Stars: ★ finish · ★★ keep half your hull · ★★★ also beat the par time.
Pick how you sail together, then create a room, quick-join one, or type a friend's code.
Sail with the wind. The arrow at the top shows where the wind blows. Ships go fastest with the wind behind or beside them, and slowly into it. Push the L-stick up to raise sails and down to lower them (lower them to stop). Steer with the L-stick left and right. The R-stick turns the camera.
Broadsides! Cannons point out of the sides. Turn side-on to a rival and fire left with L1 or right with R1 (✕ fires the side that faces the nearest enemy). Sunk crews swim off waving, and leave a floating chest: sail over it.
Treasure. Slow down near an island and press ○ to land. Walk with the L-stick, follow the map in the corner to the red X and press ✕ to dig. Then ○ takes you back to the ship.
Sail with the wind. The arrow at the top shows where the wind blows. Ships go fastest with the wind behind or beside them, and slowly into it. Raise sails with W / ▲, lower them with S / ▼ (lower them to stop). Steer with A D or the stick.
Broadsides! Cannons point out of the sides. Turn side-on to a rival and fire left with Q or right with E (Space fires the side that faces the nearest enemy). Sunk crews swim off waving, and leave a floating chest: sail over it.
Treasure. Slow down near an island and press Land (L). Walk with WASD or the stick, follow the map in the corner to the red X and press Dig (Space). Then Back to ship.
Forts and the kraken. Forts shoot back: keep moving. The kraken's tentacles rise where bubbles appear: steer away, shoot the tentacles, then hit its head while it is dazed.
Ghosts and the navy. Ghost ships fade away now and then and your cannonballs pass straight through: wait until they glow again. Davy Bones, the ghost captain, vanishes and pops up right beside you, so keep your guns loaded. In Free Sail every 4 ships you sink raise your 🚨 wanted stars, and navy frigates come hunting.
Bottles. Sail over a floating bottle 🍾 for a treasure map: a bonus X appears on an island. Land and dig it up for 80 coins.
Ships and powers. The shipwright sells a fast Schooner and a tough Frigate, plus the Big Mortar (a huge shell at the nearest enemy) and the Iron Ram (charge into ships).
Powers from the shop go on △. Pause with START. Online: Fleet gives everyone a ship; One crew splits the helm, sails and cannons between friends.
Powers from the shop go on F / ⚡. Pause with Esc. Online: Fleet gives everyone a ship; One crew splits the helm, sails and cannons between friends.