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22 Naval Tactics V: Silence the Guns is one of five Naval Tactics combat orders you can equip in a ship's tactics slot. A practical study of disorienting an enemy crew. Repeated hits delivered before their reload rhythm can recover are said to break the cadence that keeps a ship fighting as a single unit.
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44 Disorder the guns, and the ship follows.
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66 Overview
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88 PropertyValueCategoryShip Combat OrderRarityRareStack Size1Order IndexNaval Tactics V (tactic 5 of 5)VendorSmugglers of Port Royal ProvisionerFaction RankLevel 3PricePiastre x500Fits HullsAll 9 hull classes (every Brig, Frigate, Ketch variant)
99 In-Game Effect
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1111 Hitting an enemy applies Broken Rythm effect for 30 seconds, reducing Reload Speed by 20% and Damage by 20%.
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1313 Fits Ships
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1515 Every ship class accepts Naval Tactics, and this tactic specifically fits all nine Brig, Frigate, and Ketch hull variants in the game, so the choice of tactic never restricts which hull you can equip it on.
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1717 Blackbeard BrigBlackbeard FrigateBlackbeard KetchBrethren BrigBrethren FrigateBrethren KetchBrigFrigateKetch
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1919 How to Acquire
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2121 Buy Naval Tactics V: Silence the Guns from the Smugglers of Port Royal Provisioner at Level 3 reputation with the Smugglers of Port Royal faction. The purchase costs Piastre x500 per copy, and a single copy unlocks the tactic permanently for that character.
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2323 Reaching Smuggler reputation Level 3 typically goes through the Smugglers of Port Royal faction quest chain and ongoing Bounty Agent turn-ins. See the Faction Reputation article for the full reputation-per-activity breakdown. Each of the five Naval Tactics carries the same Level 3 requirement and the same 500 Piastre price, so order of purchase is a budgeting and playstyle question rather than a progression gate.
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2525 When to Use
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2727 Silence the Guns shines in 1v2 and 1v3 engagements. Applying the Broken Rythm debuff to one enemy ship reduces its return fire while you focus a second ship, which swings outnumbered fights from risky to winnable. The 30-second duration is long enough to cover a full exchange with a single target before the debuff drops.
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2929 Equipping and Swapping
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3131 Combat orders slot into a dedicated ship Naval Tactics slot at the Wharf. Only one tactic is active at a time, so swapping tactics requires docking and entering the Wharf equipment screen. Tactics stay equipped across logouts, zone transitions, and death; you do not have to re-slot them after each session.
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3333 Roster and Cost
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3535 All five Naval Tactics share the same unlock requirement, Level 3 reputation with the Smugglers of Port Royal, and the same flat cost of 500 Piastre per copy. Because the gate and the price are identical, the only decision is which order to buy them in, which comes down to how you fight rather than how far you have progressed. Silence the Guns is the fifth order in the set.
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3737 TacticFaction RankPriceNaval Tactics I: AmbushLevel 3Piastre x500Naval Tactics II: No QuarterLevel 3Piastre x500Naval Tactics III: Stretch the SupplyLevel 3Piastre x500Naval Tactics IV: ShipshapeLevel 3Piastre x500Naval Tactics V: Silence the GunsLevel 3Piastre x500
3838 Pairing Notes
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4040 Silence the Guns is a defensive tempo tool: the Broken Rythm debuff cuts an enemy ship Reload Speed by 20% and Damage by 20% for 30 seconds, so it shaves incoming fire rather than boosting your own. That makes it strongest on a durable hull that wants to outlast a crowd, for example a Brethren Brig or Brethren Frigate tank build, where the extra survivability buys time to whittle down multiple targets. On a fast Blackbeard Ketch hit-and-run loadout the debuff still helps, but the speed-focused hulls often prefer a tactic that adds offence. Since only one tactic can be slotted at the Wharf at a time, keep a couple of orders unlocked and swap between them as the encounter demands.
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4242 See Also
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4444 Naval Tactics: five-tactic roster with comparison tableSmugglers of Port Royal Provisioner: the vendor that stocks this and the other four tacticsSmugglers of Port Royal: vendor faction that sells every tacticNaval Combat: how tactics interact with broadsides, reload, and hull damageShip Customization: full ship loadout (cannons, tactics, hull mods)Naval Tactics I: Ambush: Naval Tactics INaval Tactics II: No Quarter: Naval Tactics IINaval Tactics III: Stretch the Supply: Naval Tactics IIINaval Tactics IV: Shipshape: Naval Tactics IV
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4646 Game Data
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4848 Crafted By
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5050 Crafted at: Shipwright's Workshop
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5252 IngredientQuantityWoodx1
5353 Fits Ships
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5555 ShipBlackbeard BrigBlackbeard FrigateBlackbeard KetchBrethren BrigBrethren FrigateBrethren KetchBrigFrigateKetch