60 · 13sV
Sovereign DivideTelegraphed long-line finisher that rewards prediction, not tracking.
M100 · 22s · 35 EnergyKatana
A precision weapon built around measured draws, aerial reads, and a counter that can be baited.
Core actions · Mastery 0LMB Basic ComboHold F Block · 15s cooldownTap F Parry · 20s cooldownR Guard Break · 25s cooldown
LMB
Sheathed RhythmThree deliberate cuts; a short reset before attacking improves the next draw.
BaseZ
Iaido FlashQuick line slash with narrow width and excellent punish speed.
M10 · 5.5sX
Falling PetalAimed air-step into a descending cross-cut; direction locks on use.
M30 · 8.5s · 20 EnergyC
Storm SheathBrief counter stance; success returns a precise slash, failure leaves recovery.
M60 · 13sV
Moon-SplitterTwo-stage ultimate: place the line, then time the draw as the target crosses it.
M100 · 24sRapier
A duelist's blade with the longest precise thrusts, low crowd control, and strong rewards for reading one opponent.
Core actions · Mastery 0LMB Basic ComboHold F Block · 15s cooldownTap F Parry · 20s cooldownR Guard Break · 25s cooldown
LMB
Point LineThree narrow thrusts; lateral movement easily avoids careless chaining.
BaseZ
NeedlepointFast aimed lunge that deals bonus guard pressure at maximum range.
M10 · 4.5sX
Passé StepSide-step an attack line, then choose whether to commit to the return thrust.
M30 · 7sC
Riposte SealBrief parry paints a mark; strike that mark to stagger the attacker.
M60 · 12sV
Hundredth MarkPlace three visible weak points, then attempt one manually aimed finishing thrust.
M100 · 23sIron Mace
A heavy flanged mace for crushing armor, breaking guards, and punishing enemies who refuse to reposition.
Core actions · Mastery 0LMB Basic ComboHold F Block · 15s cooldownTap F Parry · 20s cooldownR Guard Break · 25s cooldown
LMB
Weighted PairTwo broad swings with medium reach, slow startup, and substantial recovery.
BaseZ
HullcrusherVertical smash that sends a short ground fracture through guarding targets.
M10 · 6sX
Iron WakeDrag the mace through a chosen arc, knocking enemies sideways rather than forward.
M30 · 9sC
Breakwater GuardBrace the mace shaft to resist one frontal impact, then release stored force.
M60 · 15sV
Atlas FallCharge and crush a warned circle; damage peaks only near the mace head.
M100 · 26sTwin Sabers
Two light blades built around crossing angles and short repositioning bursts—not extended button-lock combos.
Core actions · Mastery 0LMB Basic ComboHold F Block · 15s cooldownTap F Parry · 20s cooldownR Guard Break · 25s cooldown
LMB
Alternating EdgeFour compact cuts; changing movement direction between hits improves reach.
BaseZ
Scissor GaleTwo intersecting slashes meet at the player's chosen point.
M10 · 5sX
Crossing StepDash diagonally and cut across the previous path; neither segment tracks.
M30 · 7.5sC
Compass StormChoose one of four directional rushes, revealed by the opening stance.
M60 · 13sV
Eight-Way RequiemDraw eight attack lanes around an area; only crossed lines strike.
M100 · 25sCursed Blade
A dangerous relic that builds Blood Debt through abilities; reckless use weakens healing and exposes the wielder.
Core actions · Mastery 0LMB Basic ComboHold F Block · 15s cooldownTap F Parry · 20s cooldownR Guard Break · 25s cooldown
LMB
Oath CutsThree heavy slashes; the third spends a small amount of accumulated Debt.
BaseZ
Dread ArcLaunch a dark crescent that grows wider but slower with current Debt.
M10 · 5.5sX
Shade MooringAnchor a shadow, then pull yourself back to it once before expiration.
M30 · 9sC
Debt CollectorCounter a close strike to clear Debt; failure adds Debt and recovery.
M60 · 15sV
Eclipse OathSpend all Debt on a telegraphed black blade; high Debt also drains the user.
M100 · 29sLongsword
A reliable questing sword with balanced reach, defense, and punish tools.
Core actions · Mastery 0LMB Basic ComboHold F Block · 15s cooldownTap F Parry · 20s cooldownR Guard Break · 25s cooldown
LMB
Crown ChainThree measured cuts with a direction-locked finisher.
BaseZ
Measure CutStep exactly one weapon length and cut the aimed line.
M10 · 5sX
Half-Sword AdvanceShort armored approach with reduced damage but high guard pressure.
M30 · 8sC
Crossguard WardBrief frontal catch followed by an optional shove.
M60 · 13sV
King's RoadThree announced attack lanes open in sequence along a straight path.
M100 · 24sClaymore
A broad PvE sword for clearing groups; slow recovery prevents it from dominating duels.
Core actions · Mastery 0LMB Basic ComboHold F Block · 15s cooldownTap F Parry · 20s cooldownR Guard Break · 25s cooldown
LMB
Cleaving PairTwo wide swings that lose damage after the third target.
BaseZ
Quarry SweepLow arc knocks minor enemies outward for regrouping.
M10 · 6sX
Shoulder RushShort committed charge ending in a vertical cut.
M30 · 9sC
Stone CircleOne grounded spin with high crowd stagger and long whiff recovery.
M60 · 15sV
MountainfallOverhead impact sends four readable fractures through a mob pack.
M100 · 27sNodachi
Exceptional reach and weak-point damage with long startup and strict spacing.
Core actions · Mastery 0LMB Basic ComboHold F Block · 15s cooldownTap F Parry · 20s cooldownR Guard Break · 25s cooldown
LMB
Long RhythmTwo extended cuts; close targets can move inside the ideal edge.
BaseZ
Horizon DrawNarrow draw slash dealing bonus damage at maximum reach.
M10 · 6sX
Crane StepDiagonal retreat followed by an aimed return cut.
M30 · 9sC
Falling MoonDelayed descending strike that targets large-enemy armor seams.
M60 · 15sV
Dawn SeverCharge one enormous horizontal line; movement locks during release.
M100 · 28sScimitar
Curved cuts and lateral footwork for fighting around hazards and groups.
Core actions · Mastery 0LMB Basic ComboHold F Block · 15s cooldownTap F Parry · 20s cooldownR Guard Break · 25s cooldown
LMB
Curved DanceThree arcing cuts that preserve sideways movement.
BaseZ
Sand CrescentCurving projectile follows the initial aim, not the target.
M10 · 5sX
Dune SlipLow lateral slide with a chosen exit cut.
M30 · 7sC
Whirling GuardDeflects one light projectile while repositioning.
M60 · 13sV
Mirage CaravanCross four selected waypoints, cutting only along traveled lines.
M100 · 25sEstoc
A narrow thrusting sword specialized against elites, armor plates, and guarded players.
Core actions · Mastery 0LMB Basic ComboHold F Block · 15s cooldownTap F Parry · 20s cooldownR Guard Break · 25s cooldown
LMB
Needle ChainThree linear thrusts with almost no side coverage.
BaseZ
Plate SeekerPrecise thrust adds one armor-fracture mark to a weak point.
M10 · 5sX
Line BreakAdvance through one light guard and stop immediately afterward.
M30 · 8sC
Pommel BreakShort blunt strike interrupts armor recovery, not normal attacks.
M60 · 12sV
Final PunctureConsume fracture marks for one manually aimed piercing line.
M100 · 24sFalchion
A heavy single-edged sword that improves material drops from marked PvE targets, never players.
Core actions · Mastery 0LMB Basic ComboHold F Block · 15s cooldownTap F Parry · 20s cooldownR Guard Break · 25s cooldown
LMB
Hewing ChainThree chopping cuts with moderate crowd reach.
BaseZ
Brush ClearWide cut removes vines, kelp, and fragile hostile deployables.
M10 · 5sX
Reaper StepMove through a defeated minor enemy toward the reticle.
M30 · 8sC
Harvest ArcMark nearby PvE enemies; varied finishing moves improve material quality.
M60 · 14sV
Field DivideLong semicircle clears clustered enemies with target-count falloff.
M100 · 26sJian
A technical questing blade whose moves interact with runes, switches, and enemy patterns.
Core actions · Mastery 0LMB Basic ComboHold F Block · 15s cooldownTap F Parry · 20s cooldownR Guard Break · 25s cooldown
LMB
Written FormFour light strokes that reward alternating directions.
BaseZ
First StrokeDraw a short cut that activates sword-readable puzzle seals.
M10 · 4.5sX
Cloud ParagraphTwo airy steps separated by a manually aimed thrust.
M30 · 8sC
Empty MarginCreate a narrow safe line through one projectile pattern.
M60 · 14sV
Heaven ScriptConnect three placed strokes to form a triangular strike zone.
M100 · 26sDao
A forward PvP pressure sword balanced by predictable approach lanes and punishable resets.
Core actions · Mastery 0LMB Basic ComboHold F Block · 15s cooldownTap F Parry · 20s cooldownR Guard Break · 25s cooldown
LMB
Tiger ChainThree committed chops with a pause before the finisher.
BaseZ
River FangDiagonal cut catches sideways movement at close range.
M10 · 4.5sX
Bank StepChoose left or right approach before startup completes.
M30 · 7sC
Roaring GuardGuard impact pushes both fighters apart and resets neutral.
M60 · 12sV
Flooding TigerThree fixed lanes advance in sequence; missing the first slows the rest.
M100 · 24sShamshir
A PvP feint weapon with readable afterimages and low direct crowd damage.
Core actions · Mastery 0LMB Basic ComboHold F Block · 15s cooldownTap F Parry · 20s cooldownR Guard Break · 25s cooldown
LMB
Mirage CutsThree cuts; one harmless afterimage repeats the prior angle.
BaseZ
False CrescentShow a high cut, then choose high release or low cancel.
M10 · 5sX
Heat-Haze ShiftShort visible displacement with no invulnerability at the destination.
M30 · 8sC
Second ShadowLeave an afterimage that repeats only your next movement, not its damage.
M60 · 14sV
Palace of MirrorsFour silhouettes show possible lines; only the selected line strikes.
M100 · 26sOfficer Saber
A naval support blade that rewards coordinated targets without replacing personal aim.
Core actions · Mastery 0LMB Basic ComboHold F Block · 15s cooldownTap F Parry · 20s cooldownR Guard Break · 25s cooldown
LMB
Drilled CutsThree orderly slashes with consistent timing.
BaseZ
Signal SlashMark one enemy weak point visible to nearby crew.
M10 · 5sX
Line AdvanceShort step grants allies following the same path mild knockback resistance.
M30 · 9sC
Rally GuardPerfect guard briefly improves nearby allies' recovery speed.
M60 · 15sV
Admiral's OrderPlace one focus zone; attacks inside gain clarity, not raw damage.
M100 · 28sCoral Greatblade
A water-resistant heavy sword for reefs, armored creatures, and breakable undersea terrain.
Core actions · Mastery 0LMB Basic ComboHold F Block · 15s cooldownTap F Parry · 20s cooldownR Guard Break · 25s cooldown
LMB
Reef CleavesTwo slow cuts retain full direction underwater.
BaseZ
Coral ToothJagged thrust damages creature armor and brittle reef barriers.
M10 · 6sX
Undertow ChargeRide a short water lane toward the reticle.
M30 · 9sC
Reef BastionPlant the blade to resist one current or large-creature push.
M60 · 15sV
Tidal RuptureCrack a reef lane, exposing hidden caves and armored weak points.
M100 · 28sFrostbrand
A spacing sword that creates brief ice lines without permanent freezing.
Core actions · Mastery 0LMB Basic ComboHold F Block · 15s cooldownTap F Parry · 20s cooldownR Guard Break · 25s cooldown
LMB
Chill EdgeThree cuts add short-lived Chill only on varied hits.
BaseZ
Rime CutLeaves a narrow slippery line after the slash.
M10 · 5sX
Skater's PassGlide along an existing ice line and lock the exit direction.
M30 · 8sC
Ice MirrorBrief crystal catches one light projectile and redirects its lane.
M60 · 14sV
Permafrost DivideDraw one long ice boundary that shatters after a warning.
M100 · 27sStormglass Blade
A fragile high-skill sword that stores weather charge through precise hits.
Core actions · Mastery 0LMB Basic ComboHold F Block · 15s cooldownTap F Parry · 20s cooldownR Guard Break · 25s cooldown
LMB
Conductive CutsThree narrow cuts build charge on clean edge hits.
BaseZ
Static EdgeRelease stored charge as a fast short-range line.
M10 · 5sX
Arc StepMove between your blade and a placed metal conductor.
M30 · 8sC
Lightning CatchTime a stance against a weather strike to fill charge safely.
M60 · 15sV
Glass TempestSpend charge on branching cuts along manually placed conductors.
M100 · 29sBone Cleaver
A specialized hunting blade for severing creature armor, fins, and gripping limbs.
Core actions · Mastery 0LMB Basic ComboHold F Block · 15s cooldownTap F Parry · 20s cooldownR Guard Break · 25s cooldown
LMB
Hunter ChopsTwo compact cleaves deal bonus damage to exposed creature parts.
BaseZ
Tendon MarkMark one large-creature joint; no bonus against players.
M10 · 5sX
Harpoon FollowTravel a short distance along a friendly harpoon line.
M30 · 9sC
Plate SplitterCharged chop cracks one already-damaged armor plate.
M60 · 15sV
Trophy ClaimTimed weak-point strike improves hunt material quality on success.
M100 · 28sRift Edge
A spatial sword with visible exit seams and severe instability on repeated use.
Core actions · Mastery 0LMB Basic ComboHold F Block · 15s cooldownTap F Parry · 20s cooldownR Guard Break · 25s cooldown
LMB
Folded ChainThree cuts emerge from shown seam angles.
BaseZ
Rift SliceCut through a placed seam to extend one aimed line.
M10 · 6sX
Seam StepEnter one visible seam and exit another after a fixed delay.
M30 · 10sC
Split HorizonTwo parallel cuts close inward without hard-stunning.
M60 · 17sV
Worldline SeverDraw a path across terrain; it strikes once when the seam closes.
M100 · 31sFlamberge
A long, wave-bladed sword that rewards edge alignment, deliberate binds, and pressure against guarded enemies.
Core actions · Mastery 0LMB Basic ComboHold F Block · 15s cooldownTap F Parry · 20s cooldownR Guard Break · 25s cooldown
LMB
Ripple ChainThree measured cuts with different edge angles; repeating one angle lowers guard pressure.
BaseZ
Wavebreaker ThrustA narrow thrust deals extra guard damage only when its wavy center reaches the target.
M10 · 5sX
Half-Sword StepGrip the blade safely and take a fixed diagonal step into a short armored-gap strike.
M30 · 8sC
Resonant BindHold a brief directional bind; meeting a telegraphed weapon strike creates a balanced guard contest.
M60 · 15sV
Serpent EdgeManually trace three curved attack lanes; each lane has a visible windup and punishable recovery.
M100 · 29sHistorical guns
Flintlock · Corsair
A quick sidearm with manual aim, one loaded shot, strong finishing pressure, and visible reload windows.
Close-range option · Mastery 0F Gun Butt / Pistol Whip · 5s cooldownR Reload
LMB
Flint ShotAccurate aimed round followed by a manual reload; headshots stagger, not multiply damage excessively.
BaseZ
QuickdrawFast hip-fire shot with lower range and a strict accuracy cone.
M10 · 5sX
Powder BurstShort cone blast that creates breathing room but deals modest damage.
M30 · 9sC
DeadeyeBrief focus stance; release a narrow precision round before focus expires.
M60 · 14sV
Broadside MarkMark a visible target; the next accurate hit calls a warned cannon strike.
M100 · 24sMusket · Dragoon
A long-range weapon with heavy reload commitment and a bayonet option when enemies close the gap.
Close-range option · Mastery 0F Gun Butt / Pistol Whip · 5s cooldownR Reload
LMB
Long ShotHigh-velocity aimed round; powerful at range with a slow, interruptible reload.
BaseZ
Piercing RoundNarrow shot that passes through lined-up enemies and loses power per target.
M10 · 6sX
Bayonet DriveForward thrust that repels pressure and slightly repositions the user.
M30 · 8sC
Powder TrailLay a short powder line; shoot it to detonate after a readable fuse.
M60 · 14sV
King's VolleyPaint a distant zone for a sequence of warned artillery impacts.
M100 · 26sBlunderbuss · Deck-clearer
A short-range scattergun that controls boarding lanes but loses effectiveness sharply at distance.
Close-range option · Mastery 0F Gun Butt / Pistol Whip · 5s cooldownR Reload
LMB
Scatter LoadWide pellet shot with a visible reload; center mass is required for full impact.
BaseZ
Buckshot SnapQuick low-damage blast that interrupts only at extremely close range.
M10 · 6sX
Buttstock TurnPivoting melee strike used to escape a flank and begin reloading.
M30 · 8sC
Salt-Iron CanisterLoad a narrow anti-creature round with reduced effectiveness against players.
M60 · 15sV
Thunderous BreachBrace, aim, and fire a huge cone whose center breaks guard; recoil locks movement.
M100 · 27sHand Cannon · Siege
A portable ship cannon with arcing projectiles, extreme recoil, and excellent environmental destruction.
Close-range option · Mastery 0F Gun Butt / Pistol Whip · 5s cooldownR Reload
LMB
Cannon BallSlow arcing shot with a small impact radius and a very long reload.
BaseZ
Grapeshot PlugFragmenting round that covers a chosen ground patch after impact.
M10 · 7sX
Recoil VaultFire downward to launch backward; vulnerable before the blast.
M30 · 10sC
Chain ShotTwo linked projectiles slow sails and large creatures when both connect.
M60 · 17sV
Fortress BreakerBrace for a precision siege round that damages armor, masts, and destructible cover.
M100 · 30sTwin Flintlocks · Freebooter
A two-shot skirmishing weapon that rewards alternating angles and forces a full reload after both barrels are spent.
Close-range option · Mastery 0F Gun Butt / Pistol Whip · 5s cooldownR Reload
LMB
Left & RightFire either loaded pistol in sequence, then reload both with no movement cancel.
BaseZ
CrossfireFire intersecting rounds; both hit only at the manually chosen crossing point.
M10 · 5sX
Powder FeintFake a reload, side-step, then ready one pistol; can be punished on prediction.
M30 · 8sC
Ricochet CoinToss a coin and shoot it to redirect one round toward the aimed lane, not a target.
M60 · 14sV
Last WordEnter a brief two-shot stance; each accurate hit refunds the second shot's recovery.
M100 · 25sPepperbox · Ratchet
A six-barrel historical sidearm that trades fast follow-up shots for rising recoil and a long full-cylinder reload.
Close-range option · Mastery 0F Gun Butt / Pistol Whip · 5s cooldownR Reload
LMB
Rotating FireFire one loaded barrel; rapid shots widen the accuracy cone until the weapon settles.
Base · 6 shotsZ
Indexed ShotManually align one chamber for a slower, highly accurate round.
M10 · 5sX
Clockhand StepSide-step while rotating the barrel cluster; readies one chamber but grants no invulnerability.
M30 · 8sC
Ratchet VolleyDischarge up to three remaining barrels across a manually swept line with escalating recoil.
M60 · 15sV
Final ChamberMark six small firing points, then release loaded barrels in order; unmarked shots are wasted.
M100 · 27sMatchlock Arquebus · Ashlock
A deliberate formation firearm rewarding setup and route planning.
Close-range option · Mastery 0F Gun Butt / Pistol Whip · 5s cooldownR Reload
LMB
Slow Match ShotHeavy round with a visible ignition tell.
Base · 1 shotZ
Rested ShotBrace on terrain to pierce one extra PvE target.
M10 · 7sX
Match GuardProtect the match from rain and prime reload.
M30 · 10sC
Smoke LineFire down a lane and leave sight-blocking smoke.
M60 · 17sV
Regiment VolleyAim three sequential spectral firing rests.
M100 · 30sWheellock Pistol · Clockfire
A precise dueling pistol built around timing and feints.
Close-range option · Mastery 0F Gun Butt / Pistol Whip · 5s cooldownR Reload
LMB
Wheel ShotCrisp shot followed by an audible winding reload.
Base · 1 shotZ
Spring SnapTimed release deals bonus guard damage.
M10 · 6sX
ClockstepPivot sideways while winding the mechanism.
M30 · 8sC
Misfire FeintFake the spark, then fire or retain the chamber.
M60 · 15sV
Twelve O’ClockFire as a reticle hand reaches a chosen angle.
M100 · 25sDuckfoot Pistol · Fanfire
Four splayed barrels clear clustered deckhands at short range.
Close-range option · Mastery 0F Gun Butt / Pistol Whip · 5s cooldownR Reload
LMB
Four-Way BlastFire four fixed lanes at once.
Base · 1 volleyZ
Tight WedgeNarrow the spread into a concentrated pattern.
M10 · 7sX
Fan StepHop backward while fanning the barrels.
M30 · 9sC
Deck ClearBroad cone strongly staggers minor PvE enemies.
M60 · 18sV
Compass BurstChoose four bearings and blast each one.
M100 · 29sVolley Gun · Organ
A seven-barrel formation weapon for predictable enemy waves.
Close-range option · Mastery 0F Gun Butt / Pistol Whip · 5s cooldownR Reload
LMB
Barrel BankFire the next barrel; bloom rises until cooled.
Base · 7 shotsZ
Indexed PairFire two parallel lanes.
M10 · 6sX
Brace ShiftReposition the heavy stock and regain stability.
M30 · 9sC
Rolling SalvoWalk a line of shots across aimed ground.
M60 · 19sV
Full ChoirRelease every loaded barrel after a long tell.
M100 · 32sLong Rifle · Farwatch
A patient marksman weapon for exact weak-point aim.
Close-range option · Mastery 0F Gun Butt / Pistol Whip · 5s cooldownR Reload
LMB
Long AimHold to stabilize; damage breaks aim.
Base · 1 shotZ
Range MarkReveal a PvE weak point without homing.
M10 · 8sX
Prone BraceTrade mobility for low sway.
M30 · 10sC
Wind ReadShow crosswind and projectile drop.
M60 · 16sV
Horizon ShotPiercing round rewarding exact beast-part aim.
M100 · 30sBoarding Carbine · Deckhand
A compact gun for rails, ropes, and melee transitions.
Close-range option · Mastery 0F Gun Butt / Pistol Whip · 5s cooldownR Reload
LMB
Carbine RoundMedium-range shot with quick recovery.
Base · 1 shotZ
Rail ShotBrace on a ledge for accuracy.
M10 · 6sX
Boarding VaultVault a low obstacle while reloading.
M30 · 8sC
Bayonet TurnParry a telegraphed melee strike.
M60 · 15sV
Take the DeckFire, vault, then aim a bayonet thrust.
M100 · 26sDragon Pistol · Embermouth
An alchemical flint weapon with conspicuous heat management.
Close-range option · Mastery 0F Gun Butt / Pistol Whip · 5s cooldownR Reload
LMB
Dragon BlastShort spark cone that builds heat.
Base · 1 shotZ
Cinder WadLeave a brief PvE damage patch.
M10 · 7sX
Recoil HopBlast-hop away from aim.
M30 · 9sC
Flame ScreenTrace a bright line that can be dashed through.
M60 · 18sV
Furnace BreathVent all heat into an aimed cone.
M100 · 31sHand Mortar · Bombardier
A risky lobbed weapon for prediction and fort encounters.
Close-range option · Mastery 0F Gun Butt / Pistol Whip · 5s cooldownR Reload
LMB
Lobbed ShellSelect elevation and launch a slow-fuse shell.
Base · 1 shellZ
Fuse CutShorter fuse and smaller blast radius.
M10 · 8sX
Recoil RollRoll with the kick after firing.
M30 · 10sC
AirburstManually detonate the shell in flight.
M60 · 17sV
Rain of IronMark and shell three small circles.
M100 · 33sHarpoon Gun · Beastline
A sea-creature weapon rewarding anatomical aim and line tension.
Close-range option · Mastery 0F Gun Butt / Pistol Whip · 5s cooldownR Reload
LMB
Harpoon ShotLaunch a retrievable weak-point bolt.
Base · 1 boltZ
Fin MarkReveal one creature part to the crew.
M10 · 8sX
Line ReelReel toward terrain; players break free instantly.
M30 · 10sC
Tension BreakSnap a line to crack PvE armor.
M60 · 18sV
Leviathan PinPin two weak points to expose a colossal creature.
M100 · 34sGrapnel Gun · Pathfinder
A low-damage tool for traversal, mechanisms, and rescue.
Close-range option · Mastery 0F Gun Butt / Pistol Whip · 5s cooldownR Reload
LMB
Grapnel BoltAttach rope to approved anchors.
Base · 1 lineZ
Climb LineAscend while Energy drains.
M10 · 5sX
Swing RouteSwing and release to preserve momentum.
M30 · 7sC
Pull LeverMove a quest object or distant mechanism.
M60 · 12sV
Expedition WebConnect three traversable rope anchors.
M100 · 25sSignal Pistol · Wayflare
A utility sidearm that reveals routes and rallies crews.
Close-range option · Mastery 0F Gun Butt / Pistol Whip · 5s cooldownR Reload
LMB
Flare ShotLaunch a bright low-damage flare.
Base · 1 flareZ
Reveal FlareExpose expedition markings and hidden creatures.
M10 · 8sX
Rescue MarkPlace a crew-visible beacon.
M30 · 10sC
Rally ColorBriefly improve nearby crew grounded Energy recovery.
M60 · 18sV
Guiding StarReveal the next quest landmark on crew compasses.
M100 · 35sDouble-Barrel Flintlock · Twin Thunder
Two decisive shots create a readable duel cadence.
Close-range option · Mastery 0F Gun Butt / Pistol Whip · 5s cooldownR Reload
LMB
First / Second BarrelFire independently before a paired reload.
Base · 2 shotsZ
Paired ShotDischarge both barrels with heavy recoil.
M10 · 7sX
Break ReloadStep while completing the full reload animation.
M30 · 9sC
Crossed BarrelsFire two chosen lanes in sequence.
M60 · 16sV
Twofold VerdictCommit one amplified barrel to each marked point.
M100 · 28sSwivel Gun · Bulwark
A rail-mounted cannon for breaking incoming boarding waves.
Close-range option · Mastery 0F Gun Butt / Pistol Whip · 5s cooldownR Reload
LMB
Mounted ShotFire from a compatible rail with limited rotation.
Base · 1 shotZ
Grape ArcClear minor PvE crews at close range.
M10 · 8sX
Pivot BraceShift to an adjacent hardpoint.
M30 · 10sC
Chain BallSlow NPC ships without stopping player vessels.
M60 · 19sV
Deck DominionSweep three telegraphed cannon lanes.
M100 · 34sArc-Lock Rifle · Stormkey
A weather-reactive rifle storing static from storms and metal.
Close-range option · Mastery 0F Gun Butt / Pistol Whip · 5s cooldownR Reload
LMB
Arc RoundAccurate shot that gains conductive charge.
Base · 1 shotZ
Conductor ShotPlace a visible arc node on terrain.
M10 · 8sX
Static VentVent charge to dash sideways.
M30 · 9sC
Rod LinkConnect two aimed nodes with an arc.
M60 · 18sV
Tempest CircuitEnergize a manually built three-node triangle.
M100 · 33sFighting styles
Combat
The default unarmed fighting style given to every new player. Its plain, readable tools teach defense, timing, aim, and commitment before specialized styles are unlocked. Combat costs nothing, requires no trainer, and has no awakening.
Core actions · Mastery 0LMB Basic ComboHold F Block · 15s cooldownTap F Parry · 20s cooldownR Guard Break · 25s cooldown
LMB
Basic ComboTwo punches followed by a kick. The final hit pushes the target away and has punishable recovery.
BaseF
Block · HoldGuard frontal attacks for up to 3.5 seconds while draining Guard Stamina. Heavy attacks and strikes from behind break through it.
Base · 15sF
Parry · TapTime a narrow defensive window against a readable strike to deflect it. Early or late input becomes a normal block and spends Guard Stamina.
Base · 20sZ
CounterEnter a brief defensive stance. Catching a clearly telegraphed melee attack returns one punch; missing leaves a vulnerable recovery.
M10 · 8sX
TackleCharge a short distance along the camera direction and knock down on a centered hit. It cannot turn or track after startup.
M30 · 10s · 18 EnergyR
Guard BreakThree timed body taps build guard pressure before a slow overhead hammerfist breaks the guard and knocks the target backward. Every beat must be aimed; a miss, parry, interruption, or late input ends the sequence before the finisher.
Base · 25sV
Finishing CombinationA manually aimed body blow, knee, and shove. Each step requires the previous hit to connect, preventing an automatic chase.
M100 · 24s · 25 EnergyBlack Leg · Tempest kick style
A mobile close-range style that changes elevation, pressures guarded enemies, and must keep moving.
Core actions · Mastery 0LMB Basic ComboHold F Block · 15s cooldownTap F Parry · 20s cooldownR Guard Break · 25s cooldown
LMB
Kick ChainThree directional kicks; the final roundhouse is sidestep punishable.
BaseZ
Heel DropShort leap into an aimed overhead kick; cracks guard on a direct hit.
M10 · 4sX
Sea WalkLow rushing kick that can change elevation once, not home onto targets.
M30 · 7s · 18 EnergyC
Flambé BarrageA short kick flurry; hold direction to choose its travel path and exit angle.
M60 · 12sV
Black CometRise, aim, then dive-kick a small impact zone with heavy whiff recovery.
M100 · 22s · 30 EnergyIron Fist · Adamant style
A grounded counter-pressure style with short reach, reliable guard damage, and deliberate commitments.
Core actions · Mastery 0LMB Basic ComboHold F Block · 15s cooldownTap F Parry · 20s cooldownR Guard Break · 25s cooldown
LMB
Guarded StrikesThree compact punches; holding back during the reset raises a brief guard.
BaseZ
Breaking PalmFast palm strike with bonus guard damage but very short reach.
M10 · 4sX
Gale StepFixed-distance approach followed by an aimed body blow.
M30 · 7sC
Iron TempestArmored rotating strikes; strong against crowds, unsafe if avoided.
M60 · 12sV
HeartstopperCharged single-target blow with a clear tell and major impact on a clean read.
M100 · 22sTidehand · Flow style
A reactive palm art that redirects momentum and becomes stronger when the player varies offense and defense.
Core actions · Mastery 0LMB Basic ComboHold F Block · 15s cooldownTap F Parry · 20s cooldownR Guard Break · 25s cooldown
LMB
Rippling KnucklesThree palms whose final direction follows the player's movement input.
BaseZ
Current PalmAngle a palm wave that redirects an enemy rather than pulling them in.
M10 · 4.5sX
Ebb StepYield backward during a strike, then flow forward if the attack passes.
M30 · 7sC
Breaker KataThree manually redirected palms that grow weaker if aimed at one fixed spot.
M60 · 13sV
Maelstrom HeartCreate a rotating current around yourself; movement inputs shape its release lane.
M100 · 24sAnchor Grappling · Harbor style
A close grappling discipline for displacement and team setups; every grab is short, telegraphed, and escapable.
Core actions · Mastery 0LMB Basic ComboHold F Block · 15s cooldownTap F Parry · 20s cooldownR Guard Break · 25s cooldown
LMB
Clinch BlowsTwo body strikes and a shove; it cannot loop into another grab.
BaseZ
Chain GrabShort forward catch with an escape window; choose a left or right throw.
M10 · 6sX
KeelhaulLow tackle that moves both fighters and breaks if it hits scenery.
M30 · 9sC
DeadweightPlant your stance to resist knockback, sacrificing turn speed and dash access.
M60 · 14sV
Harbor BreakerCatch one committed melee attack and slam along the player's aimed direction.
M100 · 26sTempest Claw · Sky-hunter style
An aerial pursuit style with sharp direction changes, light individual hits, and clear landing vulnerability.
Core actions · Mastery 0LMB Basic ComboHold F Block · 15s cooldownTap F Parry · 20s cooldownR Guard Break · 25s cooldown
LMB
Talon SequenceThree clawing strikes; the final hit changes direction only while airborne.
BaseZ
Talon FeintFake a forward swipe, then choose a stationary cut or retreating slash.
M10 · 4sX
Updraft PounceLeap toward the reticle; landing the narrow claw grants one air-step.
M30 · 7.5sC
Razor SquallRelease three angled air claws whose spread is set during startup.
M60 · 13sV
Thunderbird DescentCircle once, select a landing line, then dive with a long recovery on miss.
M100 · 25sSwaying Deck · Rolling rhythm
An evasive shipboard style that uses deliberate off-balance movement, body feints, and sudden recovery punches.
Core actions · Mastery 0LMB Basic ComboHold F Block · 15s cooldownTap F Parry · 20s cooldownR Guard Break · 25s cooldown
LMB
Rolling KnucklesThree swaying punches; holding a movement direction changes only the final angle.
BaseZ
Loose CannonLean outside a straight attack line, then swing a heavy hook from that side.
M10 · 4.5sX
Deck RollLow diagonal roll with no tracking; standing recovery is punishable if mistimed.
M30 · 7sC
False StumbleShow a vulnerable stagger; reactivate after baiting a strike to shoulder past it.
M60 · 13sV
Perfect StormEnter a brief rhythm stance where three timed directional inputs create a custom counter-combination.
M100 · 25sBeastbreaker · Hunt discipline
Reads anatomy and breaks monster armor; its bonuses never amplify damage against players.
Core actions · Mastery 0LMB Basic ComboHold F Block · 15s cooldownTap F Parry · 20s cooldownR Guard Break · 25s cooldown
LMB
Tracking BlowsThree aimed strikes with narrow hitboxes.
BaseZ
Joint MarkReveal a creature joint after close observation.
M10 · 6sX
Harpoon StepDash along an attached hunting line.
M30 · 8sC
Armor WrestleTimed PvE interaction cracks a monster plate.
M60 · 15sV
Colossus ToppleCoordinate marked limb hits to create a damage window.
M100 · 28sQuarry Rhythm · Work discipline
Sustained PvE sweeps and material harvesting reward varied, efficient routes.
Core actions · Mastery 0LMB Basic ComboHold F Block · 15s cooldownTap F Parry · 20s cooldownR Guard Break · 25s cooldown
LMB
Work ChainAlternating palms avoid repeated-hit decay.
BaseZ
Sweep RowStrike a short line of minor enemies or resource nodes.
M10 · 5sX
Carry ThroughAdvance through the final swing without tracking.
M30 · 7sC
Efficient CycleVaried moves briefly improve PvE material yield.
M60 · 14sV
Day’s FinishCash stored Work beats into a broad finisher.
M100 · 25sDuelist’s Measure · Arena discipline
Spacing, honest reactions, and punishable commitments define this competitive style.
Core actions · Mastery 0LMB Basic ComboHold F Block · 15s cooldownTap F Parry · 20s cooldownR Guard Break · 25s cooldown
LMB
Testing JabShort two-hit probe with low commitment.
BaseZ
Range CheckA tip-range strike gains guard pressure.
M10 · 5sX
Honest StepFixed-distance sidestep with no invulnerability.
M30 · 7sC
Read CounterBrief directional parry with a clear whiff recovery.
M60 · 14sV
Final ExchangeThree manual inputs create a custom duel sequence.
M100 · 26sWayfinder Kata · Expedition discipline
Traversal, puzzle interaction, and team navigation take priority over raw damage.
Core actions · Mastery 0LMB Basic ComboHold F Block · 15s cooldownTap F Parry · 20s cooldownR Guard Break · 25s cooldown
LMB
Compass PalmFour strikes that turn toward movement input.
BaseZ
Trail VaultVault marked ledges and low hazards.
M10 · 5sX
Seal BreakInteract with cracked quest seals after solving them.
M30 · 8sC
Guide’s GuardBlock one environmental hazard for nearby crew.
M60 · 15sV
Expedition RouteConnect discovered markers into a team speed path.
M100 · 30sReefwalker · Three-depth discipline
Buoyancy control and current riding create true three-dimensional underwater combat.
Core actions · Mastery 0LMB Basic ComboHold F Block · 15s cooldownTap F Parry · 20s cooldownR Guard Break · 25s cooldown
LMB
Fin StrikesSwimming kicks retain momentum and vertical aim.
BaseZ
Current JabRide a visible current into a thrust.
M10 · 5sX
Depth ShiftChoose a quick ascent or descent.
M30 · 7sC
Bubble GuardBuffer one pressure pulse, not enemy damage.
M60 · 14sV
Three-Sea SpiralTrace a manually steered vertical current spiral.
M100 · 27sShipwright Brawl · Deck-repair discipline
Combines improvised tools, deck control, and emergency repairs without replacing dedicated crafting.
Core actions · Mastery 0LMB Basic ComboHold F Block · 15s cooldownTap F Parry · 20s cooldownR Guard Break · 25s cooldown
LMB
Hammer HandsThree tool-assisted body blows.
BaseZ
Brace BeamPlace a temporary brace on a damaged ship section.
M10 · 7sX
Repair FeintCancel a repair stance into a shoulder step.
M30 · 8sC
Deck SweepClear minor boarders from a narrow deck lane.
M60 · 16sV
Unsinkable CrewCrew repairs briefly restore extra hull integrity.
M100 · 30sBody-fused artifacts
Stone
Passive — Bedrock: standing your ground briefly builds one stack of stagger resistance; dashing clears it.
Core actions · Mastery 0LMB Basic ComboHold F Block · 15s cooldownTap F Parry · 20s cooldownR Guard Break · 25s cooldown
Z
Stone LanceRaise a narrow aimed spike from the ground after a short tell.
M10 · 5sX
Bastion StepShort armored advance that ends in a shield-like slab.
M30 · 8s · 18 EnergyC
FaultlineDraw a crack forward; a second pulse erupts along the chosen path.
M60 · 14sV
Titan MantleAwakened armor trades speed for defense and empowers short-lived stone constructs without editing map terrain or blocking unrelated players.
M100 · 28sTide
Passive — Flow State: landing different moves in sequence restores a small amount of movement resource.
Core actions · Mastery 0LMB Basic ComboHold F Block · 15s cooldownTap F Parry · 20s cooldownR Guard Break · 25s cooldown
Z
Tidal BladeCurving water slash whose arc follows the initial camera direction.
M10 · 5sX
UndertowPlace a current that drags enemies across it, never directly to the caster.
M30 · 8sC
MoonwellDelayed water column that lifts enemies and allies who jump into it.
M60 · 14sV
Sovereign CurrentAwakened traveling wave steered once before its route locks.
M100 · 28sEmber
Passive — Heat: accurate abilities build Heat; missing or waiting cools it. High Heat changes effects, not raw one-shot damage.
Core actions · Mastery 0LMB Basic ComboHold F Block · 15s cooldownTap F Parry · 20s cooldownR Guard Break · 25s cooldown
Z
Cinder ShotFast aimed ember that applies a short, visible burn on a direct hit.
M10 · 5sX
Flashfire StepDirectional burst leaving a flame strip; no invulnerability after ignition.
M30 · 8sC
Furnace RingCreate a ring that punishes crossing its edge instead of trapping players.
M60 · 14sV
Phoenix DetonationConsume Heat for an awakened dive and delayed wing-shaped blast.
M100 · 28sGale
Passive — Tailwind: clean dashes and airborne hits build a brief speed bonus that disappears when struck.
Core actions · Mastery 0LMB Basic ComboHold F Block · 15s cooldownTap F Parry · 20s cooldownR Guard Break · 25s cooldown
Z
Wind CutterThin, fast projectile with low stagger and strong accuracy reward.
M10 · 5sX
SlipstreamAerial or ground vector dash; the direction is fully player-aimed.
M30 · 8sC
Cyclone GuardBrief rotating current redirects ordinary projectiles but not heavy attacks.
M60 · 14sV
Sky DominionAwakened storm arena with visible gust lanes that both sides can use.
M100 · 28sVoid
Passive — Instability: spatial moves add Instability; overfilling it briefly disables artifact movement.
Core actions · Mastery 0LMB Basic ComboHold F Block · 15s cooldownTap F Parry · 20s cooldownR Guard Break · 25s cooldown
Z
Rift NeedleSlow-start precision projectile that appears from a marked angle.
M10 · 5sX
Fold StepPlace an exit marker, then blink only if the route is unobstructed.
M30 · 8sC
Gravity WellDelayed field bends movement and projectiles without hard-stunning players.
M60 · 14sV
Event HorizonAwakened domain compresses a marked zone, then releases everything outward.
M100 · 30sFrost
Passive — Chill: direct hits add Chill. Three varied techniques make the target Brittle briefly; repeating one move cannot freeze.
Core actions · Mastery 0LMB Basic ComboHold F Block · 15s cooldownTap F Parry · 20s cooldownR Guard Break · 25s cooldown
Z
Rime ShardPrecise ice projectile that adds Chill and splinters against terrain.
M10 · 5sX
IcewakeSkate along a drawn path; sharp turns slow the user and expose the exit.
M30 · 8sC
Stillwinter PrismRaise a clear prism that blocks one lane and refracts ordinary projectiles.
M60 · 15sV
Crown of WinterAwakened snowfall reveals Brittle paths; shatter one chosen line after a warning.
M100 · 29sThunder
Passive — Charge: precision hits and perfect dashes build Charge; missed lightning techniques ground part of it.
Core actions · Mastery 0LMB Basic ComboHold F Block · 15s cooldownTap F Parry · 20s cooldownR Guard Break · 25s cooldown
Z
Arc BoltFast aimed spark that chains only to a nearby marked conductor.
M10 · 5sX
Flash LineDraw a short lightning route and surge across it after visible startup.
M30 · 8sC
Lightning RodPlant a conductor that attracts the next Arc Bolt and warns everyone nearby.
M60 · 14sV
Judgment CircuitAwakened lightning links placed rods; only completed circuits are struck.
M100 · 29sStag
Passive — Living Seeds: abilities plant Seeds on terrain. Using different Seed positions grows spectral antlers and fills the Transformation meter.
Core actions · Mastery 0LMB Basic ComboHold F Block · 15s cooldownTap F Parry · 20s cooldownR Guard Break · 25s cooldown
Z
Thorn AntlerAimed antler-shaped vine strike that plants a Seed where its tip meets terrain.
M10 · 5sX
Rootbound ChargeRush toward a chosen Seed along a visible root trail; the direction never auto-tracks.
M30 · 8sC
Sanctuary GroveGrow a destructible grove that slowly restores nearby allies and feeds the Transformation meter.
M60 · 16sV
Stag FormTransform into a great antlered stag with faster forest traversal and transformed versions of Z, X, and C. Damage does not automatically increase.
M100 · Full meterSphinx
Passive — Grit: movement through sand zones and successful riddle interactions build Grit; water and repeated attacks drain it.
Core actions · Mastery 0LMB Basic ComboHold F Block · 15s cooldownTap F Parry · 20s cooldownR Guard Break · 25s cooldown
Z
Sand ClawThree manually aimed claw lanes leave small shifting patches on impact.
M10 · 5sX
Dune PounceTravel beneath your sand in a visible trail and leap toward aimed ground.
M30 · 9sC
Mirage RiddlePlace three readable mirage gates; choosing the true symbol grants Grit while every gate remains dodgeable.
M60 · 15sV
Sphinx FormTransform into a winged sand guardian with hovering movement and alternate claw, pounce, and riddle techniques.
M100 · Full meterEcho
Passive — Resonance: records the category and rhythm of your last successful technique, never another player's exact move.
Core actions · Mastery 0LMB Basic ComboHold F Block · 15s cooldownTap F Parry · 20s cooldownR Guard Break · 25s cooldown
Z
Echo DartA sound pulse repeats once from its impact point after a steady beat.
M10 · 5.5sX
Reverberate StepDash now; a harmless visual echo shows the return route before the optional recall.
M30 · 9sC
Silence BellPlace a bell zone that dampens audio and projectile speed without disabling abilities.
M60 · 16sV
Grand RefrainAwakened score repeats your last three varied artifact hits along their original paths.
M100 · 31sLight
Passive — Radiance: accurate hits build light used to illuminate routes.
Core actions · Mastery 0LMB Basic ComboHold F Block · 15s cooldownTap F Parry · 20s cooldownR Guard Break · 25s cooldown
Z
Lumen SpearFast straight ray with a bright warning.
M10 · 5sX
Prism StepRefract to a chosen visible point.
M30 · 8sC
Beacon FieldReveal hidden paths and creatures.
M60 · 16sV
Daybreak CrownDirect a rotating ring of aimed rays.
M100 · 30sShadow
Passive — Umbral Mark: crossing darkness stores one evasive charge.
Core actions · Mastery 0LMB Basic ComboHold F Block · 15s cooldownTap F Parry · 20s cooldownR Guard Break · 25s cooldown
Z
Shade NeedleNarrow projectile darkens its impact.
M10 · 5sX
Silhouette SlipMove between two connected shadows.
M30 · 9sC
Eclipse CurtainDark veil obscures silhouettes, not warnings.
M60 · 16sV
Night DomainShape three shadow lanes inside a marked circle.
M100 · 31sMetal
Passive — Temper: blocking and crafting harden the next construct.
Core actions · Mastery 0LMB Basic ComboHold F Block · 15s cooldownTap F Parry · 20s cooldownR Guard Break · 25s cooldown
Z
Iron ShardLaunch a manually aimed metal splinter.
M10 · 5sX
Plate ShiftMove armor plating to the struck side.
M30 · 9sC
Chain LatticeCreate breakable linked barriers.
M60 · 17sV
Living ArsenalSelect three forged weapon shapes in sequence.
M100 · 32sCrystal
Passive — Facets: angled constructs refract your projectiles.
Core actions · Mastery 0LMB Basic ComboHold F Block · 15s cooldownTap F Parry · 20s cooldownR Guard Break · 25s cooldown
Z
Prism BoltBounces once from a crystal face.
M10 · 5sX
ShardwalkDash along a placed crystal edge.
M30 · 8sC
Crystal CageBuild a visible, breakable enclosure.
M60 · 17sV
Cathedral BloomRaise aimable facets around a center point.
M100 · 32sGravity
Passive — Mass: held techniques gain weight but slow movement.
Core actions · Mastery 0LMB Basic ComboHold F Block · 15s cooldownTap F Parry · 20s cooldownR Guard Break · 25s cooldown
Z
Heavy PointPlace a small directional pull zone.
M10 · 6sX
Orbit StepArc around a chosen anchor.
M30 · 9sC
Tidal WeightTelegraphed field alters jumps and projectiles.
M60 · 18sV
Falling SkyPull marked debris toward aimed ground.
M100 · 34sKraken
Passive — Deep Fog: moving through fog or water stores Condensation and reveals nearby underwater movement.
Core actions · Mastery 0LMB Basic ComboHold F Block · 15s cooldownTap F Parry · 20s cooldownR Guard Break · 25s cooldown
Z
Vapor TentacleAim a curling tentacle of mist with a visible wake.
M10 · 5sX
Undertow DriftSteer a slow mist current horizontally or vertically.
M30 · 8sC
Kraken’s VeilObscure sight without hiding silhouettes or attack warnings.
M60 · 16sV
Kraken FormTransform into a spectral kraken built for swimming, ship defense, and manually aimed tentacle techniques.
M100 · Full meterVenom
Passive — Dose: varied hits build poison; repeats rapidly diminish.
Core actions · Mastery 0LMB Basic ComboHold F Block · 15s cooldownTap F Parry · 20s cooldownR Guard Break · 25s cooldown
Z
Toxin FangNeedle projectile applies one dose.
M10 · 5sX
Shed SkinLeave a decoy and cleanse one dose.
M30 · 9sC
Antidote BloomChoose cleansing spores or toxic spores.
M60 · 18sV
Basilisk GardenPlace three dodgeable venom plants.
M100 · 32sPowder
Passive — Fusecraft: varied clean hits and precisely timed recoil movement prepare up to three Powder Charges. Rain shortens their fuse life, full submersion ruins unsealed charges, and careless fire can ignite either player's setup.
Core actions · Mastery 0LMB Basic ComboHold F Block · 15s cooldownTap F Parry · 20s cooldownR Guard Break · 25s cooldown
Z
Fuse PelletThrow a manually aimed, destructible powder charge with a flashing fuse. It sticks to terrain and ships, never directly to players.
M10 · 6s · 11 EnergyX
Recoil VaultFire a small blast behind the user to vault toward the aimed direction. The launch is collision-checked, cannot retarget, and consumes one prepared charge.
M30 · 9s · 18 EnergyC
Powder CircuitConnect up to three placed charges with a bright burning fuse. Enemies can cut the line, shoot a charge, or douse exposed sections before detonation.
M60 · 18s · 24 EnergyV
Dead Man's SalvoLaunch prepared charges overhead, then manually mark their landing circles one at a time. Every impact is warned and missing a selection wastes that charge.
M100 · 33s · 32 EnergyMagnet
Passive — Polarity: alternate north and south hits to store charge.
Core actions · Mastery 0LMB Basic ComboHold F Block · 15s cooldownTap F Parry · 20s cooldownR Guard Break · 25s cooldown
Z
North BoltMark metal with positive polarity.
M10 · 5sX
Pole ShiftRepel from a chosen metal surface.
M30 · 8sC
Iron OrbitOrbit loose metal as destructible cover.
M60 · 17sV
Lodestone DomainConnect manually placed opposing poles.
M100 · 32sSteam
Passive — Pressure: moving and blocking build heat that must be vented.
Core actions · Mastery 0LMB Basic ComboHold F Block · 15s cooldownTap F Parry · 20s cooldownR Guard Break · 25s cooldown
Z
Steam JetShort aimed pressure burst.
M10 · 5sX
Valve StepVent pressure into a chosen dash.
M30 · 8sC
Boiler RingBuild a visible scalding perimeter.
M60 · 17sV
Overpressure EngineSpend pressure to sequence three boosted actions.
M100 · 31sDragon
Passive — Dragon Scales: precise dodges and varied hits build Ascendance; missing attacks sheds part of it.
Core actions · Mastery 0LMB Basic ComboHold F Block · 15s cooldownTap F Parry · 20s cooldownR Guard Break · 25s cooldown
Z
Dragon ClawProject a short crossed claw strike.
M10 · 5sX
Skycoil LeapCoil toward aimed ground without target tracking.
M30 · 9sC
Scale MantleAdapt briefly to one selected environmental hazard.
M60 · 18sV
Dragon FormTransform into a flying serpentine dragon with alternate claw, coil, and breath techniques; powered flight and repeated aerial actions spend Energy.
M100 · Full meterWolf
Passive — Marrow Hunt: breaking constructs and creature armor creates fragments that fill the Transformation meter.
Core actions · Mastery 0LMB Basic ComboHold F Block · 15s cooldownTap F Parry · 20s cooldownR Guard Break · 25s cooldown
Z
Fang SpearLaunch a straight brittle spectral fang.
M10 · 5sX
PackstepBound along a chosen trail and leave a readable wolf echo.
M30 · 8sC
Ribcage GuardCreate breakable directional bone armor.
M60 · 17sV
Wolf FormTransform into a giant skeletal wolf with scent tracking and alternate fang, leap, and guard techniques.
M100 · Full meterThunderbird
Passive — Storm Rhythm: landing varied techniques on the heartbeat builds Wingbeats; repeated attacks provide less charge.
Core actions · Mastery 0LMB Basic ComboHold F Block · 15s cooldownTap F Parry · 20s cooldownR Guard Break · 25s cooldown
Z
Thunder PulseFire an expanding electric ring on the beat.
M10 · 5sX
Wingbeat StepBeat-timed aerial dash refunds a small amount of Energy without exceeding the maximum.
M30 · 7sC
Resonance PlumageTimed feather pulse softens one incoming hit.
M60 · 15sV
Thunderbird FormTransform into a colossal storm bird with gliding flight and alternate pulse, wingbeat, and feather techniques.
M100 · Full meterStar
Passive — Constellations: connecting varied hits draws temporary star paths.
Core actions · Mastery 0LMB Basic ComboHold F Block · 15s cooldownTap F Parry · 20s cooldownR Guard Break · 25s cooldown
Z
Star DartFast projectile marks a point.
M10 · 5sX
Astral StepTravel along your shortest star path.
M30 · 9sC
Orbit MapRotate placed points into a new route.
M60 · 18sV
Falling ConstellationCall impacts only on completed star lines.
M100 · 35sMoon
Passive — Phases: each varied move advances waxing, full, waning, and new phases.
Core actions · Mastery 0LMB Basic ComboHold F Block · 15s cooldownTap F Parry · 20s cooldownR Guard Break · 25s cooldown
Z
Crescent RayCurved projectile changes arc by phase.
M10 · 5sX
Waxing StepDash length follows the current phase.
M30 · 8sC
Moonwell VeilReflect moonlight to expose hidden runes.
M60 · 17sV
Full Moon CourtSpend a full cycle on rotating crescents.
M100 · 33sSun
Passive — Heatlight: exposure builds power but forces visible cooldown vents.
Core actions · Mastery 0LMB Basic ComboHold F Block · 15s cooldownTap F Parry · 20s cooldownR Guard Break · 25s cooldown
Z
Solar LanceCharged straight beam with a bright tell.
M10 · 6sX
Flare StepBurst toward aimed ground.
M30 · 9sC
SunspotPlace a dark-hot zone that slowly contracts.
M60 · 18sV
ZenithFocus stored light through a player-steered lens.
M100 · 34sGlass
Passive — Fracture: damaged constructs create sharp route markers.
Core actions · Mastery 0LMB Basic ComboHold F Block · 15s cooldownTap F Parry · 20s cooldownR Guard Break · 25s cooldown
Z
Glass NeedlePrecise brittle projectile.
M10 · 5sX
Mirror SlideSlide along a reflective plane.
M30 · 8sC
Shatter WallBuild then manually break a glass barrier.
