Ships corsairs 3 distant secrets. Corsairs: Secrets of the Distant Seas. List of changes regarding the original game Corsairs III

"Corsairs" - wonderful pirate game from Russian developers. In ideological terms, it is largely inspired by legendary game Pirates! Sid Meier and can even be considered a 3D remake of it. In the role of a young Captain Sharpe, you have to taste all the charm of pirate adventures: make dashing raids, board ships, unravel insidious intrigues, trying to advance through the ranks and find legendary treasures, finding out the secret of your origin along the way... Gorgeous graphics and a bunch of special effects create amazing effect of presence. The game is spoiled only by the abundance of bugs, which, however, the Akella team is already fixing.

In the West, the game was published by Bethsoft under the name Sea Dogs.

Reluctant corsair

So, you are a young English captain Nicholas Sharp, who escaped from Spanish captivity. You are heading to the island of Highrock, the capital of the British colony, in order to obtain a corsair patent that allows you to "legally" rob Spanish ships (in fact, not only Spanish ones) and thereby compensate for your losses, as well as the moral damage caused. However, you are not required to obtain a corsair patent from the hands of the British and you can take it from the French or even from your former offenders - the Spaniards. Finally, no one forbids you to join a pirate brotherhood and become a "free pirate". Depending on which path you choose, there are four completely different plot and, therefore, four different passages of the same game. However, the goals of the game are about the same: if you take a corsair patent, then your goal is to become the governor of the entire archipelago (whether from the English, French or Spanish side), if you choose the path of a free pirate, then your goal is to proclaim some kind of "independent free pirate state" and become its head.

Quests

To complete the game, you must go through a chain of mandatory quests (different for each of the four parties: the British, French, Spaniards and pirates). The main quests are usually given to you by the governors of the islands. There are also additional quests that are not mandatory for passing, but can significantly help you in this matter. (For example, get an excellent spyglass through which you can see absolutely everything, even the skills of officers of enemy ships.) Anyone can give you these quests, so talk to everyone you meet. Never rush to end the conversation, even if it seems to you that everything is clear - the conversation can take an unexpected turn. In addition, you can get exp just by listening to the nonsense (or advice) of the interlocutors to the end. With some characters, you can and should speak a second or third time: after performing an action, they can give you Additional information. (For example, such a hint: if you return something to the alchemist from Highrock, then after the first quest he will give you a second one.)

All quests give you much-needed experience and usually give you gold or something useful (a valuable officer joins your team, you get a valuable item or item for a further quest, etc.).

During the game, in principle, you can switch sides. It is enough to sail to Shark Island (pirate island) and acquire a patent of any nation there or become a free pirate. It will cost you 5000 gold and -10 reputation. Of course, this will complicate and confuse the passage of the game. For a normal passage, there is no need to "change the owner."

Grow, grow, my Captain!

You start as a green captain of rank 12 (there is no lower), and as you progress through the game, you can reach the rank of captain of the 1st rank. Increasing by each rank gives you the opportunity to control a ship of a higher class: a captain of ranks 12 and 11 can manage ships no higher than 6th class, a captain of 10 and 9 ranks - ships no higher than 5th, etc. In addition, with an increase in rank, you are given 3 special points that can be used to develop certain skills.

Skills

Your captain has 9 skills, each of which can be upgraded to level 9.

Navigation - increases the speed and maneuverability of the ship.

Accuracy - gun firing accuracy; Each point increases accuracy by 10%.

Reload - Cooldown time is reduced by 5% per point.

Coordination - all guns do not fire at the same time; each point of coordination reduces the time between firing the first and last cannon by 5%.

Protection - this is the ability of your team to take cover during enemy shelling; each point of defense reduces your team's losses by 5%.

Boarding - allows you to board enemy ships from a longer distance; each point increases "boarding distance" by 5%.

Fencing - the ability to fight effectively when capturing an enemy ship; roughly speaking, this is the power of your punch.

Repair - the ability to repair the hull and sails right on the high seas; it is necessary to have a sufficient number of boards and canvas in the holds. At the maximum "repair" value, it is possible to repair the ship's hull, even if it is 90% damaged. The higher the repair skill, the faster the ship is repaired: for every two points, the repair time is reduced by 1 day; however, repairs cannot be completed in less than 4 days. If you have an understaffed team, then the repair will be slower.

Commerce - the ability to buy goods cheaper and sell more expensive; each point reduces the selling price by 5% and increases the buying price by 5%; however, this skill does not affect the price of the ships you purchase.

Which skills to develop in the first place - it depends on the style of your game. However, one can give a number general advice. First of all, pay attention to fencing. Even if you are not going to board ships, get this skill up to at least 5 as early as possible. During the course of quests, you will still have to take forts where this skill plays a critical role: thanks to a high swordsmanship skill, you can cope with an opponent whose team is 2-4 times larger than yours. Pay the main attention to 3 "shooting" indicators: accuracy, reloading and coordination - they significantly increase the firepower of your ship. Further, it would be useful to raise the navigation in order to initially have an advantage in speed and maneuverability. If you are going to trade by boarding, develop the skill of the same name, which will make it easier for you to approach enemy ships. Protection and repair are obviously secondary skills: fight well and you won't need to "patching holes". Well, if you ran into a strong enemy, immediately after the battle, head to the port and make up for losses. And the skill of commerce seems completely useless, since there are almost no problems with money (well, you will make an extra trading trip in order to compensate for its low level).

officers

There is another way to improve skills - hiring officers whose skills give a plus to your skills. True, officers, as a rule, have to pay a very decent salary (often even exceeding the total salary of all sailors), but this does not matter, since money can always be easily made on trade. Officers can usually be found in taverns or obtained through quests.

First Assistant - your right hand; improves navigation. But most importantly, if you have an assistant, you can take prize ships (captured during boarding) and take them to ports for sale (otherwise you have to sink them).

Gunner - perhaps the second most valuable officer. It immediately raises 3 most important skills: accuracy, reloading and coordination.

boatswain - not the last person on the ship: usually raises the skills of navigation and swordsmanship.

The ship's doctor gives you some defense points.

A carpenter - adds a few repair points.

Treasurer - boosts commerce.

The most valuable officers are presented in table 1. We will keep silent about where and how they can be hired - otherwise it will not be interesting to play. Just a little hint: there are two first mates in the game, both of which can be found on the French Isles (and the patch moves one of them to a pirate island).

Gaining experience

So, the increase in rank occurs as experience accumulates. For each completed quest, you get experience points, but these points are clearly not enough to quickly move up the ranks and get the coveted cool ship. Therefore, one has to engage in a typical "pirate trade": the robbery of ships. Points are awarded for each ship sunk or captured, and significantly more for sunk (usually in the region of 2000-7000, while capturing a ship will not give you more than 2000). This takes into account your skill and dexterity: for a direct hit in the powder magazine (the so-called critical hit, which leads to the immediate death of the ship), you will be given twice as much exp. If, while sailing on a sloop, you manage to sink a frigate, you will get significantly more experience than if you sank some kind of pink there. The biggest exp is given for the destruction of a fort (at least 20,000), but this is also not an easy task and can only be achieved on “cool” ships of at least 3rd class. At the very beginning of the game, it is very difficult to get exp in a direct pirate way, since almost all opponents are clearly stronger than you. Therefore, this is your advice: do not get involved in a fight alone, it is better to join the battle in which ships allied to you participate. Then you can share their experience, making a very modest contribution to the defeat of the enemy.

Reputation

Reputation is how people treat you: whether they consider you a man of your word, able to help out at any moment, or a windy tramp who cares only about his own well-being. With a low level of reputation, it will be difficult for you to negotiate something with people, and some may even refuse to talk to you at all. If you do not pay your salary on time at a low level of reputation, then a riot will immediately rise on the ship, and you will be strung up on a yardarm (this, of course, will end the game). At high level reputation is willing to do business with you, and transactions (such as hiring officers, buying ships) are cheaper.

Accordingly, behave in such a way that people think highly of you. Do not demand extra or additional rewards and fulfill the requests of the inhabitants (such as bringing wine to a thirsty guard), do not leave allies in trouble. True, reputation can also be bought with money from the local priest on the Dead Island (+1 reputation for only 100 gold).

ships

Ships are divided into 7 classes: from the simplest unarmed boat (7th class) to the "floating fortress" - manowar (1st class). At the very beginning, only unpretentious vessels of the 6th class are available to you, but as Nicholas's rank grows, you will be able to acquire more and more solid vessels. When choosing a ship Special attention give it speed and maneuverability: a nimble boat with skillful tactics is quite capable of sinking a slow-moving vessel, if it has at least 2-3 times more firepower. Then look at the number and caliber of guns. Then - for the maximum number of crew: here the more, the better, although at first it may seem the opposite, because each sailor must be paid 50 gold per month. However, after spending at least one boarding battle, you will clearly feel the advantage of a large team. The carrying capacity on ships above the 6th class practically does not play a role (there is usually always enough space in the holds).

The choice of ship depends on your preferred tactics of naval battles. But if you rely on speed and maneuverability, then the typical chain of transition from ship to ship looks like this: Pink - Sloop - Shnyava - (possibly Brig) - Corvette - (possibly Fast Battleship) - Warship. The longed-for goal of many players is to swim on the Manowar, but to complete the entire game, it is enough to limit yourself to the Corvette - the fastest and most maneuverable ship with decent firepower.

For more detailed information on all ships, see the table above.

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Armament

There are four types of charges: cores cause the most damage to the hull, knipels - to the sails, buckshot - to the crew; bombs do damage to everything and are especially good at shelling forts, but bombs are the most expensive. Bomb prices are about the same everywhere, but slightly lower in the French Isles. Bombs are especially highly valued on El Caimano, so you can get rich very quickly by delivering them to this island. Please note that all projectiles have different flight ranges, and this range depends on the caliber. Complete data are presented in these tables.

Islands

There are 20 islands in the game, and almost all of them are inhabited. In general, there are no “useless” islands in the game: even if the island is uninhabited, it means that it will be possible to complete some kind of quest on it in due time. Islands appear on the World Map as they become known to you (usually when talking to someone or when receiving a quest). But the islands can also be discovered independently, simply setting a course at random on the World Map. At the same time, it is not at all necessary to “stumble” on the island: it is enough to swim next to it. (CHIT: the Resource\Images\Map\Russian subdirectory contains open card as a graphic file map_open.tga, which can be viewed in almost any graphic editor/viewer.)

Cities

Entire settlements and even cities are spread on the inhabited islands. All "life" in the game takes place in cities: there you get all the information, take quests, hire a team, trade and equip your ship. On the largest islands, there are 4 types of "useful buildings":

Tavern - only here you can replenish the thinned team of sailors (press F1, select "State" and click on the "Hire" button); most often it is in taverns that you can find officers to hire into your team and meet other useful people.

Score - here you can buy / sell goods and ammunition.

Shipyard - here you can sell your own or prize ship (but not the ships of allies) and buy yourself new ship; you can also repair your ship (allied ships too) and replace the guns with more advanced ones.

Castle - it is the residence of the governor of the island; usually it is the governor who gives you the required quests to complete - but only if you have a patent of his nation; if you do not have a patent, then at most you can only talk to the governor, but you will not receive any quest.

You cannot enter a city protected by a fort if its population is hostile to you. The maximum that can be done is to bomb the fort and take a bribe from the local population; however, you will not be able to talk to anyone, and you will not be able to enter anywhere either (except for the palace, where you will receive a bribe). After you leave the island, the fort will automatically regenerate, and the city will begin to live as if nothing had happened. (So ​​you can, if you like, repeat the looting.) The only exception is the case when the defeat of the fort was a quest task. Then the city passes under the flag of your nation with all the ensuing consequences.

Gold!

