Difference between revisions of "Cannon"

Revision as of 07:39, 8 October 2010

Overview

The use of cannons on ships are introduced with the High Seas booster. Different types of Galleons may mount various numbers of cannon. Cannon may be dismantled and removed from a ship.

Crafting

There are two types of cannons that can be crafted by Blacksmiths:

• Light Ship Cannon with 65.0 Blacksmithy and 65.0 Carpentry
• Heavy Ship Cannon with 70.0 Blacksmithy and 70.0 Carpentry

Unknown

Unknown type of cannon, please enter source/description

Ammunition

There are two types of cannon ammunition, also crafted by Blacksmiths, for each cannon type:

Cannon ammunition is crafted by Blacksmiths. Cannons can only be loaded with one ammunition type at a time. They can be dismantled from the ship.

Operation

See also :Myhtic PDF
Placing Cannons
In order to place a cannon on a Ship you need to look for a yellow, bullet shaped outline on the side or near the front of the Ship.
Double click your cannon deed and then target the yellow bullet region and if you are close enough to the region a cannon will be placed.

Using Cannons
Once you have your cannons placed on your Ship, you can use them by one of two methods: By context menu or by double clicking the cannon itself.
If you use the context menu you can do things somewhat faster, where double clicking on a cannon gives you a pop-up menu, which might be better for a dedicated cannon worker. Also, if you hover over a cannon, a Tooltip will inform you on its status.

There are four main actions for each cannon on your ship:
1.Clean, 2.Charge, 3.Load, and 4.Prime.
Each action must be completed in order.

1.CLEAN

Required after use. Clean the Cannon with a Swab. (use via Cannon Menu)

2.CHARGE

Required Ingredients:

• Saltpeter: Acquired from Alchemist NPC on the Sea Market.
• Charcoal:

Crafting the Cooking item Charcoal
Minimum Skill Requirements	Components	Success Chances
0.0 Cooking	1 Boards or Logs	30.0 skill = 80.0% 50.0 skill = 100.0%
		Exceptional Chances
		Cannot be Exceptionally crafted.
Additional Notes
Requires the "High Seas" booster.

• Sulfurous Ash: Acquired from any Mage or Alchemist NPC.
• Cloth: Acquired from any Tailor NPC.

2.1 Craft Black Powder

Crafting the Alchemy item Black Powder
Minimum Skill Requirements	Components	Success Chances
85.0 Alchemy	1 Sulfurous Ash 6 Saltpeters 1 Charcoals	100.0 skill = 30.0%
		Exceptional Chances
		Cannot be Exceptionally crafted.
Additional Notes
Requires the "High Seas" booster.

2.2 Create Powder Charge

(0 Tailoring -> Materials)
Light Powder Charge: 1 Cloth, 1 Black Powder
Heavy Powder Charge: 1 Cloth, 4 Black Powder

Create a Powder charge type that matches the cannon you want (light or heavy).
Once you load the Powder charge, you can go on to the easy part, loading the cannon.

3.LOAD

Use this option to load Cannonballs or Grapeshots. The size must match the cannon.
Load a cannon, requires a Ramrod .
See also:

• Light Cannonball
• Heavy Cannonball
• Light Grapeshot
• Heavy Grapeshot
• Heavy Ship Cannon

4.PRIME

Once the cannon is charged and loaded, the last thing you need to do is prime it.
Only prime the cannon if you are about to fire.

• Water: Acquired from Innkeeper or a Glass Pitcher
• Board: Acquired from Lumberjacking
• Saltpeter: Acquired from Alchemist NPC on the Sea Market
• Ball of Yarn: Acquired from a Tailor

• Potash:

Crafting the Alchemy item Potash
Minimum Skill Requirements	Components	Success Chances
0.0 Alchemy	1 Boards or Logs 1 Water	30.0 skill = 60.0% 50.0 skill = 100.0%
		Exceptional Chances
		Cannot be Exceptionally crafted.
Additional Notes
Requires the "High Seas" booster.

• Black Powder:

Crafting the Alchemy item Black Powder
Minimum Skill Requirements	Components	Success Chances
85.0 Alchemy	1 Sulfurous Ash 6 Saltpeters 1 Charcoals	100.0 skill = 30.0%
		Exceptional Chances
		Cannot be Exceptionally crafted.
Additional Notes
Requires the "High Seas" booster.

• Match Cord:

Crafting the Alchemy item Match Cord
Minimum Skill Requirements	Components	Success Chances
25.0 Alchemy	1 Balls of Yarn 1 Water 1 Saltpeters 1 Potashes	30.0 skill = 10.0% 50.0 skill = 50.0% 80.0 skill = 100.0%
		Exceptional Chances
		Cannot be Exceptionally crafted.
Additional Notes
Requires the "High Seas" booster.

• Fuse Cord: Created via 55 Alchemy -> Explosive (Req. 1 Black Powder, 1 Ball of Yarn, 1 Water, 1 Potash)
  

Once you add the Match Cord and the Fuse Cord to a cannon, you can Fire the cannon!

See Also

• Ramrod
• Swab