M60 · 16sV
Thousand ReflectionsCreate decoy rays; only one chosen path damages.
M100 · 31sTime
Passive — Seconds: exact timing stores ticks; no global cooldown manipulation.
Core actions · Mastery 0LMB Basic ComboHold F Block · 15s cooldownTap F Parry · 20s cooldownR Guard Break · 25s cooldown
Z
Delay MarkYour next aimed projectile pauses briefly.
M10 · 6sX
Rewind StepReturn only your position to its recent mark.
M30 · 10sC
Slow FieldVisible zone slows projectiles and movement modestly.
M60 · 20sV
ClockbreakReplay your own last three positions as attack echoes.
M100 · 36sDream
Passive — Lucidity: discovering illusions builds clarity; players are never forced asleep.
Core actions · Mastery 0LMB Basic ComboHold F Block · 15s cooldownTap F Parry · 20s cooldownR Guard Break · 25s cooldown
Z
Dream DartLeaves a visible false afterimage.
M10 · 5sX
Sleepwalk StepSend a decoy one way and move another.
M30 · 9sC
False HorizonProject misleading terrain silhouettes.
M60 · 18sV
Waking PalaceBuild a readable illusion maze with real exits.
M100 · 34sRune
Passive — Glyph Slots: quests unlock utility inscriptions, never paid-only power.
Core actions · Mastery 0LMB Basic ComboHold F Block · 15s cooldownTap F Parry · 20s cooldownR Guard Break · 25s cooldown
Z
Force RuneDirectional push glyph with a clear border.
M10 · 5sX
Passage RuneOpen discovered rune doors and short routes.
M30 · 9sC
Binding TriangleComplete three points to form a breakable snare.
M60 · 18sV
Grand InscriptionCombine three equipped glyphs into one sequence.
M100 · 35sTransformed beast-artifact movesets
Activating a beast artifact's V move replaces its normal combat kit with the full creature moveset below. Transformed moves inherit the corresponding normal move's mastery requirement and share its cooldown, so transforming never refreshes Z, X, or C. Hold F still Blocks, tap F still Parries, and every transformed R follows the shared four-beat Guard Break rule. Forms drain Transformation meter continuously; hard stagger removes an additional portion, and V can end the form early. Larger bodies gain traversal options but also have larger, readable hurtboxes—transformation is a stance change, not a free damage multiplier.
Stag Form · Elder Hart
A grounded support form that converts prepared Seed routes into fast charges and temporary healing territory.
LMB
Crown and HoofTwo aimed antler sweeps lead into a rear hoof kick. The kick creates spacing but cannot launch a fresh true combo.
Transformed baseR
Heartwood BreakerThree short horn-and-hoof checks build guard pressure before a full-antler ram breaks guard and knocks the target backward. Losing aim cancels the ram.
Transformed base · 25sZ
Briar CrownFire a three-pronged antler fan at the aimed ground. Each tip plants one short-lived Seed; only the center tine deals full damage.
M10 · 6s · 12 EnergyX
Rootline GallopSelect a visible Seed and gallop toward it along a locked root trail. Enemies can sidestep the lane or destroy the destination Seed.
M30 · 10s · 18 EnergyC
Elder GroveConsume up to three Seeds to create overlapping healing circles and cleansing pollen. The grove changes no terrain and every circle visibly withers before disappearing.
M60 · 19s · 25 EnergyV
Shed AntlersReturn to human form. An early tactical cancel preserves at most 20% meter but locks transformation for 12 seconds.
RevertSphinx Form · Sun Guardian
A hovering duel form built around readable symbols, chosen attack lanes, and punishable landing decisions.
LMB
Riddle ClawsAlternating claw swipes end with a wing shove. Changing the final aim chooses a left or right knock-away angle.
Transformed baseR
Sun VerdictThree compact claw marks test the guard before a telegraphed pounce breaks it and knocks the defender away from the chosen landing point.
Transformed base · 25sZ
Hieroglyph ClawChoose one of three shown glyphs, then carve its fixed line pattern into the sand. Opponents can read the symbol before the lanes erupt.
M10 · 6s · 13 EnergyX
Riddle PounceMark a landing circle and choose high, left, or right approach. The route is visible, cannot retarget, and has recovery on a miss.
M30 · 10s · 20 EnergyC
Gate of Three AnswersRaise three breakable mirage gates with different symbols. Passing through the symbol matching the announced clue grants Grit; false gates burst after a warning.
M60 · 20s · 26 EnergyV
Fold the RiddleLand and return to human form, leaving a harmless fading paw-print answer where the form ended.
RevertKraken Form · Deep Warden
A sea-control form for swimming, defending ships, and crossing manually aimed tentacle lanes without hiding attack warnings.
LMB
Port-Starboard LashA left lash, right lash, and forward tentacle thrust. Each limb has its own visible windup and narrow impact lane.
Transformed baseR
Keelbreaker CoilThree short tentacle checks pressure the guard before two arms slam together, breaking guard and producing strong outward knockback.
Transformed base · 25sZ
CrosswakeAim two curling tentacles whose wakes cross at a chosen point. Damage peaks only at the intersection, rewarding prediction instead of wide spam.
M10 · 7s · 14 EnergyX
Undertow DiveSubmerge as a visible surface ripple and steer toward a bounded destination. The entry and exit are vulnerable and the path never becomes invisible.
M30 · 11s · 20 EnergyC
Blackwater VeilCreate a local fog bank around one chosen point. Silhouettes, hit warnings, and ship outlines remain visible; the veil provides concealment, not invulnerability.
M60 · 21s · 27 EnergyV
Release the DeepDissolve the spectral body and return to human form. Nearby boats receive no automatic damage from the transformation ending.
RevertDragon Form · Sky Serpent
A high-mobility aerial form whose breath, climbing, and diving all consume Energy and expose a long, readable body.
LMB
Talon-Tail ChainTwo close claw cuts end in a manually aimed tail sweep. The long body turns slowly during the finisher and can be punished from inside the arc.
Transformed baseR
DragonfallThree compact claw checks lead into a committed shoulder-and-tail drop that breaks guard and launches the target backward along the aimed line.
Transformed base · 25sZ
Furnace BreathHold to steer a narrow breath stream across the camera line. Damage ramps only while aim stays on target; continued breath drains Energy each second.
M10 · 8s · 8–28 EnergyX
Skycoil DiveCoil upward, reveal a projected landing line, then dive to its fixed endpoint. Air control ends once the dive begins.
M30 · 12s · 24 EnergyC
Scale TempestShed a ring of destructible scales, then manually direct them toward one point. Destroyed scales reduce both defense and the final volley.
M60 · 22s · 30 EnergyV
Sheathe the SkyLand at the nearest valid surface and return to human form. Reverting in open air begins a normal Energy-governed fall.
RevertWolf Form · Bone Alpha
A ground pursuit form that reads trails, attacks creature armor, and commits to visible pounce routes rather than target locking.
LMB
Fang and RakeOne bite and two claw rakes form a compact chain. Striking the same angle repeatedly loses stagger strength.
Transformed baseR
Alpha BreakerThree low-damage fang checks build guard pressure before a full-body shoulder ram breaks guard and knocks the target down the scent line.
Transformed base · 25sZ
Gravefang VolleyFire three brittle bone fangs along separately chosen aim taps. Unfired fangs vanish if the player is interrupted.
M10 · 7s · 13 EnergyX
Scentline PounceReveal the target's recent trail, choose any point on it, and leap there along a visible arc. It follows the trail—not the moving target.
M30 · 10s · 19 EnergyC
Packbone WardRaise directional rib armor around the front and flanks. Each section breaks separately, and the exposed rear remains vulnerable.
M60 · 19s · 25 EnergyV
End the HuntReturn to human form and retain the last discovered PvE creature trail for a short navigation window.
RevertThunderbird Form · Storm Herald
A rhythm-based gliding form with fast repositioning, beat-timed lightning, and vulnerable missed beats.
LMB
TalonbeatTwo talon swipes and a wingbeat land on a visible three-count. Off-beat inputs slow the next attack instead of extending hit-stun.
Transformed baseR
Stormbreaker DiveThree small beat-timed pecks pressure the guard before a marked diving shoulder breaks it and knocks the defender from the impact circle.
Transformed base · 25sZ
Thunder ChoirRelease three expanding rings on successive beats. Each ring must be aimed by facing; repeating the same timing shrinks its damage window.
M10 · 7s · 14 EnergyX
Jetstream CarveGlide through two player-placed wind points. The connecting route is shown before launch and cannot bend toward enemies afterward.
M30 · 10s · 20 EnergyC
Resonant MoltDrop five charged feathers in a visible arc. A beat-timed wing pulse activates them; opponents can destroy individual feathers first.
M60 · 20s · 27 EnergyV
Fold the StormReturn to human form and release a harmless thunderclap that clearly marks the end of transformed pressure.
RevertFlight & mobility move pool
These are production-ready movement moves for future weapons, fighting styles, artifacts, classes, techniques, and awakenings. A move replaces one key in its assigned moveset instead of adding a free fifth combat ability, and its mastery belongs to that loadout. Every option is manually aimed, collision-checked, interruptible, and fully vulnerable—none grants invulnerability frames, target tracking, or immunity to anti-air attacks.
Flight rule: ordinary powered flight pays an activation cost plus Energy per second, stops at zero Energy, and locks attacks that are not explicitly designed for flight. Open-ocean flight drains Energy twice as quickly once the player is far from an island, ship, or permanent platform, keeping boats essential. Gliding is cheaper but always loses altitude. Taking hard stagger cancels flight, while landing has a short readable recovery.
Sailcloth Glide
A basic exploration move learned through an early navigation quest. It extends a jump without allowing true flight.
Hold Jump
Catch the WindOpen a compact sailcloth wing and steer a descending glide. Releasing Jump folds it immediately; taking damage or touching a wall causes a normal fall.
M0 · 4 Energy/sUpdraft Kick
A fighting-style launcher used to contest ledges and airborne opponents without becoming an attack escape.
X
Rising CorkscrewKick downward to rise along the aimed vertical angle. The start can be interrupted, horizontal travel is limited, and the user remains hittable throughout.
M30 · 9s · 18 EnergyGrapnel Swing
A shipboard and city-traversal technique that rewards selecting real anchors.
X
Hook and ArcFire at approved beams, masts, cliffs, or rails, then swing on a visible rope using current momentum. Enemies may cut the tether, and a missed hook spends half the Energy.
M30 · 8s · 16 EnergyRecoil Vault
A historical-firearm movement option that trades a loaded shot for positioning.
X
Powder JumpFire away from the chosen travel direction to launch in a fixed arc. The muzzle flash reveals the route, the weapon loses one loaded round, and the landing has recovery.
M30 · 10s · 17 Energy · 1 roundTide Skim
A Mariner or Tidehand option for crossing short water gaps and circling sea creatures.
X
Wake RunnerRide a narrow current across the water surface. Steering is gradual, sharp turns break the skim, and direct hits knock the user into normal swimming.
M30 · 9s · 6 Energy/sWindwake Flight
A Gale or advanced aeronaut move for short aerial routes, scouting, and repositioning.
C
Ride the GaleAfter a visible one-second windup, fly toward camera aim for up to six seconds. Turning has inertia, ordinary attacks are locked, and hard stagger ends the flight.
M60 · 20s · 18 Energy + 8/sWingbeat Chain
A beast-form movement sequence with committed endpoints rather than free target pursuit.
X
Climb, Bank, DivePlace two visible air points, then fly through them in order and finish at a projected landing circle. Each segment direction-locks on entry; canceling early begins a fall.
M30 · 12s · 24 EnergyStarline Traverse
A high-level Star or Rune movement tool that requires setup and leaves counterplay.
C
Thread the PointsManually place three short-lived route points on visible surfaces, then travel their connected path. Opponents see the line before launch and may break any point.
M60 · 18s · 26 EnergyDivebreak
An aerial disengage that converts height into a fast but punishable landing.
Z
Drop and RollDive toward manually aimed ground, show the impact circle, then roll in the held direction on landing. It deals no damage, cannot pass through attacks, and a blocked landing causes longer recovery.
M10 · 7s · 12 EnergyRescue Tow
A support movement move for recovering allies from cliffs, water, and damaged ships.
C
Lifeline CarryAttach a visible line to a consenting or downed ally and glide toward an aimed safe surface. Speed and turning are reduced, the line breaks on damage, and it cannot carry quest objects.
M60 · 24s · 10 Energy/sAwakened disciplines
Awakenings are grouped in the same order as the moveset library: swords and melee weapons, historical guns, fighting styles, then artifacts. Each adds a mechanic or alternate decision rather than a simple damage multiplier.
Sword and melee awakenings
| Weapon | Awakening | How its moveset changes | Unlock direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cutlass | Tempest Cutlass | A perfect Riptide Rush empowers the next Crescent Draw; no flat passive damage boost. | Complete a storm chase and duel the corsair echo. |
| Katana | Moonlit Discipline | A successful Storm Sheath changes Moon-Splitter into a faster precision draw. | Solve moon-mirror shrines during a clear night. |
| Rapier | Crowned Needle | Riposte marks can be deliberately transferred between targets with precision thrusts. | Win the Frostveil masquerade duel without taking a direct hit. |
| Iron Mace | Leviathan Breaker | Stored impacts reshape heavy swings and add anti-creature armor damage. | Shatter three leviathan armor plates during one hunt. |
| Twin Sabers | Compass Dance | Crossing Step leaves short-lived directional marks used by Eight-Way Requiem. | Complete the Skyreach compass course in every wind direction. |
| Cursed Blade | Freed Oath | Blood Debt can be purified into support utility instead of self-damage. | Break the blade's curse through Blacktide's hidden mercy route. |
| Longsword | Crowned Vanguard | Guarded advances store one selectable finishing angle. | Protect three quest caravans without losing their standard. |
| Claymore | Highland Titan | Varied sweeps bank Momentum for a precise cleaving finish. | Clear the highland quarry trial under its time limit. |
| Nodachi | Rising Horizon | Weak-point hits lengthen one patient draw window. | Cut five falling leaves before they touch the shrine floor. |
| Scimitar | Endless Dune | Curved steps leave sand routes usable once. | Cross the mirage course during a sandstorm. |
| Estoc | Perfect Needle | Tip hits expose armor seams instead of adding flat damage. | Complete the clockwork armor puzzle. |
| Falchion | Golden Harvest | Distinct PvE targets build a harvest chain and material bonus. | Restore every tool in the abandoned farmstead. |
| Jian | Celestial Script | Techniques draw glyph strokes used by shrine mechanisms. | Copy the four sky-calligraphy forms. |
| Dao | Flood Tiger | Pressure routes can be redirected once after a clean hit. | Win the river-gate gauntlet without repeating a move. |
| Shamshir | True Mirage | Feints create readable decoy arcs while the real strike stays manual. | Defeat the mirage duelist by identifying every false blade. |
| Officer Saber | Grand Command | Well-timed calls share handling and capped grounded Energy utility with crew. | Lead a fort defense with all objectives intact. |
| Coral Greatblade | Ancient Reef | Underwater swings shape temporary current walls. | Repair four damaged reef arches. |
| Frostbrand | Winter Oath | Placed rime lines become breakable routes or control tools. | Complete the whiteout oath walk. |
| Stormglass Blade | Tempest Glass | Conductive cuts link manually placed stormglass shards. | Forge the blade during peak lightning. |
| Bone Cleaver | Apex Fang | Creature-part breaks assemble a temporary hunting edge. | Collect shed trophies from five beasts without killing them. |
| Rift Edge | World Seam | Cut marks connect into short visible spatial lanes. | Seal three Danger III fractures in order. |
| Flamberge | Resonant Flame | Successful binds store resonance that can reshape one later thrust or curved lane. | Forge the waved blade while matching four tuning anvils during a volcanic tremor. |
Historical gun awakenings
| Gun | Awakening | How its moveset changes | Unlock direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flintlock | Gunslinger's Oath | A timing window during reload grants the next accurate shot extra stagger. | Win a no-miss target trial aboard a moving ship. |
| Musket | Royal Dragoon | Alternating bayonet and shot techniques earns handling bonuses. | Defend a sea fort through a heavy storm. |
| Blunderbuss | Stormmouth | Weather changes pellet spread, while bracing preserves a chosen pattern. | Defeat a boarding wave during a thunder squall. |
| Hand Cannon | Citadel Piece | Shots can use destructible cover as controlled fragmentation points. | Restore and fire Blacktide Citadel's ancient sea cannon. |
| Twin Flintlocks | Dead Reckoning | Accurate alternating shots build one bankable instant-reload token. | Complete a moving-ship ricochet chart without aim assistance. |
| Pepperbox | Clockwork Salvo | Deliberate chamber order loads a precision, scatter, or impact round into selected barrels. | Repair Ashen Crown's starwheel mechanism during an electrical storm. |
| Matchlock Arquebus | Ashen Regiment | Firing rests can be repositioned to build a planned volley route. | Recover three lost regimental standards. |
| Wheellock Pistol | Clockwork Duelist | Exact spring timing stores one cancellable feint. | Win the twelve-bell pistol trial. |
| Duckfoot Pistol | Compass Fire | Players rotate the four fixed barrels before each volley. | Clear four simultaneous boarding lanes. |
| Volley Gun | Grand Organ | Barrel order can be scored into precision or sweep patterns. | Repair the fortress organ battery. |
| Long Rifle | Far Horizon | Wind reads reveal moving PvE weak-point timing. | Complete the cross-island range chart without missing. |
| Boarding Carbine | Deck Conqueror | Vaults can branch into shot, guard, or bayonet choices. | Capture an NPC vessel without sinking it. |
| Dragon Pistol | Blue Dragon | Perfect heat vents convert the next charge to blue flame utility. | Cool the pistol in all five sea depths. |
| Hand Mortar | Master Bombardier | Airburst fragments follow three selected arcs. | Destroy a sea fort's weapons without hitting its keep. |
| Harpoon Gun | Leviathan Line | Multiple creature-part pins create crew damage windows. | Tag every plate on a leviathan hunt. |
| Grapnel Gun | Master Pathfinder | Three-anchor webs gain zipline and rescue configurations. | Chart every hidden route on one island. |
| Signal Pistol | North Star | Flare colors select rescue, reveal, or rally functions. | Guide three lost ships through supernatural fog. |
| Double-Barrel Flintlock | Twin Oath | Each barrel can hold a different utility round. | Complete the two-target duel trial. |
| Swivel Gun | Fortress Mount | Prepared hardpoints retain one chosen ammunition type. | Defend every side of a ship in one fleet event. |
| Arc-Lock Rifle | Storm Circuit | Conductors gain polarity for custom lightning circuits. | Strike three rods in one Danger III storm. |
Fighting-style awakenings
| Style | Awakening | How its moveset changes | Unlock direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Leg | Inferno Step | Movement builds controlled Heat that changes kicks into fire variants. | Complete the caldera footwork course without touching lava. |
| Iron Fist | Adamant Heart | Perfect guards store one impact charge for Breaking Palm or Heartstopper. | Survive the Stone Bell counter trial. |
| Tidehand | Abyss Current | Successful redirections create currents that can reposition allies. | Redirect a sea creature's attacks into four marked reef gates. |
| Anchor Grappling | Colossus Hold | Large-enemy grapples become break-part interactions rather than hard control. | Complete the harbor master's giant-anchor endurance ritual. |
| Tempest Claw | Thunderbird | Landing precision stores one safe aerial direction change for the next technique. | Chase the thunderbird through a Danger III cyclone. |
| Swaying Deck | Unsinkable Rhythm | Successful directional feints store one Beat that can shorten the next stance transition. | Win a duel on a rolling deck during a Danger II storm without falling overboard. |
| Beastbreaker | Apex Hunter | Observed anatomy opens creature-specific break interactions. | Complete hunts in all five depth bands. |
| Quarry Rhythm | Masterwork | Varied PvE and gathering actions extend an efficient Work chain. | Rebuild the abandoned quarry workshop. |
| Duelist’s Measure | Perfect Exchange | Directional reads unlock alternate punish routes. | Win the arena trial without repeating a finisher. |
| Wayfinder Kata | Grand Expedition | Discovered route markers become crew traversal tools. | Finish one island's full optional quest web. |
| Reefwalker | Abyss Current | Depth shifts leave currents allies and opponents can ride. | Reach the Abyssal Rift without a forced rescue. |
| Shipwright Brawl | Iron Deck | Repair timing creates selectable brace, ballast, or weapon support. | Return a crippled ship to port during a storm. |
Artifact awakenings
| Artifact | Awakening | How its moveset changes | Unlock direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stone | Living Fortress | Terrain persists longer and can be broken deliberately for shrapnel zones. | Earthquake event plus a rotating monolith puzzle. |
| Tide | Moon-Tide | Abilities gain alternate high-tide and low-tide functions. | Full-moon reef puzzle during a king tide. |
| Ember | Stormforge | Heat can be grounded through lightning rods to reshape the ultimate. | Carry flame through a thunderstorm without letting it die. |
| Gale | Tempest Crown | Air routes and gust lanes persist for allies and skilled opponents. | Reach six sky shrines during a cyclone. |
| Void | Abyssal Domain | Instability becomes a high-risk resource for chaining spatial setups. | Chart a Danger III anomaly and solve its star map. |
| Frost | Absolute Rime | Brittle lines can be shattered for movement paths or controlled damage. | Align Frostveil's aurora prisms during a whiteout. |
| Thunder | Sky Judgment | Conductors gain alternate positive and negative charges for circuit building. | Complete a lightning-rod puzzle at the storm's highest intensity. |
| Stag | Elder Hart | Stag Form grows routes and groves from connected Seeds; antler choices favor rescue, traversal, or control. | Restore Verdant Labyrinth's four seasonal gardens and follow the Elder Hart. |
| Sphinx | Sun Guardian | Sphinx Form gains a sun meter and can turn placed sand trails into breakable glass routes. | Solve the buried riddle network during a desert solar alignment. |
| Echo | First Song | Recorded rhythms can be arranged into one of several visible three-note sequences. | Repeat the ghost fleet's bell melody inside a silent fog event. |
| Light | Dawn Crown | Placed beacons refract rays into player-designed paths. | Align seven lighthouse prisms at sunrise. |
| Shadow | Total Eclipse | Connected shadows become limited reposition routes. | Cross the moonless fog maze without a lantern. |
| Metal | Living Forge | Tempered constructs switch between armor, chain, and weapon forms. | Complete Ashen Wake's master forge sequence. |
| Crystal | Crystal Cathedral | Facets form a breakable refraction network. | Tune the submerged crystal choir. |
| Gravity | Starfall | Mass points orbit and redirect marked debris. | Align the temporary observatory island. |
| Kraken | Silent Leviathan | Kraken Form creates steerable fog currents and selectable rescue or hunting tentacles. | Ring five bells beneath the silent fog without losing the diving tether. |
| Venom | Sovereign Antidote | Every poison technique gains a cleansing alternative. | Brew cures for all Verdant jungle toxins. |
| Powder | Stormproof Arsenal | Charges gain selectable concussion or smoke loads, while burning fuse paths can be redirected once without refreshing their timer. | Seal a powder vault during a hurricane and defeat its master gunner without causing a chain reaction. |
| Magnet | World Lodestone | Poles can form navigable rails and controlled metal fields. | Repair the ancient compass network. |
| Steam | Grand Engine | Pressure can be routed between mobility, defense, and area control. | Stabilize every boiler in the moving factory. |
| Dragon | Dragon Ascendant | Dragon Form selects storm breath, protective scales, or long-distance skycoil traversal. | Complete three humane apex hunts and chart the Skyreach dragon path. |
| Wolf | Pale Packlord | Wolf Form spends recovered fragments on pack echoes, armor, or tracking. | Reconstruct the trench wolf fossil and follow its moonlit trail. |
| Thunderbird | Stormheart Roc | Thunderbird Form arranges four-beat sequences into flight, wards, or aimed lightning pulses. | Play the drum reef during migration inside a thunderstorm. |
| Star | Celestial Map | Constellations become persistent expedition routes within one sector. | Chart twelve stars in Danger III. |
| Moon | Full-Moon Court | Phase order can be deliberately held or advanced. | Open the tidal temple across one lunar cycle. |
| Sun | Zenith | Heatlight lenses focus or split manually aimed techniques. | Light Ashen Wake's solar tower at noon. |
| Glass | Thousand Mirrors | Reflections offer visible decoy routes while one remains real. | Solve the desert mirror vault without breaking a lens. |
| Time | Broken Clock | Stored ticks replay only the user's position and attacks. | Repair the clock island before it disappears. |
| Dream | Waking Palace | Illusions gain puzzle paths and fair PvP silhouettes. | Find every true exit in the lucid maze. |
| Rune | Grand Inscription | Three equipped glyphs form one customizable technique chain. | Recover master glyphs from all five seas. |
Class meter abilities
Each class has a passive, a center-screen meter, and one class skill. The final keyboard/gamepad binding is reserved for input testing so it does not conflict with weapon moves.
Voyager · Focus
Perfect Course: accurate hits and clean movement build Focus. True Bearing: spend a full meter to strengthen the next aimed technique's handling and utility—not auto-aim it.
Barbarian · Rage
Bloodwake: dealing and narrowly surviving damage builds Rage. Berserker Breaker: spend full Rage for brief stagger resistance and stronger guard damage.
Arcanist · Mana
Mana Current: varied artifact hits restore Mana. Arcane Overchannel: spend full Mana to modify the next artifact move, followed by a short exhaustion window.
Duelist · Tempo
Measured Rhythm: alternating attacks, dashes, and guards builds Tempo. Final Measure: spend it for a short precision window with faster recovery after clean hits.
Guardian · Resolve
Hold the Line: guarding allies and contesting objectives builds Resolve. Anchor Field: spend it to create a defensive zone that reduces knockback, not incoming damage to zero.
Mariner · Tide
Sea Legs: sailing maneuvers, rescues, and naval hits build Tide. Captain's Current: spend it for a team current that improves ship handling or land repositioning.
Hunter · Quarry
Trail Sense: studying tracks and breaking creature parts builds Quarry. Mark the Colossus: expose one PvE anatomy point to the crew; grants no PvP damage bonus.
Corsair · Infamy
Notoriety: opted-in PvP objectives and risky heists build Infamy. High-Stakes Challenge: wager the meter for a visible duel buff that ends on disengage.
Salvager · Scrap
Efficient Hands: varied gathering and dismantling fills Scrap. Overclock Salvage: spend it to improve one harvesting or field-crafting cycle.
Wayfinder · Insight
Living Map: discoveries, clues, and puzzle steps build Insight. Reveal Route: show the crew one valid route hint without solving the puzzle.
Deepborn · Pressure
Pressure Adaptation: depth changes and underwater precision build Pressure. Equalize: resist one depth hazard and share a small air bubble.
Shipwright · Integrity
Field Repairs: repairs, braces, and defended ship sections build Integrity. Emergency Brace: prevent one breached section from worsening while the crew repairs it.
Combat balance guardrails
| System | Rule | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| Basic attacks | Short chains, directional commitment, final-hit recovery, and no permanent stun loops. | Keep LMB useful without making it the optimal answer to everything. |
| Mobility | Dashes and air jumps have no fixed use count but spend shared Energy. Direction locks after startup, and dashes have no invulnerability frames: any attack that connects still hits. | Allow expressive movement while Energy budgeting, aim, and recovery prevent panic spam. |
| Ranged combat | Manual camera aim, visible reloads, projectile travel where appropriate, and cover interaction. | Make gun skill about aim and positioning. |
| Crowd control | Repeated hit-stun decays; hard control grants temporary resistance afterward. | Prevent infinite combos in PvP and frustrating enemy chains. |
| Ultimates | Clear audio/visual tells, small decisive zones, long cooldowns, and meaningful whiff recovery. | Let powerful moves remain counterplayable. |
| Awakenings | Add decisions, alternate behavior, or resource interactions—not automatic victory. | Preserve mastery and aim at endgame. |
08 · Long-term growth
Progression and mastery
Levels and stats
Maximum level target: 2000. Fifteen First Sea chapters lead to ten permanent Other Sea regions, creating 25 authored progression chapters; Uncharted Domains remain optional scaling voyages after level 500. Each level grants 3 stat points.
- Vitality — health and recovery
- Defense — mitigation and guard
- Strength — fighting-style scaling
- Sword — sword damage and technique
- Gun — gun damage and handling
- Artifact — artifact power and class-resource interactions
- Technique — modest Energy capacity, grounded regeneration, and cooldown utility
Energy caps: 100 base, 140 after First Sea progression, and 150 maximum through earned Other Sea milestones. Stat investment never lowers Dash or Air Jump recovery, and paid products grant no Energy.
Separate mastery
Sword, gun, fighting style, and artifact mastery grow by successful use. Special techniques use their own five-rank Technique EXP track. Neither system replaces player level.
- M10 — first weapon or power technique
- M30 — mobility or setup move
- M60 — advanced control tool
- M100 — ultimate or awakening gate
- Technique Rank I–V — capped utility proficiency
Build identity
Players should make readable tradeoffs instead of maxing everything immediately.
- Stat reset available through earned Riftmarks or optional convenience purchase
- Loadout presets at home points
- Equipment perks that modify behavior, not only damage
- Late-game specialization nodes
09 · Signature power system
Body-fused artifacts
Artifacts replace the fruit-style power model. A player fuses one artifact into their body, gaining a themed moveset, passive interaction, visual effects, and an awakening route.
Acquisition
- Rotating artifact dealers
- Artifact gacha unlocks at level 50
- Price scales with level
- One random roll every two hours
- Boss, puzzle, sea-event, vault, and quest drops
Fusion rules
- One active body-fused artifact
- Fusion replaces the previous temporary artifact
- Permanent purchases remain re-equippable
- Mastery belongs to each artifact
- Visual state communicates the equipped power
Awakening rules
- High mastery requirement
- Riftmarks and boss materials
- Weather-specific triggers
- Environmental or co-op puzzles
- Awakening changes move function, not only numbers
Beast transformation rules: Stag, Sphinx, Kraken, Dragon, Wolf, and Thunderbird fill a dedicated Transformation meter through varied, theme-specific actions. Their V move changes the avatar into a full creature form and replaces LMB, R, Z, X, and C with the transformed movesets in the ability catalogue; V becomes a manual revert. Forms drain meter over time, can be ended early, retain readable hitboxes and warnings, share cooldowns with their normal moves, and emphasize new traversal or utility rather than automatic damage multipliers.
| Artifact | Rarity | Core fantasy | Awakening direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stone | Common | Armor, terrain control, stagger resistance | Living fortress form and seismic counters |
| Tide | Uncommon | Flow movement, water blades, healing currents | Moon-tide domain during rare sea conditions |
| Ember | Rare | Heat buildup, explosive finishers, forge synergy | Storm-forged blue flame after Ashen Crown ritual |
| Gale | Epic | Aerial control, wind steps, projectile redirection | Skyreach wind-ring puzzle and tempest form |
| Void | Legendary | Spatial pulls, blink attacks, dangerous self-cost | Abyssal sea puzzle with unstable domain mechanics |
| Frost | Uncommon | Chill combinations, ice routes, refracting cover | Aurora-prism ritual during a Frostveil whiteout |
| Thunder | Epic | Precision charge, conductors, circuit-based lightning | Sky Judgment through a peak-storm rod puzzle |
| Stag | Rare Beast | Seed routes, healing groves, antler attacks, and full stag transformation | Elder Hart form after restoring four seasonal gardens |
| Sphinx | Legendary Beast | Sand claws, mirage riddles, winged pounces, and full sphinx transformation | Sun Guardian form through the buried riddle network |
| Echo | Legendary | Rhythm recording, delayed paths, sound-space control | First Song unlocked through the ghost fleet's bell puzzle |
| Light | Rare | Precision rays, illumination, route finding | Dawn Crown through seven lighthouse prisms |
| Shadow | Rare | Feints, shadow routes, sightline control | Total Eclipse during a moonless fog |
| Metal | Uncommon | Directional armor, chains, forged constructs | Living Forge in Ashen Wake |
| Crystal | Rare | Refraction, breakable cages, angled shots | Crystal Cathedral resonance puzzle |
| Gravity | Legendary | Orbit movement, debris control, weight fields | Starfall observatory alignment |
| Kraken | Legendary Beast | Fog currents, tentacles, underwater senses, and full kraken transformation | Silent Leviathan through the submerged fog-bell route |
| Venom | Rare | Dose management, antidotes, planted hazards | Sovereign Antidote jungle trial |
| Powder | Rare | Timed charges, visible fuse circuits, explosive recoil, and chain-reaction risk | Stormproof Arsenal hurricane powder-vault trial |
| Magnet | Rare | Polarity, metal movement, linked nodes | World Lodestone compass puzzle |
| Steam | Uncommon | Pressure management, vents, industrial mobility | Grand Engine boiler sequence |
| Dragon | Mythic Beast | Skycoil flight, adaptive scales, breath paths, and full dragon transformation | Dragon Ascendant after the Skyreach path |
| Wolf | Legendary Beast | Fang projectiles, scent trails, bone armor, and full wolf transformation | Pale Packlord fossil-and-moon ritual |
| Thunderbird | Legendary Beast | Beat-timed lightning, wing movement, feather wards, and full bird transformation | Stormheart Roc drum-reef ritual |
| Star | Mythic | Constellation routes and linked impacts | Celestial Map in the Uncharted Void |
| Moon | Legendary | Four phases, curved rays, hidden runes | Full-Moon Court tidal temple |
| Sun | Legendary | Heatlight, lenses, focused beams | Zenith at the Ashen solar tower |
| Glass | Rare | Reflection, shattering routes, decoy rays | Thousand Mirrors desert vault |
| Time | Mythic | Self-rewind, delayed shots, local slow zones | Broken Clock temporary island |
| Dream | Legendary | Readable illusions, decoys, false terrain | Waking Palace lucid maze |
| Rune | Mythic | Quest glyphs, passage tools, custom sequences | Grand Inscription across all seas |
10 · Character identity
Classes and special resources
The 12 classes fill the “race” role but provide stronger gameplay identity. Each has a passive, an activated ability, upgrade stages, and a unique central HUD resource.
Voyager
Resource: Focus. Perfect dashes grant Focus; full Focus empowers the next technique.
Barbarian
Resource: Rage. Dealing and receiving damage builds Rage; full Rage triggers Berserk potential.
Arcanist
Resource: Mana. Mana regenerates and fuels artifact techniques and arcane utility.
Duelist
Resource: Tempo. Alternating attacks, dashes, and counters builds a rhythm bonus.
Guardian
Resource: Resolve. Protecting allies and perfect guards builds a defensive burst.
Mariner
Resource: Tide. Gains bonuses near water, aboard boats, and during changing weather.
Hunter
Resource: Quarry. Tracking and creature-part breaks power a crew hunting mark.
Corsair
Resource: Infamy. Opt-in PvP objectives and daring heists power high-risk duel tools.
Salvager
Resource: Scrap. Gathering variety and dismantling fuel efficient crafting cycles.
Wayfinder
Resource: Insight. Discoveries and puzzle progress reveal expedition route hints.
Deepborn
Resource: Pressure. Vertical swimming and depth changes fuel survival utility.
Shipwright
Resource: Integrity. Repairs and defended sections power emergency hull braces.
11 · Ocean gameplay
Sea, ships, pirates, diving, and fishing
Ship systems appear first, followed by the dedicated Pirate factions and fleet encounters catalogue, undersea exploration, and fishing. Dynamic encounters have their own Sea Events page in Section 12.
Ship controls
- Detailed sloop with functional W/S sailing and A/D steering
- Ships spawn beside docks rather than on top of them
- Only the captain who launches a ship can steer it
- Speed, durability, handling, storage, and armament define ship roles
- Quest ships, special gamepass ships, and exclusive shop vessels
Ship roster overview
- Small craft — Rowboat, Fishing Smack, and Harpoon Skiff
- General vessels — Sloop, Corsair Cutter, and Brigantine
- Beast-hunting vessels — Beast Hunter and Leviathan Galleass
- Heavy vessels — Bomb Ketch, Frigate, and Galleon
- Special vessels — Diving Tender and Ghost Carrack
- Full specifications and hostile variants appear in the Ships subsection below
| Danger level | Sea band | Dimension availability | Expected events | Reward direction |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Coastal Waters | Both dimensions | Light storms, common fishing, tutorial pirates | Starter money and supplies |
| 1 | Restless Expanse | Both dimensions | Rough waves, raiders, wrecks, uncommon creatures | Better fish and materials |
| 2 | Predator Waters | Both dimensions | Sea beasts, hostile fleets, waterspouts | Rare equipment and artifact clues |
| 3 | Abyssal Reach | First Dimension maximum; also appears in the Other Sea | Leviathans, ghost ships, severe supernatural weather, First Sea procedural domains, and optional raids | Awakening materials, Riftmarks, legendary charts, and endgame artifacts |
| 4 | Fractured Expanse | Other Sea only | Dimensional fleets, reality storms, high-tier rifts, and Other Sea raid predators | Second-dimension mastery materials and rare expedition components |
First Dimension danger cap: its sea danger can never rise above Level 3, including level-500–1000 routes, Uncharted Domains, world events, and optional raids. A First Dimension event that previously required Level 4 now uses Level 3 tuning with longer warnings, fewer simultaneous hazards, and the same earned reward path. Level 4 begins only after crossing into the Other Sea.
Active sailing and navigation
Open water is divided into large streamed sectors connected by authored shipping lanes, currents, reefs, and horizon landmarks. Sailing remains hands-on without turning into a survival chore: players manage wind, waves, damage, and route choices, but never need to refill hunger or wait through empty travel.
| Sea system | What players do | Skill and counterplay | Accessibility and crew use |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wind and sail trim | Choose sail height and angle for speed, turning, or control. Wind changes by broad forecasted fronts, not every few seconds. | Correct trim creates a visible gold edge on the sail-speed gauge; poor trim slows the ship but does not damage it. | Auto-trim offers 85% efficiency. A sail station lets a crew member reach full efficiency without taking the helm. |
| Wave reading | Turn into large swells, ride following seas, and reduce sail before rogue-wave sets. | Foam lines and deck tilt forecast each wave. Good timing preserves speed and prevents exposed hull hits. | Camera stabilization, reduced deck roll, strong horizon line, and controller pulses are optional. |
| Currents and tide gates | Use colored and patterned water lanes as shortcuts, dive routes, migration paths, or escape corridors. | Currents have entry angles and exits; fighting a current wastes time, while reading it rewards fast routes. | Patterned chart arrows accompany color, and the navigator may pin the intended exit for the helmsman. |
| Lookout and spyglass | Identify flags, weather, creature wakes, wreck condition, reefs, and event clues before committing. | Holding a target steady fills an identification ring; range and visibility alter time, never random accuracy. | Any crew member can share a pin. Text summaries describe visual tells after successful identification. |
| Charting and bearings | Place up to three route pins, record discoveries, compare safe lanes, and mark a return course. | The fastest route may cross greater danger; charts expose uncertainty rather than hiding it. | Compass heading, distance, icon shape, and route text are all available independently. |
| Anchoring and mooring | Anchor beside dive sites, wrecks, fishing schools, and temporary islands; use dock moorings for safe spawning. | Depth, current, and seabed decide anchor hold. Dragging begins with chain strain and a warning gauge. | One-button assisted anchoring chooses the nearest valid side-of-dock or safe-water position. |
| Localized ship damage | Repair hull breaches, torn sails, jammed rudders, disabled pumps, cannons, and harpoon lines at their actual stations. | Crews choose between continuing pressure and repairing a vulnerable section; no single random hit instantly sinks a healthy ship. | Damage icons appear on deck, minimap, and text list; solo ships have fewer simultaneous failures. |
| Cargo and towing | Secure salvage, tow disabled vessels, carry live specimens, or transport fragile quest cargo. | Extra weight changes acceleration and wave response, while poor securing risks only the marked loose cargo. | A manifest lists every secured item; personal rewards bind before shared cargo is sold. |
Crew stations
Helm
Steers, trims baseline sail, braces for waves, and selects the disengage course. Solo captains can operate every required function from here at reduced efficiency.
Navigator
Reads forecasts, plots pins, identifies safe current exits, tracks domain sectors, and warns when the voyage approaches its chosen danger ceiling.
Gunnery and harpoon
Loads shot type, aims manually, leads moving targets, controls harpoon tension, and chooses components or armor plates instead of firing only at health bars.
Deck and engineering
Repairs localized damage, pumps flooding, secures cargo, cuts hostile lines, tends diving air, and operates tow or salvage winches.
Solo and small-crew rule: every required voyage is completable alone in an appropriate ship. Crew stations improve speed, information, and recovery; they never become simultaneous switches that make solo progression impossible. Public crew matching can fill roles before an optional raid.
Ocean landmarks and route discoveries
| Landmark | How it changes a route | Activities and discoveries |
|---|---|---|
| Lighthouse chain | Creates a long safe bearing through fog or storms; extinguished lights make the route slower, not invisible. | Refuel lenses, decode flashes, escort keepers, reveal smuggler marks, or unlock a permanent chart pin. |
| Coral spire field | Offers a protected shortcut for skiffs and cutters while larger hulls must weave through marked deep gaps. | Pearl diving, reef fishing, predator nests, broken figureheads, and tide-gate puzzles. |
| Drifting wreck line | Moves slowly across a shipping lane and creates cover from cannon fire as well as collision risk. | Rescue survivors, inspect flags, salvage fittings, tow a hull, or identify a disguised pirate trap. |
| Kelp highway | A surface current through giant kelp provides speed and concealment, but fouls an unattended rudder. | Harvest reef fiber, track creatures, clear fishing nets, and find hidden diver camps. |
| Whale road | Migrating giants generate a stable following current and deter common pirates. | Nonlethal tagging, calf rescue, parasite removal, rare fishing, and lore recordings. |
| Volcanic vent chain | Warm updrafts create fast but rough water and expose temporary black-stone shelves. | Gather forge minerals, cool overheated cargo, investigate fire ships, and access timed shore caves. |
| Iceberg procession | Slow-moving ice creates narrow lanes and reflective false horizons around Frostveil-linked waters. | Break trapped ships free, climb for survey points, fish cold pockets, and recover frozen cargo. |
| Floating tavern | A neutral wandering stop provides repairs and rumors but relocates between approved anchors. | Meet a wandering trader, recruit a temporary lookout, buy ordinary supplies, play crew games, and collect voyage leads. |
| Grave bell buoy | Marks deep wrecks and dangerous dive descents; its pattern identifies the depth and current direction. | Launch diving bells, read memorial names, recover logs, and begin ghost or observatory investigations. |
| Compass fracture | Other Sea-only rift weather bends chart labels while fixed stars, beacons, and the physical needle remain trustworthy. | Stabilize chart anchors, recover Riftmarks, enter optional Trial Rift pockets, or chart a Domain approach. |
Player ship roster
| Ship | Crew and handling | Armament or utility | Acquisition and Crown cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rowboat Hull health 1,200 | 1–2 players · very agile · fragile | Oars, lantern, two storage slots; no cannon | Free. Starter and emergency respawn craft; always available. |
| Fishing Smack Hull health 3,000 | 1–3 players · stable · modest speed | Net winch, bait locker, live well, one swivel cannon | First hull free from the Whispering Atoll fishing quest. Additional saved hull: 6,000 Crowns. |
| Sloop Hull health 5,000 | 1–4 players · balanced handling | Two broadside cannons, repair locker, small cargo hold | Standard Harbor Master purchase: 9,000 Crowns. |
| Corsair Cutter Hull health 4,600 | 2–5 players · fastest turning ship | Chaser cannon, chain-shot rack, boarding hooks | First hull earned by capturing a Saltknife pirate cutter. Additional saved hull after capture: 40,000 Crowns. |
| Brigantine Hull health 9,000 | 3–8 players · fast crew-combat vessel | Six cannons, harpoon winch, brig, reinforced mast | Ashen Crown naval quest unlocks its shipwright permit; construction costs 70,000 Crowns. |
| Harpoon Skiff Hull health 3,800 | 1–3 players · agile coastal hunter | Swivel harpoon, hand reel, bait locker, specimen rack | First Sea Beast Hunt unlocks the plan; construction costs 25,000 Crowns. |
| Beast Hunter Hull health 12,500 | 4–8 players · reinforced pursuit vessel | Twin bow harpoons, powered line winches, armor-break ballista, bait cage, creature-material hold | Three hunt trophies plus 125,000 Crowns at the Ashen shipwright. |
| Leviathan Galleass Hull health 30,000 | 8–14 players · slow endgame hunting platform | Four heavy harpoons, chain capstan, plate-breaking bombard, diving cage, field workshop | Danger III leviathan quest, raid materials, and 750,000 Crowns. Fully earnable; no Robux requirement. |
| Bomb Ketch Hull health 8,500 | 3–6 players · slow turn · long range | Arcing mortar, powder magazine, two defensive guns | Rare Blackpowder Fleet blueprint plus 100,000 Crowns at a major shipwright. |
| Frigate Hull health 18,000 | 5–12 players · durable pursuit ship | Twelve cannons, two decks, surgeon station, heavy sails | Blacktide siege permit plus 300,000 Crowns. Premium versions only change its appearance and interior. |
| Galleon Hull health 32,000 | 8–16 players · slow raid platform | Twenty cannons, cargo vault, respawn bunks, command deck | Endgame shipwright project, regional materials, and 1,000,000 Crowns; never purchase-only power. |
| Diving Tender Hull health 10,500 | 2–6 players · stable expedition vessel | Diving bell, air pump, salvage crane, specimen tanks | Drowned Observatory expedition unlocks its plans; construction costs 180,000 Crowns. |
| Ghost Carrack Hull health 16,500 | 4–10 players · unusual drift handling | Spectral broadside, fog bell, cursed chart room | No Crown purchase. Permanent reward from the full Ghost Fleet quest; cosmetic shop variant allowed. |
Permanent ownership
Paying a Crown construction cost permanently adds that hull to the player’s drydock. Sinking never forces the player to buy the entire ship again.
Rebuild and repairs
A sunk ship can be recovered after a wait or immediately rebuilt for 3% of its listed Crown cost, capped at 25,000 Crowns. Normal harbor repairs charge only for missing hull and damaged components.
Price visibility
The shipwright preview shows the full Crown cost, required permit, missing materials, hull statistics, crew recommendation, weapons, and free alternatives before confirmation.
Ship-economy rule: Crown prices are progression targets, not Robux conversion prompts. Quest permits and blueprints cannot be skipped with money, construction never consumes a gamepass, and every functional ship role has an earnable route.
Version 1.23 ship affordability pass: Crown costs were reduced by roughly 50–60% across paid hulls, duplicate quest hulls, and construction projects. Blueprint, quest, trophy, and material requirements remain intact, but players should be able to afford a newly unlocked ship through its surrounding island chapter rather than pausing progression for a long money grind.
Story arena vessel
The Unwritten
Malrick Vane’s long black-and-ivory flagship rests at a concealed, instanced mooring beneath Horizon’s End. Its broad main deck, raised quarterdeck, four fixed cannons, four capstans, gold signal mast, lifeboat exits, and Horizon Bell clasp form the final arena. The silhouette is an unmistakable pirate galleon, with torn chart sails and a compass-shaped stern gallery.
Not a naval health bar
The Unwritten cannot sail, sink, be captured, or take hull damage during the boss fight; only its clearly marked encounter devices react. It therefore does not join the sixteen roaming hostile-ship types. After the story, the same stable deck becomes a repeat-finale entrance and trophy display, while an emergency skiff always returns players to Horizon’s End.
Hostile and ghost ship variants
| Encounter ship | Complete naval attack pattern | Weak points and capture rule | Danger |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saltknife Scout Cutter Hull health 1,550 A light pirate scout built for pursuit, warning shots, and sail damage. Level 15 | Warning Shot: reveals pursuit. Chain Chaser: targets sails. Hook Pass: crosses the bow and throws two grapples. | Fragile rudder and one mast. Disable both without sinking it to capture the cutter blueprint. | 0–1 |
| Saltknife Raider Sloop Hull health 2,900 A fast boarding sloop using hooks, smoke, and alternating cannon fire. Level 40 | Crossfire Turn: alternates port and starboard shots. Boarding Hook: pulls alongside. Powder Smoke: covers an escape turn. | Break a hook, damage the helm, and defeat the Boatswain to claim cargo or the vessel. | 1 |
| Blackpowder Bomb Ketch Hull health 5,600 An explosive mortar vessel with a dangerously exposed powder magazine. Level 120 | Mortar Arc: delayed deck circle. Fire Raft: releases an ignited decoy. Magazine Vent: knocks back nearby boarders. | Mortar and powder magazine are separate break points. Flood the magazine before boarding to prevent detonation. | 2–3 |
| Sky Corsair Wind Cutter Hull health 4,750 A wind-rigged raider using gliders to deliver aimed powder payloads. Level 140 | Gust Strafe: fast crosswind cannon pass. Mast Hook: pulls on rigging. Glider Bombardment: three unmanned gliders trace visible descent lanes and drop breakable powder canisters. | Cut the wind sail or destroy its central ring. Break the glider rack and one powder canister without sinking the cutter to make it capturable. | 2 |
| Frostwake Longship Hull health 6,800 An armored icebreaker designed for ramming and shield boarding. Level 220 | Icebreaker Ram: straight armored charge. Frost Harpoon: slows steering. Shield Boarding: sends a protected boarding line. | Side armor is weaker after a missed ram. Melt or shatter the harpoon line before turning away. | 2–3 |
| Greenwake Smuggler Brig Hull health 8,000 A camouflaged shallow-draft brig hiding traps among its cargo. Level 285 | Spore Smoke: creates a visible coughing cloud. Rudder Vine: snares steering. Decoy Cargo: drops trapped crates. | Burn the rudder vines, avoid marked crates, and capture the quartermaster carrying the true manifest. | 2 |
| Blacktide Frigate Hull health 12,500 A disciplined warship fighting in coordinated cannon formations. Level 345 | Formation Broadside: fires with a partner ship. Artillery Mark: paints a delayed impact lane. Officer Rally: accelerates reloads until interrupted. | Signal mast and officer deck are break points. It cannot be captured until its formation partner disengages or sinks. | 3 |
| Blacktide War Galleon Hull health 21,000 A fortress-like galleon carrying a visible deck regiment and multiple gun decks. Level 415 | Siege Salvo: sequential twenty-gun broadside. Anchor Wall: drops chains that block a route. Regiment Volley: the pre-positioned deck crew fires two ordered musket lanes after its officer raises a flag. | Destroy three gun decks or flood two hull sections. Capture requires breaking the command flag and defeating the crew already present on deck. | 3–4 |
| Bellkeeper Ghost Carrack Hull health 17,000 A spectral carrack revealed by the rhythm of its fog bell. Level 440 | Spectral Broadside: projectiles pass through cover before becoming solid. Fog Bell: creates false silhouettes. Phase Drift: shifts sideways after a bell count. | Follow the real bell rhythm, light three deck lanterns, then board during the solid phase. | 3–4 |
| Rift-Fused Wreck Hull health 39,000 Several shattered ships fused around unstable rift anchors. Level 560 | Rift Skip: teleports to a marked wake. False Hull: projects two decoy ships. Debris Storm: launches orbiting wreckage. Anomaly Scar: projects crossing damage seams across the deck. | Destroy glowing rift anchors in the correct compass order and step between the announced seams. This vessel yields modules but is too unstable to capture intact. | 4 |
| Sunken Crown Brig Hull health 46,000 A turquoise-sailed Atlantean raider fitted with pressure chambers, coral armor, and stolen trident cannons. Level 580 | Temple Broadside: trident-shaped gunports fire in a shown royal order. Seafoam Veil: clouds one lane while preserving hull silhouettes. Pressure Mine: three floating tide seals detonate outside-in. Relic Theft: a boarding skiff targets one unsecured artifact crate. | Follow the trident lights, track the solid silhouette, sail through mines after their pulse, and intercept the skiff. Disable both pressure tanks and defeat Nerio Vane to earn blueprint progress. | 3 |
| Blackstorm Frigate Hull health 64,000 An armored pirate flagship carrying black storm sails, chained anchors, and thunder-powder batteries. Level 690 | Flagline Crossfire: two black pennants mark a cannon lane before it fires. Thunder Broadside: gun decks fire after their storm sails flash. Anchor Drag: chains sweep one announced wake lane. Raider Pincer: a cutter mirrors the frigate’s turn after a horn. | Leave the pennant lane, read sail flashes, steer behind the chain sweep, and disable the cutter’s rudder. Break the crown mast and both anchor winches, then defeat Ressa Gale for the capture permit. | 3–4 |
| Moonwake Dhow Hull health 80,000 A crescent-rigged smuggling vessel whose lunar mirrors disguise its firing rhythm. Level 790 | Lantern Volley: dark lanterns relight in cannon order. Mirror Sail: projects two decoy sails while the true wake remains visible. Crescent Pass: curves across the bow while its visible deck archers fire a hooked arrow fan. Eclipse Anchor: marks alternating light and dark water sectors. | Memorize lantern order, follow the physical wake, turn inside the crescent, and change sectors after the bell. Shatter both mirror spars and defeat Orin Vale to claim sail and hull plans. | 4 |
| Spirehook Galleon Hull health 115,000 A cliff-raider galleon plated in white saltwood, fitted with grappling winches, cargo lifts, and hanging boarding skiffs. Level 890 | Skyhook Salvo: three aimed grapples attach to exposed ship components. Whitewall Ram: salt-armored charge follows a long horn. Cargo Drop: its crane casts large landing shadows before dropping powder crates. Cliff Battery: salt-shot targets previously damaged components. | Cut hooks before maximum tension, punish the flank after a missed ram, leave the crate shadows, and repair or rotate damaged components. Disable both winches and defeat Captain Mara Vell for Galleon blueprint progress. | 4 |
| Crownless Man-of-War Hull health 155,000 A five-deck royal warship enforcing contradictory verdicts through color-coded gun batteries. Level 990 | Five Verdicts: flag colors announce the sequence of five fixed batteries. False Armada: projected escorts lack wakes and collision. Royal Reversal: counter-battery targets the last repeated player weapon. Appeal Denied: five seal buoys close lanes in a shown order. | Read flags, ignore wakeless escorts, vary weapons, and disable buoys in order. Destroy three battery relays and defeat Cael Voss; the flagship itself is not captured, but awards Man-of-War construction plans. | 4 · Capstone fleet |
| Drowned Flagship Hull health 100,000 The Navigator’s flooded raid vessel and mobile chart fortress. Level 675 | Dead Current: reverses one sailing lane. Ghost Broadside: fires in a memorized order. Floodgate Surge: three flooded portals project sequential water-and-debris lanes. Map Rupture: divides the battle area. | Ring the recovered navigation bell, cross each surge after it passes, disable the chart room, and defeat its captain. Capture unlocks the Ghost Carrack quest rather than the raid ship itself. | 4 · Raid |
Ship health and damage
Listed hull health is the unmodified maximum. Hull sections, mast, sails, helm, cannons, and pumps also take component damage. Destroying sails slows a ship; flooding drains 1% maximum hull every five seconds until pumped; upgrades may add at most 25% hull health.
