Windrose — Hints & Tips

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Submitted by: David K.

Piastre and Guinea Farming Tips

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* Sell trade goods at Faction main bases regularly: Provisions, 
  Spirits, Contraband, and similar items have no use sitting in 
  your inventory. Each faction buys different commodities, so 
  check which base accepts what before sailing.

* Sell spare Guineas to the Smuggler Provisioner: At 20 Piastres 
  per Guinea, surplus cosmetic currency converts directly into 
  spendable income. Skip this only if you are actively building 
  or decorating.

* Run faction quests in sequence: Each completed quest builds 
  reputation and pays out directly, making it more efficient 
  than grinding combat zones for random drops.

* Read every note and letter you find: The buried treasure system 
  relies entirely on environmental objects. Skipping notes means 
  skipping Guineas.

* Check chest counters on island maps: The "0/X" counter shows 
  remaining undiscovered caches in a region. Search elevated 
  terrain first.

* Upgrade base Comfort: Higher base comfort increases stamina 
  and stamina recovery, which directly improves performance 
  during long farming sessions and boss encounters.

Best Stats To Level Up First

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* Level your main weapon stat first,
* Add Endurance early if stamina is holding the build back.
* Add Vitality early if you are dying too quickly,
* Add Precision because it supports Rapier, Pistol, and Musket on 
  one offensive stat.
* Leave Mastery until later unless you are intentionally building 
  around crits.

Place Fast Travel Points Before a POI

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You get your first Fast Travel bell inside the smuggler den in the 
middle of the starter island. You need two fast travel bells or more 
to move from one point to another. So, before you dive into a dungeon,
we recommend creating two points from your base to the dungeon or 
other POI.

Tips and Tricks

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* Looting chests doesn’t pause the game. When looting chests and even 
  your post-mortem cache, you can still get hit by enemies.
* Always look for Piastre and Guinea. These are currencies found early 
  on and used heavily later. See a green or rarer highlight at the seas? 
  Pick it up.
* Look for the quality-of-life buttons in item management. You can sort 
  your inventory, storage chests, and ship inventory with a click of a button.
* Can’t find a chest or a treasure in an area? Try looking for a hidden 
  ladder going down, some debris you can mine, some vines you can destroy, 
  or even using a shovel to dig through the ground.
* Also, don’t waste time picking up loot while sailing on a boat. Wait 
  until you unlock the Ketch, so you can easily pick them up as long as 
  they are within the radius of the boat.
* Swapping to your melee weapon is faster than reloading.
* You need both bullets and gunpowder to fire a gun. There are slots in 
  your ammo inventory, separate from your backpack.
* Always look at your rested buff when exploring. It regenerates your 
  stamina even faster; it is kind of broken (in a positively powerful way), 
  too.
* You can have two food buffs and an elixir buff active at once.
* Weapons and armor are upgradable. Materials are quite easy to farm early, 
  so fast-track your gear to Item Level 200 early. You can be pickier when 
  ascending weapons or going past item level 6 upgrades, since it’ll now use 
  some rare tools for upgrades.
* Always bring a Fast Travel Bell and Wood when traveling. You never know 
  if there’s going to be a hard encounter, and you want to travel there 
  immediately when you die to save some time.
* Repair Kits only repair outside of combat. Combat Repair Kits allow you 
  to heal during combat, but it is harder to craft.
* You can always reposition your ship by recalling it.
* If you see those "level 2" or "level 3" station requirements, you must 
  unlock new buildings based on their building category. For example, placing 
  the new building has no interactions, like the Sawhorse. It just upgrades 
  the Workbench.
* Trying to build a base, but can’t find any roof corners? You’ll still have 
  to progress and unlock those recipes.
* You can refill the Lamp’s light source at the workbench.
* Always carry stacks of Bandages when exploring. Health potions are great, 
  but Bandages are more resource-efficient.
* You can always craft a workbench anywhere without a bonfire. This allows 
  you to craft useful items like bandages, repair kits, and bullets while 
  exploring.
* Resetting your talents is free. Just go to the talent page and press "Z." 
  No strings attached. The same goes for your stat or attributes.
* Always look into your tooltip notifications under the minimap. These 
  usually contain important notifications, such as acquiring new Plans & 
  Recipes in the Curios, so you can manually learn new things.
* The Ketch, or any ship outside the simple boat, has a ship cargo inventory 
  where you can store items.
* Remember to fully gear up your ship with cannons, hull modifications, 
  crew equipment, and more.
* You can repair your ship by interacting with the Wharf and pressing on 
  the health icon of a specific ship. It is resource-efficient and instant.
* All loot plundered at the seas using your ship will be inside the ship’s 
  cargo and not your inventory.
* Place markers for spots with easy-to-find resources, like an area with 
  several boar spawns. These don’t have icons on the map, but you can manually 
  make one to remember where to find them.
* Exploring and side quests are highly recommended, even practically mandatory. 
  If you try to breeze through the main quest, you’ll always be severely 
  underlevelled. Explore and finish side quests for experience points.
* Finishing points of interest give you experience points, which is somewhat 
  the main way of leveling up in the game.
* Quests are shared in multiplayer as long as the host has enabled it in the 
  server settings.
* Insignias are important to keep for later on. They are used to increase 
  reputation with all factions in the game. It’ll be an intense grind, so keep 
  looking for these Insignias.
* Looking to stop playing the game to watch or do something else? Leave the 
  game on while setting your ship to sail in a direction so you can start 
  exploring more of the game’s enormous map.
* If you run out of stamina while swimming, you’ll start drowning and start 
  to lose HP.
* You can only have 10 active fast travel points at a time. This is separate 
  from the fixed fast-travel points, like the Tortuga Market.
* Always craft and bring a Homeward Journey. You never know when you need 
  to travel back home instantly.
* If you have to fight more than two ships at a time, try to sail at the 
  center so you can literally use each side of the boat to shoot. If you fight 
  them on one side, each of those ships will fire once at you, and you can only 
  shoot once.