In order to save Realmspace, you have to lower yourself to the level of pirates, slavers and invaders and mercilessly kill some of them.
Get equipped[edit]
Travel to the six ports and purchase the best equipment for each one of your officers. Magic equipment is more effective and it is labeled with "+1", "+2", "+3", etcetera.
Get a better ship[edit]
Visit the pubs and accept any job that requires to destroy or defeat an enemy ship. Look for that ship, board it and conquer it.
After each battle, you can heal the crew at a temple; note that this service is missing in Clive's Den and that the healer in Mingabwe has limited skills. You can recruit more crew members at any pub.
The three shipyards allow you to buy five ships altogether, but such ships are ranked less than the galleon you started the game with (lower prices). Also note that the names of "Dragonfly" and "Greek warship" are swapped in the shipyard menus.
| Ship | Price | Shipyard(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Galleon (game start) | 50000 | Waterdeep, Umberguard |
| Squidship | 45000 | Umberguard |
| "Greek warship" (actually a Dragonfly) | 45000 | Waterdeep |
| Mindspider | 35000 | Hisssta |
| Tradesman | 15000 | Waterdeep, Umberguard, Hisssta |
| "Dragonfly" (actually a war galley) | 5000 | Waterdeep |
Ships that can only be conquered:
- Shou Lung trader
- Hammership
- Man-o-war (usually Elven)
- Nautiloid (usually Illithid)
- Deathspider (always Neogi)
Enhance your final ship[edit]
Go to a port with a shipyard and repair your ship (Umberguard is cheaper, Waterdeep is more expensive, Hisssta allows to buy weapons only). Then, upgrade it to its maximum and buy the strongest weapons.
With a fully-equipped crew and a fully-armed ship, you are now ready to deal with the main quest of the game.
Text transcript (spoilers)[edit]
There are 12 different jobs that require to destroy a ship located in a specific area. The majority of them simply requires to travel to that destination, fight and defeat one ship, and then travel to a specific port to collect the reward. One mission requires to defeat more than one ship.
The following text is extracted directly from the game files. The reward is always a random amount of gold piece (determined by the game), usually between 1 000 and 10 000 Gold Pieces.
- Destroy a pirate/outlaw ship
- A LARGE AND BADLY SCARRED LIZARD MAN APPROACHES YOU WITH A STRANGE TALE. IT SEEMS THAT RELATIONS BETWEEN UMBERGUARD AND HISSTA HAVE BEEN STRAINED OF LATE DUE TO THE ACTIONS OF A RAIDING SHIP OF UNKNOWN ORIGINS. THIS SHIP HAS BEEN ATTACKING NUMEROUS COLONIES ON ANADIA, AND DURING THE ATTACKS, THE RAIDERS FLEW THE FLAG OF HISSTA. THE LIZARD MAN INTRODUCES HIMSELF AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE HISTAAN GOVERNMENT, AND CLAIMS THAT THEY HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE OF THESE RAIDERS, OR OF THEIR ORIGIN. HE TELLS YOU THAT HIS SUPERIORS ARE LESS THAN PLEASED AT THIS SLUR AGAINST THEIR NAME, AND THEY ARE WILLING TO PAY ~12345~ TO HAVE THE OFFENDING SHIP TAKEN CARE OF PERMANENTLY.
- THE DREAD PIRATE LEIF MITDAL HAS BEEN PILLAGING THE SPACE LANES IN THE VICINITY OF COLIAR. HIS ACTIONS HAVE BECOME A SERIOUS THREAT TO COMMERCE ON THAT PLANET, AND MERCHANTS THERE AND ON OTHER WORLDS WISH FOR THIS OBSTACLE TO BE "REMOVED." THEY ARE WILLING TO PAY YOU ~12345~ GOLD TO FIND THIS PIRATE, AND TAKE CARE OF HIM.