Crew stations
Captain steers, gunners aim, deckhands repair, lookouts mark threats, and boarders use grapples. Solo players receive slower automated support, never perfect aim.
Boarding rules
Ships must be slowed or grappled before boarding. Spawn protection ends after leaving the arrival zone, and defeated crews respawn below deck with increasing delay.
Beast-hunting stations
Harpooners manually aim for exposed fins or armor seams, line crews manage tension, the captain matches the creature's turn, and cutters release dangerous lines. Harpoons control movement briefly but never permanently stun a beast.
Pirate factions and fleet encounters
| Pirate faction | Territory and ships | Naval tactics | Boarding crew |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saltknife Raiders | Dawnport and Whispering waters · rowboats, cutters, sloops | Warning shot, chain shot at sails, grappling pass, then a duel with the crew already visible on deck | Dock Raiders, Pier Lookouts, Raider Boatswain elite |
| Blackpowder Fleet | Ashen Crown routes · brigs and bomb ketches | Powder mines, arcing mortar fire, fire ships, and magazine explosions that can damage either side | Cinder Corsairs, Ash Gunners, Forge Saboteurs |
| Sky Corsairs | Below Skyreach · cutters with wind-rigged sails | Crosswind strafing, unmanned glider bombs, mast hooks, and gust lanes telegraphed on the water | Wind Lancers, Cloud Marksmen, Gale Sentinel captain |
| Frostwake Clan | Frostveil channels · armored longships | Icebreaker ram, freezing harpoons, shield-wall boarding, and retreat into whiteout fog | Snowbound Scouts, Rime Hunters, Glacier Knight elite |
| Greenwake Smugglers | Verdant coast · camouflaged fishing smacks and shallow-draft brigs | Hidden mangrove routes, spore smoke, vine snares on rudders, and stolen-cargo escapes | Vine Runners, Spore Alchemists, Rootbound mercenaries |
| Blacktide Privateers | Citadel blockade · frigates and galleons | Formation volleys, artillery marks, officer commands, and coordinated two-ship pincers | Blacktide Soldiers, Shade Musketeers, Blacktide Officer elite |
| Sableglass Freeblades | Tidal desert channels · sand skiffs and captured frigates | Hide in heat haze at low tide, use mirrored signal flashes, then board from shallow sand-sailing lanes | Dune Corsairs, Mirage Snipers, Glassback Champion elite |
| Sunken Crown Corsairs | Atlantis waters · turquoise-sailed brigs and stolen diving tenders | Seafoam screens leave silhouettes visible, tide mines announce numbered detonation lanes, and relic divers steal one unsecured artifact crate unless interrupted | Coral Sentinels, Tidecallers, Gate Wardens, Captain Nerio Vane |
| Blackstorm Fleet | Stormscar approaches · black-sailed frigates, armored cutters, and powder skiffs | Flag ciphers announce broadsides, anchor chains cut off wake lanes, thunder powder charges cannons, and coordinated turns trap crews between boarding passes | Stormscar Deckhands, Powder Corsairs, Dominion First Mates, Admiral Ressa Gale |
| Moonwake Corsairs | Moonfall silver channels · crescent dhows and low-profile smuggling sloops | Silent lantern codes, reflection decoys that never hide the physical wake, crescent boarding arcs, and timed retreats during eclipse shadows | Lunar Disciples, Eclipse Archers, Moonblade Priors, Captain Orin Vale |
| Spirehook Brotherhood | Saltspire cliff waters · galleons, cargo cutters, and ropeway skiffs | Boarding hooks, sail cuts, cargo-crane drops, and coordinated raids on the hanging docks | Saltblade Raiders, Ropeway Gunners, Freehold Champions, Captain Mara Vell |
| Crownless Armada | Riftheart outer court · man-of-war flagships and judgment frigates | Five-color testimony flags announce weapon lanes, projected decoy sails preserve a visible true wake, and verdict boarding teams punish repeated tactics | Chrono Corsairs, Void Artillerists, Crown Executors, Captain Cael Voss |
| Rift Marauders | Danger III in the First Dimension · Danger IV in the Other Sea · ghost carracks and fused wreck ships | Short rift reposition, false ship silhouettes, spectral broadsides, and anomaly-assisted boarding | Wreckborn Reavers, Rift Cartographers, Leviathan Cultist elite |
Outer-chart pirate captains
| Captain | Faction, level, and health | Complete boarding attacks | Counterplay and reward |
|---|---|---|---|
| Captain Nerio Vane | Sunken Crown Corsairs Level 580 · Health 235,000 An Atlantean relic thief who believes the Sunken Crown belongs to whoever can escape with it. | Reefline Cut: a saber slash follows one numbered turquoise lane. Tideglass Shot: flintlock round seals one marked hatch briefly. Gate Turn: rotates three coral deck shields after a conch signal. Relic Claim: interruptible channel targets unsecured cargo. | Move off the turquoise line, use another hatch, rotate behind the shield order, and interrupt Relic Claim. Defeat grants Atlantis reputation, a Sunken Crown Brig blueprint piece, and recovered royal relics. |
| Admiral Ressa Gale | Blackstorm Fleet Level 690 · Health 365,000 A mutinous fleet admiral commanding pirates through flag ciphers, cannon calls, and storm-sail maneuvers. | Boarding Sabre: three cuts end in a committed lunge along a painted deck line. Storm Pistol: aimed flintlock shot charges one powder barrel. Three-Flag Order: colored flags announce three cannon lanes. Chain Recall: pulls loose anchor chains across painted deck lanes. | Dodge perpendicular to the lunge, clear or shoot the barrel, repeat the flag order, and cross behind each chain. Rewards include Blackstorm rigging, fleet charts, and frigate blueprint progress. |
| Captain Orin Vale | Moonwake Corsairs Level 790 · Health 505,000 A patient lunar smuggler who fights by reading reflections rather than teleporting. | Crescent Draw: delayed curved saber cut with a visible tangent. Silent Volley: three archers fire only after Vale lowers a lantern. Mirror Wake: two reflections repeat his last position while his physical shadow remains real. Eclipse Boarding: dark deck sectors alternate in a fixed pattern. | Step inside the crescent, watch the lantern, follow the physical shadow, and alternate sectors after each bell. Rewards include lunar contraband, a Moonwake sail pattern, and rare monastery offerings. |
| Captain Mara Vell | Spirehook Brotherhood Level 890 · Health 680,000 A ruthless vault thief who raids hanging docks and traffics in stolen lift keys. | Skyhook Grapple: aimed tether can be cut or parried at the hook. Vaultbreaker: overhead mace strike destroys guard but has long recovery. Three-Flag Drop: marked deck lanes announce descending powder cargo. Claim the Hoist: channels on a cargo winch to steal secured freight. | Cut the tether, side-dash Vaultbreaker, leave the flag lanes, and interrupt the winch channel. Rewards include Freehold reputation, Spirehook fittings, and Galleon blueprint progress. |
| Captain Cael Voss | Crownless Armada Level 990 · Health 880,000 The last privateer of an erased court, enforcing five contradictory royal verdicts. | Testimony Shot: five flag colors announce five fixed firing lanes. Verdict Cleave: punishes the last repeated attack category. False Crew: projections mimic boarders, but only physical enemies cast deck shadows. Final Appeal: five seals charge in the order shown by the true flag. | Match colors to lanes, vary attack categories, target real shadows, and disable seals in flag order. Rewards include Crownless reputation, royal fittings, and Man-of-War blueprint progress. |
Pirate encounter flow: spotting and flag identification → chase or avoidance → disable sails, weapons, or rudder → repel or initiate boarding → capture cargo, charts, prisoners, or the ship blueprint. Players can escape by breaking pursuit range; naval fights do not lock the whole server into combat.
Undersea exploration
Players can leave anchored ships, dive beneath authored islands, and descend into generated trenches. Swimming uses a separate breath meter; deep pressure limits how far unprepared players can descend, while currents, darkness, and air management create navigation challenges.
| Depth band | Required preparation | Locations and hazards | Main rewards |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shallows 0–60 studs | No special gear; generous breath | Coral gardens, harbor wrecks, kelp paths, gentle currents | Common salvage, bait, shells, beginner treasure |
| Reef Shelf 60–180 studs | Air bladder or Tide artifact utility | Reef caves, fishing pockets, snagging kelp, territorial creatures | Uncommon materials, pearl caches, map fragments |
| Sunken Zone 180–350 studs | Diving bell checkpoint or weighted diving suit | Ship graveyards, flooded ruins, pressure doors, strong crosscurrents | Ship blueprints, artifact clues, rare salvage |
| Twilight Trench 350–600 studs | Upgraded suit, tether line, artifact lantern | Near darkness, crushing vents, roaming hunters, collapsing caves | Awakening materials, legendary fish, vault keys |
| Abyssal Rift 600+ studs | Full Diving Tender expedition and crew air supply | Reality fractures, leviathan routes, moving ruins, no natural air pockets | Endgame Riftmark caches, Echo/Void lore, raid access |
Underwater terrain and exploration features
| Feature | Primary depths | Gameplay use | Hazards and rewards |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coral gardens and reef arches | Shallows / Reef Shelf | Natural swim tutorials, fish nurseries, low tunnels, and color-coded quest routes. | Stinging coral, pearl caches, bait, and beginner relics. |
| Kelp forests | Shallows / Reef Shelf | Soft concealment, harvest trails, creature tracking, and reversed-current mazes. | Snagging fronds, medicinal fibers, camouflaged enemies. |
| Blue holes | Reef Shelf / Sunken Zone | Vertical shortcuts connecting depth bands; entry rings show pressure readiness. | Downcurrents, rare fish spirals, hidden ledges. |
| Underwater cliffs and chasms | All bands | Layered ledges, wall routes, drop-offs, creature nests, and three-dimensional chase spaces. | Rockfall, pressure transitions, ore seams, fossil beds. |
| Ship graveyards | Sunken Zone | Interconnected hull dungeons with cut points, air compartments, cargo puzzles, and ambush routes. | Collapses, rust traps, blueprints, guns, figureheads. |
| Submerged ruins | Sunken Zone / Twilight Trench | Pressure locks, rotating statues, rune doors, lore murals, and artifact-awakening chambers. | Flood traps, guardians, Riftmarks, artifact clues. |
| Thermal vents and brine pools | Twilight Trench | Vent timing lifts divers; dense brine creates lakes within the sea that require ballast changes. | Heat pulses, toxic salinity, forge minerals, rare eggs. |
| Silt fields and black-coral woods | Twilight Trench | Sound-based navigation, lantern discipline, stealth routes, and temporary-island keys. | Zero visibility, hunters, black coral, vault keys. |
| Air caves and diving-bell shelves | Reef Shelf–Twilight | Checkpoints, crew regrouping, equipment changes, merchants, and rescue staging. | Limited supplies, defensible camps, quest NPCs. |
| Rift trenches and moving ruins | Abyssal Rift | Procedural route segments shift between dives; chart anchors preserve discovered exits. | Reality shear, no natural air, large Riftmark caches, raid gates. |
Dive expeditions and submerged objectives
Tether network
A Diving Tender can place up to three glowing tether relays between the ship, an air cave, and the active objective. Tethers show the shortest safe return route, transmit remaining air, and can be repaired if creatures or currents damage them.
Pressure and ballast
Pressure rises by depth band rather than by invisible damage ticks. Divers adjust suit ballast to descend, hover, or ride vent lifts; the HUD previews the next band before crossing it and always leaves time to turn back.
Shared discovery ledger
Murals, wreck names, creature scans, mineral seams, and vault clues record for every contributing crew member. Valuable materials remain personal drops, while heavy salvage is secured to the expedition manifest before towing.
| Submerged site | Objective structure | Distinct hazard | Reward focus |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reef clinic | Collect medicinal coral samples, remove hooks from animals, and restore a water filter without damaging the nursery. | Territorial creatures calm when the noisy machinery stops. | Tonics, reef fiber, creature reputation, and support-crafting recipes. |
| Capsized air pocket | Enter an inverted wreck, patch three leaks, identify its registry, and guide survivors along the tether. | The air pocket shrinks only while a marked leak remains open. | Crowns, survivor leads, historical cargo, and ship blueprint progress. |
| Cliffside fossil bed | Photograph bone layers, chip samples at highlighted seams, and reconstruct a creature outline. | Rockfall follows visible crack lines and never seals the only exit. | Leviathan lore, bone plates, beast-hunting recipes, and museum cosmetics. |
| Brine-lake laboratory | Change ballast to enter a dense underwater lake, recover sealed notes, and restart a sample lift. | Buoyancy reverses at the brine boundary; clear bubbles show the transition. | Lab components, artifact research, pressure upgrades, and special dealer clues. |
| Sunken gun deck | Rotate a wreck safely, unload live powder, and free an intact historical weapon from its mounting. | Loose cannonballs roll with each announced current pulse. | Gun materials, powderproof fittings, salvage, and a low-chance weapon drop. |
| Black-coral archive | Trace raised symbols by lantern, align three memory slabs, and copy the recovered route. | Light attracts a hunter, so divers alternate between reading and concealment rather than fighting endless enemies. | Echo materials, legendary charts, Riftmarks, and Chronicle entries. |
| Rift trench station | Anchor route beacons, stabilize an observation window, and measure an Other Sea current without entering it. | Reality pulses disable one tool category at a time after a long violet warning. | Endgame refit parts, Riftmarks, Domain charts, and dimensional lore. |
Dive recovery: running out of breath starts a short rescue state rather than deleting loot. A crewmate, tether relay, diving bell, or hired rescue diver can recover the player; if all rescue options fail, the player returns to the Tender with secured discoveries intact and loses only unsecured heavy salvage from that dive.
Undersea creatures by depth
Every depth band has four creatures with one fixed level per species and complete attack kits. Undersea creatures use articulated custom Roblox rigs, readable windups, directional wake effects, and breakable armor where appropriate.
| Depth band | Creature and level | Complete attacks | Counterplay |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shallows 0–60 studs | Kelp Nibbler Health 100–145 A small kelp-colored grazer that attacks only when cornered. Level 8 | Nip Dash: short straight bite. Weed Hide: blends into one marked kelp patch. Bubble Burst: weak close-range push. | Watch the moving kelp silhouette, sidestep the dash, and use the bubble push to gain distance. |
| Coral Snapper Health 145–210 A territorial reef fish with a mineral-plated jaw. Level 15 | Jaw Lunge: committed bite. Coral Spit: slow mineral projectile. Reef Turn: circles once before a second lunge. | Dodge perpendicular to the jaw, use coral as spit cover, and reverse direction during Reef Turn. | |
| Lantern Crab Health 195–290 A luminous side-stepping crab armored across the front. Level 22 | Claw Flash: bright warning before a side pinch. Shell Guard: blocks its front. Sand Scuttle: sideways burst leaving a dust trail. | Attack behind Shell Guard, follow the dust trail, and move away from the flashing claw. | |
| Reefback Calf Health 335–505 A young shelled sea beast prone to panicked rolling dives. Level 32 | Shell Roll: curved armored charge. Tail Wave: short water pulse. Panic Dive: descends, then rises beneath a marked circle. | Strike exposed fins, swim through the wave edge, and leave the rising bubble circle. | |
| Reef Shelf 60–180 studs | Razorfin Health 505–720 A torpedo-shaped reef predator that hunts through wake lines. Level 50 | Torpedo Charge: visible wake rush. Breach Arc: upward crossing attack. Bait Circle: circles before closing inward. | Cross the wake late, stay below the breach, and leave through the circle's widening gap. |
| Netjaw Eel Health 600–880 A ribbon-bodied eel that bends currents around its coils. Level 68 | Coil Snap: looping bite from one side. Current Curl: bends the nearby swim lane. Bubble Feint: releases a false approach trail before striking. | Track the eel rather than bubbles, swim against the curl early, and exit the inside of the coil. | |
| Coralback Guardian Health 1,000–1,450 A bulky reef beast growing directional coral armor. Level 85 | Reef Ram: armored forward rush. Shell Shards: three aimed splinters. Coral Ward: grows breakable armor on one side. | Bait the ram into rock, weave between shards, and attack the side opposite the Ward. | |
| Moonray Health 1,350–1,800 A silver ray gliding along moonlit currents. Level 105 | Wing Slice: wide lateral pass. Lunar Flash: brief light burst followed by a fixed strike lane. Current Glide: creates a fast-moving current behind it. | Move vertically around the wing, remember the marked lane through the flash, and use its current to reposition. | |
| Sunken Zone 180–350 studs | Wreck Lurker Health 1,700–2,250 A scrap-covered ambusher hiding inside sunken hulls. Level 132 | Anchor Ambush: drops from a wreck ceiling. Scrap Toss: throws two slow metal pieces. Hull Retreat: hides inside one visibly shaking compartment. | Watch falling rust, swim between scrap, and strike or avoid the shaking compartment. |
| Rustshell Crab Health 2,250–3,050 A giant crab reinforcing its shell with wreck plates. Level 158 | Pincer Lock: short grab with an escape prompt. Scrap Armor: equips a breakable wreck plate. Floor Slam: sends a sediment ring outward. | Escape before the lock closes, break the plate attachment, and swim over the sediment ring. | |
| Siren Angler Health 2,700–3,650 A deepwater lure hunter using light and rhythmic pulses. Level 185 | Lure Pulse: light rhythm that pulls only on the final beat. Sonic Dart: fast line projectile. Darkness Turn: extinguishes nearby lights before relocating. | Move away on the final beat, dodge across Sonic Dart, and follow bubbles during the dark relocation. | |
| Drowned Shark Health 3,900–5,050 An undead shark following blood trails through wreck zones. Level 215 | Keel Bite: heavy forward bite. Tail Rudder: sudden ninety-degree turn attack. Blood Wake: follows damaged targets along a visible scent trail. | Change depth after the turn, use terrain against the bite, and clear Blood Wake in an air-pocket cleansing pool. | |
| Twilight Trench 350–600 studs | Gloomfin Pack Health 4,500–6,000 shared Three coordinated trench hunters sharing one encounter health pool. Level 250 | Coordinated Rush: three staggered attack lanes. Shadow Split: creates two harmless silhouettes. Bait Retreat: one fin flees while two flank. | Read wake bubbles, dodge each lane separately, and do not chase the retreating decoy. |
| Pressure Manta Health 5,600–7,200 A broad abyssal ray weaponizing water pressure and vortices. Level 282 | Pressure Wave: expanding sphere. Ceiling Dive: drops from above after a shadow. Vortex Wing: rotating pull on one side. | Swim through the thin wave edge, leave the shadow, and circle opposite the glowing wing. | |
| Trench Serpent Health 8,000–10,000 A long cavern predator weaving through stone and venom. Level 325 | Coil Tunnel: forms a moving ring passage. Venom Jet: aimed lingering cloud. Rockfall Scrape: scrapes a wall and drops warned debris. | Choose the ring opening early, change depth around the cloud, and watch ceiling dust before rockfall. | |
| Belljaw Angler Health 10,000–13,000 A blackwater angler whose lure imitates treasure bells. Level 365 | Bell Pulse: timed stagger wave. Lure Snap: fake treasure light becomes a bite. Blackwater Burst: dark cloud with a visible exit current. | Dash on the bell beat, identify lights without bubbles as false, and follow the exit current. | |
| Abyssal Rift 600+ studs | Rift Eel Health 14,000–18,000 A segmented anomaly creature phasing between paired rifts. Level 400 | Fold Bite: enters one rift and exits a marked second rift. Rift Trail: leaves unstable water. Phase Coil: alternates solid and spectral segments. | Watch the exit marker, avoid the trail, and attack only glowing solid segments. |
| Void Jelly Health 15,500–20,000 A translucent abyssal jelly splitting into gravity-fed cores. Level 425 | Gravity Bell: slow inward pull. Tendril Sweep: rotating lower attack. Split Bloom: divides into three weak cores before reforming. | Swim outward before the pull peaks, move above tendrils, and destroy one marked core to interrupt reforming. | |
| Abyssal Colossus Health 39,000–50,500 A vent-heated stone giant with rotating armored weak points. Level 462 | Vent Fist: superheated punch lane. Pressure Stomp: spherical shockwave. Rock Armor: covers rotating weak points. Cave Quake: marks safe rock arches before collapse. | Leave the fist lane, pass through the shockwave gap, rotate around armor, and shelter beneath marked arches. | |
| Leviathan Spawn Health 60,000–80,000 A juvenile leviathan large enough to threaten diving expeditions. Level 488 | Breach Bite: huge forward jaw lane. Tail Current: two-pass water wave. Tentacle Grip: grabs a diver or bell tether. Abyssal Roar: interrupts unbraced actions. | Change depth around the bite, clear both tail passes, cut the marked tentacle joint, and brace against terrain during the roar. |
Mapped sea-depth levels
These charts map each vertical sea level as a playable district. Dashed red lines are expedition routes, red fields are hazards, green circles are air or rescue points, and gold diamonds are puzzles or major rewards.
Expedition route Creature or danger Puzzle / treasure Air / rescue point
Diving equipment
- Air bladder extends breath
- Weighted suit resists currents
- Artifact lantern reveals runes
- Tether returns a lost diver to the bell
- Salvage winch raises heavy chests
Underwater activities
- Cut wrecks open in the correct order
- Rotate pressure locks
- Follow bubble trails between air pockets
- Photograph or tag rare creatures
- Map caves before currents reverse
Underwater combat
- Flintlocks and powder guns cannot fire submerged
- Melee swings have stronger directional commitment
- Artifacts gain water-specific interactions
- Dodges become short swim bursts
- Fleeing and stealth are often better than fighting
Failure and rescue: empty breath incapacitates rather than instantly killing the diver. A teammate can share air or tow them to a bell; solo players return to the last air checkpoint and lose only unsecured salvage from that dive.
Fishing
Cast from shore or boats. Location, danger, weather, and time affect catches. Fish support selling, cooking, quests, collections, bait, and artifact rituals.
Sea events
Storms, shipwrecks, pirate fleets, merchant distress calls, ghost ships, treasure zones, whirlpools, migration schools, and creature attacks are fully catalogued in Section 12.
Infinite sea
Beyond the authored chart, seeded ocean sectors generate temporary routes, hazards, islands, and events. Higher danger increases both event density and reward quality.
12 · Dynamic ocean encounters
Sea events
Sea events turn travel into active gameplay. Every event begins with readable evidence—flags, clouds, bells, wakes, birds, chart distortion, or radio-like artifact pulses—so crews can approach, prepare, avoid it, or deliberately raise the danger for better rewards. The overhead message never announces the event by name; it describes an omen and lets players investigate.
DetectLookouts notice smoke, weather signatures, creature wakes, flags, or chart icons.
IdentifyUse a spyglass, compass, NPC clue, or artifact pulse to learn risk and objectives.
CommitCross the event boundary, anchor nearby, pursue the target, or sail away without penalty.
AdaptWeather, factions, currents, and ship damage change the safest plan during the encounter.
ResolveClaim rewards, rescue survivors, capture a vessel, chart a location, or withdraw with partial salvage.
Omen-based event notifications
The first alert appears as one short, italicized world observation with no reward tier, objective list, or event title. A crew can identify the encounter only by using a spyglass, speaking to a lookout, reading a compass or artifact pulse, or crossing the outer investigation boundary. Identified names then appear quietly in the voyage journal rather than as a large overhead announcement.
| Hidden event | Overhead omen shown to players | Identification clue |
|---|---|---|
| Supply Flotsam | “Gulls wheel above a trail of shattered crates.” | A spyglass reveals cargo marks and one sparking powder box. |
| Merchant Distress | “A lonely bell repeats somewhere beyond the haze.” | The ship’s orange flare and damaged merchant pennant become visible at closer range. |
| Migration School | “Silver ripples are moving against the current.” | A fishing journal pulse identifies the species only after the crew follows the wake. |
| Pirate Scout Chase | “A narrow black sail turns away the moment you spot it.” | The spyglass recognizes a Saltknife flag and a messenger cage on deck. |
| Smuggler Convoy | “Three dark sails travel together with every lantern dead.” | Cargo silhouettes reveal that only one vessel carries contraband. |
| Wreck Salvage Race | “A broken mast rises where no chart marks a shoal.” | Fresh bubbles, rival sails, and torn registry colors identify a new wreck. |
| Squall Front | “The horizon has become a wall.” | A barometer, weather artifact, or lookout confirms the squall’s direction and strength. |
| Whirlpool Vault | “Foam curls around something that refuses to sink.” | The compass traces a stable spiral and reveals key-shaped debris inside it. |
| Pirate Fleet Battle | “Cannon smoke blooms beneath more flags than you can count.” | A spyglass identifies the factions, command ships, and whether either side is hostile. |
| Sea Beast Hunt | “Broken fishing buoys drift past, bitten clean through.” | Tracks, scales, and the wake profile identify the creature family without revealing its exact path. |
| Storm-Ray Migration | “Blue shadows glide beneath the thunder.” | Grounding rods hum and a research journal identifies the ray formation. |
| Waterspout Chain | “The clouds twist themselves into a crooked road.” | A lookout marks the funnels’ travel order after watching one full rotation. |
| Drowned Bell | “A bell tolls beneath perfectly still water.” | Sonar-like artifact pulses outline the submerged tower and its failing air valves. |
| Ghost Fleet | “Green fog swallows the horizon, and your compass turns backward.” | The flagship can be identified only by listening for the complete bell pattern. |
| Leviathan Breach | “A mysterious rift opens in the sea.” | Fleeing creatures, armored plates beneath the water, and a deep roar confirm the leviathan. |
| Black Tide | “The water darkens around a beacon that should be cold.” | Lighthouse beams reveal moving corruption nodes and Blacktide silhouettes. |
| Dead-Calm Shrine | “The sails fall slack. Black pillars break the empty horizon.” | A chart rubbing identifies the Abyssal Shrine only after the first seal is observed. |
| Atlantean Relic Convoy | “Turquoise light moves beneath three sails toward a city under the sea.” | A spyglass reveals Sunken Crown pennants, trident-shaped gunports, and a chained relic barge between the brigs. |
| Pressure Bloom | “A perfect ring of bubbles widens beneath an otherwise calm sea.” | Pressure gauges and floating index seals reveal the safe pulse order after one full expansion. |
| Blackstorm Blockade | “Three black flags rise as thunder rolls inside their sails.” | A lookout deciphers the Blackstorm pennants and identifies the command frigate by its crown mast. |
| Black-Sail Regatta | “Seven dark sails race the storm front without firing a shot.” | Colored lanterns reveal the pirate gate order and which racer is carrying stolen harbor medicine. |
| Eclipse Smuggler Procession | “A line of silver lanterns goes dark one vessel at a time.” | The true contraband dhow is the only silhouette with a physical wake during the eclipse shadow. |
| Moon-Tide Choir | “Six notes answer from beneath the moonlit water.” | Following the audible sequence reveals six tide bells and a seventh counterfeit current. |
| Spirehook Vault Raid | “Cargo lanterns climb the cliffs while black sails gather below.” | A spyglass reveals Spirehook flags, stolen lift keys, and Sky Vault cargo moving between the galleons. |
| Whitewall Squall | “The horizon turns white, though no snow touches the deck.” | Salt crystals strike the sails while fixed cliff beacons reveal the safe approach lanes. |
| Crownless Judgment Fleet | “Five royal flags accuse one another across an empty court of water.” | Reading the flags identifies the true Man-of-War battery order and exposes the wakeless decoy escorts. |
| Testimony Fog | “Voices describe five different seas, but only one leaves a wake.” | The compass and physical wave direction identify the truthful testimony lane after each spoken claim. |
| Temporary Island Rising | “The seabed groans, and a coastline appears where the chart is blank.” | Landing or completing a full spyglass sweep records the temporary island’s generated name. |
| Wandering Rift | “The horizon creases where no wind blows.” | Floating compass shards and a shadow pointing toward empty air distinguish a travel rift from an attack or weather event. |
| Rift Maelstrom | “The stars bend toward a violet current.” | The compass reveals stable sectors after the first rift anchor completes a pulse. |
| Drowned Observatory Signal | “A constellation flickers beneath the hull.” | Triangulating three flashes adds the observatory signal to the voyage journal. |
| Rogue Wave Train | “Three white lines are climbing the horizon.” | A lookout times the repeating swell and marks whether the safest response is to face, follow, or shelter from it. |
| Powder Hulk | “A burning wreck drifts downwind with no crew at its rail.” | Powder flashes reveal live magazines, a trapped survivor compartment, and the hulk’s projected drift path. |
| Pirate Parley | “A white flag rises beneath a loaded gun deck.” | The flag pattern, visible deck crew, and faction ledger reveal who is negotiating and what would break the truce. |
| Harpoon Trial | “Bronze targets rise behind a scarred hunting ship.” | A Beast Hunter pennant and numbered target fins identify a nonlethal gunnery challenge. |
| Siren Current | “A melody travels against both wind and water.” | Paired wake lines and a compass pulse distinguish the real current from its mirrored lure. |
| Reef Bloom | “The sea flowers with color where yesterday there was only blue.” | A fishing journal identifies a temporary coral spawning field after the first careful sample. |
| Ice Drift Convoy | “Lanterns move inside a wall of broken ice.” | Climbing one marked floe reveals merchant silhouettes and the deep channel between them. |
| Lantern Run | “A chain of warm lights races the darkening coast.” | Shared spyglass pins identify courier boats, safe gates, and the one lantern carrying medicine. |
| Deepwater Upwelling | “Cold bubbles carry things that should never reach the sun.” | Temperature gauges and creature scans identify a rising deep-sea column before predators surface. |
| Compass Eclipse | “Every needle points toward the same patch of empty sky.” | Other Sea stars and three fixed beacon shadows reveal the physical route through the distortion. |
| Prisoner Hulk Breakout | “Hammer blows answer from inside an armored black hull.” | A coded lantern response identifies prisoner decks, powder stores, and the unmanned escape boats. |
| Lost Cartographer | “Loose chart pages skim the water toward a bank of violet fog.” | Collecting three pages reveals the missing navigator’s last sector pins and chosen danger ceiling. |
Notification rule: never display “Leviathan Breach started,” “Ghost Fleet spawned,” or another direct event name as the first overhead message. Accessibility settings may add a plain-language cue such as “Large sea disturbance detected”, but identification remains a player action and all critical danger is also communicated through sound, animation, color-safe icons, and controller vibration.
Spawn director
Tracks each crew's level, ship strength, recent events, sea band, weather, and server population. It favors unseen event families and prevents the same rare encounter from repeating immediately.
Scaling
Objectives, enemy count, ship class, and mechanic speed scale with participating crews. Rewards scale with contribution; joining late cannot steal the entire reward.
Fair warnings
Common events show signals for 20 seconds; rare events for 45 seconds; mythic events for at least 90 seconds. Dangerous weather never appears directly beneath an unprepared starter boat.
Complete event catalogue
| Event and tier | Trigger or warning | Gameplay | Resolution and rewards |
|---|---|---|---|
| Supply Flotsam Common · Danger 0–1 | Seabirds circle floating crates. | Navigate debris, collect marked cargo, and avoid one unstable powder crate. | Food, repair wood, bait, and small money bundles; no failure penalty. |
| Merchant Distress Common · Danger 0–2 | Orange flare and repeated bell. | Repair the merchant's mast, tow them from hazards, or repel a small pirate pursuit. | Crowns, merchant reputation, rotating shop discount, and rescued-passenger clues. |
| Migration School Common · Danger 0–3 | Bird flock and glittering surface wake. | Follow a moving fish school while balancing nets, speed, and nearby predators. | Large fishing haul, cooking ingredients, rare bait, and collection entries. |
| Pirate Scout Chase Common · Danger 0–1 | Saltknife flag appears at spyglass range. | Catch the cutter before it reports the crew's location. If it escapes, the voyage gains one visible route-alert mark that strengthens the next eligible Saltknife patrol rather than spawning enemies immediately. | Captured charts, starter ship parts, or a marked follow-up fleet encounter. |
| Smuggler Convoy Uncommon · Danger 1–2 | Three ships sail without lanterns near shore. | Identify the contraband ship, board it without sinking civilian decoys, then choose to seize or escort it. | Crowns, faction reputation, rare dealer stock, and alternative quest outcomes. |
| Wreck Salvage Race Uncommon · Danger 1–3 | A fresh mast breaks the surface after a storm. | Compete with NPC salvagers, cut open correct compartments, and leave before the wreck rolls. | Ship modules, blueprints, cargo, historical guns, and secured partial rewards on retreat. |
| Squall Front Uncommon · Danger 1–3 | Dark wall cloud crosses the horizon. | Trim sails, steer across waves, repair lightning damage, and recover storm-exposed Riftmarks. | Weather materials, sailing mastery, Thunder clues, and a temporary tailwind. |
| Whirlpool Vault Rare · Danger 2–3 | Spiral foam surrounds a stationary chest icon. | Use sail timing to orbit inward, harpoon floating keys, then escape before the current reverses. | Riftmarks, artifact materials, ship cosmetics, or loss of unsecured keys if the ship withdraws. |
| Pirate Fleet Battle Rare · Danger 2–3 | Multiple faction flags and cannon smoke. | Choose a side or fight both, disable command ships, repel boarders, and capture a flagship objective. | Faction loot, ship blueprint progress, prisoners, bounty, and fleet reputation. |
| Sea Beast Hunt Rare · Danger 2–3 | Large wake, broken fishing buoys, and creature call. | Track the beast, target breakable armor, manage harpoon lines, and avoid damaging nearby fishing grounds. | Creature materials, mastery, bait, trophies, and awakening components. |
| Storm-Ray Migration Rare · Danger 2–3 | Blue lights glide beneath thunderclouds. | Sail between rays, ground static on ship rods, and tag the rare elder without killing it. | Thunder materials, research reputation, luminous sails, and rare fish spawns. |
| Waterspout Chain Rare · Danger 2–3 | Rotating cloud funnels form in a visible line. | Read funnel direction, use wind lanes for speed, rescue thrown cargo, and avoid mast-breaking centers. | Gale materials, recovered cargo, sailing mastery, and a chance to reveal Skyreach caches. |
| Drowned Bell Rare · Danger 3 | A bell sounds from below while the sea is calm. | Anchor a Diving Tender, descend to the bell tower, restore three air valves, and escape the waking ruins. | Echo lore, undersea keys, diving upgrades, and Drowned Observatory coordinates. |
| Ghost Fleet Mythic · Danger 3 | Green fog, silent cannons, and reversed compass. | Follow the true flagship by bell pattern, survive spectral broadsides, and board before sunrise. | Ghost Carrack progress, cursed charts, Echo materials, and spectral cosmetics. |
| Leviathan Breach Mythic · Danger 3 | Ocean bulge, fleeing creatures, and deep roar. | Protect the keel, break armor plates, cut entangling tentacles, and decide whether to drive it away or continue the hunt. | Leviathan plates, Iron Mace awakening credit, raid materials, and legendary bait. |
| Black Tide Mythic · Danger 3 | Water darkens outward from a cursed beacon. | Navigate by lighthouse beams, cleanse three moving corruption nodes, and fight Blacktide Privateers. | Void materials, Citadel reputation, cursed equipment, and temporary safe routes. |
| Dead-Calm Shrine Mythic · Danger 3 | Wind and waves stop; distant black pillars rise. | Row or use artifact movement to reach an Abyssal Shrine, solve co-op seals, then restore wind. | Awakening Riftmarks, Abyssal Shrine access, legendary charts, and raid keys. |
| Atlantean Relic Convoy Rare · Danger 3 · Levels 500–600 | Turquoise light leads toward a Sunken Crown convoy towing a royal relic barge. | Identify the barge’s true trident seal, disable two Sunken Crown Brigs without striking the relic hull, repel Nerio’s relic divers, and free the chained Atlantean guardians. | Atlantean lore choices, Sunken Crown blueprint progress, Atlantis reputation, Crowns, and a chance for ancient dealer stock. |
| Pressure Bloom Rare · Danger 3 · Levels 500–600 | Concentric bubbles and numbered tide seals expand from a flooded Atlantean engine. | Sail through outside-in pulse gaps, dive to close three tide valves, defend the tethered Diving Tender, and surface before the final vent. | Pressure-resistant fittings, diving materials, Riftmarks, Atlantis temple keys, and temporary access to a submerged royal treasury. |
| Blackstorm Blockade Mythic · Danger 3 · Levels 600–700 | Blackstorm ships anchor across the Stormscar approach with chained merchant vessels between them. | Decode the command flags, break the matching anchor winch, free trapped merchants, then board Ressa Gale’s command deck while avoiding announced broadsides and chain sweeps. | Blackstorm reputation, storm-sail rigging, frigate plans, Crown bundles, and a guaranteed high-tier storm material. |
| Black-Sail Regatta Rare · Danger 3 · Levels 600–700 | Seven pirate ships race through wreck buoys and cannon gates ahead of a storm front. | Read lantern codes, manually steer through the next gate, exchange warning shots with rival racers, rescue the medicine carrier, and choose between finishing first or escorting it to harbor. | Sailing mastery, black-sail cosmetics, Stormscar reputation, medicine discounts, and bonus Riftmarks for winning without abandoning the rescue. |
| Eclipse Smuggler Procession Rare · Danger 3 · Levels 700–800 | Seven silver-lit ships extinguish their lanterns as the moon enters shadow. | Track physical wakes, inspect cargo marks, board the true Moonwake Dhow, and recover monastery offerings without sinking civilian pilgrim vessels. | Moonwake reputation, lunar offerings, Dhow blueprint progress, rare artifact stock clues, and Crowns. |
| Moon-Tide Choir Mythic · Danger 3 · Levels 700–800 | Six submerged bells create alternating silver current lanes. | Match the learned bell order while sailing, send divers to silence the counterfeit seventh bell, and defend them from lunar predators inside the event channel. | Lunar awakening credit, Moonfall reputation, bell-metal crafting parts, Riftmarks, and a temporary calm-current route. |
| Spirehook Vault Raid Mythic · Danger 3 · Levels 800–900 | A Spirehook fleet grapples the hanging docks and steals the four counterweights that secure the Sky Vault lifts. | Cut grapples, defend the ropeway lifts, disable the Spirehook Galleon’s winches, defeat Captain Mara Vell, and return all four counterweights. | Freehold reputation, Galleon blueprint progress, vault keys, Crowns, and white-sail cosmetics. |
| Whitewall Squall Mythic · Danger 3 · Levels 800–900 | A blinding salt storm rolls outward from the Freehold’s cliffs and begins crusting sails, ropes, and cargo lifts. | Trim sails, follow fixed cliff beacons, clear salt buildup, and rescue stranded cargo lifts before making an optional final ascent. | Salt-tempered fittings, sailing mastery, Freehold reputation, Riftmarks, and rare vault materials. |
| Crownless Judgment Fleet Mythic · Danger 3 · Levels 900–1000 | Five verdict flags surround a Crownless Man-of-War and four projected escorts. | Read the color-coded battery order, ignore ships without wakes, vary weapon categories to prevent Royal Reversal, disable five seal buoys, and board Cael Voss. | Man-of-War construction plans, Crownless reputation, royal fittings, capstone Crowns, and high-tier Riftmarks. |
| Testimony Fog Mythic · Danger 3 · Levels 900–1000 | Five voices describe contradictory routes through a dense but bounded fog bank. | Match each claim to physical wave evidence, hold the truthful lane, destroy encounter-local false beacons, and escort lost ships out before the final testimony repeats. | Riftheart lore choices, testimony seals, navigation cosmetics, Riftmarks, and a temporary final-approach shortcut that never changes the permanent map. |
| Temporary Island Rising Mythic · Danger 2–3 | Bird spiral, seaquake, and new land outline on charts. | Race to chart the island, anchor safely, complete its modular objective, and leave before the departure warning ends. | Island-specific rewards, permanent chart discovery, Riftmarks, and rare blueprints. |
| Wandering Rift Uncommon · Any unlocked danger | A crease of violet light forms at one randomized approved land, reef, or sea-platform anchor. | Walk through to reach a random eligible location in the current dimension or an optional Trial Rift pocket. A temporary return tear remains at the destination. | Travel discovery and Chronicle credit; Trial pockets may award Crowns, mastery materials, or earned Riftmarks. It never bypasses progression. |
| Rift Maelstrom Mythic · Danger 3 | Stars distort above a rotating violet current. | Keep the ship inside stable compass sectors, destroy rift anchors, and board drifting arena fragments. | Void/Echo materials, Rift Crown access, legendary compass parts, and raid progression. |
| Drowned Observatory Signal Mythic · Danger 3 | Constellation pattern flashes beneath the sea. | Triangulate the signal, deploy the diving bell, explore the temporary undersea dungeon, and surface before it sinks deeper. | Star maps, Pepperbox mechanisms, artifact lore, and high-tier diving equipment. |
| Rogue Wave Train Uncommon · Danger 1–3 | Three large foam ridges form at the edge of the sector. | Secure cargo, choose open-water or lee-side shelter, trim for each announced impact, and recover one vessel that broaches. | Sailing mastery, rescue reputation, repair materials, and intact cargo bonuses. |
| Powder Hulk Uncommon · Danger 1–3 | An abandoned burning warship drifts toward a shipping lane. | Board from upwind, flood numbered magazines, free survivors, then tow the hulk clear or trigger a controlled remote blast. | Blackpowder components, salvage, survivor leads, and Bomb Ketch blueprint progress. |
| Pirate Parley Uncommon · Danger 1–4 | A hostile faction raises a white flag while holding firing position. | Board unarmed, inspect the offered cargo, read the captain’s tells, and negotiate, expose an ambush, exchange prisoners, or withdraw. | Faction reputation, temporary safe passage, dealer rumors, maps, or a fair duel reward. |
| Harpoon Trial Rare · Danger 2–4 | A veteran Beast Hunter launches moving bronze targets behind its wake. | Lead targets, manage line tension, hit marked armor seams, and cut the line before a simulated capsize pull. | Beast Hunting Technique EXP, harpoon modules, bait cages, and access to advanced hunt contracts. |
| Siren Current Rare · Danger 2–3 | Two identical melodies lead toward opposite wakes. | Compare wave direction, mute the false resonance buoys, rescue entranced sailors, and sail the physical current rather than the louder route. | Echo materials, rare fish, rescued-crew discounts, and Siren Angler research. |
| Reef Bloom Common · Danger 0–2 | A temporary coral spawning field colors a calm sector. | Collect samples without grounding the hull, photograph spawning creatures, remove abandoned nets, and keep pirates outside the nursery. | Reef fiber, pearls, bait, cooking ingredients, creature reputation, and cosmetic dyes. |
| Ice Drift Convoy Rare · Danger 1–3 | Merchant lights become trapped inside a moving field of ice. | Scout the deep channel, harpoon and rotate marked floes, escort the convoy, and climb one iceberg to relight its navigation lamp. | Coldproof fittings, Frostwake reputation, frozen cargo, Crowns, and rare cold-water fish. |
| Lantern Run Uncommon · Danger 1–3 | Courier skiffs race between lighthouse gates before nightfall. | Carry one fragile lantern, choose fast or sheltered gates, exchange positions through clean passes, and keep the medicine boat from falling behind. | Sailing mastery, harbor reputation, courier cosmetics, medical supplies, and a temporary repair discount. |
| Deepwater Upwelling Mythic · Danger 2–4 | A cold column lifts abyssal debris, fish, and predators to the surface. | Tag creatures, collect samples from safe rings, rescue overturned fishers, and seal the column with three weighted survey buoys. | Abyssal materials, legendary fish, creature scans, Diving Tender parts, and trench coordinates. |
| Compass Eclipse Mythic · Danger 4 · Other Sea only | All compass needles turn skyward as a dark disk covers the false north star. | Navigate by fixed beacons and shadows, stabilize three chart anchors, then choose a safe exit or a short Domain approach. | Other Sea charts, Riftmarks, dimensional fittings, and high-tier expedition materials. |
| Prisoner Hulk Breakout Rare · Danger 2–4 | Coded hammer strikes come from a moving prison ship. | Disable rudder and weapons without sinking the hull, cut cell locks in the signaled order, then escort loaded lifeboats through the pursuit. | Freed-prisoner contacts, pirate intelligence, weapon components, bounty, and reputation choices. |
| Lost Cartographer Rare · Danger 2–4 | Chart pages lead into a bank of Domain fog. | Reconstruct sector pins, follow physical landmarks, repair the cartographer’s grounded skiff, and decide whether to extract or finish the abandoned objective. | Deterministic Domain chart, chartmaking materials, discovery lore, and improved first-sector information. |
43-event world-and-ocean catalogue: the original 31 encounters are joined by twelve navigation, rescue, ecology, piracy, hunting, diving, and Other Sea events. Each outer-chart island contributes one pirate or fleet event and one environmental, weather, diving, or navigation event; random rifts and generated-domain approaches remain optional and never bypass the main story.
Sea-creature encounter attacks
| Creature and level | Complete attack pattern | Warning and counterplay | Event tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reefback Health 2,250–3,900 A migratory shelled giant that rolls across the ocean surface. Level 50 | Shell Roll: armored surface charge. Tail Sweep: broad water wave. Undertow Dive: pulls loose cargo before submerging. | Attack exposed fins, turn into the Tail Sweep, and secure cargo when bubbles form. | Uncommon · Danger 1 |
| Razorfin Pack Health 4,200–6,800 shared A coordinated school attacking swimmers and low ship rails. Level 85 | Torpedo Charge: straight underwater rush. Breach Arc: leap across the deck edge. Bait Circle: surrounds swimmers before attacking. | Watch wake lines, block breaches with the rail, and leave the circle through its widening gap. | Uncommon · Danger 1–2 |
| Storm Ray Health 10,000–15,500 An enormous electric ray drawn to thunderstorms and tall masts. Level 230 | Static Wing: charged side sweep. Lightning Dive: strikes a marked mast zone. Wind Wake: leaves a steering current. | Ground static at rods, clear the mast marker, and use the wake rather than fighting the helm. | Rare · Danger 2–3 |
| Deepcoil Serpent Health 22,500–33,500 A venomous sea serpent capable of wrapping entire sailing lanes. Level 320 | Coil Wall: blocks one sailing lane. Venom Spray: aimed deck cone. Keel Strike: flashes beneath the ship before impact. Current Shed: shakes off harpoons. | Sail through the open coil side, leave the spray cone, brace the flashing hull section, and loosen lines before the shed. | Rare · Danger 2–3 |
| Leviathan Health 100,000–145,000 An ancient armored sea titan fought through crew-scale weak points. Level 450 | Breach Slam: huge marked impact. Tail Wave: crosses the sea in two passes. Tentacle Bind: grips one ship section. Abyssal Roar: disrupts crew actions. Armor Dive: exposes plates during a turning submerge. | Leave the breach shadow, jump both wave passes, cut one tentacle joint, brace during the roar, and target exposed plates rather than raw health. | Mythic · Danger 3 |
Expanded surface and open-ocean wildlife
These creatures make normal voyages feel inhabited. Several are neutral or protective rather than automatic enemies; attacking them can lose research or rescue rewards. Each species has one fixed level, a recognizable wake silhouette, and behavior that can be understood before combat begins.
| Creature and level | Behavior and complete actions | Warning and counterplay | Encounter use and rewards |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lantern Ray Health 1,300 A harmless glowing ray that traces safe reef currents at dusk. Level 40 | Glow Turn: banks toward the next safe gap. School Flash: marks nearby predators. Scatter: flees sudden cannon fire. | Follow its gold wake, slow near the flash, and avoid firing across the school. | Common · Danger 0–1. Nonlethal tagging grants reef research, bait recipes, and lantern dye. |
| Sawfin Health 5,100 A fast surface hunter that tests wooden hull seams with its serrated snout. Level 120 | Keel Saw: follows one flashing hull seam. Wake Feint: shows two foam lines before choosing the deeper one. Fin Slap: short broadside wave. | Reinforce the flashing section, track the deeper wake, and turn the bow through Fin Slap. | Uncommon · Danger 1–2. Drops Sawfin Teeth, fish oil, and light harpoon parts. |
| Cannon Crab Health 7,850 A floating armored crab that packs stones into a hollow coral claw. Level 180 | Coral Shot: arcing rock follows a deck marker. Broadside Shell: turns its armored flank outward. Anchor Claw: grips a rail until the joint is struck. | Leave the marker, fire after the shell turn exposes its back, and cut the marked claw joint. | Uncommon · Danger 1–2. Drops Coral Plates, cannon wadding, and reef-shell accessories. |
| Hullback Turtle Health 13,000 A peaceful island-sized turtle carrying coral, seabirds, and lost cargo across trade routes. Level 260 | Current Roll: creates a broad following wake. Shell Shelter: blocks storm debris. Panic Dive: submerges beneath a huge warning circle if badly startled. | Match its speed, avoid the dive circle, and clear parasites rather than attacking its shell. | Rare · Danger 1–3. Rescue play grants creature reputation, coral samples, cargo, and safe-current charts. |
| Bell Whale Health 25,000 A neutral whale whose chambered song exposes wrecks and deep passages. Level 380 | Sounding Pulse: reveals underwater silhouettes. Tail Current: produces a strong but readable wake. Protective Breach: knocks predators away from a calf. | Stay outside the calf ring, ride beside rather than behind the tail, and copy the pulse pattern. | Rare · Danger 2–3. Research grants trench coordinates, Echo lore, rare fishing schools, and whale-song cosmetics. |
| Wreckjaw Shark Health 37,000 A scarred predator that carries anchors and wreck metal fused around its jaw. Level 520 | Anchor Bite: locks onto one marked ship component. Scrap Breach: scatters three visible debris lanes. Chain Drag: pulls the ship sideways until a chain link breaks. Blood Turn: commits to the most recently damaged hull side. | Brace the mark, steer between debris, strike the glowing chain link, and repair the opposite side to bait its turn. | Rare · Danger 3. Drops Wreckjaw Teeth, anchor chain, heavy harpoon modules, and ship armor recipes. |
| Gravecoil Eel Health 57,500 A spectral eel threading through drowned grave-bell routes and ghost convoys. Level 720 | Bell Coil: rings three buoys before crossing their lanes. Ghost Current: inverts one steering input after a visible green pulse. Mast Arc: leaps between two marked masts. Wake Shed: leaves a damaging spectral trail. | Read buoy order, countersteer only during the green icon, clear both mast marks, and cross behind the fading trail. | Mythic · Danger 3. Drops Echo materials, spectral rigging, grave-bell metal, and Ghost Carrack progress. |
| Rift Manta Health 86,500 An Other Sea ray gliding between fractured currents without leaving the physical ocean. Level 1150 | Fracture Wing: two diagonal wake cuts. Compass Dive: attacks the bearing shown three seconds earlier. Static Veil: hides chart labels but not landmarks. Anchor Sweep: breaks one unstable event anchor. | Cross the diagonal gap, remember the bearing, steer by beacon silhouettes, and repair or release the marked anchor. | Mythic · Danger 4 · Other Sea only. Drops dimensional membrane, Riftmarks, high-tier sailcloth, and Domain charts. |
Weather-event combinations
Fog + pirates
Flags appear late, cannon audio matters more, and lookout range shrinks. Fog never removes ship silhouettes at close range.
Storm + creatures
Lightning exposes underwater shapes, waves alter attack timing, and grounded rods create temporary safe zones.
Moon current + diving
Underwater routes open, air bubbles drift upward faster, and Moon-Singer or Tide awakening clues become available.
Black tide + fleet
Corruption changes cannon lanes and navigation, while cleansing beacons weakens Blacktide Privateers.
Event protection: the director will not spawn another major event within the same sector until the current one resolves. Crews may leave the boundary after a short disengage timer, and collected secured rewards are never removed by a later event failure.
13 · Narrative activities
Quests and dealer storylines
NPCs should ask the player to understand a place, not merely clear a counter. Combat remains important, but it sits inside a broader problem.
Investigation
Follow tracks, question NPCs, compare clues, inspect wrecks, or identify a disguised enemy.
World interaction
Redirect water, charge sigils, repair beacons, tune instruments, operate siege devices, or fish for evidence.
Traversal
Wind-ring routes, timed escapes, climbing, moving storms, underwater tunnels, or boat slaloms.
Choice and consequence
Select an infiltration route, protect one district, expose or recruit an NPC, and alter later dialogue or services.
Quest composition target: a major island chapter should combine at least three activity types and end with a mechanic-driven climax. Routine repeatables can use combat, fishing, delivery, or hunting—but should never define the entire island.
