Ships in Pillars of Eternity 2 serve as a transportation tool as well as your operation base. Ships have their own stats like Speed, Cannons, etc. When you are exploring the world on your ship, you may also encounter various events. Some of them will reward you with coins and XPs if handled correctly, whilst others will put you in combat.
Ships Information
When you are on the seas, you need to worry about pirates, or enemy ships (from hostile factions), or some special events (like a riff blocked your way or running into some storm). You can re-supply your ship at any ports through World Map.
Ship Combat
In Pillars of Eternity 2, you can fight enemy ships through a ship-dueling system. It's a turn-based, sort of storybook presentation. When in combat, you need to decide your tactics and take care of your crew members and Hull/Sail health.
Supplies
When you are on a sail, you spend supplies daily and pay your sailor men wages. Your sailor men's moral affects the XP you receive.
Name |
Effect |
Price |
| Repair Supplies | Needed to repair your Hull | 10 |
| Medical Supplies | Needed to heal your injured Crew Members | 10 |
| Cannon Shot | Needed to shoot at enemy ships and crews | 10 |
| Water | 12 | |
| Hardtack | 5 | |
| Rice | 14 | |
| Rum | 160 | |
| Hagfish | 68 |
Ship Upgrades
Miscellaneous
Anchors
Name |
Effects |
Location |
| Ymyran Steel Anchor | +5m Combat Speed, +5% Travel Speed | Neketaka harbor shop Dunnage harbor shop |
| Living Steel Anchor | +5m Combat Speed, +5% Travel Speed | Neketaka harbor shop Dunnage harbor shop |
Helms
Name |
Effects |
Location |
| Lurker Helm and Rudder | +5m Combat Speed | Neketaka harbor shop Dunnage harbor shop |
| Ymyran Steel Helm | +5m Combat Speed | Neketaka harbor shop Dunnage harbor shop |
Lanterns
Name |
Effects |
Location |
| Scavenger's Lanterns | +5% Travel Speed | Sold by Well-traveled Supplier in Port Maje |
| Arcane Lanterns | +10% Travel Speed | Neketaka harbor shop Dunnage harbor shop |
| Blight Lanterns | +10% Travel Speed | Neketaka harbor shop Dunnage harbor shop |
Hulls
Name |
Effects |
Location |
| Boneframe Hull | +5m Combat Speed, +5% Travel Speed | Neketaka harbor shop |
| Aedyran Hull Treatment | +5 Hull Health | Neketaka harbor shop Dunnage harbor shop |
| Bardatto Hull | +5 Hull Health, +2% Travel Speed | Reward for A Sinking Feeling quest |
| Warship Reinforcements | -2m Combat Speed, +15 Hull Health, -2% Travel Speed | Neketaka harbor shop Dunnage harbor shop |
| Blackwood Hull | +15m Combat Speed, +15 Hull Health, +5% Travel Speed | Neketaka harbor shop |
| The Read Dream | -10m Combat Speed, +40 Hull Health | Dunnage harbor shop |
Cannons
Name |
Minimum Range |
Maximum Range |
Reload |
Damage |
Location |
| Magranite Firethrower | 0m | 75m | 2 turns | 6-9 | |
| Vailian Hullbreaker | 0m | 250m | 4 turns | 10-13 | Port Maje harbor shop |
| Wyrmtongue | 0m | 400m | 5 turns | 6-9 | Neketaka harbor shop |
| Dyrwoodan Hog Nose | 150m | 400m | 3 turns | 4-7 | Starting equipment (2 items) |
| Royal Bronzer | 150m | 400m | 5 turns | 8-11 | Uto's Gunsmithery in The Brass Citadel in Neketaka |
| Iron Thunderer | 200m | 500m | 4 turns | 6-9 | Port Maje harbor shop |
| Haeferic's Nose | 200m | 600m | 4 turns | 8-11 | Received as a gift if you choose to bind souls with Durgan's Battery in PoE I (White March expansion) |
| Double Bronzer | 250m | 350m | 8 turns | 12-15 | |
| Imperial Long Gun | 300m | 600m | 6 turns | 6-9 | |
| Aedyr Channel Gun | 350m | 600m, | 4 turns | 4-7 |
Sails
Name |
Effects |
Location |
| Palm Sails | +20m Combat Speed, -7 Sail Health, +20% Travel Speed | Neketaka harbor shop Dunnage harbor shop |
| Sails of Berath | +5m Combat Speed, -2 Sail Health, +5% Travel Speed | Sold by Well-traveled Supplier in Port Maje |
| Cottonweave Sails | +5m Combat Speed, -2 Sail Health, +5% Travel Speed | Port Maje harbor shop |
| Stormwind Sails | +15m Combat Speed, +15% Travel Speed | Dunnage harbor shop |
| Vithrack Silk Sails | +5 Sail Health | |
| Mageweave Sails | +5m Combat Speed, +5 Sail Health, +5% Travel Speed | Neketaka harbor shop |
| Valera Sails | +5m Combat Speed, +5 Sail Health, +5% Travel Speed | Reward for A Bigger Fish quest |
| Trollstitch Sails | +10 Sail Health, +5% Travel Speed | Dunnage harbor shop |
| Dragonwing Sails | +10m Combat Speed, +15 Sail Health, +10% Travel Speed | Neketaka harbor shop |
Crew System
Crew Posts
You can assign crew members you have to different posts on the ship. There are 7 types of posts on a ship:
Boatswain: accelerates completion of special events, coordinating decklands' work.
