I honestly wanted to love this game.
I gave Skull and Bones a real chance. I played it, streamed it, invested my time and money into it, and kept coming back hoping things would finally improve.
And I’ll give Ubisoft credit where it’s due. The world is absolutely beautiful. The locations, the ocean, the ships, the atmosphere. Visually, this game can be stunning. The combat looks polished and there’s genuinely something special buried underneath all the problems.
But that’s exactly what makes it so frustrating.

The PvP was already a broken mess shortly after the first year. Remember the builds and weapons that could basically eat through your hull while you couldn’t properly repair the damage? The ridiculous balancing issues? The constant frustration of fighting mechanics that simply weren’t working properly?
And what did we get? Promises. More promises. Fixes supposedly coming. Improvements supposedly on the way.
And then there’s the promised ground content that never became what many of us were hoping for.
At some point, how many broken promises are players supposed to accept?
I wanted a proper pirate game with meaningful PvP, competitive ship combat, and a reason to keep improving my ship and skills. Instead, it felt like PvP players were slowly being forgotten.
And let’s talk about the money.

Why did I pay around €90 for this game, only to be constantly pushed towards more seasonal purchases?
Season after season, another pass, another opportunity to spend money. Meanwhile, the core problems that drove people away were still there.
Now I’m hearing about Ubisoft’s financial struggles, and I have to admit something.
Part of me feels a strange sense of satisfaction. Call it karma. Call it go woke, go broke. Whatever you want.
When a company keeps disappointing its players, ignores important parts of its community, and fails to deliver on promises, eventually that catches up with them.
And looking at the tiny Steam population, with only a few hundred concurrent players around certain periods, it’s difficult to feel optimistic about the future. Yes, I know Steam doesn’t represent the entire player base, but it’s hardly an encouraging sign either.
I genuinely wouldn’t be surprised if Ubisoft eventually pulled the plug.
And the saddest part?

I never wanted Skull and Bones to fail. I wanted it to succeed.
I wanted a pirate game I could stream for years. A game with a thriving PvP community, exciting battles, competitive builds, and developers who actually listened.
Instead, I feel like I wasted my money, my time, and a lot of patience waiting for something that never really arrived.
To the people still enjoying it, genuinely, good for you. I’m not here to tell anyone what they should enjoy.
But for me, I’m done.
I’m uninstalling Skull and Bones and moving on. There are plenty of other games out there that deserve my time and actually take their communities, including their PvP players, seriously.
So much wasted potential.

Goodbye, Skull and Bones. You could have been something incredible.
Anyone else who played since the early days feel the same way, or am I being too harsh?

Earlier in the week I posted about not seeing the envoy at all...it is a rotational event!

* I find this to be a very bad idea and think it should be a main stay in WT4.

* The Envoy is apparently coming to WT3 too.

* What are your thoughts? Upvote if you think this event should be a constant in WT4.

* What is the difference between the reapers cache 1 and 2?

Looking at the info card = no difference.

* Does it even matter considering that they don't seem to be dropping anyway. In my first week of the event I got about 10 of one and about 4 of the other but in my last 3 farming sessions...NOTHING!

* The drop rate is horrible and the weapons are not even adept, not even a chance at an adept version.

*Why guys? If you want us to farm and grind especially in WT4 there needs to be reward.

* Do we even need to say this every time?

So the halloween shop is really good and i’ve already scooped up the Helleport and drowned hellion and the caustic station furniture for flooding. I see that the halloween shop is by far the best way to get deep iron but is their anything else that is mandatory to get?

Has anyone else experienced this after maintenance? I was on for 3 hours this morning and there were NO Abyssal Envoys at all. I usually farm the boss and hit every envoy possible but today there were none.

Am I missing something or is this broken?

Which mythic from wt4 is currently doing the best damage, perforate or phantom?

Blackwood Y3S2W9 - 13/10/26

* NOTE All previous seasons ships are available under the general tab.

