Basic Help
Rule the Seas is a text-based multiplayer online game. Your goal is to make money, build up your attributes, and gain levels so that you might one day be the Ruler of the Seas and win a computer worth over $6500. Feel free to use the below links to navigate the help file easier.
Statistics Travel
Attributes Downtown
Other Menu
Areas of the Game Gang
Town Hall Items
Casino Pirate Screen
Your Home
Statistics
HP: Health points determine how long you can survive in battle. Once your Health Points are down to zero you get sent to the Hospital. While in the Hospital your HPs will restore. Your total available Health Points increase by 50 with each level.Energy: Energy is used during training at the Gym and during battles. At the gym your Energy points are used to determine the increase in attributes. For battles your Energy level has to be at least 25% in order to attack someone. Energy regenerates over time and you can refill your energy bar by clicking on Refill, but this requires the use of 10 Points. Your total available Energy increases with each new level.
Awake: Awake points determine how efficiently you train. The more Awake points you have the more attribute points you receive while training at the gym. Awake points regenerate very slowly over time but by taking an Awake Potion you can completely refill your Awake Points. Your total available Awake points increase when you buy a house.
Nerve: Nerve is used to determine which types of crimes you can commit. The more daring, and profitable a crime is, the more Nerve points it costs. It also costs Nerve points to break pirates out of prison or even mug them. Nerve points regenerate over time. Nerve points are only used while committing a crime. You can refill your Nerve bar by clicking on Refill, but this requires the use of 10 Points. Your total available Nerve increases with each new level.
Attributes
Strength: Determines how much damage you inflict on your opponent. Strength can be increased by training at the gym and by having a job. In battle strength is multiplied by whatever weapon you are carrying.Defense: Determines how much damage you can absorb without being harmed. Defense can be increased by training at the gym and by having a job. In battle defense is multiplied by whatever armor you are carrying.
Speed: A higher speed attribute increases the chance of success during prison breaks, muggings, and other crimes.
During training, your attribute increase is a factor of the number of Energy points you use and the number of Awake points you have. It is best to train when Energy and Awake are full. Some drugs also affect the efficiency of your training.
Other
Level: Your level is based on the number of Experience Points (XP) accumulated. With each new level you gain HP, Energy and Nerve. However, increasing level without an appropriate increase in attributes will make you an easy target for lower level guys with high attributes to increase their XP.Money: The amount of money you have on you. Money is used to purchase houses, boats, pets, weapons, armor, and other items.
Points: Points are used to refill energy and nerve to full capacity. Points can be accumulated by voting for Rule the Seas or by donations to Rule the Seas through the buy points link at the top of your page.
Areas of the Game
Armor Shops: Armor can be purchased here. The name of the shop and the types of armor offered differ by city.Weapon Shops: Weapons can be purchased here. The name of the shop and the types of weapons offered differ by city.
Item Market: A place to buy and sell various items found throughout the game. Be careful not to place any commas in your selling price.
Points Market: A place to buy and sell points. Again, be careful not to place any commas in your selling price.
Point Shop: A place to spend points on energy or nerve, or to sell for cash.
Ship Yard: The place to buy boats. Ships cannot be used until their proper parts are installed.
Town Hall
Hall of Fame: Go here to see who the top players are. Categories include: Level, Money, Points, Strength, Defense, Speed and Total.You Gotta Love Em: The top and bottom 5 citizens based on ratings from other players.
Pirate Search: Search for pirates. For each scallywag that turns up in the search you have the option to attack or mug by clicking the appropriate link.
Pirates Online: List of all pirates who have been online in the past 15 minutes or 24 hours.
Newspaper: A place to go to announce something or see what others are saying about you.
Casino
Lucky Dip: One chance per day to win some money. It costs $1,000. This game usually pays out very well so be sure to do it every day.Slot Machine: Spin the slots and win some money. Two out of three numbers nets five times your bet and three out of three numbers nets you ten times your bet. Maximum allowable bet is based on your level. It is limited to 250 spins per day. It usually pays out well so bet your maximum amount.
Higher/Lower: A game where you bet whether the next card will be higher or lower than the current card (note that Aces are low, not high). It costs $1,000 to play a hand and you get $500 when you win. So, it takes two wins per hand to break even. It's hard to lose money on this game, but you don't make much either. You can play an unlimited number of times.
50/50 Chance: Two pirates put up an equal amount of money. Winner takes all (-10% for the house). You can either match an already-existing bet or start your own.
Your Home
Mailbox: Check messages from your teammates or rivals.Events: Lists any noteworthy events that have occurred recently.
Inventory: Lists the items that you are currently carrying. Note that you will automatically be equipped with the best weapon and armor that you carry. For each item you can perform one or more of the following actions:
Sell: Sells the item back to the game for its market value.
Market: Put the item for sale in the Item Market for the price of your choosing.
