Doubloon

Doubloons are a secondary form of currency in the YPP world. The primary currency is PoE - Pieces of Eight. Doubloons are not used on Subscription Oceans.

Doubloon Oceans distinguish themselves in that one can play without paying a subscription fee, thus there is no concept of a "limited free trial."

Once a doubloon has been used, it is sunk, meaning removed from the game economy. Shoppe owners never receive any part of the delivery cost. Doubloons are only inserted into the game by player purchases using real money and through small prizes in Ocean Master sponsored tournaments. Doubloons can be traded between players by using the doubloon exchange, where players buy or sell their doubloons for PoE. The price of a doubloon on the exchange is set by the players who choose how much they wish to pay in order to buy or sell a doubloon.

Purchasing Doubloons

Doubloons can be bought with US Dollars. The cost of a doubloon varies between about $0.25 to $0.20 per doubloon, depending on the volume of doubloons purchased and may be bought using a credit card, PayPal, or through a money order or check sent directly to Three Rings. In some European countries, a text message can be sent to purchase doubloons. After the payment is received, the doubloons will automatically be credited to the appropriate account, although this process may take a few minutes.

Money Order and Check Payments

Money order and check payments for doubloons or subscriptions have to be manually added to accounts and are done as soon as possible after the payment is received.

In the case of ordering doubloons through this method, the account name should be given rather than pirate name as there can be different accounts with the same pirate name on different oceans but account names are unique across all oceans. If the doubloons are being purchased as a gift and the account name is unknown, the pirate name and ocean should be given and that this is the pirate name should be explicitly noted.

Delivery

Doubloons are used in "delivery costs", a set fee of doubloons required to pick up items once they are ready in a shoppe. These doubloons are sunk, they do not go to the shoppe or stall. Doubloons are also required to purchase items in the palace shoppe, including badges, which enable users to do tasks required by the rank that they have in their crew. Other doubloon costs include a fee to set up a crew or shoppe.

Trading Doubloons

Anyone on a Doubloon Ocean can trade Pieces of Eight for doubloons (or vice versa) by

• using any bank or
• going to their info page and clicking Doubloon exchange or
• using a cashbox furniture item

The doubloon market can react to events in game. For example, the release of housing on Viridian Ocean saw a drop from 1200 PoE per Doubloon to a mere 1030 within a few hours.

Players are also able to trade doubloons via the standard trading window, give doubloons to another pirate via the /tip command, or give away doubloons as a prize in a tournament.

External/Other Links

• Commonly discussed ideas from Game Design
• Official FAQ for obtaining and spending Doubloons - You must be logged into your account to buy Doubloons through the billing system via your credit card or follow these guidelines for how to pay with PayPal or a check/money order.
• The list of current doubloon costs on Hunter, Opal, Sage, and Viridian.
• View your Doubloon History (requires you to be logged into your account).
• Trade doubloons for a subscription