Island chapters and dealer quests
| Island | Main chapter | Quest stages and locations | Dealer quest and single item |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dawnport | Raid on Dawnport Captain Elara | Question warehouse workers → trace wet powder to the western Raider Landing → repair two harbor beacons → defend the southern drydock from Dock Raiders and the Raider Boatswain. | Master Ren — Bell and Blade: ring training bells in the order revealed by enemy attack tells, then win a no-spam duel. Reward: Harbor Feint technique. |
| Whispering Atoll | The Singing Current Neris Reed | Record four shrine notes → fish the Moonlit Current for a pearl key → follow bubbles into the eastern Smuggler Grotto → calm Nerissa by replaying the reef melody. | Neris Reed — A Net for Moonlight: catch three fish during separate tide states and protect their nursery. Reward: Tidehand Manual. |
| Ashen Crown | Anvil of Thunder Forgekeeper Brann | Recover conductors from the Gunner Yard → charge three storm sigils → redirect the caldera spillway → break Pyrehand’s forge shield by matching hammer rhythms. | Rook Calder — The Last Mutineer: board his ruined pirate sloop west of Ember Mine, disable its powder traps, and return his stolen logbook. Reward: Cinder Parry technique. |
| Skyreach Bastion | The Sixfold Current Aero Warden Lyra | Repair the Launch Dock catapult → cross six wind rings → rescue a stranded glider above Storm Eye → duel Caelus while rotating gust bridges change the arena. | Lyra — Feather Against the Gale: finish the ring route using all four approach directions. Reward: Windstep technique. |
| Frostveil Reach | Whiteout Pilgrimage Harbor Master Eira | Listen for three Bell Beacons → reflect the Aurora Crystal through the north pass → rescue hunters in the eastern cavern → reach Skadi’s throne using sound during zero visibility. | Ysra Bell — The Blade Beneath Ice: align frozen chimes and defeat the Rime Hunter carrying the thaw key. Reward: Frostbrand. |
| Verdant Labyrinth | The Maze Remembers Harbor Master Koa | Map the Old Maze → reroute the western aqueduct → choose which overgrown district receives water → follow the Living Heart route into Oro’s grove. | Deckhand Noll — A Deck Without a Crew: repair his grounded pirate sloop from jungle salvage and repel former crewmates without sinking it. Reward: Vinehook Roll technique. |
| Blacktide Citadel | Break the Black Tide Captain Elara / Drax | Choose the Sea Gate or western service route → steal an officer uniform → disable north and south artillery → free prisoners → confront Nocturne in the inner court. | Lord Cassian — The Ransom Bell: rescue his son Lucen from the prison transport and expose the false ransom officer. Reward: Officer Saber. |
| Sableglass Expanse | The City Beneath Noon Navigator Samira | Decode the tidal clock at Caravan Camp → sand-sail through three mirage gates → rotate the north and south sun mirrors → enter the exposed Mirror City before high tide → defeat Regent Sael as telegraphed water sweeps cross a fixed palace floor. | Duelist Ishan — A Shadow Without Sand: identify his real footprints through five mirage duels and strike only the true stance. Reward: Shamshir. |
| Ironwake Republic | The False Launch Forewoman Pella | Compare manifests in the Archive → inspect sabotaged hull sections → operate two cargo cranes → choose whether to save the hospital ship or evidence barge → pursue Commodore Veyra along permanent service catwalks beside the launching drydocks. | Shipbreaker Toma — Seven Barrels, One Truth: recover seven numbered barrels and fire them in the order hidden in the forged manifest. Reward: Volley Gun. |
| Starfall Sanctuary | The Broken Constellation Seer Ilyra | Track three meteor wakes → recover star lenses from the Fallen Field → rotate the crater orreries into one constellation → cross gravity bridges without repeating a route → confront Aster inside the opened observatory. | Seer Ilyra — Cut Between Stars: connect six spatial seams without crossing a false constellation line. Reward: Rift Edge. |
| Temporary domains | The Vanishing Chart Astrid Vale | Find Astrid on a newly risen island → chart three unstable landmarks → survive a rift-bridge cycle across fixed landmasses → reach the Exit Rift before the domain’s departure warning ends. | Astrid Vale — Hold the Horizon: stabilize three rifts without leaving a crewmate behind. Reward: Rift Brace technique. |
| Other Sea domains | The Admiral Beyond the Margin Astrid Vale | Reach level 1750 → recover one Black Chart Corner from Horizon Scrapfield, Black-Sail Anchorage, Sunken Tribunal, and Rift Orchard at Danger IV → assemble the permanent Hollowwake Chart → sail to Empty Anchorage → defeat Admiral Hollowwake aboard The Hollow Meridian. | Astrid Vale — Four Corners of Nothing: verify each recovered corner against a physical horizon landmark. Reward: Hollowwake Chart; first raid clear grants the Hollow Meridian chart table cosmetic and Beyond the Margin title. |
The Erased Voyage · First Sea world quest · Levels 1–1000
After the Dawnport raid, Cartographer Elian Wake discovers a waterlogged logbook whose owner and destination have been cut from history. Its fifteen empty seals form a background story through every permanent First Sea island. Each step uses that island’s signature activity, awards one quest-bound Wake Sigil, and remains available after the local chapter so no player can permanently miss the dimension unlock.
| Island and chapter | World-quest objective | What the player discovers | Permanent checkpoint |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Dawnport The Waterlogged Name | Search the Raider Boatswain’s captured skiff, repair the soaked log with sailcloth, and compare its blank crest to the harbor registry. | The ship existed, but every written record of its captain was deliberately scraped away. | Harbor Wake Sigil and the Chronicle tab. |
| 2 · Whispering Atoll A Song With No Singer | Fish a pearl resonator from the Moonlit Current and replay the reef melody against the logbook’s sealed spine. | The melody contains a hidden coordinate and the first audible fragment of the name “Vanta.” | Reef Wake Sigil. |
| 3 · Ashen Crown Seal in the Furnace | Recover a scorched brass plate, redirect caldera heat, and forge it into the logbook’s missing compass frame. | The erased ship carried a black stone idol capable of opening water where no route exists. | Ember Wake Sigil. |
| 4 · Skyreach Bastion The Route Above North | Cross six wind rings in the coordinate order and photograph the sky glyph visible only from the final ring. | The voyage sailed toward a point above every known compass bearing rather than east or west. | Gale Wake Sigil. |
| 5 · Frostveil Reach The Bell Beneath Ice | Follow buried bell echoes through the whiteout and thaw a frozen signal cylinder without breaking it. | The full captain’s name is Admiral Vanta, once the royal chartmaker trusted to close forbidden routes. | Rime Wake Sigil. |
| 6 · Verdant Labyrinth Roots Remember Hulls | Reroute water to an ancient tree, trace its roots around a fossilized mast, and copy the growth rings into the log. | The erased vessel returned from its voyage; the crown buried it and imprisoned the surviving crew. | Verdant Wake Sigil. |
| 7 · Blacktide Citadel The Prisoner’s Chart | Infiltrate the archive, free Vanta’s last navigator, and choose a stealth, disguise, or sea-gate escape route. | Vanta refused to surrender the Void Totem and vanished into a vault beneath the future Riftheart Throne. | Blacktide Wake Sigil. |
| 8 · Sableglass Expanse Noon Without Shadow | Align the north and south sun mirrors at true noon, then trace the one object whose reflection still points into darkness. | The Void Totem is not an artifact power; it is a one-purpose key tuned to the boundary between dimensions. | Glass Wake Sigil. |
| 9 · Ironwake Republic The Ship That Was Never Built | Compare forged manifests, operate two cranes, and assemble the erased vessel’s hull plan from mismatched yard sections. | Royal shipwrights secretly rebuilt Vanta’s vessel as the foundation of the sealed Nullwake Vault. | Iron Wake Sigil. |
| 10 · Starfall Sanctuary Beyond the Last Star | Rotate the crater orrery to the hidden coordinate and cross the resulting gravity route without repeating a platform. | The forbidden destination is a second dimension whose false north points inward toward a closed horizon. | Star Wake Sigil. |
| 11 · Atlantis The Sunken Oath | Open three tide gates in mural order, dive through a reef-cliff passage, and restore the oath tablet in the royal plaza. | Vanta swore to test any future voyager before allowing the Totem to leave the First Sea. | Tide Wake Sigil. |
| 12 · Stormscar Dominion Black Flag Witness | Decode three captain flags, board the correct witness ship, and defend its log during a storm broadside. | The Crownless Armada has begun sending signals through the sealed route and knows the Totem still exists. | Storm Wake Sigil. |
| 13 · Moonfall Monastery The Fifteenth Bell | Combine the earlier melody, bell, and flag clues to ring a seven-tone sequence without relying on sound alone. | The sequence is a key phrase: “Fifteen wakes remember what one crown erased.” | Moon Wake Sigil. |
| 14 · Saltspire Freehold The Price of Silence | Climb the ropeway vault, complete a nonlethal pirate heist, and recover the final half of Vanta’s compass seal. | A smuggler dynasty was paid to hide the seal until a voyager collected every island’s testimony. | Salt Wake Sigil. |
| 15 · Riftheart Throne Five Testimonies, One Lie | Defeat Sovereign Aevum, compare his five testimonies with the fourteen collected clues, expose the invented history, and place all Wake Sigils into the floor compass. | The complete record opens a permanent stair beneath the throne to Admiral Vanta’s Nullwake Vault. | Rift Wake Sigil and final-boss access. |
Final chapter · The Gatekeeper of Nothing
Admiral Vanta does not attack because the player is evil; he tests whether they learned to read signals, protect crews, aim under pressure, and distinguish truth from spectacle. The encounter remixes learned mechanics inside one fixed vault rather than teleporting the party back through old islands.
Guaranteed reward · Void Totem
The first successful clear awards the Void Totem with 100% certainty. It is quest-bound, non-tradable, cannot be dropped, stored, rolled, purchased, or lost, and never occupies a normal artifact slot. Repeat clears award Crowns, mastery materials, and cosmetics instead.
Permanent passage
The first confirmed Totem crossing writes an Other Sea Passage flag to the player profile and preserves the reusable Totem in the Chronicle. Every crew member must own the Totem or passage flag to cross; unlocked players can return freely through either dimension’s gate.
Failure and catch-up: every Wake Sigil is a saved quest flag, not a physical item that can be deleted. Elian Wake’s Chronicle points to the earliest incomplete island step, local NPCs can restart failed instances, and defeating Admiral Vanta never consumes the fifteen checkpoints. Disconnecting during the final fight returns the player to the open Nullwake Vault entrance.
The Compass Beyond · Other Sea world quest · Levels 1000–2000
Binding the Wayfarer Quay home point reveals a ten-socket compass case hidden inside Vanta’s Void Totem. Scout Mira Kest opens the Beyond Ledger and begins a continuous story through every permanent Other Sea region. Each chapter tests that region’s signature gameplay, restores one quest-bound Bearing, and preserves it as an account checkpoint. Completing a local chapter and its world-quest step can happen in the same voyage, but neither one is silently auto-completed by the other.
| Region and chapter | World-quest objective | What the player discovers | Permanent checkpoint |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Rookspire The Compass With No North | Bind Wayfarer Quay, compare Vanta’s compass case to Corven’s false-light network, carry the true rook signal across three roof routes, and raise it at Crownmast Citadel after defeating Corven. | The Other Sea’s false north was manufactured: the Admiralty bent every official route inward so travelers would eventually reach Eidon’s controlled horizon. | Signal Bearing and the Beyond Ledger tab. |
| 2 · Wildwake Archipelago The Direction That Grew Teeth | Follow the stolen signal plate across the seven jungle islands, restore six numbered field stations, reconstruct the Meridian experiment, survive Koro, and remove the living compass core from Voss’s machine. | The laboratory tried to grow Bearings from creatures that sensed dimensional currents. The experiment copied direction but also copied fear and aggression. | Meridian Bearing. |
| 3 · Ivory Maw Atoll Bone Remembers the Crossing | Map healed fractures through the fossil ribs, rescue the juvenile beast, rotate Garrick’s four harpoons away from its heart, and trace the natural route recorded inside the oldest bone ring. | The colossal creature crossed between the two existing seas before either Admiralty existed; the original compass was carved from a shed plate rather than a slain beast. | Marrow Bearing. |
| 4 · Tidemirror Reach Two Wakes, One Truth | Test reflections with wind, sound, and weight, sail the predicted route backward, identify the physical Ilyan, then place the real and reflected charts together without choosing a false destination. | A Bearing records intention as well as direction. Eidon’s maps erased routes by erasing the people who intended to sail them. | Mirror Bearing. |
| 5 · Shacklecloud Isles The Names They Stole | Win three deterministic carnival invitations, trace counterfeit uniforms through Bunting Row, recover a seal mold, expose the rigged False-Flag Regatta, restore four erased captains in Ledger House, and defeat Captain Vargo Sorn. | Sorn has been selling legitimate crew identities to the Crownless Armada, allowing its ships to cross protected routes under trusted colors. His black ledger identifies the nine fleet councils funding the impersonation network. | True Flag Bearing. |
| 6 · Crownless Bastion Nine Flags Choose a Course | Present Sorn’s purchase ledger to all nine fleet councils, identify forged votes, defend two dissenting captains, choose a lawful custodian for the records, and break Seraphine’s command seal. | The Crownless Armada cuts routes because Eidon convinced it that an open passage would restart the royal invasions that scarred both seas. | Council Bearing. |
| 7 · Pearlgrave Trenches Names on the Drowned Meridian | Repair the diving bell, map reef cliffs and air pockets, recover four name-pearls, match each epitaph to the suppressed fleet manifest, and answer Nym’s pressure trials. | The dead include volunteers from both dimensions who once maintained a safe shared route. Eidon closed it after a disaster, then removed their names to prevent anyone rebuilding it. | Memorial Bearing. |
| 8 · Redwake Caldera Forge an Open Course | Recover heatproof fibers, redirect sea-fed furnace gates, preserve the compass mold while choosing which unfinished ships to save, and quench Brakka’s stolen Bearing housing. | A route can be stabilized without becoming a weapon. The recovered design separates civilian passage from fleet-scale dimensional movement. | Forge Bearing. |
| 9 · Armada of Midnight The City Carries the Map | Decode moving flag streets, rescue lower-deck families, cross all nine permanent ship districts, lower Oran’s command flag, and ask the freed navigators to align their personal charts. | No single admiral must own the route. Thousands of ordinary voyage records can keep it accurate even when one official chart is destroyed. | Midnight Bearing. |
| 10 · Horizon’s End Open Every Bearing | Bring the nine recovered Bearings to Solenne, restore five suppressed voyage records, recover the Last Bearing, seat all ten in the Horizon Compass, survive the siege, and defeat Eidon. When Malrick Vane steals the compass housing, pursue The Unwritten, reclaim all ten Bearings during the fixed-deck battle, defeat Malrick, and ring the Horizon Bell. | Eidon sealed the horizon to prevent another inter-dimensional war, but his permanent blockade became a prison. Malrick engineered the modern thefts to turn safe passage into his private empire. The evidence and recovered compass prove neither admiral nor pirate must own the route. | Horizon Bearing, Malrick finale access, and completed Compass Beyond. |
Penultimate chapter · The Admiral at the Last Line
Grand Admiral Eidon tests the skills learned across the full Other Sea and guards the Horizon Bell. His defeat permanently checkpoints the quest and reveals the concealed mooring of The Unwritten; repeat attempts against Malrick never require another Eidon clear.
Final chapter · The Horizon Thief
Captain Malrick Vane steals the unlocked compass housing and retreats to a fixed flagship deck beneath the lighthouse. Players reclaim the ten Bearings through aimed attacks and mechanics, defeat Malrick, then ring the Horizon Bell. The fight never teleports the party through old islands, changes public terrain, or summons enemy reinforcements.
Guaranteed reward · Horizon Compass
The first successful Malrick clear restores the ten Bearings into a 100%-guaranteed, quest-bound navigation tool. It records discovered home points, safe return gates, active tracked chapters, and known sea-danger boundaries. It grants no combat statistics, teleport during pursuit, rare-drop luck, or access to an unbuilt world.
Ending choice · One reward track
Choose to publish the route through a civilian chart council or guard it through trusted harbor keepers. The decision changes banners, finale dialogue, patrol allies, and the Horizon Compass appearance; both choices award the Wayfinder Beyond title, Open Horizon figurehead, repeatable finale, and identical endgame access.
Track the next truthThe Beyond Ledger identifies the earliest incomplete Bearing and the local chapter lead without revealing undiscovered islands or puzzle solutions.
Complete the regional testInvestigation, sailing, rescue, diving, puzzles, and boss mechanics rotate so the world quest never becomes ten repeated defeat orders.
Save the BearingEach recovered Bearing becomes an account checkpoint immediately; it is never a droppable inventory object and cannot be traded, sold, consumed, or lost.
Break the Last LineAt Horizon’s End, ten saved checkpoints fill the physical quest display and open Eidon’s penultimate encounter after the local archive objectives are complete.
Reclaim the compassEidon’s defeat saves a permanent finale checkpoint. Pursue Malrick aboard The Unwritten, recover the Bearings he tears from the housing, and ring the Horizon Bell.
Keep both seas openMalrick’s defeat improves travel, social spaces, repeat encounters, and endgame voyages across the First and Other Seas without creating another dimension.
Failure and catch-up: every Bearing saves independently. The Beyond Ledger appears at all unlocked Other Sea home points, local chapter leads can restore interrupted objectives, and Solenne can reconstruct a missing display from saved flags. Disconnecting during Eidon returns the player to the activated compass court. Once Eidon is defeated for the story, that checkpoint remains saved; disconnecting or failing against Malrick returns the player to The Unwritten boarding point without consuming Bearings, repeating the archive, or refighting Eidon.
Two-dimension scope: The Compass Beyond concludes the level-1000–2000 story by stabilizing travel between the First Sea and Other Sea. It does not summon a new portal, name a third dimension, reserve a third-world server, or promise a future level cap. Any later expansion requires a separate design and production decision.
Other Sea chapters · Levels 1000–2000
| Region | Main chapter | Quest stages | Story consequence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rookspire 1000–1100 | The Beacon That Hunts Ships Scout Mira Kest | Rescue households in Low Lantern Ward by reading door codes → investigate false lights across Glassmarket → carry the true signal over the Old Rookery roof course → silence three batteries through separate city routes → raise the true flag and defeat Corven at Crownmast Citadel. | Wayfarer Quay establishes the first safe route from the Horizon Gate, rescued city districts reopen their courtyards and shortcuts, and the courier rook restores the Signal Bearing. |
| Wildwake Archipelago 1100–1200 | The Garden That Learned to Hunt Surveyor Tala Venn | Recover the courier’s broken signal plate → cross seven jungle islands by boat, bridge, or waterfall tunnel → restore six specimen tags and laboratory field stations → synthesize the antidote from numbered samples → defeat Apex Warden Koro → enter Meridian Laboratory and stop Director Selka Voss. | The Meridian Bearing becomes the second Compass Beyond checkpoint. Restored ferries and field stations create a permanent safe route toward Ivory Maw, while the choice to preserve or seal the living archive changes later dialogue without changing power rewards. |
| Ivory Maw Atoll 1200–1300 | The Saint’s Last Hunt Anatomist Sera Bone | Survey living tissue inside fossil ribs → sabotage poacher cages → rescue a juvenile sea beast → turn four mounted harpoons away from its heart → stop Garrick’s awakening ritual. | The Marrow Bearing records a safe migration passage, while evidence reveals the Compass Beyond was carved from a creature that crossed dimensions naturally. |
| Tidemirror Reach 1300–1400 | Two Captains, One Wake Keeper Vell | Gather crew testimony → test reflections with wind, sound, and weight → sail a mirrored channel by opposite bearings → identify the physical Captain Ilyan → reconcile or destroy the duplicate. | The choice changes which Ilyan becomes a navigator NPC, never the boss loot; both outcomes restore the fourth checkpoint, the Mirror Bearing. |
| Shacklecloud Isles 1400–1500 | The Carnival of Stolen Names Registrar Pryn Vale | Win three skill-game invitations → trace false colors through Bunting Row → recover the Chalkstep seal mold → qualify for the fixed-course regatta → board the records launch → restore four captains in Ledger House → raise the authentic standards → defeat Captain Vargo Sorn. | The recovered True Flag Bearing becomes the fifth checkpoint. Sorn’s black ledger proves that nine Crownless councils have been buying crew identities so Armada vessels can pass as trusted ships. |
| Crownless Bastion 1500–1600 | Nine Flags, No Crown Captain Mara Voss | Attend nine fleet councils → uncover forged votes → defend two dissenting captains → disable color-coded batteries → challenge Regent Seraphine’s permanent emergency rule. | Players restore the Council Bearing and choose a structure for the rebel fleets. The choice changes banners, patrol allies, and dialogue while preserving access to all services. |
| Pearlgrave Trenches 1600–1700 | Names Beneath Pressure Diver Ilara | Repair a diving bell → map reef cliffs and air pockets → recover four name-pearls → match epitaphs inside the shell cathedral → persuade or defeat Oracle Nym. | The recovered names restore the Memorial Bearing, reveal who ordered the horizon closed, and unlock a peaceful refuge route for later civilian ships. |
| Redwake Caldera 1700–1800 | The Fleet in the Furnace Sailwright Fen | Infiltrate three ship foundries → redirect volcanic water gates → decide which unfinished hulls to save → cool a cannon path → defeat Furnace Captain Brakka. | The Forge Bearing receives its stable housing. Saved hulls become evacuation ships or rebel warships in the finale; either choice offers equal power but changes supporting objectives. |
| Armada of Midnight 1800–1900 | A City That Never Docks Signal Child Nox | Decode moving flag streets → rescue lower-deck families → cross nine linked ships → disable command masts → confront Fleet Admiral Oran and lower the midnight flag. | The aligned city charts restore the Midnight Bearing; the armada becomes a mobile home point and brings every prior ally toward Horizon’s End. |
| Horizon’s End 1900–2000 | The Last Line on the Map Archivist Solenne | Collect testimony from both dimensions → restore five suppressed voyage records → recover the Horizon Bearing → activate four compass engines → survive the admiralty siege → defeat Grand Admiral Eidon → board The Unwritten → defeat Captain Malrick Vane → reclaim the compass and ring the Horizon Bell. | The border opens for free travel between the two dimensions only after Malrick’s defeat. Players choose whether the Compass Beyond becomes public knowledge or a guarded responsibility; endgame access is identical and no third destination opens. |
Quest dealer rule
A quest dealer has exactly one permanent item. It is previewed before the quest begins, cannot rotate away, and is awarded only after the complete bespoke quest.
Money dealer rule
A money dealer carries one or two items. Regional weapons are fixed; artifact stock rotates. Prices use Crowns, with Riftmarks reserved for awakenings and endgame services.
Location storytelling
Dealer placement explains personality: wealthy patrons occupy guarded estates, poor trainers shelter on damaged pirate ships, smugglers use tunnels, and wandering traders anchor offshore.
Dynamic weather triggers
Common
Rain, fog, wind, rough sea, and thunderstorms alter visibility, boat handling, spawn tables, and fishing.
Rare
Waterspouts, red lightning, aurora storms, black tides, and moon currents reveal bosses, doors, puzzles, or rare species.
Awakening
Specific weather plus a mastered artifact and solved island puzzle opens an awakening trial rather than a purchase screen.
13A · Utility mastery
Special techniques
Special techniques are compact utility skills learned from character-driven quests. They do not replace a sword, gun, fighting style, class ability, or artifact. A player equips one technique at a home point, and its final input binding is selected during control testing so Q remains Dash.
| Technique | Teacher and location | Quest test | Function and counterplay |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harbor Feint | Master Ren · Dawnport training yard | Bell and Blade | Cancel one grounded basic-chain finisher into a fixed sidestep. It deals no damage, has visible recovery, and cannot cancel skills. |
| Tidehand Manual | Neris Reed · Whispering Atoll village | A Net for Moonlight | Unlocks the Tidehand fighting style and its current-redirection mastery track. |
| Cinder Parry | Rook Calder · wrecked pirate sloop west of Ashen Crown | The Last Mutineer | A narrow directional parry vents heat on success; a miss causes a long smoky recovery. |
| Windstep | Aero Warden Lyra · Skyreach Warden Hall | Feather Against the Gale | Spend 20 Energy for one sharper midair direction change. It has no invulnerability and cannot be chained with itself, though normal Air Jumps remain available while Energy lasts. |
| Vinehook Roll | Deckhand Noll · grounded sloop at Verdant dock | A Deck Without a Crew | Hook approved vegetation or ship rails and roll around the anchor. Opponents see the tether and can cut it. |
| Rift Brace | Astrid Vale · temporary islands | Hold the Horizon | Anchor yourself and one nearby ally against a single environmental pull, rift-bridge pulse, or leviathan roar. It does not block damage. |
| Harpoon Recovery | Saltcoat Mira · wandering salvage raft | The Line Comes Home | Recover one missed harpoon or grapnel from terrain and refund part of its reload, but only after following the visible rope. |
| Aura | Warden Mako · Frostveil hot-spring camp | Hold the Bell Line | Ignite a visible body aura for 8 seconds, initially increasing damage dealt by 5% and reducing eligible incoming damage by 5%. Base cooldown: 50 seconds. It does not reduce true, drowning, fall, environmental, or scripted raid damage; matching buffs use the strongest value instead of stacking. |
| Instinct | Listener Nami · Sableglass windless well | The Attack Before It Moves | Open a 6-second prediction window. One eligible aimed basic attack or narrow technique triggers a short automatic sidestep and consumes an Instinct charge; base charge recovery is 60 seconds. A blue eye-flash shows that Instinct is armed, allowing opponents to bait it. Grabs, wide areas, ultimates, boss wipe mechanics, hazards, and attacks already hitting the player cannot be avoided. |
| Flash Step | Riftwalker Kestrel · Starfall Fallen Field | One Step Beyond the Star | After a 0.35-second tell, teleport to a manually aimed, line-of-sight point up to 36 studs away. Base cooldown: 45 seconds. It leaves a bright departure-to-arrival seam and has landing recovery; it cannot pass through walls, enter restricted spaces, cancel hit-stun, or cancel another move. |
Technique EXP and proficiency
Every unlocked special technique has its own Technique EXP bar. Only the equipped technique earns EXP, and it improves through successful uses that match its intended skill—not by activating it repeatedly in a safe zone. Technique proficiency is separate from player level, weapon mastery, fighting-style mastery, and artifact mastery.
| Rank | Total Technique EXP | Progression purpose | UI feedback |
|---|---|---|---|
| I · Initiate | 0 | Quest unlock and complete base function. | Bronze technique crest and visible next-rank requirements. |
| II · Practiced | 250 | Small reliability improvement such as a capped lower Energy cost or recovery. | One filled crest point. |
| III · Adept | 750 | First meaningful breakpoint: improved range, duration, charge count, or utility. | Silver crest and an upgraded activation effect. |
| IV · Expert | 1,500 | Further cooldown or efficiency improvement without removing counterplay. | Three filled crest points. |
| V · Master | 3,000 | Final capped version; no infinite levels or prestige damage scaling. | Gold crest, mastery title, and technique-specific cosmetic trail. |
Flash Step, Aura, and Instinct growth
| Technique | Rank I | Rank III | Rank V cap | How valid EXP is earned |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flash Step | 36-stud range · 45s cooldown · 0.35s startup | 45-stud range · 40s cooldown · 0.30s startup | 55-stud range · 35s cooldown · 0.25s startup | Teleport out of a telegraphed hazard, across a valid combat angle, or to a marked traversal objective. Repeating between two safe points gives no EXP. |
| Aura | 8s duration · +5% damage · −5% eligible damage · 50s cooldown | 10s duration · +7% damage · −7% eligible damage · 48s cooldown | 12s duration · +10% damage · −10% eligible damage · 45s cooldown | Land varied aimed attacks and correctly mitigate telegraphed hits while Aura is active. Weak self-damage, friendly attacks, and repeated hits on one harmless target give no EXP. |
| Instinct | 6s window · 1 charge · 60s charge recovery | 8s window · 2 charges · 55s charge recovery | 10s window · 2 charges · 50s charge recovery | Perform manual perfect dashes while Instinct is equipped or consume a charge against a distinct eligible attack. Repeatedly baiting the same friendly or low-risk attack gives no EXP. |
Growth for existing techniques
| Technique | Proficiency improvement | Valid training action |
|---|---|---|
| Harbor Feint | Lower Energy cost and shorter landing recovery; sidestep distance never exceeds its readable lane. | Feint a committed attack and punish from a new angle without repeating the same basic chain. |
| Cinder Parry | Slightly lower successful-parry recovery and heat cost; the timing window does not become automatic. | Parry distinct telegraphed attacks from different directions. |
| Windstep | Lower Energy cost and greater momentum preservation; still grants no invulnerability. | Change direction through aerial routes or avoid an announced airborne lane. |
| Vinehook Roll | Longer approved anchor range and faster release recovery; the visible tether remains cuttable. | Use different anchors in combat, rescue, or traversal routes. |
| Rift Brace | Wider ally-link range and longer environmental resistance; it never reduces direct damage. | Protect an ally from distinct pulls, bridge pulses, roars, or current events. |
| Harpoon Recovery | Higher reload refund and faster rope retrieval, capped below a free instant reload. | Retrieve genuinely missed shots during hunts, wreck events, or traversal. |
| Tidehand Manual | Uses Tidehand fighting-style mastery instead of Technique EXP to avoid two overlapping progression bars. | Train the Tidehand moveset through its normal mastery actions. |
Server validation
EXP is granted only after the server confirms a real hazard, enemy attack, traversal objective, or ally save. Safe-zone activation, macro loops, private alt accounts, and repeated friendly hits provide nothing.
Diminishing repetition
The same enemy attack or environmental trigger awards full EXP once, reduced EXP on the second valid repetition, and none until the player varies the training action.
Fair progression
Technique EXP cannot be purchased, multiplied by a gamepass, or transferred. Ranks improve reliability and capped utility rather than producing unlimited damage scaling.
Technique balance: one equipped technique, one shared technique cooldown category, no direct stat scaling, no paid exclusivity, and no technique can erase aiming, manual dashing, navigation, or puzzle execution. In PvP, Aura’s damage and mitigation bonuses are capped at 8%, Instinct can always be baited and cannot evade wide attacks, and Flash Step always shows its arrival seam.
14 · Combatants
Enemies and bosses
Dawnport teaches combat with three standard enemies and one elite, but intentionally has no local boss. Every later region has three standard enemies, one elite, and one regional boss. Riftheart Throne additionally contains Admiral Vanta, the final boss of the fifteen-island First Sea world quest. Horizon’s End additionally contains Captain Malrick Vane, the final boss of the ten-region Other Sea world quest, while Eidon remains its regional and penultimate story boss. Whispering Atoll through Skyreach use single-phase bosses; Frostveil is the first multi-phase encounter. The Other Sea continues with fixed arenas, aimed attacks, and mechanic checks. All enemies use avatar-scale Roblox rigs with complete R15-style limbs, fitted equipment, ground-correct placement, visible attack animations, and readable anticipation poses.
Encounter total: 142 character combatants across twenty-five authored combat regions, optional domain encounters, and five roaming pirate captains, including 25 regional bosses, the Drowned Navigator and Admiral Hollowwake as optional Domain raid bosses, Admiral Vanta as the First Sea story-final boss, and Captain Malrick Vane as the Other Sea story-final boss; plus 16 hostile ships and 33 sea creatures. Bobington is the twenty-sixth handcrafted location but intentionally adds no enemies. Every named hostile type has one fixed level, and every hostile ship has explicit hull health.
Fixed-level and health rules: a named hostile type never rolls a different level—every Dock Raider is level 2, every Rift Cartographer is level 552, and so on. Health ranges shown in this design document are balance-tuning windows, not random runtime rolls; production selects one shared base-health value per type. Standard enemies then gain 10% health per additional eligible player, elites gain 15%, bosses gain 25%, sea creatures gain 15% per participating crew, and hostile ships gain 18% per additional participating vessel. Scaling is capped and never changes level or restores lost health when another participant joins.
Version 1.12 health nerf: every listed regular enemy, elite, boss, pirate captain, sea creature, and hostile-ship hull has 30% less base health than the previous balance pass. Multiplayer scaling was also reduced so larger crews spend less time draining health bars. Player-owned ship hull health was not reduced.
Version 1.23 health nerf: every displayed regular-enemy, elite, boss, raid boss, pirate-captain, and sea-creature health value was reduced by another 20%. Every hostile ship hull received the same reduction, while player-owned ship hull health remains unchanged. Combined with the earlier pass, current enemy base health is approximately 44% below the pre-nerf baseline. Per-player and per-vessel scaling was also lowered again.
Version 1.13 enemy-summoning limit: standard enemies and elites do not create new AI-controlled combatants during battle. Calls, musters, portals, cages, guardians, and boarding attacks instead use readable projectiles, hazards, destructible devices, or crew already present when the encounter begins. Only a rare major boss or set-piece naval encounter may use one pre-declared reinforcement wave as a signature mechanic: no more than two adds, once per attempt. Those adds share the encounter budget, cannot summon anything, despawn on reset, grant no separate farming rewards, and never refill boss health.
Pirates encountered across the seas
| Pirate faction | Pirates and officers encountered | Typical ships | Where their full attacks appear |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saltknife Raiders | Dock Raider (Lv 2), Powder Runner (Lv 5), Pier Lookout (Lv 8), Raider Boatswain (Lv 11) | Scout Cutter and Raider Sloop | Dawnport enemy table below; hostile ship attacks in Ships 11A |
| Blackpowder Fleet | Cinder Corsair (Lv 32), Forge Saboteur (Lv 36), Ash Gunner (Lv 41), Magma Enforcer (Lv 46) | Brigantine and Bomb Ketch | Ashen Crown enemy table; fleet attacks in Ships 11A |
| Sky Corsairs | Gale Sentinel (Lv 53), Wind Lancer (Lv 58), Cloud Marksman (Lv 64), Tempest Warden (Lv 70) | Wind Cutter and captured Sloop | Skyreach enemy table; Wind Cutter attacks in Ships 11A |
| Frostwake Clan | Rime Hunter (Lv 80), Snowbound Scout (Lv 90), Aurora Arcanist (Lv 102), Glacier Knight (Lv 118) | Armored Longship | Frostveil enemy table; Longship attacks in Ships 11A |
| Greenwake Smugglers | Vine Runner (Lv 151), Spore Alchemist (Lv 168), hired Rootbound Warden (Lv 138), Thorn Colossus (Lv 192) | Fishing Smack and Smuggler Brig | Verdant enemy table; Smuggler Brig attacks in Ships 11A |
| Blacktide Privateers | Blacktide Soldier (Lv 220), Shade Musketeer (Lv 240), Curse Binder (Lv 265), Blacktide Officer (Lv 295) | Frigate and War Galleon | Blacktide enemy table; both ship kits in Ships 11A |
| Sableglass Freeblades | Dune Corsair (Lv 328), Mirage Sniper (Lv 342), Ruin Scribe (Lv 358), Glassback Champion (Lv 372) | Sand skiffs and captured frigates | Sableglass enemy table; ships use existing frigate patterns |
| Sunken Crown Corsairs | Coral Sentinel (Lv 520), Tidecaller (Lv 545), Gate Warden (Lv 590), Captain Nerio Vane (Lv 580) | Sunken Crown Brig and stolen Diving Tender | Atlantis enemy table; captain and ship attacks in Pirates/Ships 11A–11B |
| Blackstorm Fleet | Stormscar Deckhand (Lv 620), Powder Corsair (Lv 645), Tempest Harpooner (Lv 670), Dominion First Mate (Lv 690), Admiral Ressa Gale (Lv 690) | Blackstorm Frigate and armored Cutter | Stormscar enemy table; captain and ship attacks in Pirates/Ships 11A–11B |
| Moonwake Corsairs | Lunar Disciple (Lv 720), Eclipse Archer (Lv 745), Moonblade Prior (Lv 790), Captain Orin Vale (Lv 790) | Moonwake Dhow and smuggling Sloop | Moonfall enemy table; captain and ship attacks in Pirates/Ships 11A–11B |
| Spirehook Brotherhood | Saltblade Raider (Lv 820), Ropeway Gunner (Lv 845), Saltwind Smuggler (Lv 870), Freehold Champion (Lv 890), Captain Mara Vell (Lv 890) | Spirehook Galleon and cargo Cutter | Saltspire Freehold enemy table; captain and ship attacks in Pirates/Ships 11A–11B |
| Crownless Armada | Chrono Corsair (Lv 945), Void Artillerist (Lv 970), Crown Executor (Lv 990), Captain Cael Voss (Lv 990) | Crownless Man-of-War and judgment Frigate | Riftheart enemy table; captain and ship attacks in Pirates/Ships 11A–11B |
| False-Flag Revel | Masksail Corsair (Lv 1420), Cardshot Duelist (Lv 1445), Powder-Keg Saboteur (Lv 1470), Gilded Enforcer (Lv 1490), Captain Vargo Sorn (Lv 1500) | Painted racing Sloops and disguised Brigantines | Shacklecloud enemy table and detailed region map; hostile ships reveal their real faction through hull carvings and sail stitching |
| Rift Marauders | Wreckborn Reaver (Lv 518), Rift Cartographer (Lv 552), Abyss Diver (Lv 590), Leviathan Cultist (Lv 635); Other Sea domain crews add Compass Husk (Lv 1080), Horizon Raider (Lv 1240), Brine Archivist (Lv 1430), Rift Harpooner (Lv 1650), and Starless Helmsman (Lv 1880) | Ghost Carrack, Rift-Fused Wreck, Drowned Flagship | Uncharted enemy table; supernatural ship attacks in Ships 11A |
Hostile and ghost ships encountered
Ships are enemy encounters with targetable hull sections, weapons, sails, officers, and boarding crews. This index shows where they appear; their complete attack patterns, weaknesses, and capture rules are listed in the dedicated Ships subsection.