Helmsman: required for turning and jibe actions in ship-to-ship combat. Experienced helmsmen make the ship harder to hit after turning and jibe actions.
Navigator: guides you through the dangers of open seas, increasing ship's navigation speed on the World Map.
Cannoneer: operates cannons, experienced cannoneers shoot more precisely.
Surgeon: treats injured members of your crew, reducing the number of days needed for healing.
Cook: prepares meals for your crew, experienced cook reduces the amount of food and drink consumed.
Deckhand: affects ship's combat and navigation speed. Required to perform any maneuvers in ship-to-ship battle. Determines the chance of retreat.
Each crew member has their own strengths and weaknesses, assigning them to the right post improves the ship's performance. You can hire crew in taverns or port shops (through World Map), or meet some potential crew members during your trips across Deadfire. Each crew member has their own level, personality, race, wages and job traits.
Recruitable crew
Rum-Dumb Riggere
- Location: Port Maje Jail
- Job: Deckhand (Seasoned)
- Traits: Ocean Folk, Old Vailia, Drunkard
You can pick up Rum-Dumb in the Port Maje Jail (after leaving the first area) by either paying his debt, picking the lock, or stealing the key (The Drunk Sailor quest).
Oswald
- Location: Oathbinder's Sanctum
- Job: Navigator, Helmsman
- Traits: Wood elf, Aedyr, Chatty, Drunkard
Oswald is currently on trial for a centuries-old crime inside the Oathbinder's Sanctum (found on the island southwest of Neketaka). The Lost Dues in Good Faith quest given by Kahn in the Wild Mare takes you directly to Oswald.
Handsome Eliam
- Location: Crookspur Island
- Role: Helmsman, Cook
- Traits: Death godlike, Dyrwood, Enigmatic, Loyal
When you reach the slaver city Crookspur, you can either buy Handsome Eliam for 1,200 coins, or offer him a place on your crew after you kill all the slavers.
Mother Sharp-Rock
- Location: Cavern of Xaur Tuk-Tuk
- Role: Deckhand, Cook
- Traits: Xaurip, Deadfire Archipelago, Religious, Wilder
Opening the cage at the northwest side of the Caverns of Xaur Tuk-Tuk provides the option to recruit this xaurip to your crew. The Caverns can be found by sailing northwest of Port Maje, and you have to explore this area during the Mapping The Achiepelago quest line granted by Sanza in the Queen's Berth.
Birta
- Location: The Hole (The Gullet district, Neketaka)
- Role: Helmsman, Cook
- Traits: Ogre, Deadfire Archipelago, Fearless, Impulsive, Wilder
Head to the back room on the main floor of The Hole (the tavern at the east side of The Gullet in Neketaka), and talk to the ogre cook. For 400 coins she will join your crew. You can also pick up a pig pet in this same room.
Vektor
- Location: Tikawara
- Role: Cook
- Traits: Mountain dwarf, The Vailian Republic, Chatty, Loyal
After exploring the ancient ruins and completing the Storms of Poko Kohara quest, return to Tikawara and talk to Vektor again to recruit him to your crew.
Emeini
- Location: The Brass Citadel district, Neketaka
- Role: Cannoneer
- Traits: Coastal aumaua, Impulsive, Irreverent, helmsan, deckhand
By arriving at the Brass Citadel, you'll see a little scene of Emeini's punishment outside of the Fleet Master's Office (she's being punished after assaulting her captain). If you have a reputation of 2 or higher with Neketaka, she will join your crew as a free expert cannoneer.
Worthless Idiot
- Location: Periki's Overlook district, Neketaka
- Role: Navigator
- Traits: Imp, Greedy, Primordial
Worthless Idiot is found just to the west of the Watershaper's guild in Periki's Overlook.
