Clan - Arm Yourself!

The Clan screen is very important. It is here that you will find weapons, matey's and ships that you can buy to arm your Captains. Each Captain brings 10 weapons, 10 matey's and 1 ship into battle for you. So the more Captains you have, the more of everything else you need to fully utilize them. With 500 Captains, you need 5000 weapons, 5000 matey's and 500 ships.

When you click on the Clan link, you will land on a page like this:

Across the top, you will see links within the Clan section, 'Inventory', 'Blacksmith', 'Drop Items' and 'Original System'.

The default section is 'Inventory', and will provide you with access to items you can purchase using coins. Most of these items will also have an upkeep cost, which is maintenance of the items that takes coins from each payment you receive in income.

At the top, you will see "WEAPONS", this is a pull-down menu. That is the default, but if you click the menu, you will see options for Matey's and Ships as well. Plus a link to buy Hired Captains. At the right, are 2 additional menus, which allow you to sort the currently selected menu using a variety of filters. You can sort by Attack or Defense, and from highest to lowest, or lowest to highest. The filters menu at the far right will allow you to filter by All Items, I Own and I Don't Own (as relating to *your* inventory). This menu has a second section as well, allowing you to further break down the list by All Items, Regular, Limited and Loyalty Items, Gifts and Drop Items. In both menus, you select one option from the top section, and one from the bottom section. This allows you great flexibility and allows you to get to very specific items quickly.

The link for the Blacksmith is also on the Clan screen. This is one of the most important screens, and most powerful tools, available to you. At the Blacksmith, you can upgrade and improve items from Adventures and received from Bosses after they have been defeated. They are well worth the investment as they have no upkeep. That allows you to minimize expenses and maximize profit, as well as increasing your overall firepower. You can find many recipes on the Kano forums, or you can ask higher level members of your Armada/Guild... set up your wish list according to what you want to upgrade. Keep your strategy in mind, and maybe have the calculator open to determine if the upgrade is beneficial before building more than one.

This is the Blacksmith screen:

To explain what you see in the Blacksmith screen, in the top left corner is the items you have available. The pull-down menu will sort these items by All, Weapons, Ships, Mateys and Gifts. On the right side, is the workbench. And on the bottom left are the available recipes. The pull-down menus will sort the recipes by type (Weapons, Ships, Weapons and Reverse) and by Location (All the various worlds you have unlocked).

There are 2 ways to use the Blacksmith, one is to manually select the items from the left side of the screen and drag them over to an open slot in the workbench on the right. This will be necessary for Hidden Recipes. But when the recipe for an item is known, you can click on the button to the right of the Item. You can also click on the Recipe Details link under the Item name, and it will open a window showing the materials needed, level requirements and how many coins the item will cost. It will also show the Attack and Defense values for the item that will be created. Many recipes can be found at the Recipes Blog. 

You will want to be careful when crafting Elite and Legendary items. As they use many items to create one, more powerful item, you can actually suffer a net loss in total firepower. Make sure the items you are upgrading are not currently in use, or will not negatively affect your strength.

TIP: Look at your Battle Strength tab in your profile before creating a new item. Note your total attack and defense strength. Then return to the Blacksmith and create ONE item. Go back to your profile and look at your strength after crafting a new item.

You will want to keep a close eye on your Attack and Defense strength. Use Adventures, Bosses and the Gift Wish List to get the best available weapons, mateys and ships to arm your fleet.

The Battle Drop screen will show you the items you can receive by fighting other pirates in the game. The Battle Drops are broken down in various level ranges, and the drops you can get is dependent on your current level.

The Original System link is a link you won't need. It does give you a series of links to look at each category of your inventory, but these are the same information provided in the Inventory link.