| Enemy ship | Faction or nature | Signature threats | Likely crew | Encounter zone |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saltknife Scout Cutter Hull health 1,550 A light pirate scout built for pursuit, warning shots, and sail damage. Level 15 | Saltknife Raiders | Chain chaser and hook pass | Pier Lookouts and Dock Raiders | Coastal Waters · Danger 0–1 |
| Saltknife Raider Sloop Hull health 2,900 A fast boarding sloop using hooks, smoke, and alternating cannon fire. Level 40 | Saltknife Raiders | Crossfire turn and boarding hooks | Dock Raiders led by a Boatswain | Restless Expanse · Danger 1 |
| Blackpowder Bomb Ketch Hull health 5,600 An explosive mortar vessel with a dangerously exposed powder magazine. Level 120 | Blackpowder Fleet | Mortar arcs, fire rafts, explosive magazine | Ash Gunners and Forge Saboteurs | Ashen routes · Danger 2–3 |
| Sky Corsair Wind Cutter Hull health 4,750 A wind-rigged raider using gliders to deliver aimed powder payloads. Level 140 | Sky Corsairs | Gust strafe and unmanned glider bombardment | Wind Lancers and Cloud Marksmen already visible on deck | Skyreach air-sea routes · Danger 2 |
| Frostwake Longship Hull health 6,800 An armored icebreaker designed for ramming and shield boarding. Level 220 | Frostwake Clan | Icebreaker ram and frost harpoon | Snowbound Scouts and Rime Hunters | Frostveil channels · Danger 2–3 |
| Greenwake Smuggler Brig Hull health 8,000 A camouflaged shallow-draft brig hiding traps among its cargo. Level 285 | Greenwake Smugglers | Spore smoke, rudder vines, trapped cargo | Vine Runners and Spore Alchemists | Verdant mangroves · Danger 2 |
| Blacktide Frigate Hull health 12,500 A disciplined warship fighting in coordinated cannon formations. Level 345 | Blacktide Privateers | Formation broadside and artillery marks | Soldiers, Musketeers, one Officer | Citadel blockade · Danger 3 |
| Blacktide War Galleon Hull health 21,000 A fortress-like galleon carrying regiments and multiple gun decks. Level 415 | Blacktide Privateers | Siege salvo and regiment boarding | Two officer-led Blacktide squads | Abyssal Reach · Danger 3 |
| Bellkeeper Ghost Carrack Hull health 17,000 A spectral carrack revealed by the rhythm of its fog bell. Level 440 | Spectral ghost fleet | False silhouettes, phase drift, spectral cannon fire | Wreckborn Reavers and ghost gunners | Fog events · Danger 3 |
| Rift-Fused Wreck Hull health 39,000 Several shattered ships fused around unstable rift anchors. Level 560 | Unstable anomaly ship | Rift skip, decoy hulls, and crossing anomaly scars | Rift Cartographers and Reavers already anchored to the wreck | Uncharted Void · Danger 3 |
| Sunken Crown Brig Hull health 46,000 A turquoise-sailed Atlantean raider fitted with pressure chambers, coral armor, and trident cannons. Level 580 | Sunken Crown Corsairs | Temple broadside, tide mines, relic-theft skiff | Coral Sentinels, Tidecallers, Nerio Vane | Atlantis waters · Danger 3 |
| Blackstorm Frigate Hull health 64,000 An armored pirate flagship carrying black storm sails, chained anchors, and thunder-powder batteries. Level 690 | Blackstorm Fleet | Flagline crossfire, thunder broadside, anchor drag | Deckhands, Powder Corsairs, Ressa Gale | Stormscar approaches · Danger 3 |
| Moonwake Dhow Hull health 80,000 A crescent-rigged smuggling vessel whose lunar mirrors disguise its firing rhythm. Level 790 | Moonwake Corsairs | Lantern volley, mirror sails, crescent boarding pass | Lunar Disciples, Eclipse Archers, Orin Vale | Moonfall channels · Danger 3 |
| Spirehook Galleon Hull health 115,000 A white-plated cliff-raider ship carrying grappling winches, cargo lifts, and hanging boarding skiffs. Level 890 | Spirehook Brotherhood | Skyhook grapples, Whitewall ram, cargo-crane drops | Ropeway Gunners, Freehold Champions, Captain Mara Vell | Saltspire cliff waters · Danger 3 |
| Crownless Man-of-War Hull health 155,000 A five-deck royal warship enforcing contradictory verdicts through color-coded batteries. Level 990 | Crownless Armada | Five verdict batteries, false escorts, seal buoys | Chrono Corsairs, Void Artillerists, Cael Voss | Riftheart outer court · Danger 3 |
| Drowned Flagship Hull health 100,000 The Navigator’s flooded raid vessel and mobile chart fortress. Level 675 | Navigator's raid vessel | Dead currents, ghost broadside, map rupture | Reavers, Cultists, and the drowned command crew | Domain raid · Danger 3 |
Dawnport · Levels 1–12
| Enemy | Complete attacks | Counterplay | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dock Raider Health 70–100 A rough unarmed dockside brawler dressed in stolen harbor gear, with empty hands and no sword, gun, club, or hidden weapon. Standard fists-only unit · Level 2 | Dockside Combo: two quick punches followed by a committed hook with knockback. Lunging Straight: a long forward punch with a clear shoulder windup. Braced Guard: raises both forearms to block attacks from the front. Heavy Haymaker: two short body blows culminate in a slow guard-breaking punch with knockback. | Parry the second punch or punish the hook recovery, side-dash Lunging Straight, circle behind Braced Guard, and disengage before the Haymaker finisher. | Built · 4 placed · fists only |
| Powder Runner Health 85–125 A nervous saboteur carrying fuse bottles and loose black powder. Standard disruptor · Level 5 | Fuse Bottle: tosses a flashing timed explosive. Powder Trail: lays a line ignited after a shouted warning. Panic Kick: quick shove when cornered. | Read the fuse, force the Runner across its own powder, then punish the weak kick recovery. | Planned |
| Pier Lookout Health 100–145 A rooftop flintlock sentry who retreats whenever the chamber is empty. Standard gunner · Level 8 | Flint Shot: aimed single round preceded by a muzzle glint. Backstep Reload: retreats while reloading. Buttstock Swing: close-range knockback. | Use dock cover, close distance during reload, and dodge toward—not away from—the backstep. | Planned |
| Raider Boatswain Health 365–505 A broad-shouldered crew leader who rallies nearby raiders. Elite commander · Level 11 | Boarding Hook: narrow hook pull. Broadside Cleave: wide cutlass sweep. Rally Whistle: speeds nearby Raiders until interrupted. Deck Brace: frontal guard followed by a shove. | Break line of sight on the hook, interrupt Rally Whistle, and attack behind Deck Brace. | Elite |
Whispering Atoll · Levels 12–30
| Enemy | Complete attacks | Counterplay | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reef Stalker Health 170–235 An amphibious trident hunter camouflaged in living coral. Standard spear unit · Level 14 | Trident Jab: two long thrusts. Tide Skim: sideways water dash. Coral Snare: delayed ring placed under the player's last position. | Change direction after the ring appears and punish the second jab or Tide Skim landing. | Built · 5 placed |
| Tide Smuggler Health 200–280 A quick knife fighter using nets and smoke to control space. Standard skirmisher · Level 18 | Twin-Knife Flurry: short four-hit sequence. Smoke Flask: obscures a small area without hiding silhouettes. Weighted Net: aimed arc that reduces dash distance. | Leave the smoke sideways, cut or shoot the airborne net, and punish the final knife spin. | Planned |
| Coral Adept Health 235–335 A reef mystic who shields and heals nearby allies. Standard support caster · Level 22 | Bubble Lance: slow piercing orb. Reef Ward: breakable shield on one ally. Healing Foam: visible pool that restores enemies standing inside. | Redirect the orb into the Ward, destroy the foam source, or displace enemies out of healing. | Planned |
| Pearl Guardian Health 800–1,000 An armored sentinel grown around a luminous pearl core. Elite defender · Level 27 | Shell Bash: armored charge. Pearl Beam: rotating narrow ray. Tidal Counter: brief reflective stance. Reef Quake: three expanding coral lines. | Bait the bash into reef pillars, stop firing during Tidal Counter, and jump or dash across one Quake line at a time. | Elite |
| Moon-Singer Nerissa Health 4,500 A moonpool singer defending the reef through sound and tide. Single-phase island boss · Level 30 | Single phase — Sonic Arc: curved sound blade; Tidal Note: delayed water column; Reef Spires: ordered coral eruptions; Siren Dive: three visible swim paths; Final Chorus: sound rings timed to the island melody. Her attack pool expands gradually without a transformation, health reset, or second phase. | Follow the musical beat, use spires as cover from Sonic Arc, track the visible dive path, and stand in the quiet gap between Final Chorus rings. | Early boss |
Ashen Crown · Levels 30–50
| Enemy | Complete attacks | Counterplay | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cinder Corsair Health 390–505 A heat-scarred pirate wielding a forge-hot cutlass. Standard heavy unit · Level 32 | Scorch Cut: slow heated cutlass swing. Ember Flask: small lingering fire patch. Guard Crusher: overhead armor-breaking strike. | Back away from the flask, sidestep Guard Crusher, and punish while the blade cools. | Built · 6 placed |
| Forge Saboteur Health 450–600 An industrial trapper armed with rivets, chains, and steam. Standard trapper · Level 36 | Bomb Rivet: sticks a flashing charge to terrain. Chain Snare: straight tether with limited range. Furnace Vent: opens a cone of hot steam. | Shoot rivets before detonation, break the chain by moving behind cover, and circle around the vent cone. | Planned |
| Ash Gunner Health 475–600 A soot-covered musketeer firing from behind forge machinery. Standard marksman · Level 41 | Musket Shot: long-range round with a bright aim glint. Bayonet Rush: linear close-range thrust. Cinder Round: slower shot that leaves a brief hot spot. | Move between cover during aim, sidestep Bayonet Rush, and force reloads before attacking. | Planned |
| Magma Enforcer Health 1,550–2,000 A plated hammer brute powered by a portable furnace. Elite bruiser · Level 46 | Hammerfall: circular ground smash. Lava Line: straight molten fracture. Iron Guard: frontal armor stance. Furnace Spin: moving hammer sweep that slows at each turn. | Jump the line, strike from behind Iron Guard, and change direction as Furnace Spin decelerates. | Elite |
| Admiral Pyrehand Health 8,800 A ruthless forge admiral commanding fire, lightning, and cannon lanes. Single-phase island boss · Level 50 | Single phase — Molten Saber: delayed flaming combo; Cannon Mark: tracks a circle before locking; Forge Chain: pulls toward a furnace vent; Caldera Ring: alternating safe inner and outer zones; Stormbrand: lightning follows metal floor strips; Pyre Fleet: cannon volleys cross the forge. Attacks enter the rotation gradually, without a transformation or health reset. | Watch blade heat, break the chain anchor, read inner/outer ring order, and avoid metal strips during Stormbrand. | Early boss |
Skyreach Bastion · Levels 50–75
| Enemy | Complete attacks | Counterplay | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gale Sentinel Health 680–840 A disciplined glaive guard rooted against violent winds. Standard glaive unit · Level 53 | Glaive Sweep: long horizontal arc. Wind Step: fixed sideways reposition. Rising Current: delayed upward launch. | Duck inside the glaive's far edge, track the fixed Wind Step, and leave the launch circle before it erupts. | Built · 5 placed |
| Wind Lancer Health 720–920 An airborne spearman who commits to high-speed diving lanes. Standard aerial unit · Level 58 | Dive Spear: commits to a marked landing point. Air Brake: stops mid-flight and reverses once. Gust Thrust: narrow wind projectile. | Delay the dodge until after Air Brake and punish the landing recovery from Dive Spear. | Planned |
| Cloud Marksman Health 800–1,000 A mobile archer hopping between exposed sky platforms. Standard ranged unit · Level 64 | Wind Arrow: fast aimed shot. Fan Volley: five arrows with visible gaps. Perch Shift: grapples to one of several marked platforms. | Move through the Volley gap, use pillars against Wind Arrow, and aim at the announced destination platform. | Planned |
| Tempest Warden Health 2,500–3,100 A storm-armored controller who bends projectiles and air pressure. Elite controller · Level 70 | Cyclone Guard: redirects light projectiles. Thunder Glaive: charged line slam. Sky Hook: pulls airborne targets down. Pressure Drop: briefly alters jump height in a marked zone. | Use heavy or melee attacks through Cyclone Guard, leave the line, and stay grounded when the hook glows. | Elite |
| Storm Regent Caelus Health 17,000 A regal wind duelist commanding the Bastion’s rotating storm eye. Single-phase island boss · Level 75 | Single phase — Compass Cleave: strikes two announced directions; Storm Javelin: pins a wind lane; Crosswind Paths: moving gust corridors; Ring Collapse: closes traversal rings in sequence; Lightning Perch: electrifies one platform; Eye of the Storm: rotating calm wedge inside a cyclone. The arena escalates continuously without a separate phase. | Read compass calls, use Javelin lanes for speed, rotate with the calm wedge, and never camp one platform. | Early boss |
Frostveil Reach · Levels 75–130
| Enemy | Complete attacks | Counterplay | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rime Hunter Health 1,100–1,400 A quiet tracker using frost bolts, traps, and delayed lunges. Standard tracker · Level 80 | Frost Bolt: aimed slow projectile. Ice Trap: visible rune hidden slightly by snow. Delayed Lunge: pauses, then thrusts toward the locked direction. | Watch footprints during blizzards, change direction after the pause, and bait the Hunter across its trap. | Planned |
| Snowbound Scout Health 1,300–1,700 A fast hatchet skirmisher revealed by tracks in the snow. Standard skirmisher · Level 90 | Hatchet Pair: two alternating throws. Snow Dash: visible powder trail ending in a slash. Flare Mark: signals nearby enemies to focus one location. | Dodge between hatchets, fire into the dash trail, and break line of sight when marked. | Planned |
| Aurora Arcanist Health 1,550–2,000 A prism mage bending light through ice and aurora walls. Standard caster · Level 102 | Prism Ray: refracts once from an ice crystal. Mirror Shards: three slow orbiting projectiles. Aurora Veil: creates a translucent wall that bends aim. | Read the reflected ray angle, destroy orbiting shards, and reposition rather than shooting through the Veil. | Planned |
| Glacier Knight Health 4,750–6,000 A shielded mace knight encased in layered permafrost armor. Elite defender · Level 118 | Shield Charge: steerable only during startup. Ice Mace: two crushing swings. Permafrost Guard: frontal block with a break meter. Glacier Wall: raises breakable cover. | Change direction after Charge locks, attack the rear, or use the wall to block other enemies. | Elite |
| Whitefang Jarl Skadi Health 33,500 · Phase II at 55% A frost-clan jarl who hunts through whiteout and avalanche. Island boss · Level 130 | Phase I — Frost-Axe Arc: returning crescent; Hunter's Step: follows visible footprints; Whiteout Call: reduces sight while bells reveal direction. Phase II — Avalanche Lanes: snow surges down announced paths; Aurora Spear: refracts through crystals; Frozen Throne: shield phase broken by redirected light. | Listen for bells, avoid both passes of the axe, stand off avalanche paths, and rotate crystals toward the throne. | Boss |
Verdant Labyrinth · Levels 130–210
| Enemy | Complete attacks | Counterplay | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rootbound Warden Health 2,250–2,800 A living-wood defender controlling narrow maze corridors. Standard defender · Level 138 | Vine Lash: long sweep around one side. Root Shield: directional living guard. Lane Growth: roots appear along a maze corridor. | Move opposite the lash, burn or break the shield, and use side passages before roots mature. | Planned |
| Vine Runner Health 2,500–3,250 A canopy ambusher vaulting from walls and overhead branches. Standard ambusher · Level 151 | Wall Vault: leaps from a marked wall. Thorn Dart: three-shot burst. Canopy Pounce: shadow appears before the landing strike. | Track wall scratches, strafe the darts, and dodge only when the pounce shadow stops moving. | Planned |
| Spore Alchemist Health 3,100–3,900 A masked herbalist spreading mines, pollen, and fungal clouds. Standard controller · Level 168 | Spore Flask: creates a coughing zone. Fungal Mine: sprouts after being stepped near. Pollen Jet: sustained cone that slowly follows aim. | Leave flask zones, shoot mines before approaching, and circle faster than Pollen Jet can turn. | Planned |
| Thorn Colossus Health 8,800–11,000 A massive R15 golem plated in breakable bark and briars. Elite R15 golem · Level 192 | Briar Charge: smashes through some maze walls. Root Slam: branching ground lines. Bark Armor: breakable plates cover rotating body zones. Thorn Burst: fires after all plates are broken. | Bait paths through blocked shortcuts, attack exposed plate rotations, then take cover for Thorn Burst. | Elite |
| Heartkeeper Oro Health 68,000 · Phase II at 50% The ancient keeper whose roots command the living labyrinth. Island boss · Level 210 | Phase I — Rootstaff Sweep: branching melee arc; Seed Prison: breakable cage; Aqueduct Surge: water follows player-adjusted channels. Phase II — Maze Memory: glowing root lanes preview one ordered eruption while every wall remains fixed; Heart Pulse: concentric root rings; Worldtree Judgment: falling branches target cracked floor markings without removing tiles. | Redirect aqueducts into roots, break allies from prisons, memorize the root-lane order, and move off cracked markings before Judgment. | Boss |
Blacktide Citadel · Levels 210–320
| Enemy | Complete attacks | Counterplay | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blacktide Soldier Health 4,500–5,600 A disciplined shield infantryman strongest while in formation. Standard formation unit · Level 220 | Oathblade Chain: three disciplined cuts. Shield Check: short interrupt. Formation Step: moves beside the nearest ally and raises guard. | Separate the squad, punish the third cut, and attack the unshielded side of the formation. | Planned |
| Shade Musketeer Health 5,050–6,800 A cursed marksman using false flashes and spectral follow-up strikes. Standard ranged unit · Level 240 | Shadow Shot: delayed round with a false muzzle flash. Smoke Relocate: moves to one visible shadow marker. Bayonet Echo: thrust followed by a delayed spectral repeat. | React to the real barrel glint, aim at destination markers, and dodge the echoed thrust separately. | Planned |
| Curse Binder Health 6,000–8,000 A rune caster transferring damage through visible hex links. Standard caster · Level 265 | Hex Bolt: slow homing orb destroyed by damage. Binding Rune: floor sigil that restricts jumping. Debt Transfer: channels damage from one marked ally into the Binder. | Shoot Hex Bolt, leave the rune on foot, and interrupt Debt Transfer before attacking its ally. | Planned |
| Blacktide Officer Health 18,000–22,500 A saber commander directing volleys, artillery, and rallies. Elite commander · Level 295 | Command Volley: orders a three-lane musket attack. Saber Punish: counter stance. Artillery Flare: marks a delayed impact circle. Rally Formation: gives nearby units temporary stagger resistance. | Move through volley gaps, stop attacking the counter, destroy the flare, and interrupt the rally. | Elite |
| Admiral Nocturne Health 145,000 · Phase II at 45% The citadel admiral wielding rifts, cursed tides, and siege towers. Island boss · Level 320 | Phase I — Void Cut: slash exits from a marked rift; Black Tide: sweeping cursed wave; Cannon Eclipse: darkens floor telegraphs but leaves sound cues. Phase II — Tower Orders: activates one siege tower at a time; Cursed Anchor: tethers players to breakable anchors; Nightfall Domain: rotating lighthouse beam reveals safe space. | Watch rift exits, jump Black Tide, follow cannon sound, destroy tether anchors, and remain inside the lighthouse beam during Nightfall. | Boss |
Sableglass Expanse · Levels 320–380
| Enemy | Complete attacks | Counterplay | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dune Corsair Health 8,000–10,000 A sand-sailing scimitar fighter who rides fixed wind lanes. Standard scimitar unit · Level 328 | Sandwake Cut: curved slash leaves a short visible wake. Sailstep: rides one fixed wind lane. Sun Glint: blade flash announces a delayed thrust. | Cross the wake after it settles, aim at the Sailstep destination, and dash only after the glint contracts. | Planned |
| Mirage Sniper Health 8,800–11,500 A long-range jezail shooter concealed by heat distortion. Standard jezail marksman · Level 342 | Heatline Shot: bullet follows a shimmering aim line. False Muzzle: two decoy flashes precede the real shot. Dune Burrow: relocates along a visible sand trail. | Follow the solid aim line, count past the two false flashes, and fire into the end of the moving trail. | Planned |
| Ruin Scribe Health 11,000–14,500 A glyph scholar controlling reflections and sunlit runes without changing the underlying ruins. Standard glyph controller · Level 358 | Mirror Stroke: draws a short-lived reflective panel facing one direction. Buried Word: marks a rune that erupts after sunlight reaches it. Fading Path: paints one fixed walkway as hazardous before a final pulse; the walkway never disappears. | Attack the unmirrored side, block the rune’s light with debris, and leave the painted walkway before its final pulse. | Planned |
| Glassback Champion Health 31,000–39,000 An elite duelist protected by rotating glass armor. Elite armored duelist · Level 372 | Prism Guard: rotating glass plate blocks one angle. Shatter Rush: committed shoulder charge sheds damaging fragments. Sunwheel: four ordered blade lanes. Recast Armor: rebuilds one plate unless interrupted at a mirror. | Rotate around the plate, avoid the fragment wake, read the four-lane order, and turn a sun mirror onto the recast. | Elite |
| Glass Regent Sael Health 235,000 · Phase II at 50% A mirror-court ruler controlling sunlight, canals, and the returning sea. Island boss · Level 380 | Phase I — Mirage Court: one real Regent casts a shadow; Solar Saber: delayed reflected cleaves; Tide Decree: marks fixed canal lanes before they flood. Phase II — Palace Refraction: short-lived mirror panels redirect attacks; Noonfall: rotating shade wedges become safe zones; Returning Sea: shallow water sweeps through announced lanes across the unchanged palace floor. | Identify the shadow, trace reflected cleaves, leave marked canals, rotate mirror panels away from the court, and cross behind each returning-tide sweep. | Boss |
Ironwake Republic · Levels 380–440
| Enemy | Complete attacks | Counterplay | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rivet Guard Health 12,500–15,500 A shipyard shield officer trained to lock down rail crossings. Standard shield unit · Level 388 | Rivet Baton: two short strikes and a delayed third. Brace Plate: locks a shield toward the reticle. Whistle Gate: closes one announced rail crossing. | Punish the delayed third strike, attack around the locked shield, and cross before the gate’s second whistle. | Planned |
| Chainshot Deckhand Health 14,000–18,000 A boarding gunner who turns ropes and cargo into hazards. Standard ranged controller · Level 402 | Chain Ball: paired projectile creates a rope lane. Capstan Pull: reels a hooked prop, not players, across the floor. Quick Ram: short bayonet lunge. | Jump or cut the rope lane, use the moving prop as cover, and sidestep the linear ram. | Planned |
| Gearwright Health 17,000–21,000 A combat mechanic deploying mines, cranes, and repair drones. Standard mechanic · Level 418 | Winder Mine: loudly winds before rolling forward. Crane Mark: moves a suspended load over a painted lane. Repair Drone: travels visibly toward one damaged ally. | Kick the mine into cover, leave the painted crane lane, and intercept the fragile drone. | Planned |
| Dreadnought Marshal Health 45,000–56,000 A hammer commander coordinating guards and launch-yard weapon signals. Elite formation leader · Level 432 | Deck Hammer: three directional shock lanes. Launch Order: warning lamps count down hauling chains that sweep three fixed lanes while the dock remains stationary. Iron Muster: plants two shield standards that reinforce the Marshal’s frontal guard. Pressure Valve: vents steam through breakable pipes. | Stand between shock lanes, cross behind each chain sweep, break either standard to open that side, and destroy the glowing valve before steam fills the deck. | Elite |
| Commodore Veyra Health 335,000 · Phase II at 65% The Republic commodore coordinating the fixed weapon systems of a sealed command drydock. Two-phase island boss · Level 440 | Phase I — Command Drydock: Manifest Volley: numbered cannons fire in document order; Crane Pursuit: one suspended load follows painted rail nodes inside the encounter channel; Command Riposte: visible counter stance. Phase II — False Launch: Twin Hull Signals: two projected hull silhouettes mark danger lanes, while repaired-seam lights reveal the safe lane; Republic Broadside: fixed cannon shutters fire in sequence; Railfire Formation: cannon carts cross three announced tracks and can collide; Sever Moorings: cut chains whip across marked floor lanes; Boiler Redline: numbered valves vent expanding steam lanes. Below 30% health, Phase II adds Final Broadside: a directional recoil shockwave while two loading cranes become aimable into Veyra’s armor; this is an intensity change, not a third phase. | Read the recovered manifest, move ahead of the painted crane nodes, and stop attacking the riposte. In Phase II, follow repaired-seam lights, crash cannon carts with track switches, cross behind chain sweeps, and vent boilers in number order. Below 30%, jump or brace through the recoil and turn both loading cranes toward Veyra for the final punish window. | Two-phase boss |
Starfall Sanctuary · Levels 440–500
| Enemy | Complete attacks | Counterplay | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crater Sentinel Health 19,000–24,000 A meteor-armored polearm guard adapted to shifting gravity. Standard polearm unit · Level 448 | Meteor Sweep: polearm arc drops one delayed fragment. Low-Gravity Leap: long visible jump path. Crater Brace: anchors against knockback while facing one direction. | Avoid the delayed fragment, aim at the landing star, and attack behind the directional brace. | Planned |
| Comet Lancer Health 21,000–27,000 A luminous aerial hunter tracing explosive comet paths. Standard mobile hunter · Level 462 | Comet Pass: straight aerial thrust leaves a bright trail. Orbit Turn: circles one marked point before striking. Tail Burst: trail explodes from end to start. | Step perpendicular to the pass, move inside the orbit, and cross the trail before the end-to-start burst reaches you. | Planned |
| Orbit Weaver Health 25,000–32,500 A gravity caster placing mass knots and directional fields over fixed walkways. Standard gravity caster · Level 478 | Mass Knot: places a visible pull point. Satellite Shards: three rocks orbit before firing tangentially. Bridge Current: paints one stationary walkway with a brief sideways-pull arrow. | Leave the knot early, read shard tangents rather than the caster, and move against the walkway arrow until the short field expires. | Planned |
| Eclipse Knight Health 64,000–80,000 An astral defender whose shield changes with light and shadow. Elite astral defender · Level 492 | Umbra Shield: blocks attacks from the dark side. Corona Ring: expanding light ring with one shadow gap. Falling Standard: pins a banner that alters local gravity. Totality: swaps light and shadow safety after a countdown. | Attack from the lit side, track the shadow gap, destroy the banner, and switch zones only at the final totality chime. | Elite |
| Astral Warden Aster Health 475,000 · Phase II at 65% The sanctuary warden manipulating constellations, orreries, and localized gravity fields. Two-phase island boss · Level 500 | Phase I — The Grand Orrery: Constellation Cut: connected stars preview slash paths; Orrery Lance: fires along a rotating arm; Gravity Script: places a short directional field on one fixed platform. Phase II — Broken Zodiac: False Constellation: decoy stars vanish after a truth pulse; Craterfall: meteors target repeated player positions; Orbit Collapse: three mass knots spiral inward while one marked orbit remains safe; Sanctuary Alignment: crews rotate three control rings to redirect light; Event Horizon: alternating pull and push waves radiate from the crater. Below 30% health, Final Constellation: asks players to connect the aligned lenses to break Aster’s armor without starting a third phase. | Read star connections, move opposite the rotating arm, and obey the temporary field arrow. In Phase II, wait for the truth pulse, avoid repeated positions, follow the safe orbit, assign the control rings, and alternate bracing and jumping through pull-push waves. Below 30%, aim all three lenses into the complete constellation before attacking. | Two-phase boss |
Atlantis · Levels 500–600
| Enemy | Complete attacks | Counterplay | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coral Sentinel Health 42,000–51,500 An Atlantean trident guard encased in living coral armor and awakened by the tide gates. Standard trident unit · Level 520 | Reefguard Chain: two trident thrusts followed by a delayed crescent wave. Prism Bolt: straight crystal projectile marked by a turquoise aim line. Coral Guard: blocks one direction while exposing a glowing back seam. | Wait through the delayed wave, leave the turquoise line, and rotate to the glowing seam instead of striking the shield repeatedly. | Planned |
| Tidecaller Health 48,000–60,000 An Atlantean water mage maintaining the city’s pressure domes and temple canals. Standard tide caster · Level 545 | Compression Ring: a narrow water ring contracts after two pulses. Tide Step: recoils along a fixed arrow and leaves one water jet. Breath Mark: places a visible bubble that bursts only if the target stops moving. | Cross the ring before contraction, aim at the Tide Step endpoint, and keep moving until Breath Mark collapses harmlessly. | Planned |
| Trench Stalker Health 55,000–68,000 A deep-water Atlantean hunter adapted to submerged plazas, drainage tunnels, and dark temple canals. Standard ambusher · Level 570 | Trench Dive: travels beneath shallow water with a visible turquoise ridge. Undertow Claw: crossing swipe pulls only on direct contact. Sea-Silt Veil: clouds one small area but keeps silhouettes and attack tells visible. | Aim at the ridge endpoint, dash perpendicular to the claw, and leave the cloud instead of fighting inside reduced visibility. | Planned |
| Gate Warden Health 135,000–170,000 A massive royal construct carrying tide-crystal plates and the keys to Atlantis’s sealed districts. Elite Atlantean guardian · Level 590 | Tidal Bulwark: three crystal plates cover announced angles. Trident Beam: sweeps one highlighted canal lane. City Seal: locks a skill slot until the matching floating crystal is destroyed. Sentinel Array: raises two fragile coral prisms that fire alternating marked lines. | Attack the uncovered angle, cross behind the beam, destroy the matching crystal, and break one prism to create a safe side before returning pressure to the Warden. | Elite |
| Drowned King Thalor Health 505,000 · Phase II at 45% Atlantis’s last king, bound to the Heart crystal and convinced the surface world caused his kingdom’s fall. Two-phase island boss · Level 600 | Phase I — The Fallen Crown: Trident Edict: three numbered water lanes erupt in royal order; Royal Undertow: three fixed circular fields pulse outside-in; False Heir: three statues appear, but coral growth identifies the physical target. Phase II — Atlantis Rises: Guardian Echo: two stationary coral projections repeat the last telegraphed pattern without health bars or AI; Temple Flood: shallow water sweeps fixed lanes without moving the floor; Heart of Atlantis: players align three tide crystals to break Thalor’s crown barrier. | Read the numbered lanes, move through circular pulses in order, and strike the statue with living coral. In Phase II, cross behind the repeated projections and water sweeps, then align all three crystals before committing damage. | Boss |
Stormscar Dominion · Levels 600–700
| Enemy | Complete attacks | Counterplay | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stormscar Deckhand Health 60,000–76,000 A hardened boarding pirate wielding a long deck spear between cramped wreck-built walkways. Standard boarding unit · Level 620 | Boarding Thrust: straight spear lunge along a painted deck line. Deck Sweep: wide swing with a safe inner pocket. Mast Brace: plants the spear and resists frontal knockback. | Leave the painted line, move inside the sweep, and attack from behind the planted brace. | Planned |
| Powder Corsair Health 72,000–84,000 A black-powder marksman firing storm-charged musket balls from cannon terraces. Standard ranged pirate · Level 645 | Stormshot: charged musket round follows a bright aim line. Split Powder: two delayed shots divide left and right. Powder Keg: rolls a destructible barrel that the next shot detonates. | Break line of sight during Stormshot, stand between the split paths, and shoot or kick the keg away before it is hit. | Planned |
| Tempest Harpooner Health 80,000–96,000 A pirate beast hunter using whistles, hooked lines, and stolen storm-ray harnesses. Standard harpoon controller · Level 670 | Ray Pass: a storm ray follows three floating signal buoys. Harpoon Lash: aimed hook pulls only on direct contact. Cut Harness: releases one ray until its glowing clasp is broken. | Leave the buoy path, dodge perpendicular to the hook, and target the clasp rather than harming the ray. | Planned |
| Dominion First Mate Health 185,000–225,000 An elite halberd pirate defending Voltara’s black flag and commanding nearby gun crews. Elite pirate officer · Level 690 | Captain’s Halberd: three directional strikes announced by colored flags. Black Flag Guard: directional guard rotates after each cannon report. Broadside Order: calls three fixed cannon lanes. Keelhaul: interruptible rope grab with a long windup. | Follow the flag order, rotate opposite the guard, cross lanes after each shot, and interrupt Keelhaul before the rope closes. | Elite |
| Storm Queen Voltara Health 680,000 · Phase II at 50% The pirate ruler of Stormscar, staging a false coronation aboard a permanently grounded flagship throne. Two-phase island boss · Level 700 | Phase I — Black Flag Coronation: Flag Code: four mast flags announce the order of fixed cannon lanes; Thunder Harpoon: aimed storm-charged spear leaves a safe shadow behind a mast; Captain’s Counter: crossed-saber stance punishes early attacks. Phase II — Queen of Tempests: Three Masts: players release three fixed sail clamps while cannon pulses cross the deck; Maelstrom Broadside: rotating cannon lanes preserve one flag-marked gap; Final Mutiny: crews aim three deck cannons into Voltara’s crown mast to expose her. | Memorize the flag order, shelter behind the marked mast, and stop attacking the counter. In Phase II, assign sail clamps, rotate with the flag-marked gap, and fire all three deck cannons together. | Boss |
Moonfall Monastery · Levels 700–800
| Enemy | Complete attacks | Counterplay | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lunar Disciple Health 88,000–110,000 A monastery martial artist whose stance changes on bell beats. Standard melee unit · Level 720 | Crescent Palm: two palms and a delayed kick on the third beat. Waxing Step: fixed-distance sidestep toward a moon mark. Quiet Guard: parries only on an audible chime. | Count the third beat, aim at the moon mark, and attack before or after—not on—the parry chime. | Planned |
| Eclipse Archer Health 96,000–120,000 A silver-bow marksman alternating bright and shadowed arrow paths. Standard ranged unit · Level 745 | Penumbra Arrow: shot travels along the darker of two preview lines. Moonfan: five arrows leave a center gap. Reflection Shot: bounces once from a marked pool edge. | Choose the darker preview, stand in the fan’s center, and read the pool reflection before the ricochet. | Planned |
| Bell Keeper Health 110,000–135,000 A robed support caster weaponizing resonant bells and protective harmonies. Standard support unit · Level 770 | Resonance Ring: expanding sound ring with one low gap. False Note: delayed cone after an intentionally wrong chime. Harmony Ward: links to one ally until the visible sound thread is cut. | Jump the low gap, dodge only after the wrong chime, and cross the sound thread to break the Ward. | Planned |
| Moonblade Prior Health 250,000–305,000 An elite duelist carrying a silver nodachi and the monastery’s sixth bell. Elite lunar duelist · Level 790 | Sixfold Draw: six lines flash before three are selected. Still Moon: holds a counter until the reflection ripples. Bellfall: overhead strike lands on the sixth beat. Silver Wake: committed dash leaves a harmless visual afterimage. | Track selected lines, wait for the ripple, count six beats, and punish the fixed dash endpoint rather than its afterimage. | Elite |
| Abbot Lunaris Health 880,000 · Phase II at 65% The monastery abbot guarding a forbidden seventh tone within the fallen moon. Two-phase island boss · Level 800 | Phase I — Six Honest Bells: Bell Sequence: six tones map to fixed attack lanes; Moonstaff Orbit: staff circles before a tangential strike; Reflection Vow: mirrored stance reveals the safe side. Phase II — Forbidden Seventh: False Chime: one counterfeit note reverses the next lane order; Eclipse Measure: alternating light and shadow rings; Silent Verse: visual-only tell tests observation. Below 30% health, Phase II intensifies with Moon Awakened: three Falling Fragment impacts appear at marked points, then Seventh Bell asks players to ring six fixed bells in the learned order to expose Lunaris. His health, arena state, and phase banner never reset. | Associate tones with lanes, read the staff tangent, and attack the reflected opening. In Phase II, identify the counterfeit timbre, alternate ring positions, and watch the silent hand sign. Below 30%, leave the marked impacts and reproduce the six-note sequence before the final punish. | Two-phase boss |
Saltspire Freehold · Levels 800–900
| Enemy | Complete attacks | Counterplay | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saltblade Raider Health 130,000–155,000 A cliff pirate wielding a salt-tempered cutlass and climbing hook. Standard cutlass unit · Level 820 | Saltblade Chain: two cuts release one delayed salt shard. Hook Vault: follows a visible rope arc to a marked landing point. Whitewall Guard: directional salt shield breaks only to the final blow of a Guard Break sequence. | Avoid the delayed shard, aim at the landing mark, then complete a Guard Break sequence or rotate around the shield. | Planned |
| Ropeway Gunner Health 145,000–170,000 A veteran marksman who turns the Freehold’s lift cables into firing lanes. Standard ranged pirate · Level 845 | Line Shot: musket round follows a preview along a ropeway cable. Cable Snap: a taut rope lashes one marked lane. Powder Recoil: explosive recoil sends the gunner to a shown endpoint. | Leave the aim line, cross only after the cable snaps, and punish the recoil endpoint. | Planned |
| Saltwind Smuggler Health 160,000–190,000 A cave-runner who hides contraband and traps inside the wind-cut salt mines. Standard trickster · Level 870 | Saltbomb Satchel: destructible bag emits three warned rings. Cliffside Snare: two hooked nets descend on marked circles with visible ropes. False Footstep: a delayed blast follows one intentionally skipped trail marker. | Break the satchel, leave both net circles, and dodge during the silence after the skipped marker. | Planned |
| Freehold Champion Health 350,000–420,000 An elite dock enforcer in layered saltwood armor carrying a vault hammer. Elite pirate bruiser · Level 890 | Vault Hammer: three crushing lanes with long recovery. Duelist’s Mark: exposes one armor seam on both fighter and target. Saltquake: fixed floor markings pulse without changing geometry. Captain’s Horn: buffs nearby raiders who were present when combat began until the visible horn is broken. | Stand between hammer lanes, strike the revealed seam, leave pulsing marks, and destroy the horn before engaging the nearby raiders. | Elite |
| High Captain Kharon Health 1,150,000 · Phase II at 65% The Freehold’s self-crowned ruler, guarding a legendary treasury stolen from a hundred crews. Two-phase island boss · Level 900 | Phase I — Duel at High Dock: Skyhook Shot: creates a cuttable tether between fixed posts; Captain’s Crossing: two charge lanes intersect after a horn; Vaultcoat Guard: rotating salt plates expose one seam. Phase II — Siege of the Spires: Ropeway Salvo: ordered cannon lanes cross the unchanged arena; Four Counterweights: crews secure fixed lift brakes in the shown order; Contraband Drop: weighted powder crates descend to marked points on visible ropes. Below 30% health, the same phase intensifies with Vault Above the Sea: the two pirate groups already waiting behind opposing gates become disarm objectives, then Final Hoist asks crews to attach three cargo hooks and turn fixed capstans to expose Kharon. There is no health reset or third phase. | Cut the tether, leave the crossing, and rotate to the seam. In Phase II, follow the cannon order, secure each marked brake, and avoid crate shadows. Below 30%, disarm both waiting crews, attach all three hooks, then turn the capstans together. | Two-phase boss |
Riftheart Throne · Levels 900–1000
| Enemy | Complete attacks | Counterplay | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riftbound Knight Health 185,000–225,000 A royal guard split between two projected histories but anchored to one physical body. Standard sword unit · Level 920 | History Cut: real slash follows the brighter of two afterimages. Oath Step: fixed dash toward a royal seal. Timeline Guard: blocks the last angle struck but leaves others open. | Track the physical shadow, aim at the seal endpoint, and alternate attack angles against the adaptive guard. | Planned |
| Chrono Corsair Health 205,000–250,000 A cutlass duelist using stored motion echoes instead of true time travel. Standard mobile duelist · Level 945 | Echo Combo: repeats its previous three swings as harmless previews before one real strike. Clockstep: returns to a visible anchor after two seconds. Borrowed Opening: counter stance expires on a ticking ring. | Wait for the solid blade, punish the anchor return, and attack only after the ticking ring closes. | Planned |
| Void Artillerist Health 230,000–275,000 A siege gunner firing artifact-era rift shells through fixed aperture frames. Standard heavy ranged unit · Level 970 | Aperture Shell: shot exits one of three numbered frames. Null Canister: creates a small field that weakens projectiles without disabling abilities. Breach Charge: slow rolling bomb follows a painted track. | Read the frame number, fight outside the null field, and kick or destroy the charge before its track reaches the group. | Planned |
| Crown Executor Health 475,000–560,000 An elite royal enforcer wielding a great execution blade and five testimony seals. Elite capstone guardian · Level 990 | Sentence: overhead strike targets one announced seal. Five Witnesses: five fixed pedestals flash, with one truthful safe light. Royal Reversal: parries only attacks matching the last used category. Final Appeal: interruptible charge consumes one false testimony. | Leave the sentenced seal, stand by the truthful light, vary weapon categories, and interrupt Final Appeal before the testimony burns. | Elite |
| Sovereign Aevum Health 1,700,000 · Phase II at 65% The rift sovereign sustaining a false reign through projected alternate histories. Two-phase level-cap boss · Level 1000 | Phase I — History Victorious: Royal Timeline: three projected attack histories appear, but the physical shadow identifies the real one; Crown Lance: straight rift thrust through numbered apertures; Decree Counter: visible stance punishes repeated move categories. Phase II — Five Testimonies: Witness Trial: players match spoken claims to five fixed pedestals; Erased Fleet: ghost broadsides follow luminous aim lanes; False Future: harmless decoys repeat previous player positions before a current-position strike. Below 30% health, Phase II intensifies with No Timeline Kneels: Riftheart Pulse alternates inward and outward rings, Broken Crown asks players to aim five testimony beams into the throne seal, and Final History combines one attack from each existing phase in a declared order. No phase banner, health, or arena state resets. | Follow the physical shadow, read aperture numbers, and vary move categories. In Phase II, solve testimony claims, leave broadside lanes, and move away from the final current-position mark. Below 30%, alternate through Riftheart rings, align all five beams, then execute the remembered two-phase order without rushing the final opening. | Two-phase capstone boss |
| Admiral Vanta Health 2,500,000 · Phase II at 65% · Phase III at 30% The erased royal chartmaker guarding the Void Totem and judging whether a voyager is ready to reopen the route between dimensions. Three-phase First Sea story-final boss · Level 1000 | Phase I — Fifteen False Bearings: Erased Cut: the physical blade shadow identifies one real line among two echoes; Signal Broadside: reef notes, storm flags, and numbered shutters announce three fixed firing lanes; Cartographer’s Counter: punishes the last repeated move category. Phase II — The Sea Remembers: Wake Trial: five island symbols appear at permanent pedestals and players choose the one matching Vanta’s clue; Bell, Sun, and Star: ordered rings, mirror beams, and aperture shots reuse learned visual grammar; Null Mooring: four breakable anchors shield Vanta while preserving open escape lanes. Phase III — Totem Unbound: Empty Horizon: alternating inward and outward void rings; Vanta’s Heavy: four small saber strikes culminate in a powerful knockback guard break; Open the Last Bearing: crews align five fixed compass engines using the accumulated sigils, then aim their beams into the Void Totem to expose Vanta for the final punish. | Track the solid shadow, translate old signal languages, and vary attacks. Match clues to island symbols, respond to each familiar tell, and destroy anchors one at a time. Alternate through rings, disengage before the heavy finisher, and align all five engines. No phase moves permanent floors, exits, or hazards outside the vault. | Three-phase story-final boss |
Rookspire · Levels 1000–1100
| Enemy | Complete attacks | Counterplay | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rookery Raider Health 180,000–220,000 A city pirate carrying a short cutlass and climbing hook through Low Lantern streets, market gates, and canal bridges. Standard cutlass unit · Level 1020 | Mast Chain: two cuts followed by a delayed hook. Roof Vault: follows a visible ladder or rope to a fixed perch. Wing Guard: braces toward the last attack angle. | Parry the second cut, aim at the marked perch, and change attack angle against the guard. | Planned |
| Signal Musket Health 200,000–240,000 A balcony and warehouse marksman who fires only when a colored stormglass pane aligns with a real street lane. Standard ranged unit · Level 1045 | Glassline Shot: the matching colored pane previews the aim lane. Flag Reload: raises a flag while reloading. Stock Shove: close gun-butt strike with knockback. | Leave the matching lane, use the raised flag to time a punish, and sidestep the shove. | Planned |
| Gale Falconer Health 220,000–260,000 A rooftop signal keeper directing armored sea rooks above gardens, bath courts, and semaphore parks. Standard control unit · Level 1070 | Rook Dive: feather shadows reveal two dive lanes. Whistle Turn: the second whistle bends the bird once. Streamer Snare: crossing ribbons close on the player’s old position. | Watch shadows, wait for the second whistle before dashing, and move away from the old position. | Planned |
| Mastwatch Captain Health 505,000–600,000 An elite city officer carrying a boarding pike and master flag through Battery Row and the Citadel approach. Elite commander · Level 1090 | Pike Measure: three short thrusts prime a final knockback guard break. Red Flag: orders one fixed cannon lane. White Flag: shields nearby raiders through a cuttable signal rope. Black Flag: expands attacked aggro radius until interrupted. | Parry early or retreat before the finisher, leave the red lane, cut the white rope, and interrupt the black-flag signal. | Elite |
| Commodore Corven Health 2,350,000 · Phase II at 50% The occupying signal pirate using Rookspire’s windows, towers, and batteries to wreck new arrivals and rule the metropolis. Two-phase region boss · Level 1100 | Phase I — False Beacon: Three Flags: red, white, and black signals announce cannon, rook, or saber lanes; Corven’s Crossing: two hooked charge paths intersect after a whistle; Signal Counter: punishes the last repeated move category. Phase II — Rookery in Revolt: Broken Beacon: only the tower showing the courier-rook code is safe; Stormglass Volley: fixed city batteries fire in a memorized order; Commodore’s Heavy: three small saber strikes culminate in a knockback guard break; Fly the True Flag: players carry three code panels to permanent mast sockets to expose Corven. | Read flag colors, leave the crossing, vary move categories, identify the trained-rook code, remember the battery order, disengage from the finisher, and mount all three panels. | Two-phase boss |
Wildwake Archipelago · Levels 1100–1200
| Enemy | Complete attacks | Counterplay | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canopy Pursuer Health 240,000–285,000 A former laboratory tracker in torn expedition gear, using a machete and sample hook to hunt across marked bridges and canopy platforms. Standard sword unit · Level 1120 | Machete Series: two cuts followed by a delayed reverse chop. Vine Zip: follows a visible tether to one marked anchor. Sample Guard: braces toward the last attack angle. | Parry the second cut or leave the reverse chop, aim at the shown anchor instead of the moving body, and change attack angle against the guard. | Planned |
| Spore Rifleman Health 265,000–310,000 A rogue field researcher carrying a brass dart rifle, stained sample coat, filter mask, and glass-vial bandolier. Standard ranged unit · Level 1145 | Injector Shot: one narrow line changes color before firing. Sample Burst: throws a breakable vial whose three pollen rings expand in sequence. Buttplate Recoil: a short melee strike knocks toward the Rifleman’s marked retreat point. | Leave the colored aim line, break the vial or cross each ring after it passes, and parry the buttplate without following into the retreat shot. | Planned |
| Quarantine Corsair Health 290,000–340,000 A pirate guard hired to conceal Meridian cargo, wearing a yellow quarantine sash over jungle leathers and carrying a boarding pike. Standard control unit · Level 1170 | Seal Pike: thrust follows a striped floor line. Decon Sweep: two fixed sprayers mark alternating safe lanes. Cable Vault: travels to one announced platform and lands with a small knockback ring. | Step across the pike line, change lanes after each sprayer pulse, and aim at the marked landing platform. | Planned |
| Apex Warden Koro Health 640,000–760,000 Meridian’s surviving security chief, altered into a broad carapaced humanoid but still wearing the laboratory’s numbered R15-scale restraint harness. Elite field boss · Level 1190 | Measured Break: three short armored blows culminate in a knockback guard break. Carapace Brace: exposes the side matching a lit measurement wall. Restraint Pull: two warned cables drag toward fixed anchors. Pressure Vent: three tanks project ordered steam lanes until broken. | Parry early or disengage before the final blow, match the wall number to the exposed side, cross behind each cable, and break one lit tank to create a safe steam lane. | Elite field boss |
| Director Selka Voss Health 2,800,000 · Phase II at 50% The missing Meridian director who stole the Bearing and used its rift sense to engineer herself into the laboratory’s final living compass. Two-phase region boss · Level 1200 | Phase I — Clinical Hunt: Specimen Mark: three colored scan lines announce saber, dart, or cable attacks; Surgical Crossing: two aimed saber paths intersect after a glass chime; Adaptive Dosage: punishes the last repeated move category. Phase II — Become the Proof: Voss transforms herself without summoning adds; Apex Rush: two carapaced charge lanes cross in a shown order; Venom Glass: numbered vials create brief fixed rings; Laboratory Lockdown: permanent shutters flash the safe corridor sequence; Purge the Formula: players turn three fixed pressure valves to remove Voss’s armor. | Read scan colors, leave the crossing, vary move categories, follow the ordered rushes and rings, memorize the shutter sequence, and turn all three valves. The chamber floor, exits, and valve positions never move. | Two-phase boss |
Ivory Maw Atoll · Levels 1200–1300
| Enemy | Complete attacks | Counterplay | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maw Poacher Health 325,000–380,000 A beast hunter stripping relic ivory from the ribs of an ancient sea creature. Standard harpoon unit · Level 1220 | Barbed Cast: aimed tethered harpoon. Flensing Cut: two knife arcs. Bait Cask: breakable barrel attracts a snapping jaw. | Dodge perpendicular, parry the second cut, and destroy or avoid the bait cask. | Planned |
| Marrow Driller Health 350,000–410,000 A masked miner using a hand-cranked drill against fossilized leviathan bone. Standard heavy unit · Level 1245 | Drill Rush: loud straight charge. Boneburst: three cracks telegraph shard lanes. Crank Guard: repeated light hits accelerate its counter. | Sidestep the charge, stand between cracks, and use one heavy attack against the guard. | Planned |
| Ribcage Stalker Health 375,000–450,000 A pale ambusher moving along the shadows cast by colossal ribs. Standard assassin · Level 1270 | Rib Shadow: lunges from the only shadow with disturbed dust. Spine Knives: alternating throws. Marrow Fade: retreats to a marked rib. | Watch dust rather than silhouettes, alternate side steps, and aim at the marked rib endpoint. | Planned |
| Harpoon Canon Health 800,000–920,000 An elite order-enforcer carrying a ceremonial launcher and chain shield. Elite hunter · Level 1290 | Canon Shot: armor-piercing line. Chain Psalm: three sweeping chain notes. Quarry Mark: exposes one player but also the Canon’s back. Final Barb: charged guard break knocks targets toward a marked cage. | Use ribs as cover, count chain notes, flank during Quarry Mark, and dodge inward past Final Barb. | Elite |
| Harpoon Saint Garrick Health 3,400,000 · Phase II at 55% A revered hunter trying to wake the dead leviathan so he can kill it again. Two-phase region boss · Level 1300 | Phase I — Saint of the Hunt: Three-Barb Litany: three aimed harpoons with distinct timings; Ivory Wake: bone cracks preview rising spines; Hunter’s Halo: rotating chain with one low gap. Phase II — The Maw Remembers: Heartline: tethered players anchor at fixed winches; Rib Collapse: marked shadows fall without altering terrain; Mercy Is Missed: Garrick’s three light strikes end in a huge knockback guard break; Sever the Doctrine: crews fire four mounted harpoons into exposed clasps. | Read each harpoon pause, leave cracked bone, jump the gap, operate winches, avoid rib shadows, escape the finisher, and aim all four harpoons at the lit clasps. | Two-phase boss |
Tidemirror Reach · Levels 1300–1400
| Enemy | Complete attacks | Counterplay | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mirror Deckhand Health 415,000–490,000 A sailor whose reflection completes attacks one beat after the physical blade. Standard sword unit · Level 1320 | Double Wake: real cut followed by reflected line. Glass Step: dash to a mirrored floor mark. Bright Guard: blocks attacks from the reflection-facing side. | Dodge twice on separate beats, punish the destination, and attack from the dark side. | Planned |
| Refraction Duelist Health 445,000–520,000 A precise rapier fighter splitting thrusts through suspended seawater prisms. Standard duelist · Level 1345 | Prism Thrust: one beam becomes three preview lanes. Riposte Gleam: brief directional counter. Low-Tide Lunge: travels only across wet tiles. | Stand between split lanes, circle the counter, and leave wet tiles before the lunge. | Planned |
| Wake Counterfeit Health 475,000–560,000 A mimic assembled from reflected wakes, copying inputs but not player statistics. Standard mimic · Level 1370 | Copied Basic: repeats the last basic category with a blue tell. False Skill: harmless duplicate precedes one real narrow strike. Break Image: shatters into four images, one casting spray. | Vary basic categories, wait for the solid tell, and strike the image disturbing water. | Planned |
| Prism First Mate Health 1,000,000–1,150,000 An elite officer directing a mirrored boarding formation with colored prisms. Elite commander · Level 1390 | Red Order: crossed melee lanes. Blue Order: aimed musket line. Gold Order: knockback shield march. Shatter Command: break the prism matching the announced order to stun the formation. | Leave red crossings, sidestep blue, move behind gold, and destroy the matching prism. | Elite |
| Captain Ilyan Health 4,150,000 · Phase II at 50% A captain facing an independent reflection that claims to be the original. Two-phase region boss · Level 1400 | Phase I — Captain Above: Wake Divide: paired sword lines land on different beats; Prism Broadside: reflected cannon lanes preserve a dark gap; Captain’s Measure: counters a repeated attack angle. Phase II — Captain Below: Which Ilyan: dialogue clues identify the body with a true shadow; Mirror Mutiny: reflected crew attacks follow colored banners; Shattered Guard: several small strikes build to a final knockback break; One Name: align three fixed mirrors on the true captain. | Respect both beats, find the dark gap, rotate attack angles, solve the shadow clue, obey banner colors, disengage from the finisher, and align all mirrors before attacking. | Two-phase boss |
Shacklecloud Isles · Levels 1400–1500
| Enemy | Complete attacks | Counterplay | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Masksail Corsair Health 440,000–500,000 A cutlass duelist who changes costume accents between attacks but always keeps the same readable stance language. Standard melee unit · Level 1420 | Ribbon Feint: two light cuts precede a delayed thrust from the side marked by a trailing ribbon. Awning Vault: a visible rope swing ends on one painted landing medallion. Half-Mask Guard: blocks repeated frontal basics. | Read the ribbon shape rather than its color, dash across the thrust, aim at the landing medallion, and vary attack direction to punish the guard. | Planned |
| Cardshot Duelist Health 470,000–535,000 A pistol fencer who announces every shot by throwing a large suit-marked calling card toward the firing lane. Standard ranged duelist · Level 1445 | Calling Shot: fires down the lane printed on the thrown card. Fan the Suit: three fixed shots follow left, center, and right suit symbols. House Courtesy: a pistol-butt strike after a missed lunge. | Leave the printed lane, follow the symbol order, close distance between shots, and parry the clearly raised pistol butt. | Planned |
| Powder-Keg Saboteur Health 510,000–580,000 A quarry demolitions pirate who uses chalk marks and rolling powder casks to protect counterfeit seal molds. Standard control unit · Level 1470 | Fuse Lane: a bright chalk line burns toward one delayed blast. Rolling Keg: sends one cask along a fixed grooved track. Chalk Burst: three expanding rings pulse from a stamped barrel. | Step over the fuse after its spark passes, clear the grooved track, and jump or retreat through the three-ring rhythm. | Planned |
| Gilded Enforcer Health 1,000,000–1,160,000 An elite registry guard carrying a coin-faced shield and a short naval swivel gun. Elite defender · Level 1490 | House Advance: shield rush follows one locked heading. Gallery Cannon: three numbered floor medallions fire in order. Loaded Odds: counters only the third repeated skill family. Final Bid: three short strikes end in a slow guard-breaking shield blow with knockback. | Sidestep the heading, remember the medallion order, vary skills, and disengage before the final shield blow. | Elite |
| Captain Vargo Sorn Health 4,250,000 · Phase II at 65% · Phase III at 30% The smiling master of the False-Flag Carnival who sells real captain names to pirates seeking trusted identities. Three-phase region boss · Level 1500 | Phase I — Masked Host: Calling Card: a brass card marks one aimed flintlock lane; Ribbon Cut: three rapier lines leave a perpendicular gap; Host’s Guard: breaks only after a complete varied heavy sequence. Phase II — Rigged House: Brasswheel Order: three permanent numbered medallions announce cannon lanes; Curtain Sweep: one gold-weighted rope crosses between fixed posts; Dealer’s Choice: identify the wax seal whose fracture contradicts its portrait. Phase III — Sorn Unmasked: Final Bid: four small blows end in a guard-breaking knockback; Loaded Floor: suit symbols illuminate fixed medallions in sequence; True Name: align three authentic flag standards, strike each exposed lock, and punish Sorn on the central dais. | Dodge the marked shot, use the perpendicular gap, vary heavies, follow the numbered order, cross behind the curtain weight, inspect wax fractures, disengage from Final Bid’s last hit, trace the suit sequence, and open all three flag locks. | Three-phase boss |
Crownless Bastion · Levels 1500–1600
| Enemy | Complete attacks | Counterplay | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crownless Marine Health 640,000–720,000 A disciplined marine serving a fleet that rotates rulers every tide. Standard sword unit · Level 1520 | Flag Chain: three cuts follow banner colors. Deck Advance: shielded lane march. Oath Break: guard-break sequence after two small pommel hits. | Read colors, flank the march, and parry early or leave before the final blow. | Planned |
| Verdict Gunner Health 680,000–760,000 A swivel-gun operator announcing every shot as a naval judgment. Standard ranged unit · Level 1545 | Guilty Line: narrow cannon lane. Split Verdict: twin ricochets from marked plates. Buttstock Appeal: melee knockback during reload. | Leave the line, read plate angles, and punish after the buttstock swing. | Planned |
| Seal Adjudicator Health 720,000–840,000 A robed officer applying magical fleet seals to allies and targets. Standard support unit · Level 1570 | Red Seal: delayed damage circle. White Seal: shields one ally until its stamp is struck. Black Seal: slows Energy recovery inside a small marked zone. | Leave red and black zones, and aim at the visible white stamp. | Planned |
| Nine-Flag Captain Health 1,500,000–1,700,000 An elite commander switching formations with nine hand-sewn battle flags. Elite commander · Level 1590 | Cross Flag: crossing charge lanes. Gun Flag: ordered musket volley. Anchor Flag: chained pull toward a fixed capstan. Blank Flag: interruptible rally hiding all other banners. | Leave crossings, memorize volley order, break the capstan chain, and interrupt the blank flag. | Elite |
| Regent Seraphine Health 6,150,000 · Phase II at 65% · Phase III at 30% An elected war regent determined to unite nine rebel fleets through permanent emergency rule. Three-phase region boss · Level 1600 | Phase I — Nine Flags: Regent’s Cut: saber routes follow three raised colors; Fleet Decree: announced cannon lane; Emergency Guard: counters the most-used move category. Phase II — Verdict by Broadside: Nine Batteries: crews disable colored cannons in the flag sequence; Admiral’s Appeal: protect two dissenting captains at fixed posts; Sealstorm: red, white, and black seals overlap with readable edges. Phase III — Without a Crown: Unanimous Fire: nine lanes leave one abstaining gap; Regent’s Heavy: small saber strikes end in knockback guard break; Lower the Flags: capture three fixed capstans to end martial rule. | Read colors, vary moves, follow battery sequence, defend the captains, prioritize seal edges, find the abstaining gap, disengage from the finisher, and capture all capstans. | Three-phase boss |
Pearlgrave Trenches · Levels 1600–1700
| Enemy | Complete attacks | Counterplay | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grave Diver Health 760,000–880,000 A pressure-suited scavenger stealing name-pearls from underwater graves. Standard spear unit · Level 1620 | Pressure Thrust: aimed spear line. Grave Jet: backward burst. Name Mine: floating pearl flashes before imploding. | Strafe the thrust, stay beside rather than behind, and shoot the mine early. | Planned |
| Pressure Mourner Health 800,000–920,000 A ritual swimmer weaponizing grief chants and sudden pressure changes. Standard caster · Level 1645 | Low Hymn: contracting ring. High Hymn: expanding ring. Silent Name: visual-only cone after the chant stops. | Move outward, then inward, and watch the hands during silence. | Planned |
| Shellbound Sentinel Health 840,000–1,000,000 A living armored guard carrying grave bells inside its shell. Standard defender · Level 1670 | Shell Ram: fixed charge. Bell Vent: four pressure jets fire by tone. Pearl Guard: one glowing seam rotates around the shell. | Bait the ram into stone, memorize tones, and strike the rotating seam. | Planned |
| Bell Trenchkeeper Health 1,800,000–2,100,000 An elite keeper controlling pressure locks and the names of the drowned. Elite guardian · Level 1690 | Depth Toll: descending pressure lanes. Lock the Breath: breakable bell suppresses air refills. Grave Procession: spectral divers cross marked routes. Keeper’s Weight: final heavy blow knocks toward a lit air pocket. | Follow lanes downward, break the bell, avoid routes, and use the lit pocket to recover after the knockback. | Elite |
| Oracle Nym Health 7,550,000 · Phase II at 65% · Phase III at 30% A blind oracle preserving drowned names inside a cathedral-sized shell. Three-phase region boss · Level 1700 | Phase I — Names Below: Pearl Prophecy: spoken names map to fixed shell sectors; Pressure Palm: aimed cone; Blind Counter: reacts to sound from repeated rapid attacks. Phase II — The Shell Remembers: Grave Bells: low and high notes call contracting or expanding rings; Four Lost Names: match epitaphs to fixed pearl sockets; Trench Procession: luminous swimmers cross shown routes. Phase III — Nym Rings Below: Crushing Hymn: pressure rises unless two valves are held; Oracle’s Weight: three taps end in a knockback break; Speak the Living: insert the four recovered names to expose Nym. | Map names to sectors, leave the cone, space attacks, distinguish note height, solve epitaphs, avoid routes, share valves, escape the final blow, and place names correctly. | Three-phase boss |
Redwake Caldera · Levels 1700–1800
| Enemy | Complete attacks | Counterplay | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Redwake Forger Health 880,000–1,000,000 A pirate smith hammering ship weapons beside volcanic tide channels. Standard mace unit · Level 1720 | Forge Chain: two taps and overhead smash. Quench Burst: steam cone. Hot Rivet: aimed projectile cools into temporary cover. | Parry a tap or leave before the smash, move sideways from steam, and use the cooled rivet as cover. | Planned |
| Cinder Boarder Health 920,000–1,050,000 A heat-armored raider crossing lava channels on chained boarding hooks. Standard skirmisher · Level 1745 | Hook Crossing: visible rope arc. Ember Cut: delayed fire line. Boot Quench: steam knockback on landing. | Aim at the arc, cross the fire line after ignition, and avoid the landing circle. | Planned |
| Bellows Gunner Health 960,000–1,100,000 A hand-cannon operator feeding black powder with a portable forge bellows. Standard ranged unit · Level 1770 | Bellows Burst: charged shot widens with each pump. Cinder Spread: fan with center gap. Buttstock Vent: melee strike releases steam. | Interrupt pumps, stand in the fan gap, and punish after the vent. | Planned |
| Crucible Champion Health 2,150,000–2,500,000 An elite arena champion wearing cooled slag plate and a furnace shield. Elite bruiser · Level 1790 | Crucible March: shielded advance. Slag Circle: marked impacts harden into cover. Heat Counter: reflects rapid repeated attacks. Furnace Break: three small shield hits end in knockback guard break. | Flank the march, use hardened slag, vary attack tempo, and disengage before the final shield hit. | Elite |
| Furnace Captain Brakka Health 9,500,000 · Phase II at 65% · Phase III at 30% A shipwright-captain forging an invincible fleet inside a sea-fed volcano. Three-phase region boss · Level 1800 | Phase I — Burning Bearing: Furnace Saber: heated lanes cool in sequence; Bellows Broadside: cannons charge by pump count; Captain’s Quench: steam counter stance. Phase II — Forge the Fleet: Three Hulls: protect or sabotage fixed assembly stations; Molten Salvo: marked impacts form safe cover; Chain Launch: hull chains sweep the arena. Phase III — Drown the Fire: Caldera Measure: open water gates in shown order; Brakka’s Heavy: small strikes culminate in massive knockback; Last Keel: aim three forge cannons at the flagship clasp. | Read cooling order, count pumps, wait out steam, choose stations, use cooled cover, jump chains, solve water-gate order, avoid the finisher, and synchronize forge cannons. | Three-phase boss |
Armada of Midnight · Levels 1800–1900
| Enemy | Complete attacks | Counterplay | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Midnight Marine Health 1,000,000–1,150,000 A black-uniformed marine trained to fight across lashed-together decks. Standard sword unit · Level 1820 | Night Watch: three-cut chain changes side by lantern color. Gangplank Rush: fixed line. Dark Brace: guard exposes a silver buckle. | Read lantern color, leave the line, and aim at the buckle. | Planned |
| Nullwake Navigator Health 1,050,000–1,200,000 A chart officer erasing routes with black salt rather than moving the world. Standard control caster · Level 1845 | Black Bearing: called direction becomes a narrow hazard. Chart Dust: small zone hides UI but not world tells. Return Line: projectile follows its painted route backward. | Move perpendicular to bearing, watch animation tells, and avoid the return route. | Planned |
| Black-Lantern Gunner Health 1,100,000–1,300,000 A musket specialist firing only when the flagship lantern is shuttered. Standard ranged unit · Level 1870 | Shutter Shot: fires after the third lantern blink. Deck Ricochet: line bounces from a silver plate. Stock Keelhaul: melee knockback into a rope lane. | Count blinks, read the plate, and sidestep the buttstock toward open deck. | Planned |
| Flagship Reaver Health 2,550,000–2,900,000 An elite boarding commander linked to the armada’s signal mast. Elite commander · Level 1890 | Nine-Deck Order: three banners choose melee, gun, or anchor lanes. Mast Ward: signal line shields nearby allies. Boarding Reversal: punishes repeated approach direction. Midnight Break: several pommel hits finish with knockback. | Read banners, cut the signal line, vary approach, and escape before the final hit. | Elite |
| Fleet Admiral Oran Health 12,300,000 · Phase II at 65% · Phase III at 30% The admiral of a city-sized armada that has refused land for generations. Three-phase region boss · Level 1900 | Phase I — Nine Decks: Admiral’s Route: colored flags order three permanent deck lanes; Black Lantern: shutter rhythm calls musket fire; Boarder’s Counter: punishes the last approach angle. Phase II — City at War: Signal War: disable three fixed masts in code order; Fleet Crossing: projected hull shadows mark broadsides; Rescue the Lower Deck: carry survivors through safe gangplanks. Phase III — Oran’s Last Command: All Ships Fire: nine lanes preserve one signal-colored gap; Admiral’s Heavy: small strikes end in a knockback break; Lower the Midnight Flag: operate four capstans while defending their ropes. | Follow flags, count shutters, rotate approaches, decode masts, avoid hull shadows, escort survivors, find the signal gap, disengage before the break, and hold all capstans. | Three-phase boss |
Horizon’s End · Levels 1900–2000
| Enemy | Complete attacks | Counterplay | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Last-Bearing Knight Health 1,150,000–1,300,000 A white-armored guardian enforcing the final line drawn on every surviving chart. Standard sword unit · Level 1920 | Meridian Cut: cardinal lines cross after spoken bearings. White Step: fixed dash to a compass seal. Border Guard: blocks the last attack angle. | Move between bearings, punish the seal, and alternate angles. | Planned |
| Horizon Executor Health 1,200,000–1,400,000 A polearm officer erasing unauthorized voyages from the admiralty record. Standard heavy unit · Level 1945 | Route Sentence: overhead blow on one numbered seal. Border Sweep: long semicircle. Final Appeal: interruptible execution charge. | Leave the numbered seal, dodge inward through the sweep, and interrupt the charge. | Planned |
| Archive Corsair Health 1,300,000–1,500,000 A pirate-scholar wielding stolen route scrolls and a brace of flintlocks. Standard ranged unit · Level 1970 | Recorded Volley: repeats three prior aim lines in reverse. Scroll Mine: numbered rune detonates on its count. Twin Buttstroke: two close melee swings. | Recall the lines, count the rune, and parry the second buttstroke. | Planned |
| Meridian Champion Health 2,950,000–3,400,000 An elite duelist who has memorized every approved route between both dimensions. Elite capstone guardian · Level 1990 | Four Bearings: sequential cardinal thrusts. Approved Route: only one lit lane remains safe. Compass Counter: rotates against repeated attack categories. Last-Line Heavy: several small strikes finish with extreme knockback. | Follow bearing order, use the lit lane, vary attack categories, and disengage before the finisher. | Elite |
| Grand Admiral Eidon Health 17,900,000 · Phase II at 65% · Phase III at 30% The architect of the closed horizon, convinced that freedom of navigation will destroy both seas, and the final guardian standing between the crew and the true thief. Three-phase region boss and penultimate story boss · Level 2000 | Phase I — The Last Line: Meridian Saber: cardinal lanes follow spoken coordinates; Admiralty Broadside: numbered fixed cannons fire in sequence; Closed-Water Counter: punishes repeated categories. Phase II — Every Route Denied: Archive Trial: arrange five voyage records by evidence; White Horizon: concentric aim lines leave one compass gap; Two Seas Fire: First and Other Sea motifs announce alternating broadsides. Phase III — Beyond the Compass: Erase the Wake: decoys repeat old player positions before a current-position strike; Eidon’s Sentence: four small blows end in a massive knockback guard break; Open Every Bearing: crews align four permanent compass engines, then fire the Horizon Bell to expose Eidon for the final skill check. | Translate coordinates, remember cannon order, vary attacks, solve records, rotate with the compass gap, distinguish each sea’s motif, leave the current-position mark, evade the finisher, align engines, and aim the bell together. His story clear becomes a permanent checkpoint before Malrick. | Three-phase penultimate boss |
| Captain Malrick Vane Health 20,150,000 · Phase II at 65% · Phase III at 30% A charismatic pirate strategist who arranged the modern Bearing thefts, waited for someone else to reopen the route, and plans to make both seas pay him for passage. Three-phase Other Sea story-final boss · Level 2000 | Phase I — The Unwritten Captain: Cutlass Ledger: three deliberate slashes end on the side shown by his shoulder stance; Brace of Flintlocks: two manually aimed shots leave visible crossing lines; Stolen Opening: counters only the last repeated attack category; Keelhaul Heavy: three pommel strikes culminate in a guard-breaking kick with strong knockback. Phase II — Claim Both Seas: Black-Flag Broadside: fixed deck cannons fire in the order of four raised flags; Boarding Line: one bright rope sweeps a shown lane without creating an enemy; False Surrender: a silver hand remains on his pistol before the punishable feint; Compass Theft: he rotates one arena dial, changing only marked attack bearings while the deck, rails, and exits remain fixed. Phase III — No Sea Belongs to One Captain: Every Wake Is Mine: ten short, preannounced attack patterns reuse learned visual grammar without summoning old enemies; Thief’s Horizon: four compass crescents preserve the gap named by the gold flag; Vane’s Last Claim: four light saber and buttstock strikes end in a large knockback guard break; Ring for the Crew: solo players operate four capstans sequentially while crews may split, then everyone aims at the bell clasp to expose Malrick. | Read his shoulder, leave the crossing aim lines, vary attack categories, and disengage before the kick. Follow flag order, jump or dash across the rope lane, punish only after his pistol hand opens, and rotate with the dial markings. In Phase III, identify each familiar tell, take the gold-flag gap, evade the final heavy, operate the capstans, and manually hit the bell clasp. Malrick summons no adds and never changes public terrain. | Three-phase story-final boss |
Uncharted Sea Domains · Optional scaling voyages
| Enemy | Complete attacks | Counterplay | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wreckborn Reaver Health 27,000–33,500 A drowned boarder fused with barnacles and shattered wreckage. Standard drowned unit · Level 518 | Barnacle Blade: slow armored slash. Drowned Charge: straight rush that leaves brine. Brine Burst: delayed explosion around wet targets. | Break barnacle armor, sidestep the rush, and leave wet ground before Brine Burst. | Planned |
| Rift Cartographer Health 32,500–40,500 An anomaly mage folding routes with corrupted navigation charts. Standard anomaly caster · Level 552 | Compass Beam: rotates through announced directions. Fold Mine: teleports its victim a short visible distance. False Route: creates one fake and one solid path. | Read cardinal calls, destroy Fold Mines, and test routes with projectiles or environmental debris. | Planned |
| Abyss Diver Health 39,000–50,500 A pressure-suited hunter armed with harpoons and depth charges. Standard armored hunter · Level 590 | Harpoon Thrust: long linear stab. Pressure Jet: backward burst that pushes nearby targets. Depth Charge: floating mine that sinks before exploding. | Move perpendicular to the harpoon, avoid standing behind the Diver, and shoot charges while floating. | Planned |
| Leviathan Cultist Health 100,000–130,000 A bone-robed rune caster projecting abyssal-limb attacks across the deck. Elite rune caster · Level 635 | Bone Staff: sweeping melee cast. Scale Ward: rotating directional armor. Beast Echo: projects one warned tentacle-shaped strike with no independent health, AI, or persistence. Undertow Ritual: pulls toward three breakable runes. | Attack opposite the Ward, watch the water shadow, and destroy one rune to open an escape lane. | Elite |
| The Drowned Navigator Health 840,000 · Phase II at 65% A drowned raid commander projecting broken charts over a fixed expedition deck. Two-phase optional domain boss · Level 675 | Phase I — The Intact Chart: Chart Slash: cuts along visible map lines; Ghost Broadside: spectral cannons fire in a shown order; Dead Current: reverses one announced movement lane. Phase II — The Shattered Sea: Chart Rupture: projects three ordered hazard sectors across the stationary deck; Compass Reversal: rotates telegraphs ninety degrees after a bell; Rift Anchorage: chains the Navigator to three breakable compass anchors; Fleet of the Lost: four ghost hulls fire a melody-coded broadside; Abyssal Arrival: leviathan strikes follow luminous water shadows. Below 30% health, Last Bearing: removes the compass until crews align four chart fragments; this closes Phase II instead of creating Phase III. | Memorize the Phase I cannon order and identify the reversed current. In Phase II, cross each fixed sector after its pulse, rotate directions only after the bell, destroy an anchor, follow the flagship whose bell completes the melody, and track water shadows. Below 30%, align the four chart fragments to reveal the final safe lane and exposure. | Two-phase optional raid boss |
| Compass Husk Health 190,000–240,000 A hollow sailor pinned upright by a compass needle that turns before every attack. Standard Other Sea domain unit · Level 1080 | Needle Thrust: lunges along the shown bearing. Cardinal Guard: blocks one announced side. Lost Step: dashes once to a visible compass mark. | Leave the bearing line, strike the opposite side of Cardinal Guard, and aim at the destination mark rather than the dash trail. | Planned |
| Horizon Raider Health 310,000–390,000 A veteran pirate who navigates Domain wrecks by stars invisible to ordinary charts. Standard Other Sea pirate · Level 1240 | False-North Cut: two slashes end opposite the raised shoulder. Star Pistol: aimed flintlock line fires after one flash. Boarding Vault: leaps over the target and commits to a marked landing strike. | Read the shoulder, cross the pistol line, and turn toward the landing mark before punishing recovery. | Planned |
| Brine Archivist Health 455,000–570,000 A drowned scholar preserving stolen voyage memories inside pressurized glass tablets. Standard Other Sea controller · Level 1430 | Tablet Line: three glass panes project narrow lanes. Pressure Script: delayed circle expands once. Memory Counter: parries the last repeated attack category after displaying its icon. | Move between panes, cross the expanding edge, and vary weapon, style, and artifact attacks when the icon appears. | Planned |
| Rift Harpooner Health 840,000–1,000,000 An armored hunter anchoring prey to fixed Domain landmarks instead of pulling the world apart. Elite Other Sea hunter · Level 1650 | Anchor Shot: aimed tether links the target to one visible post. Line Sweep: swings the taut rope across a marked lane. Plate Brace: protects the front until two shoulder clasps break. Winch Heavy: three short haft blows end in a guard-breaking knockback strike. | Dash across the tether before it tightens, jump the line, aim at both clasps, and disengage before the heavy finisher. | Elite |
| Starless Helmsman Health 1,300,000–1,650,000 A towering domain commander steering phantom broadsides from a fixed wheel dais. Elite Other Sea commander · Level 1880 | Wheel Cleave: half-circle strike follows a turning brass spoke. Dark Bearing: names one safe cardinal lane before three deck lines fire. Keel Order: tilts encounter-local deck effects left then right without moving geometry. Last Command: marks two fixed cannon muzzles for simultaneous aimed shots. | Stay behind the turning spoke, take the named lane, move against the effect indicator, and interrupt one cannon while dodging the other line. | Elite |
| Admiral Hollowwake Health 14,000,000 · Phase II at 65% · Phase III at 30% A vanished Other Sea admiral who erased his own routes, trapped rival charts inside brass pylons, and claims ownership of every place no living sailor can name. Three-phase optional Domain raid boss · Level 1850 | Phase I — The Last Honest Map: Sextant Saber: three cuts follow the bearings shown by his rotating sextant; Survey Shot: a long matchlock aim line predicts the impact; Stolen Course: marks the last dash direction and punishes only an immediate repeat; Dead-Reckoning Heavy: three short pommel strikes finish with a guard-breaking saber blow and strong knockback. Phase II — Anchorage Under Fire: Eight-Bell Broadside: eight fixed cannons fire in the bell order shown on the mast; Mooring Cross: two bright ropes sweep intersecting deck lanes; Compass Debt: four brass quadrants illuminate while one safe bearing is announced; Harpoon Claim: tethers one player to a fixed capstan until the visible clasp is broken. Phase III — No Shore Left: Erased Bearing: chart labels fade, but permanent brass inlays, flag direction, and accessibility arrows preserve every tell; Fleet Memory: projected ship silhouettes fire three preannounced broadsides without becoming AI enemies; Captain’s Last Measure: one shortened pattern from each prior phase returns in a declared order; Break the Writ: crews manually aim at three mast seals to expose Hollowwake, sequentially for solo players or simultaneously for a crew. | Read the sextant, cross the matchlock line, vary dash direction, and leave before the heavy finisher. In Phase II, memorize the bells, jump or dash through the rope gap, take the named quadrant, and aim at the harpoon clasp. In Phase III, use the inlays and arrows, follow the projected muzzle flashes, recall the declared patterns, then break the three seals. The deck, rails, cannons, capstans, exits, and ship position never move; Hollowwake summons no combatants. | Three-phase Other Sea raid |
Hollowwake raid access and rewards
Assemble the Hollowwake Chart
At level 1750 or higher, clear Horizon Scrapfield, Black-Sail Anchorage, Sunken Tribunal, and Rift Orchard at Danger IV. Each first clear awards one quest-bound Black Chart Corner. Astrid Vale assembles all four into the permanent, non-consumable Hollowwake Chart.
