- Hunger silently caps your max stamina — eat before every fight.
- Parry window is 14 frames; dodge i-frame is only 8. Parry more.
- You can drag-craft from a chest within 6 tiles of the workbench.
- Sailcloth scraps respawn at every shipwreck — daily loop.
- Heated shot causes hull DOT but costs 2 gunpowder. Save for big targets.
- Sleep before boarding actions or you respawn at the last bed.
- Map markers cap at 30 — use waypoints sparingly.
- Cooking station heat radius is 4 tiles; stack stations diagonally to save floor space.
- Stamina Tea is the most efficient consumable per inventory slot.
- Iron tools have +25% gather speed over stone — make them at Lv 4 immediately.
- Tanning Rack works in rain; the smithy does not.
- Selling stacks of 1 trades to the trader inflicts a hidden −1 rep per item. Sell stacks.
- Climber Boots let you skip the Saltforge Mines fall — drops you 40 tiles down.
- Ironclad Captain has 50% chance to drop a brass fitting on second kill.
- The Becalmed storm event spawns whenever 3 players are within 200m at sea.
- Stormwatch Isle has the only ambergris node — endgame oil source.
- Workbench T2 doubles as a respawn anchor in a pinch.
- Eating raw meat with the Iron Stomach talent gives full XP, zero risk.
- Pistol shots ignore parry frames — bring one to the Swamp Toad.
- Chain shot first, round shot second. Always.