| Ghost Ship | |
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| Details | |
| Type | Enemy |
| Source | Order of Souls Voyages Ghost Fleet  Lords of the Sea
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The Ghost Ship is a type of Enemy from the Sea of the Damned brought forth into the world by a powerful summoner such as Flameheart or Davy Jones. These ships usually appear in large fleets headed by Ghost Captain Ships. Ghost Ships can be encountered during Ghost Ship Voyages, the Ghost Fleet World Event, or the Lords of the Sea Tall Tale.
Encounter
The Ashen Dragon makes an appearance during the Ghost Fleet.
Ghost Ships can appear as a part of three encounters:
- Ghost Ship Voyages sold by Order of Souls Representatives at Outposts send players to take on Ghost Fleets headed by Ghost Captain Ships.
- The Ghost Fleet World Event, headed by the giant ghostly head of Flameheart marks the location of a Ghost Armada lead by the Burning Blade and Ashen Dragon Ships.
- During the Lords of the Sea Tall Tale, which spawns Ghost Brethren Ships and Ghost Brethren Captain Ships.
Mechanics
Ghost Ship leaves behind Ghost Mines when in front of Player Ships.
- Trajectory
- Ghost Ships assemble in a fleet circling a single Large Island in group formations. These ships don't stray from their trajectories and keep circling on, phasing through obstacles like rocks or Ships.
- Combat
- A Ghost Ship will shoot Ghostly Cannonballs at any player ships in their firing range and leave behind Explosive ghostly Mines when ships are behind them.
- Collision
- A Ghost Ship can be damaged by any Cannon-fired projectiles—even from inside—creating holes in the apparition. During "collision", the player ship will be deal continuous damage to the Hull.
- Teleport
- Sometimes when a Ghost Ship sails too far away, it will portal into a closer position of its enemy.
- Shockwave
- When a Ghost Ship is defeated, it will explode with a shockwave that will knock back nearby ships (except other Ghost Ships).
Notes
- Ghost Ship is not damaged by collisions of any kind (whether it be a ship or an island), nor does it take damage from Gunpowder Barrels.
- Ghost Ship cannot be damaged during transit through a portal.
- Ghost Ship can and will fight Skeleton Ships.
- Ghost Ship starts releasing ghostly particles when badly damaged.
Types of Ghost Ships
There are many variants of Ghost Ship, all of which are destroyed only by projectiles via Cannon hits. As a shorthand, their durability will be denoted as HP measured in the amount of cannon hits they take (any cannon projectile deals the same amount).
- 1. Grunt Ship (3 HP)
- The basic ship looking worse for wear.
- 2. Ghost Flagship (X HP)
- A full-sailed ship decorated with Pennants that appears during the final encounter of Ghost Ship Voyages.
- 3. Ghost Captain Ship (X HP)
- This ship sports the Ghost Captain Sails, appearing as the final encounter of Ghost Ship Voyages with variable health depending on the difficulty of the Voyage. It is accompanied by two Grunt Ships.
- 4. Ghostly Ashen Dragon Ship (~10 HP)
- This ship sports the Sails of the Ashen Dragon, appearing during the boss waves of the Ghost Fleet World Event. It is accompanied by two Grunt Ships.
- 5. The Burning Blade (24 HP)
- Flameheart's Ship, sporting the Burning Blade Sails, is the final boss of the Ghost Fleet World Event. This ship has a more visible outline than the Ghostly Ashen Dragon Ship. It is accompanied by four Grunt Ships.
- 6. Ghost Brethren Ship (3 HP)
- This is the Grunt Ship equivalent summoned during Lords of the Sea, the difference is that it fires only ghostly apparitions of normal cannonballs instead of the usual suite of Ghostly Cannonballs.
- 7. Ghost Brethren Captain Ship (10 HP)
- This is the Ghost Captain Ship equivalent summoned during Lords of the Sea, with the same cannonball restriction as the Ghost Bretheren Ship.
Rewards
Any Treasure dropped by Ghost Ships will be circled with Wraiths.
A Ghost Ship mainly drops Ghostly Treasure items that are marked by swirling phantoms above the water.
- Grunt Ship occasionally drops Storage Crates of the Damned with Wooden Planks, Fruit, and Cannonballs inside.
- Ghost Flagship drops 2-4 Skulls of the Damned and a Storage Crate of the Damned.
- Ghost Captain Ship drops 4-5 Skulls of the Damned and a single Captain Skull of the Damned.
- Ashen Dragon Ship generally drops around 7-9 of the following items: Skulls of the Damned, Ashes of the Damned, Chests of the Damned & 1 Storage Crate of the Damned.
- The Burning Blade drops around 15 of the following items: Skulls of the Damned, Ashes of the Damned, Chests of the Damned; 1 Captain Skull of the Damned and 1 Cannonball Crate of the Damned, which contains Ghostly Cannonballs.
- Both Ghost Brethren Ships and Ghost Brethren Captain Ships occasionally have a chance to drop a Crate of the Dark Brethren, which function identically to the storage crates dropped by the Grunt Ships of normal Ghost Ship Encounters, but these crates can't be sold.
Trivia
- Ghost Ships first made their appearance in Tall Tales, being a part of both The Seabound Soul and Heart of Fire as prop NPCs.