Seafaring

Gathering skill

Seafaring is the skill of working boats: crewing and captaining vessels between the isles.

Alpha guide. Seafaring is part of the launch skill set but its systems have not entered the engine yet. The design below is subject to change; tables will be added when the skill enters Alpha.

Designed mechanics

The design centres on voyages: higher Seafaring levels permit rougher waters and more distant destinations. Some isles, fishing grounds, and salvage sites are planned to be reachable only at sufficient Seafaring level. Planned interactions include deep-water Fishing and cargo movement between settlements with different local prices.

No Seafaring actions exist in the current Alpha; characters show the skill at level 1 until its systems release. It is listed on the hiscores alongside the other twenty-one skills.

All skills use the same experience curve. Level 100 is skill mastery (955,336 XP); level 999 is legendary mastery (253,245,203 XP). See the experience table for the full curve.

Tip. Because local Tideboard prices differ by settlement, moving goods by sea is designed to be profitable in itself — the margin between two towns' prices is the sailor's fee.

Related skills: Fishing · all skill guides