Overview
Guides to help you with the basic game-play mechanics of Uncharted Waters Online.
Netmarble Steam Product Key Redemption Tutorial
Hello Sailors!
Below is a guide to help you better understand how to redeem your product/promo codes from purchases for Netmarble games that you may have made via the Steam Store.
1.Log into the Steam Client
2.Select “Library” from the Steam Client to view your games list.
a.Note: You can view your product/promo codes by selecting “View CD Key” by right-clicking the game in you games list.
3.Select “Play” to start the selected Netmarble game.
a.The available product/promo codes for this title will be displayed when you start the game or by accessing the Steam overlay while in-game. (Shift+Tab)
4.Once the Netmarble Launcher has opened, select the “Steam: Redeem Your Codes” button on the right
5.Select the Netmarble title for the product/promo code that you wish to redeem.
a.UWO: Select the character that you wish to receive the item.Items will be deposited to the bank in-game.
For your guidance.
Explore, Battle and Conquer to Make History!
~ Team UWO
Meet the Shipwright (NPC)
Meet the Shipwright! He can repair or refit any of your ships, most towns have a shipwright.
When refitting a ship you can change the amount of sailors, cannon chambers and cargo, but remember increasing or decreasing one value will affect another.
We encourage everyone to help our new sailors by giving them informative sites/links/guides. Let us help each other in discovering new things about our game.
The Guild Masters (NPC)
Meet our Guild Masters – Adventure GM, Merchant GM and Maritime GM!
You can acquire skills, forget skills and even change your job from them. They also provide information such as Epic Sea Feud Info and Battle Achievements [from Maritime GM].
Supplies!
Out of food or water and don’t know where to resupply?
1. Go to the Port Official. They are located on the ‘anchor’ icons on a town map.
2. Click ‘To Port’.
3. Choose ‘Provisions’.
4. The ‘Supplies’ window will open. You can also buy Timber and Munitions from there.
Happy Sailing everyone! See you in-game!
The Bank Clerk (NPC)
This NPC is the most used NPC in UWO he has several duties and the most important task of keeping your ducats safe.
Don’t worry! You can trust him with your precious Ducats, so let’s go ahead and talk about him more.
Almost every town in UWO has a banker he can be identified by a large bag of ducats on your mini map. (Refer to the image above)
One you click the banker a mini box with options will appear let me explain what these options are for.
Deposit– This will allow you to Deposit the money you are currently carrying, the minimum amount of ducats you can deposit is 1,000D and the Bank Clerk can hold up to 1,000,000,000D
*Pirates who do not pay their bounty by carrying Ducats will have their Bounties automatically deducted from the Bank and given to the player that defeated them.
Interest* – After 30 days of sailing you will gain 0.5% interest with the amount of money you have deposited in the bank, the interest will not exceed 5,000D
Withdraw– With this option you will be able to take the money that you have deposited the minimum amount you can withdraw is 1,000D you character can hold up to 100,000,000 Ducats.
Insurance– There are 20 Grades of insurance the higher the Grade the better, the highest Grade has 90% coverage but only a maximum of 3,125,000D coverage.
No Coverage will be given in the event you are attacked by another player or sunk by natural disasters
Vault– Upon reaching the court rank of 8th Knight you will be issued a bank vault with 3 slots you can store various items and equipment.
There are many ways to increase the slots such as attaining a higher court rank, speaking to the banker in Calicut, Purchasing additional space using NC etc.
Receive item – If you purchase items from the NC Treasure box the items you obtained will be located here, also items obtained from special codes redeemed at the website, and some event items if indicated
This section of the bank can only hold up to 50 categories of items, if you exceed 50 your items may not appear until you make more space, also items in the receive item section in the bank will expire after 1 year of not being claimed.
Quarters Information – Upgrade or improve your quarters (This will be discussed on a different section.)
Quarters Storage – Access the storage space in your quarters you can retrieve or deposit items with this function, a fee will be charged depending on the item(s).
