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33 Navigational Instruments are a Rare ship-material resource in Windrose. They appear in the ingredient lists of the higher-tier ship plans, most notably variants of the Brigantine and Frigate class. Unlike Rigging, Navigational Instruments are not crafted from a single refined material; they are looted from high-value shipboard caches and specific quest chests.
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55 Summary
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77 PropertyValueCategoryResource (ship material)RarityRareItem level4Stack size20Primary sourceBoarding Combat of higher-tier patrol and hauler shipsPrimary consumerLate-tier ship construction recipes
88 How to Obtain
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1010 Navigational Instruments drop from the high-tier loot tables associated with larger enemy ships. The reliable paths are:
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1212 Board Blackbeard-flagged Brigantines and Frigates after disabling them with Chain Shot. Captain's quarters and navigation-desk loot containers are the most consistent drop sites.Smuggler-patrol and merchant-escort ships in Blackbeard Waters and the Deep Ocean occasionally carry a unit or two in their cargo hold.Specific quest chests in the Foothills and Cursed Swamps can contain Navigational Instruments as one of several possible loot rolls.
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1414 They are not sold by any faction Provisioner, and no in-game crafting recipe produces them at the live-build state. For players trying to gate-keep a Frigate build, the practical advice is to queue ship-boarding runs against Blackbeard patrols rather than rely on passive drops.
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1616 Uses
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1818 Navigational Instruments are consumed in the construction recipes of higher-tier ships. The stock Ketch does not require them; larger hulls and faction variants (particularly the Brethren Frigate) list Navigational Instruments as a multi-unit requirement. Because they stack to only 20 and drop in small counts, they are usually the bottleneck material when planning a Frigate craft even for players who have plenty of Wood and Steel Nails.
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2020 They sit alongside Rigging in the upper-tier hull plans. The Brig and Frigate lines, including their faction variants such as the Brethren Brig and Blackbeard Frigate, are the recipes that call for them, which is why a Frigate build is usually paced by how many you can loot rather than by raw Wood.
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2222 Farming Tips
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2424 Bring Chain Shot on every patrol run. Disabling a Brig or Frigate and boarding it yields more per-run Navigational Instruments than sinking and scooping floating crates.Stack Keelhold on your own hull before engaging Frigate-class targets. The repair-kit uptime extends the engagement window, which directly raises the odds of catching rarer cargo rolls.Save a full pirate-ship chest sweep for last. The captain's-quarters loot often sits in the aft cabin, which is easy to miss when the boarding timer is running down.
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2626 See Also
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2828 Rigging paired ship fabric inputBoarding Combat the primary source loopChain Shot disable ammunition for setupBrigantine mid-tier consumerFrigate endgame consumerShips full ship roster
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3030 Game Data
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3232 Properties
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3434 PropertyValueStack20RarityRareItem level4