* NEW SEASONAL Items ONE PER WEEK

* Infernal Artificer's Bench - P - Major Furniture - 60% of Explosive Damage dealt to target with Shellshocked is dealt as Burning Damage + 40% of Burning Damage to Ablazed target is dealt as Explosive + Increase charge for SS + Ablaze 10% (x)

* Le Drac Armour - P - Floodstrike Perk = Bracing hits from Flooded targets primes an explosion of 10% brace strength as Explosive Damage - each braced hit increases 10% up to 70% for 30sec ram to detonate (x)

* Anathema Bombard - P - Top Deck - Rotting Ammo Perk = Every 50m away deal 10% Toxic Damage up to 100% - if target takes 5k toxic while Poisoned a toxic explosion dealing 40% toxic damage in 150m radius - 60sec CD + Toxic 3 (x)

*

* WEEKLY - Refresh Items

* Large Silver Chest (Unspecified Amount) (40pw)

* Sovereigns - Helm Wares (Unlimited)

* Ascension Module - Exotic Materials (x4pw)

* Upgrade Parts - Exotic Materials (x14pw)

* Deep Iron - Specialised Materials (x10pw)

* PW = Per Week + amount includes both Blackwood's

*

* WEEKLY Rotational - Weapons, Armour & Furniture

* Weapons

* The Warhammer Rocket - P - Auxiliary - Rocket Artillery Perk = 10 Heavy Rockets + Explosive 2 + Burning 1 (y)

* Infernal Maw Springloader - P - Auxiliary - Incinerate perk - 300% Damage + Ablaze + Burning 3 (y)

* Bane of Ten Suns Ballista - P - Bow - Perk = Unrelenting Drill perk (Bolts Pass Through) + Long Draw + Piercing 3 (y)

* Dahaaka Torpedo - P - Top Deck - Sunder Perk = Armed Torpedos increase speed 100% + Armed + Piercing 2 + Flooding 2 (y)

* Cloudbinder Lightning Ballista - P - Bow -

Charged Barb Perk = Attaches a charged metal bolt to the target for 10s. The bolt deals 10% electric damage every second. 2nd bolt within 200m, both explode dealing chain electric damage 12% upto 4 enemies + Increase WP 75% + Impale + Electric II + Piercing II (x)

* Woundcaller Torpedo - P - Top Deck - Red Sunrise Perk = Hits have 15% change of Taunted, targets already Taunted get unlucky taunt of 250 DoT stackable x5 - Armed bonus hits 50% chance trigger taunted (x)

* Hullcarver Culverin - P - All Deck - Pulverise Perk = 6 consecutive hits increase damage 12% for 25sec, if target Punctured damage upto 18% miss resets + Piercing 3 (x)

* Blightbearer Long Gun - P - Top Deck - Sicky Perk = For each 1% of brace missing from target deal 0.5% more damage from this weapon 15% max + If target poisoned extra 30% + Toxic 2 + Piercing 1 (x)

* Armour

* Rivotra's Grace Armour - P - Windcaller Perk = While bracing, increase Acceleration and Turning 2% each Second + after brace continues for 6secs during this speed increase 14% + Reinforced Rigging Perk = Reduces Tearing damage 45% (x)

* Pishacha Armour - P - Healing - Phantasmic Thrust Perk = Ramming repairs 138% dealt Damage (y)

* Sumu-Sunder Armour - B - Immunity Perk = Reduces Poison brace bypass 50% + Duration 25% (x)

* Needle Shield Armour - P - Brackish Bite Perk = Bracing hits from Punctured targets increases armour rating by 5% upto 15% + Piercing Weapon damage by 3% upto 9% for 30secs (x)

* Major

* Atelier de Cuivrage - P - Major Furniture - Above 50% Health Reduces Incoming Secondary Damage by 24% + Increases threat gen 10% + Armour rating 100 (x)

* Pain-Piper - P - Major Furniture - Getting hit by Crew Attack Increases your crew attack 80% + Decrease incoming crew attack 10% + Max Stamina 5% (y)

* Sandbag-Painting Station - B - Major Furniture - Taking 12 hits triggers seas ward = Increase Brace 18% + 3% of weapon damage build taunt + Reduces crew stamina while Bracing (x)

