💬│windrose-chat

[raven dagger]

30?

[granite oxide]

total number hasn't yet been confirmed, but we will have more than what we had in Last Alpha which was 13 Islands. Some of those islands were big enough to swallow all 3 of the demo islands easily.

[sinful aspen]

I know Tortuga is in the game... Maybe Port Royal? I'm curious if you do know if we will be able to run around and explore the whole isles like Haiti, Jamaica, and others?

[solemn violet]

I can't wait to explore more of the game when its out.

Till then Imma keep harassing Blackbeard ships in the demo

Me and my trusty Executioner Halberd cleaving his crews which I leave no survivors. >:3

[raven dagger]

Yeah I remember so if we have more big ones like that i struggle to see 30 but im here for it, just thought it i missed a dev chatting or something

[granite oxide]

#│announcements message as mentioned here - though doesn't say how many. Just a much larger number. Nothing set in stone, but they are actively working on the expanded content 😉

[distant marsh]

is Nassau there?

[raven dagger]

Could be lol i wouldn't be telling people numbers going off could be. I feel its definitely going to be bigger than playtest and thats crazy, playtest felt almost a full game or at least a full early access

So many choices to build on lol, ill have to vjst 10 before I even decide on a starting base, so pumped

[granite oxide]

There is some generation of islands - nothing that would depict real places other than Tortuga at this time. Nassau is a huge area compared to the islands in game - like 7 miles by 21 miles, so will say pretty certain no 😉

[granite oxide]

Well the Alpha playtest will be small in comparison, but we definitely not telling how many islands at this time as anything anyone says is pure speculation.

[raven dagger]

Thats what's crazy as playtest felt small but not "small" so ea will be a wild ride... in my lil sailboat...looking for what I want in a starter base

[sinful aspen]

Perfect isle for them wood chopping!

[brisk lantern]

What if i raid your island and decided to just farm it from my ship

And i send npcs to steal the resources

That you now have to actively deal with

[sinful aspen]

https://klipy.com/gifs/retro-password

[surreal sierra]

Always remember the No.1 rule of pirating:

If its yours, it’s actually mine 🏴‍☠️

[granite oxide]

You won't be able to go in and raid someone else's island unless they invite you into their server and accept that risk. As far as pvp - this was the dev response to it #💬│windrose-chat message

[granite oxide]

And this is why the rest of the Mods don't let @surreal sierra on our servers 😛

[brisk lantern]

Yea thats totally fine im not a pvp player

I just thought it sounded cool like something a pirate would do

Well theres still plenty of ships to blow up

[surreal sierra]

I can be trusted with your server invite code

[gusty egret]

im new can i join anyone?

[surreal sierra]

Ahoy and welcome aboard. If you’re looking for people to play with #1349751664843685990 is the best place

[sinful aspen]

Sounds like @surreal sierra alt sus

[gusty egret]

lol no no

[grim bluff]

once we finish the basic questline in its entirety is there still more to do on the demo?

[wary crane]

build a massive beached trireme for fun?

[surreal sierra]

Nope. Once you get the ‘thanks for playing’ screen that’s the end of the demo content. However Early Access will be pretty damn big I reckon

[surreal sierra]

I mean. Someone is building the titanic so a trireme would be cool

[grim bluff]

okay was just curious as the map says there are more treasures/unique places etc etc

[wary crane]

will we be able to make any kind of custom ships or customize them more than picking cannon loadouts?

(undoubtedly I'm the infinityth person to ask)

[grim bluff]

And is there any rough ETA for the early access? This game was genuinely one of my favorite plays this year and im really hopeful yall see this game through to completion. It was a great experience even just the demo!

[topaz swift]

sometime in the next year or two

[grim bluff]

dang thats a hot minute away

[topaz swift]

Guess it's a good thing it's one of your favorites then, you have other ones to play.

[wary crane]

if they do as good a job of hitting their goals and roadmap as starrupture has...

[grim bluff]

yeah ive been itching for something in this niche of games for awhile, sea of thieves and a lot of other "pirate" styled games have really missed the mark for me last couple of years

[granite oxide]

Demo will run until Early Access and demo is ruffly only about 5% of what will be in Early Access. Explore able area of Archipelago in demo is only about 2.5% of what will be in Early Access. Early Access will be announced when it is time. See the latest post here #│announcements message from Yar_Master. As far as price and packages, that will most likely follow Early Access Release info.

Also, characters, items and buildings will not transfer to the Early Access, it is part of the demo – different client, different game builds. So enjoy playing the demo for now until that time 🙂

Early Access is This year.

[granite oxide]

Roadmap will be posted after Early Access launch.

[wary crane]

I don't know if you're familiar with starrupture (very different genre), but they did a short public beta late last year, then set a very aggressive timeline with lofty goals for their roadmap and have nailed every one better than could be expected. Sure, it looks like it's workshop assets and bad voice acting, but the mechanics and building are great and it's already arguably better than the other big names in the factory builder genre and at a lower price. My point being if this game releases even half as well, it's another solid win.

[granite oxide]

From what we played in the Alpha, It already felt like a finished product, minus a few request. That was back in summer of 2025. There is a lot more that has been added to it, more biomes, ships, New building pieces added onto the full sets we already had (super cool ones I might add 😄 ), more content, lot more islands, poi's*, and so much more. We are definitely super excited. Did you see the Sneak peaks we posted before? If not look in pinned messages or I can repost them here now if ya like.

[wary crane]

I didn't, I'll look for it. It sounds like you're on the same track.

[granite oxide]

Ah then it'll give me reason to repost lol

here we go 😄

Those were posted with more comments by Yar_Master here if you wanna scroll through and read more. #💬│windrose-chat message

We can also add this from Benji as well as it is one of the Missing Items from ships - will be variations of Tactical to use like it

[wary crane]

thanks

I just really hope you guys hit your releases well and the demo isn't the cutting edge of what you've got, as so often seems to be the EA case

[raven dagger]

Be one of the few that are happy with the devs atm so dont jinx windrose lol

[wary crane]

I am

[raven dagger]

Yeah, im saying 😆

[wary crane]

I'm also cautious, but I'm optimistic and very hopeful, probably will buy on release hour

[granite oxide]

Demo is only 5% of the content if that, and only 2.5% of explorable area if that. That is what is already in the Early Access to come. Bosses are there - we had fun against some of them in Alpha. new biomes have been added and much more as mentioned above.

[raven dagger]

I dont mind but bringing a bug from beta into early access then not mentioning it after months has got people angry though these days people are angry when something is good lol

[wary crane]

I see, so it sounds like you're well ahead of the curve!

[granite oxide]

They have been as mentioned in this post here #│announcements message working on the content and a lot of request from feedback. Super excited.

[wary crane]

custom ships or building on ships or just prefab hulls with upgrades like the demo?

I'd play a shipwright...

[granite oxide]

I've worked with a number of dev teams in Alphas and Betas over the many years of gaming. so far this team has by far impressed me the most of any I've delt with.

[wary crane]

glad to hear that

[tranquil oxide]

My wife and I are LOVING the game and so glad you're able to turn the blood effects off. Thank you so much for that!

[granite oxide]

They worked previously with trying to do iterations of free building. That mechanic takes a great deal more time and resources to develop, and comes with some drawlbacks too. Like simply AI pathing, boarding mechanics would be an absolute nightmare to solve with free building. Those mechanics players really want and love so unless something drastically changes, the ships will be you learn the blueprint by however means, gather resources and then get your ship- be it quest or treasure or normal leveling unlocks. Great thing is by making the ships same - it allows for more customization in other ways - like the wheels I posted above and many other customizations to make the ship more yours. Skins, deco, cosmetics will be a way to make ships more customizable.

[wary crane]

true

[tranquil oxide]

Anyone know if they're looking for QA help

[spark terrace]

Performance tweaks could be another nice customization.

[tranquil oxide]

I'd check a website but doesn't seem to be any. heh.

[granite oxide]

Not at this time.

[rugged shard]

May I ask a question? On the Steam page you guys mentioned procedual generation for the worlds, does that keep up? Those islands look way too pretty to be the work of procedual generation, did you guys switch over to custom world building?

[granite oxide]

Not at this time other than Steam Page. It is a 50+ Dev team spread out all over the world literally.

[granite oxide]

It is a mix

[wary crane]

I know the usual customizations (freeform placing of anything anywhere, even when en route) can cause those issues, but if it was only in a dock and treated like a whole ship (no destructible parts) so pathing could be calculated and baked in the shipyard before launch, that might be easier. But I'm sure they're already well ahead of me thinking about those kinds of things.

[jovial nest]

Do I smell sarcasm? 😄
I mean yes, they propably WILL hit those goals BUT it has taken them AGES for the first patch... not that I care, EA is EA, but so many are furious about it 😄

[granite oxide]

We had extensive discussions on that a year ago.

[wary crane]

No, you really don't. I was being honest as I'm unfamiliar with the game prior to this week.

I'll stop backseat suggesting stuff now

[granite oxide]

Early Access isn't a patch lol, It's a full game.

[rugged shard]

Thank you, we expect great things from this game, you guys seem to be doing an excellent job!

[granite oxide]

Feel free too - also you can go through the #1298615271686279208 and see what others have been posting or add yours to it. Also be sure to fill out the detailed player survey where you can put a lot of personal info in you would like to see here

[wary crane]

the right place for the right suggestions then

[rugged shard]

oh oh, remembered another thing I wanted to ask. Will there be forts we can assault/raid? Blow up the towers and do a ground assault, that sort of thing?

[granite oxide]

If you scroll up a little ways we reposted the teaser pictures of what is to come.

[jovial nest]

what I mean is that the EA release versiont hey started off with is full of bugs. some of them "game breaking" ones like triple rails completely not working or inability to save within certain areas because you fall through the ground when you load those saves.

And after this they've been pretty much SILENT and haven't pushed more than translation updates and small tweaks that do not fix these issues. And are instead planning to do HUGE update, which might take months more to do, and only in that update fix these bugs and issues...

Peopel are a bit frustrated... 🙂

[rugged shard]

Indeed, I saw them. Great work. Is there a specific channel where you post those and other sneak peeks?

[granite oxide]

There is a lot of pirate haven areas - among other things - some you will have to trek deep into land to reach 🙂 One of them in Alpha was huge so yes some of it gets complex - Love the hidden areas, traps and puzzles that you'll have to encounter.

[granite oxide]

No, been keeping those in pinned top side but most don't look in pinned so repost them once in awhile 🙂

[rugged shard]

I really liked the 'dungeon crawler' aspect of some areas of the game. Feels fresh for this genre, I liked it.

[wary crane]

the thing with asset sneak peeks is they show the artists and modellers are doing good work, but something mechanics-related would be a really awesome sneak peek

[spark terrace]

I love that we're going to get all that stuff, but I can't help but feel like you're teasing us! 🤣

[jovial nest]

So I think in their case COMMUNICATION would be a great asset. Public large post telling exactly what's going on, why they decided to do large update instead of just fixing the bugs immediately (probably rewriting huge amounts of core systems in the game since the implementation was faulty)

So let's hope that windrose developers are watching it with keen eyes, that how important communication might be and that if there are serious issues that you need more time for, you communicate that to the community so peopel can go "ah, ok... we'll wait..." instead of getting antsy and angry.