Trading is the simplest, easiest and safest way to get rich. You buy goods on one island and sell them on another - you get a kind of "trading simulator". The "trick" here is that each island has its own list

It makes no sense to buy/sell goods that are not marked as import/export - in this case, you will most likely end up even at a loss or gain a little. To make it easier for you to navigate, in table 5 we provide a list of imports/exports for all islands (excluding a few islands where there are no exports or imports). If, for example, you play as the English, then from the very beginning of the game you have enough safe route: Tendales - Highrock - Dead Island. Load canvas and coffee at Tendales, sell canvas at Highrock, load more coffee there, and drive all the coffee on Dead Island. Revenue of 7-9 thousand gold in 3 weeks is guaranteed to you! (requires a vessel with a displacement of about 1000 centners).

But if you consider yourself a real pirate, do what is right for you: rob merchant ships! But do not drown them, but board them. If you sink a ship, then you will gain little in terms of money: you will only collect miserable crumbs floating on the site of the ship's death. But if you capture the ship, then all its cargo will become yours, and you can sell it as your own. In addition, in the captain's cabin you will find several thousand gold coins (usually 2-5 thousand). And, most importantly, you will get a captured ship, which you can take to the nearest port and sell. Only for this it is necessary to have a first assistant who will temporarily take command of the captured ship; in addition, your team should be enough, at least at a minimum, for both ships. If there is no first assistant, and the captured ship is a class higher than yours, then it makes sense to transfer to someone else's ship in order to then sell it and return your own. But, in principle, you can remain in command of a ship to which you have not yet grown in rank. Only in this case you get a -1 penalty to each skill multiplied by the difference in ship classes - so it's hardly worth it (For example, if you can only control ships of the 5th class and change to a 3rd class corvette, you will get -2 to each skill.)

Thus, the capture of one merchant ship is approximately equal in monetary terms to one trade turnover. However, if captured, you also get experience! The defeat of the fort and the subsequent capture of the city is even more profitable, but also the most difficult business. For this you get at least +15,000 gold and +20,000 experience!

Naval battles

Ship control

You can make maneuvers and shoot with a view both "from the third" and "from the first person" (transitions - key Q). Maneuvering, of course, is more convenient, observing the whole picture from above, but shooting, as a rule, is better "from the first person" - because then you have the opportunity to aim on your own. There are two exceptions: 1) foggy weather, when you can't see a thing, but your gunner, nevertheless, manages to shoot accurately; 2) you are between two enemy ships; then, by pressing the "space", you simultaneously shoot from two sides, then you can abruptly leave. "From the first person" you can also use a telescope (key ctrl). By pointing the pipe at the ship, you will get its most important characteristics (the coolest pipe allows you to get complete information, up to the skills of officers).

Tactics

Due to skillful tactics, you can take out an enemy that is several times superior to you in terms of firepower. The whole "trick" here is to shoot at the enemy yourself, without receiving change in response. A typical maneuver is to go with your side to the bow of the enemy ship and shoot with the whole side, since not a single ship has guns on the bow. The second option is to go sideways to the stern, but here you run the risk of running into a small slap in the face in the form of a shot from the stern guns (usually insignificant, since no more than 6 guns can be on the stern, and then only for the coolest ships; and this is usually the stern there are only 2 guns). To carry out all these maneuvers, you need to have the fastest and most maneuverable ship. But if you are sailing on a heavy heavily armed vessel of the 1-2 class, then all these maneuvers are usually useless to you: lower the sails and just turn in place, tracking the maneuvers of the enemy. As soon as it gets close enough, strike with all sides: it is rare for a ship to survive 2-3 such volleys.

In general, from the very beginning, decide what you will do with the enemy: sink him or board him. If drowning - throw it with cannonballs and bombs from a long distance until it goes to the bottom. If you take it on board, then you don’t need to make holes in the ship’s hull - this will not affect its combat capability in any way (and, besides, a riddled ship will cost less if you then want to sell it). So immediately load the knipels and cut his sails. As soon as you have an overwhelming advantage in speed and maneuverability, you can calmly approach from the bow or stern and spray the team with grapeshot. Then you have to go side by side (almost parallel) to the enemy ship - otherwise you won’t be able to board it. As soon as your ship approaches the enemy at a fairly close distance (the greater the boarding skill, the higher the boarding skill), an icon with the image of a boarding "cat" will appear in the upper right corner of the screen - then press F2 on keyboard.

It makes sense to go boarding if you want to get hold of good and / or you know that the enemy captain is very weak in swordsmanship (in this way you can defeat the enemy sailing on stronger ships).

Aboard!

The boarding fight is symbolically represented by the hand-to-hand combat of two captains, however, behind each of them is his entire team in the literal sense: the number of hit points (that is, health) of each is equal to the number of his team. In addition, the strength of the captain's strike depends both on his swordsmanship and, again, on the number of Gavriks behind his back. Remember that the fight is tactical, so the one who swings the saber faster does not win. The fact is that every captain gets tired: the degree of his fatigue is displayed by a green indicator (right below the blue health indicator). And the more fatigue, the weaker the blow. Therefore, it is better to wait a bit and hit with full force than, zealously pounding on the keys, rewarding the enemy with 5% -10% hits. While resting, watch the enemy, trying to guess the direction of his strike and set the right block. Just remember that even a successful block misses part of the blow, so you won't be able to sit out. Do not forget about deceptive feints. Finally, a tip: be sure to sign up before the first boarding battle, as you will almost certainly lose it - after all, you also need to get comfortable with the keyboard. Then this save will serve as a good simulator for honing your fencing skills.

Capture of the fort

This is the most difficult, but also the most profitable business. You will need a ship of at least 1-2 class (although you can manage to take out the fort on the Brig). Load at least 1000 bombs into it (3000 is better). Go to 16 gauge - it has the longest range. Entering the harbor, lure all the ships away from the fort and deal with them (so that the fort cannot support them with fire). Now you need to take the most advantageous position for shelling the fort. Focusing on the indicator on the mini-map, approach so that the fort is on the very border of your firing zone. At the same time, you can guess so that only one cannon of the fort can hit you, and then for the most part it would not finish. Lower your sails completely. Change to first person view. Aim as high as possible - up to the position when the crosshair cursor starts to disappear. Shoot, shoot and shoot. When the message about the destruction of the first cannon appears, get a LITTLE closer and shoot the second cannon. And so on... When all the cannons are destroyed (a message about this will appear), swim closer (until the icon with the image of a soldier in a helmet appears in the upper right corner of the screen) and click on F2. After that, you have to win a hand-to-hand duel with the governor of the island (as in boarding). Behind him will be about 500 thugs.

Escape

If you are drawn into a forced battle and you see that you have no chance of winning it, then it is quite possible to try to run away. Turn the ship into the wind, raise full sails and fly away! Of course, they will follow you in pursuit. Shoot at the enemy from the stern guns. If you see that the pursuers are still overtaking you, try to pierce their sails with kniples and continue to flee. (To speed up the process, you can click on R.) Once you've got enough distance, you'll have access to the World Map and be able to sail anywhere.

Allies

As the game progresses, allies may join you. Allies are very desirable in the early stages of the game when your own ship's power is very weak. However, by the end of the game, they already become a clear burden, making almost no real contribution to your victory, but sharing your experience. In addition, allies have to patronize, so that they are not inadvertently sunk, from which your reputation may fall.

Allies can be given general orders:

Follow me - the ally will follow your ship, shooting at all enemies that are in the zone of his defeat. AI behaves in a "straight line": if you lower the sails and start firing at someone, turning around on the spot, then soon an ally with lowered sails will be next to you, standing exactly in the line of fire.

To attack - the ally will fire on the ship until it is completely destroyed.

Capture - will not actually capture the ship, but will fire with buckshot to defeat the team; so you can inadvertently sink the ship.

Retreat - it is better to give this order at the starting position, which is in fact equivalent to the order "do not get involved in a fight"; in the future, this order is practically useless, since a noticeably damaged ship, as a rule, is simply not allowed to leave.

Allied ships can be repaired in the shipyard as if they were your own, only they cannot be sold. Any goods can be loaded onto an ally's ship, but it is no longer possible to take it back from there.

If you capture a prize ship and transfer your first assistant to it, then such a ship will also be considered an ally. The only difference is that this ship is considered your property, so you can sell it or download any goods from it.

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The inhabitants of the archipelago

Desmond Ray Beltrop

Beltrop has been leading the pirate settlement of Gray Sales for many years. His past is shrouded in darkness, and his reputation discourages the curious from asking questions. A cold-blooded and calculating scoundrel, he has gathered around him a whole group of such people who now support his power. Those who do not like this are usually expelled from Gray Sales.

Samuel Mortons

Governor of the main British colony in the Archipelago, a high-ranking English official, swaggering and greedy. He uses his position to extort bribes and pocket government money. However, you will have to do business with him if you choose to play as the English.

Jacqueline de Bijou

Daughter of the governor of Belleflor, Monsieur Francois de Bijou. A beautiful and educated girl who came with her father from France. Accustomed to secular society there, in Paris, on the Jacqueline archipelago, naturally, she is bored. Probably, she would be happy to meet a young and handsome captain who entered the service of her father.

Gavrila Dubinin

The only native of Russia in the game, a restless boatswain-buzoter, who does not even recognize the concept of discipline. Over the many years he spent at sea, Gavrila sailed away from his homeland and at the same time gained experience. If you hire him as a boatswain, his experience will help you navigate the ship, and his great physical strength and ability to drag people along will help you in hand-to-hand combat.

"Golden" bugs

The game is replete with bugs. Some of them can be used as real cheats (no codes or trainers needed!).

How not to pay your team? Bug: if you are not anchored, then at the beginning of the month you simply will not be asked for a salary (the corresponding offer will not appear)! So anchor the numbers 29-30 and wait a couple of days.

How to avoid an unwanted meeting? Sometimes you are forced to be drawn into the battle, leaving no choice. Well, click on "Yes", and as soon as the screen fades (going to the battle screen), immediately click on Pause(this is a button on the keyboard). Now press Enter. If you managed to stop the game in time, then the World Map will be available to you, from where you can taxi anywhere.

How to defeat the fort garrison in hand-to-hand combat? The problem is that initially there are at least 1000 soldiers in each fort, and after your shelling, there are still 500 people left in it. This is a bit much, but you will no longer be able to shell the fort as soon as all the guns in it are destroyed. However, if you save at this moment and load through this save, then all the guns will “come to life”, as if nothing had happened, but the number of soldiers will not be restored! Here is a great opportunity for you to thin out even more manpower enemy.

NOTE: All of these bugs "work" in the original version 1.0.

Walkthrough for the British (detailed)

First of all, do not forget to distribute the 3 skill points given to you at the very beginning (entrance to the desired window through F1).

Hirock. Near the gate, talk to guard Billy and promise him a bottle of wine. Wander the streets of the city and find Theodore (in a green camisole). He will inform you that in almost every city there are three useful places: 1) a tavern where you can hire a team, listen to gossip and get auxiliary quests; 2) a shipyard where you can repair the ship, buy new weapons or a completely new ship; 3) a store where you can replenish ammunition, as well as buy a variety of goods. Listen to it to the end, and for this you will receive +250 experience points. In the same place, an old gunner (with a wooden leg) roams the streets. If you listen to the end of his reasoning about guns (an elementary educational program), you will get another +250 experience. Talk also on the street with an unrecognized genius - engineer Albrecht Zalpfer. He will talk about his brilliant invention, but do not try to find out everything to the end - otherwise he will suspect you of a spy and refuse to talk to you further. Instead, offer him a job as a carpenter on your ship - Albrecht will agree to this job for free, but will go ashore on the nearest English island.

At the shipyard and in the store you have nothing to do yet. Go to the tavern and talk to all the people sitting there. An old sailor and an old swordsman will teach you some basics of sailing and swordsmanship. After listening to both of them to the end, you will receive +250+250=500 experience points. From Roberto Gorrando, you will learn about the existence of the island of El Caimano, as well as that you can get an excellent telescope from Andriano Montefi, who lives on it. Julius Ironcast will agree to serve as a gunner on your ship for 600 gold per month - hire him. Listen also to the gossip of the innkeeper himself.