* Royal Ramming Works - P - Major Furniture - Ramming causes 50% Punctured + causes target to slow 20% for 20secs + if Punctured target takes 15% more damage from Piercing weapons + targets within 250m receive 7% more Punctured charge (x)

* Floodwarden Station - P - Major Furniture - Each consecutive hit increases flooding charges applied by 2% and damage dealt by 2% max 20% for each effect, Missing resets. 10% less damage taken by flooded enemies + increase flooded duration 10% (x)

* Minor

* Secret Cache I - P - Minor Furniture - Utility/Miscellaneous - Reduces Encumbered 15% + Increases Turning and Acceleration 16% (y)

* Cascade Coil Bench - B - Minor Furniture - Offensive/Damage - Increases Damage Sea Fire 13% + Secondary 15% (x)

* Charge Stores - P - Minor Furniture - Offensive/ Damage - Increases Stormstruck next hit 50% + Increase Ablaze 10% on Stormstruck + Electric Weapon Damage 5% (y)

*

* ABYSSAL - NEW SECTION

* WEEKLY - Refresh Items

* Maelstrom Ballista Strongbox (20pw)

* Maelstrom Cannon Strongbox (20pw)

* NOTE - Maelstrom boxes contain a chance for Basic + Advanced + Adept + Exclusive Mythic mods

* Abyssal Cache (Unlimited)

* Ascension Flux (Unlimited)

* WEEKLY - Rotational

* Alecto Ballista - Adept Incendiary

* Faule Ilse Demi-Cannon - Adept Sharpened

* Heavens Mandate Culverin - Adept Shock

* Scurlock's Long Nines Long Gun - Adept Firepower

* GENERAL aka Blueprints

* ALL BLUEPRINTS REMAIN THE SAME

* ALL PREVIOUS SEASONS SHIPS BP'S

*

* BLACK MARKET - Rotational Blueprints

* Spikes Station Major Furniture BLUEPRINT

* Tuning Station Minor Furniture BLUEPRINT

* Dummy Springloader Major Furniture BLUEPRINT

* Dardanelles Gun Bombard BLUEPRINT

* The Warhammer Rocket BLUEPRINT

* Buccaneers Oath Armour BLUEPRINT

*

* P = Purple - B = Blue - G = Grey - Gr = Green

* Exotic, Specialised, Top deck, All Deck, Bow Offensive, Utility, Miscellaneous, Defensive, Status are terms used in the codex of where to find these items. AoE = Area of Effect - DoT = Damage over Time - WP = Weakpoint Damage - Sec = Seconds

* Indicators of blueprints obtainable or not. (y) yes. (x) no

anyone else getting kicked from the game suddenly every hour and it saying host left and when u try to match make again it will say match making failed try again later because the last two days i have had this issue

Is there a current glitch keeping night from coming? I stood in an outpost for hours and can’t get the moon to come out. The sun just won’t go away.

I have an idea...

* If you guys are anything like me you will be using your fleet to store adept weapons in leiu of warehouse space not being provided each season.

* My new idea is that we have an option to swap everything on one ship to another instead of the contents i.e. weapons armour and furniture going into the warehouse.

* I want to swap from my galleon to my corvette, my corvette is storing adept weapons etc.

* Swap all contents including weapons, armour and furniture plus cargo and the loadout/weapons, armour and furniture from the storage ship now gets moved to the empty ship.

* So now I have that loadout from my galleon on my corvette and all the items being stored on the corvette is now on the galleon.

* please let me know what you think

I failed the first attempt. Have to say I didn't really enjoy it. Timed battles and sink all these ships before the timer expires are not tasks i anejoy at all tbh.

I'm currently ship level 13 (or whatever that is). I sail a Bedar with torpedoes bow and stern, long guns port and sstarboard, and a mortar in auxilliary. Are there better loadouts?

I built my loadout to focus on weak points and ramming.

I have found the big ship battles with elites they tend to just spam endless amounts of mortar/aoe attacks. TBH, not sure I enjoy that either, but perhaps I'm approaching combat wrong.

I have been enjoying the game and have just unlocked helm manufactories otherwise.

