❓ How to play

⛵ Sailing

W/S raise or lower your sails (3 levels), A/D steer. The WIND arrow (bottom-left) shows the wind relative to your bow — sail with the wind for full speed, against it you crawl. The ship is heavy: plan your turns early.

💥 Combat

Swing the mouse to a side of your ship — a glowing arc shows where your broadside will land. Mouse ↑/↓ slides it nearer or farther; turn the ship to point it. When the arc goes RED, you're locked — click to fire. Both sides reload separately (gauges at the bottom).

💰 Gold & loot

Sink ☠ raiders (they hunt you) or chase fat gold 💰 merchants (they flee, drop 2.5× loot). Sail over the glowing barrels to collect. Every ~3 minutes a treasure (💰 X on the map) drops — first ship there takes it all. When YOU sink, you drop 15% of your gold where you went down.

⚓ Ports

Sail close to a port and slow down to dock: your hull repairs and the Shipwright opens — buy cannons, hull, sails and gun crews with gold.

🌊 The world

Storms roll in for everyone at once — bigger waves, rain, darker skies. M opens the sea chart, Tab the scoreboard. With a wallet connected your name, gold, level and upgrades are saved forever; guests train in a private cove vs bots. Got it — back