Now to the palace. Local Governor Samuel Mortons will present you with a Corsair's Patent. Talk to the governor again, and he will give you the first task - to take a letter to Tendale Island to the local governor, Sir John Kenford Brish.

Head to the gate, but don't forget to hand a bottle of wine to poor Billy before you go out to sea. For this act, your reputation will rise by +1, and you will receive an additional +250 experience points. You can now talk to the second guard - Frederick, who will ask you for Roma. It is worth returning to the tavern and buying a bottle for only 1 gold. But, by giving the rum to Frederick, you will receive +250 experience points.

Tendales. After going to the island, you will receive +100 experience, and Albrecht will leave your team. However, do not rush to part with him and talk. During a friendly conversation, Albrecht will give you his drawings. Go with him to the shipyard. There you can save these blueprints for 1500 gold (anyway, the blueprints can't be used in any way - they are the prototype of the future paddle steamer). Here you can already buy a more capacious boat, having previously sold your pink. Buy an improved bilander - it only slightly loses to Pink in maneuverability, but it can carry 100 centners of cargo more. This will be very handy, because a trading quest awaits you ahead.

In the tavern, you can, in principle, hire boatswain Andrew Shue (400 gold per month) and treasurer Adam Moulin (1000 gold per month). You just don't have enough money for that. But even if enough, you should not do it yet, otherwise your gold supply will completely dry up, and you will have nothing to pay the team with at the end of the month. However, you can talk to Adam Moulin to earn +50 experience (you have to ask Adam what he actually knows how to do).

Now - to the palace to the governor. Handing him the letter will give you +500 experience and +2 reputation. Take the next quest from the governor: take the wheat of the starving colony to the Dead Island. Before sailing, visit the store and buy coffee for the place left in the hold (114 centners will come out), which is highly valued on the Dead Island.

Dead Island. Former jeweler Eugene Haxter (in a green camisole) is wandering the streets - be sure to talk to him and let him carefully examine your locket. Eugene will reveal the secret of the veil over the history of your father - you will learn a lot of useful things for further passage. Well, in addition, get +500 experience points. (At about this time, your rank will increase to 11th, so don't forget to reallocate 3 new skill points.) Now - straight to the tavern to the innkeeper. The innkeeper will want to thank you for the delivered wheat. It’s better to modestly refuse the reward, because the innkeeper will be able to give you only 250 centners of linen, which will still have to be sold, and, most importantly, your reputation will drop by 4 units, which is very noticeable (especially since you can’t buy reputation for any money!) . Also, talk to the gunner David Murray in the tavern and ask him about his service on the Savage - for this you will be given as much as +1000 experience points (hiring David instead of the old Julius is not worth it yet). In the tavern, you can also talk to a merchant who will offer you a quest: escort him first to Highrock, and then to Itkal (for 800+800=1600 gold). Do not take on this quest, because you still have a more profitable and more appropriate quest ahead of you. You will receive it in the store: merchant Nigel Forster will ask you to take 400 centners of linen to Tendales, and from there bring a load of cocoa, for which he will give you 2000 gold. This is exactly what you need, especially since you need to return to Tendales in order to collect the promised fee for the delivery of wheat. (Don't forget to sell him all the coffee, for which you will get approximately 1125 gold!)

Before sailing, you can talk to the priest (standing at the end of the street behind the tavern), and for a modest price of 100 gold, he will absolve you of your sins, which will raise your reputation by +1.

Tendales-2. Go to the store and hand over the load of canvas, for which you will receive +1 reputation. You will be automatically loaded with 150 units of coffee. You'll still have room in the hold, so stock up on his coffee, which is so scarce on Dead Island. Notify the governor of the completed task. He will want to reward you even more than he promised. Modestly refuse, otherwise you will lose a few reputation points: he will generously reward you with 2000 gold anyway. In addition, you will receive +3 reputation and +1000 experience points. Ask the governor for the next task, and he will complain that the trade caravans between his island and Highrock are often robbed by some kind of pirate. You need to establish who he is and stop his activities. Enter the tavern and talk to the innkeeper. He will tell you that one merchant (Margus) miraculously escaped pirate captivity, but now he is in an unconscious state and it is not clear how to treat him - otherwise he could tell a lot about this pirate. Hire a boatswain in the tavern (now you have money for this) and sail to the Dead Island.

Dead Island-2. For the delivered cocoa, you will receive 2000 gold, as well as +500 experience points and +2 reputation. Sell ​​all your cargo of coffee in the shop for about 1000 gold. Buy all the linen and sugar there, they can be sold profitably on Highrock. A fellow traveler to Highrock is found in the same tavern - merchant Jacob Ashton will ask you to accompany him there for 800 gold (plus another 800 for a further trip to Itkal). Before sailing, you can also drop by the priest to get +1 reputation for 100 gold.

Hirock-2. First of all, go to the store and sell all the canvas and sugar. Also talk to the seller, and he will tell you that the miracle doctor alchemist Alyumnus has returned to the city, who can put anyone on their feet. Recognizing Alumnus is very simple: he wears a red beard. Go outside and look for the alchemist. After politely listening to his learned nonsense, you will get the right potion. In the tavern you will find your fellow traveler Jacob, who will give you the promised reward (800 gold) and ask you to accompany him further to the island of Itkal. You can refuse, but then you will lose 3 reputation points. It is better to swim to the island, especially since there is something to overstock.

Itkal. Upon entering the island, you will receive +1000 experience points. Contact Jacob and he will pay you the promised 800 gold. Your reputation will go up by +3. Go to the shop and stock up on linen and sugar to sell on Highrock.

Hirock-3. Sell ​​all sugar and linen in the store. Go to the governor and take the quest from him: escort the ship to Tendales.

Tendales-3. When you leave the ship, you will receive +500 experience and +2 reputation. Go to the innkeeper and give him a potion for the poor fellow Marcus. There, in the tavern, you will find the captain of the ship that you accompanied - this is Lemuel Hamm. The captain will give you the promised 2000 gold coins and tell you that he was carrying a strange “valuable cargo” on his ship - 50 thugs. Go to the governor and tell him about this strange event. For this you will receive +250 experience. The governor, in turn, will inform you that the royal auditor will soon arrive in the colony. Get a hold of coffee and sail to the Dead Island. Will be waiting for you in the harbor pirate ship, but the cannons of the fort will make short work of him. (This is at best; at worst, you will have to fight a pirate ship one-on-one on the high seas). You will find a note from the hardened pirate Beltrop, and also get +500 experience points and +3 reputation. After that, your experience should be enough for the 10th rank.

Dead Island. Sell ​​all coffee and return to Tendales. (Actually, the purpose of this voyage is to wait until Marcus "recovers".)

Tendales-4. In the tavern you will find a recovered Marcus. He will say that the malicious pirate's name is Ropleyk, and that he often replenishes provisions on the Spanish island of El Caimano. The pirate sails on a corvette - this is a very strong ship of the 3rd class; therefore, you must now buy the vessel as well as possible. The maximum that you can acquire as a captain of the 10th rank is a shnyava of the 5th class. Buy it. If you don't have enough money, make a few trading trips along the Tendales - Highrock - Dead Island route. Load coffee, linen and sugar at Tendales. On Highrock, sell linen and sugar and buy more coffee. Then sell all coffee on Dead Island. For one such flight, you can earn 7-9 thousand gold. (In general, make a few backup trips so you don't have any problems with paying your salaries later.) When you're ready to sail to El Caimano, stock up on the maximum of bombs, which are highly valued on El Caimano.

El Caimano. This is a Spanish island, and with Spain you have, to put it mildly, strained relations. Therefore, do not be surprised that Spanish ships will begin to fire at you in the harbor. Ignore this and quickly land in the city (this can be done, since there is no fort on El Caimano). Once in the store, sell about half of your load of bombs - "a nice addition to your pension." In the tavern, talk to the pirate (Filipe Vilen) who is thirsty for adventure. Give him 150 gold to repair the ship and he will join you as an ally. On the street, you can talk to two characters in order to get two more additional quests. Andriano Montefi will agree to make you a super-duper spyglass if you supply him with the highest quality optical glass. You can get a glass from Lorenzo Avido from the island of Granda Avilia (only this island is Spanish, and it is guarded by a fort, so the way there is still “ordered” for you). "Honest Pirate" Ronald the Lawman will ask you to deliver the black mark to Frederick the Mole on the island of Gray Sales. For this, he will promise 2000 gold.

Battle with Ropflake. Ropflake will be waiting for you in the harbor of El Caimano. Immediately "set" your ally on him - this is such a distraction. Do not worry about the further fate of your partner - he may even die, this will not affect you in any way. As already mentioned, Ropflake sails on a corvette, so sinking it with the forces of two weak ships (5th and 6th class) is almost impossible (or very difficult). But it is easy to defeat him in hand-to-hand combat, since Ropflake has a “swordsmanship” indicator of zero. So the tactic is simple: go up to the corvette and board it, first trying to hit it with grapeshot. (Ropflake can even go boarding himself, buying into the numerical superiority of his team.) After the victory, you can even transfer to the corvette to sell it later (and it costs about 38,000) and return your shnyava. Just remember to reload all the good from your ship. Now - to Governor Brin, in order to report to him about his brilliant victory.

Tendales-5. Enter the palace and announce the victory. The governor will give you 5000 gold. Go to the shipyard, sell the corvette and buy shnyava (do not forget to replace the guns with 16-gauge). It's time to visit Governor Mortons. Swim to Highrock.

Hirock-4. Mortons will order you to inspect the waters of Itkal Island, not far from which Spanish ships were seen. Well, an order is an order. We swim there.

Itkal-2. In the harbor of Itkal, you will find one Spanish ship of class 5-6, which you can sink without difficulty. Having landed on the island, you will learn with regret that the city was sacked by the Spaniards 2 days ago (and it will always be so, no matter how hard you try to sail to Itkal as early as possible). The store owner will tell you about this, and you will receive 1000 experience. There is nothing to do, we return to Highrock.

Hirock-5. You can lie to Mortons by portraying the victory of the English fleet, but the truth will be revealed the next time you visit the palace, and then you will lose the English patent (and then you will have to play for another nation or earn the favor of the British with incredible efforts). We'll have to tell the truth. Mortons will accuse you of slowness and incompetence. If you object to him, he will again take away your patent. So you have to take all the blame. Mortons will put you out the door, saying that he will give you a new task next time. But it doesn't matter - the main thing is that the English patent remained with us, and you got +1000 experience for the correct answer. Going out into the streets of Highrock, look into all the nooks and crannies and look for the Stranger (obviously a pirate appearance). He will tell you that he came from Olaf Ulsson to tell you that he is waiting for you on the pirate island of Shark Island. There is nothing to do - you have to pay a visit to the pirates.

Shark Island. First of all, take a look at the tavern. There you will find the leader of the pirate brotherhood Olaf Ulsson. After telling him about the attack of Edwin Cuttlefish and about the strange note found, you will receive advice to talk to former first Beltrop's assistant, whose name is Peter Ordo. However, Olaf has no idea where Peter can be found. Okay, let's find out for ourselves. But do not rush to fall behind Olaf. Talk to him again and ask about your father. Olaf will answer that he really served with him, but he knows nothing about the last years of Malcolm Sharp's life. However, he will report that now two members of his team are still alive: One-legged Berquist from the island of Gray Sayles and the former cook Mavriko Kamentata, who maintains a tavern on the Spanish island of Costa Sinistra.