Name |
Jobs |
Traits |
Location |
| Aharu | Professional | Sayuka | |
| Aledh | Religious | Queen's Berth shipyard | |
| Azuko | Academic Fearless | Sayuka | |
| Baltia | Loyal | Motare o Kõzi island7º 46'S 60º 41E | |
| Beodul | Boatswain Helmsman |
Professional | Recruited in the beginning. |
| Big Mouth | Wilder | Dunnage | |
| Birta | Helmsman Cook |
Fearless Impulsive Wilder | The Hole |
| Caergr | Deckland Surgeon |
Ascetic | Queen's Berth shipyard |
| Cathenna Stormheart | Impulsive Rowdy | Crookspur | |
| Chitupec | Cannoneer Deckland |
Loyal | Vilario's Rest |
| Coin-Counter Foeldas | Greedy Professional | Dunnage | |
| Copperhead | Splintered Reef | ||
| Coreto(Scalawags Pack) | Professional | Crookspur | |
| Daelan | Religious | Dunnage | |
| Eadulf | Enigmatic Fearless | Crookspur | |
| Eld Engrim | Cannoneer Surgeon |
Drunkard Religious | Vilario's Rest |
| Emeini | Impulsive Irreverent | The Brass Citadel | |
| Giani Canc-Assi | Drunkard Fearless | Dunnage | |
| Giordu Red-Handed | Cook Deckland |
Malicious | Temple of Tangaloa ruins |
| Grim Kuldran | Grim Religious | The Wild Mare | |
| Haema(Scalawags Pack) | ChattyRowdy | Port Maje | |
| Handsome Eliam | Enigmatic Loyal | Crookspur | |
| Ikiuq | Chatty | Port Maje | |
| Irrena | Cook Deckland |
Fearless | Vilario's Rest |
| Little Leuca | Chatty | Port Maje | |
| Llendreth | Fearless Impulsive | Dunnage | |
| Luca | Drunkard Professional | Vailian Trading Company Headquarters | |
| Mother Sharp-Rock | Cook Deckland |
Religious Wilder | Cavern of Xaur Tuk-Tuk at 24° 27' S, 44° 8' E. |
| Nia | Academic Greedy | Queen's Berth shipyard | |
| Ora the Mad | Deckland | Malicious | Port Maje |
| Oswald | Helmsman Navigator |
Chatty Drunkard | Oathbinder's Sanctum |
| Persanale Cianca | Academic Irreverent | Crookspur | |
| Pig-Sticker Rukowa | Drunkard Loyal | Tikawara | |
| Ponamu Bird-Scorned (Scalawags Pack) | LostLoyal | Tikawara | |
| Ragged Cerrow | Malicious Rowdy | Dunnage | |
| Ralla Blackblossom | Enigmatic | Crookspur | |
| Rawere | Irreverent | Tikawara | |
| Rum-Dumb Riggere | Deckland | Drunkard | Port Maje |
| Scyla Five Glass | Drunkard | Dunnage | |
| Shieldsister Daelia | Fearless | Port Maje | |
| Tuliak Longfrost | Impulsive | The Wild Mare | |
| Ushizu | Greedy | The Wild Mare | |
| Vanizzi | Cannoneer | Academic | Port Maje |
| Vektor | Cook | Chatty Loyal | Tikawara |
| Winking Audr | Loyal Professional | Fampyr´s Crypt Island (Bent Bough Forest) | |
| Worthless Idiot | Navigator | Greedy Primordial | Periki's Overlook |
Sea Encounters
Just like traveling on land, you may have encountered on the sea. Deal them carefully to get additional benefits, or suffer losses.
- Before the encounter starts, you can choose to retreat. (success chance depends on deackhands).
- The encounter is turn-based. Each turn you can choose to speed up, to turn, or maintain current course. Maintain current course will increase your chance of hits.
- If a certain sailor is hit and cannot perform his/her duties.(Helmsman down and you cannot turn, Cannoneer down you cannot fire cannons etc. )You can use "report to" command to replace the sailor.
- Your distance to the enemy ship and direction is shown on the bottom of the encounter screen. The closer you get, the more accurate your shots get. You can also board the enemy ships when close enough.
- Your sailors gain XP through successful naval encounter.
Ships
Name |
Sail Health |
Hull Health |
Hit Chance |
Canons |
Turnrates |
Crew |
Min Crew |
Cost |
| Dyrwoodan Sloop | 20 | 50 |
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5 | starting | |
| Voyager | 25 | 40 | 55% |
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5 | 20000 |
| Dhow | 40 | 65 | 60% |
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7 | 35000 |
| Galleon | 40 | 100 | 60% |
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8 | 100000 |
| Junk | 60 | 70 | 70% |
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9 | 120000 |
Customization
You can rename your ship.
You may recruit pirates and sailors to join your crew. Doing so grants specific bonuses as detailed below:
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Anonymouspirates will give u a ghost ship for reward before last mission.
- Anonymous
No there are two maybe four late game ones.
(SPOILERS)
Once you get far enough into the main story you have to side with one of the four main factions in game in order to get to where the giant is headed.
I know one of them gives you a submarine ship for siding with them. I would assume the other three factions also give you a different type of ship when siding with them.
You can also do it solo by traveling around, getting all the best ship upgrades listed above and putting them on the "Junk" ship.
GLHF
- Anonymous
A list of all available ship types would be real sweet, or are those 4 or 5 available at Neketaka right at the beginning of the game (highest tier being the Junk) really *it*?
On the ship management/crew screen - what do overlay icons on the three left bottom positions mean? Middle is obviously cook position, maybe right is surgeon? And left one?
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