Private Farm – Develop, retrieve or stock items for your private farm (This will be discussed on a different section.)
And that’s about it for the Bank Clerk if there are any additional information you wish to add feel free to comment below.
Cheque handling
The “Tierra Americana” update introduced a new feature where players can carry more ducats to help with purchases or trade between players that would ammount more than the maximum ammount of ducats they could carry, this feature was the item called Cheque.
At first the system may confuse you, but it’s really simple.
A few things know about Cheques.
1.) To use this feature you must first have a total of 10,000 Fame
2.) Cheques cannot be lost when shipwrecked
3.) It cannot be plundered by both NPCs and Players
4.) It cannot be sold in the Bazaar, company shop, it cannot be stored in the vault, quarter’s storage or the captains bag, cheques can only be traded.
5.) If a pirate is defeated and he is currently not carrying any ducats his bounty will be deducted from his cheques.
6.) Cheques have a fee 500,000 Ducats for 10Million cheques and 5,000,000 Ducats for 100 Million cheques.
*When making 100 Million cheques make sure that you have 5,000,000 ducats or more in addition to the 100 Million deposited on your bank account.
How to cash a cheque
Refer to the image above it shows that there are 3 Cheques in possession for 10 Million, click on the “Change” button.
This box will appear (shown above) and show the number 3 that is the amount currently in possession changing it to 2 will cash 1 check if you wish to cash all off them put 0.
How to make a cheque
Similar to the above except this time when the box appears with the number 3 put 4 instead this will make and additional 1 cheque if you want to make more you can put any number above 3 just make sure you have enough ducats to make the number of cheques you want.
I hope you find this guide simple and easy to understand, if not leave a comment below and point out which part you don’t understand.
The Craftshop and Craftsman (NPC)
This section will cover one of the town NPCs you will meet early on in the game, since all starting towns have this NPC I will explain what his functions are.
The craftsman is indicated on the mini map by a wooden hammer icon.
The craftsman’s menu.
Buy – The craftsman in the main towns have various items for sale from, recipes, ship parts, mannequins for your apartment, Sail & Ship paint, etc
Sell – Sell items to the craftsman, you can sell none trade goods items to this NPC
Share info – This will allow you to deliver trade goods to the craftsman for research this will increase your cultural contribution (This will be explained on another section)
Advance production – This will show you some recipes which you can use to produce items it will consume cultural contribution points when used.
Commission ornament – This function is specially made for adventurers some discoveries can be turn into ornaments for you apartment.
Dispose Ornament – Sell an ornament you no longer wish to use
And that’s all there is to know about the craftsman, if there is anything you guys wish to add feel free to comment below.
GM_UWOPOLICE (GM)
Hello Sailor
Are you constantly bothered by annoying spammers? Want to get rid of them immediately with ease? Look no further we have a 24/7 GM always online and ready to assist you.
Just send a “Tell” to GM_UWOPOLICE with the name of the spammer and once he is available he will silence the spammer.
Add a Friend!
Meeting a new friend in-game adds color to your gaming life. Below is a way of remembering their names – by registering them as a friend in your list!
1. Click the ‘Community’ icon on the top menu.
2. Choose Friend List.
3. A window will open saying ‘Friend List: View Friend List. Registered Characters’.
[Under Registered Characters, you will see the people who you have already registered as friend.]
From here, click ‘Friend Request’ located on the bottom of the window.
4. A small box will open asking for a ‘Name’. Be sure to enter the correct in-game format of the person you wish to add in your friendlist.
[Check if the person is online before adding. You cannot add players who are offline. Otherwise, you will receive the message ‘That character name does not exist’].
Note: Maximum number of friends that you can register is 100.
Private Chat Room
1.) Select the “Chat Room” option by clicking the “Journal” button on the top right part of the screen, or you can just simply press the “P” button on your keyboard.
2.) A box will appear Press the “Create” button to start the chat room.
3.) Understanding the UI
– Name: On this box enter the name of the player you wish to invite
– Grant Admin Rights: This option will give admin rights to the player you selected he will be able to invite other players or remove them from the chat room.
