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Blackbeard Ketch
April 30, 2026 at 09:15 PM
Cleaned article wording and added utility details
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.
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 |
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.
The hull shape is shared with the stock Ketch, so turn rate and turning radius are similar to the stock class, while the variant's Max Speed is listed in the Overview above and may cap below the stock class' Gear 4 reading. Hull bracing, hold load, and wind angle still apply on top of the baseline values below.
See the Overview for this variant's Max Speed. The gear-by-gear breakdown is listed on the parent class article and applies subject to the variant's specific Max Speed cap (some variants top out below the parent's Gear 4 reading).
Construct Blackbeard Ketch at the Wharf after learning Ship Design: Ketch. The following materials are consumed when the keel is laid:
Image | Ingredient | Quantity |
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| x100 | |
| x150 | |
| x40 | |
| x30 |
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.
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.
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.
Image | Naval Tactic | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| Patient first strike: +130% damage on next volley after 2 min of neither taking nor dealing damage | |
| Aggression buff during sustained combat | |
| Reduces consumable usage for extended engagements | |
| Out-of-combat hull regeneration | |
| Suppressing fire pressure on enemy reloads |
Crew Gear | Effect |
|---|---|
Improves boarding party performance. |
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.
ShipsThe top-level Windrose ship index
WharfWhere ships are built and rigged
Naval CombatThe broader naval combat system
BoardingCrew-vs-crew boarding actions
KetchThe stock Ketch variant
Brethren KetchThe brethren Ketch variant
Property | Value |
|---|---|
Hitpoints | 35,000 |
Max Speed | 21 |
Cargo size | 20 |
Main battery | 3 guns, 12 or 24 lbs |
Crew | 50 |
Ingredient | Quantity |
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x100 | |
x150 | |
x40 | |
x30 |
Plan |
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