- QUALL D'ORD, A ONE-TIME TRADER AND SPELLJAMMER CAPTAIN, HAS HAD HIS SHIP STOLEN BY HIS EX-FIRST MATE ELCOM BLACKLEAF WHILE HE WAS IN PORT BUYING SUPPLIES. HE BELIEVES THAT THE SHIP IS BOUND FOR KARPRI TO MEET ANOTHER VESSEL THERE AND QUALL IS EAGER TO SEE HIS MUTINOUS EX-MATE COME TO A NASTY END. HE WILL PAY YOU ~12345~ GOLD PIECES IF YOU WILL HURRY TO KARPRI, INTERCEPT THE VESSEL, AND DEAL WITH HIS FORMER MATE.
- AN OFFICIAL OF THE GOVERNMENT OF WATERDEEP APPROACHES YOU AND EXPLAINS THAT HE HAS A JOB FOR YOU. APPARENTLY A PIRATE VESSEL HAS BEEN RAIDING AND ATTACKING SHIPPING AROUND THE THREE INNER PLANETS FOR SEVERAL MONTHS NOW. THE OFFICIAL SAYS THAT THE NAVY HAS TRIED TO SET TRAPS FOR THIS VESSEL SEVERAL TIMES, BUT WHENEVER THEY GET CLOSE TO CAPTURING IT, IT SEEMS TO VANISH INTO THIN AIR. THEY BELIEVE ITS BASE IS SOMEWHERE NEAR ~PORT~, AND WANT YOU TO FIND THE SHIP AND ELIMINATE IT.
- YOU ARE APPROACHED BY A MEMBER OF THE PRAGMATIC ORDER OF THOUGHT[1]. HE SAYS HE HAS HEARD THAT A HAMMERSHIP, MANNED BY MEMBERS OF THE TENTH PIT[2], WILL BE ATTACKING HIS HOME PORT ON ~PORT~. IF THEY ARE INTERCEPTED BEFORE THEY ATTACK, MANY LIVES MAY BE SAVED. THE COUNCIL WILL PAY YOU ~12345~ GOLD PIECES.
- Destroy a ghost ship
- SEVERAL YEARS AGO A SHIP MANNED BY BLACK BART, ONE OF THE MOST NOTORIOUS PIRATES OF ALL TIME, WAS DESTROYED IN THE VOID ABOVE COLIAR. BLACK BART'S DYING WORDS WERE THAT HE WOULD GET REVENGE ON THOSE WHO KILLED HIM. IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS BLACK BART'S SHIP HAS BEEN SIGHTED AGAIN, THIS TIME AS A GHOST SHIP CREWED BY BART'S OLD UNDEAD CREW. THEY HAVE BEEN ATTACKING ANY VESSELS IN THE VICINITY OF COLIAR.
- A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT APPROACHES YOU WITH A STRANGE AND SINISTER TALE. IT SEEMS THAT A FEW MONTHS AGO, A GROUP OF ADVENTURERS EXPLORING A CAVE STUMBLED UPON A LONG LOST SPELLJAMMER SHIP THAT WAS IN NEAR MINT CONDITION. UNKNOWN TO THEM, WHAT HAD PRESERVED IT ALL THIS TIME WAS THE SPIRIT OF A POWERFUL UNDEAD CREATURE. WHEN THEY CLIMBED ABOARD THE SHIP, THE UNDEAD SPIRIT POSSESSED THEIR MINDS AND TURNED THEM INTO UNDEAD. NOW THIS GHOST SHIP HAS TAKEN TO THE SKIES AGAIN, MANNED BY ITS UNDEAD CREW, AND DESTROYS EVERY SHIP IT RUNS INTO. IF YOU CAN DESTROY THIS MENACE TO SPACE TRAVELLERS, YOU WILL BE GIVEN ~12345~ FOR YOUR EFFORTS. IT WAS LAST SIGHTED IN THE VISINITY OF ~PORT~.
