36-Pounders

36-Pounders is a 36-pound ship cannon, the baseline Uncommon variant. Massive cannons built to deliver crushing blows. Reserved for ships capable of bearing its weight and recoil.

Let the heavy guns speak.

Overview

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36-pound cannons are the heaviest caliber in the game and only one hull can carry them. The Blackbeard Frigate can replace its default 24-pound guns with 36-pound guns for maximum per-volley damage at the cost of reload speed. Compatible hulls:

• Blackbeard Frigate

Caliber Role

At 2500 damage per volley, the 36-pound class is the hardest-hitting Cannons caliber in the game, ahead of the 2000 damage 24-Pounders and the 1500 damage 12-pound guns. That power comes with the slowest baseline reload at 14 seconds and the steepest material cost, and only the Blackbeard Frigate has slots that accept it. The trade is straightforward: you give up rate of fire and flexibility for the largest single broadside available, which suits sustained hits against high-HP targets where each volley matters more than how often you fire.

This baseline Uncommon gun carries no special effect. If you want an on-hit bonus on top of the 36-pound caliber, the modded lines layer one over the same damage figure: 36-Pounders: Tempered trades reload for a delayed damage spike and is the only variant that reaches S rank in both range and accuracy, 36-Pounders: Devastating stacks a damage-taken debuff on the target, and 36-Pounders: Perfectly Ordered rewards landing hits soon after reloading with a rolling reload-speed buff. All of them ascend from Rare to Epic with Tumbaga Ingot.

Crafting Recipes

36-Pounders is crafted at the Shipwright's Workshop. Each station tier accepts higher-grade metals and planks, letting you re-craft this gun with whichever material pipeline your base currently supports.

When to Use

The baseline 36-Pounders is the most accessible cannon of its caliber and requires no Recipe Papers to craft. It trades mechanical effect for raw availability, which matters when you need to re-arm mid-campaign or outfit a new hull quickly before hunting down higher-tier plans.

See Also

• Cannons: full roster of every ship-weapon variant

• Naval Combat: how cannons resolve damage

• Shipwright's Workshop: primary crafting station

• Ship Customization: pairing cannons with hull, hull mods, and naval tactics

• 36-Pounders: Tempered: related variant

• 36-Pounders: Devastating: related variant

• 36-Pounders: Perfectly Ordered: related variant

Details

Crafted By

Crafted at: Shipwright's Workshop

Unlocked By

Unlocked through the Foothills discovery that grants iron tools, crafting-station upgrades, and larger ship cannons. The discovery is reached by working Foothills Iron Ore into the iron material tier, after which the 36-pound plan becomes craftable at the Shipwright's Workshop.

Disassembles Into

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