What’s new: updates of 10–12 November
The game is in beta and changes almost every day. Here are the highlights of the last three days — only things that already work in the game. Discuss them and suggest your own ideas on the captains’ forum.
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12 November: a new address, the forum and Cursed Seas
- New address — the game and the site have moved to blackcrown.fun; old links lead here too, and you stay logged in.
- Captains’ forum: news, ideas, bug reports, guides and clan groups, a profile with your skin, rank and ship, and the “Watch Log” feed.
- Cursed Seas — eight new looks at the tailor: Captain of the Deep, Phantom Admiral, Fog Navigator, Tide Priestess, Bone Bosun and more — shells, coral, chains and ghostly light.
- Dances: twelve dances with a picker window (J key).
- Guns: each cannon now has Aim (C) and Fire (E), with an aiming ring on the barrel.
- Harbour: big slewing cranes with cargo, porters and merchant ships at the piers.
- Navigation: a mini-map and a “Where to buy” directory that guides you through the streets.
11 November: walkable ships and ten new classes
The biggest update of the week is ships you can walk through. The schooner, xebec and fluyt gained holds, the fluyt got cabins behind doors, the ship of the line a third gun deck, and the holds of large ships a barred brig. Inside you can sit, lie down, ring the bell, open the chart and fire a single gun. In rain the deck gets wet and glistens — and you can swab it.
Ten new classes arrived at the shipyard: the brigantine, caravel, galley, junk, East Indiaman, Black Squall, bomb ketch, pinnace, galleass and turtle ship. The Flying Dutchman has a furnished sterncastle, Queen Anne’s Revenge was rebuilt after Blackbeard’s historical ship, every class carries its own figurehead and sails come in twelve new colours. All the classes are in the Ships guide.
Tortuga, islands and treasure
- Tortuga is almost three times bigger: around two thousand houses, new districts, cobbled streets, a market, a chapel and fishermen’s huts.
- Ten new signposted shops and street stalls where you can grab a snack; five stables, a horse of your own and carriages.
- Sixteen new outfits at the tailor with a 3D try-on: Cabin Boy, Bosun, Red Bill, One-Eye, Madame Wong, the Sea Witch and more.
- Islands with new terrain and finds, a treasure hunt with fireworks and a share for the whole crew, and the first stage of owning an island.
- A quest board by the pier with the storyline “The Missing Navigator”, and merry houses for adult players (18+).
More in Tortuga and the islands.
Clans, chat and controls
- A clan flag designer: the flag flies on every member’s ship.
- Text chat with General, Clan, Ship and Officers tabs, and a Tab scoreboard of players.
- Rebindable keys for 53 actions, mouse look without holding a button and first-person weapons.
- A new sky: two cloud layers, sunsets, a moon phase that follows the date and thunderclouds with lightning.
How to use all of this with friends is covered in Clans and crews.
10 November: apps, swimming and horses
- Windows and Android apps 1.0.1 with self-update: the program downloads new versions itself, and the app tells you about them and installs in one tap.
- Swimming: wade in from the shore and swim, jump overboard and climb back aboard.
- Ship looks and refits at the shipyard — eye-catching trim sets, copper sheathing, a second gun battery, a tall rig and a ram.
- Horses and carriages: a stable by the square, a horse of your own, a coach and a calash.
- Colonies — large walled towns far from Tortuga.
- Musicians on deck and sharks escorting ships in the open sea.
New players should start with How to play and then read Sea battles and boarding.