[granite oxide]

I wish I could tease more, but it's all already in there, as we already played much of it in last alpha. A lot of it was on Youtube, I'm sure you can find some from there. But since then much has been polished and updated, some changes made to some things here and there, optimizations. Having the demo really helped with getting the co-op connection issues tweaked a bit too.

[jovial nest]

But the most important they've already followed: Never give any estimations about TIME that EA or any other will take until you're absolutely sure about it.

[granite oxide]

They stress tested 20 internally and the mod group tested a smaller number, so numbers are possible. But we currently do not have dedicated servers and it needed a bit more optimization and polish. So for the demo it was kept to 4. What those numbers will be on Early Access we and the Dev's have no idea at this point. So will just have to wait and see.

Also - It is confirmed that for those that like to sail on one ship together, There will be Advanced Options in Early Access. As to what that will be – will just have to wait until Early Access.

[rugged shard]

You see, hype is a train. You fuel it just enough to not lose too much vapour before it comes crashing down with their release. You dump too much you won't have enough speed down the line.

[spark terrace]

You're good, bud. I'm just impatient!

[jovial nest]

If you lap all the coal into the furnace at the station, you're not going very far...

[granite oxide]

They have been communicating just fine. You are just not going to get too much more info at this time other than what we have provided. they have already answered the Why clearly.

[granite oxide]

You and me both lol

[surreal sierra]

Windrose WILL feature:

||boat and perhaps water. possibly sand but only if you’re well behaved||

[rugged shard]

Yes, that is also valid for too little fuel. But it looks like they are doing fine in that regard.

[spark terrace]

Good behavior cannot be guaranteed indefinitely. Efforts will be made, of course.

[surreal sierra]

indubitably

[granite oxide]

We haven't dumped anymore than has already been over the past few months 🙂 What makes the hype so real for us that already played is just that. We totally loved the Alpha - @surreal sierra can defnitely confirm that too 🙂

[jovial nest]

@granite oxide we're talking about Starrupture, right? 🙂
I have seen their blog posts, small announcements at their discord, but there's not much else that i've seen... so I'm understanding of the people who are antsy about it all...

[granite oxide]

no We been talking about Windrose lol

But now I understand where you coming from and what you were talking about.

[rugged shard]

Yeah, I couldn't have enough of the demo. And there was so much of it. I was like "it has been 8 hours, when is it gonna end?"

[jovial nest]

^_^

[granite oxide]

For a demo, definitely one the most solid demos and content related that I've played.

[rugged shard]

In a good sense of course, I was just surprised that was so much of it. Time passed really quickly.

[rugged shard]

indeed, most playable demo I've ever had.

My wishlist grew fat this Steam Next fest. And windrose was a full course meal with desset.

[wary crane]

I'd recommend it, they really hit all their goals. It's mostly on their website and in their discord, though, not much on steam. It's a fun game and well worth it (considering the price compared to satisfactory, I think it's a better game), although it's not without it's cringe in the voice acting and offline character chatter mechanics.

[rugged shard]

oh, another thing that I remembered. How many ships will there be at EA? Ships that you can have as a player. I noticed there was a UI menu with quite some space for many ships.

[wary crane]

still, a nice sailing game would be awesome

and the pve aspect, not many games do that well

[granite oxide]

That will remain a secret for now but a number of different ones 🙂

[wary crane]

hrm... a number... 35 is a number... it must be 35

[granite oxide]

btw - when you were sailing did you hit the F key to change your FOV

[rugged shard]

I dunno? It felt fine just as it is.

[granite oxide]

Give it a try 🙂

[fickle linden]

What's the best way to farm large amounts of stone?

[rugged shard]

heh, I had to erase the demo from my computer because I didn't want to ruin my posterior experience by playing the game too much like this. hehe

[rugged shard]

Head down to any mine, you will have so much you don't know what to do with all of it

[jovial nest]

I wonder if we're getting some form of AI to the ships we own... Enemy has AI that it uses to...roam the seas 🎶 ... so maybe we'll have something similar a well for our ships...

[granite oxide]

Couple ways - make another server and go mine it - normally large amounts of stone near the copper mines, and stone inside mines.

[spark terrace]

I've heard 5 tossed around.

[rugged shard]

My beaches were full of dumped stacks of stone because I had like 5 full chests of it at one point.

[wary crane]

Only 5 people get ships?

[fickle linden]

lol i felt that with fiber for while

[granite oxide]

You won't have AI ships roaming around. the only AI will be the crew on the ship you using. Will not have fleets roaming if that is what you asking.

[spark terrace]

5 different ships you can sail.

[granite oxide]

post that in #1352659456911212636 please

[jovial nest]

awh... too bad 😄

[wary crane]

I know, just being a touch snarky

[rugged shard]

I really hope you guys found another use for stone beside dumping it and building. Because we get so much of it. I mean... we probably could sell it, right?

[granite oxide]

If that is what you all assume then you'll be in for a surprise 🙂

[rugged shard]

Confirmed, more than 5, less then 35, we're getting close, someone will spill the beans sooner than I expected. lol

[quiet minnow]

is it silly that i just log in to farm for stuff and not even use it, i just like the time sink with brainless video gaming

[jovial nest]

done. sorry 😄

[spark terrace]

I'm not making assumptions. That's the number I've seen tossed around in here.

[rugged shard]

Don't let anyone tell you how to have fun.

[granite oxide]

No different that going to see sports, a movie, a hobby, etc. If you are enjoying and it is relaxing then have at it 🙂 Glad you here with us.

[rugged shard]

There are whole gaming genres devoted to that playstyle... I mean... it's more common than you think. Hoarding is vanilla.

[granite oxide]

I have had the benefit of traveling to other countries and all across the US on many occasions. Now I get a lot of enjoyment of just having fun on the PC and seeing others also enjoy some of that same sense of fun.

Rather stay at home most of the time now on PC with friends n family.

[rugged shard]

Swabien, forgive me for asking, are you a dev yourself? Or are you more like the community manager around here? Sorry, I'm new in these waters.

[granite oxide]

No Hisaki is the Community Manager - I am just one the the Mod team. I have some friends that are Dev's in other games that I know in real life that I've assisted at times. But definitely not a Dev myself.

[void hollow]

With how miserable an airport is to go through and cramped the seats are, I don't travel as much as I'd like myself.

[granite oxide]

That and the cost of things when you've been there and done that just comes to a point it doesn't make sence anymore. Only reason we travel now (especially with so much of our family near by - both mine and my wife's side), we only travel now for my son's sake for education and exposure to some special places still worth traveling too.

[granite oxide]

Coolest thing I ever did when I was doing sky diving - my closest friend went up with me one time - had never been in an airplane and he jumped out of the first one he ever went up in lol

After doing that and base jumping - everything else is kinda lack luster, except the excitement of a great game and good company 🙂

[void hollow]

Never did anything like that.

[quiet minnow]

I travel to concerts and thats about it lol

[rugged shard]

May I suggest low orbit flight?

[granite oxide]

Safer and more fun that riding down the street in a car these days lol

[granite oxide]

Spent a good bit of time at NASA. Saw the first 3 space shuttle landings in person.

[rugged shard]

Also, delta wing flight seems cool (and more budget friendly lol)

I almost saw a mission departure once at nasa... but the weather had the mission postponed.

Shame, I always wanted to see a rocket take off.

[quiet minnow]

Nasa is a place i wanna see, im very interested in the Artemis launches

[granite oxide]

Yeah those are hit n miss. IT's hard to set a travel time to those. My Dad was stationed at Edwards A.F.B. at the NASA location there. so we got to see the landings in real time. Was feet from the Astronauts coming out the Shuttle. Saw the piggy back loading, takeoff heading back to Florida and was able to walk through the first shuttle after it had landed getting maintenance.

[gentle flax]

Hello! My friend and I were playing last night together, and I re-hosted the same game and it is now telling them "Can't find server". Does anyone know if this is a common problem or what a fix would be?

[granite oxide]

thing about games is - you can at times get similar experiences now days as they getting so good, that you get the same type of feeling of Awe nowdays. It's crazy.

[granite oxide]

Try going through the steps in pinned messages 📌. Or here #💬│windrose-chat message For most it appears to be working fine. For many it is a Router and/or security issue with either firewall settings of shield wall. That is all we can suggest for now other than keep trying. They are monitoring co-op information and still investigating ways to improve on it.

[quiet minnow]

I found this game watching asmon play it, but my sense of wonder and excitement has far surpased that now

[granite oxide]

Just wait until you see what is in Early Access 🙂 I'm totally estatic for the building pieces as we had full sets in the Alpha, but super cool new pieces have been added to those sets. Amazed how well people have done with just basic assets and no full sets in #1476333974740664543 .

[rugged shard]

Ah yes... I have suffered dearly with coop games with network issues. But I work in IT so I can troubleshoot most of the issues by myself

However some games boggle me as having no option to some basic stuff like selecting which port you are going to host on.

I had to set up a dedicated server to port forward Hytale.... basic s**t man...

[quiet minnow]

its what inspired me to learn to build not a box, but actually experiment and learn for myself so when the next stage hit and its more permanent i have some experience. im using the demo as a learning tool for building

ive destroyed everything i built at least 60 times now just floor planning and learning

and im starting at literally no experience, i just watched tutorials for Minecraft and other games, this is the first game that's inspired me enough to creative build

[granite oxide]

Awesome!

[rugged shard]

I gotta agree with my friend here, your base building looks way too good even in this incomplete stage. You should definitly go all-in in those sets and building options.

When I figured out you could drag and drop to build multiple stuff, it was just... chef-kiss

And drawing resourses automatically from the chests. Such basic functionality that SO MANY GAMES miss. It's a super low hanging fruit.

[granite oxide]

Yes! The QoL features on building is awesome. Will hopefully have other options too before long 🙂

Don't forget to press Q in Build mode too - it helps when you trying to view a different view perspective, or set a degree angle, etc.

[quiet minnow]

I cant wait to see what other materials and stuff we can use and i actually love the curios system, it adds a sense of adventure to building

[granite oxide]

We had a number of full sets in the Alpha - the different material tiers added other sets. you'll find building pieces, or kits. Kinda like you did in the Demo but scattered all over. Exploration has a great deal of meaning. Not only for XP, but for gathering blueprints and other cool things. finding hidden areas, solving puzzles in places will be rewarding to get those. Plus so many other pieces have been added in - like the Windows we showed earlier.

[rugged shard]

Yes, if there is a place where it needs improvement is the auto-snapping of plataforms and docks, you need to be looking at the side you want to place it or it won't trigger the auto-snap to other plataforms. It makes it hard to place plataforms going forward because you always have to look at the "other side".

[granite oxide]

you can turn snapping off too

and adjust them in the direction you need up down left or right.

[rugged shard]

Nono, I want it to snap... but it doesn't trigger from my side. I have to move over and look on the "sides" of the plataforms for them to snap.

And since they are, you know, in the floor, it makes it very difficult to build docks because I have to stand in the water.

[granite oxide]

Oh you mean like being able to rotate snap points from the same build spot.

[rugged shard]

Nope.

I meant like, think you're building a bridge of 1x1 floor pieces. You're placing them in front of you and you want the next piece to snap to the last you placed, to that effect your cursor must be looking at the side of the floor block you want, you can't do it from the top where you're standing because from the top of the floor pieces it doesn't trigger the snap even if you're looking right next to the edges of the piece.