The Hollow Meridian
The Chart reveals Empty Anchorage as a deterministic raid destination. Matchmaking supports solo through eight players, saves the opened raid checkpoint, and returns every ship to the exterior mooring after victory, defeat, departure, or disconnect.
Personal raid cache
Every eligible clear grants Crowns, Riftmarks, 8–12 Riftglass Dust, and 2–4 Bearing Filaments. The first clear guarantees the cosmetic Hollow Meridian chart table and Beyond the Margin title. The Long Rifle’s Hollowwake finish has a 4% independent drop chance with twelve-clear pity.
Raid fairness: the Hollowwake Chart is never consumed, traded, rolled, or sold. The raid grants no required story key or exclusive combat power, uses the published personal contribution rules, and can be abandoned through a clearly marked lifeboat without losing secured rewards from earlier Domain sectors.
Standard enemy rules
- Telegraph dangerous attacks
- Use movement and range identity
- Obey normal and attacked aggro radii
- Stand still when the target exits pursuit range
- Never spawn additional AI combatants
- Avoid permanent hit-stun
- React to repeated player habits
Elite rules
- One signature mechanic
- Breakable defense or resource
- Environmental interaction
- Use devices, hazards, or existing allies instead of summon loops
- Useful mastery or material reward
Boss rules
- Whispering Atoll, Ashen Crown, and Skyreach use one continuous phase
- Frostveil Reach is the first two-phase boss
- Every boss below level 1500 may have no more than two phases, with exactly one exception: Admiral Vanta
- Admiral Vanta remains a three-phase level-1000 story finale because he tests the entire First Sea journey
- Ordinary Phase III encounters begin at level 1500 with Captain Vargo Sorn; the level-1850 Admiral Hollowwake raid follows this rule
- At most one declared two-add wave, once per attempt, only when the encounter fantasy requires it; both Domain raids use none
- Clear recovery windows and pity-protected rare drops
- Required story keys such as Vanta’s Void Totem are guaranteed, bound, and never placed in a rare-drop table
15 · Characters and services
NPC cast
Friendly NPCs use avatar-scale Roblox bodies, complete limbs, readable faces, layered outfits, grounded feet, role-specific accessories, and working prompts.
| NPC | Region | Role | Visual identity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Captain Elara | Dawnport | Primary story navigator and captain mentor | Naval coat, epaulettes, fitted tricorn |
| Cartographer Elian Wake | Dawnport; Chronicle projections at every First Sea home point | Tracks The Erased Voyage, restores missed clues, and guides players toward the earliest incomplete Wake Sigil | Weathered chart coat, ink-stained gloves, brass lens, and waterlogged logbook chained safely to his satchel |
| Mayor Bington | Bobington Town Hall | Town host, newcomer guidance, patch-note archive, accessibility help, and interrupted-quest recovery | Warm burgundy mayoral coat, oversized brass key, civic sash, and a neatly fitted tricorn |
| Harbor Master Nessa | Bobington Dock | Boat spawning, repair, recovery, recoloring, and home-point binding | Teal dock coat, rolled sleeves, rope belt, fitted harbor cap, and shipwright’s chalk |
| Quartermaster Bea | Bobington Supply House | Money dealer for Ship Repair Crates and Signal Flare Packs | Mustard waistcoat, canvas apron, supply ledger, and stacked crate-shaped backpack |
| Provisioner Pip | Bobington south market | Money dealer for Bait Satchels and Travel Rations | Green market coat, bait tins, bread basket, and soft fisherman’s cap |
| Seasonal Steward Luma | Bobington Plaza · Halloween and Christmas only | Appears only during Hallowtide or Winterwake to explain the active seasonal activities and rewards | Event-specific coat, ribbon staff, color-safe seasonal badges, and a portable notice scroll; absent during the normal town state |
| Archivist Pella | Bobington Bank and Loadouts | Storage, appearance preview, loadout presets, stat planning, and confirmed Riftmark resets | Indigo record-keeper robe, half-moon glasses, numbered keys, and folding wardrobe chart |
| Broker Tamsin | Rookspire · Wayfarer Quay Grand Exchange | Level-1000 Fair Exchange tutorial, Second-Dimension trading eligibility, Crown, Riftmark, and Special value ledgers, receipts, history, request settings, and scam reports | Plum broker’s coat, balanced brass scales, receipt case, inked value cards, and a plain cap without faction colors |
| Registrar Bram | Bobington Crew Hall | Crew management, public parties, voyage requirements, mail, and boss-replay matchmaking | Navy clerk’s coat, crew-seal press, message satchel, and broad-brimmed registrar hat |
| Scout Mira Kest | Rookspire · Tern & Talon Inn | Main chapter lead, district guide, coordinator of the city resistance, and keeper of the Beyond Ledger that tracks all ten Bearings | Weathered green courier coat, folded roof map, signal-glass monocle, and white rook feather |
| Harbor Master Orro | Rookspire · Wayfarer Quay | Other Sea boat spawning, repair, recovery, transfer, and first home-point binding | Heavy sea-green dock coat, chain-hook belt, harbor registry board, and close-fitting storm hood |
| Signalwright Ibis | Rookspire · Signalwright Workshop | Money dealer for the Stormglass Scope and Signal Flare Bundle | Layered lens harness, copper-green apron, colored glass eyepieces, and a tool roll shaped like folded signal flags |
| Rooftop Mentor Corra | Rookspire · Courier Loft | Quest dealer who awards the cosmetic Rookstep Mantle after all three courier routes | Short flight coat, grip gloves, balanced message cases, and a fitted cap with one dark feather |
| Healer Nima | Rookspire · protected resident courtyards | Out-of-combat recovery, resident stories, cosmetic repair, and lantern-code clues | Amber shawl, medicine satchel, stormglass lantern, and simple rolled-sleeve city clothes |
| Surveyor Tala Venn | Wildwake Archipelago · Quarantine Key field station | Main chapter lead, laboratory-log reconstruction, field-station repair, home-point guidance, and lost-quest recovery | Sun-faded survey coat, rolled jungle map, brass sample lens, striped quarantine scarf, and six-tag journal board |
| Quartermaster Juno Pike | Wildwake Archipelago · Trailhead Cay supply crane | Money dealer for the Grapnel Gun and Field Filter Pack | Green expedition waistcoat, crane gloves, waterproof stock ledger, filter tins, and a broad canvas sun hat |
| Curator Ilex | Wildwake Archipelago · hidden waterfall archive on Quarantine Key | Quest dealer awarding the Meridian Field Compass after all six specimen tags are restored | Preserved Meridian coat beneath leaf camouflage, glass specimen case, vine-wrapped key ring, and cracked laboratory goggles |
| Field Medic Osa | Wildwake Archipelago · Trailhead Cay and restored field stations | Out-of-combat recovery, poison guidance, accessibility hints, and expedition reset | White-and-yellow medic sash, portable antidote case, signal whistle, and fitted rain hood |
| Registrar Pryn Vale | Shacklecloud Isles · Sunwash registry arcade | Main chapter lead, stolen-identity reconstruction, carnival guidance, home-point help, and interrupted-objective recovery | Cream registrar coat, brass seal case, four recovered captain portraits, and an undecorated half-mask worn at the belt |
| Harbor Master Cask | Shacklecloud Isles · Sunwash east pier | Boat spawning, repair, recovery, safe side-dock mooring, and fixed-course regatta registration | White harbor coat, anchor-hook belt, painted berth board, striped sash, and fitted straw tricorn |
| Gunsmith Moss Tallow | Shacklecloud Isles · Bunting Row gallery | Money dealer for Boarding Carbine and Blank-Fire Practice Kit | Burgundy shooting vest, target-maker gloves, folding score ledger, and a brass gallery key ring |
| Maskmaker Edda Quill | Shacklecloud Isles · hidden Ledger House attic | Quest dealer awarding the cosmetic Unmasked Captain Coat after four erased captain names are restored | Layered festival coat, wax-seal bracers, portrait-swatch sash, and a narrow feathered tricorn |
| Master Ren | Dawnport | Fighting-style trainer | Martial wraps, headband, sash |
| Mara Flint | Dawnport | Weapon and gun introduction | Bandolier, cartridges, gunner cap |
| Orin Vale | Dawnport | Artifact scholar and lore contact | Monocle, scarf, satchel |
| Wayfinder Sia | Dawnport | Home point and route guidance | Cape, scarf, compass |
| Veiled Hand | Dawnport | Secretive class / artifact storyline | Face veil, hood, shadow cape |
| Neris Reed | Whispering Atoll | Fishing quest lead | Fisher cap, practical pockets |
| Old Finn | Whispering Atoll | Sea stories, rare fish clues | Weathered cap and beard |
| Wayfinder Moss | Whispering Atoll | Home point and atoll routes | Green cloak and compass |
| Forgekeeper Brann | Ashen Crown | Forge, weapon, and sigil quest lead | Leather apron, forge goggles |
| Gunner Vex | Ashen Crown | Gunworks story contact and storm-sigil engineer; not a dealer | Bandolier and gunner cap |
| Wayfinder Cinder | Ashen Crown | Home point and storm guidance | Ash cloak and ember accents |
| Aero Warden Lyra | Skyreach | Wind trial and aerial training | Aero armor, crest, wing panels |
| Wayfinder Cloud | Skyreach | Home point and elevated routes | Cloud-colored cape and compass |
| Harbor Master | Dawnport | Interactive boat launch | Harbor uniform and fitted cap |
| Harbor Master Eira | Frostveil | Boat launch and arrival contact | Frost-blue harbor uniform |
| Harbor Master Koa | Verdant | Boat launch and arrival contact | Green harbor uniform |
| Harbor Master Drax | Blacktide | Boat launch and arrival contact | Dark uniform with crimson accent |
| Rook Calder | Ashen Crown pirate sloop | Poor former mutineer, quest dealer, and Cinder Parry teacher | Patched coat, scorched wraps, broken officer hat |
| Artifact Dealer Talia Voss | Whispering grotto / Frostveil cavern | Wandering Artifact Dealer with two-slot random stock | Bronze reliquary backpack, layered traveling cloak, glowing stock case |
| Aeronaut Pell | Skyreach cloud skiff | Wandering money dealer for precision and storm weapons | Flight goggles, long scarf, compact merchant harness |
| Ysra Bell | Frostveil aurora shrine | Quest dealer offering only Frostbrand | Bell-lined mantle, fur boots, crystal tuning fork |
| Deckhand Noll | Verdant grounded pirate sloop | Poor quest dealer who teaches Vinehook Roll after players save his vessel | Faded pirate shirt, rope belt, repaired straw hat |
| Apothecary Ivo | Verdant canopy camp | Money dealer carrying two expedition weapons | Leaf apron, vial bandolier, wide rain hat |
| Smuggler Fen | Blacktide western tunnel | Hidden money dealer carrying two weapons | Reversible officer coat, low hood, chalk-marked gloves |
| Lord Cassian | Blacktide keep balcony | Rich quest dealer who offers Officer Saber for rescuing his son | Gold-trimmed coat, signet ring, immaculate cane |
| Lucen Cassian | Blacktide prison transport | Rescue target who exposes the false ransom officer | Torn formal vest, concealed family seal |
| Navigator Samira | Sableglass Caravan Camp | Main chapter lead, harbor arrival contact, and tidal-clock guide | Sun-faded navigator coat, sand goggles, brass tide watch |
| Glasswright Oren | Sableglass Caravan Camp | Money dealer carrying two desert-route weapons | Mirror-lens apron, wrapped gloves, glass tool roll |
| Duelist Ishan | Sableglass Mirror City | Hidden quest dealer offering only Shamshir | Plain dueling coat, mirrored half-mask, unmarked scabbard |
| Forewoman Pella | Ironwake central drydock | Main chapter lead, launch controller, and workers' representative | Riveted work coat, crane whistle, rolled manifests |
| Quartermaster Brigg | Ironwake Assembly Hall | Money dealer carrying two boarding weapons | Square naval cap, inventory chains, numbered key ring |
| Shipbreaker Toma | Ironwake Archive loft | Quest dealer offering only Volley Gun | Heavy tool harness, seven-barrel case, soot-marked spectacles |
| Harbor Master Celeste | Starfall Meteor Dock | Arrival contact, boat launch, and gravity-tide warnings | Midnight harbor coat, silver cap badge, meteor lantern |
| Orrery Keeper Nox | Starfall Grand Orrery | Money dealer carrying two celestial puzzle weapons | Constellation robe, rotating lens pack, inked gloves |
| Seer Ilyra | Starfall lower observatory | Main chapter lead and quest dealer offering only Rift Edge | Star-chart mantle, folding astrolabe, rift-lit eyepiece |
| Warden Mako | Frostveil hot-spring camp | Non-dealer technique mentor who unlocks Aura and its proficiency trials | Heavy training mantle, bell bracers, warm gold aura markings |
| Listener Nami | Sableglass windless well | Non-dealer technique mentor who unlocks Instinct and prediction trials | Wrapped eyes, listening discs, blue compass beads |
| Riftwalker Kestrel | Starfall Fallen Field | Non-dealer technique mentor who unlocks Flash Step and spatial trials | Split star-cloak, luminous boots, cracked transit compass |
| Astrid Vale | Temporary islands and the Empty Anchorage approach | Lost cartographer, quest dealer for Rift Brace, and assembler of the permanent Hollowwake Chart | Ink-stained map coat, folding sextant, rift-torn cape |
| Curator Zero | Ghost Market / temporary artifact vault | Special Artifact Dealer with improved two-slot stock | Porcelain mask, floating ledger, chained relic cases |
| Saltcoat Mira | Wandering salvage raft | Boat-based quest dealer offering only Harpoon Recovery | Salt-white coat, rope gloves, collapsible mast |
| Morrow Ledger | Wandering merchant brig | Appearing and disappearing ship-supply dealer | Green ledger coat, brass abacus, merchant pennant |
| Outfitter Maris | Wandering blue-and-cream fitting cutter across four published routes | Crown dealer carrying two fixed route-appropriate accessories while an island dealer slot is open | Layered tailor’s greatcoat, brass measuring chain, needle-and-compass pennant, hat cases, and fold-out wardrobe screens |
| Drift-Singer Eno | Temporary island safe anchorages | Non-dealer lore NPC who predicts rift-bridge cycles through sea songs | Shell chimes, patched choir robe, glowing tuning shell |
Friendly NPC voice-line library
Every named character receives a distinctive first-contact line and a contextual service, quest, or warning line. Main story lines are fully voiced and subtitled; repeatable merchant barks may use a shorter recorded pool. Lines should remain brief enough to finish before a player walks away, and subtitles remain visible even when voice volume is muted.
| Character | First contact or ambient line | Quest, service, or completion line |
|---|---|---|
| Captain Elara | “A chart tells you where the rocks were. A captain notices where they moved.” | “Choose your heading, then commit. The sea punishes half-decisions.” |
| Cartographer Elian Wake | “Someone scraped a captain from this log, but the sea pressed the name deeper.” | “Fifteen islands, fifteen seals. Bring me the truth each shore refused to forget.” |
| Mayor Bington | “Welcome to Bobington. The benches are free, the fountain is stubborn, and nobody is allowed to duel the pigeons.” | “Read the board, meet a crew, and stay for the next tide. Town works better when somebody is enjoying it.” |
| Harbor Master Nessa | “Bring me a damaged keel and an honest description of what hit it.” | “Your boat is beside the outer pier. Weapons stay quiet until you clear the harbor buoys.” |
| Quartermaster Bea | “Crates for cracked hulls, signal flares for finding friends. Simple things save expensive ships.” | “Counted, stamped, and tied down. Try not to need all of it at once.” |
| Provisioner Pip | “Bait for the fish, bread for the sailor, and no, they are not interchangeable.” | “Eat before the fighting starts. My rations refuse to argue with swords.” |
| Seasonal Steward Luma | “I visit twice: when pumpkins grin and when the mast-tree glows. The rest of the year, this square belongs to you.” | “The decorations leave when the season turns, but anything you earned stays safely yours.” |
| Archivist Pella | “A tidy locker is a kindness to your future self.” | “Review every change before you seal it. Regret is not a storage category.” |
| Broker Tamsin | “A fair trade is not always equal, but it is always understood.” | “Read both columns, watch for changes, and confirm only what is actually on the scales.” |
| Registrar Bram | “Solo legends are impressive. Crews are more likely to bring the ship back.” | “Your party is posted. Check the requirements before promising them a horizon.” |
| Scout Mira Kest | “Do not count the towers. Count the windows that blink when the wind is still.” | “Corven owns the roads, not the city. Every open shutter is somebody choosing us.” |
| Harbor Master Orro | “Welcome to the Other Sea. Bind your compass before you decide the sky is upside down.” | “Your hull is beside the outer chain. Past that line, the city stops pretending to be safe.” |
| Signalwright Ibis | “A lens should show you what is there. Anyone selling certainty is selling a trap.” | “Green glass, brass rim, no magic aim. Your hands still have to do the honest work.” |
| Rooftop Mentor Corra | “The fast route is not the route with fewer roofs. It is the one you can finish twice.” | “Carry the code cleanly and the mantle is yours. It will not carry you.” |
| Healer Nima | “Three lamps means medicine. Two means shelter. One means keep walking and do not look up.” | “Catch your breath here. The courtyard arch is older than Corven’s courage.” |
| Surveyor Tala Venn | “The birds are repeating Rookspire’s code. Birds do not learn classified signals by accident.” | “Six tags, one missing courier, and a laboratory everyone swears was empty. Start with the lie that has a number.” |
| Quartermaster Juno Pike | “Jungle eats rope, powder, and confidence. I sell replacements for the first two.” | “The filter handles pollen, not poison blades. Keep dodging like you still need to breathe.” |
| Curator Ilex | “An abandoned archive is merely a library whose readers ran faster than its secrets.” | “You preserved every living tag. Take the Meridian Compass; let it remember paths without choosing one for you.” |
| Field Medic Osa | “Yellow stripe means shelter. Red glass means hold your breath. Learn both before the vines test you.” | “Antidote first, heroics second. The order is why I still have patients.” |
| Registrar Pryn Vale | “At this carnival, a mask hides a face. A flag can hide an entire crime.” | “Match the wax fracture to the portrait, the portrait to the ship, and the ship to the name Sorn crossed out.” |
| Harbor Master Cask | “East-side berth is yours. Keep the center lane clear unless you registered to race.” | “Your hull is beside the shell line—real name, real colors, and exactly where I left it.” |
| Gunsmith Moss Tallow | “The gallery kit fires cork and smoke. The carbine does not. Check which one you loaded.” | “A painted target never dodges. Sorn’s duelists will, so aim before you commit.” |
| Maskmaker Edda Quill | “A good mask invents a character. Sorn’s masks steal one.” | “Four captains restored, four lies undone. Wear the coat without a mask; that is the point.” |
| Master Ren | “Your hands are fast. Let us see whether your judgment can keep up.” | “Mastery is not repetition. It is knowing which strike you do not need.” |
| Mara Flint | “Steel for the impatient, powder for the precise. Which mistake suits you?” | “One shot, one opening. Reload somewhere the enemy cannot argue.” |
| Orin Vale | “Artifacts do not grant wishes. They remember the last person foolish enough to fuse them.” | “The relic accepted you. Whether that is good news remains undecided.” |
| Wayfinder Sia | “Touch the compass stone and Dawnport will remember you.” | “Home is not where you began. It is where the sea agrees to return you.” |
| Veiled Hand | “Your class is a name others gave your instincts.” | “When the veil lifts, choose what you become before someone chooses for you.” |
| Neris Reed | “The current is singing again, but the fish refuse to finish the verse.” | “Do not chase the shimmer. Cast where the song leaves an empty beat.” |
| Old Finn | “Every old sailor has one true story. Mine keeps changing to stay accurate.” | “If the gulls fly inland and the water breathes, bring the line in.” |
| Wayfinder Moss | “Paths here grow back. Memory lasts longer.” | “The moonpool is east—unless the tide has decided otherwise.” |
| Forgekeeper Brann | “A weapon is an argument hammered until it stops bending.” | “Three sigils, one storm. Charge them out of order and the forge charges you.” |
| Gunner Vex | “Thunder is just a cannon too large to reload.” | “The rod is grounded. When the sky flashes blue, fire the sequence.” |
| Wayfinder Cinder | “Ash covers footprints, not intentions.” | “Set your home point before the caldera remembers it can erupt.” |
| Aero Warden Lyra | “Up here, falling is a route—not a failure.” | “Wait for the ring to inhale, then jump through its center.” |
| Wayfinder Cloud | “The shortest path is currently drifting north.” | “Anchor your return here. Wind routes are loyal to no one.” |
| Dawnport Harbor Master | “Name the boat, mind the tide, and keep the dock where I left it.” | “She is waiting off the starboard pier—clear of the pilings this time.” |
| Harbor Master Eira | “Ice is only water that learned patience.” | “Your vessel is alongside. Keep speed through the frozen channel.” |
| Harbor Master Koa | “The roots moved the moorings again. They like your boat less than I do.” | “Launch east of the dock and follow the lilies through the shallows.” |
| Harbor Master Drax | “No lanterns past the sea gate. The towers count lights.” | “Your ship is ready. Leave before the fortress decides it belongs to them.” |
| Rook Calder | “I had a crew, a coat, and two good knees. Now I have a lesson.” | “Do not block the flame. Turn it aside and let pride burn past you.” |
| Artifact Dealer Talia Voss | “Two relics, one decision, and no refunds from your own bloodstream.” | “My stock wanders because sensible artifacts dislike being catalogued.” |
| Aeronaut Pell | “Everything is cheaper at altitude. Except mistakes.” | “Inspect the balance, the recoil, and the landing before you pay.” |
| Ysra Bell | “Frostbrand answers resonance, not strength.” | “Ring the ice in the order the aurora changes color.” |
| Deckhand Noll | “Laugh at the ship after you pull it out of the tree.” | “Hook the root, roll with the pull, and never fight a vine head-on.” |
| Apothecary Ivo | “Everything in this jungle is medicine at the correct distance.” | “Take one weapon. Two would make you confident, and confidence is poisonous here.” |
| Smuggler Fen | “If you found this tunnel, either you are clever or someone is following you.” | “The price includes the weapon. Silence costs extra.” |
| Lord Cassian | “My son is worth more than this fortress, though the fortress may disagree.” | “Bring Lucen home and the Officer Saber leaves my wall forever.” |
| Lucen Cassian | “The officer wore our seal upside down. My father never noticed.” | “Do not escort me yet. First, let us make their forged ransom useful.” |
| Navigator Samira | “At noon the sea leaves, and the city remembers its streets.” | “Watch the tide clock. The ocean is punctual even when heroes are not.” |
| Glasswright Oren | “Every mirror shows the truth from somewhere inconvenient.” | “Angle the weapon toward the sun. If it dazzles you, it will betray you.” |
| Duelist Ishan | “A mirage copies motion. It cannot copy intent.” | “Strike the stance that leaves footprints. The rest are only sunlight.” |
| Forewoman Pella | “In Ironwake, even the ground has a launch schedule.” | “Read the manifest twice. Veyra only needed us to believe it once.” |
| Quartermaster Brigg | “If it has a number, I can find it. If it does not, Toma probably exploded it.” | “One receipt, two choices, and absolutely no testing inside the Assembly Hall.” |
| Shipbreaker Toma | “Seven barrels. Six lies. One very loud answer.” | “Fire them in manifest order, or collect what remains of your eyebrows.” |
| Harbor Master Celeste | “Tie every loose object twice. Gravity changes its mind after sunset.” | “Your boat is beside the meteor dock. Step carefully when the lake turns overhead.” |
| Orrery Keeper Nox | “The stars are gears viewed from very far away.” | “Rotate the smallest ring first. The largest one remembers impatience.” |
| Seer Ilyra | “I saw you arrive by six routes. Five of you did not survive.” | “Draw the missing constellation and choose the future that leaves a door.” |
| Warden Mako | “Aura is not armor. It is the body refusing to waste force.” | “Breathe before the strike, hold through impact, release only when you answer.” |
| Listener Nami | “Your eyes notice attacks after your fear already has.” | “Listen for the decision before the weapon moves. Instinct lives there.” |
| Riftwalker Kestrel | “Distance is an agreement. Rifts are poor negotiators.” | “See the landing, prove the path, then step where the space is thinnest.” |
| Astrid Vale | “I charted this island yesterday. Today it has different handwriting.” | “Brace the horizon when the pieces move. Do not trust north until it apologizes.” |
| Curator Zero | “Rarity is merely history with fewer witnesses.” | “Two artifacts remain. The island will depart before my prices improve.” |
| Saltcoat Mira | “Fresh wreck, fresh lies. Let us salvage the useful parts.” | “Recover the harpoon before the hull rolls, and I will teach you why its rope is knotted.” |
| Morrow Ledger | “My shop appears wherever demand becomes desperate.” | “Supplies are counted, prices are posted, and the tide is already carrying me away.” |
| Outfitter Maris | “A proper accessory should change a decision, not make it for you.” | “Two pieces on this route, both priced, fitted, and free of mysterious statistics.” |
| Drift-Singer Eno | “Hush. The island is humming where it intends to go.” | “When the low shell answers the high one, leave the eastern bridge.” |
Boss voice-lines and combat calls
| Boss | Entrance | Mechanic or phase calls | Defeat |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moon-Singer Nerissa | “The reef heard your oars long before I did.” | “Find the quiet note!” before Final Chorus; “The tide carries my voice!” before Siren Dive. | “You listened… even while you fought.” |
| Admiral Pyrehand | “Every blade is honest once the forge turns hot enough.” | “Marked for the guns!” before Cannon Mark; “Inner—outer—burn!” before Caldera Ring. | “The forge… chose another hand.” |
| Storm Regent Caelus | “You climbed above the clouds only to kneel beneath the storm.” | “North and west—cut!” before Compass Cleave; “Run with the eye!” before Eye of the Storm. | “Then carry the wind farther than I did.” |
| Whitefang Jarl Skadi | “Snow keeps the names of everyone who runs.” | “Follow the bells, little hunter.” during Whiteout; “Now hunt blind!” at Phase II. | “Your trail… does not end here.” |
| Heartkeeper Oro | “The labyrinth grew around one promise: nothing leaves unchanged.” | “The roots remember your path!” before Maze Memory; “The heart wakes!” at Phase II. | “Plant mercy… where I planted walls.” |
| Admiral Nocturne | “Even lighthouses cast shadows. I command what waits inside them.” | “Hear the cannon you cannot see!” before Cannon Eclipse; “Night answers me!” at Phase II. | “Keep the beacon lit… if you can.” |
| Glass Regent Sael | “A thousand reflections arrived. Only one of you is real.” | “Show me your shadow!” during Mirage Court; “The sea returns its throne!” at Phase II. | “At last… an honest reflection.” |
| Commodore Veyra | “Ironwake launches on my signature. Today, so do you.” | “Read the order!” before Manifest Volley; “Raise the false hull signals!” at Phase II; “Cut the marked moorings!” when Phase II intensifies below 30%. | “A ship… outlives its commander.” |
| Astral Warden Aster | “I have measured your orbit. It ends here.” | “Truth has only one constellation!” at Phase II; “Turn the heavens into alignment!” before Final Constellation; “Pull—then cast away!” before Event Horizon. | “You redrew… what I called fate.” |
| The Drowned Navigator | “Every sea reaches my chart when its sailors forget the way home.” | “The chart fractures around you!” at Phase II; “No north. No shore. No return.” when Phase II intensifies; “Build your last bearing!” before the final puzzle. | “A heading… at last.” |
| Admiral Hollowwake | “You call this sea uncharted because I buried everyone who knew its name.” | “Mark the course you favor!” before Stolen Course; “Eight bells. Eight graves.” before Eight-Bell Broadside; “The margin closes!” at Phase III; “Break the writ, if your aim deserves a horizon!” before Break the Writ. | “Then write it… beyond my name.” |
| Admiral Vanta | “Fifteen shores carried my name to you. Tell me you learned more than the sound of it.” | “Read the sea, not the spectacle!” before Wake Trial; “Four anchors. One honest opening.” during Null Mooring; “Open the last bearing!” at Phase III. | “Then take the Totem—and do not make me right to fear you.” |
| Commodore Corven | “Every window in my city points ships toward their final harbor.” | “Red for cannon, white for wing, black for me!” before Three Flags; “Find the one honest tower!” at Phase II; “Raise your little truth!” before Fly the True Flag. | “Ten thousand signals… and the city chose yours.” |
| Apex Warden Koro | “Subject Koro. Warden Koro. The wall remembers which name was mine.” | “Measure the reach!” before Measured Break; “Tank three—open!” before Pressure Vent. | “Six tags… tell them I kept the seventh.” |
| Director Selka Voss | “A compass points toward possibility. I taught possibility to grow teeth.” | “Observe the dosage!” before Specimen Mark; “No assistants. No specimens. I become the proof.” at Phase II; “Purge it, if you can!” before the valve sequence. | “The Bearing chose… a direction without me.” |
| Captain Vargo Sorn | “A captain is only a name, a seal, and enough witnesses willing to lie.” | “Card marks the shot!” before Calling Card; “The house chooses three!” at Phase II; “No masks now—bid with blood!” at Phase III; “Raise your true flags, then!” before True Name. | “Keep the name… the sea knows what I was.” |
| Grand Admiral Eidon | “I closed one horizon and buried the cost. You arrive carrying every reason I was afraid.” | “Coordinates, then cannon!” before Admiralty Broadside; “Every route ends here!” at Phase II; “Ring the bell—if you can bear what answers.” before Open Every Bearing. | “The thief waited for hands braver than his own. Do not let him leave with your compass.” |
| Captain Malrick Vane | “Ten Bearings, two seas, and one captain clever enough to let you collect them.” | “Read the flags before they bury you!” before Black-Flag Broadside; “A surrender is only another angle.” before False Surrender; “Every wake pays its captain!” at Phase III; “Ring it for me!” before Ring for the Crew. | “No toll… no throne… just an open sea.” |
Playback priority
Boss mechanic calls override ambient banter, dealer chatter, emotes, and noncritical story dialogue. A tell never competes with another important line.
Subtitle rules
Show speaker name, high-contrast text, and optional directional indicator. Mechanic words use consistent phrasing but never replace visual and audio telegraphs.
Variation and cooldown
NPC ambient lines use weighted pools with long cooldowns. Boss lines play once per mechanic window and never repeat on rapid attack cancellations.
Dealer readability: dealers use a gold compass prompt, quest dealers add a sealed-scroll icon, and Artifact Dealers carry a glowing reliquary case. Story characters, Harbor Masters, Wayfinders, gacha shrines, and technique mentors are services rather than item dealers. Technique mentors unlock abilities directly and do not sell or award inventory items, so they do not consume an island’s one-to-two dealer slots.
15A · Merchants, stock, and chance
Dealers, gachas, and wandering traders
Every authored island supports only one or two active dealer NPCs. Quest dealers award exactly one item through a bespoke quest. Money dealers sell one or two items. Gachas are ancient devices rather than dealer NPCs, allowing chance-based acquisition without breaking the island dealer limit.
Quest dealer
One named item, permanently previewed. The quest tests the item’s intended skill or tells a character story. No money shortcut and no rotating reward.
Money dealer
One or two visible items. Fixed regional stock refreshes only for world progression; random Artifact Dealer stock refreshes every four hours.
Hidden dealer
Found through clues, unusual silhouettes, boat flags, tunnels, caves, or weather. Discovery adds the dealer to the player’s journal without exposing future spawn points.
Active limit
A wandering trader occupies an open dealer slot and cannot arrive where two dealers are already active. Boat dealers remain offshore but count toward the nearest island while anchored.
Island dealer assignments
| Island | Dealer one | Dealer two | Gacha location | Active dealer count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dawnport | Mara Flint · Crowns Cutlass — 200 Crowns Flintlock Market dealer lane | Master Ren · Quest Harbor Feint Training yard | None; early progression remains deterministic. | 2 |
| Whispering Atoll | Neris Reed · Quest Tidehand Manual Reed Village | Artifact Dealer Talia · Crowns / wandering Up to two random artifacts Hidden Smuggler Grotto | Moonpool Gacha Level 50+ | 1–2, depending on Talia |
| Ashen Crown | Forgekeeper Brann · Crowns Iron Mace and Flamberge Grand Forge | Rook Calder · Quest Cinder Parry Wrecked pirate sloop west of Ember Mine | Starwheel Gacha Gunworks storm chamber | 2 |
| Skyreach Bastion | Aero Warden Lyra · Quest Windstep Warden Hall | Aeronaut Pell · Crowns / wandering boat Long Rifle and Stormglass Blade Cloud skiff at Aerodrome | Windglass Gacha Lower aerodrome | 1–2, depending on Pell |
| Frostveil Reach | Ysra Bell · Quest Frostbrand Aurora shrine | Artifact Dealer Talia · Crowns / wandering Up to two random artifacts Hidden eastern ice cavern | Aurora Prism Gacha Crystal overlook | 1–2, depending on Talia |
| Verdant Labyrinth | Deckhand Noll · Quest / boat Vinehook Roll Grounded pirate sloop | Apothecary Ivo · Crowns Jian and Grapnel Gun Canopy camp | Worldroot Gacha Living Heart chamber | 2 |
| Bobington Enemy-free social hub | Quartermaster Bea · Crowns Ship Repair Crate — 2,500 Crowns Signal Flare Pack — 750 Crowns Supply House | Provisioner Pip · Crowns Bait Satchel — 400 Crowns Travel Rations — 300 Crowns South Market Stall | None; Bobington utility stock remains deterministic. | 2 |
| Blacktide Citadel | Smuggler Fen · Crowns / hidden Cursed Blade and Hand Cannon Western service tunnel | Lord Cassian · Quest Officer Saber Keep balcony after Lucen rescue | None; infiltration rewards replace random rolls. | 2 |
| Sableglass Expanse | Glasswright Oren · Crowns Scimitar and Signal Pistol Caravan Camp mirror tent | Duelist Ishan · Quest / hidden Shamshir Mirror City shade court at low tide | Sunwheel Gacha Buried observatory | 2 |
| Ironwake Republic | Quartermaster Brigg · Crowns Iron Mace and Boarding Carbine Assembly Hall quarterdeck | Shipbreaker Toma · Quest Volley Gun Hidden Archive loft | Rivetwheel Gacha Decommissioned launch engine | 2 |
| Starfall Sanctuary | Orrery Keeper Nox · Crowns Jian and Arc-Lock Rifle Grand Orrery | Seer Ilyra · Quest Rift Edge Lower observatory after alignment | Meteor Gacha Western fallen-star shrine | 2 |
| Temporary domains | Astrid Vale · Quest / temporary Rift Brace Drowned Observatory or Rift Crown | Curator Zero · Special money dealer Up to two improved-stock artifacts Ghost Market or artifact vault | Relic Crown Special Gacha Ghost Market / artifact vault | 0–2, module dependent |
| Rookspire Other Sea city | Signalwright Ibis · Crowns Stormglass Scope — 1,100,000 Crowns Signal Flare Bundle — 65,000 Crowns Wayfarer Quay workshop | Rooftop Mentor Corra · Quest Rookstep Mantle cosmetic Courier Loft after all three routes | None; the arrival city teaches Other Sea exploration without a random-roll gate. | 2 |
| Wildwake Archipelago Other Sea jungle archipelago | Quartermaster Juno Pike · Crowns Grapnel Gun — 1,050,000 Crowns Field Filter Pack — 95,000 Crowns Trailhead Cay supply crane | Curator Ilex · Quest / hidden Meridian Field Compass Waterfall archive after all six specimen tags | None; laboratory exploration and deterministic rewards replace random rolls. | 2 |
| Shacklecloud Isles Other Sea pirate masquerade archipelago | Gunsmith Moss Tallow · Crowns Boarding Carbine — 1,400,000 Crowns Blank-Fire Practice Kit — 85,000 Crowns Bunting Row gallery | Maskmaker Edda Quill · Quest / hidden Unmasked Captain Coat cosmetic Ledger House attic after restoring four captain names | None; deterministic carnival challenges and investigation rewards replace random rolls. | 2 |
Artifact Dealer stock
Artifact Dealer Talia
Talia appears in either Whispering Atoll or Frostveil Reach, never both. Her two purchasable slots roll independently every four hours and cost Crowns scaled by rarity.
| Rarity | Chance per slot |
|---|---|
| Common | 40% |
| Uncommon | 30% |
| Rare | 20% |
| Legendary | 8% |
| Mythic | 2% |
Curator Zero
Zero appears only on temporary islands. Both slots have better rarity odds, cost more Crowns, and disappear when the island departs; a purchased artifact is never removed.
| Rarity | Chance per slot |
|---|---|
| Common | 0% |
| Uncommon | 15% |
| Rare | 45% |
| Legendary | 30% |
| Mythic | 10% |
Gacha odds and rules
| Rarity | Standard island gacha | Relic Crown Special Gacha | Result handling |
|---|---|---|---|
| Common | 46% | 0% | The rolled artifact enters inventory unfused. Owned permanent artifacts convert duplicates into Riftmarks; temporary copies can be traded only before fusion. Published odds appear before confirmation. |
| Uncommon | 30% | 20% | |
| Rare | 18% | 45% | |
| Legendary | 5% | 27% | |
| Mythic | 1% | 8% |
Standard gacha
Unlocks at level 50. One roll every two hours. Crown cost is 1,500 + 90 × player level. A twenty-fifth roll without Rare or better guarantees Rare, then resets that pity counter.
Special gacha
One roll per temporary-island appearance. Requires Crowns and a Relic Crown earned inside that domain. It has better odds but no purchasable Robux rerolls.
Fairness
Odds, pity progress, stock departure time, and duplicate conversion are visible before spending. Server stock is shared, but purchases do not remove an item for other players.
Wandering and boat-based traders
| Trader | Appearance behavior | Location clues | Offer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Artifact Dealer Talia | Alternates between Atoll and Frostveil for 45–75 minutes, then disappears for one stock interval. | Reliquary moths gather near the active grotto or ice cave; Wayfinders mention the direction. | Up to two random artifacts for Crowns. |
| Aeronaut Pell | Cloud skiff docks at Skyreach for 30 minutes after strong-wind weather, then sails into the cloud layer. | Striped pennant visible through a spyglass; bell heard near the Aerodrome. | Long Rifle and Stormglass Blade. |
| Saltcoat Mira | Salvage raft appears beside fresh wreck events and leaves when the wreck rolls or the storm clears. | White coat, square salt sail, circling gulls. | Quest dealer: Harpoon Recovery only. |
| Morrow Ledger | Merchant brig crosses Danger I–II routes for twenty minutes and accepts boarding only while its green lantern is lit. | Merchant pennant and three green stern lamps. | One ship module and one chart selected for the current sea band. |
| Outfitter Maris | Her fitting cutter follows one published 40-minute route at a time and appears only where a wandering-dealer slot is available. | Needle-and-compass harbor-board notice appears fifteen minutes before arrival; the next route and exact pair are always shown. | Two deterministic Crown accessories for the active level band; never random stats or Robux stock. |
| Curator Zero | Exists only when Ghost Market or an artifact-vault module rises; departs with the island. | Black-and-gold flare above the temporary island and a floating ledger icon on close charts. | Two improved-stock artifacts for Crowns. |
Departure safety: a trader stops accepting new purchases during the final sixty seconds, but open confirmation windows receive two protected minutes. No money is removed if a trader or island disappears before the server confirms the item grant.
16 · Interface and input
UI and controls
The interface uses a clean dark nautical frame with cyan navigation accents, compact panels, and a central combat deck inspired by the reference UI while remaining readable as an original Roblox experience.
HUD architecture
- Top-left player card: level, XP, Crowns, Riftmarks, active loadout
- Top-center island name, weather, sea danger
- Right-side voyage / quest tracker
- Bottom-center Health and Energy bars, class resource, weapon, mastery, and moves
- Energy is always visible and remains separate from Rage, Mana, Focus, Tempo, and other class meters
- Equipped-technique icon with rank, EXP progress, cooldown, and Instinct charges where relevant
- Gear, Shop, and Stats navigation
- Responsive desktop and mobile behavior
Future interface layers
- World chart with fog of war, saved routes, and discovered rift anchors
- Mastery preview and awakening checklist
- Material Satchel with source hints, tracked recipes, and recent-drop history
- Crafting preview showing exact costs, changes, recovery value, and PvP normalization before confirmation
- Accessory wardrobe with source, effect, tradeoff, pity, equip, and hide-appearance controls
- Boat status and damaged-section display
- Artifact fusion confirmation and permanent inventory
- Dimensional Rift confirmation, cutscene skip, transfer status, retry, and safe-return controls
- Controller focus navigation and accessibility settings
- Reduced-effects and high-contrast modes
| Input | Action | Design note |
|---|---|---|
| LMB / primary | Aimed basic attack | Short chains; cannot dominate PvE or PvP through spam. |
| Q | Ground / air Dash | Costs 18 Energy; collision-checked, direction-locked burst with 0.30-second movement recovery. |
| Jump | Ground jump / repeatable Air Jump | Ground jump is free. Each airborne press costs 14 Energy, preserving momentum and producing wind-ring feedback. A full default bar always allows double jump. |
| F | Combat defense / gun quick melee | Hold to Block for up to 3.5 seconds with a 15s cooldown, or tap to Parry with a 20s cooldown, using swords, styles, and artifacts. Guns use a Gun Butt or Pistol Whip with a 5s cooldown. |
| R | Guard Break sequence / gun Reload | With swords, styles, or artifacts, three timed setup blows lead to a guard-breaking, knockback finisher on a 25s cooldown. Guns use R to reload. The input never switches equipment during an attack. |
| E / interact | Interact, talk, board, or Fish | Fishing becomes available near marked currents or valid boat locations. |
| Void Totem / Chronicle button | Summon Dimensional Portal | Hold for a 1.5-second server-validated channel on safe ground. The portal lasts 60 seconds and leads to the confirmation chamber; it never teleports on activation alone. |
| T / loadout button | Switch loadout set | Cycles weapon / artifact context only while allowed and never during committed attacks. |
| Z / X / C / V | Mastery moves | Unlock at M10, M30, M60, and M100. Moves bearing the Energy crest preview and spend their listed 10–40 Energy cost. |
| Rebindable technique input | Equipped special technique | Dedicated mobile/controller button; never replaces Q Dash. Shows Flash Step aim range, Aura duration, or Instinct charges before activation. |
| W/S + A/D | Sail / steer | Boat controls while seated at the helm. |
17 · Art, animation, and sound
Presentation targets
Visual direction
Stylized high-detail Roblox rendering with strong silhouettes, layered materials, dramatic weather, readable VFX, natural terrain, and quality comparable in ambition to The Forge.
- Distinct island color scripts
- Atmospheric lighting by weather
- Readable combat effects
- Detailed boats and landmarks
Character direction
Enemies use complete animated R15-style rigs. Friendly NPCs stay avatar-scale, grounded, and immediately readable through fitted hats, clothing, accessories, faces, and profession colors.
- Idle and locomotion
- Attack and recovery
- Hit reactions and defeat
- Boss phase transitions
Music and audio
Original theme music should identify places and events before the UI does.
- Island themes with exploration/combat layers
- Boss and sea-event themes
- Dynamic storm intensity
- Weapon, dash, fishing, boat, and artifact sound sets
Original soundtrack catalogue
Every composition is an original production target. Island music is built from synchronized exploration, danger, and combat stems so encounters intensify without restarting the track. Boss phase transitions add layers at health thresholds instead of abruptly switching songs.
