Cannon
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.
Cannons
There are two types of cannons that can be crafted by Blacksmiths:
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Culverin with 65.0 Blacksmithy and 65.0 Carpentry -
Carronade with 70.0 Blacksmithy and 70.0 Carpentry
48-Pounder Cannon
48-pounder cannon, havent reported in the game yet
Blundercannon
Can be purchased from the black market for 25,000 doubloons
Dragon Cannon
Can be purchased from the black market for 120,000 doubloons.
Ammunition
Cannon ammunition crafted by Blacksmiths
| Cannons |
|---|
| Cannonball |
| 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
| Crafting the Cooking item Charcoal | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minimum Skill Requirements | Components | Success Chances | ||
| 0.0 Cooking |
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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 |
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100.0 skill = 70.0% | ||||||
| Exceptional Chances | ||||||||
| Cannot be Exceptionally crafted. | ||||||||
| Additional Notes | ||||||||
| Requires the "High Seas" booster. | ||||||||
Potash
| Crafting the Alchemy item Potash | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minimum Skill Requirements | Components | Success Chances | ||||
| 0.0 Alchemy |
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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 |
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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
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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30.0 skill = 40.0% 60.0 skill = 100.0% | ||
| Exceptional Chances | ||||
| Cannot be Exceptionally crafted. | ||||
| Additional Notes | ||||
| Requires the "High Seas" booster. | ||||
Grapeshots
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Light Grapeshot is needed to load the Light Ship Cannons.
| Crafting the Blacksmithy item Cannon | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minimum Skill Requirements | Components | Success Chances | ||||
| 0.0 Blacksmithy |
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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 |
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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 |
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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
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Swab for cleaning the cannons.
| Crafting the Tinkering item Cannon | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minimum Skill Requirements | Components | Success Chances | ||||
| 0.0 Tinkering |
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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
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Ramrod for loading the cannons.
| Crafting the Tinkering item Cannon | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minimum Skill Requirements | Components | Success Chances | ||
| 0.0 Tinkering |
|
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
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Match for litting the fuse of the cannons.
| Crafting the Tinkering item Cannon | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minimum Skill Requirements | Components | Success Chances | ||||
| 15.0 Tinkering |
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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!