This became less of an issue once I figured out you could just drag and drop the whole thing. But if you're placing the pieces individually, to make details, it gets difficult because the floor pieces don't snap to each other when you're looking at them from the top.

[soft badge]

Stand on your small boat and try

[quiet minnow]

I did notice this too and had to edit my wharf as i couldnt go to far out or id fall into the water and be kicked out of build mode because i was swimming

[granite oxide]

That's what I meant by snap point rotation- as you look around you in some games have the ability to rotate through all snap point options simply by slightly changing your looking direction and moving the piece near anything it can snap you. Allowing you to select what and where to snap too. It is a bit more involved QoL with building. Will have to wait and see what they do with Early Access launch as I know some things were requested.

[granite oxide]

I just built a bridge out underwater and put angled roofs going down as deep as I could then could see way down to the bottom to reach further. Not only to build but also to dig deeper or build up more terrain to go out even further.

Pulling terrain up was super handy lol

[quiet minnow]

good idea ill have to try that, another learning opportunity

[rugged shard]

See? There are two people there with the same issue, might be worth looking into it. It's a simple fix. Expand the snap areas to include a bit of the topside edges of the floors and foundations.

[teal copper]

how where u find clay?

[quiet minnow]

im sure if it gets suggested enough they will look at it

[rugged shard]

It's because it's hard to put into words for the feedback xD

If I write too much nobody will look at it. They should be recieving thousands of these.

[granite oxide]

That's why I say there have been some request in feedback. Lot of things could be done. Will have to wait and see how it is addressed. I know sometimes I think - simple fix, but a lot of times it isn't so simple as it takes multiple systems coordinating. I'd love to see more love to building and I believe more is coming 🙂

[rugged shard]

At the beaches where the grass meet sands, look around. It's a patch of dark dirt that you excavate with the pickaxe.

[wind elm]

anyone know when game ea is coming

[granite oxide]

You can also look through much of the #1298615271686279208 that has already been submitted over last few weeks. Can add to it as well as a lot has been on building.

[vernal basin]

• we dont know how much that we find is already on the radar regardless but just not inthe demo as well. cant hurt to note it anyways^^

[granite oxide]

Demo will run until Early Access and demo is ruffly only about 5% of what will be in Early Access. Explore able area of Archipelago in demo is only about 2.5% of what will be in Early Access. Early Access will be announced when it is time. See the latest post here #│announcements message from Yar_Master. As far as price and packages, that will most likely follow Early Access Release info.

Also, characters, items and buildings will not transfer to the Early Access, it is part of the demo – different client, different game builds. So enjoy playing the demo for now until that time 🙂

Short Version - Soon 🙂

[quiet minnow]

the copypasta whenever this is asked haha, smart admining

[rugged shard]

Will do... tomorrow... maybe. It's just that the wording is hell, you can't explain it in a phrase.

[granite oxide]

I understand where ya coming from 🙂

[quiet minnow]

idk if media is allowed in feedback but if it is maybe a obs recording would help

[rugged shard]

I had better odds at explaining whole projects in a sentence than trying to word... whatever this is.

[wind elm]

that's what they are saying about another game im waiting for and i can almost guarentee that one won't bee released till Q4

[quiet minnow]

soon is the answer you get when they don't want to hold themselves to a timeline quite yet. when we know we know till then the demo is our escape

[rugged shard]

Honestly I have games that I am waiting for a release for more than a decade. Some of them are in dev hell and will likely never see the light of day.

[wind elm]

yeah at least this game has a demo

[raven dagger]

Snapping has a few feedback posts, add to it or comment on the posts so it gets some love

[wind elm]

are you waiting on gta6

[quiet minnow]

if EA is really what they say idk if ill be playing any other game for a while lol

[raven dagger]

You wont lol

[quiet minnow]

it might even be a vacation from work game for me

[raven dagger]

Well im already sick on that day 😏

My supervisor is chill with it lol

[rugged shard]

Is there anyone who isn't? Yes, but also Star Citizen, Starsector

[granite oxide]

I been with star Citizen since 2012, and still love it lol

[wind elm]

me i could care less about gta6 sorry

[raven dagger]

I could care less about gta6 lol there's a few of us, maybe 3 😁

4*

[granite oxide]

Me as well it's been in production 2 years longer than Star Citizen lol

[quiet minnow]

i will not say how much ive spent on sc for fear of... lol

[raven dagger]

5*

[granite oxide]

I will not as well.... LOL and will continue to do so XD

[raven dagger]

Thats kind of impressive lol

[quiet minnow]

I really wanna pull my friends into this game now, Id love a crew

[raven dagger]

I almost got into sc, glad I didnt, not because its bad but bc Im not rich lol and not sure it'll ever be "finished" i like end points

[rugged shard]

Lots of people don't care for gta, but it has been hard for me to find people who actually dislike it. It has too much gameplay.

[quiet minnow]

I can say i have had my moneys worth just from the time ive spent meeting ppl and playing

[granite oxide]

I have several friends that play it that just have a basic ship and they use all their friends ships as you can earn anything in game anyways 🙂

[rugged shard]

I got a simple game package back in 2017 I think and never changed it. I don't like microtransactions, and dollar is very expensive for me.

[granite oxide]

I'm just so excited for Windrose though. Looking forward to supporting it.

[raven dagger]

I just impulse buy way too much, not a game issue its a me issue

[quiet minnow]

this

[wind elm]

the 2 games im waiting for are subnautica 2 and windrose both are awesome

[raven dagger]

2 games im waiting for are windrose and windrose 😏

[wind elm]

lol

[rugged shard]

that subnautica might flop hard. They had quite a bit of a hoax.

[quiet minnow]

the demo amazed me with the content the team was willing to give. if they are willing to give us that much, and ive already dumped so may hours into demo, im excited to see what ea and full release will give

[wind elm]

i don't blame the developers

[rugged shard]

Are they considering a sort of supporter edition or something?

[rugged shard]

oh me neither, it's almost never the hard working dev's fault.

[raven dagger]

SN has such a big following and much loved game, it'll be fine 👍

[granite oxide]

There may be a couple options. Will have to let the Dev's themselves tell you what those are when the time comes for Early Access 🙂

[raven dagger]

https://tenor.com/view/take-my-money-heres-my-card-here’s-my-card-card-take-my-card-gif-5650338825958178904

[quiet minnow]

https://giphy.com/gifs/debt-Q8JhKDsvVxPRS

[raven dagger]

Gimme a dorky hat and ill pay anything 😆 taco hat pls

[rugged shard]

It might be very feasible. An exclusive figurehead or other ingame cosmetic.

[quiet minnow]

I mean the demo already gives a cosmetic

[vernal basin]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1349724792906846258/1465493190273405038/daleafcat.gif

[raven dagger]

Needs more purple

[rugged shard]

Needs more gold

I want something shiny so people can know I support game development, not that I played a free demo.

[vernal basin]

having a spyglass as an item type thing we can use would be sick tho

[distant marsh]

by claim does it mean we'll get it in early access?

[quiet minnow]

yes

[raven dagger]

Yeah you get it just by playing the demo

[rugged shard]

gotta hit the deck, I'm out. bye ppl

[distant marsh]

yar!

[raven dagger]

Lol that was a classic scene

Been yrs i should rewatch the series

[quiet minnow]

I have been listening to way more sea shanties these days because of windrose

[distant marsh]

funny enough i have never seen any of the pirates of the Caribbean movies

[quiet minnow]

I grew up on them haha

[keen dove]

47k members on the discord server yay!

[keen dove]

Same here, it is the first time in my 30 years of living that I am bug reporting and filing surveys for a game

[outer aspen]

found em

[rich haven]

we still in the dark about when early access is coming out?

[granite oxide]

Demo will run until Early Access and demo is ruffly only about 5% of what will be in Early Access. Explore able area of Archipelago in demo is only about 2.5% of what will be in Early Access. Early Access will be announced when it is time. See the latest post here #│announcements message from Yar_Master. As far as price and packages, that will most likely follow Early Access Release info.

Also, characters, items and buildings will not transfer to the Early Access, it is part of the demo – different client, different game builds. So enjoy playing the demo for now until that time 🙂

In short - Soon 🙂

[rich haven]

☹️

[ancient charm]

yeah soon #💬│windrose-chat message

[vernal basin]

™

[dawn depot]

https://tenor.com/view/release-date-when-release-no-release-date-gif-17676820841148572706

[granite oxide]

Demo will run until Early Access and demo is ruffly only about 5% of what will be in Early Access. Explore able area of Archipelago in demo is only about 2.5% of what will be in Early Access. Early Access will be announced when it is time. See the latest post here #│announcements message from Yar_Master. As far as price and packages, that will most likely follow Early Access Release info.

Also, characters, items and buildings will not transfer to the Early Access, it is part of the demo – different client, different game builds. So enjoy playing the demo for now until that time 🙂

Soon 🙂

[somber remnant]

we know its soon but when very soon or?

[granite oxide]

Soon 🙂 Sometime in 2026 soon 🙂

[somber remnant]

okay take ur time but make it great

[granite oxide]

They doing a great job on it 🙂

[weary dust]

please wake me up when it's released, i can't take it anymore, ima hibernate 😭

swabien, if you need help, use 🙂 emote

[quiet minnow]

wake me up when september ends

[weary dust]

september end ? that won't be me that wakes you up then

i'll be 30 mid-september, so i won't make it past that

[finite sage]

Good morning swashbuckling privateers 😎

[quiet minnow]

I was making a song reference hehe

[dawn depot]

Soon same like gta when they told release 2026 move it to 2027

[weary dust]

on PS store, it says 2026 for GTA still 🤣

[granite oxide]

give it 2 more years. I say 2028 at least, already been in development for 15 years.

[quiet minnow]

ok night everyone

[weary dust]

they gonna beat duke nukem forever 👀

[vernal tangle]

So I was introduced to Windrose yesterday... and I must say... it has ALL my favourite elements from my favourite games! I am having SO much fun and am so looking forward to following along in the journey!

[granite oxide]

Awesome! Check out the pinned message top on the sneak peaks as well 📌

[vernal tangle]

Thank you! I honestly can't wait to start streaming and doing other videos with it! Hopefully starting next week!

[granite oxide]

There is a Kit for people wishing to Stream in pinned at bottom as well. The signup's for partners is temporarily closed, but can still use the kit. As far as Early Access goes.

Demo will run until Early Access and demo is ruffly only about 5% of what will be in Early Access. Explore able area of Archipelago in demo is only about 2.5% of what will be in Early Access. Early Access will be announced when it is time. See the latest post here #│announcements message from Yar_Master. As far as price and packages, that will most likely follow Early Access Release info.

Also, characters, items and buildings will not transfer to the Early Access, it is part of the demo – different client, different game builds. So enjoy playing the demo for now until that time 🙂

So short answer on Early Access. Early access is Soon to be sometime in 2026 🙂

[keen dove]

Wait where is the sneak peaks chat?

[split charm]

G'morning, everyone.

[keen dove]

Morning, do you know how to check how many people wishlisted a game on steam?

[edgy saddle]

Ah, found it.

[candid kettle]

You must have this on your clip board 😆Repeat. Repeat. Repeat. You exhibit loads of patience!

