Experience
Experience is the measure of time a pirate has put into a certain puzzle. Each pirate's experience is recorded and shown on that pirate's info page, as well as being listed on the ultimate list. In addition to tracking puzzle experience, players are ranked on puzzle skill, which is displayed side-by-side with experience on the ultimate list.
If a game of Swordfighting, Drinking, Rumble, or Treasure Drop is not rated then it will not affect a pirate's experience. Tournaments, parlor games tables and challenges all have options to play "unrated". Multiplayer swordfighting or rumble brawls are always unrated, so these matches will never increase a pirate's experience.
Each level of experience takes longer to achieve than the previous. While it is generally agreed that each successive experience level takes twice as long as the one before, the amount needed to reach the next level is not revealed to players.
Experience has an effect on the amount of recent scores needed for a pirate to get one's skill rank up or down. The higher experience the pirate has in a puzzle, the less any single score affects the player's skill rank.
In keeping with the Ringers' philosophy of avoiding the display of numbers in the game, each level of experience is given a descriptive word. The middle levels are bolded and the higher levels are both bolded and italicized when displayed on a pirate's info page. From low to high, they are:
- Novice
- Neophyte
- Apprentice
- Narrow
- Broad
- Solid
- Weighty
- Expert
- Paragon
- Illustrious
- Sublime
- Revered
- Exalted
- Transcendent
Wager limits
With release 2012-04-30 wager limits were added to parlor games and challenges, but not tournaments, based on a pirate's experience level. This has reduced the instances of alts being created to play high stakes games with low experience and standing, a form of alt abuse.
Missions
monster fray missions and some navy missions become available on the notice board once experience is reached in certain puzzles.
Trophies
The following trophies are awarded when a pirate reaches the indicated level of experience:
- Experience Trophies
-
Broad Alchemist -
Broad Battle Navigator -
Broad Bilger -
Broad Blacksmith -
Broad Carpenter -
Broad Distiller -
Broad Drinker -
Broad Forager -
Broad Gunner -
Broad Hearts Player -
Broad Navigator -
Broad Patcher -
Broad Poker Player -
Broad Rigger -
Broad Rumbler -
Broad Sailor -
Broad Shipwright -
Broad Spades Player -
Broad Swordfighter -
Broad Treasure Drop Player -
Broad Treasure Hauler -
Broad Weaver -
Expert Alchemist -
Expert Battle Navigator -
Expert Bilger -
Expert Blacksmith -
Expert Carpenter -
Expert Distiller -
Expert Drinker -
Expert Forager -
Expert Gunner -
Expert Hearts Player -
Expert Navigator -
Expert Patcher -
Expert Poker Player -
Expert Rigger -
Expert Rumbler -
Expert Sailor -
Expert Shipwright -
Expert Spades Player -
Expert Swordfighter -
Expert Treasure Drop Player -
Expert Treasure Hauler -
Expert Weaver -
Sublime Alchemist -
Sublime Battle Navigator -
Sublime Bilger -
Sublime Blacksmith -
Sublime Carpenter -
Sublime Distiller -
Sublime Drinker -
Sublime Forager -
Sublime Gunner -
Sublime Hearts Player -
Sublime Navigator -
Sublime Patcher -
Sublime Poker Player -
Sublime Rigger -
Sublime Rumbler -
Sublime Sailor -
Sublime Shipwright -
Sublime Spades Player -
Sublime Swordfighter -
Sublime Treasure Drop Player -
Sublime Treasure Hauler -
Sublime Weaver -
Revered Alchemist -
Revered Battle Navigator -
Revered Bilger -
Revered Blacksmith -
Revered Carpenter -
Revered Distiller -
Revered Drinker -
Revered Forager -
Revered Gunner -
Revered Hearts Player -
Revered Navigator -
Revered Patcher -
Revered Poker Player -
Revered Rigger -
Revered Rumbler -
Revered Sailor -
Revered Shipwright -
Revered Spades Player -
Revered Swordfighter -
Revered Treasure Drop Player -
Revered Treasure Hauler -
Revered Weaver -
Exalted Alchemist -
Exalted Battle Navigator -
Exalted Bilger -
Exalted Blacksmith -
Exalted Carpenter -
Exalted Distiller -
Exalted Drinker -
Exalted Forager -
Exalted Gunner -
Exalted Hearts Player -
Exalted Navigator -
Exalted Patcher -
Exalted Poker Player -
Exalted Rigger -
Exalted Rumbler -
Exalted Sailor -
Exalted Shipwright -
Exalted Spades Player -
Exalted Swordfighter -
Exalted Treasure Drop Player -
Exalted Treasure Hauler -
Transcendent Alchemist -
Transcendent Battle Navigator -
Transcendent Bilger -
Transcendent Blacksmith -
Transcendent Carpenter -
Transcendent Distiller -
Transcendent Drinker -
Transcendent Forager -
Transcendent Gunner -
Transcendent Hearts Player -
Transcendent Navigator -
Transcendent Patcher -
Transcendent Poker Player -
Transcendent Rigger -
Transcendent Rumbler -
Transcendent Sailor -
Transcendent Shipwright -
Transcendent Spades Player -
Transcendent Swordfighter -
Transcendent Treasure Drop Player -
Transcendent Treasure Hauler
