The Ship
The Ship is used for exploring the World Map and transporting loot from explored locations to the Home Island. Initially, the Shipyard has to be repaired, which then allows the player to repair the Ship as well. It can then be fueled with Diesel, and crewed by sailors, who are just workers. As you keep upgrading the ship, it will keep increasing the number of required sailors.
Before you repair a Cargo Ship, an Outpost, and setup automatic unloading at a Cargo Depot, you can send the Ship out to load cargo onto it instead. This is useful mostly for initial Wood and Crude Oil importing.
Once you add at least one weapon, it gains a "Battle Score", representative of how strong it is in battle. You should not attempt to defeat enemies at a location with a much higher score than the Ship. If the Ship is damaged in battle, it will need items such as Iron and Mechanical Parts to repair it, which gets more costly as you improve it.
Ship Upgrades
Overview
Parts of the ship can be upgraded. These upgrades increase the ships battle score, and exploration capabilities. In addition, the ship's appearance will change as upgrades are added.
Weapons and Armor
Mainly improve the battle score. You can add two instances of each.
Bridge
Increases the radar discovery range of the ship. This allows you to see further areas, and what they contain, although not the loot they have.
Also increases the battle score.
Engines
Increase the ship's movement speed and fuel capacity.
Fuel tanks
Increases the ship's fuel capacity.
Details
| Icon | Name | Recipe | Extra Crew | Provides |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bridge | ||||
|
Ship Bridge |  600 |
- | - |
|
Ship Bridge II |  600 +  100 +  100 |
10 | Hit Point: +500 Radar Range: 1 |
|
Ship Bridge III | 1200 + 200 + 600 |
30 | Hit Point: +1500 Radar Range: 2 |
| Engine | ||||
|
Ship Engine | - | 15 | - |
|
Ship Engine II | 160 + 200 + 60 |
30 | Fuel: +80 Ship speed increases |
|
Ship Engine III | 480 + 400 +  160 |
60 | Fuel: +240 Ship speed increases |
| Gun | ||||
| - | None | - | - | - |
|
Gun I | 180 + 40 |
10 | Hit Point: +160 Avg. Damage: 26 Weapon Range: 15 |
|
Gun II | 180 + 80 + 20 |
15 | Hit Point: +450 Avg. Damage: 66 Weapon Range: 20 |
|
Gun III | 540 + 240 + 160 |
25 | Hit Point: +950 Avg. Damage: 113 Weapon Range: 25 |
| Armor Plating | ||||
|
Armor Plating | 200 |
- | Hit Point: +250 Armor: 10 |
|
Armor Plating II | 200 |
- | Hit Point: +750 Armor: 25 |
| Fuel Tank | ||||
|
|
Extra Fuel Tank | 300 |
- | Fuel Tank: +40 |
