Getting Started
Cadet Rank or higher, you can bypass ranking up and donate for this rank.
A small wooden ship (Stairs & Slabs count)
1 ship name sign (Optional second sign for [helm] to rotate)
Golden Hoe To pilot and move
Check Ship Types further down for ship specific information
How To Build
Your ship has to be meet the specific requirements listed in the Ship Types section below, It has to be built on or partially in water and not touching any docks or land.
Once you have built your ship place a sign somewhere central with the ship name on a singular line, for example: dhow. This alone will create the ship, there will be no conformation and is all you need to make a working moveable minecraft ship.
Optional: Create a second sign with the singular line [helm] to be able to rotate your ship.
Optional: Create a third sign with the singular line [release] to be able to release your ship.
Chest Storage & Trade Ships
Chests will only work on ships as single chests, not doubles, a double chest can help as a type of ship lock.
Storage Crates. Are another method to store items on a ship.
To craft a Storage Crate, place a chest in the center of a crafting bench and surround it with wood.
This will create a new item called a Storage Crate, placing creates a new block which works exactly like a chest that works on ships, Custom Texture packs like Dokucraft already have textures for storage crates, default texture packs will see a piston.
Trade signs also work on ships, so you can have a trade ship to earn in-game money, sailing from coast to coast. Everyone can create Trade signs, to learn how; check out the Essentials Trade sign tutorial.
Piloting, Moving, Rotating and Releasing
To pilot your ship, or steal another, Right click the ships control sign with your Golden Hoe, You will be greeted with a message saying you have successfully piloted the ship.
To move, Right click in the direction you want to move with your Golden Hoe, Your ship will start to move in that direction unless you are being obstructed by land or docks.
Entering Direct Control Mode, This is an alternative method to control your ships using the WASD move buttons, you can toggle entering and leaving direct control mode by left clicking your Golden Hoe control tool.
To Rotate your ship, you will need a sign on your ship with the line [helm] on board, This will turn into a wheel once activated by right clicking with a golden hoe, To rotate right click the sign with a empty hand to rotate clockwise and left click with an empty hand to rotate anti-clockwise, this will cause your whole ship to rotate.
To release your ship you have to use the command /release in chat, or create a [release] sign on the ship, Or you could just leave your ship and wait for the 30 second timer to end.
Ship Types
To create a ship, use the ship name in a sign placed on your ship, each has its own requirements.
Dhow
A lateen-rigged ship with one or two masts, used chiefly in the Arabian region.
The Dhow is a small ship, a starting ship to test the waters, Its for Cadet, that falls between Deckhand and Sailor, It may be small but its snappy! Block are limited to “light” or wood based blocks, you can’t use stone on Dhow’s
Requirements
Cadet Rank
Minimum Size: 25 Blocks
Maximum Size: 150 Blocks
Speed: 6.5
25% Wood & 15% Wool (Sails) Needed.
Sink Percent: 5% Required blocks
Works at Min-height: 61 to Max-height: 63.
Raft
A flat buoyant structure of timber or other materials fastened together, used as a boat or floating platform, PirateCraft requires a fuel source to move as it has no sails.
Requirements
Cadet Rank
Minimum Size: 10 Blocks
Maximum Size: 50 Blocks
Cruise Allowed, Skips 0 Blocks
Speed: 4.0
50% Wood Needed.
Sink Percent: 5%
Can Hover on water
Requires Fuel, Fuel burn rate: 1.0
Works at Min-height: 61 to Max-height: 63.
Schooner
A sailing ship with two or more masts, typically with the foremast smaller than the mainmast.
Requirements
Sailor Rank
Minimum Size: 150 Blocks
Maximum Size: 500 Blocks
Speed: 7.5
25% Wood & 15% Wool (Sails) Needed.
Sink Percent: 20% Required blocks
Works at Min-height: 61 to Max-height: 63.
Submarine
This is the first ship type this is different from the rest, The submarine is designed to work under water, allowing you to change heights. 5% Iron is required and this ship type also burns fuel, Coal in an onboard furnace.
A warship with a streamlined hull designed to operate completely submerged in the sea for long periods, equipped with a periscope and typically armed with torpedoes or missiles.
Requirements
Sailor Rank
Minimum Size: 300 Blocks
Maximum Size: 600 Blocks
Speed: 5.5
It can cruise 5% Iron blocks Needed.
50% Wool or Glass or Clay or Stained Glass or Hardened Clay or Quartz or Quartz Stairs or Iron or Stone Bricks
Sink Percent: 10% Required blocks
Overall Sink percent 85%
Fuel burn rate: 0.2
Works at Min-height: 10 to Max-height: 67.
Brig
A two-masted square-rigged ship, typically having an additional lower fore-and-aft sail on the gaff and a boom to the mainmast.
Requirements
Carpenter Rank
Minimum Size: 500 Blocks
Maximum Size: 750 Blocks
Speed: 7.8
25% Wood & 15% Wool (Sails) Needed.
Sink Percent: 40% Required blocks
Works at Min-height: 61 to Max-height: 63.
Frigate
A warship with a mixed armament, generally lighter than a destroyer (in the US navy, heavier) and of a kind originally introduced for convoy escort work.
Requirements
Gunner Rank
Minimum Size: 750 Blocks
Maximum Size: 1250 Blocks
Speed: 8.0
25% Wood & 15% Wool (Sails) Needed.
Sink Percent: 50% Required blocks
Works at Min-height: 61 to Max-height: 63.
Galleon
A sailing ship in use (especially by Spain) from the 15th to the 18th centuries, originally as a warship, later for trade. Galleons were typically square-rigged and had three or more decks and masts. “A Spanish treasure galleon wrecked off the Florida Keys”
Requirements
Boatswain Rank
Cruise Allowed, Skips 4 Blocks
Minimum Size: 1250 Blocks
Maximum Size: 1650 Blocks
Speed: 8.0
25% Wood & 15% Wool (Sails) Needed.
Sink Percent: 60% Required blocks
Works at Min-height: 61 to Max-height: 63.
Manowar
An armed sailing ship.
Requirements
All Donator ranks
Cruise Allowed, Skips 4 Blocks
Minimum Size: 1650 Blocks
Maximum Size: 2500 Blocks
Speed: 5.5
25% Wood & 15% Wool (Sails) Needed.
Sink Percent: 70% Required blocks
Works at Min-height: 61 to Max-height: 63.
Indiaman
A ship engaged in trade with India or the East or West Indies, especially an East Indiaman.
Requirements
All Donator ranks
Cruise Allowed, Skips 4 Blocks
Minimum Size: 2500 Blocks
Maximum Size: 5000 Blocks
Speed: 5.5
25% Wood & 15% Wool (Sails) Needed.
Sink Percent: 70% Required blocks
Works at Min-height: 61 to Max-height: 63.