UNLOAD UP TO 400+ DARK SEALED CHESTS ALONG WITH CHANCE OF SUNKENS AND MANY GALLEONS
A collaborative guide on how to get rare items and riches QUICKLY. If you would like to start learning how to monopolize the trade values instead of them controlling you then this is the guide for you.
Anyone may edit/contribute to this guide, but make sure to keep it short so it isn’t too much to read.
Armor
So for this tactic you’ll want
- 3-4 warding
- 600+ defense
- 1.5x your level in agility
Here is the best armor i could find for this, from LameLee’s youtube channel
Ship
This video covers the meta brig build.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VNclId8z_Q&ab_channel=LameLee
Unlike the video suggests, if you are going to be using cannons and/or mortars please use iron carronades and howitzers respectively. Dragonfire carronades are a straightup downgrade from iron carronades, as can be seen here:
And archaic mortars are useless the moment they misfire. It is better to use a mortar that is more reliable such as coehorns or howitzers. Both of these also dont drain your ship speed as much.
But if youre going to grind dark sealed chests then your best bet is to use no mortar and cannons at all since ship speed is more important for this grind.
As for deckhands, the order is more like shipbuilder = navigator > cannoneer > merchant = enchanter >>>> chef
The only reason you wouldnt want to use a cannonneer is if your ship never uses cannons, in which case an enchanter or merchant is a better choice. Otherwise you should always have a cannoneer deckhand on board.
- Its suggested that you load cargo onto your ship first along with giving frayed lead lines to your deckhands.
Action
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Visit insanity 1 if you are just a beginner, insanity 2 for consistency and not losing chests, or 3 for risk but more chests
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While sailing, we will not stop at any islands except siren and and abandoned ships, unless you are looking for a gilded cauldrun
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Upon finding a siren island, pop an invis potion if you have one and loot all the chests.
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Or just run into it and plunder all the chests before they can do anything serious
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Any time you hear the Atlantean ship theme, just bounce and sail far away from where it located you. Keep your in-game music and general volume high
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After the dark sea run, head to the normal sea and then visit the sea border to put chests in storage. Repeat the plan until you have a desirable amount of chests.
DO NOT COMBAT LOG WHILE ITEMS ARE STORED IN YOUR SHIP
phase 2 of the master plan
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Since rare scrolls were removed from the loot pool of dark sealed chests, there’s now a 16% chance of exotic scrolls which is double than the 8% it was before.
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Using Luck 4 (please dont) or even Luck 5 (please do) to open chests was already busted when there was an 8% base chance of exotic scrolls. With the base chance now being 16%, there is a 100% chance of getting an exotic scroll with a dark sealed chest. The reason why luck 4 isnt recommended is because luck 5 is 3x more effective while only being 2x more expensive. Thus, if you want to make proper use of your legendary scales, always make luck 5 auras (preferably gilded (golden cauldrons))
Farming Legendary Scales
When farming legendary scales let your legendary fish rot for 2 legendary scales instead of just
1 from cooking.
- fish in insanity 1 with toughened fishmongers rod. fishmonger rod is from sameria, toughened is from fishing
- Luck party servers request either legendary fish or 2 legendary scales usually. So putting your legendary fish in a fish tank is a good idea but letting them rot is fine 99% of the time too.
- Or… instead of all this yap just lowball others for legendary scales
Luck Party Servers
(basically 1 hour luck V for cheap)
These are servers that charge 2-3 legendary scales in order to attend a Luck 5 fishing event.
REDEEMING YOUR RICHES
- fish with luck 5 and redeem the riches of your dark sealed chests.
- Chance of getting any sunken with one hour luck 5 is about 50+%
If you have your own Luck V potion:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iu583aJWsNM&t=159s&ab_channel=Aphrodi
Important Notes
- DO NOT RUN DARK SEA IN BRONZE SEA. The boat fling bug happens randomly there, and while disabling your vanities makes it less common, it can still happen regardless.
Useful Tips
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Use invisibility potions to make farming siren rocks easier.
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Use swimming speed and waterbreathing jewels for faster underwater farming
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Remember to get the new hull items from your ship. These can be obtained from nimbus sealed chests or dark sealed chests (not sure about the second one, waiting for someone to verify it)
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Wearing armor that gives you 3d arms (e.g , iron, steel and titanium armor) in the vanity tab of your player can protect you from limb loss and replace it with armor break. This is extremely useful if you get struck by lightning a lot as a weapon user.
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Due to the above, it is not advised to be a member of the G.N or A.S as a weapon user for the slot you wish to expedition with, as the uniforms for both do not protect from limb loss until the leaderboard ranks.
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i4 is more efficient than i5, but do whatever you want about that one ig
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Use shipbuilder ability when your ship is roughly 5% below the max health. If more than that, repair it with cargo (and use ship builder ability to buff cargo repairs if in a dire situation).
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Hit G to brace approaching waves when sailing a ship
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Rams can be activated on ghost ships to boost your speed
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Sailing around circular or bumpy islands while a ship is chasing you can cause it to crash and eventually sink. Especially if it’s fast
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