🏴‍☠️ How Plunder works

⚓ The harbor (Tortuga)

• WASD to walk, SPACE to jump, mouse to look, E to interact when a prompt appears.
• ENTER opens the chat (bottom-left): town talk in the harbor, crew talk aboard ship. ESC gets you back to the game. Whisper with /w name message.
• Sound on/off with the 🔊 button (top right). At sea, 1–8 shout quick commands to your crew.
• Enrollment Office — pick your role: Captain (steers the ship), Cannoner (fires the guns) or Navigator (sits in the crow's nest and sees farther than anyone).
• The Tavern — captains found a crew here: name it and choose whether it's listed on the enlistment board or joinable only with its secret code. Mates join with the code.
• Enlistment Board — browse crews that are recruiting and join with one click (you need a role first).
• A crew holds 4 pirates: 1 captain, 2 cannoners and 1 navigator. You can also sail solo as a captain.

🌊 Setting sail

• The captain goes to the dock and calls the crew to sail. Everyone gets the signal, walks to the dock, and once the whole crew is there the ship casts off — all together.
• Check the crew box at the top of the screen to see who you're sailing with.

⛵ At sea

• Captain: W/S set sails, A/D rudder. Sailing alone? Q/E fire the port/starboard guns.
• Cannoner: A/D pick a broadside, SPACE fire, W/S raise or lower the guns to arc your shots farther or shorter.
• Navigator: you ride in the crow's nest — your lookout extends everyone's practical reach since you spot ships and land long before they do.
• M opens the full sea chart; the minimap is always in the corner.

💥 Combat

• Broadsides fire several balls with real arcs — lead your target and mind the range.
• Hits damage the hull; under 40% your ship burns and slows. At 0% it sinks and the crew washes ashore in Tortuga (with a cooldown before sailing again).
• Sinking an enemy earns your ship points. Waters near a port are a safe zone — no firing there.

🏠 Coming home

• Sail close to any port and the captain gets a Return to port button — it docks the whole crew together, back at the harbor docks.

The world is locked away…

⚓ Plunder is still under development.
Only early access pirates can enter the world for now — but keep an eye on the horizon, the gates will open for everyone soon.

🏴‍☠️ What is there to Plunder?

Plunder is a multiplayer pirate battle game that runs right in your browser — no downloads, no installs. Create your pirate, muster a crew in the harbor of Tortuga, sail out into a shared Caribbean, and sink rival ships for glory and loot.

⚓ How to play

• Create your pirate — pick a look, a hat and a trusty item.
• Choose a role at the enrollment office: Captain steers the ship, Cannoners work the guns, the Navigator spots ships from the crow's nest before anyone else.
• Crew up — captains found a crew at the tavern (open to all, or invite-only by secret code); mates join from the enlistment board. A full crew is 4 pirates. Sailing solo works too.
• Set sail — the crew gathers at the dock and casts off together into the open sea.
• Fight — line up your broadside, mind the range and the reload, and send rivals to the depths. Sunk crews wash ashore and live to sail again.

💰 Earning from playing

Sinking ships earns your crew points — the seed of your pirate fortune.

Music: “Fiddles McGinty” — Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) · CC BY 4.0