Ships: Difference between revisions

You will need only the default rank for some ships, but others like the Schooner require Higher ranks like Sailor or higher, but you can bypass ranking up and donate for access to all ranks, access to all ships, and a lot of in-game money!

For a Dhow (The most basic type of ship) you will need:

A small wooden hull (Stairs & Slabs count),

 

Check Ship Types further down for specific ship information

Once you have built your ship place a sign somewhere central with the ship name on a singular line, for example: Dhow.

 

Create a second sign with the singular line [helm] to be able to rotate your ship. Right click it to make it a wheel.

Optional: Create a fourth sign with the singular line Release to be able to release your ship.

The first sign will create the ship, when you right click it there will be a conformation that says either:

Couldn’t pilot ship! (Either it is too small or too big; you may need a different ship name),

That be not enough: Wood/Wool (You will need to add more of the material or subtract from a different material).

If it does work, you’re on the right track!

To turn your ship, right/left click the wheel to turn right/left, respectively.

To move, you can either use the optional gold hoe and right click in the direction you want to go (I mean ANY direction; even backwards!), or you can use the Cruise: OFF sign. If you right click the sign, the sign will change to Cruise: ON, and you will move forward four blocks every few seconds. To turn, use the  wheel.

Your ship should be made of wood or wood-based blocks, and wool for sails. Exceptions are furnaces, iron (best used in cannons or as gear), glass, and, for some ships, stone bricks. You can’t use “soft blocks” like dirt or sand, and cobblestone is a no-no.

Remember when building/adding something onto a ship to right click its control (name) sign again to update the ship, or you will sail off while your attachments float away!

== Chest Storage & Trade Ships ==

Chests will only work on ships as single chests, not doubles, but 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.

The Dhow is a small ship, a starting ship to test the waters, available to all ranks! It may be small, but its snappy! Block are limited to “light” or wood based blocks, you can’t use stone or dirt on Dhows.

Deckhand Rank

Sink Percent: 20% Required blocks

''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.''

Unknown Rank

== Barracuda ==

This is the first ship type this is different from the rest, This is a submarine designed to work under water, allowing you to change heights. 5% Iron is required and this ship type must also burn fuel in an onboard furnace.