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So matey, ye want to become a pirate? Well this guide will contain all you need to know to get started!

 

What is a pirate?

 

A pirate is a player in ArcheAge that has been repeatedly breaking the law to the extent that even their own faction wants nothing to do with them and kicks them out. Not only that but you will also be removed from your guild and be forced to live as an exile. 

 

You will be unable to communicate with non-pirates and you will be marked as kill on sight for all NPCs, even neutral guards! You will lose all communication with non-pirates and instead will require an alt to contact your friends in Nui and Haranya and you will not be able to claim territory or own castles on Auroria.

 

Benefits of Piracy

 

As a pirate you are free to engage in PvP combat with anyone without gaining crime points. You will no longer be confined to a jail cell unless you are killed on either Nuia or Haranya, in which case you will serve 40 minutes in jail after you die. You will also have access to the Pirate-only island of Growlgate Isle which contains a variety of pirate only content such as quests and items.

 

ArcheAge takes the meaning of pirate to the full definition. You can join pirate guilds and sail the seas as a group, praying on other sailers and merchant traders. You can attack them, murder them and steal their cargo to turn in for your own reward. If that sounds like an epic experience to you, and it should, then you will enjoy life as a pirate if you don't mind the downsides.

 

What Else Can I do?

 

As all other players you can still have a farm or a house but it will need to be located in Auroria for your own safety. Having a farm allows you to grow crops and raise animals and you can still sell them on the auction house to make a steady income, after all you can't make all your money from pillaging!

 

The materials you gain from a farm can still be used to craft trade packs at specialty workbenches but they will be so difficult to access that it is not really worth the time and effort. You can earn your guilda stars from doing what a pirate does best! Patrolling the seas and attacking other players for their trade packs and then turn them in at Freedich Island for a hefty amount of gilda stars. As a pirate you can still run dungeons with your pirate friends, it will just be more difficult to get there which is why it is recommended to use teleport scrolls to save you some time. 

 

How Do I Become A Pirate?

 

To become a pirate you need to achieve 3000 infamy points but there are a few ways to accomplish that.

 

PvP

 

This is perhaps the most common method of becoming a pirate. You basically just murder people of your own faction in the PvP zones. This will leave bloodstains behind that other players can report you for. These reports will add crime and infamy points to your character. This can be achieved either by killing higher level players or by griefing your low level faction players in the level 30+ zones. This method will can cause you to spend a lot of time in jail because it is likely that you will also be killed.

 

Uprooting

 

It is quite common for people to plant illegal crops to try and earn some extra on the side. If you find these you can uproot them. This will leave footprints behind that players can report and once again they will give you crime and infamy points. 

 

Friends

 

If you have friends then you can just follow the above methods together to do it faster. You can each plant crops and uproot them or you can kill each others mounts as this also accumulates crime points rather fast. Just make sure to be in a PvP zone or it won't be possible.

 

Tips

 

There are a few other pieces of information that don't really fit in the other categories so they will be listed here. Feel free to post other suggestions and they can be added over time.

 

• It is recommended that you build your house in Auroria before you become a pirate. This will make it easier for you to get the required gilda stars and purchase a mail box for your house. This will remove the high chance of death from collecting your auction house earnings.

 

• It will be difficult to get access to a stablemaster if your combat pet or mount dies so it is more convenient to carry a Pet Dual potion that will revive any dead pets or mounts.

 

• It is very difficult for a pirate to make it in this world alone, you will need to be in a group. This will allow you to sail the seas and attack others for their trade packs.

 

• Reach the level cap. Once you convert to the pirate faction you will not have access to the quests on Nuia and Haranya so you will be forced to grind your way to level cap. Save yourself the time and effort, just level first.

 

• You will hardly conquer the sea on a row boat so plan ahead and have a ship so that you have some form of transportation, after all teleporting everywhere will not be sustainable.

 

• As a pirate you will quickly see that death is a way of life for you and your group. Resurrection scrolls can be used to bring each other back to life and you will quickly see how useful that can be because you may not resurrect in the best position when you die.

 

• Finally it is recommended that you have an alt character that can serve the purpose of farmer and vendor access. Then you can just mail the materials and items to your main pirate. This is more for convenience than anything else.

 

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