Ships

Ships play a vital role in naval combat, trade, exploration, and accessing unique content in UO Outlands. This page serves as the central hub for ship-related information.

Overview

Ships allow players to traverse the seas, entering Lawless Zones where PvP is unrestricted. They are essential for activities like Fishing, hunting Ocean Mini-Bosses and Ocean Bosses, Treasure Map hunting (via MIBs), and transporting large amounts of goods thanks to their unlimited weight capacity holds (similar to Bank Boxes). Ships are also deeply integrated with the NPC Crewmember and Ship Upgrade systems.

Key Concepts

• Lawless Zone: Ocean areas are lawless, meaning players can freely attack others or commit criminal actions without penalty from guard zones.
• PvP Flagging: Players on board a ship will be flagged for PvP if their NPC Crewmembers attack another player, even if the captain hasn't directly attacked. All damage from players, tamed creatures, and summons towards enemies on different ships is reduced by 50%.
• Passenger Restrictions: Friends and Guildmates can board ships (if permitted by the owner) for activities like fishing, but typically cannot interact with core ship systems like steering, cannons, or repairs unless designated as a Co-Owner.
• Follower Limits: Captains exceeding their Control Slots or lacking the required Taming skills for their current followers may find themselves unable to issue ship movement commands other than "Stop".
• Creature Aggro: Tamed and Summoned creatures on ships do not generate the high bonus Aggro they do on land, though NPC Crewmembers still generate significant Aggro.

Key Topics

• Acquiring and Controlling Ships: Learn how to craft, register, place, command, and manage your vessel using Gumps and Hotbars. Covers ship types and speeds.
• Ship Crewmembers: Recruit, level, and utilize NPC crew for powerful ship-wide bonuses and combat assistance.
• Ship Upgrades: Enhance your ship's performance and appearance with various upgrades looted at sea.
• Naval Combat and Salvage: Engage enemies, repair damage, board vessels, handle sinking, and recover lost ships and items via the Salvage system.

Ship Types Overview

Ships come in various sizes, affecting stats like speed, HP, crew capacity, and cannon count. See Acquiring and Controlling Ships for detailed stats.

• Small Ship / Small Dragonship
• Medium Ship / Medium Dragonship
• Large Ship / Large Dragonship
• Carrack
• Galleon
• Longship
• Ship of the Line

Doubloons

Doubloons looted from an enemy crewmember.

Doubloons are the primary currency for naval activities.

• Earning: Obtained from sinking enemy ships, looting enemy crew, Fishing, Frenzies, Nets, Ocean Mini-Bosses, Ocean Bosses, and other ocean events.
• Spending: Used for registering ships, hiring crewmembers, and potentially other naval services.
• Storage: Can be stored in the bank and converted into checks via a Banker (say "balance", enter amount).