How to equip and improve the ship in Ys X: Nordics

Ys X: Nordics allows you to sail your ship across the high seas as you fight your way through naval battles, defeat the undead and explore the islands in the Gulf of Obelia. However, you are given the Sandras as a gift, a ship that can hardly set sail and serves more as a monument than a seagoing vessel.

But fortunately, the game allows you to upgrade and refit the ship as the story progresses to increase its capabilities, making it a worthy companion on your journey through the Obelia Gulf. Even if the upgrades seem minimal at first, you'll quickly realize that even the smallest update can drastically improve your ship.

How to upgrade and convert your ship

To make changes to your ship, you must do this Go to a shipbuilder. The first shipbuilder you meet is Ulvar on the island of Balta. At your first meeting, Ulvar will make some necessary adjustments to Sandra's so you can be confident Complete the Rite of the Shield Brotherhood.

However, once you're done with that, you can return to Ulvar. Now you will be able to Upgrade and upgrade your ship for a priceand you can also add decorations to your ship if You have the Sandras Pack DLC. Ulvar will be the only shipbuilder you have access to for now until you progress further in the story.

After you rescue Cruz on Termina Island, he will join your crew. Once you move on to Chapter 4, Cruz will be available as a shipbuilder on Sandras. You can then access ship upgrades and conversions from anywhere on the open sea I go to the communal table below deck.

This is how you unlock further upgrades

As the story progresses, you automatically unlock several upgrades for your ship. However, the best way to unlock more upgrades is to find Carnac villagers.

Every time you Save a villager from CarnacYou can obtain a corresponding upgrade in the Upgrade/Refit menu in the Shipwright Shop. The upgrades you receive for rescuing these villagers also reflect their role in the crew. Note that you are upgrading your ship requires gold among other materials.

The most common material for upgrading your ship is Basic craft suppliesSo make sure you stock up on these whenever you want to upgrade your ship. In addition to the base crafting supply, some upgrades require additional materials such as celadon clay or aged wood.

One of the best ways to collect these items is to participate in naval battles and collect the scattered items on the open sea.

Some blueprints and upgrades can only be unlocked after you complete a certain part of the story or can be purchased on merchant ships. These blueprints can unlock a new type of ammo upgrade that can be purchased repeatedly to increase capacity.

However, you just need to make sure that you Purchase the capacity expansions according to your needs. If you buy too many capacity expansions, you will run out of resources early on for other, more useful expansions.

There is a small priority icon next to the upgrade request. The upgrades with A higher priority offers more bonuses However, they also require more materials to unlock compared to the lower priority ones.

How to manage ship loading

There are a total of six options in ship equipment. First place is for them normal artillery. Purchasing upgrades allows you to get multiple types of ammo for this slot, but you are only allowed to choose one at a time.

The standard normal artillery ammo allows you to deal moderate ship damage and shattering damage, while the Smasher Shot ammo allows you to deal high shattering damage but moderate ship damage.

The second slot in the loadout allows you to select your heavy attack ammunition, with the Standard ammo is the best in most cases, and the remaining four slots in the loadout are intended for special ammunition. Note that special ammunition is limited, but capacity can be increased by purchasing upgrades Shipbuilder upgrade/refit menu.

If you scroll down the Loadout tab you will notice the following Embellishments section.Here you can equip your ship with all the cosmetic upgrades you received from the Sandra's DLC pack. Once you have your equipment ready, you can head out to sea to capture lost undead ships or reclaim an island from Griegr influence.