Looting (Ships)

Looting Ships is a way of claiming all of the Ship's Goods, without Capturing the Ship, or damaging your Relations with another Country.

To Loot an Enemy Ship, you must enter a Battle with them. Next, you should turn on the grappling hook in the top right hand corner, this allows you to Board other Ships.

The next stage is to use Grape Shot to reduce the number of Men on the opposing Ship to a number less than yours (You could also use the Chain Shot to slow the other Ships down). Finally, you just need to get your Ship to come into contact with the Enemy's Ship, and your Men will Board it.

After the Battle has finished, you will be asked whether you want to Loot or Capture the Ships. After selecting "Loot", click the sliders untill all of their Goods are in your Ship.

Traders will have the most Goods, while Pirates and Buccaneers will barely have any.

As a general rule, the larger the Ship, the more Goods it will have.