In the same tavern, you can talk to the "evil and terrible" pirate Jace Callow. He will tell about his misfortune: he coveted a golden idol, taking it from an Indian and cutting off the unfortunate native's head. However, before his death, the Indian managed to “attach” evil spirits to the idol, so that from now on the owner of the idol will be haunted by some failures, which constantly happens to James. At the same time, the idol can neither be sold nor simply thrown away. It can only be given to someone. You and James come up with a great plan: why don't you give the idol to Beltrop? For this, James promises to join you. After leaving the tavern, properly comb the surroundings. It is very likely that you will stumble upon Pablo Loco here (if not, then look for him on Gray Sales or further on El Caimano - but wait with El Caimano for now). After talking to him, tell him that you are looking for a rare herb for the alchemist. Pablo will agree to help you, only complain that he needs a boat. Moreover, the "shop" is not good - Pablo needs a special tree, from which he himself will make a "clean" (from evil spirits) boat. This tree grows only on Dead Island. Let's note this for ourselves, but for now let's head to Gray Sales.

Gray Sayles. You will meet one-legged Berquist right on the street (he is not difficult to recognize, right? Hint: he is o-d-n-o-legs). Burquist will report that shortly before his disappearance, Malcolm Sharp committed a very daring and very large robbery of the Spanish colony. Where he then went - no one knows (in any case, Berquist does not know). After entering the store and talking to its owner, you will learn that Ordo has sailed to one of the English governors and that his ship is called "Destiny". Enter the tavern. There you can hire yourself someone. Cannoneer Dreyfus Wick will ask for 2000 gold per month for his services - and he's worth it, as it gives +3 to hit, +3 to reload and +3 to coordination. Carpenter Jacques Dullars will agree to join for only 200 gold (gives +2 to repair). We recommend taking both. You can also choose an ally for yourself - William Kabestan controls the caravel, and this will be a good help for you in the next battles. There you will meet Frederick Mole. Give him a black mark. Now direct your feet to the "palace" of Beltrop. When talking to him, be careful and careful in your answers. From the first time you will not succeed - there will only be a verbal skirmish. From the second entry, you will already be able to talk about the idol. When offering it as a gift, motivate your action by realizing who is the real owner of the island. Be sure to ask for a reward in return, otherwise Beltrop will suspect a trap. Beltrop will offer you to take a fast galleon captured from Spanish merchants - a not sickly vessel, we advise you to take it, because you hardly have a better ship now. But you can refuse - Beltrop will not be offended. In addition, you will receive +2000 experience from the ripped idol.

Shark Island 2. Go to the tavern and inform James Callow that your idea was a success: the idol was safely fused to Beltrop. However, James will say that he cheated on you and will refuse to join. However, as a "compensation" he will give 2500 gold - well, that will do. Before looking for Ordo, let's complete a couple of additional quests in order to gain experience and transfer to a more solid vessel.

El Caimano. Find Ronald the Lawman (he roams the streets). Tell him that his mission is complete: the Mole is waiting for him near the uninhabited island of Chaktcha. Ronald will give the promised reward of 2000 gold. Offer your help to Ronald, remembering that the Mole will not be alone. For this you will receive +5 reputation and a great opportunity to fight. So sail to Chaktcha Island.

Battle with Mole. Your forces will be approximately equal: both on your side and on the side of the pirates there will be 3 ships of approximately equal classes. The Mole himself swims on a vessel of the 4th class. There are two possibilities here: quickly destroy the Mole and run away. But it is better to destroy the entire pirate fleet: you are not a cowardly rat, and it will not hurt to gain experience. How to fight - you know yourself. We will give only one piece of advice: do not feel sorry for Ronald's ship; even if he survives, after the battle, Ronald will still leave you.

Now it's time to remember about the task of Pablo Loco.

Dead Island-3. Entering the store, you will purchase the desired tree for 1500 gold; it will then need to be delivered to Pablo Loco. But let's delay this. Almost certainly by this time your gold reserves will noticeably run out, and you need to repair both your ship and the ship of an ally. Therefore, play a little "trading simulator" on the route Dead Island - Highrock - Tendales.

Back to main storyline. Now we need to look for Peter Ordo at one of the two English governors. Let's say right away that Mortons will not help us in any way, so let's visit Brin.

Tendales-6. Governor Breen will say that Peter Ordo was indeed on the island, but then went to Tel Kerrat, "until the mess is over," as he puts it. We will follow there.

Tel Kerrat. The island belongs to the French, but it is not protected by a fort, so you can safely enter the city. Few people hang around the streets of the city, and Peter is not among them. There is only one "useful place" in the city - a store, so let's head there. The store owner will say that Ordo really visits the island, and will give him signs: Peter wears a yellow scarf on his head. Now, when you go outside, you will meet Ordo. Peter will tell that Beltrop is going to attack Tendales, and one of the high English ranks helps him in this. Peter intends to sit out the trouble on Tel Kerrat, but he is worried about the fate of his girlfriend, Alicia Gardener, who remained on Gray Sales. You promise to help Alicia escape from the island, and in return Peter promises to join you. Not a bad deal. On the street, you can also talk to Galien Brassier and buy a magnificent dagger from him for only 300 gold (maybe it will do).

Gray Sales-2. You can easily find Alicia Gardener on the streets of the pirate village. She will immediately trust you and agree to run with you - there are no problems. Problems will begin when you escape from the island: a pirate frigate (3rd class vessel) is waiting for you in the harbor, the captain of which is ordered to destroy you. With the support of Frederick's caravel, it is not so difficult to sink this frigate. However, you can run away from him - but then he will pursue you every time you show up in the harbor of Gray Sayles. Sail to Shark Island to complete the quest given by Pablo Loco.

Shark Island 3. With Pablo, you can easily exchange the “sacred tree” for the weed you need and, in addition, get +500 experience. To finish this whole thing with a quest, we sail to Highrock.

Hirock-6. Give the weed to Alumnus (+1000 exp, +2 reputation). As a token of gratitude, he will order one of his students to join your team as a surgeon. His name is Dick Oakenwood, and he is waiting for you at the tavern. Well, not a bad ending to the quest, considering that Dick does not require a salary at all, giving +2 to defense. We return to the main storyline - we need to deliver the girl to Tel Kerrat.

Tel Kerrat 2. Peter Ordo honestly fulfill the terms of the agreement and join you with his ship (he has a brig, which is quite robust). You will also learn that Alicia stole a box of documents from Beltrop's cabin, among which there was one very curious letter. In it, someone informs Beltrop that everything is ready to storm Gendales. The gathering place of the pirate fleet is the island of Chaktcha. Instead of a signature - an English official seal. So it's the crook Mortons who wrote this letter (Stirlitz guessed :))! Fearing for his familiar place, he decided to get rid of the young and honest Governor Brin. It was for this purpose that two dilapidated frigates were ordered from England, which would be completely helpless against Beltrop's squadron; on the island itself, the same fifty thugs from the Bristol should support the rebellion. So, Brin needs to be warned.

Tendales-7. But warning about danger is only half the battle. According to Brin, he does not have enough authority to arrest Mortons, but, fortunately, just now the royal auditor, Admiral Alexander Gritstone, has arrived on the archipelago. Brin writes a message to the auditor, which must be delivered to Highrock, where he is now.

Hirock-7. Alexander Gritstone you will find in the governor's residence. Fortunately, Mortons is not in the palace, so you can freely give the letter directly into the hands of Gritstone. At first, the auditor will not believe such grave accusations, but the found letter from Mortons to Beltrop will serve as irrefutable evidence. Gritstone will order the arrest of Mortons, and you will be ordered to defeat the pirate fleet near the island of Chaktcha. The fight is not that hard, but not a joke, so thoroughly "patch all the holes." Don't forget to repair allied ships as well. It is possible that your experience is already enough to transfer to a corvette - then everything is fine in general (you know where to get the money).

Battle with Beltrop's fleet. There will be four ships on the side of the pirates: a corvette (3rd class), two ships of the 4th class (brig and caravel) and a trifle - a vessel of the 6th class. Try to "split" the fleet and deal with the ships one by one. In addition to the usual "fee" for destroying ships, you will receive an additional +8000 experience and +3 reputation for destroying the entire armada. Return to Gritstone to report on a brilliant victory.

Hirock-8. Gritstone will give you 4000 gold for the victory and "reward" the next task: to strike a preemptive strike and capture the Spanish island of Costa Sinistra before a new large shipyard is built there.

Costa Sinistra. Capturing a fort is no easy task. Re-read the section “Taking the Fort” beforehand and do not forget to load the maximum cores before leaving. (When shelling a fort, it is better to order your allies not to interfere in this matter, otherwise they will be quickly sunk.) Entering the city, you will see heaps of corpses everywhere and you will not be able to go anywhere. Fortunately, you will meet one surviving citizen. When talking to him, do not demand a bribe (10,000 gold), but declare the island an English colony (otherwise the island will remain Spanish, and your task will not be completed). For this you will receive +5000 experience and +5 reputation.

Hirock-9. Gritstone will reward you with 5000 gold coins and give you another task: to find out where the French are going to install new huge cannons brought from Marseilles and capture them. Entering the tavern, you will learn from its owner that poor Alumnus fell victim to his own experiments: in search of the elixir of immortality, he mixed some Indian herbs with refined gold; from such an "elixir" he died.

Have you forgotten that a former cook from your father's ship lives on the Costa Sinistra? So we sail there, and on the way we will look at the Dead Island.

Dead Island-4. In the tavern, you will stumble upon a sailor named Lawrence Norton. He will tell you that near the island of Omori he met three French ships, from which he managed to escape only by a miracle. But a couple of volleys still covered the ship, and one core even got stuck between the bulkheads. Norton has never seen such a core: it is monstrous in size and weighs about 48 pounds. Hehe, looks like we're on the right track: the French are about to set up their new superfood cannons on Omori Island!

Costa Sinistra-2. The innkeeper is a former cook from your father's ship. However, he will refuse to deal with you unless you are sailing under a pirate flag. So those who want to change the storyline and find the innumerable treasures of Malcolm Sharp, let them sail to Rockshore and join the pirate brotherhood. The rest will have to "break off" on this.

Omori. A standard battle with a standard fort and a standard fleet in the harbor (this is already a common thing for us, isn't it?). After the battle, you need to talk to the "respected citizen" and inform him that Omori now belongs to England (do not look for gold - then you will have to take the fort again, which will immediately regain French citizenship, as soon as you sail from the coast). For this you will receive +5000 experience and +5 reputation. We return to Highrock in order to announce our brilliant victory.

Hirock-10. The final touch is the last task. Now Gritstone will instruct you to capture the main base of the Spanish fleet - the island of Isla Ballena. Upon your return, you will be awarded a title of nobility and appointed viceroy of the English colonies. What else do you need to meet a carefree old age? But no one is forcing you to do it. If you are not yet tired of adventure, you can not return to Highrock, but change your citizenship and go through the next chain of quests.

We will not give such a detailed passage for the rest of the parties. We will limit ourselves to a brief guide.

FOURTH PAGE

Passage for the French

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The first step is to obtain a French patent. So sail to Belfort to the governor of the French colonies - Monsieur Francois de Bijou. From him you will receive the first task: to meet on the island of Gray Sayles with the French agent Auguste Bromont. (Auguste wanders the streets of the pirate town, so it's very easy to find him.) Auguste will give you a report for the governor, so return to Belfort.

From the report, de Bijou learns that his old friend, the merchant Thierry La Mole, has fallen into the clutches of pirates who demand a huge ransom for his head. The governor does not have that kind of money, and therefore you get a new task: to sail to the Isle de Orange to the head of the merchant guild, Orellan Dupre, in order to borrow the required amount from him. The merchant will give you money against an IOU, which must be taken back to the governor.

Now the governor instructs us to visit Beltrop - the leader of the pirates - and inform him of the place and time of the transfer of the ransom. So we're going to Gray Sayles again. But Beltrop dictates his own terms: he demands that the ship with gold arrive at Gray Sales in exactly one week. Return to Belfort and report this to the governor. The governor, of course, will not want to just give the pirates all the gold and will instruct you to complete this business on your own, without giving any money or support. Well, let's sail to Gray Sales, maybe we'll come up with something there.