[granite oxide]

#💬│windrose-chat message Here.

[granite oxide]

I have a teenager - I have earned some patience lol

[candid kettle]

I had two. It didn't help. lolol

[wild forge]

will the be dedicated servers and procedurally generated worlds?

[split charm]

This teaches a lot of patience, yes. 🙂

[granite oxide]

The game is already partially Procedually generated and yes will be dedicated servers at Early Access launch.

[wild forge]

what about sailing ships

[candid kettle]

We need an Asked and Answered thread.

[edgy saddle]

#1298583059402063926 needs to be updated.

[ember crag]

Cant wait for the early access . To explore more 👀

[wild forge]

can we coop sail them with friends and allow them to use cannons etc?

[edgy saddle]

In the future, yes.

If I'm not mistaken 🤔

[split charm]

Sadly, no. For now friends just get to ride on the ship and swing swords at pirates while boarding 😄

[candid kettle]

Who knew? Lol!!

[raven dagger]

a few of them

[split charm]

It would be nice to have someone else work the guns, yes.

[granite oxide]

To clarify. It is confirmed that for those that like to sail on one ship together, There will be Advanced Options in Early Access. As to what that will be – will just have to wait until Early Access.

[candid kettle]

@raven dagger did you watch my walk through?

[wild forge]

oh thats unfortunate, I was hoping sailing with friends would be something like Sea of Theives, where they can man cannons and move the sails etc.

[split charm]

Not in the demo 🙁

[raven dagger]

dont think it will ever be like that as both gaames are so different mechanic wise, and pvp is still a maybe at least short term

[ember crag]

What about pets ? Creatures that we could capture/tame. They wouldnt have any use than just look lovely following you. We could have a parrot or small kitten. And just an option to pet them from time to time ❤️

[edgy saddle]

A parrot would be sick

[split charm]

...or a Dodo

[ember crag]

Would love to have rusty-spotted cat

[raven dagger]

shoulder crab

[wild forge]

well iits still sailing ships, its EA so anything is possible.

[ember crag]

wanted to post a gif of that kitten .. but cant do it here

[split charm]

SHOULDER CRAB!!!1!

[raven dagger]

sot mechanics are

[edgy saddle]

I tried playing SoT but no friends to play with 😭

[split charm]

https://klipy.com/gifs/crab-rave-11

[raven dagger]

play sot for that this will be like black flag or snb

[ember crag]

https://giphy.com/gifs/2kP2hpWo0rog1h9zQo

[granite oxide]

They had 3 simple pets in the Early Alpha. we did not have them last couple playtest. But they would like some pets at some point. Discussion has also been had on possibility of animal Husbandry at some point as well. Will have to wait and see what is in Early access and the Roadmap that is posted after Early Access launch.

[split charm]

So for now we're stuck with Doc Galen as a pet

[wild forge]

I haven't tried sailing a ship in this game, so I dont know. but if its not anything like SOT I would be kinda disappointed, because its pretty basic sail stuff. move sails to catch wind, man the cannons, repairing ship etc

[split charm]

At least we can milk him for potions.

[chilly knoll]

So what game is everyone playing while we wait for that drop??

[granite oxide]

Windrose Demo 🙂

[wild forge]

this and path of exile.

[split charm]

Sailing is pretty basic for now, yes. Wind direction does not matter, you work the guns yourself, you do the repairs yourself also.

And I love it.

Also, I want bigger nastier waves and a storm or two

[edgy saddle]

What about a massive seamonster?

https://tenor.com/view/sea-monster-gif-27707665

[split charm]

Man the harpoons!

[wild forge]

https://tenor.com/view/release-the-kraken-gif-14602611039161448443

[granite oxide]

Actually on Wind. #💬│windrose-chat message

[crystal schooner]

that's gonna be great if will be in windrose 🙂

[candid kettle]

Pet. Prisoner. You decide. ⚖️

[split charm]

Thank you. I thought I was imagining things while sailing, but it is a game mechanic actually 😄

[keen dove]

Sailing is much better here

[ember crag]

Seamonsters ? Please dont make it into horror game . I want to explore and relax while playing . I dont want to be scared 🥺

[wild forge]

Just checked the post, I can see how it could be an issue in SOT, the tides always go the same way across the server and so does the wind. This makes pvp and sailing very strategic and works really well.

[wild forge]

yea I dont know about that, I did sail the small sailing boat. it was pretty boring tbh.

[granite oxide]

on pvp #💬│windrose-chat message

[keen dove]

Wait till you try the Ketch

[wild forge]

Yea thats fine, I dont pvp much, hence why I dont really play SOT anymore. its very toxic. but in saying that it is a sailing pirate game, I think pvp should 100% be an option. but guess we'll find out.

[candid kettle]

I love the feel of the boats. I've been in tons of boats, including crew for sailboat racing. The game captures the essence of how it really feels to be on the water in rough seas which is why I say woo hoo! Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying it's realistic, it's the overall feel of it. 💯

[granite oxide]

Yes it will never be forced. If it is an option it'll most likely be in the form of a toggle. But it'll be something they looked at after Early Access if it will even be a thing.

[keen dove]

PvE is my jam, PvP is frustrating for me. Like I played sea of thieves and was minding my own business alone and trying to sell my treasure and all of a sudden I get attack by 2 other players and they steal all my loot I worked so hard to get

[wild forge]

in the menu isn't there a "high seas" makes me think SOT pvp server

[keen dove]

High Seas is the name of the normal difficulty settings currently

[sonic relic]

so whens the release lmao

[wild forge]

well thats what makes SOT so popular. if it was easy people wouldn't play it

[granite oxide]

Demo will run until Early Access and demo is ruffly only about 5% of what will be in Early Access. Explore able area of Archipelago in demo is only about 2.5% of what will be in Early Access. Early Access will be announced when it is time. See the latest post here #│announcements message from Yar_Master. As far as price and packages, that will most likely follow Early Access Release info.

Also, characters, items and buildings will not transfer to the Early Access, it is part of the demo – different client, different game builds. So enjoy playing the demo for now until that time 🙂

So short answer on Early Access. Early access is Soon to be sometime in 2026 🙂

[keen dove]

Idk how many times you need to repost that 😂

[candid kettle]

Once for every new person

[wild forge]

set up a bot, so when someone asks FAQ it auto replies the answer.

[split charm]

There's already undead sailors and huge angry crabs on the beaches.

[granite oxide]

Probably until early access Launches

[candid kettle]

They will definitely slither up on the beach and wrap tentacles around your base and eat your parrot.

[candid kettle]

You'll have to dance an Irish jig and spin clockwise three times to make it let go.

[wild forge]

@granite oxide Dyno and carl bot and Probot all have auto response moduals

[keen dove]

Then casual difficulty is for you 😀

[wild forge]

not sure what one you guys using

[split charm]

The easiest possible mode, for most chill experience. 🙂

[keen dove]

There is nothing wrong with a super easy difficulty or a 500% difficulty, to each their own

I did normal, hard and 500% difficulties

From those 3 difficulties I think hard might be for me

[noble topaz]

Can somebody tell me the Release date for this game

[keen dove]

Demo will run until Early Access and demo is ruffly only about 5% of what will be in Early Access. Explore able area of Archipelago in demo is only about 2.5% of what will be in Early Access. Early Access will be announced when it is time. See the latest post here #│announcements message from Yar_Master. As far as price and packages, that will most likely follow Early Access Release info.

Also, characters, items and buildings will not transfer to the Early Access, it is part of the demo – different client, different game builds. So enjoy playing the demo for now until that time 🙂

So short answer on Early Access. Early access is Soon to be sometime in 2026 🙂

[keen dove]

There is your answer

[noble topaz]

Thanx

[candid kettle]

And they said there's no parrot here 🤣

[keen dove]

Kra kra! 😂

[loud patio]

Not sure if anyone is a sao fan but it reminds me of the abridged version “just going to keep that tabbed”

[dire osprey]

https://tenor.com/view/the-finals-finals-soon-release-release-date-gif-15780878887841621711

[cinder geyser]

hello will there be a way to manage a ship with your mates in coop? like using cannons or sails ?

[open estuary]

Just finished the demo of Windrose what an amazing intro! I'm really impressed with how it sets the tone for the game. Can’t wait to dive deeper into it. Looking forward to what’s next!

[spiral swallow]

Not in the demo.

[cinder geyser]

thats what i was asking for. if it will be in the EA

[spiral swallow]

That do we not know.

[abstract aspen]

they are working on something for ea so mates have something to do on the ship :)

[cinder geyser]

nice thanks for the info!

[outer aspen]

i swear if i see one more "so called content creator" call a ketch a frigate

https://tenor.com/view/sten-berglund-angry-crowbar-threaten-gif-25101703

to all socalled contetn creators a simple idea of what to call a ship is here

^

[surreal sierra]

Frigyatt

[outer aspen]

cutter and yawl are prettymuch the same thing

[river crater]

nice one, naval action has those ships as well at least most of them. Altough totally different game like this it is pretty niche compare this might be.

[outer aspen]

im sure cutters only have one mast tho

[surreal sierra]

I wanna point out that the Ketch in that image is wrong. Ketch is a rigging type where the foremast is taller than than main/mizzen. That example is just a normal two masted rigging setup.

THIS is a Ketch rigged vessel

[outer aspen]

its a modern ketch very diffrent to the origin

[surreal sierra]

ALSO also, Ship of the Line just means a warship. Could be anything from 60 guns to 100+. Some Third Rate frigates were considered SotL's

[outer aspen]

but yes th masts are wrong in that image

[surreal sierra]

HMS Ardent was a SotL in its day when Adm Nelson was commanding her

[outer aspen]

foremast is taller

arden was a 2nd rate belna class i believe

[surreal sierra]

Ardent had 64 guns which made her a third rate

64-80 Third Rate
80-98 Second Rate
100+ First rate

[spiral swallow]

Looking forward to get my hands on a 100+ cannons First rate ingame

[surreal sierra]

Same. Am gonna fill it up completely with the biggest guns there are and prowl around like a Black Flag Boss fight hehehe

[outer aspen]

belonn and yer i got it wrong i wasnt sure if she was 2nd or 3rd

[spiral swallow]

I want to do what Vance and Flint did in black sails. Blow up the whole town into fires.

[surreal sierra]

Ok that game looks cool

[outer aspen]

its not bad its what i went to after naval action died

[spiral swallow]

What game is it?

[twilit pivot]

whatr game is that

[outer aspen]

slightly arcadey but shs some more realistic mechanics also

[twilit pivot]

wish you can have interactable or named crew. also maybe as DLC some other culture simple ships. especially some smaller ones

[outer aspen]

its Wold of sea battle

a full list of the non premium ships in the game

and the premium and uniques some are fictional ships but most existed

had the wrong image

[raven dagger]

https://tenor.com/view/renévan-densen-i-dont-know-aimless-floating-inflatable-gif-21188463

The sea horse i think

[outer aspen]

heres the uniques

[spiral swallow]

rofl Vasa there. She did sink when they launched here into the sea 😄

[outer aspen]

is that ment to be a victory?

[clear copper]

👀 🤫

[dawn heart]

how?