Send: Send the item to another pirate in the game.
Use: Uses up a consumable item.
Install: Installs a part on your boat.
Referrals: Lists the top referrers and provides a link for you to refer people. Each referral nets you five points.
Move House: Gives you the opportunity to buy a new house. A bigger house increases your Awake points which in turn allows you to increase your attributes even more. Note that when you leave your house you are refunded your purchase price (-7% for taxes), but if you upgrade there is no penalty.
Travel
Docks: For a fee a ferry ship will take you to another port. In order to travel to some cities you have to have achieved the appropriate level.Downtown
Dig for Treasure: You can dig for treasure 100 times per day. Each time you search you have a chance to discover money, weapons, armor, or items. Be sure to do this every day.Job Center: Allows you to take a job. Having a job will increase your strength, defense, speed, money and work experience every day. There is a minimum work experience that you must have in order to qualify for each job. Basically, working a couple days at one job will give you enough work experience to get the second job. Be sure to advance as soon as you can.
School: A place for learning. Each class you take will increase your attributes. And there are no prerequisites for any classes so be sure to take the highest class possible so your attributes can advance most rapidly.
Your Gang: Takes you to the gang that you belong to.
Bank Vault: The place to store your personal money. The Bank pays interest (2%, or 4%, depending on if you bought one of the packages). DO NOT carry too much money around with you; it makes you an easy target.
Menu
The menu on the left side of the page has shortcuts to many of the popular places found in the city (Inventory, Your Gang, Mailbox, Events, Search and Newspaper). In addition, it contains the following:Gym: The Gym is where pirates go to train and raise their attributes. You can train for as many energy points as you have left. You can train on only one attribute, or you can train multiple attributes. The increase in attribute that you get is dependent on the amount of energy you use and what level your awake is at.
Crime: Crimes are very important in the Rule the Seas world. Crimes give you XP and money at the risk of getting yourself thrown in jail. Crime success is also dependant on your speed. The following is the list of crimes and their rewards:
Note that two crimes - Prison Break and Mugging - are not committed from the Crime menu.
Mugging players in the game, does not send them to the Injury Ward, but only takes a portion of their money. It also gives the mugger 250 XP.
A successful Prison Break yields 500 XP!
Prison: You get sent to prison if you commit a crime and are caught by the law enforcement. The amount of time you spend in prison is dependent upon the crime that you committed.
Injury Ward: The injury ward is where you go when you are killed. There is a 20 minute stay if you are killed. While in the injury ward you cannot train at the gym, commit a crime, or attack other pirates. You can, however, do everything else.
Gang
Gangs are the organized entities of the Rule the Seas world. It is best to join a gang as soon as possible. Gangs are able to pool resources and distribute them. From the Your Gang menu you are able to take the following actions:Details: Shows the gang details such as number of members, gang tax rate, level, experience, money and points.
Vault: Shows the weapons, armor, points, money and other items currently owned by the gang. Items may be taken or borrowed from the vault by gang members with the correct permission levels.
Members: Lists all current gang members.
Attack Log: Shows recent gang member attacks.
Defense Log: Shows which gang members have been recently attacked.
Gang Events: Shows recent gang events such as when the gang gained a level, or when you have applied and been rejected/accepted into the gang.
Vault Log: Tracks all items going into and coming out of the gang vault.
Gang Crime: Shows current and past gang crimes including the one in progress.
Leave Gang: Gives you the opportunity to leave the gang.
In addition gang members may be allowed the following privileges which fall under Gang Management.
Upgrade: It costs $50,000 to add a new member slot to the gang.
Manage Vault: Allows you to remove money, points, or armor out of the vault.
Manage Members: Allows you to accept/decline new member applications, kick out current members, or update the rank of current members.
Mass Mail Gang: Allows you to send an email message to every member of the gang.
Manage Gang Crime: Allows you to pick the next gang crime to commit.
Manage Ranks: Allows you to create new member ranks or delete old ones as well as change the permissions assigned to each rank.
Items
Weapons Weapons add a bonus to your strength. The bonus value depends on the weapon.
Armor Armor adds a bonus to your defense. The bonus value depends on the armor.
Consumables Consumables are one-time use items that have some effect on your pirate. The table below shows all the consumables. Note that drug effects last for a limited amount of time.
Pirate Screen
Any time you click on a pirate's name you are taken to the pirate screen. At the pirate screen you are able to see the following information about the pirate: Name, current HP, type of pirate, number of crimes committed, current level, amount of money being carried, age (how long he/she has been playing), the last time he/she was active in the game, the gang he belongs to, the city he is currently in and the current house that he owns.In addition you can perform the following actions: Message (send an email), Attack, Mug, Spy (costs $1,000 for each level the pirate is), Send Money, Send Points, Add as a Friend and Add as an Enemy.
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