– Administrator: Players with admin rights
– Roommate: list of current players in the chat room
And that’s all you need to know to start your very own private group chat for you and your friends.
School Guide
Steps on how to locate school:
1.) Beginner school starts with our Nation we choose.
2.) Going to school is much easier by clicking the school doorkeeper icon. It will teleport your character in the front door.
3.) Intermediate school for designated Nation are :
Seville and Lisbon > Ceuta
Venice and Marseilles > Syracuse
Amsterdam and London > Groningen
4.) All Nation for Advance School goes to Pisa.
Block List!
Ever encountered a gold spammer? Or just about anyone who annoyingly spams the chat channel? Ignore, report or better yet, block them! Blocking someone means you won’t be able to read their public chat/private message.
Here is how you block someone:
Click ‘Community‘ on the top menu and choose ‘Community‘. Choose ‘Set Status‘.
Another box will open which says ‘Set Status: Set Privacy and Notification Settings for your immediate surrounding‘.
Click ‘Add‘. A new box will open. Enter the exact name format of the person you wish to block. Click ‘Ok‘ afterwards.
For gold spammers, it’s better to report it to GM_UWOPOLICE than to block. He will silence and boot out the spammer from the game.
Happy playing everyone!
Replenishing Vigor
Vigor is your characters energy this resource is what you need to use skills, if you run out of Vigor you will no longer be able to use skills except languages also running out of vigor can be very troubling there are some instances where you can get stuck.
The first place you need to know about when filling vigor is the tavern, on your mini map it is indicated with the glass icon.
Inside the Barkeep will serve you food and drinks
Order: Opens the menu where you can order food and drinks combining both will give you more vigor.
Course Meal: With this option you must select 1 drink and 5 dishes, you will consume this entire meal depending on your selection you may fill your vigor completely, gain a special buff, or not gain much due to the combination being undesirable.
Treat sailors: This will increase your crew loyalty and allow you to hire more sailors.
Employ Aide: Not all taverns have this option it will allow you to hire and aide, but this will be discussed on another section.
An alternative method to fill your vigor is by consuming vigor food; these items can be purchased from NCs like the tavern clerk or made by other players using the crafting skill “Cooking”.
Remember to always carry vigor food around with you, skills like body language rely very much on vigor food if you run out of vigor and vigor food to use body language you can get stuck on a strange land without means of communication.
Skills!
Ever wonder where to see all your skills? Check the guide below.
1. Click on the ‘Character’ icon on the top menu.
2. Choose ‘Skills’.
3. A new box will open that says ‘Skills : Skill Information’
Acquired : Shows the skills that you already have.
Adventure : Shows the adventure skill tree. The highlighted icons are the skills you have whereas the gray ones are not yet acquired.
Trade : Shows the trade skill tree. The highlighted icons are the skills you have whereas the gray ones are not yet acquired.
Battle : Shows the battle skill tree. The highlighted icons are the skills you have whereas the gray ones are not yet acquired.
Languages : Shows all the languages available in-game. The highlighted ones are the skills you have whereas the gray ones are not yet acquired.
College : If you haven’t done Oxford, this tab will be grayed out. But once you are done/doing Oxford thesis, then you can access this tab. All your acquired college skills via thesis can be seen here. If you want to use a college skill, click ‘Skill Settings’ found on this tab as well. You need credits in order to use College skills. Credits are acquired upon successfully completing a college thesis.
Think first before getting a skill. You can forget a skill, but it’s better not to waste your time grinding a skill that you won’t use regularly. Skill slot is limited. So make sure to get the skills that you will use in your UWO adventures!
Chatting with the world!
Sometimes school chat can get filled with so many students it gets full, you will not be able to join school chat unless someone leaves.
It can get pretty lonely playing with no one to chat with an alternative to school chat is world chat, everyone is welcome to use world chat not only students so you may meet some really helpful high level UWO players too.
To start up world chat first click the community button on the upper right corner of the screen and select the world chat settings option.
