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Blackbeard Ketch is a blackbeard variant of the Ketch ship class in Windrose. A ketch is one of the most common ships in the Caribbean, valued for its reliability and simplicity. Blackbeard ships are natural-born raiders. They sacrifice armor and cargo hold space, but make up for it with speed and the ability to mount larger-caliber guns. However, the durability of their hulls leaves much to be desired. Build one at the Wharf with the right Ship Design plan, then outfit the cannon, hull, naval tactics, and boarding party slots before setting sail.

Blackbeard Ketch

Overview

Property	Value
Hitpoints	35,000
Max Speed	21
Cargo size	20
Main battery	3 guns, 12 or 24 lbs
Crew	50
Secondary	None
Restoration cost	Low

Strategic Role

The Blackbeard Ketch trades hull durability and cargo capacity for speed and heavier guns. Boards faster, runs faster, survives less. Favored by pure PvP raiders who plan to overwhelm targets before the target can close range. Pair with high-damage cannons like the Tempered or Devastating line and stay out of 2v1 broadsides.

Mobility

The hull shape is shared with the stock Ketch, so the gear-by-gear speed, turn rate, and turning radius figures match that class exactly. Hull bracing, hold load, and wind angle still apply on top of the baseline values below.

Gear	Speed	Turn Rate
Gear -1	-5.2 kn	-5.5°/s
Gear 0	0 kn	5.2°/s
Gear 1	2.5 kn	9°/s
Gear 2	7.5 kn	11.5°/s
Gear 3	14 kn	14.5°/s
Gear 4	21.8 kn	14.8°/s

Build Cost

Construct Blackbeard Ketch at the Wharf after learning Ship Design: Ketch. The following materials are consumed when the keel is laid:

Image	Ingredient	Quantity
	Nails	x100
	Wood	x150
	Coarse Fabric	x40
	Rope	x30

Equipment Loadout

Each Ketch carries dedicated slots for ship cannons, hull bracings, naval tactics, and crew equipment. The following items can be mounted on Blackbeard Ketch at the Wharf interface once the hull is built.

Cannon Slot

Blackbeard Ketch carries a main battery of 3 guns at 12 or 24 lbs (no secondary battery on this hull class). Each slot can mount the baseline cannon of its caliber or any of the three ascendable variants (Devastating, Perfectly Ordered, Tempered). See Ship Cannon Loadouts for each variant's exact Rare and Epic effect, and Shipwright's Workshop for the crafting interface.

Hull Slot

The Hull Slot accepts the baseline Hull Bracing or any of three Rare-tier ascendable variants: Hull Bracing: Iron Resolve (fortified HP), Hull Bracing: Keelhold (repair-kit duration unaffected by damage), and Hull Bracing: Standfast (cheap-material tradeoff). See Ship Cannon Loadouts for the full bracing table.

Naval Tactics Slot

Image	Naval Tactic	Effect
	Naval Tactics I: Ambush	Patient first strike: +130% damage on next volley after 2 min of neither taking nor dealing damage
	Naval Tactics II: No Quarter	Aggression buff during sustained combat
	Naval Tactics III: Stretch the Supply	Reduces consumable usage for extended engagements
	Naval Tactics IV: Shipshape	Out-of-combat hull regeneration
	Naval Tactics V: Silence the Guns	Suppressing fire pressure on enemy reloads

Crew Equipment Slot

Crew Gear	Effect
Boarding Party Gear	Improves boarding party performance.

How to Unlock

To build Blackbeard Ketch you must first own the Ship Design: Ketch plan. Ship design plans are typically rewarded through faction reputation quests, purchased from Provisioners at matching reputation rank, or dropped by named ships during fleet engagements.

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