Find Captain Damien Rothney on the street of the pirate town and talk to him. Damien had recently moved into the service of the French, only bad luck: Beltrop found out about this and captured the ship, and also captured most of the crew. (Damien himself miraculously escaped.) Damien will offer you such a deal: you capture his ship - the Odyssey brig, and Damien himself, freeing his comrades from prison, will also free the poor fellow merchant la Mole.

The brig "Odysseus" is at anchor in Gray Sayles Bay. Just be sure to take it on board - otherwise you will not get the head of the captain of the Odyssey, which must then be handed over to Damien as proof that you have fulfilled your part of the deal. Then talk to La Mole and return to Belfort. On Belfort, you need to talk to the merchant again in order to receive a reward for saving him. The governor will also thank you, but will not give you any further tasks. Well, let's look for them ourselves. We sail to Isle de Orange - maybe we will learn something new there.

After entering the tavern, talk to Fokere Arain. He is preparing the kidnapping of Jacqueline de Bijou (this is the daughter of the French governor) and will offer you to participate in this case. Of course, you refuse this vile offer. In the same tavern, you will meet the former captain of the French fleet, Milon Unserville. After talking with him, you will find out that Fokere has already offered him the same thing, and now Milon is thinking ... There is nothing left for us to do but sail to Belfort in order to warn the governor.

Francois de Bijou will refuse to believe in a conspiracy and simply laugh at you. There is nothing to do - we leave the palace. Entering the tavern, you will learn from the owner that the governor's daughter has been kidnapped. It's time to return to François de Bijou and offer him your services.

Let's start our search with the already familiar tavern on Isle de Orange. Having met Milon there and threatened him with accusations of complicity in the kidnapping of the daughter of the French governor, we can extract some information from him, and at the same time persuade him to join us while searching for Jacqueline. It turns out that in the end Fokere hired a pirate named Michiel Hattenschrag to kidnap the governor's daughter. After the kidnapping, Fokere himself disappeared somewhere, and Michel can be found on the pirate archipelago.

We sail to Gray Sayles and find Michel in the tavern. (If your rank is below seventh, then Michel will simply laugh at you and refuse to say anything.) Michel will report that the Fokere barque called "Nemesis" is anchored off the uninhabited island of Othernotl and is ready to immediately take off and sneak away, barely seeing " stranger" on the horizon. Therefore, we persuade Mikhel to exchange ships for a while.

Barque "Nemesis" must be boarded (otherwise there will be no chance to find Jacqueline). In the captain's cabin you will find a ring, and from the ship's log you will learn that this ring must be handed over to a certain Brantom Tabari, the captain of the caravel on board which Jacqueline is languishing. Finding Tabari is very simple - he spends time in a tavern on the Isle de Orange. After receiving the ring, he will personally deliver Jacqueline to Belfort.

On Belfort, another, and very difficult task awaits us. We will have to defend this island from the Spanish invasion. The mess will be decent, but so will the reward. After that, the governor will say that he does not have any tasks for you yet.

Well, let's go on an adventure. On the streets of Belfort, a stranger will meet you and hand over a note in which someone convincingly asks to look into the tavern. Well, let's go there. Ba! There, Jacqueline de Bijou is waiting for us and confesses her love to us (that is, Nicholas Sharpe). It's a sin not to reciprocate. But there are three ways to do it. The first and most vulgar (the offer to immediately spend the night together in a room on the second floor of the tavern) will lead to nothing but a break and hostility from France. The second way is to wait until you are rich and famous enough to ask the governor himself for Jacqueline's hand in marriage. You will have to wait quite a long time (almost until the end of the game), and in dowry you will receive only 8000 gold (not that much by the standards of the end of the game). But there is a third way - a secret wedding, which will immediately bring you +10,000 experience!

So, we choose the third method. But for a secret wedding, a priest is needed, who can only be found on Omori (by the way, having sailed to Omori, you can complete an additional quest along the way - see below). It is not difficult to find Prior Modestus there, who will agree to conduct a secret rite for only the amount of 3000 gold. The place of the wedding is Belfort. So we swim there and head straight for the palace. There, instead of the governor, we meet Jacqueline and the priest - which was required. Go outside and return to the residence again.

This time you will meet Monsieur de Bijou himself, who will give a new task: to sink two ships near the uninhabited island of Aliando - Spanish and English, on which the diplomats of the two powers intend to conclude an alliance. Having sunk both ships, we return to Belfort and learn that we have been given the title of baron and the rank of admiral of the French royal fleet. Next - two tasks, befitting a baronial title: to capture the Spanish colony of Costa Sinistra, then - the English fort Hairok. (For the duration of the last operation, you will receive a support ship of the battle, and if your rank is higher than the fourth, you can even assign this ship.)

Then - a small respite: just to deliver an ultimatum to Olaf Ohlsson. The next order is to capture the Spanish colony of Isla Ballena. Then you have to defend your native Belfort (which is not so difficult with the support of your own fort). After that, the governor will pay for the previous two missions and say that for the final defeat of all enemies, it is necessary to capture the English colony of Tendales and the Spanish fort of Granda Avilia. After that, you can return to Belfort and get the coveted title of lieutenant governor, or you can continue your wild pirate adventures...

Additional quests

Trade quest-1. On the streets of Belfort, you can meet a merchant named Magis Sobrik. He will pay 1000 gold if you escort his ship to Omori. Then you can turn to Magis a second time. He will give a tip - local merchant Yves Samois is looking for someone to transport his coffee to Isle de Orange. In exchange for 1200 quintals of coffee on Isle de Orange, you will receive 1200 quintals of chocolate. After delivering the chocolate, you will receive 2500 gold from it.

Trading quest-2. This quest becomes available after Jacqueline is released. On the streets of Tel Kerrat, you can meet the merchant Jean Filenet, who will ask you to accompany his ship to Aile de Orange. Then you can get either the promised gold or a spyglass (an average quality pipe, but still better than yours) from Jean.

Ally. In the tavern of Isle de Orange, you can meet Artois Mulet, who will tell about his failed expedition organized by Nicolas de Montferrat. The expedition died through no fault of Artois, but Nicholas drove him out of service. You can talk to Nicholas, then Artois again, and then Artois will join you as an ally.

Passage for the Spaniards

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Getting a Spanish patent is not as easy as getting a French one. The fact is that initially Spain is hostile to you, and therefore you will be met by a friendly volley of fort guns, you dare to approach any Spanish colony. But there is still a way out: on Shark Island you can get (from a Spanish agent) a fake Spanish corsair certificate. (However, you will have to pay 5,000 gold for this - take care of the money in advance.) Then you can sail to the main Spanish colony on the island of Granda Avilia and get a real certificate from the alcalde Ricardo Ferrer de Marcadala himself.

From the alcalde you will also receive the first task - to deliver an urgent letter to another alcado, Guilabertus da Muntral, on the island of Isla Ballena. After delivering the letter and receiving a reward of 1000 gold for this, go to the tavern of Isla Balena. The owner of the tavern will tell about an evil and terrible pirate who terrorizes Spanish merchants. Return to the palace and talk to the alcaldos about this pirate. He will say that the pirate's name is Francois Jovignon and that Senor Ricardo (the first mayor) has appointed a solid reward for his head. Alcalde will also advise you to ask about Francois in Shark Island. Well, let's go there.

Talk to Olaf Olsson (head of the pirate brotherhood) on Shark Island and ask him about Francois. Olaf will report that Francois' ship was recently seen near the uninhabited island of Aliando.

Near Aliando you will meet a pirate shnyava. Having sunk it, you can return to de Mercadal with the good news that the evil pirate is finished. However, it is too early to rejoice. It turns out that you sank some other pirate, and Jovignon himself and his ally are now attacking the Spanish colony of El Caimano. Alcalde immediately sends you to help.

You can't rush. No matter how fast you sail, the result will be the same: there will be no pirates near the island. Entering the El Caimano tavern, you will find out that Jovignon has already done his job - he captured the island, received a ransom and sailed away. Where did you sail? You will learn about this by talking to a stranger in the same tavern. You just have to pay 1000 gold for information. The stranger will tell you that in fact, Ulsson agreed with Jovignon and sheltered him on Shark Island. For this, Jovignon shares his booty with him.

Well, we are sailing to Shark Island and take Olsson by the breasts. There it will turn out how the very stranger to whom you paid 1000 gold deceived you: this was Jovignon himself. Olsson will continue to claim that Jovignon has settled somewhere near Aliando, and will even offer to accompany you there. Well, help is very useful to us (this is a whole brig!). This time you will actually find Jovignon with an accomplice near the island. Having sunk their ships, you can return to Ricardo for the promised reward.

Having handed it over, Don Ricardo will send us to the pirate archipelago to meet with the Spanish informant Jose Maria Lopez, whom you can easily find on the streets of Gray Sales. He will report about it. that the British are going to attack the colony of Isla Ballena. We must hurry to notify the alcalde about this. Señor de Muntral will order us to defend the island (it's not so difficult under the protection of your own fort and having a small Spanish fleet in addition). After the victory, the alcalde will reward you and order you to go to Don Ricardo.

And here is the first major task: to capture the English colony on Grandfather Island. Upon your return, you receive 5000 gold and the next (also not sickly) task: sink two of the newest English battleships anchored near Itkal. The situation is slightly relieved by the fact that both ships are somewhat battered by the storm and, therefore, will not fight at full strength. (Try to capture one of them, and then sell it if you are not yet mature enough to command a lineman.) After these glorious deeds, you deservedly receive the title of Spanish grandee and the title of admiral of the Spanish fleet.

Then there is a slight lull. The alcalde has no assignments for us yet, but he is concerned that, according to intelligence data, the French are going to attack one of the Spanish colonies, but which one is unknown. Well, let's try to find out for ourselves. Leaving the palace, we go into the tavern. The owner of the tavern, Salvador Engano, will tell you that his brother, Roberto Enagno, recently boarded a French brig, on which some very important documents were found. You can find Roberto on El Caimano, where his corvette is currently being repaired. We find Roberto in a local tavern (and where else?). He hands over the captured documents to us, and we return to Grand Avilia in order to hand them over to Señor Ricardo.

Among the documents is a plan to attack Ayla Ballena. There is simply no strength to defend the island from the attack of the allies (British and French) now, so a bold decision arises - to get ahead of the enemy and attack the French ships near the island of Tel Kerrat. As you might guess, this mission is entrusted to us.

After the victory at Tel Kerrat (by the way, it will not be an easy mess), we get three tasks one after another: to capture the colony of Isle de Orange, then Highrock, then Belfort.

So far, the allies have been dealt with for the time being, but now the pirates have become very active. Therefore, we are sent to Shark Island with instructions to deliver an ultimatum to Olaf Ulsson. A battle with a pirate flotilla awaits us near the island (well, at least there is no fort on the island). Then we hand over the ultimatum to Olaf without hindrance, and he has no choice but to agree to the demands of Don Ricardo.

Then - the finishing touch - the order to capture the English colony of Tendales, after which you can return to Ricardo and receive from him the appointment of viceroy of the archipelago.

Additional quests

Trade quest-1. The owner of the shop on Costa Sinistra asks to deliver 50 centners of ebony to the owner of the shop on Isla Ballena. Upon his return, he gives 2000 gold.

Trading quest-2. This quest becomes available after the massacre of the pirate Francois Jovignon. Then a trader named Theodora Alameda appears on the streets of Grand Avilia. For 2000 gold he asks to accompany his galleon to Costa Sinitstra. (Don't forget to track down this merchant on the streets of Costa Sinistra afterward to collect the promised reward.)

We drown the pirate. The owner of the tavern on Granda Avilia asks to eliminate smugglers carrying cheap rum to his competitor. We go out to sea and drown or capture the barque "Wizel". Returning to the tavern, we receive the promised reward of 1000 gold.

