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22 Ship Crew Equipment is a dedicated equipment slot on every ship hull. Unlike Cannons (which occupy the weapon slots) or Naval Tactics (which occupy the tactics slot), Crew Equipment is a category focused on boosting the NPC boarding crew's combat performance.
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44 Currently exactly one item exists in this category. The slot is reserved for future expansion, and every ship hull already ships with the Crew Equipment slot wired in, so additional entries would not require a ship rework to adopt.
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66 PropertyValueSlot TypeDedicated Crew Equipment slot, one per hullItems in Build1 (Boarding Party Gear)Hull CompatibilityAll nine Brig, Frigate, and Ketch variantsEffect TimingPersistent while equipped, no cooldownBenefitsYour NPC Crew during BoardingCrafted AtShipwright's WorkshopSalvageableYes, disassembles to recover material cost
77 Complete Crew Equipment Roster
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99 ImageItemRarityEffectCrafted AtBoarding Party GearUncommonIncreases power of your crew while boarding other ships.Shipwright's Workshop
1010 How Crew Equipment Works
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1212 Single slot per hull. Every ship class has one Crew Equipment slot regardless of size, and only one item can be equipped in it at a time.Universal hull compatibility. Crew Equipment items fit every one of the nine playable hull variants (every Brig, Frigate, Ketch, including Brethren and Blackbeard faction versions), so upgrading never restricts which hull you can sail.Persistent effect. The equipped item's effect applies continuously while equipped. It does not run on a timer and does not need to be re-activated between fights.Salvageable. Every item can be disassembled at the Shipwright's Workshop to recover the Level-1-tier material cost.
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1414 Fits Hulls
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1616 All Crew Equipment fits every one of the nine Brig, Frigate, and Ketch hull variants:
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1818 Blackbeard BrigBlackbeard FrigateBlackbeard KetchBrethren BrigBrethren FrigateBrethren KetchBrigFrigateKetch
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2020 When to Upgrade
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2222 Prioritize Crew Equipment upgrades if your playstyle revolves around Boarding enemy ships rather than sinking them. The gear scales your NPC crew's power, which is the single biggest swing on whether a deck fight ends with you capturing a prize or fleeing with hull damage.
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2424 Captains who run gunnery-first loadouts can leave Crew Equipment at the minimum upgrade level and invest crafting resources into Cannons or Naval Tactics instead. Because boarding is optional in most engagements, Crew Equipment upgrades are one of the easier ship categories to deprioritize when your resource stockpile is tight.
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2626 Crew Equipment pairs naturally with a slow, durable hull built to survive long enough to close the distance and start a Boarding Combat deck fight. On a speed-focused raider that strips sails with Chain Shot and then closes for the capture, the same gear turns each disabled prize into a faster, safer deck victory.
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2828 See Also
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3030 Boarding Party Gear: the only Crew Equipment itemBoarding: the deck-combat mechanicNPC Crew: crew that benefits from equipmentShip Customization: full ship loadout covering every slotNaval Tactics: tactics roster that slots alongside Crew EquipmentCannons: ship-weapon rosterShipwright's Workshop: crafting station