How! Some many times this happens, where a dead ship with dying momentum gives you a love tap and this takes full brace and over 3/4 of your health. Please SMH

I haven't played in a very long time. What little PVP content there wasn't very popular with the players and therefore hard to find anyone to fight. Has it gotten any better? I don't want to reinstall and find out there's still nobody to fight. Thanks.

I would like to give a suggestion to the developers: can we change the sail shape of Corvette's exclusive skin next season to the same model as La Peste? I think this will definitely sell better. Oh, by the way, there are also exclusive skins for frigates. Why do I suggest this? Because I have already felt the charm of auxiliary sails on Galleon.

So I returned to the game after non playing the game for a couple of months this 7th of October and did grind until today. Managed to do the following:

• Battlepass 30/30/30 (I was farming Zamaharibu from WT1 - WT3)
• Mastery Level 52 (I was farming Zamaharibu from WT1 - WT4)

Then yesterday, I was all alone in the server and I wanted to test out the Abyssal Fleet because I wasted the FREE 3,000 abyssal essense buying cosmetic because I thought it was an event only currency or a currency you can earn easily until someone told me that it's an END GAME CURRENCY! At first, I went with my old build from last season thinking it would work, I only managed to do pixel damage then went to check online for build. Went to make the following build:

Main Weapon & Armor:

• Bow: Blightmaw (Sharpened/Amplified Piercing/Deathblow/Lightning Strike)
• Stern: Faule Ilse (Sharpened/Lethal/Amplified Piercing/Lightning Strike)
• Port: Faule Ilse (Sharpened/Lethal/Amplified Piercing/Lightning Strike)
• Starboard: Faule Ilse (Sharpened/Lethal/Amplified Piercing/Lightning Strike)
• Crouching Tiger (Incendiary/Amplified Burning/Deathblow/Enduring Embers)
• Nocturne Heart (All Health Upgrade green - blue/Mythic that repair severe when bracing)

I was using non-preascended mods. I sunk 2-3 times doing the Abyssal Envoy solo. I always sunk after doing damage to the Abyssal Envoy that it triggers the backup or before it triggers a backup. Then I would sink again trying to finish the job.

So I wanted to know if it's a good progress as a returning player or no.

Hi I’m just jumping back into the game and I’m struggling at WT 3. I’ve been looking online for a frigate build but can’t find anything that looks up to date. Can you guys point me in the right direction or give some info on what might be a good frigate build.

A blast from the past for all those new players who might have wondered what went before, and for all those old salts who were there in the day.

Maximum ship level 13, no upgraded weapons, no one shot and you're dead builds, no mini map, life was so much simpler! But more Bats!!

So we can immediately see the Requiem of the Lost currency but still can't see an Abyssal Essence total without going to Blackwood or the blacksmith.

* Upvote and comment if you think we need a currency tab on the map tabs screen

I want to know which one you guys think is better, the first one is my modified version which adds explosive damage while the second one is the ascendant one that you can get from the event store. With the first one, I can use the infernal artificer bench to synergize both the burning and explosive damage. The second one on the other hand would use the hell shot Smithy.

Which one do you think would work best for me? I’m currently running a frigate/Tankey build.

One of the most annoying mechanics in the game. I can understand that you shouldnt ft when in ACTUAL
combat, but you just sailing the sea and hundreds of meters is an enemy ship, wtf. Why oh why?

Hi all,

I’m looking to get some abyssal weapons from William Blackwood but I’m unsure whether this can be optained from world tier 2 or not?

I've made it to Kingpin (by smashing into a small fishing boat). I've also made it to Penjara only to discover that the game is actually kinda dark! I mean effing and jeffing is one thing, but to walk into Nouma's den and see them all whacked out on Opium was kinda startling. After all Opium was used IRL to fuck up the east.

Anyway, enough of that.

How do i optimise my smuggling runs? Most of the runs are quite long distance and ofc you can't fast travel, but I don't seem to make much money. I'm selling in batches of 60. Maybe the order sizes increase as I rank up my Kingpin level or whatever. I'm sailing in a Bedar. I don't care for the endless cross/headwinds but that's the weather unfortunately.

Thanks