The default screen will be the Naval Map. From this screen, you can manage the missions, required trading items, route, destination, success rate and select the ship you'll deploy. You can deploy multiple ships through different routes at the same time while you can also use some of your ships in other trading missions or clearing out the routes.
Press L1 to select the Fleet tab. This will show all the ships in your fleet. At the start you'll have three ships. You can have a maximum of 15 ships but you'll have to unlock new docks or slots before you can own additional ships. You can also salvage unwanted ships to get some reale in return.
For hazardous missions, you'll have the option to set up or assign your ships in battle formations. You should do this first before to make the routes safer to continue your trade. For battles against multiple ships, sending more ships to battle will increase your odds of victory and give them fleet bonuses like increased speed or damage. The topmost ship will always receive the speed damage, the middle receives the firepower bonus while the bottom spot decreases damage. Use these to make your fleet more effective during battle. For example, you can put a slow man o' war at the bottom to act as a tank and take most of the damage or put it at the top to receive a speed bonus.
In this screen, you can also get a preview about the success rates of your selected ship(s) against the hazards along the route. Defeating enemies will yield gemstones and resources. This will also update the route's threat level.
Your ships will take damages as they go through missions; repair them using gemstones. To add more ships in your fleet, you have to capture more by incapacitating and boarding ships during normal gameplay.
Take note that not all ships have the same stats. There are some ships that are faster, has more firepower and even more storage space. You need to have several of them to be able to clear the routes and carry more cargo, which is required for higher level missions. The best ships usually are those used by pirate hunters. Deliberately keeping your wanted level high to attract more pirate hunter ships is a risky but a sure way of getting the best ships.
Naval Battle
Battles in this mode are automatic. The only things you can do are triggering fire barrels or fleeing. Fire barrels work the same way in the normal game. These come in limited numbers though; the only way to restock is by participating in naval battles, especially the higher-level ones. The frequency of which the ships fire is determined by their speed. Faster ships like schooners and gunboats will be able to fire quickly but small damage. Having more powerful and faster ships are the key to victory.
Missions
Southern British Colonies
First Business
- Unlocks: Charles-Town
- Trade: 5 wine
- Reward: 50R
The Sail Mates
- Unlocks: N/A
- Trade: 5 tobacco
- Reward: 75R
American Dreams
- Unlocks: Veracruz
- Trade: 3 Tobacco, 5 Wine
- Reward: 100R
New Horizon
- Unlocks: Jamestown
- Trade: 3 tobacco
- Rewards: 100R
Gulf of Mexico
The General Store
- Unlocks: New York
- Trade: 10 Tobacco
- Rewards: 200R
Diplomacy I
- Unlocks: Rio de Janeiro
- Trade: 15 Wine
- Rewards: 150R
Diplomacy II
- Unlocks: Monte Video
- Trade: 20 Wine
- Rewards: 400R
A Good Deed
- Unlocks: Philadelphia
- Trade: 5 Tobacco
- Rewards: 100R
Fortune's Flavor
- Unlocks: Boston
- Trade: 15 Tobacco
- Rewards: 300R
Eastern British Colonies
A Good Deed
- Unlocks: N/A
- Trade: 5 Olive Oil
- Rewards: 600R
New Partners
- Unlocks: N/A
- Trade: 20 Rice
- Rewards: 700R
Save the Children
- Unlocks: St-Johns
- Trade: 15 Rice
- Rewards: 600R
Emerging Opportunities
- Unlocks: N/A
- Trade: 5 Cocoa Pods, 20 Tobacco
- Rewards: 800R
Taste of Money
- Unlocks: Oporto
- Trade: 15 Tobacco
- Rewards: 800R
The Empty Cellar
- Unlocks: N/A
- Trade: 25 Wine
- Rewards: 900R
South Atlantic
A Feast of Riches
- Unlocks: N/A
- Trade: 5 Rice, 10 Wine
- Rewards: 1,100R
Outlaws III
- Unlocks: N/A
- Trade: 20 Tobacco
- Rewards: 1,200R
