Tips to get to pirate legend faster

@jack-smokeybear ahh you have hit the 40's, and the grind is very real. Stick it out matie, it will be worth it, there is noe fast way, except the Bilge Rat Way

There's a ton of different ways to play the game. There's also a ton of variables that affect how fast you gain reputation/levels, most of which you control (but many that you don't control). I think the fastest way you could possibly level up (no prod1gyx) would be to have an entire alliance fleet of experienced/highly efficient players grinding level 50/Athena voyages and taking forts when up. There's tons of things you can learn to be more efficient but usually that comes from experience or from other players. You probably won't often play under these perfect conditions though so rate of progression can vary greatly. Certainly you will get there faster if you play better, especially if you win in every PvP situation.

With that said, you don't have to race to the end. You can be really good at this game and not level up quickly because you just choose to play differently and that's fine. There are some perks to reaching pirate legend, but they are only some cosmetics.

The absolute fastest way to reach pirate legend would have to be joining a full server fleet all doing Athena voyages.
Those are of course pretty hard to come by (Try hanging around in the discord server and waiting for someone to advertise a spot if you do want to find one).

If that's not your style, then maybe try getting a group of 4 together and hop from server to server to find Skeleton Forts. If you can find them and clear them quickly then they can end up out pacing regular voyages for XP pretty well.
You might end up with a slightly higher Gold Hoarders and Order of Souls level then Merchant Alliance doing this, but if you get lucky with exotic spice spawns, it wont be too big a difference.

As for using dubloons for levels, I'd personally say try to save them for the last few levels. It'll always a longer grind from level to level when you reach the higher numbers, so it makes sense to use them right at the end to skip the biggest xp requirements.

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Look, you want to get there fast/faster thats your choice. some people here have great points about enjoying the journey and puppys dont f**t but you want it you gotta realise that Time Is Money and Money is EXP.

I have 2 Pirates, my main is Athena 10 and my 2nd is Pirate Legend Athena 6...

You know that 20min you spend supplying the boat before setting sail... don't do that. supply on the sea by shooting off at passing islands.

Stack, dont waste time selling between voyages.

Know the map, dont waste time looking for islands and the best course to take.

Those 3 alone just saved an hour.

Avoid PVP, yeah its fun and all that jazz but its low profit and very time consuming but make sure you know how to end a fight fast, getting sunk is a step beckwards.

But sometimes PVP is inevitable, like at..

Forts... yeah forts, always a mixed bag there right? well, get in 1st, dont mess around. either slash the door, use the barrels, fire the cannons... whatever works for you at the time but smash that fort.

Playing with higher lvl players helps too.

Why rush it, matey? There isn't much special about being Legend at the moment. You get the lovely outfit and access to Athena's Fortune of course, but currently that's all the game has to offer.

Use your doubloons for the cosmetics, because those are time limited and will (hopefully) never become available after the corresponding event ends.

If you ask me, simply do voyages or go for skull forts. But don't go at it alone. The game is the most fun with a couple of buddies by your side.

@admiral-rrrsole Couldn't agree more.

@jack-smokeybear said in Tips to get to pirate legend faster:

Becoming legend is a goal for me but I haven’t grinded it out these last 6 months. I play the game in my spare time for a couple of hours every other day during the week and up to 6-8 hours over the weekend. I play with randoms mostly but have made a few dedicated friends online doing this. Halt the time I goof around doing random stuff or annoying other players like playing rick asley over my speaking trumpet which usually ends up with me being chased with a barrage of abuse telling me to shut up lol

ignoring anything anyone else has said, the biggest and best tip i can give you as a person that did not "cheese", exploit, ally, or use commendations to reach legend and then athena's 10... is SMALL ISLANDS

if you can get a small island to give you chests, even 1 chest...it is worth it.

if you can get OoS captains on a small island, totally worth it.

the only time small islands is not critical to leveling quickly is with merchant... as they are often devoid of life. for that, try to stick in the west and use crescent isle, mermaids hideaway, and sailors bounty. as you pass the small islands in between those, look for animals as you go by...but dont stop to check.

@biter-wylie said in Tips to get to pirate legend faster:

Save your Dabloons! Dont use them on cosmetics unless you plan to use/wear them most of the time.

In my opinion, the time-limited cosmetics are the only things worth spending doubloons on. Everything else in the game can be achieved over the course of time. The cosmetics don't really cost that much, anyway. If you complete most of the events you should still have hundreds of doubloons left over. You can still use what's left to grab those last few levels, if you desire.

My Advise dont rush becoming pirate legend unless ur addicted to it it becomes boring theres no other titles to be earned doing athena (even at level ten) (for the amount of time it takes ) enjoy the game dont rush beco.ing PL

@jack-smokeybear

1)Go to the devils roar and do your voyages, aside from merchant go do forts for that

2)If you have no use for cosmetics (like I did) spend dubloons on skipping levels.

3. Find a PL to befriend and do athenas in the roar, do ghost ships, meg etc. along the way and by time you finish to turn in you should get a level and a half on whatever you're doing.

4. Like some other have said, rushing to PL isn't going to give you much but Athenas to do which are just longer voyages that only give you 1 item you actually need

I recommend cycling through your voyages till you find the ones that are on small islands and relatively quick to do. Keeps the risk small and payout huge and quick. Skullfort cycling is alright but you run the risk of being attacked by someone and taking up your time (not that it's no fun, just when you spend an extra hour on a skullfort because someone is harassing you then it's not worth your time). Stay away from doing Athena's as you want to save them for when you're actually a PL. I got to PL primarily on solo and found that alot of people who got to rank 10 before they were even PL were disenchanted by the fact that they have to complete a bunch of PL commendat hiions to be a true pirate legend. Trust me on that one. I'm happy I waited as all my Athena's play straight towards my commendations (especially the Athena mileage one). Any ways here's an example:
Gold Hoarders - you and your crew buy as many Gold Hoarders as you can and start dropping them. You want at least two small(we) islands with 2-3 chests per island. They have to be reasonably close. Once you get that then sail away! As soon as you got those chests done start dropping more voyages (stop at outposts along the way to buy more) and keep cycling. On solo I've managed to get about 13 chests in 1.5 hrs along with some stuff I found along the way. If you got a crew it'll go even faster. Stop at an outpost whenever you can but if you aren't near one then keep cycling through those voyages! This really helps with OOS. As for merchant well... The skullfort is your best bet. Hope this helps!