We deliver the priest. In the tavern of Grand Avilia, you can meet a Spanish priest who wants to get to Shark Island in order to introduce pirates to the Holy Church. Having delivered the priest, we get some experience and reputation.

The search for the missing soldier. On the streets of Isla Ballena you can meet a woman named Catalina. She asks us to find out what happened to her lover, Carlos Esperanza - he was a soldier in one of the Spanish punitive expeditions against pirates. Having gone to the governor, we ask him about the fate of the expedition, without specifying that we are interested in the fate of one soldier. The Governor says that the expedition is missing off the Isle of Othernotla. What exactly happened, he doesn't know. The innkeeper Arno Manlu tells us that the expedition was sunk by pirates near the island of Othernotla. In that battle, many Spanish soldiers were captured and sold to pirates at the slave market in Rockshore. We're going to Othernotla. The pirate ship El Lobo stands there - it used to be part of the missing squadron. Having sunk it, we return to the governor and tell him about the fate of the expedition. For this we get 1000 gold. After that, we go to Gray Sales and talk to the slave trader Raimundo. He tells us that the Spanish soldiers who participated in the expedition were taken prisoner, but when Raimundo's ship passed near the French colony of Omori, Carlos jumped overboard and thus escaped. On Omori we do meet Carlos. After talking with him, you need to return to Catalina and inform her that Carlos is alive and will return to her soon.

The search for the witch. On the street of Isla Ballena you can meet an Englishman named Bartholomew Ulster. He will ask us about a girl named Carla. Naturally, we do not know any Carla - she is a whore in a local tavern. After looking into the tavern and talking to her, we mention that Bartholomew Ulster is looking for her. The girl will obviously be alarmed and even refuse to do her job. Looking to the alcalde de Muntral, we learn that his secretary Bartholomew Ulster was found dead under very strange circumstances. Upon learning that Bartholomew was associated with Carla, the mayor instructs us to investigate this matter. Now we need to find a man named Jaime Zingermann on the streets of the city. (He is the only one who did not use Carla's services.) Jaime tells us that Carla was engaged in witchcraft. Having learned about this, we go to Arnaud Manll and, threatening to pass him off as an accomplice of a witch, find out from him where Karla disappeared (at the same time, you can spin him for a couple of thousand, but to the detriment of his reputation). The innkeeper will say that Carla sailed away with a captain named Miguel Kenda to one of the small Spanish colonies. He knows nothing more. In the El Caimano tavern we find Victor Martos, boatswain from Miguel Kenda's ship. He will tell us that the woman on board brought the captain to death, and then fled near Grand Avilia. Arriving at Grand Avilia, in the tavern we finally meet Carla again. You can accuse her of witchcraft and adherence to the devil, and then find the inquisitor's alcalde opposite the residence and hand over the witch to him. The poor girl will be burned, and we can return to the alcalde Muntral and receive a reward. But it is better to choose the second way: after listening to Carla's story, let her go to all four sides and get +5000 (!) Experience points for this.

Passage for pirates

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For starters, it would be nice to join the Coastal Brotherhood. Therefore, sail to Skalshorz, meet Olaf Olsson and join the ranks of free luck hunters. However, the mere fact of joining the ranks of the pirates does not change your relations with all powers (until you start attacking their ships). According to this before a certain moment you can freely enter the "civilized" ports, without fear of running into a friendly volley of fort guns.

Swim to Grandfather Island and talk to Eugene Haxter, an old jeweler who will identify the medallion in your chest. He will say that he made this medallion many years ago for Malcolm Sharpe (your father!), The famous pirate who plundered the Spanish Emerald Caravan.

Having learned about this, we go to Ulsson and ask him about his father. Olaf tells us that he once sailed under our father and that Malcolm Sharp disappeared after Olaf was left on the shore with a fit of fever. He also adds that we can learn about Sharpe's fate from the two members of his team who survived. One of them is One-Legged Berquist, he hasn't left Gray Sales for a long time. The second is Mavrikio Kamentata, who has long since left the pirate profession and now runs a tavern on the Spanish island of Costa Sinistra.

First we sail to Gray Sayles to talk to One-Legged Berquist. He talks about how Sharp plundered the Spanish Emerald Caravan and then buried the treasure somewhere, and then disappeared. He does not know any details about Sharpe's death, or pretends not to. Now we need to temporarily defect to the Spanish side (in order to be able to enter the Spanish islands) - so get a fake Spanish certificate from an agent on Gray Sales.

Mavrikio Kamentata refuses to tell anything until we complete his order - we need to take the letter to Lorenzo Marquez Avido, a merchant on Grand Avilia. Having delivered the letter, we receive from the merchant a cargo of wine for Mauritius Kamentata. After that, he will tell us about the last voyage of Malcolm Sharpe and offer us half of the map of the island where Sharpe buried his treasures. Mauritius asks for 1000 gold for it, but you can persuade him to give the card away for nothing.

Returning to Ulsson, we tell him about everything that we managed to find out. Olaf advises us to try talking about our father with Desmond Raymond Belthrop, the leader of the pirate settlement Gray Sayles. Nothing good comes from this conversation. Beltrop laughs at us, and we cannot adequately answer him without ending our lives on a yardarm.

Returning to Ulsson, we tell him about our conversation with Beltrop. Then Olaf offers us to turn one business. We must sink the caravel "San Miguel", owned by a merchant named Julio Nederedas, who was "ordered" by his partner. Caravel is located near the island of Granda Avilia. The completion of this task must be reported to Trickster Markus, who will be waiting for us on the island of Tel Kerrat. He will pay us for the execution of the order.

We ask Ulsson about what we should do with the map received from Kamentata. He says that no doubt Belthrop knew our father and heard of Malcolm Sharp's treasure. It can be "caught" on the piece of the map that we have, but you can not do it directly, in the forehead. If we go to him and declare that we have a map, Beltrop will simply slaughter us and take it. According to Ulsson, Beltrop needs to be deceived somehow. But how exactly - over this we still have to rack our brains.

Having sunk Nederedas and having received money from Trickster Markus for this, in a conversation with him we learn that Markus professionally forges securities and documents. Offering him to make a fake, slightly modified duplicate of the map received from Mauritius Kamentata, we pay 2000 gold for this and set off with the fake map to Beltrop. Having exchanged for her the story about our father (which is also not very true), we can either pretend that we are ready to be friends with Beltrop, or openly declare that he will pay for his atrocities.

After that, in the Gray Sales tavern, we will meet Anna Forge, who will tell us the story of her miserable life. She is from a noble English family. Her father was a friend of Beltrop, who, it turns out, once held a baronial title. Beltrop got involved in a conspiracy against His Majesty and tried to persuade her father to participate in it. He refused and tried to convince the baron to give up the bad idea. But now Beltrop has already refused. Then the father, torn between loyalty to His Majesty and friendship, was forced to hand over the future leader of the pirates to justice. Beltrop was exiled.

Five years later, he returned to England at the head of a pirate fleet, plundered and burned the estate of Anna's father, sparing no one but her. Beltrop took Anna to his ship and kept Anna with him since then, only a year ago allowing him to leave his residence. Anna's brother, the captain of the English fleet, tried to find her, and during his search he ran into one of the pirate leader's henchmen in the Grandfather Island tavern. They talked, and then a friend of Beltrop ambushed her brother in a dark alleyway, killed him and, as proof of his loyalty, brought Beltrop a bloody head.

In the conversation, it turns out that Beltrop has his own half of Captain Sharp's treasure map. We agree to punish the murderer of Anna's brother in exchange for a promise to steal this half for us. Anne's brother's killer, a pirate named Juan Cocodrillo Sangre, is on the prowl for prey near the French colony of Isle de Orange. Having gone there, we sink his ship "Aspirare" and, without getting involved in a battle with the French, we return to Anna. Upon learning that the death of her brother has been avenged, she gives us a piece of the map. When asked what she is going to do next, Anna replies that she decided to stick a knife in Beltrop's belly. We can promise her to do it for her and then come back for her - otherwise she will try to kill Beltrop and die herself.

After finding One-Legged Berquist, we learn that some captains do not like the way Beltrop manages pirates on Gray Sales. Burquist tells Nicholas the true story of his father's death, treacherously murdered by Beltrop.

Having received the map, we go to Telltak Island, which is shaped like a bull's head. The entrance to the cave where Malcolm Sharp hid the Emerald Cargo is just between the "horns". Along with the treasures, we find the diary of Malcolm Sharp, which tells about the dream of our father to create a new state in the archipelago, free and independent.

Meanwhile, a deluded and furious Beltrop prowls around the island in his Gorgon manowar. If we don't sink him near Telltak, he'll be after us when we enter Gray Sayles waters. Having sunk Beltrop and returning to Ulsson, we learn that after the death of Beltrop it became much more difficult to defend Skalshorz, and, as luck would have it, England, France and Spain just decided to take Skalshors into their hands. Looks like the island will have to be abandoned. But the ideas of his father inspired Nicholas so much that he persuades Ulsson to start creating a new free republic in the archipelago. Olaf eventually agrees and says that it is first necessary to get rid of the threat from the colonial powers and, first of all, to protect Rockshore from France, which has already begun to raise a fleet to seize the pirate islands. Olsson offers us a new ship.

On the island of Isle de Orange, in a tavern, we meet a French officer who is already pretty drunk, but does not stop drinking. From him we learn that the French superintendent Aymery de Aurillac went to inspect the state of the fort on the island of Omori. It is de Aurillac who is responsible for the punitive expedition to Rockshores, and we will have to go to Omori to talk to him. By bribing the superintendent, we get him to agree to sabotage the supply of ammunition. The threat from the French has been temporarily eliminated, which we, having returned to Skalshorz, joyfully inform Ulsson about. However, now the British are preparing a fleet to attack the pirate colony.

We go to Highrock and talk to the owner of the tavern. He tells us that a new batch of convicts has recently been brought to the island. In the same tavern, we can talk to Jeremy McMellon. Inspired by the idea of ​​building a new republic in the archipelago, he promises to find a way to stop the upcoming expedition.

Returning to Ulsson, we tell him that we have found a new ally among the British. Olaf also has news: a new leader has appeared on Gray Sales - the pirate Felipe, nicknamed the Butcher. Olsson advises us to talk to him. Having met the Butcher, we tell him about the idea of ​​creating a new free state in the archipelago. This idea is to the liking of the new leader, but he warns us that three Spanish ships of the line are going to Skalshorz in order to capture the pirate settlements. You need to meet them on the way to Gray Sales. The butcher offers us his help in the battle with the Spaniards. After the battle, he will always be ready to help us.

Having sunk all three liners (one of them needs to be captured), we go to visit McMellon. He says that everything is ready to raise a riot on Highrock, and the only thing he needs is money to buy weapons for the rebels. He needs 3000 gold. Having given the money, we learn that there are three new English ships near the Dead Island. We must get rid of them, otherwise they will crush the rebellion with their weapons and land troops on Highrock to regain control of the colony.

Raise the sails and sail to the Dead Island. Having defeated the English fleet, we return to Ulsson, who praises us for the battle with the Spaniards and says that he is tired of the pirate life and is going to leave the archipelago and head to Europe. There he will buy a small tavern on the shore and spend the rest of his life in warmth and peace. Instead of himself, he appoints Nicholas Sharp as head of the Rockshore Pirates.

Saying goodbye to Ulsson and promising to visit his tavern on occasion, we drop in on the owner of the tavern on Shark Island. Francis Dullars sends us a letter from Jeremy McMellon, in which he reports that unforeseen circumstances prevent a riot on Highrock. The Spanish are gathering a fleet near Isle Ballena to attack Highrock. We are invited to sink the Spanish fleet, and at the same time capture Isle Ballena.