[outer aspen]

Alpha

[clear copper]

nope 😉

[rapid grove]

https://tenor.com/view/warhammer-imperial-navy-lord-inquisitor-gif-22683244

now thats a ship

[clear copper]

https://tenor.com/view/we-are-borg-star-trek-picard-you-are-pertaining-to-us-we-are-the-cyborgs-we-call-ourselves-borg-gif-16620028895503350549

[river crater]

https://tenor.com/view/hornet-star-citizen-star-citizen-squadron-gif-15165760663718498131

[novel urchin]

hello everyone

[river crater]

hello and welcome @novel urchin

[spiral swallow]

https://tenor.com/view/pirates-of-the-caribbean-gif-16125195676837361501

[novel urchin]

thank you is it true that the demo is just 6 H play time

[spiral swallow]

From pinned here Swabien - Devoted MemberModerator — 3/5/2026 1:30 AMThursday, March 5, 2026 1:30 AM
Demo will run until Early Access and demo is ruffly only about 5% of what will be in Early Access. Explorable area of Archipelago in demo is only about 2.5% of what will be in Early Access. Early Access will be announced in the #news when it is time. See the latest post here ⁠│announcements⁠ from Yar_Master. As far as price and packages, that will most likely follow Early Access Release info.

Also, characters, items and buildings will not transfer to the Early Access, it is part of the demo – different client, different game builds. So enjoy playing the demo for now until that time (edited)Friday, March 6, 2026 8:01 AM

Jump

[outer aspen]

you can play as long as you want but to complete the objectives is 4-6hrs

[novel urchin]

WAIT WHAT ACTUALLY

so the gameplay takes 4-6 hrs to complete but it got inf playtime

[outer aspen]

yep

[novel urchin]

OMG THIS IS THE BEST NEWS

[outer aspen]

and limited progress

its only 5% of the fullgame as indicated by swabian From pinned here Swabien - Devoted MemberModerator — 3/5/2026 1:30 AMThursday, March 5, 2026 1:30 AM
Demo will run until Early Access and demo is ruffly only about 5% of what will be in Early Access. Explorable area of Archipelago in demo is only about 2.5% of what will be in Early Access. Early Access will be announced in the #news when it is time. See the latest post here ⁠│announcements⁠ from Yar_Master. As far as price and packages, that will most likely follow Early Access Release info.

Also, characters, items and buildings will not transfer to the Early Access, it is part of the demo – different client, different game builds. So enjoy playing the demo for now until that time (edited)Friday, March 6, 2026 8:01 AM

[surreal sierra]

Yep. The demo will end the same day Early Access launches. So you can go straight from one to the other

[novel urchin]

OMG I ALLREADY LOVE THIS GAME SO MUCH

BEST PIRATE GAME OUT RIGHT NOW 👍

[surreal sierra]

It’s not even out yet. That’s the best part lol

[outer aspen]

lol best swashbuckling survival game yess best pirate game over all others not yet

but its shaping up to be

[surreal sierra]

Black Flag is a hell of a top contender for ‘best pirate game’ to beat

[torpid scaffold]

I haven’t gone through all the chat. Has anyone seen or confirm release date? I heard this summer to sometime towards December.

[outer aspen]

and it shames alot of the competition

[spiral swallow]

Pinned in here: Swabien - Devoted MemberModerator — 3/5/2026 1:30 AMThursday, March 5, 2026 1:30 AM
Demo will run until Early Access and demo is ruffly only about 5% of what will be in Early Access. Explorable area of Archipelago in demo is only about 2.5% of what will be in Early Access. Early Access will be announced in the #news when it is time. See the latest post here ⁠│announcements⁠ from Yar_Master. As far as price and packages, that will most likely follow Early Access Release info.

Also, characters, items and buildings will not transfer to the Early Access, it is part of the demo – different client, different game builds. So enjoy playing the demo for now until that time (edited)Friday, March 6, 2026 8:01 AM

[torpid scaffold]

Hell, look at skull bones

[surreal sierra]

Early access will be sometime later this year. My ballpark estimate is at least another several months but the best answer is ‘it’ll release when it’s ready’

[river crater]

oof skull and bones.. that game didnt do so well

[novel urchin]

ye i played skull and bones for a bit but it was the worst pirate game i have ever played tbh

[outer aspen]

summer indicates mid year genrally summer of the northern Hemisphere

[abstract aspen]

that's what the full release was supposed to be a while ago. ea will be this year. definitely

[outer aspen]

my gut think may if we be lucky

[spiral swallow]

ea will be before December 32 😉

[torpid scaffold]

Thank you for the info

[river crater]

https://tenor.com/view/tomorrow-annie-youre-ony-a-day-away-gif-13996266

[torpid scaffold]

Same to you thank you for the info

[proper cedar]

Wen Release

[wooden flax]

defo not tomz lol

[spiral swallow]

April 31st

[outer aspen]

it was ment to be more darker and grieterier with a realistic vibe based around realistic naval combat but it got corpse-dragged and changed around that much it became known as the curse of ubisoft lol

[river crater]

true, well we have seen what eventually happend to the big ubisoft.

[surreal sierra]

I know ship cosmetics and styling is a big requested feature and was teased in the most recent trailer. But I will die a happy feller as long as the team stays far away from this type of customisation

[outer aspen]

it was meant to symbolise the end of the pirate days in the carribean and focus on piracy in the indian ocean which all ends arnd 12 hrs into the game

give us some nice flags and optional realistic skins

im sure most will be happy as they gave us the ability to name ships already

[river crater]

makes me think of the carebears in some way @surreal sierra 😛

[surreal sierra]

I’d love the ability to make our own custom flags.

Although I know a LOT of people can’t be trusted with that kind of freedom

looking at the old school MW2 players

[outer aspen]

these imo are the perfect options for customization

[river crater]

i for one, more inclined to have a bit more realistic sails and flags.

[river crater]

looks good though the ship

[spiral swallow]

I would love to have my own logo on the ship

[fervent oracle]

It was a different world back then that many would never survive.

[outer aspen]

heres one of the skins for it sun changed pos so had to change the camera angle

[raven dagger]

I like that goofy sort of cosmetics, not really interested in realistic interpretations of pirate life to a point, I just wanna have fun not re-enact the battle of some naval battle but happy either way they go just hope they at least have colour

[surreal sierra]

I’m fine with a few non historical ship and sail paints. But the rainbow unicorn stuff? Hard nah from me

[latent kindle]

mw2 didnt have was blackops my dude

mw2 had an irish flag that was actually ivory coast flag lol

[raven dagger]

At least its not open world so you wouldn't see stuff you dont like anyway

[surreal sierra]

It’s been so long since I played ANY COD I’m mixing them up my bad

[latent kindle]

I stopped playing after blackops 1 thankfully

I played 7 hrs straight and did all the stuff in the demo with a friend i cant wait til full release

[river crater]

i talked into getting black ops 1. Didnt want to at first but the group said, lets do all this and group up etc.. so i got it.. regretted it for a long time. Anyways after that i didnt got any cod game neither. Same after battlefield 3. i stopped buying in to that

[clear copper]

https://tenor.com/view/welcome-dr-sheldon-cooper-presents-fun-with-flags-the-big-bang-theory-dr-sheldon-cooper's-fun-with-flags-sheldon-lee-cooper-jim-parsons-theoretical-physicist-gif-15220762089869923207

[mental gust]

sup guys

[soft badge]

yea game needs to be based in some sort of reality, not this Concord looking garbage.

[solemn violet]

So whats everyones favorite shanty in the game?

[surreal sierra]

Unfortunately my favourite shanty isn’t in game

[solemn violet]

I feel that but the one I really want would never happen XD

But ingame its a tie between Drunken Sailor and Maggie May

[surreal sierra]

I DO like the new shanties. BUT I’m a softie for the older Crosswind versions. Especially rolling home https://youtu.be/jm9pxw1ydXQ?si=fKTXFw_Jud8I84bg

[solemn violet]

Man I hope once we get bigger ships and and bigger crews it sounds this lively!

[surreal sierra]

Although my favourite shanty is Botany Bay. Especially this version https://youtu.be/9brSQwSVFZE?si=LGesWcNHqqwiOLN7

[ember crag]

Wonder if it would be posible to transfer later your character file and even the world file from the demo version to the full game later on.

[spiral swallow]

you can't

[solemn violet]

Nope been said a few times

Besides only Lv5 😛 wont be that hard I imagine to get back to your characters level

Tho I am curious what the max Lv will be in the full version

Also wish the Shanties would continue when you don't take the helm and just atleast remain on the ship or near it at your base XD

[austere night]

Hello guys, first time here so excuse me if this is not the correct place to ask. Since most of you have played the game longer than me, can someone possibly answer this for me. Just finished the demo with 26.5h of playtime (upgraded all gear I found to max as well as the ketch gear). Decided to sail a bit and on my third Blackbeard transport ship encounter, just as I was about to board it, got a message saying something my ship will be destroyed and it suddenly sunk when it had 90%+ health. Any idea why?

[raven dagger]

Like undead crabs and zombie pukers? Lol

[soft badge]

yea sounds like lore and not rainbow magic

[solemn violet]

You can only venture so far in the demo. Theres a kill box heading towards the bigger islands or further out away from the 3 islands you explore in the demo.

The Kill box spares none, I seen it insta-sink a Blackbeard ship too lol

[austere night]

Ah, dang it...now only option is to try a start over or possibly build a new ship

[spiral swallow]

Go into your wharf and get your ship back from there for 20 wood.

[austere night]

Wish the borders for it were displayed/shown on the map..

[austere night]

Oh, oh? Thank youuuuuu

[spiral swallow]

it is displayed on the map. It's the red lines

[solemn violet]

They kinda are.. the map shows it with more "lines" and a <III> looking thing

[austere night]

Thank you @spiral swallow and @solemn violet for chimming in. I will go back to get my ship and hope to get away from the border before I get autokilled again 😄

Got so excited to board the new ship that the sudden notification surprised me.. and I was at a fullstop, so could not even react on time 😄

[surreal sierra]

Aye the world border isn’t very clear but once you know what to look for on the map it’s pretty straightforward

Also ahoy and welcome aboard!

[austere night]

Awesome game by the way.. Been waiting for so long to play an updated visuals of Sea Dogs

[spiral swallow]

always fun to attack a lvl 4 interceptor at the water and get the warning up 😄

[mental gust]

i just sunk the lvl 4 today for the first time, was easyer then i thought it would be

tho did strugle a bit at the start cause of the waves

[solemn violet]

still trying to find me a LV4 Interceptor got a Lv4 Transport tho

[mental gust]

ah i read it wrong, i havnt sunk a interceptor yet

[solemn violet]

Lol still I know there out there seen one once.

[spiral swallow]

They have a captain cabin

[mental gust]

yeah then i havnt sunk one before i think

[solemn violet]

Only time I saw one was before I got my Ketch up and runnin

[mental gust]

btw any body else missing one discovery or is it just me

[spiral swallow]

crab shell or dodo head

[ember crag]

Depends where it is in that list . Then we can tell you exactly what it is 😉

[mental gust]

its one of the major discoverys

the one all the way on the right

[ember crag]

Let me look. Just a moment to turn on the game :3

[mental gust]

ight

[ember crag]

Damn . Sec before me .