- Destroy an Illithid ship
- AN ILLITHID SLAVER SHIP HAS RECENTLY CAPTURED THE DAUGHTER OF A WEALTHY LANDOWNER. HE HAS CONSULTED MAGICAL SOURCES OF INFORMATION AND DETERMINED THAT THE MIND-FLAYERS HAVE ALREADY KILLED HIS DAUGHTER, SO RATHER THAN A RESCUE, HE DESIRES VENGEANCE. HE HAS MANAGED TO LEARN THE WHEREABOUTS OF THE SHIP, BUT HE DOES NOT HAVE THE MEANS TO GET THERE. HE WOULD BE WILLING TO REWARD YOU IF YOU COULD FIND THIS SLAVER SHIP AND ERADICATE IT. THEY WERE LAST SEEN NEAR PLANET ~PORT~.
- A GROUP OF ILLITHID SLAVERS HAVE BEEN RAIDING A NUMBER OF CITIES ON TORIL. THE GOVERNMENT OF WATERDEEP IS LOOKING FOR SOMEONE THAT WILL FIND THESE SLAVERS AND DESTROY THEM, THUS ELIMINATING THE THREAT THEY POSE TO THE FREE PEOPLE OF THEIR CITY AND THE SURROUNDING LANDS. THEY ARE OFFERING A REWARD OF ~12345~ GOLD TO THE PERSON WHO DESTROYS THEM. THE SLAVERS HAVE BEEN HANGING AROUND IN THE VOID AROUND TORIL.
- A GROUP OF ILLITHID SLAVERS HAS BEEN PREYING ON SHIPS THAT STOP AT KARPRI FOR AIR. A MERCHANT, WHO WISHES TO REMAIN NAMELESS, BARELY ESCAPED THEIR CLUTCHES AND SUSTAINED GREAT LOSSES TO HIS SHIP, CARGO, AND CREW. HE WISHES TO AVENGE THIS ATTACK AND IS WILLING TO PAY YOU THE SUM OF ~12345~ GOLD IF YOU CAN DESTROY THE SLAVERS AND BRING HIM PROOF OF THE DEED.
- AN ELDERLY MAN APPROACHES YOU AND SAYS THAT HE HAS A BOON TO ASK OF YOU. HE SAYS HE IS ONE OF THE COUNCIL OF ELDERS OF MINGWANABE, AND THAT THE ILLITHID SHIPS FROM NEIGHBORING GLYTH HAVE BECOME MORE HOSTILE TOWARDS THEM LATELY. THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF SKIRMISHES AND CLASHES WITH NAUTILOIDS AND THE COUNCIL BELIEVES THAT THE MIND FLAYERS ARE TESTING THEIR DEFENSES AND RESPONSES IN ANTICIPATION OF AN ALL OUT ATTACK. HE WOULD LIKE TO HIRE YOU AS A MERCENARY OF SORTS TO ATTACK AND DESTROY SEVERAL OF THE MIND FLAYER SHIPS IN THE AREA. THE COUNCIL FEELS THAT IF THEY MANAGE TO DESTROY SEVERAL ILLITHID VESSELS, THE ILLITHIDS WILL THINK TWICE ABOUT THE ATTACK AND LEAVE THEM ALONE. HE SAYS THEY CAN'T AFFORD MUCH MONEY, BUT THAT THEY WILL HELP YOUR CAREER IN OTHER WAYS, LIKE SPREADING THE WORD AMONG SPACE TRAVELLERS AND PASSING MERCHANTS ABOUT WHAT A POWERFUL AND HONEST CAPTAIN YOU ARE. HE PRAYS THAT YOU CAN HELP HIS PEOPLE, BECAUSE WITHOUT HELP HE FEELS THEY WILL SOON BE OVERWHELMED BY THE MIND-FLAYERS.
- Destroy a Neogi ship
- A NEOGI SHIP HAS BEEN PREYING ON ANADIAN SHIPPING FOR SEVERAL MONTHS. THE GOVERNMENT OF ANADIA HAS FOUND THAT TRADE WITH THEIR PLANET HAS BECOME SERIOUSLY AFFECTED AND WANT THE PLAYERS TO GET RID OF THE SHIP SO THAT MERCHANTS WON'T BE SCARED TO GO THERE ANYMORE. THEY ARE OFFERING ~12345~ GOLD PIECES FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF THE SHIP, PAYABLE WITH PROOF OF THE KILL.