Captain (player-owned port)

For other captains, see Captain (disambiguation).

<forename> <surname>
Release date	11 December 2012 (Update)
Race	Human
Members	Yes
Quest NPC	No
Location(s)	Player-owned port
Gender	Either
Actions	Talk-to, Customise, Examine
Examine	A ship captain, wandering around the port.
Advanced data
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Captains are people who appear in Surula's pub in John Strum's private port during and after the player-owned port tutorial. A ship must have a captain before it can go on a voyage. Until a captain has been assigned to a ship, crew cannot be assigned to it and previously assigned crew will not be shown. Each ship may only have one captain assigned to it. They have a random name, appearance, personality, and their clothes can be customised once hired.

Only one visiting captain is available for hire at a time. If the visiting captain is hired, the spot will remain vacant until reset at 00:00 UTC unless a Captain Reroll is used. Captain rerolls are available as rewards for completing the port random event minigames. At reset, or when rerolled, the visiting captain (if any) is replaced by a new randomly determined visiting captain, and the current visiting captain is lost.

Base stats, specialities and traits

Captains have base stats determined by their quality, sometimes referred to as their "tier". For the first 4 tiers, their base stats are the same for 3 stats while a fourth stat, their "speciality", will be approximately double that value. The player starts with a free captain of the lowest quality. The first two tiers of captains are available immediately, but additional tiers of better, more expensive, captains become available as more areas are unlocked. In addition, captains will gain levels as they are sent on voyages, which will raise their stats over time. Captains, as other crew, can also have traits which affect their stats. See the article on Captain and Crew traits for more information.

Base stats	Speciality	Cost	Unlocked
50	100	0	The Arc
100	200	100
200	500	2,500	The Skull
350	700	10,000	The Hook
N/A			The Scythe, The Bowl, The Pincers, The Loop
Varies, see table below			The Shield

The Shield
Morale	Combat	Seafaring	Speed	Cost
1,050	550	600	350	35,000
600	1,050	550	350	35,000
550	600	1,050	350	35,000
550	550	550	950	27,500

Some high-level bar upgrades increase your chance of attracting captains with particular specialities. These are not available until the Bowl region has been unlocked.

Earning experience and levelling up

As captains are sent out on voyages, they earn experience towards gaining levels, which in turn provide higher stats, up to level 10 when the captain will have achieved maximum stats, capped at double the base stat before any adjustments are applied. The simplest way to determine a tier or quality of a captain is based on the initial cost to recruit. Once a captain is recruited, the player must check the captains stats, and subtract all boosts from the current total to determine each base stat. Once the initial cost of the captain, or the captain's base stats are known, they can be compared to the chart below.

When comparing two captains, it is important to consider that a level 10 captain originally recruited for 10,000 chimes from the Hook region (Tier 4) will have higher stats than the base (level 0) stats of a new Shield-region captain (Tier 5), costing 35,000 chimes. However, the higher tier captain, after earning a few levels, will soon surpass the cap of the previous tier captain. Therefore, it may be worth considering dismissing a lower-tiered level 10 captain with maximum stats, in favour of a higher tiered captain, despite the initially lower stats.

The tables below will help to determine what tier a players' captains are at any level, in order to make decisions regarding dismissing or recruiting captains easier.

