Bounty

Bounty bosses are the captains who turn up when a bounty bar fills. In the safe oceans they are Varnoth, Harrow, Blackwell and Tempest, in turn, and raiding NPC ports fills the bar. Out in the Frontier each depth has its own: Absalom Rook in 1F and Mercy Thorne in 2F, raised by sinking roving pirates there, and fought only by captains who can sail that far.

Once one appears there is an hour to commit up to fifteen hulls. The boss's hull scales with what the ocean commits, so a big turnout means a big fight rather than an easy one.

Winning pays Admiralty Seals, doubloons and rare materials. The safe-ocean bosses drop a recipe now and then and, about one win in seven, their Admiralty Ring. Rook and Thorne each drop a charm found nowhere else, The Black Hoist and the Mourning Brooch, which Admiralty Seals raise to full strength.