Being a notorious pirate, your deeds often precede you. This is the case with your Notoriety level and Infamy. Now, your treachery at sea will not go unnoticed! As you plunder passing vessels, you begin to build a scoundrel rating.

Once that rating is high enough, the navy will bar you from porting and send Bounty Hunter ships after you! So, be warned! The days of open seas and endless treasure may be numbered! When there are many pirates sailing the high seas you may be attacked by more than one bounty hunter at a time if you get in their way!

Contents 1 Bounty Flags 2 Alerts 3 Bounty Hunters and Warships 4 Closed Ports 5 Special Loot 6 Comments

Bounty FlagsEdit

As you sink more and more ships, the bounty icon over your ships health will change. As the level goes up, the threat against you will also increase.

	Level 1: Nautical Bane Until you fire first, enemy ships will not react. Once you do, they will now act first against you when you approach.
	Level 2: Maritime Menace At this level, nearby enemy ships will head in your direction to provide assistance to the ships you are attacking.
	Level 3: Pirate At Large Bounty Hunter ships will now randomly launch from nearby islands to hunt you. At first, they only appear one at a time, but then two at a time.
	Level 4: Rogue on the Run At this rank, all island ports will close to you, except one. More hunters, including Ship of the Line class ships will hunt you in earnest.

AlertsEdit

As you sink ships, these warnings will be heard from a crew voice and appear on screen.

While sailing out at sea you encounter many ships. If you fire on a Navy or EITC ship they will surely know you are a pirate ship.

As you continue to plunder ships, you will receive these messages:
Note: These messages vary, you may not receive all the messages below.

As your hull increases with valuable treasure, so does your scoundrel level.

You have become a problem, they sent Bounty Hunters after ye!

As bounty hunters close in, you will receive other warnings:
Note: These messages vary, you may not receive all the messages below.

You have proven to be a threat to the Navy! Prepare for Warships!

After you defeat some more ships the En-Garde, Battle-Royale or Tally-Ho, the Navy Warships, will appear.

Bounty Hunters and WarshipsEdit

When you become a very dangerous threat (Scoundrel Lvl 3), the Royal Navy will place a bounty on your ship. Bounty Hunters will now chase you down!

When you become even more dangerous (Scoundrel Level 4), the Navy will dispatch Warships to hunt you down and sink you. These ships will stop at nothing to send you to Davy Jones' Locker. You might even get chased by a Ship of the Line. But don't give up yet! There is one easy way to keep yourself from sinking. If you are near an island, (say Cuba) and a Ship of the Line is tracking you down, try to use the island as a shield from their fire, if you successfully maneuver your ship at an angle to where you are able to shoot at the ship (while circling the island) the incoming ship almost never gets a chance to open fire on your vessel! And you're home free. Also, there is a maneuver where you go to worlds end and turn right.

Closed PortsEdit

As your bounty increases, the Royal Navy will become aware of your activities and will keep you from porting at all but one island, including wild islands.. When this happens, a Port Open message will appear in the upper right part of your screen, under the compass, telling you where you can safely land and cash in your ill-gotten gains.

Should you choose to remain at sea and are skilled enough to sink the bounty hunters that have been sent after you, the Navy will then close the port that had been open. A new and different port will then be the only place that you can successfully land.

Continuing to sink bounty hunters will once again force the Navy to change the only port where you can safely land. These tactics make it very difficult for a plundering pirate to remain near a safe haven.

Special LootEdit

Certain Materials must be gathered to upgrade a ship's Hull or Rigging. These materials can be looted by sinking any Bounty Hunter or Warship. They Come in two types, Normal Ship Materials, and Rare Ship Materials.