[mental gust]

yup crab shell

[ember crag]

Just chase them and collect. Dont need to attack them

[spiral swallow]

sorry

[mental gust]

ight thx for the help

[ember crag]

Nah you are not sorry 🤣

[spiral swallow]

And no you can't take the Local threat in the demo

[spiral swallow]

https://tenor.com/view/ron-swanson-parks-and-rec-i-regret-nothing-gif-4194396

[ember crag]

Cant wait to explore the other islands. Till then all I can do is to watch 8 months old video of someone else exploring those places, whine and wait till I will be able also able to explore

[scarlet lion]

I LOVE THIS GAMEEEEEEEE

[solemn violet]

Oh no almost out of sweet potatoes! D:

[torpid scaffold]

Are those the crosswind portion of the cosmetics or or is that a different game?

[scarlet lion]

What game is this?

skull and bones?

[proper kayak]

when is release date?

[spiral swallow]

ea in 2026

[proper kayak]

well

ty

[keen dove]

Demo will run until Early Access and demo is ruffly only about 5% of what will be in Early Access. Explore able area of Archipelago in demo is only about 2.5% of what will be in Early Access. Early Access will be announced when it is time. See the latest post here #│announcements message from Yar_Master. As far as price and packages, that will most likely follow Early Access Release info.

Also, characters, items and buildings will not transfer to the Early Access, it is part of the demo – different client, different game builds. So enjoy playing the demo for now until that time 🙂

So short answer on Early Access. Early access is Soon to be sometime in 2026 🙂

[keen dove]

Much better

[proper kayak]

already did demo

[keen dove]

Me too, 6 times

[proper kayak]

seems repetitive like ubisoft a bit

wish mining would be more immersive

[keen dove]

It is If you fight zombies while doing it

[unreal cairn]

damn the games going to be massive then😲 really enjoying the demo atm, i'm new to the channel btw hello 😁

[keen dove]

Welcome

[mental gust]

sup

[proper kayak]

might want to buy it on a discount after full realease

all hail crimson desert is coming out next week

[keen dove]

I won't wait for a discount, if it can be pre-ordered I will do it

[mental gust]

ngl same, i im willing to pay full price to fully seport the dev team, this game is gone be huuuge and it cant be worst that skull and bones

[torn temple]

i cant wait for this to be out

[keen dove]

Never played skull and bones but ships having stamina sucks

[torn temple]

that game iss terriblw do not play it

[mental gust]

oh it gets wrose they showed off the kraken in a trailer and it was huuuge, and they never added it, instead they got a mosasaur rip off

[keen dove]

Lol

[mental gust]

btw never played the game my self, also there are islands in that game but you cant go onto land, you have to sail past them and press a button to collect stuff from the island

[torn temple]

yup one of the worst pirate games i have ever played

[median lily]

Skull and Bones was more a bad rip off of Sid Meiers Pirates and Tempest

[mental gust]

the first AAAA game feels like a early indie pirate game

no shame to indie devs ofc

[keen dove]

Indie Studios are much better than AAAA studios nowadays to be fair

They actually care about the players, the big companies only want money

[mental gust]

yeah, also i feel real bad for sot fans, the devs promised so much and even a kraken rework and they shelfed like 95% of the update

[keen dove]

That's rough

[mental gust]

yeah, also wane see how big the skull and bones kraken was in the trailer

its waaay bigger then you think it is

[lament escarp]

Hey. Random goblin here. Have a lovely day and you are awesome. 🙂 Yes you. You reading this.

[mental gust]

thx

[lament escarp]

yw

[mental gust]

nvm they added it into the game a month ago

and its just a big genaric octopus

[hoary shoal]

i would love to play this game but i have found a bug i cant get off the ship after the first cut scene u have reinstalled the game three time

[split charm]

Is there a way to brew Gunroom grog? I looted some off an Interceptor, but I have never found any Whiskey anywhere.

[spiral swallow]

Not in the demo. Only by looting

[split charm]

I guess same goes for Hard Grog.

[silk robin]

I have crap load of ash to make gunpowder but cant find a way to craft it?

[spiral swallow]

can't craft the gunpowder in the demo. Only by looting camps

[silk robin]

Ah that makes sense

thanks

Can we create our own dedicated server? I just want to host it on my VM so my wife and kids can join anytime without me having to use my PC to host it.

[somber wigeon]

search "headless server" in this discord

[surreal sierra]

Dedicated servers will hopefully launch with Early Access

[silk robin]

that would be great!

[restive walrus]

I played the demo version with my friend today and I found no bugs 😄 We enjoyed it! Thank you devs for the amazing game!

[silk robin]

Same here no issues yet. 🤞

[obtuse hawk]

Glad to hear you enjoyed the demo and welcome to the discord!

[obtuse hawk]

Welcome matey!

[silk robin]

We’re really enjoying the game so far! The creatures have been giving us a run for our life, but in a fun way.... lol... So learning the hard way has been a blast. Great work!

[little wharf]

its keep crushing

[green pine]

Decoration: Cannon and Cannonballs
Misc, Legendary

is this a confirmed item that can be looted in the demo?

[surreal sierra]

Not currently no

[spiral swallow]

not getting any new stuff in the demo then what you have now

[green pine]

kay

was looking at the windrose.tools and saw that one

[little wharf]

Anyone know when it I’ll be released?

[surreal sierra]

Not yet. We know EA will be later this year but nothing confirmed yet

[green pine]

later this year.... Nov/Dec?

[surreal sierra]

We don’t know. My ballpark estimate is at least another several months but the best answer I can give is ‘it’ll release when it’s ready’

[dawn depot]

https://tenor.com/view/yes-gif-16889965604820568774

[raw rover]

Definately broke his back

What a joker

[marsh igloo]

He said the thing

[bright pebble]

Hi guys. Does anyone know how long it takes for palms an trees to regrow?

[thorn osprey]

hello there, anyones knows how to make oil for lamps? wich bench can i use please?

[solemn canyon]

Oil for lamps is made from animal fat from boars I believe

[austere night]

You dont "make" it. You get it from boars and use the bench to refill

Its animal fat 😉

[solemn canyon]

what he said

[thorn osprey]

thanks

[austere night]

Suggest you make two lamps and fill them both for longer mining sessions 🙂

[thorn osprey]

🏴‍☠️ 🙏

[little wharf]

Guys it’s keep crushing whenever I touch the bonfire ?

[solemn canyon]

bug feedback I suppose

[surreal sierra]

It’s a known bug. Make a #1298615153209638942 with your game logs and restart the game. It should fix it

[solemn canyon]

This demo is so profound it killed any ambitions I had remaining in sea of thieves and skull and bones. But now that I have run through it front to back I want to play more but I don't know if there is anything else left to do other than play with the build mechanics, ideas?

[mental gust]

hope all of you are dowing ok

[spiral swallow]

trees don't regrow in the demo

[mental gust]

how rare are crab shell drops, if taken 30 crabs and not a single shell

[spark terrace]

Totally random. I grabbed a bunch of crabs, got nothing, then 2 shells in a row.

[mental gust]

i have enough crab legs to open a redlobster

FINALY I GOT ONE

[brittle tulip]

That is all thats left when you finish the demo, Ive been on the waiting train since the 22nd XD

[wary crane]

that or just going around sinking boats

[solemn canyon]

Train's got a long track to travel I'm thinkin'. I guess it depends on how much the game was revamped since the crosswinds alpha.

[jovial nest]

They apparently do not

[brittle tulip]

Not sure, My hype kinda died down after realizing it was most likely still months away

[solemn canyon]

Time will tell, guess ill just sit on the beach and watch the sunset

[austere night]

Which is also a lovely way to spend some time

[jovial nest]

Add to your wishlist, get EA when it's out and you get the notification... we've all gazillion games to play that we've already purchased while we wait 🙂

[brittle tulip]

Wish listing sucks, I didnt get an email that the demo was out until 3 days after it released.

[jovial nest]

@brittle tulip if alternative is to get NO notification what so ever and completely miss the release... I know what I'd pick 🙂

[brittle tulip]

but yeah, I mean ive moved onto other games of course, Not gona wait around for a game thats months away, Would be silly 😛

[brittle tulip]

I have the announcements channel here set to ping on my own discord 🙂 much better than wish listing imo

I mean I still have it wish listed but, ill get the announcement faster is all im saying :D, Dead excited for the game to release in EA. I just dont think we're seeing it until summer time

[safe crow]

Wishing all you bucaneers a jolly good weekend.

[solemn canyon]

Is it coming on EA's platform first or is it coming on Steam as well?

[spiral swallow]

ea is early access. Not the company

[clear copper]

https://tenor.com/view/homero-simpson-out-d-oh-gif-15451551

[solemn canyon]

Whew! that had me concerned I was madly and frantically looking at the steam page for developers thinking EA bought it up cursing at my monitor as EA screws up another title for us.

[plucky panther]

As much as I understand Early Access has its purpose and I will still play and purchase this game when available for EA, but I am tired of these early access games.

[ancient charm]

EA delivers a better game to the playerbase because the community gets to give input throughout the dev process. unless you want them to just make the game and one day everyone finds out a new game is released.

only other method is 3 year development process, and they allow beta testers the whole time.

[solemn canyon]

I don't mind early access, some have taken too long to come out to 1.0 ie. Satisfactory, Valheim. But quite frankly I have more hours into both of those games than everything else combined. So in my opinion the model works great for me.

[ancient charm]

EA is also beneficial for indie devs, big studios can make 3 versions of a game, and then choose which versions and mechanics the players want. lots of wasted time and effort and money. small studios can't do this.

[plucky panther]

I get that. I do... but sometimes it is nice to have a game released. We have the technology to update the game after release... though I can understand No Man's Sky had a bumpy road and now it is an amazing game, many years after launch. Again I don't disagree agree with EA.

I guess I am tired of how long games can be in EA before officially being put into 1.0.

[plucky panther]

This.. I agree with this. Tooooooo long in EA might just be my real issue. I hope Wildrose isn't a 10 year EA game.

[vernal tangle]

Would LOVE Animal husbandry and farming aspects! That's literally the ONE thing that I love that's missing on this game! 😄

I agree it's nice to have a game where you can focus on the exploring and quests and such. I'm supposing if there is pvp it can be limited to servers or perhaps even areas of the map where there is pvp, so those who do not prefer to join in pvp have freedom to have chill play

I must say... I LOVE the way you have build options with various size and shape options... I can see myself getting crazy with builds in this!! 😄

I agree with ships remaining looking like real ships without all the crazy bright modifications. Flag mods or even sail mods to an extent, yes... but it would just be weird and not that authentic to play a pirate game with rainbows and unicorns sailing around on the high seas...

[jovial nest]

why is it tiring? the game's not going to be feature ready (if that's what 1.0 means) any faster regardless if early access or straight to release... no?

[earnest sparrow]

when release this game?

[jovial nest]

early access is going be (hopefully) this year. that's all we know.

[river crater]

but when this year is the question

[plucky panther]

Lightyear Frontier, pal world, jump space, craftopia, Valheim, Grounded 2, and more. These are good games, and are all in EA status. Valheim should be out by now. Satisfactory was in EA for, I believe, 7 years.

It is unfinished and has updates. Granted a lot of things changed for the better. Just idk... would like a fully released game

[spiral swallow]

before December 31

[jovial nest]

But getting out of the EA doesn't make the game any more "ready"? I mean if the game's not done yet, if the bugs haven't been solved, if contents is still missing... going out of EA status won't change that at all?

