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22 Boarding Party Gear is the sole Ship Crew Equipment item in the game, mounted in a ship's dedicated Crew Equipment slot. It boosts the combat power of the NPC boarding party that follows the player onto an enemy deck, so it matters most for captains who plan to win fights by capturing ships rather than sinking them.
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44 Equipment reserved for close-quarters combat. Better gear means better-armed boarders, and fewer chances for the enemy once the clash starts.
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66 Gentlemen, once aboard, leave nothing standing. (Black Bart)
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88 Overview
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1010 PropertyValueCategoryShip Crew EquipmentRarityUncommonSlotCrew Equipment (one per ship)ATK (Max)380Weight1.0Max Item Level15Stack Size1EffectIncreases power of your crew while boarding other ships.Fits HullsAll 9 hull classes (every Brig, Frigate, Ketch variant)
1111 In-Game Effect
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1313 Boarding Party Gear applies a single persistent effect while equipped in the Crew Equipment slot: it increases the power of the NPC boarding crew when the player initiates a Boarding action on an enemy ship. The effect applies to NPC crew combat performance during deck fights, not to the player character's own melee output.
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1515 Because the effect is a blanket crew-power increase rather than a stat breakdown (HP, Attack, Defense), upgrading the gear at higher tiers scales the whole crew-power bundle rather than a specific stat.
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1717 Fits Ships
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1919 Every hull in the game accepts Boarding Party Gear in its Crew Equipment slot, so you never have to pick between upgrading the gear and switching to a different class of ship. Compatible hulls:
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2121 Blackbeard BrigBlackbeard FrigateBlackbeard KetchBrethren BrigBrethren FrigateBrethren KetchBrigFrigateKetch
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2323 Crafting Recipes
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2525 Boarding Party Gear is crafted at the Shipwright's Workshop. Each station tier unlocks a better material pipeline for the same finished gear, so the recipe changes as your workshop levels up rather than the gear class itself changing.
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2727 Station TierIngredients (7x per craft)OutputCraft TimeLevel 1 (Item Lvl 1-5)Copper Ingot x7, Rough Hide x7, Coarse Fabric x7Boarding Party Gear x11s (60/min)Level 2 (Item Lvl 6)Foothills Iron Ingot x4, Tanned Leather x4, Linen Fabric x4Boarding Party Gear x11s (60/min)Level 2 (Item Lvl 7-10)Foothills Iron Ingot x7, Tanned Leather x7, Linen Fabric x7, Sewing Tools x3Boarding Party Gear x11s (60/min)Level 3 (Item Lvl 11)Mire Metal Ingot x4, Crocodile Hide Piece x4, Tarred Fabric x4, Sewing Tools x3Boarding Party Gear x11s (60/min)Level 3 (Item Lvl 12-15)Mire Metal Ingot x7, Crocodile Hide Piece x7, Tarred Fabric x7, Sewing Tools x3Boarding Party Gear x11s (60/min)
2828 Upgrading
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3030 Like most ship equipment, Boarding Party Gear carries its own upgrade track at the Shipwright's Workshop Upgrade tab. Every Item Level from 1 to 15 costs an incremental batch of the listed materials (see the Level-by-Level Material Cost section below). At Item Level 15 the ATK stat peaks at 380, matching the rest of the top-tier ship equipment bracket.
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3232 Disassembles Into
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3434 Salvaging a Boarding Party Gear at the Shipwright's Workshop returns the Level-1-tier ingredients:
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3636 Copper Ingot x7Rough Hide x7Coarse Fabric x7
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3838 Disassembly returns the raw-material cost you paid at Level 1 regardless of which tier you upgraded through, so salvaging a high-item-level copy does not refund the higher-tier materials you spent on upgrades.
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4040 When to Prioritize
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4242 Boarding-focused builds: A boarding-pressure captain benefits the most. If you plan to capture ships rather than sink them, upgrading this gear gives your NPC crew the survivability to win deck fights while you flank or hold a chokepoint.Solo play vs. larger enemies: Blackbeard Brigs and Frigates spawn more deck defenders than a Ketch or standard Brig. A crew without upgraded gear gets wiped quickly against those spawns.Multi-ship fleet play: When you are managing helm and cannons on your own hull, the crew is the only boarding party you field. An upgraded Boarding Party Gear effectively turns your crew into an autonomous deck-clearing unit while you keep your ship moving.
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4444 Captains who run gunnery-first loadouts tend to keep this gear at lower item levels and invest crafting time into Cannons or Naval Tactics instead. Because crew-boarding fights are entirely optional in most engagements, skipping the upgrade path is a valid choice.
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4646 Pairing with Naval Tactics
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4848 Boarding Party Gear slots into a different ship slot than Naval Tactics, so they do not compete for equip space. The natural pairing is with Naval Tactics II: No Quarter, which restores 30% ship health when you destroy an enemy within 50 meters (a common outcome of a successful boarding action when the boarded ship is left low on hull afterwards). Naval Tactics IV: Shipshape is also a strong pairing because it regenerates hull health between boarding actions so you can chain multiple prize hunts without docking.
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5050 Equipping
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5252 Boarding Party Gear equips into the Crew Equipment slot at a Wharf. The slot is separate from the tactics slot, the cannon slots, and the hull-mod slot, so equipping this gear does not force trade-offs against other ship upgrades. Every ship class carries exactly one Crew Equipment slot.
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5454 See Also
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5656 Ship Crew Equipment: category roster (this item is currently the only entry)Boarding: the deck-combat mechanic the gear influencesNPC Crew: the crew that benefits from the gearShipwright's Workshop: crafting and upgrade stationShip Customization: full ship-loadout contextNaval Tactics: tactics slot that pairs with Crew EquipmentCannons: primary ship weapon roster
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5858 Details
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6060 Properties
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6262 PropertyValueWeight1.0
6363 Crafted By
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6565 Crafted at: Shipwright's Workshop
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6767 IngredientQuantityCopper Ingotx7Rough Hidex7Coarse Fabricx7
6868 Disassembles Into
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7070 MaterialQuantityCopper Ingot×7Rough Hide×7Coarse Fabric×7
7171 Fits Ships
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7373 ShipBlackbeard BrigBlackbeard FrigateBlackbeard KetchBrethren BrigBrethren FrigateBrethren KetchBrigFrigateKetch