Sail Forth Cheats and Tips
Map Fragments Are Your Priority
From the very start of Sail Forth, you’ll notice that map fragments are one of the best things you can get in the sea. Whenever you get a map fragment, it will either mark a new location on the world map or reveal another activity in a specific area. Finding new islands can get quite hard if you can’t find these fragments.
Tip: You have a chance of getting a map fragment when you destroy giant wooden boxes on the shore or broken structures, defeat a skull clan vessel and reap your reward, or if you fish out a wooden box.
It’s not guaranteed to get a fragment from any of these activities, but the chances of getting one are significantly high. There are around seven to nine sets of islands that belong to a particular category. If you’ve unlocked all the islands in that category, you need to progress in the main story to get to the next set.
Moreover, the map fragments don’t highlight the final area for any category, and you simply have to explore and find that yourself. If you’re trying to find the final area or a new location in general, you can simply keep sailing in a certain direction on any island and keep an eye on the map.
The map gets zoomed out as your ship sails farther away from the main island, and you’ll be able to see the structures of all the surrounding islands. If you find any that you haven’t been to yet, that’s your next stop.
Moreover, the map fragments don’t highlight the final area for any category, and you simply have to explore and find that yourself. If you’re trying to find the final area or a new location in general, you can simply keep sailing in a certain direction on any island and keep an eye on the map.
The map gets zoomed out as your ship sails farther away from the main island, and you’ll be able to see the structures of all the surrounding islands. If you find any that you haven’t been to yet, that’s your next stop.
Random Events Can Spawn Repeatedly
There are two types of events/activities that can happen when you visit a certain island. These are known as specific and random events. Any mark on the world map belonging to a certain island like Skull clan vessel, Lighthouse, or Racing Course, are the specific events that will always be on that island.
Apart from that, there’s a chance that you can get some random events on any island. These events are marked with a question mark icon on the island’s map when you get close to them, and there are quite a few of them:
- Sometimes, you’ll get random sailors on a rock or inside a small boat who’ll be looking for a ride. If you’re low on crew members and need someone to fill up your boat, these can be quite good.
- You can also find a sailor stuck on a tiny island, and you need a Harpoon Gun to drag them down. You can’t finish this random event until you unlock the Harpoon Gun, but it will always give you an Ancient Junk to exchange for Lumenade at the lighthouse.
These random events can also spawn over and over again on the same island when you visit them in the future. This means that you can essentially farm for Wooden Plants and Ancient Junk if you keep visiting the same islands. Although, the chance of getting the required random event isn’t 100 percent every time.
You might also get the surroundings covered with fog which makes it difficult to see around you. In these instances, keep an eye on the bottom-right of your screen. Whenever new information is added to the island map, a pop-up is shown there.
Don’t Let Any Type Of Ship Get Away
Apart from your fleet, there are three kinds of random ships you can meet on the horizon: Skull Clan vessel, Merchant vessel, and Random vessel. The Skull Clan Vessel will always be aggressive toward you, and it will start a battle whenever one of the ships in your fleet gets close enough.
On the other hand, the Merchant ship and the Random vessels aren’t aggressive to the player from the start. Although, you can still attack them if you want to. For example, the Merchants will try to sell you different items at a high price, but you don’t need to buy them if you can just take them.
Note: The Merchant vessels are quite hard to fight, and there’s no point in starting a battle with them unless you have a Harpoon Gun to board their ship. You will only get all the items they were selling if you take over the ship and break it down.
The Random vessels will be ready to join your fleet if you aren’t capped at four ships. These vessels are usually quite small, and you wouldn’t want them to be a part of your fleet during mid or late-game. If that’s the case, you can simply take over and plunder the ship. While this might be cruel, it does get you some good resources.