Once clicked you will be given a list of channels you can join in and chat with others.
And that’s all you need to know about start up world chat and remember to always be polite on world chat foul language will not be tolerated.
Bazaar!
Do you have a lot of items you wish to sell? You can either put them in the Company Shop [if you are in a Company] or put them in a Bazaar!
To be able to start a bazaar, you need to be at least level 11 in any class.
1. Click on the ‘Community’ icon on the top menu. Choose ‘Bazaar’.
2. Select an Item/Trade good from your Inventory that you wish to sell and indicate the quantity and amount. Click ‘Ok’ when done.
3. You can put a bazaar title to give emphasis on what you are selling.
4. You can either stand or sit while on bazaar mode. But for people to view your bazaar title, you need to sit down. Type /sit or click F8 then choose the emoticon ‘Sit’.
Happy selling!
Change Ship
Change ship can be done in two options:
1.) Any port location can use to change ship.
[Port (Harbour), Port (Square), Port(Commercial District), Port (Company District).]
2.) Shipyard from the Ship Master.
Select the change ship icon then a Swap ship box will appear and also the ship inventory, choose the ship you wish to use. Then press “ok” to confirm.
Happy Sailing Everyone!!!
Meet the Pedlar (NPC)
the NPC must see before leaving the town. Located near at the Market Keeper.
Make sure to equip some useful items needed to traveling around the world.
Lifesavers; Rescue equipment for crippled ship. Firebuckets; Emergency sand bag. Usage can extinguish fire on ship. Carpentry tool’s; Tool box used in ship’s repair. Usage restores the endurance of the ship. Lime Juice; Drink prepared from lime. Miracle remedy for scurvy. Rodent killer; Pest extermination remedy. Controls massive occurrence of mice. Spare Sail; Spare sail cloth. Can be used to fix damage to sail. Deck brush; Tool used to retain the cleanliness of the ship. Removes dirt from the deck.
Note: Pedlar items change in different town kindly check for your convenient journey.
Happy Sailing Everyone!!!
The Map!
Uncharted Waters Online’s map is very familiar to each and one of us – it’s the world map! But how to view it in-game?
Click letter ‘M’ from your keyboard or click the ‘Journal’ icon on the Top menu of the game interface and choose ‘Port Permit’.
It will open another window that says “Port Permits : Display Waters with Port Permit”.
There will be times when you will see shaded icons of houses. These are the towns that you haven’t discovered yet. You need to sail to them in order for them to be highlighted on the map. Town discoveries can be reported to the right NPCs so you will receive fame and even Quest Mediation permits!
Good luck in sailing around the world to discover our beautiful cities!
Emoticon Commands
Action speaks louder than words; here are the two steps to use emoticon commands in Uncharted Water Online.
First step: click the player then choose the desire action you want to express.
Second step: Just simply type slash ” / ” the emoticon you like follow by the character name then press enter.
list of emotion commands and icon need to select to use it. Enjoy!!!
Quest!
Quests are either from Guild Mediators or from your nation’s castle [Imperial Quest].
In order to pull up the Quest window, players need to click ‘Journal’ then ‘Quest’ from the top menu or simply click ‘Q’.
The quest window has two tabs : Summary and Progress.
The Summary tab contains the Quest title, the place where you got the quest, the quest details, difficulty, skill requirements and rewards.
The Progress tab, as the name implies, shows the progress you have made on the quest. If you haven’t done a particular step on the quest, a ‘?’ (question mark) will remain on the box.
A message telling you that the quest is complete will appear on the upper right side of the quest window once you have completed all the steps needed to finish it.
Happy sailing everyone!
Captain’s Bag and Binder
Always having problem with Inventory space? Well worry no more, here’s the two storage need to know: Captain’s Bag and Binder.
Just simply Press “O” or Character icon > Inventory > Store.
Captain’s Bag can stored consumables item.
Binder can stored document or recipe books.
Then press “OK” to confirm, now there is more free space in your inventory.
Happy Sailing Everyone!!!