Tier 1-4 Captains
Tier	Region(s) Unlocked	Cost	Level 0 Base	Level 1 1.1x Base	Level 2 1.2x Base	Level 3 1.3x Base	Level 4 1.4x Base	Level 5 1.5x Base	Level 6 1.6x Base	Level 7 1.7x Base	Level 8 1.8x Base	Level 9 1.9x Base	Level 10 2.0x Base
1	The Arc	0	100 (Spec.) 50 (Other)	110 (Spec.) 55 (Other)	120 (Spec.) 60 (Other)	130 (Spec.) 65 (Other)	140 (Spec.) 70 (Other)	150 (Spec.) 75 (Other)	160 (Spec.) 80 (Other)	170 (Spec.) 85 (Other)	180 (Spec.) 90 (Other)	190 (Spec.) 95 (Other)	200 (Spec.) 100 (Other)
2		100	200 (Spec.) 100 (Other)	220 (Spec.) 110 (Other)	240 (Spec.) 120 (Other)	260 (Spec.) 130 (Other)	280 (Spec.) 140 (Other)	300 (Spec.) 150 (Other)	320 (Spec.) 160 (Other)	340 (Spec.) 170 (Other)	360 (Spec.) 180 (Other)	380 (Spec.) 190 (Other)	400 (Spec.) 200 (Other)
3	The Skull	2,500	500 (Spec.) 200 (Other)	550 (Spec.) 220 (Other)	600 (Spec.) 240 (Other)	650 (Spec.) 260 (Other)	700 (Spec.) 280 (Other)	750 (Spec.) 300 (Other)	800 (Spec.) 320 (Other)	850 (Spec.) 340 (Other)	900 (Spec.) 360 (Other)	950 (Spec.) 380 (Other)	1,000 (Spec.) 400 (Other)
4	The Hook	10,000	700 (Spec.) 350 (Other)	770 (Spec.) 385 (Other)	840 (Spec.) 420 (Other)	910 (Spec.) 455 (Other)	980 (Spec.) 490 (Other)	1,050 (Spec.) 525 (Other)	1,120 (Spec.) 560 (Other)	1,190 (Spec.) 595 (Other)	1,260 (Spec.) 630(Other)	1,330 (Spec.) 665 (Other)	1,400 (Spec.) 700 (Other)
-	The Scythe, The Bowl, The Pincers, The Loop	These regions do not unlock a new captain tier. Only tier 4 captains and below remain available until The Shield is unlocked.
5	The Shield	Tier 5 captains vary based on their specialities. See the table below for tier 5 captain stats.

Tier 5 Captains
Tier	Specialty	Cost	Level 0 Base	Level 1 1.1x Base	Level 2 1.2x Base	Level 3 1.3x Base	Level 4 1.4x Base	Level 5 1.5x Base	Level 6 1.6x Base	Level 7 1.7x Base	Level 8 1.8x Base	Level 9 1.9x Base	Level 10 2.0x Base
5	Morale	35,000	1,050 Morale 550 Combat 600 Seafaring 350 Speed	1,155 Morale 605 Combat 660 Seafaring 385 Speed	1,260 Morale 660 Combat 720 Seafaring 420 Speed	1,365 Morale 715 Combat 780 Seafaring 455 Speed	1,470 Morale 770 Combat 840 Seafaring 490 Speed	1,575 Morale 825 Combat 900 Seafaring 525 Speed	1,680 Morale 880 Combat 960 Seafaring 560 Speed	1,785 Morale 935 Combat 1,020 Seafaring 595 Speed	1,890 Morale 990 Combat 1,080 Seafaring 630 Speed	1,995 Morale 1,045 Combat 1,140 Seafaring 665 Speed	2,100 Morale 1,100 Combat 1,200 Seafaring 700 Speed
5	Combat	35,000	600 Morale 1,050 Combat 550 Seafaring 350 Speed	660 Morale 1,155 Combat 605 Seafaring 385 Speed	720 Morale 1,260 Combat 660 Seafaring 420 Speed	780 Morale 1,365 Combat 715 Seafaring 455 Speed	840 Morale 1,470 Combat 770 Seafaring 490 Speed	900 Morale 1,575 Combat 825 Seafaring 525 Speed	960 Morale 1,680 Combat 880 Seafaring 560 Speed	1,020 Morale 1,785 Combat 935 Seafaring 595 Speed	1,080 Morale 1,890 Combat 990 Seafaring 630 Speed	1,140 Morale 1,995 Combat 1,045 Seafaring 665 Speed	1,200 Morale 2,100 Combat 1,100 Seafaring 700 Speed
5	Seafaring	35,000	550 Morale 600 Combat 1,050 Seafaring 350 Speed	605 Morale 660 Combat 1,155 Seafaring 385 Speed	660 Morale 720 Combat 1,260 Seafaring 420 Speed	715 Morale 780 Combat 1,365 Seafaring 455 Speed	770 Morale 840 Combat 1,470 Seafaring 490 Speed	825 Morale 900 Combat 1,575 Seafaring 525 Speed	880 Morale 960 Combat 1,680 Seafaring 560 Speed	935 Morale 1,020 Combat 1,785 Seafaring 595 Speed	990 Morale 1,080 Combat 1,890 Seafaring 630 Speed	1,045 Morale 1,140 Combat 1,995 Seafaring 665 Speed	1,100 Morale 1,200 Combat 2,100 Seafaring 700 Speed
5	Speed	27,500	550 Morale 550 Combat 550 Seafaring 950 Speed	605 Morale 605 Combat 605 Seafaring 1,045 Speed	660 Morale 660 Combat 660 Seafaring 1,140 Speed	715 Morale 715 Combat 715 Seafaring 1,235 Speed	770 Morale 770 Combat 770 Seafaring 1,330 Speed	825 Morale 825 Combat 825 Seafaring 1,425 Speed	880 Morale 880 Combat 880 Seafaring 1,520 Speed	935 Morale 935 Combat 935 Seafaring 1,615 Speed	990 Morale 990 Combat 990 Seafaring 1,710 Speed	1,045 Morale 1,045 Combat 1,045 Seafaring 1,805 Speed	1,100 Morale 1,100 Combat 1,100 Seafaring 1,900 Speed

