Cannon

Loading and firing cannons

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

48-Pounder Cannon

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48-pounder cannon, havent reported in the game yet

Ammunition

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

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

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.

Placing Cannons

In order to place a cannon on a Ship you need to look for an outlined tile on the either side and bow of your ship (golden bullet for Gargish, square wood for the others). Double click your cannon deed and then target the cannon station, and if you are close enough the cannon will be placed.

Necessary Ingredients

Charcoal

• Charcoal: Crafted by Cooks:

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.

Note: When crafting charcoal, be aware that one combine will use the entire stack of boards.

Saltpeter

• Saltpeter: Acquired from Alchemist NPC on the Sea Market for gold, or mined by players. See: Saltpeter.

Black Powder

• Black Powder: Crafted by Alchemist:

Crafting the Alchemy item Black Powder
Minimum Skill Requirements	Components	Success Chances
65.0 Alchemy	1 Sulfurous Ash 6 Saltpeters 1 Charcoals	100.0 skill = 70.0%
		Exceptional Chances
		Cannot be Exceptionally crafted.
Additional Notes
Requires the "High Seas" booster.

Potash

• Potash: Crafted by Alchemist:

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.

Match Cord

• Match Cord: Crafted by Alchemist:

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.

Necessary Ammunition

Light & Heavy Powder Charge

• Light Powder Charge is needed to charge the Light Ship Cannons.

Crafting the Tailoring item Cannon
Minimum Skill Requirements	Components	Success Chances
0.0 Tailoring	1 Cloth 1 Black Powders	50.0 skill = 100.0%
		Exceptional Chances
		Cannot be Exceptionally crafted.
Additional Notes
Requires the "High Seas" booster.

• Heavy Powder Charge is needed to charge the Heavy Ship Cannons.

Crafting the Tailoring item Cannon
Minimum Skill Requirements	Components	Success Chances
0.0 Tailoring	1 Cloth 4 Black Powders	50.0 skill = 100.0%
		Exceptional Chances
		Cannot be Exceptionally crafted.
Additional Notes
Requires the "High Seas" booster.

Light & Heavy Grapeshots and Cannonballs

Cannonballs

• Light Cannonball is needed to load the Light Ship Cannons.

Crafting the Blacksmithy item Cannon
Minimum Skill Requirements	Components	Success Chances
0.0 Blacksmithy	6 Ingots	30.0 skill = 70.0% 50.0 skill = 100.0%
		Exceptional Chances
		Cannot be Exceptionally crafted.
Additional Notes
Requires the "High Seas" booster.

• Heavy Cannonball is needed to load the Heavy Ship Cannons.

Crafting the Blacksmithy item Cannon
Minimum Skill Requirements	Components	Success Chances
10.0 Blacksmithy	12 Ingots	30.0 skill = 40.0% 60.0 skill = 100.0%
		Exceptional Chances
		Cannot be Exceptionally crafted.
Additional Notes
Requires the "High Seas" booster.

Grapeshots

• Light Grapeshot is needed to load the Light Ship Cannons.

Crafting the Blacksmithy item Cannon
Minimum Skill Requirements	Components	Success Chances
0.0 Blacksmithy	1 Cloth 6 Ingots	30.0 skill = 60.0% 50.0 skill = 100.0%
		Exceptional Chances
		Cannot be Exceptionally crafted.
Additional Notes
Requires the "High Seas" booster.

• Heavy Grapeshot is needed to load the Heavy Ship Cannons.

Crafting the Blacksmithy item Cannon
Minimum Skill Requirements	Components	Success Chances
15.0 Blacksmithy	2 Cloth 12 Ingots	30.0 skill = 30.0% 70.0 skill = 100.0%
		Exceptional Chances
		Cannot be Exceptionally crafted.
Additional Notes
Requires the "High Seas" booster.

Fuse Cord

• Fuse Cord is needed for firing Cannons.

Crafting the Alchemy item Cannon
Minimum Skill Requirements	Components	Success Chances
55.0 Alchemy	1 Balls of Yarn 1 Water 1 Black Powders 1 Potashes	80.0 skill = 50.0% 100.0 skill = 90.0%
		Exceptional Chances
		Cannot be Exceptionally crafted.
Additional Notes
Requires the "High Seas" booster.

Necessary Tools

Swab

• Swab for cleaning the cannons.

Crafting the Tinkering item Cannon
Minimum Skill Requirements	Components	Success Chances
0.0 Tinkering	4 Cloth 4 Boards or Logs	50.0 skill = 100.0%
		Exceptional Chances
		50.0 skill = 40.0%
Additional Notes
This item may hold it's Maker's Mark. Requires the "High Seas" booster.

Ramrod

• Ramrod for loading the cannons.

Crafting the Tinkering item Cannon
Minimum Skill Requirements	Components	Success Chances
0.0 Tinkering	8 Boards or Logs	50.0 skill = 100.0%
		Exceptional Chances
		50.0 skill = 40.0%
Additional Notes
This item may hold it's Maker's Mark. Requires the "High Seas" booster.

Match

• Match for litting the fuse of the cannons.

Crafting the Tinkering item Cannon
Minimum Skill Requirements	Components	Success Chances
15.0 Tinkering	4 Boards or Logs 10 Match Cords	30.0 skill = 30.0% 70.0 skill = 100.0%
		Exceptional Chances
		70.0 skill = 50.0% 100.0 skill = 100.0%
Additional Notes
This item may hold it's Maker's Mark. Requires the "High Seas" booster.

WARNING: You will need few of these, so only make one to start with, as with the ramrods and swabs. Each you will only need one to reuse.

Operation

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

Use a Powder charge type that matches the cannon you want, Light Powder Charge or Heavy Powder Charge. Once you load the corresponding Powder Charge, you can go on to the easy part, loading the cannon.

3.LOAD

Use this option to load Light / Heavy Cannonballs or Light / Heavy Grapeshots. The size must match the cannon. Loading a cannon, requires a Ramrod .

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.

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

See Also

• Myhtic PDF
• Ramrod
• Swab