Brethren Ketch

Brethren Ketch is a brethren 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. Brethren ships are true sea fortresses, thanks to their exceptionally sturdy hulls and spacious holds. However, they pay for it with speed. 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.

Overview

Strategic Role

The Brethren Ketch is the fortress build: heavier hitpoints, more cargo, slower sail. Designed for sustained slugfests, siege-style combat, and long cargo runs where survivability matters more than speed. Brethren hulls pair naturally with Naval Tactics IV: Shipshape for out-of-combat regen and defensive hull bracings.

Mobility

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).

Build Cost

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

Equipment Loadout

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

Cannon Slot

Brethren Ketch carries a main battery of 3 guns at 12 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

Crew Equipment Slot

How to Unlock

To build Brethren Ketch you must first own the Ship Design: Brethren's 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.

See Also

• Ships - The top-level Windrose ship index

• Wharf - Where ships are built and rigged

• Naval Combat - The broader naval combat system

• Boarding - Crew-vs-crew boarding actions

• Ketch - The stock Ketch variant

• Blackbeard Ketch - The blackbeard Ketch variant

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