Naval caravans
Caravans are capable of transitioning from land to naval caravans. So if you start out as a land-based Caravan and you move to the coast and you want to move into the water there's gonna be a little transition period there; it's gonna be a little construction site: You're not gonna have to do anything it's just gonna be a timer right so that you can't quickly move between land and water. It's gonna be probably in the matter of a minute to two minutes. There's a little bit of vulnerability in that regard.[2] – Steven Sharif
Naval caravans (also referred to as raft caravans)[3] allow the transportation of trading goods.[4]
- Unlike merchant ships, naval caravans are capable of transitioning to and from land caravans at the point of intersection of land and ocean.[3][5][2][4]
- Naval caravans come in varying sizes and capacities.[2]
- By default naval caravans have a racial appearance. Players will be able to apply caravan skins to change this appearance.[2]
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Naval caravans are capable of transitioning to and from land caravans at the point of intersection of land and ocean.[5][2][4]
- There will be a delay of one or two minutes while the caravan transitions while a conversion structure spawns. This introduces a small window of vulnerability.[5][2]
- The conversion structure does not benefit from damage mitigation points of land or naval caravans, so it's a very weak position to be in.[6]
At the point in which your character or model intersects with an ocean it will spawn a conversion mesh or a conversion structure; and there will be a period of time, up to several minutes depending on the capacity of the caravan with the resources and/or materials that is necessary for the conversion to take place; and then the naval caravan will be available; and you can intersect that line again with land to try to convert back to a land-based caravan[5] – Steven Sharif
Hijacking ships
Certain ships can be hijacked, destroyed and looted, but the ships themselves cannot be permanently captured.[7][8]
- Naval caravans can not be hijacked. The cargo on a trade ship will be similar to caravans in that the ship must be destroyed in order to capture the loot from its wreckage.[8]
Naval content refers to content above and below the sea.[11][12]
- Aquatic mounts.[12]
- Coastal nodes.[11][13]
- Fortresses.[11]
- Harbors.[14][15][11]
- Island chains.[12]
- Naval caravans.[16]
- Naval NPCs.[11]
- Naval PvP.[16]
- Quests.[11]
- Raids.[11][16]
- Ships.[11][12]
- Trade routes.[12]
- Treasure hunting.[11][12]
- Underwater dungeons.[16]
Enhanced naval content was unlocked as part of the $1,500,000 Kickstarter stretch goal.[17]
There will not initially be naval content (such as a Dark Lake) in the Underrealm, but this may be something that gets added in future expansions.[18]
There won't be class abilities that are specific to naval content, but some utility skills (such as underwater breathing) may be of some benefit.[19]
Visuals
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See also
References
- ↑ Livestream, April 30, 2020 (56:58).
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Livestream, April 30, 2020 (58:05).
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Livestream, August 26, 2022 (1:20:17).
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Livestream, 2018-04-8 (AM) (15:46).
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Livestream, May 29, 2020 (1:28:38).
- ↑ Livestream, May 29, 2020 (1:29:41).
- ↑ Livestream, May 27, 2022 (1:12:33).
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Livestream, 2018-04-8 (PM) (1:20:03).
- ↑ Livestream, September 30, 2020 (40:52).
- ↑ Video, November 9, 2017 (0:01).
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 11.6 11.7 11.8 Podcast, April 11, 2021 (36:43).
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 12.5 Livestream, May 17, 2017 (30:53).
- ↑ Livestream, 2018-04-8 (PM) (1:01:28).
- ↑ Livestream, July 25, 2020 (1:59:09).
- ↑ Livestream, July 9, 2018 (30:35).
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 Livestream, August 23, 2017 (28:22).
- ↑ Kickstarter - We Just Broke $1,500,000!
- ↑ Livestream, January 28, 2022 (1:09:00).
- ↑ Livestream, February 25, 2022 (1:04:29).