Game development needs money and time... you can't make that go any faster early access or not...

In my view, Valheim would take as much if not more time without Early Access... same with SAtisfactory etc... game developement takes the time it takes.

[vernal tangle]

Hmm... I just logged on and my doors of my little house are broken down?

lol! Never mind... when I just logged back in they were normal again

[jovial nest]

you've found a bug... maybe report that and perhaps give the devs your save games witht he report?

@vernal tangle broken down meaning they've been destroyed?

[vernal tangle]

Like it looked like something had tried to break in... top half was almost all the way destroyed... but it's normal now

[keen dove]

Demo will run until Early Access and demo is ruffly only about 5% of what will be in Early Access. Explore able area of Archipelago in demo is only about 2.5% of what will be in Early Access. Early Access will be announced when it is time. See the latest post here #│announcements message from Yar_Master. As far as price and packages, that will most likely follow Early Access Release info.

Also, characters, items and buildings will not transfer to the Early Access, it is part of the demo – different client, different game builds. So enjoy playing the demo for now until that time 🙂

So short answer on Early Access. Early access is Soon to be sometime in 2026 🙂

[river crater]

sad times, i have to wait.

[near zodiac]

It's more complicated than that. Live service games often launch with fraction of the content compared to what it has by the end of service or many years of it. 1 massive example of that would be WoW.

And it's not considered early access, a full release but more content keeps coming.

[keen dove]

At least we have the demo that we can spend a lot of time experimenting with different builds and weapon types

[near zodiac]

Ideally, full release is meant to happen when an early access game has all of the core features and content what was planned for the game, but still might keep getting extra content afterwards

[river crater]

We do, but i dont want to be burned out on the game before it releases. So i wait rather than play something good but still incomplete

[keen dove]

True

[near zodiac]

^ Same. Respect to people who are extensively testing the game for feed back. I only played a few hours to get a better idea if I'm going to like the game or not and then have a proper first time experience on early access release

[keen dove]

Yeah different people try the demo in different ways and some shorter some longer

I tried a full slash damage build omg I was melting everything

[plucky panther]

I'm on the same frame of mind. It is a great game but with a Demo and the limits on the demo I don't want to feel burned out on the same things, with no further progression, and so on

[river crater]

i think i put in around 30 hours in the demo. for me a compliment to the makers of this game/demo. I didnt even put in 15 hours in an full release like starfield

[near zodiac]

https://tenor.com/view/ponke-ponkesol-monke-monkey-burn-gif-1919998833619020205

[plucky panther]

Starfield is, unfortunately, a crap game.

[keen dove]

Respect, I put in 40 hours so far and wanna do more

[vernal tangle]

Question... does the mine on the first island respawn with drowned?

[near zodiac]

I for sure would like to do more... but I have patience. I'm certain I'd enjoy the game more if I don't play the demo too much before early access.

[keen dove]

The mine on the first island is drowned free

[vernal tangle]

Even when it respawns? Nice!

[river crater]

i also do want to do more. But i rather wait till we have more content. again i think most love the demo for what it is. Also if any feedback is, what can you give the people to do when the main story or game is done? Is there something like a generated missions you can do or anything to keep people busy till the next expansion

[near zodiac]

I'd imagine exploration would keep people busy for a good while, considering how large the world sounds like it's going to be

[jovial nest]

I went to my backlog and found "Rise To Ruins"... it's fun little game 🙂

[spiral swallow]

no expansion. Next is ea

[keen dove]

Yeap

[plucky panther]

Will this games EA release before Halo:Campaign Evolved or The Expanse: Osiris Reborn Beta? Haha

[river crater]

@spiral swallow its like after the full release. long term plans

[keen dove]

Before gta6 most likely 😂

[near zodiac]

Would be hilarious if HL3 suddenly came out of nowhere and release before GTA6

[river crater]

well i passed up on GTA5 so i guess ill be passing up on GTA6 as well.

[keen dove]

Gta san Andreas was peak for me

[near zodiac]

same

[jovial nest]

@river crater last I played was GTA San Andreas... I don't feel I've missed on anything really... Vice City could be fun though 🙂

[plucky panther]

Same

[river crater]

For some odd reason i was just not the target audience

but hey alot if people loved the game. So i think its a good game overall even it was not for me.

[near zodiac]

just an opinion, but I think GTA also started suffering from what I'd call maintstream syndrome. Dumb down mechanics, make it look impressive but lacking... not saying later GTA games are bad but just not for me

[jovial nest]

I would like to see GTA-game where I'm Yakuza of some sort... they've done all other ethnicities at this point alreadyI think... 😉

[keen dove]

I want a galleon

[spiral swallow]

1st rate is the biggest one we will get

[river crater]

i wonder how the real next step up from the GTA would look like. I mean it does not need to be an GTA6 or 7 game. just think of a game that have more to do than driving around and shoot

[mental gust]

ngl i hope we get some cursed ships that we can battle

[keen dove]

A frigate man

[keen dove]

Gimme ship boss battles omg

[mental gust]

a ship thats commaned by drowned and thats on the back of a giant reaniamted whale

[keen dove]

You got some imagination there

[mental gust]

perk of my autism

[keen dove]

Autism op

[mental gust]

also i kinda hope we get some flying enemys as well

[keen dove]

I wonder how they would implement that

[mental gust]

well for caves and night you can have bats

there is one creature that comes to mind that could be used for a sea encounter but its not in the region at all, itsa cryptid from africa called the rok, a bird so big it can grab rhinos and elepahnts with one of its claws alone

[gentle flax]

Is Level 5 the current max level in the Demo

[mental gust]

yes

also dont forget to upgrade your gear and your ships weapons

i hope that they add diving into the game as well so you can explore ship wrecks under water ruins

[shadow sigil]

Sup guys, just watched Cpt Falcore’s video on the game. Take my money already I’m hooked

[jovial nest]

You'll be able to give it sometime during this year, play the demo... 😄

[gleaming ferry]

Is there a roadmap to this game ?

[surreal sierra]

Not currently

[gleaming ferry]

just found Faq about that

[surreal sierra]

There used to be one for Crosswind in the press kit but that was overhauled for Windrose and the roadmap was no longer valid

[mental gust]

all i hope for is a fun pirate game that isnt full of micro transactions

[alpine sun]

How do I complete this task?

[mental gust]

can you translate it to english

[mental gust]

ah ok

go to the building menu and its where the crafting stuff is, then place it down so you can add stuff to your boat

[alpine sun]

the shipyard is not added to the boat

[white locust]

The wharf is a different building

Then use the wharf to add the cannons etc

[alpine sun]

thank you very much

[mental gust]

soooo i think i found a real obscure sea monster that would be in tresting to see in the game. the pontarof, its a giant mantaray but with a human face and big ears

[long tangle]

do we have a date yet

[mental gust]

not yet

[surreal sierra]

No date yet. Devs are cooking rn

https://tenor.com/view/sunnyfication-gif-20299408

[gentle flax]

This aperitif is delicious, so yeah they cookin

[gentle flax]

Nightmare fuel

[vague cave]

how do i know if im done the demo? the doctor came and i crash everytime i click my bonfire

[gentle flax]

It will give a popup letting you know you finished the Demo but you can continue playing afterward

[surreal sierra]

Bonfire crashing is a known problem. Drop your game logs in #1298615153209638942 . Relaunching your game usually fixes it for most people

[vague cave]

so how come ppl i see are able to hav ships and everything

[mental gust]

oh its worse, theres also a cryptid called the lusca, its a shark but with tenticals like a octopus, yes thats where the movie sharktopus was based on

[gentle flax]

Because that is part of the demo. You havent reached the end.

[vague cave]

hmm thanks how do i progress after mining out the whole cave and getting copper gear i feel like im just stuck on the island and theres no challanges left

[gentle flax]

Did you talk to the Doctor? He gives you the next quest.

[vague cave]

i had two bonfires and he came to one but it was the wrong one... i broke that one and now hes never come back XD

[gentle flax]

RIP

[white locust]

interact with the new bonfire to resettle him

[vague cave]

haha ive been trying and my game crashes lol thanks ill keep doing it ❤️

[gentle flax]

Try restarting your game if you are experiencing crashes when interacting with the bonfire. If that doesn't work submit a report in #1298615153209638942

[white locust]

It will lock up for a sec, just give it time, its a known bug

[vague cave]

thanks!

[solemn canyon]

Is there a free build mode in the demo?

[abstract aspen]

sadly not

[solemn canyon]

off to get more stone then

[mental gust]

id recomend gowing to a mine so you can get both stone and copper

[solemn canyon]

Discovered it's more efficient to roam the island looking for rock nodes and picking up rocks along the way than mining, it's just a daunting task when your building a pyramid that would make Khufu cry.

[mental gust]

fair

[cyan veldt]

https://tenor.com/view/dance-techno-bird-dancing-bird-gif-17201163

[mental gust]

ngl i hope we can get pets in the game, would love my self a cool lizard like pet

[cyan veldt]

Pretty sure they said there will be

[cyan pendant]

in the dev menu there's a couple boar whistles and a croc whistle. unfortunately they don't work right now

also in the dev menu there's farming. the trees and bushes disappear for some reason but the stuff planted in the furtile soil stay

[surreal sierra]

I’m curious to see how big of a pyramid someone could make.

Make Giza look like a Lego set

[timid crescent]

Do we know what the height limit is in Windrose?

[surreal sierra]

Yes.

You must be THIS tall to ride the boat:
👉

.

[timid crescent]

The build height limit...

I'm pretty sure somebody reached it

[surreal sierra]

Jokes aside not entirely sure. The build height is kinda dependant on where you build from. I found that building a tower on lower ground can only go a certain amount of pillars tall. BUT building the same amount of pillars in higher ground is doable

That’s at least in my experience

[cyan veldt]

Once started building one on ARK, but had to take it down as it was lagging like crazy 😂

Good Idea how big the base was

[cyan pendant]

hold on, i'll count how many staris it took to reach building limit

my little 4x4 tower is 46 stairs tall, roughly

[nova tangle]

Is 20 stamina a lot? Tyrna figure out if that talent is worth taking

[alpine sun]

How to use cannons on a ship?

[white locust]

hold right click to aim, left click to shoot

[cyan pendant]

are they equipped?

[timid crescent]

Makes sense, I think that's common in UE games, the height being relative to whatever you start at

[whole shoal]

Is Feb 17, 2026 still the release date for Windrose?

[cyan pendant]

ah, i slapped all 3 into that talent for 50 stamina.

[white locust]

for the demo, yes

[nova tangle]

??

[nova tangle]

Is that like a full bar?

[scarlet lion]

What happens if you die when boarding?

[cyan pendant]

mmm, i have 299 stamina total and 5 bars, idk if i gained any or if it just makes it deplete slower

[cyan pendant]

ship destroyed, loot on ship dropped

[scarlet lion]

how do i fix ship?

[cyan pendant]

wharf, 20 wood

[scarlet lion]

I have a warf and 20 wood in my pocket i cant do it.

[cyan pendant]

let me go sink one of my ships

[scarlet lion]

nvm i dont have a bonfire close enough

[cyan pendant]

oh, lol

[granite oxide]

It is nice once you upgrade it yes

Good Afternoon Windrose 🙂

[whole shoal]

Why is the release date set for the demo? When does the game release?