Complete 118-track soundtrack: every named cue now has a playable Lyria 3 production draft: 33 exploration themes, 30 combat layers, 29 boss themes, 12 sea-event themes, and 14 diving/UI/social cues. The files are organized into five numbered collections—First Sea, Voyages, Utility, Late First Sea, and Other Sea—then separated by exploration, combat, and boss use where needed. Bobington, the full level-500–1000 journey, Admiral Vanta’s world-quest finale, every Other Sea region, Captain Malrick Vane, and Admiral Hollowwake are all included with distinct tonal centers, meters, instrument families, and encounter motifs. A preview always stops the previous track. Open the 118-track production playlist, inspect the complete track manifest.
Headphones are recommended at a low volume. Production drafts require final loop editing, loudness matching, cue-clearance review, and release-rights review. Preview buttons are omitted from the printed document.
Island themes
| Island | Exploration theme | Combat layer | Musical identity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dawnport | First Light at Dawnport | Powder on the Tide | Warm fiddle, low whistle, hand drum, harbor bells, and a confident brass pulse when Raiders enter. |
| Whispering Atoll | Choir Beneath the Moon | Reef in Motion | Glass marimba, water percussion, breathy choir, and the four-note Moonpool puzzle melody. |
| Ashen Crown | Hammers Under Stormclouds | Cinder and Iron | Forge anvils, low strings, taiko-like drums, mechanical rhythm, and lightning-synced brass hits. |
| Skyreach Bastion | Six Winds, One Horizon | Gale Above the Guns | Airy flutes, plucked strings, frame drums, distant horns, and arpeggios that pan with wind-ring direction. |
| Frostveil Reach | Footsteps in White | Aurora Hunt | Muted strings, ice chimes, distant throat singing, and bell beacons that remain audible during whiteouts. |
| Verdant Labyrinth | The Maze Remembers | Roots on the Run | Wood percussion, bass flute, seed rattles, layered polyrhythm, and melodies that change with the surviving district. |
| Blacktide Citadel | Black Flags at Dusk | Siege Beneath the Beacon | Military snare, dark choir, contrabass, chain percussion, and fortress horns responding to active artillery. |
| Sableglass Expanse | Noon Beneath the Tide | Blades in the Heatglass | Dry frame drum, plucked strings, glass harmonics, and a tidal-clock pulse that reverses as the buried city floods. |
| Ironwake Republic | A City Built to Launch | Seven Barrels Turning | Work-song voices, chain percussion, low brass, rail rhythm, and crane bells synchronized to moving drydocks. |
| Starfall Sanctuary | Lanterns Under Endless Night | Orbit of the Broken Spear | Celesta, deep choir, bowed glass, slow drums, and melodies that rotate between speakers with the active orrery. |
| Uncharted Domains | Chart of No Return | The Island Moves | Detuned compass tones, reversed bells, fragmented orchestra, and modular bars reordered when the domain shifts. |
Boss themes
| Boss | Track | Musical mechanic | Health-driven arrangement |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moon-Singer Nerissa | Final Chorus of the Moonpool | Her attack rhythm uses the island’s four-note melody and sound-ring timing. | Choir and reef drums enter gradually below 70% and 35%; no false phase break. |
| Admiral Pyrehand | Admiral of the Burning Anvil | Hammer rhythm predicts forge hazards while cannon brass announces fleet volleys. | Additional anvils and storm brass enter at 65% and 30% health. |
| Storm Regent Caelus | The Eye Has a Crown | Rotating stereo wind and compass percussion announce directional attacks. | The calm-wedge melody narrows as health falls, without changing tempo. |
| Whitefang Jarl Skadi | Bells in the Whiteout | Audible bells remain reliable navigation cues when the mix becomes muffled by snow. | Phase II at 55% adds avalanche drums and aurora choir; health never resets. |
| Heartkeeper Oro | Heart Beneath the Maze | Root pulses lock to bass drum beats and fixed wall echoes answer with wood knocks. | Phase II at 50% reharmonizes the melody as ordered root lanes illuminate. |
| Admiral Nocturne | Nightfall Over the Citadel | Lighthouse horn marks safe rotations while siege drums identify the active tower. | Phase II at 45% adds cursed choir and double-time snare, keeping telegraph sounds clear. |
| Glass Regent Sael | The Throne at High Tide | Mirror chimes trace reflected attacks while low drum pulses count down the returning sea. | Phase II at 50% reverses the tide motif and adds a sand-sailing rhythm. |
| Commodore Veyra | Last Ship of the Republic | Numbered cannon notes reproduce the recovered manifest while crane bells mark fixed rail-lane attacks. | Phase II at 65% adds launch sirens and full brass; below 30%, the same phase accelerates the work-song rhythm and adds a broadside-recoil pulse without masking valve or mooring cues. |
| Astral Warden Aster | A Constellation Drawn in Steel | Connected notes preview slash paths and each orrery owns a distinct instrument. | Phase II at 65% fractures the melody into false and true star phrases; below 30%, the same phase isolates the three orrery instruments until players align them into the full constellation theme. |
| The Drowned Navigator | No North Remains | Compass notes rotate through the stereo field and ghost cannons play a memorization sequence. | Phase II at 65% fractures the orchestra into drifting stems; below 30%, the same phase removes the compass motif until players rebuild the Last Bearing, then restores it as a full raid chorus. |
Sea-event and voyage themes
| Event or state | Track | Direction |
|---|---|---|
| Open-ocean sailing | Open Water, Open Sky | Broad strings and whistle; tempo follows sail speed without pitching the recording. |
| Fishing and migration schools | Lines in the Blue | Light guitar, brushed drum, and playful woodwinds that react to rarity. |
| Squall Front / severe storm | Black Cloud on the Bow | Layered low drums, rain rhythm, and brass swells tied to wave intensity. |
| Pirate Scout Chase | Run Up the Saltknife | Fast fiddle and snare with a short report-escape countdown motif. |
| Pirate Fleet Battle | Broadsides at Dawn | Antiphonal brass answers port and starboard cannon volleys. |
| Sea Beast Hunt | Wake Beneath Us | Low strings and heartbeat drum; harpoon tension adds a strained metallic stem. |
| Storm-Ray Migration | Blue Wings in Thunder | Shimmering choir and electric percussion, calmer when the crew avoids harming rays. |
| Ghost Fleet | Bells Without Hands | Reversed choir and ship bells; the true flagship alone plays the melody correctly. |
| Leviathan Breach | When the Ocean Stands | Sub-bass creature call, huge drums, and deliberate silence before breach impacts. |
| Black Tide | The Beacon Drowns | Corrupted naval hymn gradually purifies as cleansing nodes are restored. |
| Temporary Island Rising | Land That Wasn’t There | Wonder theme with ticking percussion added during the departure warning. |
| Rift Maelstrom | Compass in Pieces | Irregular meter that resolves whenever the ship enters a stable compass sector. |
Diving, UI, and social themes
| Use | Track | Direction |
|---|---|---|
| Shallows | Sun Through Water | Filtered island melody, soft marimba, bubbles, and bright strings. |
| Reef Shelf | Cathedral of Coral | Wordless choir and glass percussion with current-driven panning. |
| Sunken Zone | Below the Broken Keel | Creaking hull rhythm, muted cello, and distant salvage bell. |
| Twilight Trench | Where Light Gives Up | Minimal pulse, hydrophone textures, and vent percussion. |
| Abyssal Rift | Pressure of the Stars | Sub-bass drones, isolated piano, and distorted constellation motif. |
| Main menu | Riftbound Overture | Condenses the Dawnport, sea, and rift motifs into a two-minute suite. |
| Class selection | Choose Your Bearing | One neutral theme whose instrumentation changes with highlighted class. |
| Dealer browsing | The Wandering Ledger | Compact lute and hand-percussion loop with trader-specific instrument variations. |
| Artifact gacha | Reliquary Turning | Short transparent rarity stinger; no near-miss audio intended to mislead players. |
| Home point | Safe Harbor | Quiet version of the current island theme with combat percussion removed. |
| PvP / bounty pursuit | Red Pennant | Tense drum-and-bass pulse that begins only after both sides enter valid combat. |
| Crew victory | Our Flag Still Flies | Short brass-and-choir resolution using the crew’s selected musical emblem. |
| Bobington plaza | A Table for Every Crew | Warm bass clarinet, plucked mandolin, brushed frame drum, bottle percussion, and loose call-and-response strings support conversation; event overlays replace one instrument at a time so the town retains its identity during festivals. |
| Defeat and rescue | Drift, Then Rise | Low strings resolve upward when a teammate revives or retrieves the player. |
Level 500–1000 island, boss, and story-event themes
| Region or boss | Track | Use | Distinctive sound |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atlantis | Atlantis Beneath the Tides | Exploration | Waterphone, glass harmonica, low cello, conch-like horn, and crystalline arpeggios expand as players cross from coral harbor to the luminous royal plaza. |
| Atlantis | Tridents Under Pressure | Combat | Deep toms, struck coral, agitated cello ostinatos, sharp brass, and hard waterphone accents turn the royal motif into a precise underwater pursuit. |
| Drowned King Thalor | The Last King of Atlantis | Boss | A solemn conch-horn theme clashes with crystal choir and tidal percussion; audible gaps preserve every trident, statue, and Heart-crystal tell. |
| Stormscar Dominion | Black Flags Beneath Thunder | Exploration | Hurdy-gurdy, muted brass, chain percussion, distant thunder sheet, concertina, and a rough deck-crew chorus create a storm-bound pirate harbor. |
| Stormscar Dominion | Cannons in the Storm | Combat | Syncopated chain hits answer rapid strings, powder-keg cracks, and clipped horn calls, with cannon rhythms matching the colored flag order. |
| Storm Queen Voltara | Storm Queen of the Black Flag | Boss | Naval brass, distorted hurdy-gurdy, heavy deck drums, and defiant pirate chorus clash while a dry cannon report announces every attack window. |
| Moonfall Monastery | Six Bells Beneath the Moon | Exploration | Six tuned temple bells, viola harmonics, water bowls, restrained bamboo breath, and a slow frame drum establish the honest lunar sequence. |
| Moonfall Monastery | The Forbidden Seventh | Combat | An asymmetrical seventh bell interrupts the six-note cycle as low viola, wood blocks, and rapid frame-drum patterns drive precise duels. |
| Abbot Lunaris | When the Seventh Bell Answers | Boss | Phase I presents six clean bell colors around a disciplined string canon; Phase II introduces the false seventh tone, then adds a falling-fragment percussion layer below 30% without announcing a third phase. The true tone remains isolated before every feint. |
| Saltspire Freehold | White Towers Above the Sea | Exploration | Concertina, bowed bass, rope creaks, salt-glass chimes, and wind through cliff pipes trace the climb from hanging docks to the High Saltspire. |
| Saltspire Freehold | Hooks Across the Hanging Docks | Combat | Chain percussion, heavy deck drums, rapid low strings, cannon horns, and sharp rope snaps drive the Freehold’s vertical pirate fights. |
| High Captain Kharon | No Captain Owns the Wind | Boss | A predatory horn and crew chant ride a ropeway rhythm; Phase II adds dock cannons and lift-brake strikes, then the full vault chorus enters below 30% as an intensity layer rather than a third phase. |
| Riftheart Throne | Five Testimonies to a Broken Crown | Exploration | Five instrument voices—glass harmonica, contrabass, royal snare, reversed harpsichord, and solo horn—state conflicting versions of one theme. |
| Riftheart Throne | History Draws Its Blade | Combat | Fractured orchestral stabs, backward keyboard attacks, double-time royal snare, and grounded bass turn each testimony into a distinct combat phrase. |
| Sovereign Aevum | No Timeline Kneels | Boss | Phase I keeps five testimony voices in conflict; Phase II aligns them during successful counters, then below 30% the same phase unites them as a full capstone orchestra without a third-phase sting or arena change. |
| Admiral Vanta | The Admiral Who Erased the Sea | First Sea story finale | Fifteen tiny island motifs surface inside a grave 5/4 passacaglia for bass organ, solo viola, muted naval brass, compass ticks, and void choir; the motifs align into one open-bearing cadence when the five compass engines expose the Totem. |
| Atlantis | Lanterns of the Sunken Plaza | Royal-city investigation | Prepared piano, contrabassoon, struck ceramic bowls, isolated droplets, and a turquoise two-note lantern signal accompany the submerged plaza route. |
| Atlantis | The Tide Gates Are Closing | Timed flood escape | Brake drum, pizzicato bass, ticking woodblocks, breath-like bellows, and descending crystal pulses count tide gates without resembling normal combat music. |
| Stormscar Dominion | Procession of Three Captains | Pirate ward procession | Solo cornet, hammered dulcimer, boot-stomp rhythm, rope creaks, and three antiphonal ship horns portray rival crews marching toward one black flag. |
| Stormscar Dominion | The Harbor Holds | Harbor defense | Field snares, bass trombone, struck cannon barrels, rapid viola figures, and shouted deck responses build urgency around protecting ships and civilians. |
| Moonfall Monastery | Silver Gardens After Rain | Garden reflection | Muted vibraphone, koto harmonics, water bowls, soft viola, and rain landing on tuned stone create a calm palette separate from the monastery’s bell themes. |
| Moonfall Monastery | Trial of the Honest Echo | Bell trial | Handbells, bass marimba, viola pizzicato, temple blocks, and deliberate measures of silence turn each correct echo into part of the rhythm. |
| Saltspire Freehold | Caverns Cut by Wind | Smuggler-mine investigation | Bowed cymbal, salt-glass resonance, contrabass harmonics, cave whistles, and distant lift bells give the mines an airy, secretive pulse. |
| Saltspire Freehold | Lanterns on the Ropeway | Hanging-dock social theme | Jaw harp, concertina, rope knocks, low crew humming, and salt-chime create warmth without reusing tavern fiddle or naval brass. |
| Riftheart Throne | Gallery of Lives Unlived | Testimony investigation | Prepared harpsichord, solo cello, clock springs, reversed glass tones, and five unresolved cadences accompany projected histories without changing the physical room. |
| Riftheart Throne | The Throne Refuses Dawn | Final approach | Pipe organ, contrabassoon, royal field snare, struck bell plate, and sudden full-ensemble silences make the citadel’s last ascent ceremonial and threatening. |
Level 1000–2000 Other Sea themes
| Region or boss | Track | Use | Distinctive sound |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Other Sea | A Sky Below the Keel | Dimension sailing | D♭ lydian glass organ, bowed vibraphone, low female choir, reversed surf, and a five-beat compass pulse make the second dimension feel inverted without resembling any First Sea sailing cue. |
| Rookspire | Ten Thousand Windows in the Storm | City exploration | Bass clarinet, bowed stormglass, mandolin, rope-pulley percussion, distant street voices, sea-rook calls, and layered 5/8 strings gain height as players climb from Wayfarer Quay to the crowded upper city. |
| Rookspire | Signal Fire Between the Rooftops | Urban combat | Piccolo trumpet codes, snapping flagcloth, low viola ostinatos, dry cannon taps, boot percussion, and shifting 3+3+2 accents turn each signal color into a different attack phrase without burying street-level warnings. |
| Commodore Corven | Corven Calls the Rookery | Boss | Bass oboe calls are answered by brass, wing percussion, stormglass chimes, and three flag motifs; the true courier-rook code cuts the full ensemble to one exposed saber pulse. |
| Wildwake Archipelago | Green Crown, Broken Glass | Jungle archipelago exploration | Bass marimba, bamboo flute, prepared piano, glass harmonica, cicada pulses, waterfall hiss, and a rising E-dorian figure trade between islands; the laboratory motif appears only as four cold metallic notes beneath the warmer canopy rhythm. |
| Wildwake Archipelago | Quarantine Drums at High Noon | Jungle laboratory combat | Split log drums, muted trumpet, chain rattle, low string ostinato, machete scrapes, and short alchemical exhales drive an uneven 7/8 pursuit while leaving scan colors, glass breaks, and pressure cues audible. |
| Apex Warden Koro | Koro Behind the Glass | Elite field boss | Baritone saxophone, struck restraint rails, skin drum triplets, and a six-note measuring motif grow heavier without accelerating; each pressure-tank opening removes one metallic layer. |
| Director Selka Voss | The Director Becomes the Specimen | Boss | Distorted cello, laboratory pipe percussion, breath choir, alarm bells tuned a semitone apart, and a descending chromatic line fracture at transformation; turning the three purge valves reveals Tala’s clear brass counter-theme. |
| Ivory Maw Atoll | Cathedral of the Maw | Exploration | Contrabass recorder, bone clacks, bowed psaltery, breath choir, and a Phrygian melody echo through the fossil ribs like a living cathedral. |
| Ivory Maw Atoll | Harpoons Through Marrow | Combat | Snapping rope, col legno strings, bass drum heartbeats, and angular bassoon runs answer each harpoon release with a different interval. |
| Harpoon Saint Garrick | The Saint Draws Blood from Bone | Boss | Male liturgical chant fractures against hunting horns, giant frame drum, winch ratchets, and three sharply separated barb motifs. |
| Tidemirror Reach | The Sea Remembers Otherwise | Exploration | Harp harmonics play forward while granular piano echoes answer backward; fretless bass and quiet waterglass sustain an unresolved whole-tone horizon. |
| Tidemirror Reach | Blades in the Reflection | Combat | Solo viola and electric harpsichord exchange mirrored phrases over dry rim clicks, with the reflected phrase landing one beat late. |
| Captain Ilyan | Ilyan Below Ilyan | Boss | Two differently tuned tenor voices, dueling violins, deep water gong, and split stereo footwork reveal which captain casts the physical shadow. |
| Shacklecloud Isles | A Thousand Flags at Noon | Exploration | Mandolin, bass clarinet, brushed frame drum, glass harmonica, and short accordion turns carry a sunlit masquerade melody while distant gallery bells answer from the limestone terraces. |
| Shacklecloud Isles | The False-Flag Regatta | Combat | Baroque string runs, hard naval snare, muted brass, castanet triplets, and flintlock snaps drive a severe 7/8 pursuit; suit-marked shot tells puncture the rhythm without making it playful. |
| Captain Vargo Sorn | Sorn Unmasked | Boss | Pipe organ, contrabass strings, struck brass game wheels, dueling harpsichords, and a descending masked-waltz theme fracture into three increasingly direct statements as Sorn’s performance collapses. |
| Crownless Bastion | Nine Ships Around a Throne | Exploration | Nine solo instruments each state a two-bar flag motif: cornet, oboe, oud, viola, serpent, dulcimer, bass flute, cimbalom, and handbell. |
| Crownless Bastion | Verdict by Broadside | Combat | Antiphonal brass batteries, snare cross-rhythms, cimbalom strikes, and low string ostinatos follow banner colors rather than a repeating four-beat pattern. |
| Regent Seraphine | Seraphine Without a Crown | Boss | Mezzo-soprano, military side drum, nine horns, and one deliberately silent beat represent an election turning into martial rule. |
| Pearlgrave Trenches | Names Inside the Shell | Exploration | Sub-bass hydrophone drones, porcelain bowls, solo English horn, whale-like synth, and widely spaced pearl notes create pressure and remembrance. |
| Pearlgrave Trenches | Pressure Toll | Combat | Low and high bells alternate contraction and expansion cues above pulsing contrabass, filtered noise, and breath percussion with no conventional drum kit. |
| Oracle Nym | Nym Rings Below | Boss | Blindfolded choir whispers recovered names around bass waterphone, shell trumpet, and enormous pressure swells that duck before every mechanical tell. |
| Redwake Caldera | Sails Forged in Fire | Exploration | Hammered iron tuned to a pentatonic scale, bass accordion, bowed metal, hissing steam, and a rolling 12/8 forge rhythm drive the volcanic shipyards. |
| Redwake Caldera | Bellows at Broadside | Combat | Pumping bellows set the tempo while distorted low strings, cannon anvils, piccolo trumpet bursts, and cooling-water crashes trade four distinct phrases. |
| Furnace Captain Brakka | Brakka and the Burning Bearing | Boss | Wagner tuba, forge choir, shipyard cranes as percussion, and a descending tritone are gradually quenched into clear brass at the final opening. |
| Armada of Midnight | A City That Never Docks | Exploration | Nyckelharpa, muted trumpet, deck footsteps, distant market voices, and nine overlapping waltz fragments turn the fleet into a moving city. |
| Armada of Midnight | Midnight Boarding Call | Combat | Contrabass pizzicato, shutter clicks, hand cannon reports, trombone falls, and rotating 9/8 accents encode deck and lantern patterns. |
| Fleet Admiral Oran | Oran’s Nine Decks | Boss | Nine short ensemble blocks travel across the stereo field; bass trumpet commands, crew responses, and capstan drums unite only when the flag is lowered. |
| Horizon’s End | Where the Map Turns White | Exploration | Solo cello in C minor, pure sine tones, paper scratches, distant organ, and a four-note compass theme leave vast spaces between notes. |
| Horizon’s End | All Routes Under Fire | Combat | Full string fugue, field drum in 11/8, contrabassoon, metallic compass ticks, and abrupt meter changes quote each dimension without copying its instrumentation. |
| Grand Admiral Eidon | Eidon at the Last Line | Penultimate boss | Pipe organ and massive brass oppose a children’s compass choir; First Sea and Other Sea themes alternate, collide, then halt on a suspended low E as Eidon reveals the pirate waiting beneath the lighthouse. |
| Captain Malrick Vane | The Horizon Has a Price | Other Sea final boss | A severe 13/8 battle suite for contrabass trombone, distorted hurdy-gurdy, prepared ship piano, bowed iron, chain percussion, low deck chorus, and two dry flintlock clicks. Malrick’s five-note motif falls a semitone, leaps a tritone, then drops a perfect fourth; Phase II adds flag-coded cannon brass, and Phase III turns the crew chorus against him while every saber, pistol, flag, capstan, and bell tell remains louder than the score. |
| Admiral Hollowwake | Beyond the Margin | Uncharted Other Sea raid | A tense 17/8 suite for bass saxophone, struck sextant brass, nyckelharpa harmonics, contrabass pizzicato, distant ship organ, dry rope snaps, and eight differently pitched bells. Phase II arranges the bells into the broadside order; Phase III removes the organ’s tonal center while brass inlay chimes and three mast-seal notes remain clear above the music. |
Mixing rules: attack tells, reload cues, boss bells, low-air warnings, and ship-damage alarms always sidechain the music. Players may separately control music, ambience, combat cues, and UI volume, with a reduced-intensity music option that removes harsh high-frequency layers.
Asset rule: use original, owned, or properly licensed music, animations, meshes, and textures. External Roblox assets must be verified for permissions and tested for moderation or loading failures.
18 · Rewards and sinks
Economy and currencies
Crowns / money
The everyday currency earned through quests, fishing, enemies, events, trade, and exploration.
- Weapons and guns
- Fighting-style training
- Artifact gacha
- Boats, repairs, and supplies
- Fishing gear and bait
Riftmarks
A rare progression currency formed from old metal tokens permanently branded by unstable rifts. Each dark coin carries a glowing sea-green compass rune, giving it a recognizable silhouette and tying it directly to exploration, storms, and ancient ruins.
- Awakening material costs
- Advanced-style training
- Rare deterministic upgrades
- Stat resets
- Endgame crafting and charts
Materials are not currency
Timber, metals, cloth, creature parts, regional resources, and boss components are earned from their world sources and stored in the Material Satchel.
- Cannot be purchased directly with Robux
- Cannot replace mastery or quest requirements
- Used in deterministic recipes and refits
- Tracked by source and pinned recipe
- Protected from loss on defeat
Inflation controls
Boat repairs, high-tier gacha scaling, consumables, crafting, travel services, cosmetics, and late-game upgrades.
Drop protection
Pity counters, material bundles, repeat rewards, and trade-in paths prevent bosses from becoming unrewarding lotteries.
Trading policy
If added, trading needs level gates, confirmation stages, value warnings, logging, and restrictions on monetized permanent items.
18A · Loot, materials, crafting, and upgrading
Turn every voyage into useful progress
Enemies, bosses, ships, sea creatures, fishing, gathering nodes, puzzles, and exploration award materials used for deterministic crafting and upgrades. Materials complement Crowns, mastery, quests, and skilled play; they do not replace them. A player should leave a session with progress toward a chosen recipe even when a rare item does not drop.
No drop stealing
Eligible rewards go directly into each player’s Material Satchel. Other players cannot see, take, body-block, or despawn them.
No failure chance
A confirmed recipe always succeeds. Crafting never destroys the item, downgrades it, rolls random statistics, or asks for Robux to protect it.
Pity and conversion
Repeat bosses grant regional materials, separate weapon-drop pity progress, boss-core pity progress, and duplicate conversion even when their signature equipment does not drop.
Capped power
Refits provide modest PvE growth or explicit side-grades. PvP normalizes tier bonuses, and no upgrade adds aim assist, automatic parries, or unavoidable attacks.
Drop rules by source
| Source | Personal drop rule | Special reward | Exploit protection |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard enemy | Only the material-carrying enemy types published below roll a regional material at their named rate. Every standard enemy also has an independent 12% chance for one appropriate universal material. Every fifth eligible material carrier defeated without its regional drop guarantees one. | Small chance for food, bait, ammunition, or a cosmetic-dye ingredient appropriate to the faction. | Requires meaningful server-validated participation. Enemies that cannot path, reset, or were created as encounter adds grant no loot. |
| Elite or field boss | Always grants 2–4 regional common materials and has a 45% chance for 1 refined material. | 10% blueprint-page chance; first quest clear awards the required page or component with certainty. | One personal reward bundle per elite spawn; changing servers does not reset its account cooldown. |
| Regional boss | Boss Cache contains 5–8 regional commons, 2 refined materials, Crowns, and mastery materials. Its personal weapon roll is separate from every other reward. | Signature boss material is guaranteed on the first story clear, then has a 30% repeat chance with a guarantee after three misses. Named bosses can also drop the weapons published below. | Damage alone is insufficient: participation checks include mechanics, survival, healing, objectives, or sustained threat. AFK players receive nothing. |
| Hostile ship | Disabled or captured ships grant Timber Scrap, Sailcloth, Iron Fittings, and one faction material based on intact components. | Preserving the rudder, magazine, helm, or cargo can add a module blueprint; sinking remains faster but yields fewer intact parts. | Rewards are crew-personal and based on distinct actions. Repeatedly repairing enemy-owned damage or farming respawning deck crews grants nothing. |
| Sea creature | Scales, oil, fiber, bone, or shell are awarded for readable weak-point participation; non-hostile creatures require fishing, photography, or rescue instead of attacks. | Large creatures provide one anatomy material for each correctly resolved hunt phase. | No reward for attacking protected calves, safe-zone wildlife, or a creature after its retreat state begins. |
| Fishing and gathering | Fish oil, reef fiber, resin, ore, herbs, and salvage come from visible nodes, catches, dives, and timed gathering interactions. | Perfect timing improves quantity, not exclusive rarity. Weather may expose special nodes with a clearly published source. | Nodes are personal after interaction, use diminishing repetition, and relocate through authored spawn sets rather than instant respawns. |
| Quest, puzzle, or event | Guaranteed materials are shown before acceptance and delivered even if the final inventory animation is interrupted. | One-time blueprints, station permits, and story components unlock account-wide recipes. | Idempotent quest receipts prevent duplicate grants; a disconnect preserves completed objective flags. |
Named enemy material drops
These are the standard enemies that deliberately carry farmable regional materials. Percentages are personal chances per eligible defeat, the universal-material roll is independent, and the fifth-miss guarantee applies separately to each enemy type. Elites and bosses still use their guaranteed bundles above.
| Region | Material-carrying enemy | Regional material chance | Independent universal chance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dawnport | Dock Raider | 40% · Dock Iron | 12% · Sailcloth |
| Whispering Atoll | Reef Stalker | 36% · Moonreef Fiber | 14% · Reef Fiber |
| Ashen Crown | Forge Saboteur | 38% · Ember Ore | 12% · Iron Fittings |
| Skyreach Bastion | Gale Sentinel | 35% · Cloudcloth | 12% · Sailcloth |
| Frostveil Reach | Rime Hunter | 36% · Rime Hide | 10% · Fish Oil |
| Verdant Labyrinth | Spore Alchemist | 34% · Heartwood Resin | 12% · Reef Fiber |
| Blacktide Citadel | Blacktide Soldier | 34% · Cursed Iron | 12% · Iron Fittings |
| Sableglass Expanse | Dune Corsair | 32% · Sun Glass | 10% · Black Powder |
| Ironwake Republic | Rivet Guard | 36% · Riveted Plate | 14% · Iron Fittings |
| Starfall Sanctuary | Crater Sentinel | 30% · Star Metal | 5% · Riftglass Dust |
| Atlantis | Coral Sentinel | 34% · Coral Alloy | 14% · Reef Fiber |
| Stormscar Dominion | Stormscar Deckhand | 32% · Stormbone | 12% · Black Powder |
| Moonfall Monastery | Lunar Disciple | 30% · Moonstone | 10% · Fish Oil |
| Saltspire Freehold | Saltblade Raider | 34% · Saltwood | 12% · Sailcloth |
| Riftheart Throne | Riftbound Knight | 28% · Riftsteel | 8% · Riftglass Dust |
| Rookspire | Signal Musket | 31% · Stormglass Pane | 12% · Black Powder |
| Wildwake Archipelago | Quarantine Corsair | 33% · Meridian Resin | 12% · Reef Fiber |
| Ivory Maw Atoll | Marrow Driller | 30% · Leviathan Bone | 14% · Beast Scale |
| Tidemirror Reach | Refraction Duelist | 30% · Mirror Shell | 10% · Iron Fittings |
| Shacklecloud Isles | Powder-Keg Saboteur | 32% · Masque Silk | 12% · Brass Carnival Token |
| Crownless Bastion | Crownless Marine | 29% · Verdict Plate | 12% · Iron Fittings |
| Pearlgrave Trenches | Grave Diver | 28% · Grave Pearl | 14% · Reef Fiber |
| Redwake Caldera | Cinder Boarder | 28% · Furnace Alloy | 12% · Black Powder |
| Armada of Midnight | Black-Lantern Gunner | 27% · Midnight Timber | 14% · Black Powder |
| Horizon’s End | Archive Corsair | 25% · Horizon Stone | 8% · Riftglass Dust |
Readable farming: the Bestiary displays these exact rates after the enemy is first defeated. A small satchel icon marks material carriers in the Bestiary—not over their heads—and a pinned recipe can point to up to three discovered sources without revealing undiscovered regions.
Boss weapon drops
Each listed boss has a personal, independently rolled weapon reward. The drop grants the complete existing weapon and its boss-bound visual finish; it does not create a new mastery family or inflate the established sword and gun counts. If the player already owns that weapon, the first successful roll still unlocks the finish. Later duplicates convert into 3 matching refined materials, 5 regional commons, and Crowns.
| Boss | Level | Weapon drop | Personal chance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moon-Singer Nerissa | 30 | Coral Greatblade · Moonreef finish | 10% |
| Admiral Pyrehand | 50 | Iron Mace · Furnace finish | 10% |
| Storm Regent Caelus | 75 | Stormglass Blade · Gale finish | 9% |
| Whitefang Jarl Skadi | 130 | Frostbrand · Whitefang finish | 9% |
| Heartkeeper Oro | 210 | Falchion · Heartwood finish | 8% |
| Admiral Nocturne | 320 | Cursed Blade · Blacktide finish | 8% |
| Glass Regent Sael | 380 | Shamshir · Sableglass finish | 8% |
| Commodore Veyra | 440 | Boarding Carbine · Republic finish | 7% |
| Astral Warden Aster | 500 | Arc-Lock Rifle · Starfall finish | 7% |
| Drowned King Thalor | 600 | Harpoon Gun · Atlantean finish | 7% |
| Storm Queen Voltara | 700 | Hand Cannon · Thunderhead finish | 7% |
| Abbot Lunaris | 800 | Jian · Moonbell finish | 6% |
| High Captain Kharon | 900 | Officer Saber · Saltspire finish | 6% |
| Sovereign Aevum | 1,000 | Rift Edge · Timeworn finish | 5% |
| Admiral Vanta | 1,000 | Double-Barrel Flintlock · Nullwake finish | 5% |
| Commodore Corven | 1,100 | Signal Pistol · Rookspire finish | 7% |
| Apex Warden Koro | 1,190 | Bone Cleaver · Carapace finish | 7% |
| Director Selka Voss | 1,200 | Pepperbox · Meridian finish | 6% |
| Harpoon Saint Garrick | 1,300 | Harpoon Gun · Sainted-bone finish | 6% |
| Captain Ilyan | 1,400 | Rapier · True-mirror finish | 6% |
| Captain Vargo Sorn | 1,500 | Flamberge · Unmasked finish | 5% |
| Regent Seraphine | 1,600 | Twin Sabers · Nine-flag finish | 5% |
| Oracle Nym | 1,700 | Coral Greatblade · Pearlgrave finish | 5% |
| Furnace Captain Brakka | 1,800 | Dragon Pistol · Redwake finish | 5% |
| Admiral Hollowwake | 1,850 | Long Rifle · Hollowwake finish | 4% |
| Fleet Admiral Oran | 1,900 | Volley Gun · Midnight finish | 4% |
| Grand Admiral Eidon | 2,000 | Rift Edge · Last-bearing finish | 4% |
| Captain Malrick Vane | 2,000 | Officer Saber · Horizon-thief finish | 3% |
Twelve-clear weapon pity
Every eligible miss advances that boss’s saved personal counter. If the weapon has not dropped after eleven eligible misses, the twelfth clear guarantees it. A successful weapon roll resets only that boss’s weapon counter.
Separate reward rolls
Weapon, accessory, boss component, blueprint, and ordinary material rolls are independent. Receiving one never removes another or resets its pity counter.
No progression lottery
No story gate, awakening, special technique, dimension unlock, or required quest consumes a random boss weapon. Existing dealer, quest, and crafting routes remain valid alternate acquisitions.
Loot UI: the boss panel shows the exact weapon percentage, current pity count, owned state, finish preview, and duplicate conversion before matchmaking begins. Pity is account-saved and cannot be reset by leaving, changing servers, or switching dimensions.
Universal Material Satchel
| Material | Main sources | Primary uses | Storage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Timber Scrap | Wrecks, pirate ships, dock crates, logging objectives | Repair crates, hull patches, workbench recipes | Stack 999 |
| Sailcloth | Pirate crews, captured sails, weaving quests | Sail repair, wraps, filters, rigging modules | Stack 999 |
| Iron Fittings | Armored enemies, ship components, salvage | Weapons, guns, keels, pumps, grapnels | Stack 999 |
| Black Powder | Gunners, magazines, fort objectives, merchant stock | Ammunition bundles, cannon charges, demolition quest tools | Stack 500; no explosion while stored |
| Fish Oil | Fishing, cooking exchanges, approved creature harvests | Lantern fuel, polish, tonics, waterproofing | Stack 500 |
| Reef Fiber | Undersea gathering, net salvage, reef quests | Lines, filters, diving seals, medical wraps | Stack 999 |
| Beast Scale | Hostile sea creatures and completed hunt objectives | Harpoon modules, pressure plating, hunter cosmetics | Stack 500 |
| Riftglass Dust | Trial Rifts, anomaly cleanup, safe artifact duplicate conversion | Artifact resonance frames, endgame charts, dimensional modules | Stack 500; account-bound |
Satchel behavior: materials have no carry weight, never occupy weapon or artifact slots, survive defeat and dimension travel, and are visible by source, owned amount, tracked recipe demand, and recent acquisition. A full stack redirects overflow to the bank; if both are full, the reward becomes a claim ticket rather than disappearing.
Regional drop catalogue
Every authored combat region has one common material, one refined material, and a named boss component. The global boss rule above controls guarantees and repeat pity; required story objects remain separate guaranteed quest items.
| Region | Regional common | Refined or elite material | Boss component | Typical crafting identity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dawnport | Dock Iron | Salted Canvas | Boatswain Buckle | Starter repairs, cutlass grips, ammunition pouches |
| Whispering Atoll | Moonreef Fiber | Singing Pearl | Nerissa Conch | Fishing lines, tide-resistant fittings, sound-reactive cosmetics |
| Ashen Crown | Ember Ore | Thunder Slag | Pyrehand Anvil Mark | Weapon tempering, heatproof gun parts, forge effects |
| Skyreach Bastion | Cloudcloth | Windglass | Caelus Storm Pinion | Light rigging, glider cosmetics, mobility side-grades |
| Frostveil Reach | Rime Hide | Aurora Crystal | Skadi Fang | Cold-weather modules, insulated grips, aurora finishes |
| Verdant Labyrinth | Heartwood Resin | Spore Silk | Oro Seed Core | Grapnel lines, antidotes, flexible weapon hafts |
| Blacktide Citadel | Cursed Iron | Beacon Ash | Nocturne Seal | Heavy refits, signal dampers, dark hull cosmetics |
| Sableglass Expanse | Sun Glass | Mirage Foil | Sael Crown Mirror | Scopes, heat shields, reflective sail finishes |
| Ironwake Republic | Riveted Plate | Pressure Brass | Veyra Launch Key | Ship mechanisms, reinforced guards, reload tools |
| Starfall Sanctuary | Star Metal | Gravity Thread | Aster Orrery Core | Artifact frames, balanced weapons, observatory modules |
| Atlantis | Coral Alloy | Tide Crystal | Thalor Crown Scale | Diving equipment, pressure seals, trident finishes |
| Stormscar Dominion | Stormbone | Thunder Powder | Voltara Flagheart | Storm sails, cannon insulation, pirate standards |
| Moonfall Monastery | Moonstone | Bell Silver | Lunaris Seventh Clapper | Timing tools, sound-cue cosmetics, precision refits |
| Saltspire Freehold | Saltwood | Skyrope | Kharon Vault Sigil | Climbing gear, salt armor, cargo and hoist modules |
| Riftheart Throne | Riftsteel | Void Lacquer | Aevum Time Seal Vanta Null Bearing | First Sea capstone refits, rift-safe hull seals, dimensional charts |
| Rookspire | Stormglass Pane | Signal Wire | Corven Flag Clasp | Scopes, signal tools, city-roof traversal modules |
| Wildwake Archipelago | Meridian Resin | Specimen Glass | Koro Carapace Plate Voss Meridian Core | Field filters, antidotes, jungle lines, laboratory refits |
| Ivory Maw Atoll | Leviathan Bone | Marrow Cord | Garrick Saint Barb | Beast-hunting gear, harpoons, bone hull ornaments |
| Tidemirror Reach | Mirror Shell | Refraction Foil | Ilyan True Lens | Decoy-reading optics, parry indicators, mirror finishes |
| Shacklecloud Isles | Masque Silk | Brass Gamewheel | Sorn Black Ledger | Dueling-pistol grips, ship pennants, parade cosmetics, practice galleries, festival cabin furniture |
| Crownless Bastion | Verdict Plate | Royal Seal Wax | Seraphine Nine-Flag Emblem | Faction liveries, guard refits, fleet command décor |
| Pearlgrave Trenches | Grave Pearl | Pressure Silk | Nym Memorial Bell | Deep-diving suits, air systems, memorial cosmetics |
| Redwake Caldera | Furnace Alloy | Ember Sailcloth | Brakka Bearing Casing | Endgame hulls, fireproof sails, heavy weapon refits |
| Armada of Midnight | Midnight Timber | Black Lantern Lens | Oran Command Pennant | Capital-ship interiors, lantern modules, fleet cosmetics |
| Horizon’s End | Horizon Stone | Bearing Filament | Eidon Bell Metal Malrick Compass Clasp | Level-2000 refits, cross-dimension modules, finale trophies |
Crafting stations
| Station | Crafts and services | Primary locations | Access rule |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harbor Workbench | Repair crates, ammunition packs, grapnel lines, bait tools, basic fittings | Every permanent harbor; Bobington Supply House | Available after Dawnport’s crafting tutorial; safe-zone use only. |
| Weapon Forge | Sword, mace, and fighting-gear refits; visual tempering; modifier swaps | Ashen Crown, Ironwake, Redwake; Bobington service forge after unlock | Requires the weapon, mastery threshold, recipe, materials, and Crowns. |
| Gunsmith Bench | Gun calibration, ammunition types, ramrods, barrels, recoil side-grades | Dawnport, Ashen Crown, Rookspire, Armada of Midnight | Cannot be used while loaded, in combat, or aboard a moving ship. |
| Galley and Field Table | Food, bait, filters, antidotes, lantern oil, exploration consumables | Major towns, player ships with a galley, Wildwake Archipelago field stations | Consumables never provide direct PvP damage or defense bonuses. |
| Relic Resonator | Artifact resonance frames, awakening components, duplicate conversion previews | Starfall, Atlantis, Riftheart, Horizon’s End | Cannot fuse, swap, or upgrade an artifact during combat; awakenings still require their puzzle. |
| Drydock | Hull plating, sails, pumps, harpoon racks, diving bays, cosmetic fittings | Bobington, Ironwake, Rookspire, Redwake, Midnight Armada | The owned ship must be safely stored. Installation cannot repair an active battle for free. |
| Expedition Bench | Tracked recipes, portable field tools, domain charts, material conversion | Home points and temporary-island safe anchorages | Portable crafting is limited to supplies; permanent refits require a full station. |
Example recipe catalogue
| Recipe | Cost | Result | Unlock |
|---|---|---|---|
| Field Repair Crate | 8 Timber Scrap · 4 Iron Fittings · 2 Sailcloth · 1,000 Crowns | One interruptible out-of-combat ship repair supply; cannot exceed maximum hull. | Dawnport workbench tutorial |
| Standard Ammunition Bundle | 3 Black Powder · 2 Iron Fittings · 500 Crowns | Ten compatible historical-gun rounds selected before crafting. | Own any reloadable gun |
| Expedition Filter Pack | 3 Reef Fiber · 2 Fish Oil · 2 regional plant materials | Temporary protection from authored exploration gas, pollen, or smoke; no combat resistance. | Complete one field-medic lesson |
| Grapnel Line Spool | 6 Reef Fiber · 4 Sailcloth · 2 Iron Fittings | Restores expedition grapnel supplies or repairs one approved rope mechanism. | Discover a Grapnel Gun or ship grapnel |
| Weapon Refit I | 12 current-region commons · 4 Iron Fittings · 25,000 Crowns | First PvE refit tier and one cosmetic material layer. | Weapon mastery 25 |
| Weapon Refit II | 18 regional commons · 6 refined materials · 75,000 Crowns | Second PvE refit tier; select one reversible side-grade modifier. | Weapon mastery 60 and Refit I |
| Weapon Refit III | 24 refined materials · 1 matching boss component · 120 Riftmarks · 250,000 Crowns | Final capped PvE refit tier and a signature visual finish. | Weapon mastery 100 and regional boss clear |
| Stormproof Gun Kit | 8 Windglass · 4 Thunder Slag · 6 Fish Oil · 60,000 Crowns | Prevents weather from worsening reload handling; slightly lengthens calm-weather reload. | Skyreach and Ashen forge records |
| Reinforced Keel I | 20 Timber Scrap · 12 Iron Fittings · 6 regional ship materials · 80,000 Crowns | +5% maximum hull; advances toward the existing 25% total upgrade cap. | Own the ship blueprint |
| Beast Hunter Rack | 12 Beast Scale · 8 Iron Fittings · 4 Marrow Cord · 100,000 Crowns | Adds harpoon storage and weak-point display; no automatic aim or extra rare-drop chance. | Complete the first major beast hunt |
| Diving Compressor | 10 Coral Alloy · 6 Pressure Silk · 8 Iron Fittings · 140,000 Crowns | Extends a ship’s shared diving-bell air reserve without changing personal combat stats. | Atlantis pressure-gate quest |
| Artifact Resonance Frame | 20 Riftglass Dust · 8 Star Metal · 1 compatible boss component · 150 Riftmarks | Unlocks one artifact side-grade slot; it does not unlock moves or awaken the artifact. | Artifact mastery 100 and Starfall resonator lesson |
| Regional Trophy | 1 boss component · 10 regional commons · 25,000 Crowns | Cabin, crew-hall, or profile display commemorating the clear; no statistics. | Defeat the represented boss |
Upgrade paths and caps
| Equipment | Permanent tier benefit | Optional reversible side-grades | Hard limits |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swords and Iron Mace | Refits I–III provide +2%, +4%, then +6% total PvE damage and stronger durability against PvE guard clashes. | Balanced Grip: lower Energy cost but less knockback. Breaker Head: more PvE guard damage but longer whiff recovery. Hunter Edge: better creature weak-point damage but narrower crowd reach. | One modifier active; no cooldown reduction, tracking, or PvP tier damage. |
| Historical guns | Refits I–III provide +2%, +4%, then +6% total PvE damage and clearer condition feedback. | Quick Rammer: faster reload but lower shot damage. Heavy Ball: stronger PvE armor break but slower projectile. Saltproof Lock: stable storm handling but slower calm reload. | No aim assist, hitscan conversion, modern magazines, extra PvP damage, or hidden accuracy. |
| Fighting-style gear | Crafted wraps, boots, or practice tools add cosmetic progression and up to 6% PvE guard damage at mastery milestones. | Footwork: slightly faster missed-attack recovery but lower tackle knockback. Brace: more PvE block stability but slower sprint startup. | Moves still unlock only through mastery; crafted gear cannot award Technique EXP or widen parry timing. |
| Artifacts | One Resonance Frame may add a modest PvE utility improvement such as +8% effect duration, +8% non-damage range, or reduced environmental drain. | Players swap among compatible utility resonances at a safe resonator for a small Crown fee. | No extra PvP damage or defense, free awakening, additional move, or removal of transformation drawbacks. |
| Ships | Hull, sails, pumps, and station modules improve one role; hull upgrades remain inside the documented +25% maximum. | Armor versus acceleration, cargo versus turning, storm control versus calm speed, hunting tools versus cannon capacity. | Module slots force tradeoffs. No ship exceeds the performance budget of the best earnable vessel in its class. |
| Fishing gear | Rod, line, reel, and bait-box upgrades improve tension control, durability, and legal bait storage. | Deep-water line, fast reel, careful hook, or collection-focused bait box. | No hidden rare-fish luck, automatic catch, or Robux-only fishing tier. |
| Diving gear | Pressure seals, air tank, lamp, and salvage harness extend exploration range and recovery. | More air versus more salvage slots; stronger light versus longer battery; pressure defense versus swim speed. | Safe return remains possible without maximum upgrades, and no diving item grants land-combat armor. |
Choose a projectPin one recipe or refit. The HUD shows owned amounts and up to three known sources without revealing undiscovered islands.
Earn materialsMix combat, sailing, fishing, gathering, puzzles, and events; no recipe should require one enemy loop for every ingredient.
Preview exactlyThe station compares current and resulting effects, PvE-only values, side-grade tradeoffs, costs, and dismantle return.
Confirm safelyThe server locks the ingredients, saves the transaction, grants the item or refit once, then releases the lock.
Retune, do not rerollUnlocked side-grades can be swapped deterministically at the correct station. Players never chase random affix rolls.
Dismantling
Crafted supplies return 50% of universal materials. Permanent refits can be removed for 60% of common and refined materials, but boss components and Crowns are not returned. A preview and typed confirmation protect rare gear.
Recipe discovery
NPC lessons, blueprints, journals, boss clears, wreck manifests, and puzzles permanently unlock recipes. Unknown recipes show a silhouette and discovery hint, never an unexplained material demand.
Crafting mastery
Crafting varied useful items raises profession reputation and unlocks cosmetics, batch crafting, and additional tracked recipes—not cheaper boss components, combat statistics, or improved drop luck.
Anti-grind rule: no main-story step requires an unprotected random material. No recipe requires more than one signature boss component unless it creates a cosmetic prestige item. The same standard enemy has diminishing material rewards after repeated rapid defeats, while varied activities restore full yield.
Monetization boundary: materials, blueprints, boss components, profession reputation, and completed refits are never sold directly for Robux. Purchased Crowns or Riftmarks may cover a listed deterministic currency cost, but cannot replace materials, mastery, discoveries, boss clears, or station access.
18B · Wearable side-grades and trophies
Accessories from bosses, crafting, and shops
Accessories are visible wearable rewards with focused utility, small PvE side-grades, and clear tradeoffs. Players equip one functional Adventure Accessory at a time; ordinary Roblox avatar cosmetics remain separate and never affect statistics. Every accessory has fixed effects—there are no random affixes, quality rolls, or duplicate tiers.
Readable builds
The slot unlocks at level 10. Accessories can be changed at home points, wardrobes, or safely anchored ship cabins, never during combat or pursuit.
Show or hide
Players may hide their accessory, recolor approved cloth or metal zones, and preview clipping on their avatar without disabling its equipped effect.
Wardrobe ownership
Once obtained, an accessory is permanently recorded in the account wardrobe and cannot be dropped, destroyed, or lost during dimension travel.
Three fair routes
Twelve boss drops, ten deterministic crafts, and eight Crown purchases provide combat, sailing, fishing, hunting, diving, and exploration choices.
Accessory balance and acquisition rules
| Rule | Implementation |
|---|---|
| Boss-drop pity | Each listed accessory has a personal 15% drop chance from its boss. The sixth eligible clear without that accessory guarantees it. Pity is saved per boss, shown before replay, and resets only when the accessory is granted. |
| Crafted accessories | Recipes always succeed at the named station. Materials and Crowns are consumed only after an atomic server save confirms the permanent wardrobe unlock. |
| Bought accessories | Outfitter Maris sells two deterministic accessories per published sailing route for Crowns. She occupies an open wandering-dealer slot and cannot appear where an island already has two active dealers. |
| Duplicates | A duplicate boss accessory becomes 4 refined regional materials and 1 Wardrobe Token used only for dyes, poses, or display stands. It never rerolls the accessory or increases its statistics. |
| PvP normalization | Direct PvE damage, guard damage, mitigation, maximum Energy, and control-duration effects are disabled in PvP. Explicit tradeoffs and noncombat navigation or presentation effects remain. |
| No hidden luck | No accessory changes artifact, boss, material, fishing, gacha, or rare-event odds. Source hints, outlines, or map markers only reveal information the player has already discovered. |
Boss-drop accessories · 12
| Accessory | Boss and requirement | Fixed effect | Tradeoff or limit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nerissa’s Moon Shell Neck | Moon-Singer Nerissa · Level 30 | +10% fishing tension forgiveness and +6% swim acceleration. | Reeling speed is 5% slower; no rare-fish luck. |
| Pyrehand’s Forge Glove Hands | Admiral Pyrehand · Level 50 | +4% PvE guard damage and stronger visual feedback when a Guard Break reaches its final blow. | Missed Guard Breaks have 6% longer recovery. |
| Skadi’s Trail Mantle Back | Whitefang Jarl Skadi · Level 130 | 25% less cold buildup and snow dashes cost 2 less Energy. | Provides no dash benefit outside cold or snow regions. |
| Nocturne’s Beacon Chain Neck | Admiral Nocturne · Level 320 | 20% less curse buildup and +4% PvE damage against cursed enemies. | The chain emits a visible night glow; damage is normalized in PvP. |
| Veyra’s Rivet Harness Back | Commodore Veyra · Level 440 | Ship repairs and carried-component interactions complete 12% faster. | Provides no hull, weapon damage, or instant-repair bonus. |
| Aster’s Orrery Lens Head | Astral Warden Aster · Level 500 | Manually aimed projectiles travel 8% faster against PvE targets. | Projectile damage within 20 studs is reduced by 4%; no aim assistance. |
| Thalor’s Tide Crownlet Head | Drowned King Thalor · Level 600 | +20% personal breath and 10% less environmental pressure damage. | Grounded Energy regeneration begins 0.15 seconds later. |
| Voltara’s Storm Sash Waist | Storm Queen Voltara · Level 700 | +10% helm response and 10% faster sail interaction during storms. | Calm-water acceleration is reduced by 5% while helming. |
| Lunaris Bell Cord Waist | Abbot Lunaris · Level 800 | A perfect PvE parry refunds 4 Energy with a five-second internal cooldown. | Maximum guard stamina is reduced by 5%. |
| Vanta’s Null Compass Neck | Admiral Vanta · Level 1000 | Rift hazards drain 10% less Energy and known safe exits appear earlier on the chart. | Does not shorten Flash Step, Totem, portal, or world-rift cooldowns. |
| Voss’s Meridian Goggles Head | Director Selka Voss · Level 1200 | 25% less poison and pollen buildup; a perfect PvE dash grants +4% weak-point damage to the next aimed hit. | The damage bonus expires after three seconds and is normalized in PvP. |
| Eidon’s Horizon Ring Hands | Grand Admiral Eidon · Level 2000 | +10 maximum Energy in PvE and cross-dimension exploration. | Energy regenerates 5% more slowly; both values are normalized in PvP. |
Crafted accessories · 10
| Accessory and station | Recipe | Fixed effect | Tradeoff or limit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deckhand Tool Belt Harbor Workbench | 10 Timber Scrap · 6 Iron Fittings · 4 Sailcloth · 8,000 Crowns | Boarding repairs and grapple cutting complete 8% faster. | No effect on hull maximum or combat damage. |
| Stormglass Goggles Gunsmith Bench | 8 Sun Glass · 6 Stormglass Pane · 3 Fish Oil · 45,000 Crowns | Reduces rain droplets, lightning bloom, and sea-spray opacity by 30%. | Pure visibility comfort; enemy tells remain equally readable without it. |
| Deep Diver Hood Expedition Bench | 10 Coral Alloy · 6 Pressure Silk · 8 Reef Fiber · 90,000 Crowns | +15% breath and 10% slower lamp-battery drain underwater. | Land sprint speed is reduced by 3%. |
| Beast Hunter Bandolier Harbor Workbench | 12 Beast Scale · 5 Marrow Cord · 6 Iron Fittings · 110,000 Crowns | Harpoon and Beastline reloads complete 10% faster after hitting a creature weak point. | Other gun reloads are 5% slower; no material or rare-drop bonus. |
| Quarantine Mask Wildwake Archipelago Field Table | 10 Meridian Resin · 5 Specimen Glass · 8 Reef Fiber · 75,000 Crowns | 35% less exploration pollen, gas, and spore buildup. | Maximum Energy is reduced by 5 while equipped; normalized in PvP. |
| Shipwright Harness Drydock | 10 Pressure Brass · 8 Riveted Plate · 6 Sailcloth · 120,000 Crowns | Repair channels are 12% faster after the player manually diagnoses the damaged component. | Q Dash costs 2 additional Energy while aboard a ship. |
| Reefrunner Fins Expedition Bench | 12 Reef Fiber · 4 Tide Crystal · 4 Rime Hide · 85,000 Crowns | +10% swim speed and tighter underwater turns. | Ground and air Dash cost 1 additional Energy. |
| Riftglass Monocle Relic Resonator | 18 Riftglass Dust · 6 Star Metal · 4 Signal Wire · 100 Riftmarks | Known rift anchors show stability and remaining duration on the chart. | Never reveals undiscovered rifts, destinations, loot, or puzzle solutions. |
| Signal Mantle Weapon Forge | 8 Cloudcloth · 5 Signal Wire · 4 Windglass · 95,000 Crowns | Player flares and crew navigation marks remain visible 20% longer. | Signals still deal no damage, stun, or enemy reveal through walls. |
| Bearing Bracer Horizon Forge | 10 Horizon Stone · 6 Bearing Filament · 1 Eidon Bell Metal · 300 Riftmarks | +10 maximum Energy and 8% less environmental Energy drain in PvE. | Energy regeneration begins 0.20 seconds later; normalized in PvP. |
Crown-purchased accessories · 8
| Accessory | Outfitter Maris route and price | Fixed effect | Tradeoff or limit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sailor’s Scarf Neck | Dawn route · 2,000 Crowns | 5% faster sail raising, trimming, and knot interactions. | No movement-speed or ship-speed bonus. |
| Powder Bandolier Waist | Dawn route · 8,000 Crowns | Carry 20% more crafted ammunition between harbor restocks. | Q Dash costs 1 additional Energy while a gun is equipped. |
| Fisher Cap Head | Frontier route · 25,000 Crowns | Bait loses durability 10% more slowly after successful timing checks. | No catch automation, tension forgiveness, or rare-fish luck. |
| Climber Gloves Hands | Frontier route · 60,000 Crowns | Climbing and approved rope traversal drain 10% less Energy. | Maximum guard stamina is reduced by 5%. |
| Duelist Sash Waist | Deep Sea route · 180,000 Crowns | A missed Guard Break recovers 5% faster in PvE. | Guard Breaks deal 3% less PvE guard damage; both effects are normalized in PvP. |
| Navigator Monocle Head | Deep Sea route · 350,000 Crowns | Adds three personal chart pins and displays distance to already discovered home points. | Does not reveal hidden dealers, events, islands, or enemies. |
| Captain’s Greatcoat Back | Other Sea route · 1,250,000 Crowns | Crew revives and shared ship-station interactions complete 10% faster. | No solo combat benefit, health, defense, or command aura. |
| Archivist Satchel Back | Other Sea route · 2,100,000 Crowns | Track five additional recipes and preserve a searchable 50-entry recent-drop history. | Does not increase stack sizes, yields, luck, or bank capacity. |
Outfitter Maris’s sailing schedule
| Route | Level band | Fixed pair sold | Appearance clue |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dawn route | Levels 1–75 | Sailor’s Scarf · Powder Bandolier | Blue-and-cream cutter anchors outside Dawnport or Whispering Atoll for 40 minutes. |
| Frontier route | Levels 75–500 | Fisher Cap · Climber Gloves | Green wardrobe pennant appears on the next eligible island’s harbor board fifteen minutes early. |
| Deep Sea route | Levels 500–1000 | Duelist Sash · Navigator Monocle | Gold needle-and-compass flag is visible through a spyglass along the published route. |
| Other Sea route | Levels 1000–2000 | Captain’s Greatcoat · Archivist Satchel | Black-and-teal fitting ship alternates between Rookspire, Wildwake Archipelago, Crownless Bastion, and the Midnight Armada. |
Boss reward feedback
The results panel shows the accessory, current pity, materials, and duplicate conversion separately. Players can inspect the model and effect before equipping it.
