Official:Oceans
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The Oceans of Fun
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The world of Puzzle Pirates is split into separate and distinct oceans, each with their own populations of pirates, a distinctive name (such as 'Midnight' or 'Viridian'), and in some cases, slightly different sets of rules and content. When you first create a pirate, you will likely find your home on a random ocean.
Choosing a New Ocean
At any time after creating an account, you can choose to play on a different ocean from the login screen. Note, however, that when you go to a new ocean, you will have to create a new pirate to live there: there is no way to move existing pirates from one ocean to the other.
The Colors of Fun
Subscription Oceans are Blue
On a Subscription Ocean, you will be able to play and access a lot of the game for free, but to access certain types of content (some types of clothing items, puzzles, and activities), you must purchase a subscription. See the Subscriptions FAQ for more details.
Subscription Oceans on Puzzle Pirates are all named after shades of blue. The currently available Subscription Oceans are called Midnight and Cobalt.
Doubloon Oceans are Green
Doubloon Oceans, on the other hand, utilize a different type of payment system. Puzzle Pirates is free to play on a Doubloon Ocean, but in order to deliver item purchases or enjoy certain privileges such as becoming an Officer or engaging in exciting Sea Monster Hunts, one must pay a nominal fee in "Doubloons", an in-game currency that can be purchased for real-life money or traded for from other players. See the Doubloons FAQ for more details.
Doubloon Oceans are named after shades of green. The currently available Doubloon Oceans are named Viridian, Sage, Hunter, and Malachite.
Family Oceans are Red
Family Oceans work much like Doubloon Oceans, only they are intended to be appropriate for players of all ages: kid pirates and adult pirates alike! Family Oceans have stricter restrictions on chat between players, as well as some other changes that make them more appropriate to younger pirates. Like Doubloon Oceans, play on a Family Ocean is free, but the main way players can enhance their game experience through payment is by joining the Golden Doubloon Club, a monthly premium subscription that gives players a stipend of Doubloons, a rare gift and other in-game benefits! See the Family FAQ for more details.
Family Oceans are named after shades of red. Currently, the only Family Ocean available for play is named Crimson.
International Oceans
At present, we have two alternate-language oceans geared toward players located outside of the United States, where Puzzle Pirates is based.
Opal is a Doubloon Ocean for German language speakers. Opal is fully localized, with all the game text in German.
Jade is a Doubloon Ocean for Spanish language speakers, and like Opal, is fully localized, with all in-game text in Spanish.
About the Ice Test Server
Ice is a Testing Ocean that will often run a preview of the latest release. In order to play Ice one has to install a distinct 'test' client, available for Windows, Mac and Linux.
While Ice should operate normally most of the time, it may occasionally have bugs and other problems. Your pirates and other possessions on Ice should be considered non-permanent; while we endeavor not to delete anything accumulated by players on Ice, future releases and issues may necessitate such a server wipe. Ice is available to Subscribers and Doublooners (people who have purchased doubloons using real money) only.