[white locust]

That's on the steam demo store page, check the actual store page. It says "coming soon"

[drowsy crag]

Hey guys,probably this is answered 100 times by now, With the normal release will will be able to continue our game from where demo stoped or we will need to make a new game?

[granite oxide]

Demo will run until Early Access and demo is ruffly only about 5% of what will be in Early Access. Explore able area of Archipelago in demo is only about 2.5% of what will be in Early Access. Early Access will be announced when it is time. See the latest post here #│announcements message from Yar_Master. As far as price and packages, that will most likely follow Early Access Release info.

Also, characters, items and buildings will not transfer to the Early Access, it is part of the demo – different client, different game builds. So enjoy playing the demo for now until that time 🙂

So short answer on Early Access. Early access is Soon to be sometime in 2026 🙂

[granite oxide]

see above

[mental gust]

sup swabien hru dowing

[drowsy crag]

cool,thank you! I dont wont to put more hours since they wont transfer.

[granite oxide]

Getting ready to run some errands - prepping to hopefully have my roof done next week - getting ready to install solar panels 🙂

[granite oxide]

Think of it as anything else - something entertaining to do in the mean time. 🙂

[drowsy crag]

Playing some world of seas battle atm.

[olive canyon]

this is lowkey sick for thinking out potential character builds: https://windrose.tools/talents

[granite oxide]

very cool

[olive canyon]

I was about to hop in game to see what all "Talents" we could get descriptions for, but this not only has them but lets you kinda plan out your progression if you've got a playstyle in mind

[nova tangle]

A bit sad to learn I can't man the cannons on a friends ship :(

[granite oxide]

your character can only go up to level 5 so at the moment you can't put many points in the demo. Like this example here is maxed out for demo.

[granite oxide]

It is confirmed that for those that like to sail on one ship together, There will be Advanced Options in Early Access. As to what that will be – will just have to wait until Early Access. 😉

[olive canyon]

yeah - which is a shame, since it means you cant access that outer ring at all yet
more stuff to look forward to in EA tho 😅

[granite oxide]

Yeah the Dev's said they were reached out to awhile back for making that. Cool to see it ready. Thanks for sharing.

[sinful aspen]

is it confirmed our max level is 50 and we get 50 talent points??

[granite oxide]

I know which way I'm going lol

[granite oxide]

Official confirmation of level hasn't been posted. Not sure what they have changed since last Alpha. Will have to wait and see as this is a system we did not have in last Alpha.

[regal sparrow]

Everythings fine guys no ships attacking.

[sinful aspen]

That's my current plan 😉

[olive canyon]

Honestly, that quadrant has some sauce to it
Likely gonna pick up quite a few Talents there, and then a couple others like the one handed dmg increase and maybe the dueling trait too

[novel urchin]

is there going to be more content added to the demo ?

[olive canyon]

added to the Demo, no, not as far as we know

next content release will be the Early Access version

[novel urchin]

oh alr

[vernal tangle]

what's the best way to level up?

[sinful aspen]

quests

[tawny narwhal]

is it just me or does the club not parry? i can perfect block with the saber or rapier but the club doesn't seem to get that benefit. is it a hidden stat? is the timing different?

[sinful aspen]

pretty sure str weapons cannot parry

[tawny narwhal]

why? of all the weapons, i have to dance and dodge with the bruiser weapons, wild. i would expect that more fo the dainty rapier

[sinful aspen]

clubbing them harder then? 🙂

[mental gust]

ngl i like the str weapons, plus the rage effect is real handy

[sinful aspen]

its good that we have different weapons mechanics in the game

[mental gust]

yeah makes the game feel more alive, plus it lets you and your friends use different tactics, like one keeps them bussy with perrys while the one with the str weapon to heavy attack them

[sinful aspen]

or shooting them into staggering them

[mental gust]

my only problem with that is getting the gunpowder

ik what i need to make it but you cant get the thing thats needed for it

[tawny narwhal]

i think its good, but i dont agree that my play style is dancing when i am playing a bruiser weapon, i would rather dancer with the rapier, especially since pierce works for both gun and rapier, now you are making the stat double up work in those weapons favor

[sinful aspen]

making new worlds and hopping around new pirate camps to farm them for gunpowders

[mental gust]

ik you need ash and sulfur but you cant mine the sulfur cause there is no iron and you need a iron pickaxe for it

[sinful aspen]

use your ship's cannon to blow up sulfur veins 🙂

[tawny narwhal]

i also get if they dont want me to have super poise dmg with my swings and a parry but i would prefer a half parry method, wherein i would not do poise dmg with a parry with a strength weapon but i would keep my own poise still

let me stay close

[mental gust]

only problem is i need to find one thats near the shore and in the reach of my cannons

[sinful aspen]

That's what I did with sulfur veins 🙂

[mental gust]

which island is that

[sinful aspen]

We cannot make gunpowders so I'm not concerned about sulfur, iron tools, and etc in demo. I was doing it for fun

[mental gust]

ah

but still weird that we have guns and ammo but no way to make gunpowder, always bugs me when games have that

[sinful aspen]

I adapted and still carrying a pistol, and 3x muskets with me

[white locust]

its just not in the demo, it unlocks a bit later in the game

[thorny pawn]

This is just me guessing/picking a random numbers so people can pretty much put in as many points as they want - but it is currently 1 point per level in the demo 😄

[fickle viper]

How can i setup tha weapons in ship ⛴️ ?

[white locust]

Build this

manage it from the wharf

[fickle viper]

Thanks but i have a question 🙋🏼‍♂️

[red turtle]

The game freezes every time I play. Is there a solution?

[fickle viper]

Every time i played game after 15 m have a crash game ? What can i do for tha problem !

[sinful aspen]

Try https://discord.com/channels/1260209458924224542/1298615357937942559

[alpine rover]

Can you recover your ship if it is destroyed - I looked on here but couldn't find an answer.

[white locust]

20 wood at the wharf

[sinful aspen]

Look into your wharf and get your ship back for 20 wood fees

[alpine rover]

Awesome - thanks!!!

[novel urchin]

guys it would be really cool if when in early realese there was like multiplayer lobbys up to like 50 players or some thing like that and you can do everything that you can do in pve lobbys but in pvp with over 50 players

[sinful aspen]

Play Sea of Thieves if you want PvP

[novel urchin]

dude what ?

i mean like servers not the main game. So like people can join pvp open world multiplayer servers

[white locust]

#💬│windrose-chat message

[novel urchin]

oh man

[solemn canyon]

Large Pier pieces are a heart attack waiting to happen every time I have to place one of them I feel a vein pop in my eye trying to get them to snap

[novel urchin]

is it like to hard to make multiplayer servers is that why there wont be any ?

[somber wigeon]

there will be servers, wym?

[white locust]

There will be dedicated servers sometime during EA, afaik there wont be any hosted by them.

[nova tangle]

Just finished the tutorial this game is gas 🔥

[white locust]

you can coop now up to 4 people

[novel urchin]

ok so there will still be like multiplayer servers/lobbys that everyone can join

[white locust]

you host your own servers

[novel urchin]

OOOHHH alr and up to 4 max players right ?

[somber wigeon]

yes, dedicated servers hosted by people. more than 4 people

[white locust]

4 players for now, but that may increase in EA

[novel urchin]

oh alr now i know

[vernal tangle]

Okay, where do I go to fix the ship and figure out how much of what i need for it??

I've done everything else and can't figure it out

[white locust]

have you checked the other islands?

[novel urchin]

tho in my opinion they should increase the max amount of players and make a server setting for PVP or PVE in that server. When its in EA

[vernal tangle]

Yes, I've done everything on all three islands

[white locust]

There is a shipwreck on one of the islands that you interact with after freeing the crew

[vernal tangle]

I know... and I've freed everyone...

[white locust]

then interact with the shipwreck to repair it

[novel urchin]

guys how many diffrent kinds of boats will there be in EA ?

[granite oxide]

Did you go back and talk to the Doc after freeing everyone

[sinful aspen]

No words on that one yet iirc

[novel urchin]

oh alr

[granite oxide]

A number of different ships yes, as to how many, will have to wait until Early Access.

Demo will run until Early Access and demo is ruffly only about 5% of what will be in Early Access. Explore able area of Archipelago in demo is only about 2.5% of what will be in Early Access. Early Access will be announced when it is time. See the latest post here #│announcements message from Yar_Master. As far as price and packages, that will most likely follow Early Access Release info.

Also, characters, items and buildings will not transfer to the Early Access, it is part of the demo – different client, different game builds. So enjoy playing the demo for now until that time 🙂

So short answer on Early Access. Early access is Soon to be sometime in 2026 🙂

It is confirmed that for those that like to sail on one ship together, There will be Advanced Options in Early Access. As to what that will be – will just have to wait until Early Access.

They stress tested 20 internally and the mod group tested a smaller number, so numbers are possible. But we currently do not have dedicated servers and it needed a bit more optimization and polish. So for the demo it was kept to 4. What those numbers will be on Early Access we and the Dev's have no idea at this point. So will just have to wait and see.

[novel urchin]

uhm guys when i go into my discovery there is this thing called the local threat how do i know what that is cuz i dont have it unlocked ?

[vernal tangle]

That was it. lol

[granite oxide]

that is the first boss, not in the demo.

[novel urchin]

oh alr

[granite oxide]

Multiple bosses are already in the game, fun to fight 🙂

[novel urchin]

wait bosses in the demo or main game ?

[granite oxide]

Early access will have them

Not in the demo

[novel urchin]

oh ok ye i did see soem in the trailer

i have a question. So if me and my friend take 1 big boat each and make 1 blackbeard transport low. Could we board it from both sides at the same time ?

[sinful aspen]

yes you can but you have to time it correctly

[granite oxide]

What he's saying is if you both grab same time yes, if one already has it in boarding then the other cannot

[novel urchin]

oh alr so that means both of our pirate crew can jump on at the same time LOL blackbeard is going to get olibirated

[sinful aspen]

I am hoping they'd take a look at the co-boarding and make it more generous as I kept missing some boarding rewards

[granite oxide]

not sure if I'm remembering right but may be something on that in feedback.

[white locust]

#💬│windrose-chat message

[sinful aspen]

Yes, there were a couple of feebacks on co-boarding in feedback channel

[granite oxide]

Everyone be sure to go through the #1476333974740664543 and vote for the different builds you like. Some amazing work in there from the community.

[raven dagger]

Whatever helps lol

[quiet minnow]

Do mods get access to EA early? It sounds by the way you talk you have already played a build of it

[raven dagger]

Think they just talk to devs

[granite oxide]

All the mods and many on the server already played in a larger portion that had 13 islands, bosses, all the various tiers of gear, etc. Tortuga back in summer of 2025.

[quiet minnow]

Ahh

That makes sense

[granite oxide]

It felt like a complete game there fishing, farming, disassembly bench, etc was all in there.

[raven dagger]

I did but wasn't summer 😏

[granite oxide]

We also had full building sets that in demo there isn't even a complete set.

[quiet minnow]

Right ok thanks for letting me know

Late to the train I guess 🙁

[granite oxide]

More islands, biomes, gear, weapons, ships, content and building pieces have been added since then and yes we also get to talk and discuss things with dev's from time to time to make sure we all on same page.