Navy
Some islands have a navy. Pirates can take navy missions through the notice boards. Once aboard a ship, the pirate can play the duty puzzles for modest amounts of pay. The better the performance at the puzzle, the higher the pay. Even though the Manage the Navy section of the palace says otherwise, the navy does not cost anything to operate.
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The more time a pirate spends working for the navy, the higher their Navy Rank listed on their info page. Upon attaining some levels, the pirate is rewarded with an article of clothing. The color of the clothing depends on the home island of the pirate. Two-colored items use the same color for both regions. A list of island navy colors is maintained on YPPedia
Note: The "Learn to..." missions do not count towards Navy Rank.
There are eleven navy ranks:
| Rank | Male article | Female article | Missions required |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stowaway | 0 | ||
| Apprentice Sailor | 1 | ||
| Sailor | Male bandana | Female bandana | 2 |
| Petty Officer | Male striped shirt | Female striped shirt | 4 |
| Chief Petty Officer | Stripy knickers | Stripy knickers | 8 |
| Ensign | Shirt with sash | Shirt with belt | 16 |
| Lieutenant | Pants | Short dress | 32 |
| Lieutenant Commander | Male boots | Female boots | 64 |
| Commander | Pantaloons | Flare pants | 128 |
| Captain | Male tricorne | Female tricorne | 256 |
| Admiral | Male captain's jacket | Female captain's jacket | 512 |
Pay Rates
For each league that you puzzle, you will be paid for your work. The better you do, the more you will receive. If the navy ship reaches an island and you have done an exceptionally poor job, you will receive a tell from the ship's navigator that says, "I'm not paying you to stand around! You've got to work harder than that to get paid in this navy!"
| Ice | Other Oceans |
|---|---|
| 0 - Booched | 0 - Booched |
| 7 - Poor | 5 - Poor |
| 10 - Fine | 6 - Fine |
| 15 - Good | 7 - Good |
| 20 - Excellent | 10 - Excellent |
| 30 - Incredible | 15 - Incredible |
For the "battle brigands with the navy" mission, you will receive a small percentage of the PoE pillaged (20%), but nothing of the commodities. You will also be paid for any leagues for which you puzzled.
Requirements for Missions
- A player must complete the "Learn to" mission in the corresponding puzzle (or do it on a voyage) to get a mission to Bilge, Sail, Rig, or do Carpentry with the navy.
- Apprentice experience in Bilging, Carpentry, and either Sailing or Rigging are required to get the mission to Gun with the navy.
- In order to get the "Navigate with the navy" mission, a player must be subscribed or own a pirate or higher rank badge and have experience of Broad or higher in Bilging, Carpentry, Gunning, and either Sailing or Rigging.
- To get the "battle brigands with the navy" mission (to do Battle Navigation with the navy), a player must be subscribed or have a pirate badge or higher and must have Narrow or more experience in Navigation.
Other Uses
Players have found the navy useful for a variety of purposes beyond payment, including:
- Practicing the duty puzzles in a continuous fashion, particularly for "buffing" standings
- Gunnery, because jobbers are not usually permitted to gun unless they have a high standing
- Practicing Battle Navigation on the "battle brigands with the navy" mission without having the risks and interpersonal aspects of running a pillage
- Memorize some courses without the need of personally owning the necessary charts or someone else charting a course
Historical Notes
The introduction of missions and a complete revamp of the navy came with release 2005-02-11. Prior to missions, each island governor would commission navy ships of their own by placing the deeds on a special screen inside the palace. Governors also had the ability to board any navy ship at any time, whether it was currently at sea or in port, from the docks. With the addition of missions, navy ranks and navy rewards (other than PoE) were also added.
Navy vessels could no longer be attacked by player ships following release 2004-10-21.
Training ships were decommissioned with release 2004-07-09. Navy ships now had unlimited cannons to be filled.
Sales tax (computed as 10% of an order cost at the time) was added to defray the costs of the navy with Beta release 2003-10-22.
Navy pay was sent to your home island (prior to the Global Purse) with Beta release 2004-07-05.
The navy was introduced with Alpha release 2003-05-23.
