On your side
Ren calls loot and opportunity in an amber strip: supply drops, relays, the galleon, the balloon, Port Rush and Gold Rain.
Events
No two matches play the same.
Every Squall Run throws supply drops, relays, a boss galleon and a treasure balloon at you, then deals two wild cards on top that change from match to match. Two voices call them out: one on your side, one very much not.
Who's talking
Two voices. You'll learn the difference fast.
Voices can be switched to chip-only in Settings.
Not on your side
The Herald speaks for the Duskbound, who want every captain sunk. She brings the lightning, sets bounties and sends her hunters at night.
What to do, right now
Every event also shows a chip under your panel with one short instruction and a timer, plus a radar mark that shows where.
Every match
The regulars
Their timing shifts a few seconds every match, so the rhythm is familiar but never memorised.
Supply Drop
GRAB THE CRATESNine crates splash down somewhere on the map. First come, first served: each one is Renown and an upgrade.
“Supply drop going down. Nine crates, captain.”REN TAL · WINDWARD
Dark Relay
HOLD THE RINGA relay island wakes up and pays whoever is inside its ring. Everyone wants it, so holding it means fighting for it.
“A dark relay just woke up. Hold it and it pays.”REN TAL · WINDWARD
Galleon Convoy
SINK ITA loaded galleon breaks out of a storm cloud with escorts. Sink it for a pile of Renown and six hull patches. Details below.
“Galleon convoy, gold ring. She's loaded.”REN TAL · WINDWARD
Treasure Balloon
CATCH ITA fast balloon drifts loose. Boost to catch it: +80 Renown and three upgrades for whoever gets there first.
“Treasure balloon's loose! First hull takes it.”REN TAL · WINDWARD
Bounty
SINK THE LEADERThe captain with the most Renown is marked on everyone's radar. Sink them for a bonus. If it's you, survive it and you earn +60.
“Sink the leader and I might let you live.”THE DUSK HERALD · DUSKBOUND
Wild cards
Two surprises every match
One in the day, one at dusk. Never the same one twice in a match, never right before a Reckoning, and they get their own warning a few seconds before they start.
Lightning Front
AVOID THE REDA 500-wide band of storm sweeps across the map. Strikes land inside it: a red circle fills, then it hits for 14. Don't park in a red circle.
“Hold still, captain. Let my lightning find you.”THE DUSK HERALD · DUSKBOUND
Port Rush
BANK THERE · ×2One port turns gold and pays double for 25 seconds. Every captain carrying Renown just turned around.
“Double Renown at Sunspire. Everyone heard that.”REN TAL · WINDWARD
Gold Rain
GRAB THE GOLDA gold cloud forms and rains 120 Renown in loose pieces over 15 seconds. It turns into the messiest fight of the match.
“See that cloud? Money's about to fall out.”REN TAL · WINDWARD
Boss
The Galleon
- It arrives in a storm. A grey cloudbank gathers over a gold ring, lightning inside. Three seconds later the galleon and two escorts break out with a horn blast.
- A boss bar when you're close. Its name and hull, with a mark at half.
- It gets angry. Below half hull another escort joins, and every 10 seconds it slows, winds up, and lobs ten mortars in a ring around itself, plus one at each captain nearby. Watch the red circles.
- It goes down in style. It lists, burns and blows apart, throwing six hull patches out of the wreck.
After dark
When the Duskbound wake
Dusk Falls
GET READYThe light turns violet at about 2:10. The Duskbound are waking.
“Dusk, captains. My hunters are waking.”THE DUSK HERALD · DUSKBOUND
Nightfall
HUNT OR BE HUNTEDFrom about 2:40, Duskbound raiders hunt everyone. Each one sunk pays +30 and patches 25 hull.
“Night is mine. You're only prey now.”THE DUSK HERALD · DUSKBOUND
Weekend modes
The rules bend on weekends.
A weekend mode runs all weekend and changes one rule for every match.
Drift charges 75% faster. Boosts everywhere, Drift Shots every turn.
Three extra treasure balloons join the match. Bring your boost.
Banked Renown counts 1.5×. Bank early, bank often.
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