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A blockade is the most common means by which a flag takes control of an island. A blockade is a large multi-ship sea battle in which factions vie for control of flagged buoys. Unlike regular sea battles, blockades do not involve grappling or swordfighting/rumbling.

A blockade is structured in a number of rounds, in a best-of-five format. There is a fifteen minute break between each round, with an extra hour between rounds 3 and 4, for a total of one hour, fifteen minutes, should the blockade last that long. For more information on how to win a round, see the section on scoring.

For more information, see Blockades