Sloop

Sloop
Crew
Max crew	7
Max swabbies	5
Hold
Mass (kilograms)	13,500
Volume (liters)	20,250
Stations
Navigation	1
Rigging/Sailing	3
Carpentry/Patching	2
Bilging	2
Gunnery	1
Battle Nav
Move tokens per turn	4
Cannon size	small
Cannons aboard	4
Cannon shots per move	1 per side
Max Damage: (SF) / (Sink)
Small cannon balls	6 / 10
Medium cannon balls	4 / 6.66
Large cannon balls	3 / 5
Blockade
Influence diameter	1
Min crew	3
Porting Bribe Cost
Cost per bribe	50 PoE
Swabbie Ship Transport
Max swabbies	5
Cost per league	25 PoE
Construction Costs
Doubloons	20 (15 )
Basic labor	160
Skilled labor	60
Expert labor	0
Iron	50
Sail cloth	75
Wood	66

A sloop is a type of ship, the smallest available. As the easiest ship to crew and run, as well as the cheapest, it enjoys widespread use, both everyday and in events.

Other classes

In addition to the basic sloop, the following classes of sloop exist:

Alternate design

• Cursed class sloop - Available since June 2011; requires a design for construction
• Dark class sloop - Available on Obsidian Ocean since late January 2018; requires a design for construction
• Defiant class sloop - Available on Obsidian Ocean since September 14, 2017 in Defiant Armada pack DLC, and throughout October 2017 on standard oceans.
• Gold class sloop - Available since April 2012; requires a design for construction
• Rogue class sloop - Available since March 2010; requires a design for construction
• Sloop Mark II - Available since March 2017 in mystery boxes and May 2017 from shipyards.
• Shadow class sloop - Available on Obsidian Ocean since September 14, 2017 in Shadow Fleet pack DLC, and throughout October 2017 on standard oceans.
• Vampirate class sloop - Available since November 2021; requires a design for construction.

Limited edition

These classes are limited edition, with orders exclusive to the months they are made available.

• Alice class sloop - Available during July/August 2013; May/June 2018
• Ancient class sloop - Available during September 2011
• Arctic class sloop - Available during January 2016
• Bardic class sloop - Available during March 2012; March 2018
• Blizzard class sloop - Available during January / February 2014
• Casino class sloop - Available during June 2012/March 2022
• Celestial class sloop - Available during November / December 2013
• Chocolate class sloop - Available during February 2012 / February 2022
• Crimson class sloop - Available during May/June 2014
• Cupid class sloop - Available during February 2011; February 2018
• Dream class sloop - Available during February/March 2014
• Emerald class sloop - Available during March 2010
• Explorer class sloop - Available during September 2015
• Frost class sloop - Available during December 2009
• Funhouse class sloop - Available during April 2016
• Gingerbread class sloop - Available during December 2011; December 2017
• Gunpowder class sloop - Available during November 2012
• Harvest class sloop - Available during November 2010
• Howl class sloop - Available during November 2016
• Hunter class sloop - Available during January 2013
• Inferno class sloop - Available during June 2010
• Jungle class sloop - Available during April/May 2014
• Lagoon class sloop - Available during July 2011
• Legendary class sloop - Available during July 2016
• Lovestruck class sloop - Available during February 2016; February 2019
• Midas class sloop - Available during August 2010
• Olympus class sloop - Available during July/August 2015
• Phantom class sloop - Available during October 2010; October 2017
• Roister class sloop - Available during September/October 2013
• Scrooge class sloop - Available during December 2015; December 2018
• Serpent class sloop - Available during February 2013
• Skelly class sloop - Available during October 2012; April 2018
• Smuggler class sloop - Available during July 2012; November 2018
• Steam class sloop - Available during May 2012; September 2018
• Tiburon class sloop - Available during August 2012; July 2018
• Torrid class sloop - Available during March 2016
• Tropic class sloop - Available during November 2015
• Undead class sloop - Available during October 2015
• Valkyrie class sloop - Available during March 2013; January 2019
• Vampire class sloop - Available during September 2012; October 2018
• Verdant class sloop - Available during April 2011
• Yuletide class sloop - Available during December 2014

Rooms and furnishings

A sloop has three scenes: The crow's nest, the main deck, and the main hold. The total paint required to recolor a sloop is 131 units.

Sloop
Crow's Nest Floor plan Download XML key Wall that can hold hanging furniture (south or west face only) Wall that cannot hold hanging furniture Obstructed floor (stairs, arrows, columns) Tabletop items only (usually because of a functional prop) Open floor Void. Nothing may be placed here, and does not count as a wall for sinks, fireplaces, etc.	Paint: Railing: 2 units Special items: This scene has no special items. Interactive props: This scene has no interactive props. Decorative Props: This scene has no decorative props.
Main Deck Floor plan Download XML key Wall that can hold hanging furniture (south or west face only) Wall that cannot hold hanging furniture Obstructed floor (stairs, arrows, columns) Tabletop items only (usually because of a functional prop) Open floor Void. Nothing may be placed here, and does not count as a wall for sinks, fireplaces, etc.	Paint: Railing: 35 units Sideboard: 29 units Hull: 65 units Special items: Carpentry/Patching station Gunnery stations (x4) Leave the ship Navigation station Sailing/Rigging stations (x3) Ship's hold Interactive props: This scene has no interactive props. Decorative props: Barrel Crate Powder bag
Main Hold Floor plan Download XML key Wall that can hold hanging furniture (south or west face only) Wall that cannot hold hanging furniture Obstructed floor (stairs, arrows, columns) Tabletop items only (usually because of a functional prop) Open floor Void. Nothing may be placed here, and does not count as a wall for sinks, fireplaces, etc.	Paint: This scene cannot be painted Special items: Bilging stations (x2) Booty pillaged (Fancy chest) Carpentry/Patching station Navigation table Interactive props: This scene has no interactive props. Decorative props: Crate Crate o'limes Posters Pyramid of barrels Rum barrel

Pillaging

The sloop is the mainstay of pillaging pirates everywhere. New officers benefit from the sloop's small, easier-to-manage crew and maneuverability, while old salts can use the small crew requirement to finely tune the ship's might rating.

Blockade use

Due to their fragility, sloops have very limited use in real blockades. When a buoy or two are far separated from large point clusters (and the large ships contesting them), a sloop can occasionally claim points for at least a few rounds. In this situation, though, a dhow or fanchuan is usually preferred. Since the sloop does not influence any tile except the one it occupies, if it is to contest points, its location will always be known. This, coupled with its fragility, leads to a sloop either sinking or becoming irrelevant to the blockade score in short order.

With only three crew necessary for influence, however, they are often used in event blockades. (On subscriber oceans this many pirates aboard must be subscribers.) There, they give many more people the chance to navigate in a blockade setting. Even before the advent of coded event blockades, sloops were used in blockade-board games such as Bumper Sloops and Ketchy cubby.

Historical notes

The ship now known as the sloop was at one point called a small sloop, while a cutter was called a large sloop. Eventually the cutter was given a more distinctive name and the "small" prefix was dropped from the name of its little sister.

External links

• External view Forum post
• Internal view in same thread