After capturing Isle Ballena, we return to Gray Sales. There Berquist gives us a second letter from McMellon. After returning to Highrock and talking with McMellon, we set off to capture Grand Avilia, and then Isle de Orange. After capturing the island, we persuade its governor to join the new republic and celebrate the victory.

Additional quests

Ally or gold. In the Shark Island tavern, we meet a pirate named James Callow. He tells us about an Indian idol he took from an old Indian priest. According to him, this idol brings misfortune. The pirate wants to get rid of the damn trinket, but he doesn't know how. Several times he tried to throw the idol away, but it mysteriously returned back. According to the old Indian, from whom James took the idol, this figurine can only be given as a gift. The pirate asks us to help him get rid of the cursed idol and present this trinket to Desmond Ray Beltrop, with whom he has been at odds for a long time. Agreeing to help him, we go to Beltrop and give him a gift. If Nicholas's rank is 7 or higher, then Beltrop will accept him, if not, he will refuse, and we will have to return to James Callow with a salty slurp. You can also try to sell the idol to Nicholas de Montferrat, governor of Isle de Orange. This option is win-win - the governor will gladly accept a gift from us. Having completed the assignment, we return to James. If the reputation of Nicholas is Good Matey, James will join us as an ally, if the reputation is lower, he will give two thousand gold, apologize and leave us.

Free Manowar or Gold. In the Shark Island tavern, we meet a pirate named Hugo Lumbermill. If we have a Spanish corsair's patent in our pocket, it's worth talking to him, and then we will have a chance to capture the manowar. Hugo complains to us that he is tired of the pirate life, and will ask you to get a Spanish corsair patent for him. We're heading straight for Guilabertus de Muntral, and if Nicholas' reputation is Good Matey, then we can persuade the governor to issue a patent to the old pirate, if it's lower, then we can suggest de Muntral to deceive the old pirate - to issue him a patent in order to lure him to Isle Ballena and then hang. After that, we return to Lumbermill and give him the letter. If we brought a real corsair patent, he will tell us that there is a damaged French manowar near the island of Chaktcha, which is very easy to capture. After a while, we can drop in on Guilabertus de Muntral and inquire about how the old pirate serves. It turns out that he made an excellent soldier. If we set up Hugo's trap, then after the transfer of the patent, it is necessary to return to Guilabertus de Muntral for a reward - 2500 gold.

Gold. After Eugene Hakster tells us about Malcolm Sharpe, we will meet a smuggler named Octavio Lambrini in the El Caimano tavern. Upon learning that Nicholas is the son of Malcolm Sharp, the smuggler will offer us one business. There is a customs captain on Isle Ballena named Arcadio la Damba. He basically does not take bribes, and because of this, the path to Isle Ballena is closed to smugglers. Octavio wants us to help him get rid of this officer and is willing to pay 3000 gold for it. Having agreed to these conditions, we sail to Isle Ballena and talk in a tavern with Arcadio la Damba. Now we have two options: complete the task of Lambrini or agree with the captain and set up a trap for Lambrini (for this we will receive 2000 gold). Having decided to kill the captain, we explore the waters near Isle Ballena and, having met the brig la Damba, let it go to the bottom and return to Octavio Lambrini for payment. If there is a desire to negotiate with the captain, after talking with him, we need to see Octavio Lambrini and inform him of the successful completion of the assignment and that he can now visit Isla Ballena without hindrance. Near the island of Arcadio, La Damba will intercept the smuggler and bring him to justice. Our participation in this is not required, so we can immediately go to Isla Ballena and there, in the tavern, receive our reward from the captain. However, if we surrender to Captain Octavio Lambrini, his sons will be waiting for us near El Caimano.

"Corsairs 3: Secrets of the Far Seas" is a global modification for the original third part of the series. The main thing that has changed concerns the story campaign: now the user does not have the right to choose the hero to play. Yes, this is for the better, since now the plot has become more interesting and rich, compared to the passive heroes of the third part, who had little effect on the story in the game.

The release of the mod occurred in 20096, and has since been distributed free of charge on the Web.

Corsairs 3: Secrets of the Far Seas: plot

Your character is Peter Blake, an officer in the Spanish Navy. The name of the protagonist does not quite fit the title, but the developers indicated that the father was the reason for choosing a career for the guy. It was he who brought his twelve-year-old son to study at the Royal Naval Academy. Since his father was in love with his position with all his heart and did not doubt for a minute that he was serving the king, he tried to impress this on his Peter.

As a result, in 1675, Peter becomes the captain of a ship that is on its way to the New World. In the Caribbean, Peter is arrested, allegedly as a traitor. However, in the conclusion, Peter acquires a new goal: inspired by stories about treasures, the guy decides to find them. In the process of searching, Peter will meet many famous personalities (for example, Jack Sparrow, etc.), and will take part in more than one quest that will help him achieve his goal.

In this case, the storyline is not required. You can do what you want, for example, attack ships, trade, etc.

Corsairs 3: Secrets of the Far Seas: mod changelog

• One character is Peter Blake with no choice of others.
• The game plot develops in 1675.
• 20 tasks that build the entire plot.
• There is an offshoot of the missions that repeat the events of "Pirates of the Caribbean" (the first 3 parts of the films).
• The presence of secondary missions.
• The plot branch, which is built on the novel by Rafael Sabatini.
• The legendary pirates Jack Sparrow, Will Turner, Barbossa, Davy Jones, Beatrice Sharp, etc. are present.
• Different types of training at sea and on land.
• Also new dialogue texts.
• Each island has new forests and bays.
• New residents appeared in St. Kitts, Tortuga, Grenada.
• You can enter the fort from different sides, including the jungle.
• The game contains churches, prisons and brothels.
• Lots of new weapons to choose from.
• Lots of new items.
• There are also things that, in a certain situation, give you pluses.
• In Corsairs 3: Secrets of the Distant Seas, potions have been added to improve health.
• Also potions that improve the character's skills for a certain period of time.
• New ships appeared: Black Pearl, Flying Dutchman, Interceptor, Fortune, Neptune, Arabella, etc.).
• New musical accompaniment.
• Another system for searching for mercenaries.
• Some actions now have their own voice acting (orders, etc.).
• Pistols need to be reloaded.
• Time in the game can be accelerated.
• New territories.
• You can examine treasure chests and the corpses of those defeated in battle.
• The game has also become more dynamic.
• You can change your flag on ships.
• The ship has different locations that you can roam around.
• The ship's kubrick is now a place where you can play dice.
• Colonies cannot be enslaved.
• Changed loading screen.
• Changed icons in the menu Corsairs 3: Secrets of the distant seas.
• The presence of game stores where you can buy useful things.
• Added statistics to the Career UI.
• All characteristics of the ship are displayed in the "Other" menu item.
• Sailors can now get sick.
• The bottom of the vessel may be overgrown with algae.
• If you rob a chest in the game Corsairs 3: Secrets of the Far Seas, you will be punished.
• Bullets are now required for a pistol to fire, and gunpowder is now required for guns.
• Most of the errors that occurred during the game have been eliminated.

According to users, the mod is much more interesting than the original part of the game. So, grab the rum, the pirate hat, and go to the helm of the ship!

The industry of cinema and computer games has long identified several topics that are always interesting to the layman. And it is on them that the emphasis is most often placed in the development of new projects. Of course, the genre itself is not a guarantee of success, performance is also important. And only together, by combining the popular genre and high-quality performance, we will get a hit.
Don't believe? Then tell me the association from the cinema with the word "Pirates"? Correctly! "Pirates of the Caribbean". Now, tell me an association from the world of computer games? Again right! Of course " Corsairs »!

The history of this game began on January 22, 2000. It was then, thanks to the company Akella and 1C, millions of people first met the Corsairs. They immediately attracted the attention of all modern romantics. Deprived of the opportunity to sail the seas in their own ship, rob dressed merchants, search for treasures on uninhabited islands, constantly risking their lives fighting with swords with their old enemy, players plunged headlong into the world of virtual adventures.

Then there were many more projects under a common brand. This and Corsairs: Return of the Legend, and Corsairs: City of Lost Ships , Corsairs 3: Dead Man's Chest, and even Corsairs Online, where we were offered to test our strength as a pirate, fighting with other adventurers of the same kind. But, unfortunately, with the release of each new part, the players were more and more disappointed. The game faltered. And of course, many fans of the genre did not like this situation, who often began to unite in groups of like-minded people and release add-ons. Not all of them were successful, but there are some pretty interesting examples. Your attention will be presented to the addon, created by a team of our developers. Well, is everyone ready? Then listen to my command: “Whistle everyone upstairs!”

Thousand devils!

First of all, I would like to draw attention to how much the addon is different Secrets of the distant seas from his progenitor Corsairs 3 . The most noticeable innovation is, of course, the plot. He was so lacking throughout the Corsairs series of games. But we will talk about quests separately, but for now we will talk about less global, but also very significant innovations.

As any theater begins with a hanger, any game begins with a menu. And of course, the developers have redone it. The essence of this, of course, does not change, but you must admit that attention to detail is the key to success.

As for the internal stuffing of the game, almost everything has undergone changes. A huge number of new characters. Cities are no longer empty, as in the original: you can go into almost any house and talk with its owner, as well as with NPCs on the street. Dialogues have become much more diverse. Instead of two or three meaningless phrases, many characters have their own dialogue, moreover, some of the NPCs can give you the so-called mini-quest (a quest without a journal entry and just a couple of three actions), which makes Secrets of the Far Seas much more diverse and lively than many other projects in the series.

Now let's talk about the added ships. After all, what kind of addon, for a game where you have to constantly sail on a ship, can do without them? Black Pearl, Flying Dutchman, Interceptor, Fortuna, Neptune - this is an incomplete list of schooners known to everyone. By the way, you can walk around the ship and talk to the sailors. Check their knowledge and learn a lot of interesting things about navigation yourself - why not a captain's simulator?

And, of course, the changes affected the entire Caribbean archipelago. Many new locations, jungles and bays on all islands. Prisons, brothels and churches in almost all cities (do not forget to pray before a long voyage, and suddenly it will help!).

All this is just a small list of the most interesting and noticeable changes, but I assure you, it is much more, and connoisseurs of the genre will notice and appreciate all the new features.

What is our life? The game!

As noted above, one of the global and most important innovations is quests. Perhaps compare addon Secrets of the Far Seas according to such a criterion as a storyline, it is possible only with Corsairs 2, since all other games in the series were deprived of the plot as such. Maybe for this reason in Corsairs 3: Secrets of the Far Seas there is a line of quests based on the famous trilogy directed by Gore Verbinski.

In the game we will be offered to be in the shoes of Peter Blake. A brave young officer is sent to the Caribbean archipelago. Having almost arrived at its destination, the ship of our hero falls into a storm, but, as you know, trouble does not come alone: ​​as soon as the clouds dissipated, the silhouettes of two English ships appeared on the horizon. The main character ends up in prison, where he learns about a mysterious card that gives unlimited power over the world. This is where the main storyline begins. Peter gets caught up in a whirlpool of events. But what starts out as an ordinary adventure, eventually turns into an interesting and very dangerous adventure. Players are waiting for friendship and betrayal, love and hate, kindness and anger, as well as a huge number of different secrets and mysteries. That is why the project got its name. Peter Blake meets friends and foes, earns his reputation among governors, and even meets his love.

As you can see, Blake's story is not just about acting, you're about to experience it! Even learning the basics of the game takes place woven into the plot of life and everyday moments. No, you don't think, the game does not consist of some quests, quests, quests. You can always spit on these overdressed governors, on their miserable handouts, on their rules, take out your cutlass and go rob merchant ships, share the goods obtained in this way with your comrades in arms and listen to the tales of drunken sailors in the tavern. But you must admit that we have long lacked a real plot. To live the life of a hero that we (due to the fact that the times of adventurers have passed) will never become - this is what we want most of all. Moreover, the developers present the game not just as an ordinary Action, but rather as a movie, and sometimes, for a change, we will be given the opportunity to play in some quests for such characters as Jack Sparrow, William Turner, Captain Barbossa, Davy Jones and Beatrice Sharp (you already You probably guessed what the developers' favorite movie is?)

