5. Loot & Rewards

Loot

Loot drops as Doubloons, from fishing and from defeating enemies in Pillage, including other players if they were carrying anything when you sent them to the bottomless depths. Loot appears as a glowing treasure chest that you sail over to pick up.

Current values:

• Treasure chests drop 10,000 Doubloons
• World bosses drop 100,000 Doubloons

Doubloons can be used across the game, including to mint ecosystem currencies if you hold an active Pirate Pass.

Encounter points

Loot during a pillage is split according to encounter points, assigned to everyone aboard a ship when an encounter is completed. An encounter is anything from defeating a monster, to landing a fish, to selling a hold of cargo. Each player's encounter points appear at the end of a pillage as a star, and the share of the loot they receive is set mainly by their portion of the total.

By default the captain of a ship earns 50% of the encounter points per encounter, and the crew split the remaining 50%.

Sinking

When your ship is sunk in Pillage, 75% of your loot drops in a chest for whoever is nearby. The other 25% stays with you. This is the risk half of the mode: a full hold is worth sailing carefully with.

Extraction

The way to keep everything is an extraction portal, at your faction's port island. Reaching one banks 100% of what you are carrying. A cautious captain who extracts twice usually beats a bold one who sinks once.

Fishing

Fishing is a reliable way to earn Doubloons and does not require winning a fight. Players who go deeper into the more dangerous parts of the arena haul up better fish:

• Common fish are worth 100 Doubloons
• Uncommon fish are worth 1,000 Doubloons
• Rare fish are worth 5,000 Doubloons

Rarity

All items have a rarity, generally tied to how hard they are to get. There are six, from commonest to rarest:

• Common
• Uncommon
• Rare
• Epic
• Legendary
• Artifact