Nautical Know-How - Where to Get Nautical XP if You HATE Sinking Ships

[Willowdreamer]

So you need higher Nautical,
but you hate ship-to-ship combat?

Here are a few ways to keep your Nautical Level up so that you can do the bare minimum of ship sinking combat:

1. Companions: Send them Sailin' to get you Nautical XP. You can start as low as level 8. Train them in the Cannoneer talent, so that they return with 10% more XP. Train your Musketeers with higher ranks of Cannoneer so that they can do even better! Cannoneer Rank 2 returns 15% and Cannoneer Rank 3 gives 25% more experience than a companion without the talent. Keep them level-trained as well, so that they remain efficient.

2. Side Quests: The following side quests will award Nautical XP, without any ship battles at all:

Skull Island
A Gift of Starfish - 160
On Strike! - 160
Pulling Teeth - 160
Rumor on the Street - 160 (defeating Waponi Canoes does not include sinking them, they always Board)
Tweet, Tweet - 160
Crafting Canteens - 140
A Deadly Catch - 120
Barrels of Monquistans - 120
Dagger Overboard! - 70
Motl's Home Brews - 70
The Stench of Betrayal - 70
Up for Crabs - 70

Port Regal
Ah-Choo! - 270

Monquista
If There's a Quill, There's a Way - 140
In Sickness and In Health - 140

Cool Ranch
In the Name of Science!!! - 340
Missing Mails - 230
Passion of the Heart - 230
The Great Hunt - 230
Missing Fangs - 210
Striking Beauty - 210
Running Wild - 170

MooShu
Dream of the Blue Turtle - 470
The Silk One - 470
A Storm is Growing - 400
Go Fish! - 400
The Moolong Express - 400
The Winds of Change - 400

Marleybone
Crocogator Dundee - 65
Overworked Orphans - 65
Mann the Dog Hunter - 75
The Mighty Quinn - 75
Yum Smugglers - 75
Proppagrandizing - 95
Like Cats and Dogs - 105
Covering Tracks - 125
Croc Solid - 155
Twist of Fate - 200
Breaking the Lie - 265
Puttin' on the Croc - 390
Fiat Lux! - 400
Some Assembly Required - 830

Aquila
Arena Training - 60
Them Crooked Vultures - 60
Beagle of the Ninth - 70
Caesar's Salad - 75
Bird and Machine - 90
Three Eyes are Better - 130
Kitty! - 150
All the Spiral's a Stage - 195
Hurly-Burly - 270
Copper Collection - 310
Margin of Arrow - 310
Stronger than Dirt - 310
Hungry Hungry Gladiators - 315
Caduceus, You Say! - 330
The Temple Circuit - 360
The Wings of Change - 390
Seeking Spiced Steak - 610
Like Father, Like Son - 665



3. Piggy-backing: Don't ignore other pirates who are sinking ships. As you are traveling the windlanes, throw out an attack or two and you'll earn XP when the ship is sunk. The higher the world you can do this in, the better, as nautical xp is based primarily on the difference in your level versus the enemy's level. The bonus here is that you can also win Scrip.

Another way to piggy-back is to crew someone else's ship when they are fighting. You don't get as much as the Captain, but you still get some, and if you can work on the tokens, you can save them some recovery time.

4. Join a Wolf-Pack: This is a lot like piggy-backing, but goes a lot faster, because you've found a group of pirates farming a wandering boss ship or Turret in the skyway. Once again, just a hit or two gets you experience, and you can sit the rest of the battle out in the windlane until they start the next ship. Again, bonus chance for Scrip if you participate.

Those are the main ways to keep your pirate's Nautical Level on a par with your character level.

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[Avery Court Grace]

Great tips. Sidequests are always good to complete.

[Willowdreamer]

Quests added through MooShu.



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[Willowdreamer]

Updated with Marleybone and Aquila side quests.


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[Willowdreamer]

I reviewed the Valencia II side quests and none of them provide any Nautical experience, possibly because by this time, most Pirates have managed to max their Nautical at Level 70.



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[Kingurz]

I reviewed the Valencia II side quests and none of them provide any Nautical experience, possibly because by this time, most Pirates have managed to max their Nautical at Level 70.

What's crazy is that the level 80 nautical badge has been sitting there unachievable for years. If they ever do raise the nautical cap, players will certainly need to use companions or stop questing to nautical farm during the VA2 gap.

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[HelpfulAuroraParker]

Wow—I've never seen this thread, but I love it! Thank you so much for making it, @Willowdreamer. Yes, I've actually been trying to get my Nautical Level higher, and I've been using Companions to do that very thing. Especially if you can send your higher-level Companions to get you Nautical XP, it can get you a lot!