The Shipwright

Build the ship you fly.

Forty parts across four slots: balloon, engines, fins and gondola. Mix them into thousands of airships, paint them, wear them in, and take them straight into a match. The balloon sets your class; the rest is yours.

How it works

Four slots. Ten parts each.

The Shipwright screen with a twin-hull airship boosting on its dock.
  • Balloon sets your class, your hull and your size.
  • Engines decide how you fly, and how you boost: nozzles flame, propellers and paddle wheels spin up.
  • Fins carry your tail outline, and propeller ships boost out of them.
  • Gondola hangs below, with your crew and your gun deck.
  • See it live. Spin it on the dock, check it from the match camera, test the boost and fire a volley before you sail.

Classes

The balloon is the class.

Engines, fins and gondolas each lean your ship toward a style, like acceleration over top speed or turning over drifting. Those numbers are still being tuned in testing.

LIGHTDart · Wasp · Manta

85 hull, 8% faster, a smaller target.

MEDIUMSleek · Comet · Lantern · Twin

100 hull at normal speed. The all-rounder.

HEAVYBulwark · Ironclad · Whale

120 hull, 6% slower, a big presence.

The catalog

Every part in the yard

Dart balloonLight

DART

A needle-thin racer. Smallest target in the sky.

Wasp balloonLight

WASP

Slim and striped, with a hornet's sting of speed.

Manta balloonLight

MANTA

Wide and flat like a ray. Light, fast, hard to miss.

Sleek balloonMedium

SLEEK

The classic armoured envelope. Good at everything.

Comet balloonMedium

COMET

A big round nose tapering to a thin tail.

Lantern balloonMedium

LANTERN

Exposed ribs over glowing panels. Pure old-world charm.

Twin balloonMedium

TWIN

Two hulls and a bridge deck. Boosts out of both tails.

Bulwark balloonHeavy

BULWARK

Thick brass bands and a blunt, reinforced nose.

Ironclad balloonHeavy

IRONCLAD

Overlapping armour plates and a ram nose.

Whale balloonHeavy

WHALE

Enormous, round and very hard to sink.

Propeller engineWorkhorse

PROPELLER

A ringed propeller that spins up as you go.

Jet engineRacer

JET

A sleek nozzle with a hot cyan exhaust.

Turbine engineBooster

TURBINE

A fat drum with a glowing fan.

Twin Prop engineClimber

TWIN PROP

Two propellers on one shaft, spinning opposite ways.

Rocket engineKicker

ROCKET

Three nozzles. Loud, bright, fast.

Paddle Wheel engineSteady

PADDLE WHEEL

A brass paddle wheel, straight off a riverboat.

Ducted Fan engineNimble

DUCTED FAN

A many-bladed fan inside a copper ring.

Crystal Core engineCharger

CRYSTAL CORE

A glowing crystal in a brass cage. No flame, all hum.

Steam Boiler engineTough

STEAM BOILER

A riveted boiler with a smokestack and twin props.

Ramjet engineSprinter

RAMJET

A long tube with an intake spike and a wide nozzle.

Swept fin setAgile

SWEPT

Four swept copper fins in an X.

Shark fin setDrifter

SHARK

One tall dorsal, two wide stabilisers.

Ring Shroud fin setSteady

RING SHROUD

Fins inside a brass shroud. Boosts out of the ring.

Box Kite fin setAnchor

BOX KITE

A box kite of copper panels. Boosts out of the tube.

Bat Wing fin setCarver

BAT WING

Scalloped wings on gunmetal ribs.

Feather fin setGlider

FEATHER

A fan of copper feathers, like a bird's tail.

Trident fin setLancer

TRIDENT

Three long blades. Very sharp.

Sail fin setCruiser

SAIL

Canvas sails on brass masts.

Twin Tail fin setBalanced

TWIN TAIL

Two rudders on a wide stabiliser.

Fluke fin setSlingshot

FLUKE

A curved whale tail.

Cutter gondolaQuick deck

CUTTER

A slim boat hull with a row of cyan windows.

Fortress gondolaArmored deck

FORTRESS

Armoured, wide, with a raised command deck.

Galleon gondolaBroadside

GALLEON

A tiny pirate galleon with cannon ports.

Cabin gondolaHomely

CABIN

A cozy timber cabin with a little chimney.

Bubble gondolaSpotter

BUBBLE

A glass cockpit in a brass frame.

Barge gondolaHauler

BARGE

An open deck stacked with cargo crates.

Blade gondolaStreamlined

BLADE

A narrow armoured keel.

Turret gondolaLong gun

TURRET

A round turret with twin brass cannons.

Lantern Deck gondolaLookout

LANTERN DECK

An open deck strung with glowing lanterns.

Royal gondolaFlagship

ROYAL

Gilded scrollwork and tall windows.

Looks

Paint it. Wear it in.

The Look tab with patterns and a chevron-painted heavy airship.
Patterns and finishes, with your own colours.
A light Dart racer with a racing stripe.
A Dart with a racing stripe.
Squad colour by defaultHull paintsTwo-toneRacing stripeBandsChevronsChecksFlamesPolishedWeatheredBattle-wornPattern coloursStain and undercoat colours

Fair play

Style you earn, never power you buy.

Sidegrades

Every part trades one strength for another. No part is simply better.

Earned in play

Every handling style can be unlocked by playing. Seasons and events add new looks.

Same rules for everyone

Your hitbox comes from your balloon class, so fancy fins never hide a ship.