Windrose Ship Build Calculator
Materials, blueprints, Piastre cost, and faction rep for every Windrose ship — Ketch, Brigantine, and Frigate with Stock, Blackbeard, and Brethren variants. Includes 'what I still need' shopping list.
Starter hull — small, cheap, tied to main quest.
Balanced baseline — the default hull with no tradeoffs.
Ketch (Stock)
Free via main storyline
Materials to deliver
Projected stats
Where to build
- Travel to a Brethren shipyard harbor
- Open the shipwright dialogue
- Select the blueprint (purchase if locked)
- Deliver all listed materials to the stockpile
- Pay the build fee — ship is ready in-game minutes
Ketch — Variant Comparison
| Variant | Hull HP | Speed | Cargo | Crew |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stock | 800 | 7.0 kn | 40 | 4 |
| Blackbeard | 640 | 8.8 kn | 36 | 4 |
| Brethren | 1,040 | 6.0 kn | 60 | 4 |
All 9 Windrose Ships — Materials, Costs, Blueprints
Every ship in Windrose at a glance. Materials listed are the final deliverables — ingots still need to be smelted from ore and charcoal before the shipwright will accept them.
| Class | Variant | Wood | Nails | Ingots | Fabric | Rope | Piastre | Rep |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ketch | Stock | 150 | 100 | — | 40 | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| Ketch | Blackbeard | 150 | 100 | — | 40 | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| Ketch | Brethren | 150 | 100 | — | 40 | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| Brigantine | Stock | — | 200 | 80 Cu | — | — | 1,000 | 2 |
| Brigantine | Blackbeard | — | 200 | 80 Cu | — | — | 1,000 | 2 |
| Brigantine | Brethren | — | 200 | 80 Cu | — | — | 1,000 | 2 |
| Frigate | Stock | — | 300 | 120 Fe | — | — | 3,000 | 4 |
| Frigate | Blackbeard | — | 300 | 120 Fe | — | — | 3,000 | 4 |
| Frigate | Brethren | — | 300 | 120 Fe | — | — | 3,000 | 4 |
All three variants of a class share the same material and Piastre cost — the variant only changes the hull's stat distribution.
How to Unlock Each Ship
Ketch — Free Via Main Quest
The Ketch is Windrose's starter hull and unlocks automatically during the opening storyline. You don't pay Piastre, don't grind faction reputation, and the repair-variant of the quest only asks for 100 Wood, 20 Nails, 20 Fabric, and 10 Rope. Build the full Ketch immediately after with 150 Wood, 40 Coarse Fabric, 30 Rope, and 100 Nails. This is your daily-driver until Rep 2.
Brigantine — Brethren Of The Coast, Rep 2
The Brigantine blueprint costs 1,000 Piastre from the Brethren Of The Coast quartermaster. Total cost with shipwright tools is 1,300 Piastre. You need Rep Level 2 with Brethren before the blueprint appears for sale — usually 3–5 hours of faction contracts. Materials are 200 Nails and 80 Copper Ingots (smelt 240 Copper Ore with 80 Charcoal).
Frigate — Brethren Of The Coast, Rep 4
The top-tier Frigate blueprint is 3,000 Piastre and requires Rep Level 4 with Brethren Of The Coast. Expect 8–15 hours of dedicated faction grinding. Materials: 300 Nails and 120 Foothills Iron Ingots, which means smelting 360 Iron Ore with 120 Charcoal (from 120 Wood). Foothills Iron only spawns in the mid-map highland biomes.
Blackbeard vs Brethren vs Stock — Which Variant to Pick
Stock
Balanced baseline. Pick this if you're solo or small-crew and don't know whether you'll raid or haul. No tradeoffs, fits every situation.
Blackbeard
Fast and agile at the cost of 20% HP. Built for raiding slow merchant vessels, running blockades, and escaping patrols. Best for PvP and aggressive playstyles.
Brethren
Slow and tanky with 30% more HP and 50% more cargo. Built for moving stolen loot, hauling building materials, and surviving ambushes. Best for trade and co-op PvE crews.
Piastre Farming for Ship Blueprints
Brigantine and Frigate blueprints are bought with Piastre from the Brethren Of The Coast faction. The Frigate alone costs 3,000 Piastre — on top of the ore and nails you already need to gather. Fastest ways to farm:
- Boarding raids — flying enemy colours and boarding hostile merchant ships yields 200–600 Piastre per haul plus cargo to resell.
- Brethren contracts — repeatable quests from the quartermaster pay 100–300 Piastre each and give faction rep at the same time. Double-dip.
- Cargo runs — buy low in one harbor, sell high in another. Sugar, rum, and tobacco have the best margins.
- Bounty hunting — wanted pirate captains have 500–1,500 Piastre bounties posted at every Brethren port.
Budget roughly 5–8 hours of active play to accumulate 3,000 Piastre for the Frigate blueprint, plus another 2–3 hours gathering iron and wood.
Frequently Asked Questions
Windrose Ship Build Calculator — FAQ
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