Build presets
Saved loadouts may remember one owned accessory, but switching still obeys home-point, wardrobe, safe-cabin, combat, and pursuit restrictions.
Accessibility
Large hats, masks, capes, glow, and movement sounds can be hidden independently. Essential combat tells never depend on owning or displaying an accessory.
Accessory hard caps: one functional accessory; at most +4% PvE damage, +5% PvE mitigation, +10 maximum Energy, 12% interaction speed, or 35% environmental resistance from the slot. No accessory grants a new attack, larger parry window, extra Instinct dodge, shorter Flash Step cooldown, artifact luck, material luck, or paid-exclusive power.
Ownership rule: all thirty accessories are earnable with gameplay or Crowns. None requires Robux, and no gamepass accessory may exceed these effects; paid wardrobe cosmetics, if added later, remain effect-free appearances.
18C · Second Dimension player exchange
Trading system and Crown, Riftmark, or Special values
Player trading is a Second Dimension-only system. It unlocks after reaching level 1000, entering the Other Sea, binding the Wayfarer Quay home point, and completing Broker Tamsin’s short Fair Exchange tutorial inside Rookspire’s Grand Exchange. Every item displays either a reference value in Crowns, a reference value in Riftmarks, or the classification Special. Special is reserved only for limited items, gamepasses, Permanent Artifact Licenses, and explicitly designated very rare weapons. These labels help players read an offer or collection entry; the displayed values are not automatically paid or transferred.
Rookspire Grand Exchange
The main trading floor is protected inside Wayfarer Quay. Additional counters unlock at Crownless Bastion, the Armada of Midnight, and Horizon’s End, but every counter remains inside the Second Dimension.
Crowns, Riftmarks, or Special
Commonly available items use Crown values and scarce endgame items use Riftmark values. Only limited items, gamepasses, Permanent Artifact Licenses, and named very rare weapons display Special. Crown and Riftmark subtotals remain separate, and Special is never forced into a numeric conversion.
Both or neither
The server locks offered item identifiers, rechecks ownership and eligibility, writes both inventories in one transaction, then issues matching receipts. Any validation or save failure cancels the entire trade.
Special entitlements stay bound
Every gamepass and Permanent Artifact License carries the Special value label but remains account-bound. Developer Product currency, paid accessory bundles, paid weapon skins, and shop-boat ownership can never enter a trade slot or be represented by player-created vouchers.
Trade flow
1 · InviteSelect a nearby eligible player at a Second Dimension exchange counter. The recipient sees the sender’s display name, username, level, Other Sea Passage status, and account-specific trade cooldown before accepting.
2 · Build offersEach side may add up to four individual items or material stacks. The panel shows exact quantity, source, bound state, Crown value, Riftmark value, or Special label, rarity, and whether the item is newly obtained.
3 · LockBoth players press Lock Offer. Changing any item or quantity immediately unlocks both sides, clears confirmation, and restarts the review process.
4 · ReviewAn eight-second review displays separate Crown and Riftmark subtotals, every Special item, comparison warnings, duplicate warnings, inventory capacity, and large thumbnails. Neither player can confirm during the countdown.
5 · ConfirmBoth players independently press Confirm. No button is preselected, keyboard and controller focus begin on Cancel, and closing the window cancels safely.
6 · ReceiptThe server commits the swap, saves both profiles, and stores a receipt in each player’s 30-day trade history. Failed saves return every locked item to its original owner.
What can be traded
| Item type | Tradable? | Rules | Value treatment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Naturally acquired artifacts | Yes | Dealer, gacha, drop, or quest copies may be traded while stored and unfused. Artifact mastery and awakenings belong to the player profile and never travel with the item. | Uses the exact artifact table below. |
| Ordinary dealer and crafted weapons | Yes | Must be unequipped, undamaged, and outside a refit transaction. Mastery stays with the player; ammunition is removed before transfer. | Uses acquisition and crafting bands below. |
| Rare boss weapons | Yes, after 60 minutes | A one-hour receipt lock lets duplication checks finish. Guaranteed story weapons and required quest tools remain bound. | Uses level-band and drop-rate values below. |
| Ordinary materials | Yes, in stacks | Up to 99 units occupy one slot. Boss components, quest evidence, Bearings, Wake Sigils, Rift keys, and the Void Totem are bound. | The per-unit Crown or Riftmark value is multiplied by the exact offered quantity. |
| Earned cosmetic permits and limited items | Yes, before claiming | Only explicitly marked sealed permits may move once. Claiming a permit registers the cosmetic permanently and removes its tradable item form. Limited items retain their published edition identity. | Ordinary permits use the Riftmark band below; limited editions are Special. |
| Functional Adventure Accessories | No | Boss pity, crafts, and Crown purchases unlock directly into the permanent wardrobe, so their ownership cannot be sold or loaned. | Show Account-bound instead of a value. |
| Crowns and Riftmarks | No at launch | Neither earned nor purchased balances enter item trades. This prevents paid currency laundering, accidental zero entry, and off-platform cash pricing. | Never included in offer totals. |
| Gamepasses and Permanent Artifact Licenses | Never | Every one-time gamepass entitlement remains attached to the purchasing account and can never enter an offer, including artifact, boat, weapon, cosmetic, storage, and utility passes. | Show Special · Account-bound. Special is a collection value class, not permission to trade the entitlement. |
| Developer Products, classes, styles, and techniques | Never | Repeatable purchases, currency grants, progression systems, and equipped powers remain attached to the original account. | Show Account-bound, not Special. |
Artifact value index · launch baseline
Common through Epic artifacts use Crown values, while Legendary and Mythic artifacts use Riftmark values. Natural artifacts are never Special merely because they are rare: even Time and Rune receive numerical Riftmark references. Only the separately purchased Permanent Artifact Licenses are Special, and those licenses remain account-bound. Every natural copy has the same value regardless of owner; mastery, awakening progress, and cosmetic color never change it.
| Artifact | Rarity | Value | Artifact | Rarity | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stone | Common | 25,000 Crowns | Tide | Uncommon | 65,000 Crowns |
| Frost | Uncommon | 57,500 Crowns | Metal | Uncommon | 60,000 Crowns |
| Steam | Uncommon | 62,500 Crowns | Light | Rare | 155,000 Crowns |
| Ember | Rare | 162,500 Crowns | Powder | Rare | 160,000 Crowns |
| Crystal | Rare | 165,000 Crowns | Glass | Rare | 167,500 Crowns |
| Shadow | Rare | 170,000 Crowns | Magnet | Rare | 172,500 Crowns |
| Stag | Rare Beast | 175,000 Crowns | Venom | Rare | 180,000 Crowns |
| Gale | Epic | 275,000 Crowns | Thunder | Epic | 312,500 Crowns |
| Void | Legendary | 220 Riftmarks | Sphinx | Legendary Beast | 235 Riftmarks |
| Echo | Legendary | 250 Riftmarks | Moon | Legendary | 260 Riftmarks |
| Gravity | Legendary | 270 Riftmarks | Dream | Legendary | 275 Riftmarks |
| Sun | Legendary | 280 Riftmarks | Kraken | Legendary Beast | 290 Riftmarks |
| Wolf | Legendary Beast | 300 Riftmarks | Thunderbird | Legendary Beast | 315 Riftmarks |
| Dragon | Mythic Beast | 520 Riftmarks | Star | Mythic | 560 Riftmarks |
| Time | Mythic | 620 Riftmarks | Rune | Mythic | 650 Riftmarks |
Weapon, material, and cosmetic value bands
| Tradable group | Reference value | How the exact value is assigned | Examples |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basic dealer weapons | 10,000–45,000 Crowns | Based on listed Crown cost, required level, and permanent availability; inexpensive always-stocked equipment stays lowest. | Cutlass, Katana, Flintlock, Musket |
| Advanced dealer or crafted weapons | 50,000–175,000 Crowns | Add the published recipe effort and dealer rotation interval, never player-applied mastery or ordinary upgrades. | Pepperbox, Boarding Carbine, Hand Mortar, Flamberge |
| Boss weapons · Levels 1–500 | 60–95 Riftmarks | Lower drop chance and higher boss level raise the Riftmark reference within the band. Pity availability limits excessive inflation. | Sableglass Shamshir, Republic Boarding Carbine, Starfall Arc-Lock Rifle |
| Boss weapons · Levels 500–1000 | 85–135 Riftmarks | Uses source level, published drop chance, and repeat time; required story items remain bound instead. | Atlantean Harpoon Gun, Moonbell Jian, Nullwake Twin Flintlock |
| Boss weapons · Levels 1000–1500 | 115–175 Riftmarks | Field-boss drops sit lower than regional bosses; Captain Vargo Sorn’s Unmasked Flamberge starts at 170 Riftmarks. | Meridian Pepperbox, True-Mirror Rapier, Unmasked Flamberge |
| Boss weapons · Levels 1500–2000 | 160–260 Riftmarks; designated very rare weapons are Special | Published drop chance and clear time set the ordinary band. Only weapons explicitly marked very rare—normally exceptional 3% drops or limited distributions—become Special. Malrick Vane’s 3% Horizon-Thief Officer Saber is the launch example. | Nine-Flag Twin Sabers, Midnight Volley Gun, Horizon-Thief Officer Saber |
| Common materials | 100–1,250 Crowns each | World availability and recipe demand determine the per-unit value. | Timber Scrap, Sailcloth, Iron Fittings, Reef Fiber |
| Refined materials | 1,500–6,000 Crowns each | Includes the input value and guaranteed station cost, rounded upward. | Coral Alloy, Riveted Plate, Pressure Brass, Refined regional parts |
| Rare regional materials | 6,250–20,000 Crowns each | Uses personal drop chance and average activity time; boss components and story keys remain bound. | Riftglass Dust, Star Metal, Masque Silk, Horizon Stone |
| Sealed earned cosmetics and limited editions | 20–150 Riftmarks; limited editions are Special | Ordinary one-time quest permits use Riftmarks. Only items published as limited or numbered editions are Special. Claiming binds the appearance permanently. | Earned dyes, figurehead permits, emote scrolls, cabin-decoration plans |
Value updates and anti-scam rules
Published value ledger
The Rookspire Grand Exchange board and trade UI read one versioned Crown, Riftmark, and Special catalogue. Ordinary adjustments happen at most once per week, show the previous value and reason, and cannot change an already locked offer. Emergency duplication freezes affected items instead of silently changing them.
Uneven-offer warnings
Crown subtotals are compared only with Crowns, and Riftmark subtotals only with Riftmarks: below 20% difference is neutral, 20–40% is amber, and above 40% is red. Mixed-category imbalances or offers with Special items show Manual comparison required because the game never invents a conversion rate. A red trade requires a second unhurried acknowledgment from the lower-value side, but legitimate gifts remain possible.
Receipts and reporting
History records usernames, item IDs, quantities, catalogue version, Crown and Riftmark subtotals, Special labels, time, and result. Players can report a completed receipt, mute future requests, or block a trader; support can inspect records but never reverse a fair trade merely because market preference changed.
Trading safety: no loans, wagers, mystery slots, hidden quantities, timed-pressure popups, cross-server mail attachments, off-platform payment prompts, or administrator impersonation. Newly changed offers always restart the full review. The server rate-limits invitations, blocks self-trading and duplicate item IDs, and places a 30-second cooldown after every completed exchange.
Value disclaimer: Crown and Riftmark figures are reference labels for relative in-game acquisition difficulty; the corresponding currency is never removed, paid, or transferred during an item trade. Special is used only for limited items, all gamepasses, Permanent Artifact Licenses, and designated very rare weapons—not for ordinary Mythic artifacts, materials, or high-level gear. It does not automatically mean stronger or tradable. None of these labels may be advertised as a Robux or real-world exchange rate, and informed players may accept different totals.
19 · Sustainable business model
Gamepasses, currency, and shop
The shop sells permanence, expression, collection space, specialized side-grades, and optional deterministic currency packs. It never sells the accuracy, timing, Technique EXP, boss clears, or raw statistics needed to defeat a skilled free player.
Core gamepass catalogue and proposed prices
This complete proposed launch sheet covers all 48 gamepass products: 30 individual Permanent Artifact passes, 15 utility, weapon, cosmetic-accessory, or fleet passes, and three individual shop-boat passes. It also includes 10 repeatable currency Developer Products listed separately below; they do not count as gamepasses. Prices are proposed global baseline launch prices, not final promises. Roblox treats passes as one-time purchases and supports managed regional pricing. The live shop must retrieve each player’s displayed price through MarketplaceService rather than hard-coding the numbers shown in this design document.
Special classification: every one-time gamepass in this catalogue—including all 30 Permanent Artifact Licenses—is marked Special · Account-bound in the shop and collection UI. Developer Products are not Special. The label never makes a gamepass tradable.
| Gamepass | Proposed price | Permanent entitlement | Best for | Fairness restriction |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent Artifact License | R$99–1,199 each See all 30 below | Own one selected artifact permanently and re-fuse it at any home point after completing the level 50 fusion tutorial. | Players who want a dependable favorite build. | Sold separately per artifact. It begins at Mastery 0, grants no awakening, and every artifact remains earnable for free. |
| Reliquary Expansion | R$199 | Adds eight stored-artifact slots and extra collection sorting tabs. | Collectors who frequently switch builds. | Base storage supports normal progression; added slots give no stats, luck, or duplicate rewards. |
| Loadout Locker | R$149 | Adds three named presets for weapons, styles, artifacts, cosmetics, and stat plans. | Players maintaining PvE, PvP, fishing, and exploration builds. | Presets may only be equipped at home points or safe ship cabins, never during combat, pursuits, raids, or ranked PvP. |
| Privateer Arsenal | R$249 | Gilded Cutlass and Engraved Twin Flintlocks, with privateer models, effects, sounds, and equivalent side-grade move tuning. | Close-range gun-and-blade players. | Uses the same total damage, stagger, range, and cooldown budget as earnable counterparts. |
| Admiral’s Cabinet | R$349 | Ceremonial Officer Saber and Royal Dragoon Musket, plus matching sheaths and weapon poses. | Precise duelists and marksmen. | No paid aim assist, faster reload advantage, unavoidable move, or superior PvP scaling. |
| Beast Hunter Armory | R$399 | Ironjaw Bone Cleaver and Brass Harpoon Gun variants with hunter-themed animations and finishers. | Sea-creature hunters and expedition crews. | No increased creature damage, rare-drop odds, harpoon strength, or material yield. |
| Stormforged Arsenal | R$449 | Tempest Stormglass Blade and Copper Arc-Lock Rifle variants with alternate visual effects. | Late-game weapon collectors. | Does not bypass weapon quests or provide stronger stats than the corresponding earnable weapons. |
| Captain’s Fleet | R$599 | Three detailed special vessels: Crimson Corsair Cutter, Stormwake Brigantine, and Pearl Diving Tender. | Combat captains, storm explorers, and undersea teams. | Each vessel is a specialized side-grade with the same performance budget as its earnable ship family. |
| Drydock Collection | R$199 | Six extra saved liveries, premium figureheads, cabin décor slots, sail patterns, and harbor preview controls. | Ship builders and crew role-players. | No instant repairs, combat spawning, remote ammunition refill, armor bonus, or speed bonus. |
| Crew Standard | R$149 | Advanced flag editor, crew emblem layers, colored nameplate trim, arrival fanfare, and shared ship banners. | Crews that want a recognizable identity. | All additions are cosmetic and must pass Roblox text and image moderation. |
| Explorer’s Journal | R$99 | Aquarium displays, additional chart pins, discovered-species sorting, photo frames, and expedition scrapbook pages. | Fishers, cartographers, and completionists. | Only records discoveries the player has already made; it never reveals undiscovered rare spawns, events, or puzzle answers. |
| Supporter’s Charter | R$299 | Founder-style title, gilded compass HUD frame, emotes, aura colors, a cabin plaque, and a cosmetic parrot shoulder companion. | Players who want to support development. | The companion does not fight, find treasure, warn of enemies, or alter drops. |
| Dockside Corsair Accessories | R$99 | Weathered Tricorn, Coin-Sash, Crossed Cutlass Backpiece, and Red Macaw shoulder companion. | Classic pirate outfits and early-game role-play. | Appearance items only; the cutlasses cannot be drawn and the macaw provides no warnings, targeting, or loot assistance. |
| Beast Hunter Trophy Accessories | R$149 | Harpooner Hood, Trophy-Tooth Necklace, Reinforced Shoulder Net, and Brass Spyglass hip accessory. | Hunters, fishers, and sea-expedition crews. | No creature damage, tracking, fishing luck, environmental resistance, or functional spyglass zoom. |
| Shacklecloud Masquerade Accessories | R$149 | Ivory Half-Mask, Feathered Festival Tricorn, Bunting Mantle, and Brasswheel Brooch. | Players who enjoy the False-Flag Carnival aesthetic. | These do not count as disguises, solve identity clues, grant carnival tokens, or change NPC reactions. |
| Ghost Captain Accessories | R$199 | Phantom Bicorne, Tattered Spectral Cape, Broken-Chain Pauldron, and Ghost Gull shoulder companion. | Ghost-fleet collectors and dramatic ship captains. | Translucency and wisps are client-cosmetic, separately hideable, and provide no stealth, immunity, aggro reduction, or ship statistics. |
Currency Developer Products
Currency packs are repeatable Developer Products, not permanent gamepasses. Crowns are the everyday money balance; Riftmarks are the rarer rift-bound progression currency. The amounts below are economy-testing targets and must be retuned against real quest income, repair costs, and progression time before release.
| Developer Product | Proposed price | Currency granted | Intended use |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dockside Purse | R$29 | 2,500 Crowns | Starter supplies, bait, ammunition, or an early weapon. |
| Sailor’s Paychest | R$79 | 10,000 Crowns | Several regional purchases, repairs, and voyage preparation. |
| Merchant Strongbox | R$199 | 35,000 Crowns | Midgame equipment, boat maintenance, and deterministic crafting. |
| Captain’s Treasury | R$399 | 90,000 Crowns | Major construction contributions without bypassing permits or blueprints. |
| Admiral’s Reserve | R$799 | 220,000 Crowns | Late-game repairs, supplies, and earned-project material costs. |
| Riftmark Pouch | R$49 | 20 Riftmarks | A small deterministic upgrade contribution or part of a stat reset. |
| Riftmark Satchel | R$99 | 50 Riftmarks | Several utility services or part of an advanced-style cost. |
| Riftmark Coffer | R$249 | 140 Riftmarks | Multiple deterministic upgrades across a developing build. |
| Riftmark Reliquary | R$499 | 320 Riftmarks | Long-term build experimentation and endgame crafting contributions. |
| Riftmark Vault | R$999 | 700 Riftmarks | High-volume convenience for established players; no exclusive unlocks. |
Bound paid balance
Robux-purchased Crowns and Riftmarks are account-bound. They cannot be traded, dropped, wagered, converted back into Robux, or spent on artifact gachas and other randomized rewards. The HUD may show one total, but the server tracks earned and purchased balances separately.
No progression bypass
Currency can satisfy only listed Crown or Riftmark costs. Level gates, mastery, boss materials, dealer discovery, ship permits, blueprints, weather events, puzzles, quests, and awakening trials remain mandatory.
Receipt safety
Grant products only through server-side receipt processing, store each processed purchase identifier idempotently, and return “not processed” after any save failure so Roblox can retry without charging for an ungranted balance.
Currency-shop rule: always show the exact amount, current live Robux price, destination balance, and spending restrictions before confirmation. Never use random bonus ranges, expiring currency, fake discounts, or “almost enough” prompts after a loss.
All 30 permanent artifact gamepasses
| Artifact pass | Price | Artifact pass | Price | Artifact pass | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent Stone | R$99 | Permanent Tide | R$199 | Permanent Ember | R$399 |
| Permanent Gale | R$549 | Permanent Void | R$799 | Permanent Frost | R$199 |
| Permanent Thunder | R$549 | Permanent Stag | R$399 | Permanent Sphinx | R$799 |
| Permanent Echo | R$799 | Permanent Light | R$399 | Permanent Shadow | R$399 |
| Permanent Metal | R$199 | Permanent Crystal | R$399 | Permanent Gravity | R$799 |
| Permanent Kraken | R$799 | Permanent Venom | R$399 | Permanent Powder | R$399 |
| Permanent Magnet | R$399 | Permanent Steam | R$199 | Permanent Dragon | R$1,199 |
| Permanent Wolf | R$799 | Permanent Thunderbird | R$799 | Permanent Star | R$1,199 |
| Permanent Moon | R$799 | Permanent Sun | R$799 | Permanent Glass | R$399 |
| Permanent Time | R$1,199 | Permanent Dream | R$799 | Permanent Rune | R$1,199 |
Artifact price bands: Common R$99; Uncommon R$199; Rare and Rare Beast R$399; Epic R$549; Legendary and Legendary Beast R$799; Mythic and Mythic Beast R$1,199. Price reflects permanence and collection value only—never increased damage, mastery, awakening progress, or rarity odds.
Permanent artifact license rules
Fusion access
A licensed artifact appears in the Artifact Dealer’s permanent collection tab. It can be fused only after the normal level 50 artifact introduction and only from a home point, preventing mid-fight power swapping.
Progress still matters
Every licensed artifact starts untrained. Moves still require artifact mastery, awakenings still require their weather events, puzzles, bosses, and Riftmarks, and advanced forms still require the same level gates.
No entitlement trading
The permanent license cannot be dropped, traded, sold, wagered, or converted into Crowns. A naturally earned copy remains a normal inventory item and follows the usual duplicate-conversion rules.
Cosmetic accessory gamepasses
These passes unlock appearance-only Roblox accessories in the wardrobe. They are separate from the single functional Adventure Accessory slot, never copy an earnable boss accessory exactly, and can be mixed with ordinary avatar clothing where attachment points permit. Every item includes R15-scale fitting, color-safe previews, hide controls, and reduced-effects variants.
| Accessory pass | Included wearables | Appearance direction | Proposed price | Gameplay rule |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dockside Corsair Accessories | Weathered Tricorn · Coin-Sash · Crossed Cutlass Backpiece · Red Macaw | Salt-faded leather, patched red cloth, dull brass coins, wooden sword scabbards, and a colorful shoulder bird. | R$99 | Backpiece weapons remain decorative; the bird has idle animations but no combat, detection, dialogue, or reward function. |
| Beast Hunter Trophy Accessories | Harpooner Hood · Trophy-Tooth Necklace · Reinforced Shoulder Net · Brass Spyglass | Waxed canvas, stitched sea-leather, responsibly collected replica teeth, knotted rope, and scratched expedition brass. | R$149 | Provides no creature tracking, bonus drops, fishing help, harpoon power, environmental protection, or functional magnification. |
| Shacklecloud Masquerade Accessories | Ivory Half-Mask · Feathered Festival Tricorn · Bunting Mantle · Brasswheel Brooch | Warm limestone ivory, burgundy velvet, gold stitching, layered pennants, and engraved carnival symbols. | R$149 | Cannot impersonate a faction, bypass a guard, solve False-Flag clues, improve skill-game scores, or award carnival currency. |
| Ghost Captain Accessories | Phantom Bicorne · Tattered Spectral Cape · Broken-Chain Pauldron · Ghost Gull | Dark naval cloth, pale translucent edges, quiet blue wisps, broken iron, and a spectral seabird with a looping perch animation. | R$199 | No stealth, aggro reduction, immunity, flight, light source, warning system, or ship bonus; all spectral effects can be hidden. |
Accessory bundle ownership: buying a bundle permanently registers its four cosmetics in the account wardrobe. Players can equip, recolor approved zones, hide individual pieces, and restore ownership after rejoining without consuming inventory space.
Special and exclusive boats
| Vessel | Source | Proposed price | Specialization | Trade-off and free counterpart |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crimson Corsair Cutter | Captain’s Fleet gamepass | Included in R$599 fleet pass | Fast turning, pursuit rigging, detailed captain’s cabin, and a forward chase cannon. | Low cargo and broadside weight; the earnable Corsair Cutter fills the same pursuit role. |
| Stormwake Brigantine | Captain’s Fleet gamepass | Included in R$599 fleet pass | Predictable steering in heavy storms and a protected navigation station. | Reduced calm-water acceleration; the earnable Brigantine has equal hull and stronger general handling. |
| Pearl Diving Tender | Captain’s Fleet gamepass | Included in R$599 fleet pass | Diving-bell bay, reef lights, specimen room, and convenient undersea staging. | Slow surface travel and weak cannons; the quest-earned Diving Tender provides the same exploration access. |
| Lantern Fishing Smack | Individual shop gamepass | R$149 | Live well, tackle display, lantern canopy, and fishing-themed crew stations. | Cosmetic Fishing Smack variant with identical catch odds and fishing timing. |
| Royal Frigate | Individual shop gamepass | R$349 | Ornate galleries, uniforms, brass cannons, and ceremonial sails. | Uses the standard Frigate hull, speed, cannon count, repair cost, and hitbox. |
| Blackwake Galleon | Individual shop gamepass | R$499 | Dark woodwork, lantern mist, ghostly sail effects, and an expanded social cabin. | Uses the standard Galleon combat profile and gains no stealth or spectral immunity. |
Earned prestige remains strongest: the Beast Hunter, Leviathan Galleass, Ghost Carrack, and other quest vessels cannot be bought. Their ownership proves the player completed the associated hunts, storylines, or sea events.
Purchase, display, and balance policy
Before purchase
- Show every included item, model, statistic, restriction, and compatible mastery family.
- Provide a safe preview room for weapon animations, artifact effects, ship interiors, and cosmetics.
- Label cosmetic variants, side-grades, level requirements, and home-point restrictions clearly.
- Validate the proposed prices through economy and age-appropriate purchase testing; never disguise the real Robux total.
After purchase
- Validate ownership on the server and restore entitlements automatically after rejoining.
- Never consume a permanent entitlement because of a failed teleport, save, fusion, or ship spawn.
- Let players hide purchased VFX, fanfares, companions, and HUD ornaments for accessibility.
- Record fulfillment failures so support can restore missing items without duplicating tradable goods.
Never sell: Technique EXP or multipliers; Aura damage or defense; extra Instinct dodges; a shorter Flash Step cooldown; PvP damage, health, or stat points; paid gacha rerolls; increased artifact, boss, material, fishing, or sea-event luck; functional accessories; quest skips; exclusive awakenings; boss defeats; temporary invulnerability; or ships that outperform the best earned vessels.
Store rule: use calm, honest purchase screens with exact contents and permanent ownership terms. Avoid misleading rarity language, coercive countdowns, fake discounts, gambling-style Robux purchases, or power gaps that invalidate aim, dodging, mastery, exploration, and player skill.
Roblox implementation note: passes are permanent one-time privileges; repeatable currency purchases use Developer Products and server-side receipt processing. Use live MarketplaceService product data and Managed Pricing so players see their actual current price. Review the official Developer Products documentation, Roblox monetization overview, price optimization guidance, and regional pricing documentation before release.
Production reference
Current prototype architecture
RiftboundServer
Profiles, combat damage, mastery, quests, dealers, home spawning, prompt connections, fishing rewards, personal drop attribution, material inventory, accessory ownership and pity, atomic crafting and wardrobe transactions, trade eligibility, item locks, two-profile atomic exchanges, receipts and rate limits, enemy AI, boats, the randomized rift director, safe-destination authorization, reserved dimension servers, transfer tokens, and idempotent teleport recovery.
Riftbound.Config
Classes, weapons, artifacts, accessory effects and caps, material sources, drop weights, pity counters, recipes, refit caps, tradability flags, versioned Crown, Riftmark, and Special reference values, value-warning thresholds, gacha weights, mastery moves, quests, home points, level math, sea danger definitions, fixed-arena mechanic budgets, summon and reinforcement caps, approved rift anchors, destination pools, portal lifetimes, and cutscene identifiers.
RiftboundUI + Movement
Responsive HUD, menus, Material Satchel, recipe tracking, exact crafting previews, accessory wardrobe and appearance controls, trade offers, value comparisons, review countdowns, receipts and request privacy, island detection, aiming, Energy and movement feedback, rift VFX, the Dimensional Rift confirmation modal, accessible crossing cutscene, server-status feedback, and retry or safe-return controls.
Technical priorities before public release
- Persistent DataStore profile system with schema migration
- Server-authoritative hit validation and movement sanity checks
- Atomic personal-drop, material, recipe, crafting, dismantling, and refit transactions
- Encounter-scoped hazards, collision, objectives, and reset cleanup
- Server-approved rift anchors and progression-filtered destination pools
- Autosave, reservation, signed transfer token, retry, and rollback tests for dimension teleports
- StreamingEnabled island boundaries and content loading
- Object pooling for combat, portal, weather, and sea-event VFX
- Device-specific UI and performance budgets
- Original owned animation and audio asset set
- Automated balance configuration and telemetry hooks
- Exploit-resistant purchase and gacha validation
- Accessibility: remapping, effects reduction, contrast, subtitles
- Private-server, party, crew, and matchmaking policies
20 · Development plan
Production roadmap and release gates
The prototype already proves the game’s breadth. Production now advances through playable gates: stabilize the foundation, perfect one representative voyage, complete the First Sea, build the level-1000–2000 Other Sea in four testable releases, prove the optional expedition generator, then add commerce and launch operations without weakening the skill-first design.
Stabilize the current prototype
Audit the existing Roblox Studio place; separate server, client, and shared configuration cleanly; finish profile schemas and migration; validate remotes; make damage and purchases server-authoritative; repair NPC R15 rigs, hats, ground offsets, and animations; and make every boat spawn beside its dock with reliable seats, steering, damage, despawning, and recovery.
Exit gate: two players can join, save, rejoin, fight, fish, spawn a boat, sail, die, and respawn at a home point without data loss or a blocking error.
Dawnport to Whispering Atoll · Levels 1–30
Ship a polished first voyage containing the Riftbound nautical HUD, separate class-resource and Energy bars, stat points, 18-Energy Q ground/air Dash, default double jump plus repeatable 14-Energy Air Jumps, Energy-tagged attacks, camera-aimed combat, anti-LMB-spam rules, the 200-Crown Cutlass, Flintlock, the free Combat starter style, starter classes, mastery unlocks, fishing, the Dawnport defense, the Singing Current investigation, a working boss, one sea event, generated original music, and complete mobile, keyboard, and controller prompts.
Exit gate: a new player can reach level 30 without developer help, understand every core resource, budget Energy without losing basic defense, defeat enemies by reading attacks, and complete both islands with no placeholder assets or repetitive kill-only quest chain.
Ashen Crown and Skyreach · Levels 30–75
Complete the first four-island arc; level 50 artifact fusion and gacha; Artifact Dealer stock; weapons, gun reloads, fighting styles, classes, mastery, awakenings, the level-10 accessory slot, boss-drop pity, crafted accessories, Outfitter Maris’s first route, weather triggers, puzzle quests, home points, wandering traders, enemy ships, sea creatures, boat combat, Crowns, Riftmarks, personal material drops, the Material Satchel, deterministic workbench recipes, Refit I, boss-component pity, and the first full dealer rotation. Build a reusable content pipeline for enemy rigs, moves, quests, dealers, island maps, drop sources, accessories, recipes, and boss arenas.
Exit gate: progression from level 1–75 survives a complete save migration, every reward, accessory, and craft is granted once, no disconnected transaction consumes ingredients or loses wardrobe ownership, drop, accessory-pity, and gacha values match the published rules, and a four-player server can finish the arc without an administrator.
Frostveil, Verdant, Blacktide, and Bobington · Levels 75–320
Turn the built terrain into production islands with distinct stories, NPC and enemy locations, one or two dealers each, hidden quest rewards, dungeons, weather puzzles, pirates, hostile ships, advanced fishing, reefs, cliffs, caverns, wrecks, pressure and breath systems, quest-unlocked boats, and bosses that may introduce additional phases beginning at Frostveil. Build Bobington in parallel as the enemy-free central hub with safe harbor rules, two deterministic utility dealers, bank and loadouts, Crew Hall, a clean social plaza with hidden Halloween and Christmas prop sockets, and the configurable Next Tide Room inside Mariner’s Rest. Bobington has no player-trading service.
Exit gate: all progression islands are visually identifiable, every hostile type has one fixed level and readable attacks, Bobington remains combat-free in its normal, Hallowtide, and Winterwake states, its dealer and utility actions are server-safe, all seasonal scenery disappears cleanly after its published window, no weekly or world-event activity appears in the plaza, and the teaser room can update through configuration without false dates or paid access.
Sableglass, Ironwake, and Starfall · Levels 320–500
Finish the tidal desert, moving shipyard, and gravity observatory; their story choices, maps, dealers, gachas, techniques, pirate factions, naval encounters, quest ships, and late-game puzzles. Introduce Instinct at Sableglass and Flash Step at Starfall. Produce Veyra and Aster as fully telegraphed two-phase encounters built on fixed floors, encounter-only hazards, and stable landmarks. Complete and balance the target library of 21 swords plus the Iron Mace, 20 historical guns, the Combat starter baseline plus 12 advanced fighting styles, 30 artifacts, all mastery moves, and their correctly ordered awakenings.
Exit gate: level 1–500 is content-complete, all equipment has a legitimate acquisition path and counterplay profile, Veyra and Aster pass multiplayer mechanic tests without moving permanent arena geometry or affecting nonparticipants, and no required build depends on a paid item.
Atlantis and Stormscar Dominion · Levels 500–700
Build the sunken crystal kingdom and pirate storm citadel as permanent, authored islands. Complete the Atlantean tide-gate and Stormscar captain-cipher questlines, mapped NPC and dealer routes, eight regular or elite enemies, Drowned King Thalor, Storm Queen Voltara, the Sunken Crown Corsairs, Blackstorm Fleet, four regional sea events, and ten new exploration, combat, boss, and story-event compositions. Keep flooding, storm broadsides, and boss hazards local to fixed encounter spaces with permanent escape routes.
Exit gate: level 500–700 progresses without an Uncharted voyage, both islands remain readable in multiplayer, every enemy and hostile ship owns one fixed level and complete counterplay, Stormscar reads immediately as a pirate stronghold, and neither boss nor sea event changes public terrain or another crew’s encounter state.
Moonfall Monastery and Saltspire Freehold · Levels 700–900
Produce the lunar bell sanctuary and vertical salt-cliff pirate city, including investigation choices, underwater branches, climbing and heist routes, eight regular or elite enemies, Abbot Lunaris, High Captain Kharon, the Moonwake Corsairs, Spirehook Brotherhood, four regional sea events, and ten strongly differentiated exploration, combat, boss, puzzle, mystery, and social compositions. Expand high-level aiming, parry, ropeway, and movement tests without inflating unavoidable damage.
Exit gate: level 700–900 has no grind-only progression wall, the six-bell and ropeway-vault mechanics remain legible without music, both bosses use exactly two phases with below-30% intensity changes instead of extra phase banners, pirate heists preserve player choice, and crews can recover from every failed encounter without losing irreplaceable progress.
Riftheart Throne and The Erased Voyage · Levels 900–1000
Finish the five-testimony capstone story, permanent citadel map, four final enemy types, Sovereign Aevum’s two-phase fixed-arena encounter, and the complete fifteen-island Erased Voyage checkpoint chain. Add Elian Wake’s Chronicle, the permanent Nullwake Vault, Admiral Vanta’s exceptional three-phase final test, the guaranteed reusable Void Totem, randomized same-dimension world rifts, approved anchor and destination pools, the Totem’s summonable portal, private Dimensional Rift chamber, explicit crossing confirmation, accessible cutscene, profile-safe Other Sea Passage unlock, Crownless Armada, Captain Cael Voss, two capstone sea events, and six exploration, combat, boss, investigation, and final-approach themes.
Exit gate: Aevum remains a two-phase boss even below 30% health, Vanta is the only sub-1500 boss with Phase III, all fifteen Wake Sigils recover after disconnects, every first Vanta clear grants exactly one Void Totem, random rifts never bypass progression or strand players, the portal cannot be used in unsafe states, declining confirmation returns the player, and a failed save, reservation, or teleport preserves the Totem and offers retry or return.
Rookspire, Wildwake Archipelago, and Ivory Maw · Levels 1000–1300
Build the Totem portal’s Dimensional Rift staging place, reserved-server transfer, first-entry cutscene, inverted-sky ocean, dimension-safe profile handoff, return gates, and Other Sea rift-destination pool. Begin The Compass Beyond with the Beyond Ledger and its first three saved Bearings. Produce Rookspire as a seven-district occupied metropolis, including the protected Wayfarer Quay Grand Exchange, Broker Tamsin, the level-1000 Fair Exchange tutorial, and the Crown, Riftmark, and Special reference catalogues; every trade permission must require an active Second Dimension server. Build Wildwake Archipelago as a seven-island jungle expedition spanning Saltroot Mangroves, Kapok Crown, Monsoon Basin, Orchid Cliffs, Jaguar Fernlands, Cenote Underways, Corsair Sun Court, Glassvine Exclusion, the abandoned Meridian Laboratory, cable ferries, quarantine field stations, and a living-compass mystery; then complete Ivory Maw’s beast-hunting chapter. Include canopy surveys, raft runs, wildlife tracking, orchid bloom puzzles, mangrove fishing, shrine hunts, salvage dives, field botany, four jungle weather states, twelve regular or elite enemy families, Commodore Corven, Apex Warden Koro, Director Selka Voss, Harpoon Saint Garrick, region maps, local NPCs, home points, two Wildwake dealers, sailing ambience, and eleven exploration, combat, field-boss, and boss themes.
Exit gate: only eligible profiles can confirm a crossing, party members opt in individually, transfer tokens cannot duplicate arrivals or rewards, authorized players never lose state, unlocked players can return freely, no trade invite, counter, or exchange remote works in the First Dimension, changing offers clears confirmation, bound items and currency balances are rejected, the Beyond Ledger restores interrupted steps, the first three Bearings save independently, Rookspire reads as a large inhabited city, Wildwake’s seven islands, jungle districts, and laboratory routes remain readable without relying on audio or perfect color vision, every elevated, sailing, underwater, river, or weather route has a dependable fallback, nonlethal wildlife activities cannot be ruined by unrelated crews, restored field stations and dealer areas remain safe, laboratory enemies never create summon loops, each region remains navigable on low-memory devices, and all regional bosses use fixed geometry and readable two-phase mechanics.
Tidemirror and Shacklecloud · Levels 1300–1500
Produce the mirrored-water mystery and sunlit pirate-masquerade archipelago, including opposite-bearing sailing, reflection tests, deterministic carnival games, costume-and-seal investigation, the fixed-course False-Flag Regatta, the Ledger House identity mystery, eight regular or elite enemies, Captain Ilyan, Captain Vargo Sorn, two chapter NPC ensembles, and six sharply differentiated region and boss compositions.
Exit gate: reflection, portrait, stitching, wax-fracture, and flag mechanics reveal physical truth through non-audio and non-color cues; every rooftop or launch shortcut has a stair, bridge, or ferry fallback; failed games can be retried without losing evidence; Ilyan remains a fair two-phase deduction fight; and Sorn introduces ordinary level-1500 three-phase combat on a fixed pavilion floor without adds, moving platforms, weather dependence, or obscured safe routes.
Crownless Bastion and Pearlgrave · Levels 1500–1700
Build the nine-fleet political war and pressure-trench memorial arc: council choices, colored flag combat, diving-bell routes, reef cliffs, air pockets, eight regular or elite enemies, Regent Seraphine, Oracle Nym, persistent but power-neutral story consequences, and six new themes with banner and pressure-note mechanic cues.
Exit gate: every political choice preserves equivalent services and power, underwater objectives are accessible without relying on color or sound alone, both bosses pass three-phase multiplayer tests, and no public terrain changes for unrelated crews.
Redwake, Midnight Armada, and Horizon’s End · Levels 1700–2000
Finish the volcanic fleet foundry, city-sized moving armada, and closed-horizon citadel. Implement twelve regular or elite enemies, Furnace Captain Brakka, Fleet Admiral Oran, Grand Admiral Eidon, Captain Malrick Vane, The Unwritten fixed-deck arena, cross-dimension ally states, the final three Bearings, the assembled Horizon Compass, the complete ten-region Compass Beyond checkpoint chain, eleven final exploration, combat, boss, and dimension themes, and permanent free travel after the ending.
Exit gate: level 2000 is reachable without procedural or paid content, all ten Bearings recover from saved flags, Eidon’s story defeat creates a durable pre-finale checkpoint, Malrick’s first clear grants the Horizon Compass exactly once, finale choices alter presentation rather than power, all four bosses remain legible under full-server load, Malrick creates no adds or map changes, every ally state recovers after disconnects, and the ending keeps both existing dimensions open without deleting prior quests or creating a third destination.
Uncharted Sea Domains and living ocean · Scaling voyages after level 500
Separately implement deterministic seeded voyages, nine temporary-island destinations, ten generated sector modules, six readable voyage modifiers, chart selection, three-to-six-sector route graphs, mid-voyage recovery stops, secured-loot extraction, First and Other Sea fixed-level Domain rosters, the two-phase Drowned Navigator raid, Admiral Hollowwake’s level-1850 three-phase Empty Anchorage raid, active sail trim, crew stations, route landmarks, towing, dive tethers, submerged objectives, eight additional surface creatures, and the expanded 43-event ocean catalogue. Domains supply repeatable side rewards, rare discoveries, and crew challenges but never gate levels 500–2000 or either dimension’s ending.
Exit gate: the route validator proves that every generated voyage has a reachable objective, recovery point, finale bypass, and extraction; server recovery restores the seed or grants secured rewards; solo crews can operate every required station; Hollowwake’s permanent Chart unlock, fixed arena, solo sequencing, personal drops, and twelve-clear weapon pity survive disconnects; neither Domain raid summons enemies or alters public terrain; events cannot overlap a sector’s major encounter budget; no First Dimension seed, wildlife encounter, or event can request Danger Level 4; temporary islands never strand players; and the complete optional system can be disabled without breaking authored progression.
Fair progression, trading, and gamepasses
Run economy simulations for Crowns, Riftmarks, repair costs, material yields, boss-component and accessory pity, recipe demand, accessory prices, Crown, Riftmark, and Special value catalogues, duplicate wardrobe conversion, dismantle returns, refit caps, dealer stock, gacha costs, and duplicate conversion across both dimensions. Reserve Special strictly for limited items, gamepasses, Permanent Artifact Licenses, and designated very rare weapons. Stress-test Second-Dimension-only permission checks, two-profile atomic exchanges, item locks, eight-second reviews, receipts, history, separated-currency and manual-comparison warnings, duplication freezes, invitation privacy, and server rate limits. Then implement Permanent Artifact Licenses, repeatable bound-currency Developer Products, storage and loadout convenience, side-grade weapon packages, Captain’s Fleet, exclusive ship variants, effect-free accessory cosmetics, customization passes, safe previews, idempotent receipt recovery, ownership restoration, and fulfillment logging. Publish exact contents and fairness restrictions on every offer.
Exit gate: no invite, trade counter, exchange remote, or offer can function in the First Dimension; no failed or concurrent trade can duplicate, erase, or strand an item; changing an offer clears both confirmations; bound progression, entitlements, and currency never enter trade slots; Crown and Riftmark subtotals remain separate; Special items always require manual comparison; no ordinary artifact, material, accessory, cosmetic, or weapon is mislabeled Special; catalogue updates cannot alter locked offers; purchase interruptions cannot consume Robux without granting access; crafting interruptions cannot consume ingredients without granting the saved result; paid weapons and ships remain inside free performance budgets; every functional accessory remains earnable without Robux; purchased currency cannot replace materials or enter randomized or player-traded systems; free players can obtain every combat power; and Technique EXP, accessory or material luck, stat power, boss clears, and direct awakening unlocks cannot be purchased.
Performance, rights, measurement, and live operations
Profile full servers on target mobile, console, and desktop devices; configure streaming and dimension teleports; pool combat and weather effects; test anti-cheat under real latency; complete remapping, subtitles, contrast, reduced effects, camera comfort, and separate audio controls; replace temporary assets with original or licensed production work; then open gradually to measure progression, boss failures, PvP fairness, economy stability, retention, and purchase fulfillment.
Exit gate: saves and purchases are stable, level 1–2000 has no severe progression dead zones, target devices remain responsive during full encounters, critical exploits are closed, accessibility and rights checks pass, and the team can operate the game without unsustainable emergency work.
Release gates
| Gate | Must pass | Blocks advancement when |
|---|---|---|
| Combat | Hits are server-validated; aim, dash timing, positioning, and tells decide outcomes; keyboard, touch, and controller remain competitive; standard enemies and elites never spawn new AI combatants; rare signature add waves obey the two-add, once-per-attempt cap; boss floors and permanent world geometry remain stable. | LMB loops dominate, attacks lack readable cues, latency creates unavoidable hits, paid equipment wins through raw statistics, an encounter can chain-summon or farm spawned adds, or one encounter moves terrain or hazards for unrelated players. |
| Persistence | Profiles migrate safely and preserve level, stats, mastery, Technique EXP, inventory, Material Satchel stacks, recipes, boss-material pity, boss-weapon pity, accessory wardrobe ownership, accessory pity, equipped accessory and visibility, refit tiers, chosen modifiers, artifacts, boats, quests, trade cooldown and 30-day receipt history, all fifteen Wake Sigils, all ten Other Sea Bearings, Beyond Ledger state, Eidon story-clear checkpoint, Malrick finale access and clear state, Horizon Compass ownership and appearance, the Other Sea Passage flag, currencies, home points, and entitlements. | A disconnect, teleport, drop grant, accessory grant or equip, craft, dismantle, refit, trade, fusion, boss clear, dimension crossing, Bearing recovery, finale checkpoint, finale choice, boat loss, or version update can duplicate or erase meaningful progress. |
| Rifts and teleports | Random rifts use validated anchors and progression-filtered destinations; Totem portals require safe state and ownership; dimension crossing uses explicit confirmation, pre-transfer save, one-use transfer token, reserved destination, retry, and safe return. | A rift bypasses content, spawns inside hazards, strands a player or vessel, teleports without confirmation, consumes the Totem, loses progress, duplicates rewards, or leaves a failed transfer without recovery. |
| Content | Every progression island has a unique main quest, mapped NPC and hostile locations, distinct traversal or puzzle play, fair enemy levels, and memorable rewards. Bobington instead provides a complete enemy-free social, utility, seasonal-event, and update-preview experience, with no player trading. | Progress relies on repeated kill quests, reused arenas, unexplained level jumps, inaccessible dealers, unfinished NPC presentation, or a Bobington seasonal event introduces combat or blocks permanent town services. |
| Sea and ships | Boats launch safely, support crews, take readable localized damage, and interact correctly with storms, creatures, pirates, docks, diving, and generated sectors. First Dimension danger is server-capped at Level 3; Level 4 is available only in the Other Sea. | Ships spawn on land, trap avatars, lose ownership, allow reward exploits, make travel a passive loading corridor, or any First Dimension route, event, or domain enters Danger Level 4. |
| Economy and trading | Earn rates, prices, repair sinks, published drop sources, personal attribution, boss and accessory pity, fixed accessory effects, recipe costs, dismantle returns, refit caps, gacha odds, duplicate conversion, tradability flags, Crown, Riftmark, and narrowly assigned Special reference values, item locks, reviews, receipts, and comparison warnings support several useful goals at every level. | Progress stalls without Robux, materials vanish or can be stolen, a required component or boss accessory lacks deterministic protection, crafting can fail or destroy gear, trading works anywhere in the First Dimension, a failed trade duplicates or erases items, an offer can change without clearing confirmations, bound items enter trade slots, mixed value types receive a fake conversion, anything outside limited items, gamepasses, Permanent Artifact Licenses, or designated very rare weapons is labeled Special, accessory or refit bonuses dominate PvP, inflation makes rewards meaningless, the gacha hides odds, or one activity invalidates all other income sources. |
| Performance | Full-server storms, bosses, NPC battles, sea creatures, ship combat, and streamed islands stay within measured client, server, memory, and network budgets. | Only high-end PCs can maintain responsive combat or effects obscure hazards and accessibility cues. |
| Safety and rights | Purchases, trading, chat-facing UI, moderation, data handling, licensed assets, and age-appropriate presentation pass review. | Ownership is unclear, offers use coercive design, user-generated content lacks moderation, or any production asset has uncertain rights. |
Scope rule: build breadth only after depth passes its gate. Six polished artifacts come before producing all 30; one excellent multi-phase boss comes before three; one reliable generated domain comes before a large module library. Content counts are targets, not permission to ship unfinished systems.
Parallel production streams: systems and networking; world and quests; combat and AI; character, weapon, ship, and VFX art; UI and accessibility; audio; economy and analytics; QA and moderation. Each stream works toward the same phase exit gate so unfinished dependencies are discovered early.
Definition of success
Quality bar and validation
Combat test
A new player can explain why they were hit. A skilled player wins through timing and aim. Repeating LMB is weaker than reading the encounter.
Island test
Players can identify an island from a screenshot, describe its unique activity, and remember at least one local NPC or mechanic.
Sea test
Travel produces decisions and stories. The fastest route is not always the safest, danger creates rewards worth pursuing, and the First Dimension never exceeds Danger Level 3.
Progression test
Mastery unlocks feel earned, stats create recognizable builds, and players have several useful goals at any level.
Fairness test
Every power needed to compete is earnable through play. Purchases never erase counterplay or mastery.
Trading test
Both players can explain exactly what will move, why the values differ, and how to cancel. Disconnects, offer changes, concurrent saves, and duplicate identifiers never lose or duplicate an item.
Performance test
Combat, UI, weather, boats, and streamed islands remain responsive on target mobile devices under realistic server load.