Ketch

Ketch is a stock 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. Stock ship variants have balanced stats, no real strengths or weaknesses. 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 stock Ketch is the balanced loadout: neither the fastest raider nor the toughest fortress, but versatile enough to handle escort, trade protection, or first-encounter combat. New captains who just finished the tutorial typically build a stock Ketch first because every naval-tactics and hull-bracing combo the class can mount is available out of the box.

Mobility

Each gear step is a separate throttle notch. Speed, turn rate, and turning radius in calm wind are fixed per notch; hull bracing, hold load, and wind angle still modify the effective output. The reverse notch is the only negative gear and turns the hull in the opposite direction.

Build Cost

Construct Ketch at the Wharf after learning Ship Design: 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 Ketch at the Wharf interface once the hull is built.

Cannon Slot

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 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.

See Also

• ShipsThe top-level Windrose ship index

• WharfWhere ships are built and rigged

• Naval CombatThe broader naval combat system

• BoardingCrew-vs-crew boarding actions

• Blackbeard KetchThe blackbeard Ketch variant

• Brethren KetchThe brethren Ketch variant

Details

Properties

Build Cost

Taught By

Variants

A complete list of Ketch variants in Windrose is shown below, with thumbnail, build cost, and comfort bonus for each entry. Click any name to open its dedicated page.