Personalities

In addition to their basic statistics and traits, each captain's personality is listed under their traits. These do not seem to affect gameplay, but they do affect the appearance and dialogue of the captain. The personalities are:

• Abrasive
• Approachable
• Calm
• Cruel
• Eccentric (there seems to be a problem with this trait, some captains marked as Eccentric will display a Cruel personality)
• Exuberant
• Vicious (there seems to be a problem with this trait, some captains marked as Vicious will display an Approachable personality)

Names

Captain names are generated by using a combination of a forename (or nickname) and surname (or title). Captain names do not appear to be tied to appearance or stats, so are purely cosmetic. Often, both are references to famous pirates and ship captains from real life and fiction. Below are the current lists of possible forenames and surnames, which can be used in any combination.

Possible names

Forename/nickname
Aika	Alexander	Anne	Ariana	Barnabas
Bartholomew	Be-Ever-Humble	Calico	Charlotte	Ching
Grace	Hector	Himiko	Horatio	Jack
James	Jan	Jillian	Justine	Kalista
Kang	Maladetta	Margaret	Mary	Montague
Morgan	Nanako	Noodler	Oathbreaker	Percy
Pieter	Rachel	Ravenna	Red-Handed Jill	Repton
Riscisa	Rocko	Sebastian	Shap	Silver
The Accursed	The Bewitching	The Dread	The Vile	Tuanku
Walter

Surname/title
ad Din	Bligh	Bonny	Drake	Fang
Hook	Kidd	Morgan	Ng-Tsai	Piwar
Rackham	Read	Sharktooth	Shih	Silver
Skulltaker	Song	Teach	the Cruel	the Ghost
Thorn	Tristar	Wytche