Diplomacy III
- Unlocks: N/A
- Trade: 10 Tobacco
- Rewards: 1,300R
Brethren of the Coast
- Unlocks: El Salvador
- Trade: 20 Wine
- Rewards: 1,400R
To the South
- Unlocks: N/A
- Trade: 10 Wine, 5 Cocoa
- Rewards: 800R
Good Works
- Unlocks: N/A
- Trade: 25 Rice
- Rewards: 900R
The Big Smoke
- Unlocks: Annapolis Royal
- Trade: 30 Tobacco
- Rewards: 1000R
Eastern Canada
Promises to Keep
- Unlocks: N/A
- Trade: 30 Wine, 25 Rice
- Rewards: 1,700R
The Lost Expedition I
- Unlocks: Canary Islands
- Trade: 45 Tobacco
- Rewards: 1,600R
Scarlatina
- Unlocks: Lisbon
- Trade: 20 Cocoa pods
- Rewards: 1,400R
The Lost Expedition II
- Unlocks: N/A
- Trade: 45 Rice
- Rewards: 1,300R
Old Partners
- Unlocks: N/A
- Trade: 30 Tobacco, 15 Olive Oil
- Rewards: 1,700R
Break of Dawn II
- Unlocks: N/A
- Trade: 30 Rice, 15 Olive Oil
- Rewards: 2,200R
The Lost Expedition III
- Unlocks: N/A
- Trade: 40 Wine
- Rewards: 1,700R
Portugal
New Trading Posts
- Unlocks: N/A
- Trade: 30 Rice, 10 Olive Oil
- Rewards: 2,500R
The Old Man's Orders
- Unlocks: Casablanca
- Trade: 35 Tobacco
- Rewards: 2,200R
Cursed Night
- Unlocks: St.Malo
- Trade: 40 Wine
- Rewards: 1,900R
Do No Harm
- Unlocks: Agadir
- Trade: 15 Cocoa
- Rewards: 1,700R
North Africa
A Popular Stop
- Unlocks: Quebec
- Trade: 10 Olive Oil
- Rewards: 1,100R
Feeding the Fathers
- Unlocks: N/A
- Trade: 15 Rice, 10 Wine
- Rewards: 1,200R
The Sweet Tooth
- Unlocks: Cape Town
- Trade: 15 Cocoa
- Rewards: 1,000R
The Cook's Order
- Unlocks: Luanda
- Trade: 25 Wine, 20 Cocoa
- Rewards: 1,800R
The Famous Stew
- Unlocks: N/A
- Trade: 5 Olive Oil, 30 Rice
- Rewards: 1,800R
The Musicians
- Unlocks: Brest
- Trade: 20 Rice, 29 Tobacco
- Rewards: 1,500R
Before the Storm
- Unlocks: La Rochelle
- Trade: 30 Wine
- Rewards: 1,300R
Bay of Biscay
Alliance I
- Unlocks: Dakar
- Trade: 50 Tobacco
- Rewards: 2,700R
Hungry Corsairs
- Unlocks: N/A
- Trade: 30 Rice/40 Wine
- Rewards: 3,000R
The Corsair's Request
- Unlocks: N/A
- Trade: 40 Cocoa
- Rewards: 3,000R
Alliance II
- Unlocks: Bissau
- Trade: 60 Rice
- Rewards: 2,000R
Sweet Broth
- Unlocks: N/A
- Trade: 10 Olive Oil
- Rewards: 1,500R
A Sweet Journey
- Unlocks: N/A
- Trade: 20 Cocoa pods
- Rewards: 1,600R
Successful Atlantic
- Unlocks: N/A
- Trade: 45 Cocoa pods
- Rewards: 2,400R
South Africa
A Promise of Profit
- Unlocks: Gibraltar
- Trade: 45 Rice
- Rewards: 1,800R
The Eager Hunters
- Unlocks: N/A
- Trade: 40 Tobacco, 30 Wine
- Rewards: 2,200R
Door to Europe
- Unlocks: Bristol
- Trade: 30 Wine
- Rewards: 2,400R
Table Bay's Luck
- Unlocks: Benguela
- Trade: 40 Cocoa
- Rewards: 5,000R
New Economic Hub
- Unlocks: N/A
- Trade: 30 Olive Oil
- Rewards: 5,200R
Mediterranean Sea
Great Reputation I
- Unlocks: N/A
- Trade: 80 Wine
- Rewards: 3,200R
Being Mad
- Unlocks: N/A
- Trade: 40 Rice, 40 Tobacco
- Rewards: 3,200R
Great Reputation II
- Unlocks: N/A
- Trade: 70 Rice
- Rewards: 3,700R
The Catalans
- Unlocks: N/A
- Trade: 30 Olive Oil
- Rewards: 3,800R
The Smokers
- Unlocks: N/A
- Trade: 70 Tobacco
- Rewards: 3,700R
Great Reputation III
- Unlocks: N/A
- Trade: 80 Tobacco
- Rewards: 5,200R
A New Medicine
- Unlocks: N/A
- Trade: 50 Cocoa
- Rewards: 5,200R
Cape Verde
An Old Frenchman
- Unlocks: N/A
- Trade: 30Tobacco
- Rewards: 1,600R
Meet the Tributes
- Unlocks: London
- Trade: 40 Cocoa
- Rewards: 2,300R
Giant Appetites
- Unlocks: N/A
- Trade: 30 Wine, 20 Tobacco
- Rewards: 3,400R
Meet the Tributes II
- Unlocks: N/A
- Trade: 50 Rice
- Rewards: 3,400R
Northwest Europe
Homeward Bound
- Unlocks: N/A
- Trade: 75 Rice
- Rewards: 2,400R
A Worthy Trip
- Unlocks: N/A
- Trade: 60 Wine
- Rewards: 2,200R
Welcoming the Irish
- Unlocks: N/A
- Trade: 60 Wine
- Rewards: 2,200R
A New Cathedral
- Unlocks: N/A
- Trade: 75 Wine
- Rewards: 3,800R
The Poet
- Unlocks: Merseille
- Trade: 60 Tobacco
- Rewards: 3,500R
The Great Plague
- Unlocks: N/A
- Trade: 60 Rice
- Rewards: 3,500R
A Piece of the Action
- Unlocks: N/A
- Trade: 75 Tobacco
- Rewards: 3,100R
A Long Voyage
- Unlocks: N/A
- Trade: 50 Cocoa
- Rewards: 3,200R