Portrait item
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When commissioning a portrait, a pirate may choose to hold a portrait item. Items are only available if the pirate meets the criteria necessary for it. Some items exist that can only be held by Ringers at this time. Although the items shown appear to be nearly identical for male and female pirates, there are some small differences in sizes and the way each sex holds items. The pictures on this page only show one or the other, but not both.
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Swords
A pirate can only hold the sword that they have equipped at the time the portrait is painted. The sword's hilt and guard colors will show up in the portrait.
Backsword blue/green | Cleaver yellow/green | Cutlass blue/blue | Dirk yellow/green | Falchion orange/yellow | Foil orange/yellow | Long sword blue/blue | Poniard yellow/green |
Rapier yellow/green | Saber yellow/green | Scimitar yellow/blue | Short sword yellow/green | Skull dagger yellow/green | Stick not customizable | Stiletto orange/green |
Bludgeons
A pirate can only hold the bludgeon that they have equipped at the time the portrait is painted. If a pirate has a hook injury, it will not appear if their bludgeon uses both hands. The bludgeon's colors will show up in the portrait. The pictures below list the colors used when taking the portrait shown.
One-handed Bludgeons
![]() Belaying pin blue/white | ![]() Blackjack red/white | ![]() Broken bottle white/red | ![]() Gaff red/red | ![]() Hammer white/aqua |
Two-handed Bludgeons
![]() Brass knuckles blue/white | ![]() Cane white/blue† | ![]() Chain blue/white |
![]() Fish brown/red | ![]() Gauntlets blue/black | ![]() Leather gloves white/grey |
![]() Rope coils blue/white | ![]() Skeleton bone olive | ![]() Skull rings pink/aqua |
† The bottom of this portrait item is cut off in single- and double-pirate backgrounds.
Puzzle Experience
Each of these items can be used only if the pirate has achieved at least Solid experience in the associated puzzle. Swordfighting and Rumble are represented by the weapons shown above, regardless of the pirate's experience in those puzzles.
| Alchemistry | Blacksmithing | Carpentry | Distilling |
|---|---|---|---|
![]() Potion | ![]() Tongs | ![]() Saw | ![]() Rumjug |
| Drinking | Hearts Poker Spades | Shipwrightery | Treasure Drop |
![]() Tankard | ![]() Cards | ![]() Ship Schematics | ![]() Lucky Coin |
| Only available in Ship Deck and Nordenx limited edition backgrounds.* | |||
| Bilging | Sailing | Treasure Haul | |
![]() Bilge Pump | ![]() Rigging | ![]() Netting | |
* These items may be used by the Ringers with any background. On multi-person portrait backgrounds (three or more pirates), the full item may be seen.
Rank
Each of these items can be used only if the pirate has achieved at least the specified rank or status. On doubloon oceans, the pirate must also have the appropriate badge.
| Pirate | |
|---|---|
![]() Cannonball | ![]() Powderbag |
| Officer | |
![]() Navigation Wheel | |
| Royalty of a flag with renowned or higher fame. | |
![]() Scepter (female) | ![]() Scepter (male) |
The Navigation Wheel is only available in Ship Deck and Nordenx limited edition backgrounds.
Memorization
Each of these items can be used only if the pirate has memorized at least a certain percentage of the ocean's league points. For example, a pirate who has memorized 50% of the ocean may choose either the compass or the spyglass.
| 10% | 30% | 60% | 99% |
|---|---|---|---|
![]() Compass | ![]() Spyglass | ![]() Sextant | ![]() Globe |
Inventory
The following portrait items are available if the pirate has the required item in his or her inventory. If more than one present of a particular type is in a pirate's inventory, the first one of that type is used.
![]() Antediluvian Conch | ![]() Cloth always red (Bundle of cloth) | ![]() Foil Wrapped Present | ![]() Pattern Wrapped Present |
![]() Pieces of Eight (more than 200,000 PoE after portrait fee) | ![]() Ship Deed | ![]() Solid Wrapped Present | ![]() Store Deed |
Eggs
Eggs are pieces of furniture that are available during the Easter holiday seasons starting in 2006. Some can be purchased at the palace shoppe, but others can only be won from automated tournaments. The Ringer eggs are only available directly from the Ringer they are named after.
Trinkets
Each of these items can be used only if the pirate has equipped the corresponding trinket. With the exception of the candy cane, the fruitcake and the trinkets from the palace shoppe, the trinket must have been won by the player defeating the appropriate Brigand King, band of skellies or group of zombies. Most Brigand King trinkets are available in six colors; Azarbad and Brynhild's trinkets are available in a seventh color, yellow. The color shown in each picture below is listed in the description. Skulls and zombie hands are only available in one color.
| Admiral Finius | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() Baby Portrait of Adm. Finius orange | ![]() Fish Eye Lens Monocle violet | ![]() Porcelain Cup green | ![]() Prestigious Naval Medal violet | ![]() Royal Anchovy Tin orange | |
| Azarbad the Great | |||||
![]() Exotic Confection red | ![]() Heart of Fire yellow | ![]() Jewelled Dagger blue | ![]() Ornate Earring yellow | ||
| Barnabas the Pale | |||||
![]() Cursed Idol red | ![]() Ectoplasm green | ![]() Music Box of Lamentations orange | ![]() Will o' Wisp red | ||
| Brynhild Skullsplitter | |||||
![]() Engraved Wristband green | ![]() Mjolnir Amulet violet | ![]() Runestone orange | ![]() Solar Compass red | ||
| Gretchen Goldfang | |||||
![]() Ivory Toothpick aqua | ![]() Lucky Rabbit's Foot red | ![]() Salt Shaker green | ![]() Wooden Amulet red | ||
| Vargas the Mad | |||||
![]() Jigsaw Puzzle Piece green | ![]() Reading Pipe red | ![]() Scientific Tome green | ![]() Siren's Comb | ||
| The Widow Queen | |||||
![]() Arsenic Ring aqua | ![]() Jeweled Brooch blue | ![]() Rose Goddess Perfume aqua | ![]() Silk Handkerchief aqua | ||
| Holiday Items | Palace Shoppe | ||||
![]() Candy Cane | ![]() Fruitcake | ![]() Band | ![]() Gemstone Ring | ||
| Skellies | Zombies | ||||
![]() Skull | ![]() Zombie Hand | ||||
Trophies
These items are available to players with the correct trophy. The Antediluvian Conch item can also be held if the player has the conch in his or her inventory. The "Trophy" portrait item is a generic way of displaying any trophy the player has earned. Only one version of the Trophy portrait item is shown here.
![]() Antediluvian Conch | ![]() Trophy |
No Longer Available to Players
![]() Hand Wraps Fight Club 2006 Event |
Historical Notes
The tankard (for drinking experience) has two red rings around it. Older portraits show it without the rings.


























































































































