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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.

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.

Complete Crew Equipment Roster

How Crew Equipment Works

• 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.

Fits Hulls

All Crew Equipment fits every one of the nine Brig, Frigate, and Ketch hull variants:

• Blackbeard Brig

• Blackbeard Frigate

• Blackbeard Ketch

• Brethren Brig

• Brethren Frigate

• Brethren Ketch

• Brig

• Frigate

• Ketch

When to Upgrade

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.

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.

See Also

• Boarding Party Gear: the only Crew Equipment item

• Boarding: the deck-combat mechanic

• NPC Crew: crew that benefits from equipment

• Ship Customization: full ship loadout covering every slot

• Naval Tactics: tactics roster that slots alongside Crew Equipment

• Cannons: ship-weapon roster

• Shipwright's Workshop: crafting station