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Sail the Southern Isles in a living economy: trade cargo with NPC merchants, build ships and structures, craft weapons, harvest resources, and explore hand-crafted islands. Defend or liberate ports from pirates, influence NPC reputations, and customize world size/seed for unique playthroughs.

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Merchanteer description

Merchanteer invites you to set sail in the Southern Isles, a living world where every action reshapes the map. Trade, build, battle, and uncover the history behind these hand-crafted islands as you carve out your own legend on the seas.

Trade cargo in a living economy

  • Use your ship to shuttle goods between ports, guided by a realistic supply and demand model. Some routes are risky but highly profitable, while others are steady but slower to reward your effort.
  • Build a network of familiar routes and negotiate deals with Freeport NPCs, whose inventories and fortunes change with the tides of your choices.

Interact with NPCs and shape your reputation

  • Every friendly NPC has a distinct personality—risk tolerance, greed, temper, and forgiveness—that influences which routes they back and how they respond to you.
  • Engage by talking, gifting items, completing quests, or even sinking ships for cargo. Your actions determine how much trust or rivalry you earn with each character.
  • Freeport merchants are persistent: they can go broke or thrive as the story unfolds, affecting trade opportunities and port dynamics.

Craft, harvest, and improve your fleet

  • Craft ships, cannons, axes, and pickaxes by choosing wood and metal types. Your material choices influence durability, damage, and the odds of finding rare resources during harvests.
  • Every rock and tree in the Southern Isles is harvestable. Some islands, underwater regions, or weather events boost the chance of rarer materials when you mine or fell trees.

Defend, conquer, and liberate ports from pirates

  • Pirate ships roam the seas, targeting you and NPC merchants. Sink them for rewards or escape to live another day.
  • Port towns can come under pirate control after fleet raids. While under siege, trade halts and pirates patrol the ports—defend them or reclaim control to restore commerce.

Explore, uncover, and understand the Southern Isles

  • Discover the history and meaning of the Southern Isles through exploration, quests, and conversations with NPCs. Pieces of lore unfold as you progress.

Customize your adventure from the start

  • Choose a world size and seed when starting a new save. The number of islands and map layout shift with your choice, ensuring each playthrough feels unique.
  • Beyond trade, you craft, sail, ally, and contest your way through a dynamic, handcrafted archipelago that responds to your decisions.