Patch B13.1

Thank you for your feedback and patience. The first season of "Archipelago States" will be experimental—a testing period where new content will be added or adjusted rapidly. By Season Two, the mechanics will become more polished. We rely on your participation for testing, as we need hundreds and thousands of players to refine the systems.

Change Log:

GUILD EXCLUSIONS
Military faction guilds with fewer than 15 members will be automatically excluded from their faction and transferred to the Trade faction.

PVP / PVE CHANGES
- Removed loot penalty for Peaceful Flags but added bonuses for Decoy, Black, and - - Faction Flags. Legendary Flags now provide a 30% bonus.
- Flag bonuses will affect forts and resource mining.
- Shipbuilding penalties replaced with bonuses when crafting in ports of your faction.
- Restored higher-rank shipbuilding in neutral coves. Rank changes:
El Tigre: Rank 3
Devios: Rank 3
St. Jean: Rank 5
Surako: Rank 4
Albion: Rank 4
Aldansk: Rank 5

PIRATE GUILDS
- Pirate guilds can now only capture one city. Existing cities won’t be reset but can be contested.
- The sinking mission won’t count against guildless players.

PIRACY & BLACK MARKS
- After reviewing server data, Black Marks have been reintroduced with adjustments:
- Pirates and neutral players earn a Black Mark for:
- Sinking neutral players.
-Sinking players with significant rank differences.
- Black Marks last 7 to 30 minutes depending on sinkings and status. They cannot be removed.
- Effects of Black Marks:
Disable Peaceful and Decoy Flags.
Display over nicknames and on the world map.
Increase loot from the marked player.

FIRST STRIKE MECHANIC
-A method will now determine the initiator of ramming actions.

OTHER CHANGES
-Tavern quest “Supply” will grant 500,000 points towards the guild mission "Seasonal Supply."
-Added new tooltips and explanations for mechanics and interfaces. UI updated for clarity.
- Decoy Flag PVP protection will no longer require stopping; it activates if out of combat.
- A marker indicates where Decoy Flags deactivate. Exact city boundaries will be added to the minimap in a future update.
- Reduced fees for trade representations.
- “Aground” quests will no longer grant reputation bonuses.

BUG FIXES
- Fixed instances where players were kicked from guilds after joining.
- The city bonus “+20% mining yield within range” wasn’t working.
- The "craft discount on consumables" city bonus wasn’t applying to gold -costs.
- Overproduction in city resources due to a bug.
- Issue in "Seasonal Supply" mission with large contributions.
- Faction changes will now reset mission stats.
- Reputation will not apply in the Endless Sea.
- Decoy Flags failed to provide PVP protection near ports.
- “Plunder” mission not progressing after boardings.
- "Fleet Admiral" achievement will no longer be awarded if no players were present on the opposing side in PBs.
- Reputation no longer changes when joining or leaving flotillas.
- Resolved crashes caused by various errors.
- Captured NPS ships displayed old trade flags instead of Decoy Flags.

If you encounter new bugs or issues post-patch, please report them to our support team:
https://www.worldofseabattle.com/en/contacts2