Allusions

Forenames

• Aika: a fictional air pirate, one of the protagonists of the game Skies of Arcadia.
• Anne: Anne Bonny, "Calico Jack" Rackham's lover and one of the most famous female pirates.
• Bartholomew: Bartholomew Roberts, a Welsh pirate in the early 18th century.
• Calico: "Calico Jack" Rackham, 18th century pirate.
• Charlotte: Charlotte de Berry, a possibly fictional 17th century female pirate.
• Ching: Ching Shih, early 19th century female Cantonese pirate, undefeated by the British, Portuguese, and Qing Chinese.
• Grace: Grace O'Malley, Queen of Umaill, chieftain of the Ó Máille clan, and a pirate in 16th century Ireland.
• Hector: Hector Barbossa, the fictional antagonist/protagonist of the Pirates of the Caribbean movies.
• Himiko: An obscure 3rd century Japanese queen—not a reference to sailing or piracy, but could refer to the fact that the Eastern Lands are based partially on Japan.
• Horatio: Horatio Nelson, British Vice Admiral famous for his service in the Napoleonic wars and most importantly his victory at the Battle of Trafalgar, that cost him his life.  Also Horatio Hornblower, the fictional protagonist of 11 novels and 5 short stories written by C. S. Forester, published between 1937 and 1967.
• Jack: Jack Sparrow, the fictional protagonist of the Pirates of the Caribbean movies, John "Jack" Aubrey, a fictional character in the Aubrey–Maturin series of novels by Patrick O'Brian, or possibly "Calico Jack" Rackham, see above.
• Mary: Mary Read, English soldier, privateer, and pirate. Served alongside Anne Bonny and "Calico Jack" Rackham.
• Morgan: Henry Morgan, a famed Welsh privateer.
• Noodler: A reference to Peter Pan, one of Captain Hook's pirates.
• Percy: A character found in the children's fiction story Percy and the Pirates.
• Pieter:Pieter Hein, Dutch naval officer and privateer. Vice-Admiral of the Dutch West India Company. Captured a large Spanish treasure fleet.
• Rachel Rachel Wall, believed to be the first American female pirate.
• Red-Handed Jill: A reference to Peter Pan.
• Tuanku: Tuanku Abbas, a Malay pirate who was brother to a rajah of Aceh.

Surnames

• ad Din: Khair ad Din, an Ottoman admiral and privateer, also known as Barbarossa (meaning red beard). Active in the Mediterranean and Barbary coast.
• Bligh: William Bligh, commanded the HMS Bounty and navigated a small lifeboat more than 6700 km with only a quadrant and compass after being set adrift by mutineers.
• Bonny: Anne Bonny (see above).
• Drake: Sir Francis Drake, English privateer and explorer, vice-admiral in command of the English forces that defeated the Spanish Armada.
• Hook: Captain Hook, chief villain in Peter Pan.
• Kidd: Captain William Kidd, a Scottish privateer. He was convicted of piracy by an English court and hanged twice (the first attempt failed).
• Morgan: Henry Morgan, Welsh Admiral, privateer, and pirate (also the namesake for Captain Morgan brand rum).
• Ng-Tsai: Shap Ng-Tsai, mid-19th century Chinese pirate.
• Rackham: Jack Rackham (see above) or the character Red Rackham in the Tintin comic books (who was based on him).
• Read: Mary Read (see above)
• Shih: Ching Shih (see above)
• Silver: Long John Silver, peg-legged, parrot-carrying pirate featured in the book Treasure Island.
• Teach: Edward Teach, also known as Blackbeard, notorious pirate active in the West Indies and the eastern coast of North America. (See also: Bill Teach)
• Wytche

Gallery

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  The Captain Customisation interface

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  A possible captain appearance

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  A possible captain appearance

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  A possible captain appearance

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  A possible captain appearance

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  A possible captain appearance

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  A possible captain appearance

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  A possible captain appearance

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  A possible captain appearance

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  Concept art

Dialogue

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Update history

This information has been compiled as part of the update history project. Some updates may not be included—see here for how to help out!

• patch 21 January 2013 (Update):
  • Player Owned Port Captains will no longer be given "The the Cruel" style names.

• update 11 December 2012 (Update):
  • Added to game.

Trivia

• Even after a voyage has departed, a captain can sometimes still be found in the pub.