-hidden items, ships, heros and money routes-
here are a few items, ships and other things you cant buy through normal means, such as the holy armor and sword, amterdams ships, japans turtle ship, angel/dragon figureheads for your ship and more.
first, buy arts from athenes and sell them at istanbul, then buy carpets from istanbul and sell them at athenes. it only makes about 2-3000 gold per sell when you start off but after a few rounds the market price shifts, and youll be making more than you can spend. with fleets of them cargos, you should be makin around 10,0000 golds per sell. deposit the max amount possible in the game (i think 100,0000 gold) and make more until you hit the max amount the game allows u to have.
with the finance from this trade, go to amsterdam and invest at their shipyard. when their skill reaches 100%, they'll be able to produce ships called 'ship'. it costs around 32,000 for each ship but its the best in the game, even better than those venice pirate ships. probably the best ship in the game since its hidden. i could almost swear they have a way to buy marijuana from the item shop, but i havent found a way yet.
do a little more trading and go to naples. their youll find a hidden item shop on the right side of the town. go in at night (theyll be open at a certain time of night) and theyll sell you some kind of holy armor that costs more than any ship youll ever see, but it makes you invincible against attackes when dueling 1 on 1. they only sell it at night, kinda like a black market thing in the game. i cant remember if you have to invest or not for this item, someone let me know.
fill your crew to the max and no pirate will refuse a duel. and with this armor you wont be loosing either.
same thing for panama in the south americas. the item shop there will sell this holy sword that kills any opponent with a single blow. the attack rating isnt even A, it has stars instead of an alphabetical rating.
i know there are hidden figureheads such as angels, dragons etc. (that makes you invincible from storms or cannon ball attacks) and other hidden items but i cant remember how to get those. it also has something to do with investing at shipyards. if anyone finds out please do post.
china has an item that one of those guys in romance of the three kingdoms use to use, but i remember the holy sword at panama being better.
japan also has a hidden dragon ship, it actually looks like a box of nails with a dragon figurehead and asian sails. its not as good in combat as the hidden ship from amsterdam (although better than any other ship) but incase youre the peaceful type unlike me, youll find it better cuz it will move at full knot speed (20 right?) no matter how the wind blows. do the same investing and night shopping you do to get the ship from amsterdam to get it. i cant remeber which japanese port it was, but i think it was nagasaki.
if you like trading, theres a gold/silver route from japan to europe. japans gold/silver
is so cheap, you can buy em like candy. i remember that lisbon pretty boy having it in his mission.
oh, and dont forget to buy those potion items from beirut cuz theres alot of storms down in west africa.
if you want to hire them famous pirates, like heiden race, into your crew, bust em up and go to tripolis, there youll see him in a pub. if youre notorious enough, he'll work for you.
i havent figured out what benefits you get from economical investments, but im sure the game has some money making scheme coded into it. not too sure though, someone please
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