Boats and Pirating

Boats

On UO:AI, boat security has been adjusted to balance risk vs reward.

• You must have a boat's key on your person to command it.
• Your ghost may command the boat provided your corpse is on the boat and has the boat key within it's contents.
• Bones decay times has been increased for bones on a boat which contain a boat key.
• You can now dry dock a boat that has ghosts onboard (they get kicked to shore.)
• You may not dry dock a boat with clutter on deck (including bones)
• You can no longer recall off a boat key. However, single clicking it will display where the ship is located.

Note* If you are unable to disembark your ship using the ship's plank, it may be because "always run" is turned on. You MUST walk off a plank for it to work.

Grappling Hooks

The Pirate Smuggler NPC sells grappling hooks. A grappling hook is a rope with a big hook on it used to board a boat.

• You must be on a boat to use a grappling hook.
• You may only successfully grapple a boat that is not moving.
• Any living players on the boat you grapple will “toss the hook back into the ocean” whereby resulting in a failed grapple.
• If you successfully grapple a boat, you will receive a one-time teleport onto the deck of the target boat.