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

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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.

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.