Summing up the intellectual filling of the game (and this is precisely the intellectual filling, since the developers approached the quests wisely), we can say that this game is not interesting to play ... It is interesting for her to live and experience it again and again.

My kung fu is better than yours!

The game has a lot of new weapons. And they definitely need to be used. We will not describe the duel system, it is similar to that in the original. But the need to use a saber ... Corsairs 3 we could practically not use it, calmly shooting enemy ships with cannons, and did not lose anything from this. AT Secrets of the Far Seas we will have to take out the precious blade more than once and get even with the villains, whom we will be provided with a lot in the game.

True, there are several subtleties here. The developers do not spare us and the complexity of the enemies increases from quest to quest. But Corsairs is not an MMORPG, and constantly leveling up your character doesn't make life any easier. As a result, the player will have to directly learn the skill of fencing himself. From this duel began to take place more interesting and deliberate. The old system of “stab 5 times, rest in a defensive stance and stab 5 more times” will no longer work. Now you need to follow the course of the battle, think about when and what kind of strike to deliver, and when to retreat in defense. Thanks to this, any duel won becomes a truly major victory.

Technology and people

There is truth in the game and frank minus. She lacks work stability. Failures happen very often. The most common is the inability to complete the quest. It's easy to fix, but the unpleasant aftertaste remains. The developers claim that this is due to a bad game engine. There are hardly many professional programmers among the readers, so we nod our heads and pretend that we believe in it. However, most of the bugs, the developers identified and fixed. Readers are asked to be understanding. After all, this addon was made not by fifty professional programmers, but by only ten people, which make up BGTeam.

And you think about it. Only ten people did such a great job and got a quality project that professional studios take years and hundreds of employees to complete. It could have turned out even better if these people worked from the beginning to the end of the project. Unfortunately, as in any company, there were disagreements, so someone left, and someone came. Some started this project, others finished it.

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If you are bored with endless shooting at hordes of monsters, driving in the opposite direction at a speed of 200 km/h or the same type of building your own bases and various units, then our recommendation Corsairs 3: Secrets of the Far Seas. This is not just an addon, and not even just a game. This is a great story that you experience with all your heart. Fans of the genre - must play! The rest is recommended for review.

Corsairs III: Secrets of the Far Seas - global mod for the computer game "Corsairs III", which was developed by the Russian company Akella and released in December 2005. "Corsairs III: Secrets of the Far Seas" was developed by the BGTeam team and is distributed free of charge via the Internet with the support of the BestGamer.ru game portal. March 13, 2009, after two years of work, came out Final version modifications.

List of changes regarding the original game Corsairs III

• New and only main character- Peter Blake.
• New temporary beginning of the game (1675)
• Storyline with 20 dynamic quests.
• A line of quests based on the Pirates of the Caribbean movie trilogy has been added to the plot.
• A large number of exciting and lengthy side quests.
• non-linear side quest based on the novels by Rafael Sabatini.
• Ability to play in some quests for different characters (Jack Sparrow, William Turner, Barbossa, Davy Jones, Beatrice Sharp and others).
• Land and sea training of the game during the initial quest.
• A large number of new NPCs, with unique dialogues.
• Jungle and bays on all islands.
• New dialogues for citizens and soldiers.
• Settlements of smugglers in the jungle of St. Kitts.
• Settlement of pirates in the jungle of Tortuga.
• settlement in Grenada.
• The fort can now be accessed through the jungle.
• Prisons, brothels and churches on all inhabited islands (except Isla Mona).
• Opened and settled houses in the cities of the archipelago.
• A large number of new weapons.
• New items.
• Ability to wear items that give bonuses (hero doll).
• Elixirs that restore health.
• Immunizing elixirs that temporarily increase the skills of the main character.
• New unique ships (Black Pearl, Flying Dutchman, Interceptor, Fortune, Neptune, Arabella, etc.).
• New music.
• New greeting phrases for NPCs.
• New officer recruitment system.
• Sounding some actions (“Raise the sails”, etc.).
• New GG skills.
• Reloading pistols.
• There was an opportunity to accelerate the game time.
• New locations.
• New models for quest NPCs.
• Search chests.
• Searching the corpses of NPCs.
• The dynamic complexity of the game.
• The ability to change the flag on the ship.
• Ability to travel around the ship (Cabin, Deck, Kubrick, Hold).
• Game "Dice" in the cockpit of the ship.
• Breastplates to protect the main character.
• Removed the ability to seize a colony for personal use (it is possible to rob colonies).
• New loading screens.
• New shortcut icons.
• Correction of sound and musical schemes.
• Ability to purchase items in the store.
• Adjustment of game interfaces.
• The “Career” interface has been completely redesigned, now it displays game statistics.
• The "Other" tab in the ship's interface, which displays the characteristics of the ship's management (penalty for speed, maneuverability, crew salary, etc.).
• Possibility to sleep in the tavern for a day.
• Correction of game dialogues.
• Introduced punishment for theft from chests.
• Cracking (fouling of the bottom with algae).
• Kruyt-chamber (chamber for storing gunpowder).
• The main character can now get sick various types diseases.
• Each item has its own weight.
• Pistols only fire when there are bullets.
• Gunpowder is needed to fire cannons.
• Heartbeat with a decrease in the health of the GG is less than 25%.
• The ability to remove the entire interface from the screen by pressing F7.
• In the treatment of diseases, the main character can be helped by doctors. You can find it in churches.
• The damage dealt by ships during a naval battle has been revised.
• Adjustment of various game parameters.
• Global bug fixing.

Main character

"Corsairs III: Secrets of the Far Seas", in contrast to original game, does not allow the player to select a character. This is due to the fact that the main idea of ​​the modification was to write a strong storyline for a single hero, while passive character selection in Corsairs III actually changed little in the storyline.

Peter Blake is an inappropriate name for a Spanish officer. But the ways of the Lord are inscrutable: by the will of fate, Peter's father, an Englishman, devoted his life to serving the Spanish crown, and never regretted it. And when the hour struck, twelve-year-old Peter walked alongside his father through the heat-drenched streets of Madrid to enter the doors of the Royal Naval Academy and forever connect his life with the sea.

Story and gameplay

The game begins in 1675, in the Spanish port city of San Sebastian in Europe. Young officer Peter Blake learns that he has been appointed captain on a ship sailing to the New World. Arriving in the Caribbean, Peter Blake ends up in an English prison, where he learns about mysterious treasures, which become his life's goal to find. In search of a mystical treasure, the hero will meet many colorful characters, take part in dozens of adventures that will help Peter unravel the mystery behind these treasures.

The plot of the game is optional, it does not limit the player. The player may not perform story missions, but to act at your own discretion: rob peaceful ships, attack nations, their ships and forts, or engage in trade. But the main emphasis in the development of the game was on the storyline and the quest content of the game as a whole.

Technical part

"Corsairs III: Secrets of the Far Seas" is a global modification that uses the Storm 2.5 game engine and the resources of the base game - Corsairs III. When developing the project, resources from other games in the Corsairs series were involved: Corsairs III: Dead Man's Chest, Corsairs: The Return of the Legend, Corsairs: City of Lost Ships.

Ratings and reviews

The Russian-language gaming magazine "Navigator of the Game World" in the June issue (No. 6 2009 - 145) wrote a mini-review of the mod and included it in the disk that comes with the magazine.

Windows XP/Vista OS, Pentium IV 1.5 GHz, 256 MB RAM, GeForce 3 or higher graphics card (excluding MX), 4 GB hard disk space.

Keyboard, mouse

Corsairs III: Secrets of the Far Seas- a global mod for the computer game "Corsairs III", which was developed by the Russian company Akella and released in December 2005. "Corsairs III: Secrets of the Far Seas" was developed by the BGTeam team and is distributed free of charge via the Internet with the support of the BestGamer.ru game portal. On March 13, 2009, after two years of work, the final version of the modification was released.

List of changes regarding the original game Corsairs III

• The new and only main character is Peter Blake.
• New temporary beginning of the game (1675)
• Storyline with 20 dynamic quests.
• A line of quests based on the Pirates of the Caribbean movie trilogy has been added to the plot.
• A large number of exciting and lengthy side quests.
• A non-linear side quest based on the novels by Rafael Sabatini.
• Ability to play in some quests for different characters (Jack Sparrow, William Turner, Barbossa, Davy Jones, Beatrice Sharp and others).
• Land and sea training of the game during the initial quest.
• A large number of new NPCs, with unique dialogues.
• Jungle and bays on all islands.
• New dialogues for citizens and soldiers.
• Settlements of smugglers in the jungle of St. Kitts.
• Settlement of pirates in the jungle of Tortuga.
• settlement in Grenada.
• The fort can now be accessed through the jungle.
• Prisons, brothels and churches on all inhabited islands (except Isla Mona).
• Opened and settled houses in the cities of the archipelago.
• A large number of new weapons.
• New items.
• Ability to wear items that give bonuses (hero doll).
• Elixirs that restore health.
• Immunizing elixirs that temporarily increase the skills of the main character.
• New unique ships (Black Pearl, Flying Dutchman, Interceptor, Fortune, Neptune, Arabella, etc.).
• New music.
• New greeting phrases for NPCs.
• New officer recruitment system.
• Sounding some actions (“Raise the sails”, etc.).
• New GG skills.
• Reloading pistols.
• There was an opportunity to accelerate the game time.
• New locations.
• New models for quest NPCs.
• Search chests.
• Searching the corpses of NPCs.
• The dynamic complexity of the game.
• The ability to change the flag on the ship.
• Ability to travel around the ship (Cabin, Deck, Kubrick, Hold).
• Game "Dice" in the cockpit of the ship.
• Breastplates to protect the main character.
• Removed the ability to seize a colony for personal use (it is possible to rob colonies).
• New loading screens.
• New shortcut icons.
• Correction of sound and musical schemes.
• Ability to purchase items in the store.
• Adjustment of game interfaces.
• The “Career” interface has been completely redesigned, now it displays game statistics.
• The "Other" tab in the ship's interface, which displays the characteristics of the ship's management (penalty for speed, maneuverability, crew salary, etc.).
• Possibility to sleep in the tavern for a day.
• Correction of game dialogues.
• Introduced punishment for theft from chests.
• Cracking (fouling of the bottom with algae).
• Kruyt-chamber (chamber for storing gunpowder).
• The main character can now get sick with various types of diseases.
• Each item has its own weight.
• Pistols only fire when there are bullets.
• Gunpowder is needed to fire cannons.
• Heartbeat with a decrease in the health of the GG is less than 25%.
• The ability to remove the entire interface from the screen by pressing F7.
• In the treatment of diseases, the main character can be helped by doctors. You can find it in churches.
• The damage dealt by ships during a naval battle has been revised.
• Adjustment of various game parameters.
• Global bug fixing.

Main character

"Corsairs III: Secrets of the Far Seas", unlike the original game, does not provide the player with the opportunity to choose a character. This is due to the fact that the main idea of ​​the modification was to write a strong storyline for a single hero, while passive character selection in Corsairs III actually changed little in the storyline.

Peter Blake is an inappropriate name for a Spanish officer. But the ways of the Lord are inscrutable: by the will of fate, Peter's father, an Englishman, devoted his life to serving the Spanish crown, and never regretted it. And when the hour struck, twelve-year-old Peter walked alongside his father through the heat-drenched streets of Madrid to enter the doors of the Royal Naval Academy and forever connect his life with the sea.

Story and gameplay

Ratings and reviews

The Russian-language game magazine "Navigator of the Game World" in the June issue (No. 6 2009 - 145) wrote a mini-review of the mod and included it in the disk that comes with the magazine.