Sid Meier’s Pirates! This is the game cover art, as seen on Steam. Some attributes First Unknown Second Unknown Third Unknown Other attributes

This game has it’s own dedicated wiki, found here.

Sid Meier’s Pirates! is a a game about Pirates. It came out originally all the way back in the 90's. It then came back on the Wii, Xbox, iOS, and Android as a reboot.

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Story Edit

Platform Differences Edit

The iPhone version does not have a “City Bombardment” section of any type, and invading a city successfully only depends on crew size, ship health, and enemy city strength. It’s more of a ‘roll-of-the-dice’ situation than anything else.

The Xbox version is the only version known to have “Bonus Content”. This is where unused concept art, game portraits, and other game-related content is located at.

The Wii version is the only known version to allow the player to fully customize their ships, allowing flag changes, sail color and emblem changes, hull, anchor, cannon slot changes, etc. All other known versions only allow changes in sail emblem and flag changes (but only allowing choice of the 4 nations, the Indian flag, and standard Pirate flag).

List of Ships Edit

General List Edit

Members of the same "Class" are quite similar to one another, both in appearance and characteristics. The smallest member is always slightly lighter and faster than the others, the largest member is both heavier and slower, and the middle one is statistically in-between. Nonetheless, different Types belonging to the same Class are treated differently, as they may have surprising benefits that the others do not, and/or be exceptionally rarer than the others.

In the table below, variants of the same Class are ordered by size, from smallest to largest.

Sid Meier's Pirates! (2004) Ship Types Ship Type Image & Ship Class Short Description War Canoe Add Image

Pinnace Class The smallest ship class. These three ships are poor in cannons, crew and cargo capacity, but they are all exceptionally maneuverable and can sail at high speed in extremely odd angles to the wind. Experienced captains can learn to take advantage of this by bypassing combat and going straight for a Boarding, making them extremely favourable vessels. Pinnace Mail Runner Sloop Add Image

Sloop Class A selection of small combat vessels with great maneuverability and a small but useful array of cannons. Most Sloops are extremely common, and are used by every faction in the Caribbean. They are capable of outmaneuvering and Boarding larger vessels, and are fast enough to catch small vessels as well. Exceptionally easy to use, they are obviously favoured by many players. Sloop Of War Royal Sloop Coastal Barque Add Image

Barque Class The smallest trading vessels in the game, though essentially mid-sized. Used primarily by the French and Spanish, these vessels display interesting sailing characteristics for their size, and can manage to escape combat with most larger ships. Largely unsuitable for player use, they can nonetheless serve as auxiliary craft for their cargo capacity and speed. Barque Ocean Barque Fluyt Add Image

Fluyt Class A set of slow mid-sized trading vessels, used exclusively by the Dutch. Ungainly and relatively weak in firepower, these ships are often seen as easy prey to both pirates and raiders. They have no characteristics worth mentioning aside from their significant cargo capacity. Large Fluyt West Indiaman Brigantine Add Image

Brig Class A family of mid-sized combat vessels, whose forte is their ability to take on any other ship, using either their good maneuverability or formidable firepower as required by circumstances. With ample cargo space and reasonable speed, they are favoured by players who like the mix between strength and speed these ships offer. Brig Class ships are used for many warlike tasks by all factions. Amongst all Ship Classes, the difference between the three Brigs is easily the most noticeable, with the smallest ship being significantly more maneuverable than the largest, but the largest being significantly better armed. Brig Brig Of War Merchantman Add Image

Merchantman Class A group of common mid-sized trading vessels with a good defensive array of cannons. Considered prey by most combat vessels, the Merchantmen can often put a dent in their assailants nonetheless, though they are unlikely to actually outmaneuver or escape any but the slowest opponents. They are used by the English and the French for running various peaceful deliveries. Large Merchantman East Indieman Trade Galleon Add Image

Merchant Galleon Class These three ships are the largest ships the game has to offer, easily dwarfing the tiny Pinnace Class and Sloop Class ships. Used as general-purpose trade ships by the Spanish, their gigantic cargo holds often contain great riches. While their broadsides can sometimes be threatening, they are too slow to put these to good use in most situations due to extremely poor sailing properties. Royal Galleon Treasure Galleon Fast Galleon Add Image

Combat Galleon Class This is a set of heavy combat vessels used by the Spanish to protect their trade routes and assault the other factions. Combat Galleons pack a lot of firepower, though their slow turning rate can make those cannons difficult to use properly. Easily out-maneuvered by smaller ships, these hulking beasts rely on their ability to hit the enemy at least once before being boarded. Combat Galleons are also the fastest ships in the game, but only heading towards their Best Sailing Point, Running Broad Reach. War Galleon Flag Galleon Frigate Add Image

Frigate Class These three vessels are classic warships, through and through. The most heavily armed ships in the game, Frigates are often used by non-Spanish nations to perform their most vital wartime operations. Frigate use is complicated due to their less-than-favourable sailing properties, but in the right hands they are practically invincible. The Ship Of The Line is both the rarest and most powerful ship available in this game. Large Frigate Ship Of The Line





Pinance

Nation Specific Edit

These ships are only available to certain to specific nations, or are commissioned by specific nations only/rarely.

Spanish Edit

French Edit

Dutch Edit

Fluyt

Large Fluyt

English Edit

Indians Edit

War Canoe

Pirates Edit

Villains Edit

Marquis de Montabelleon Edit

The Marquis is the main villain in the game. He only makes his rare appearances: once in the beginning of the story, and once you’ve completed the entire map leading to his jungle hideout.

Baron Raymondo Edit

The Spanish-allied ‘evil’ Baron is another rare villain in Pirates. He makes his appearance only when one has news of their lost family members. He always contains information leading to their rescue (the info is in the form of a map/map sections). He helms a Spanish-allied War Galleon, which is fully upgraded. He also has a set doubloon/pillage rate of 4,000.

Colenol Mendoza Edit

The Colenol Mendoza makes his appearance when the player is one visit away from marrying the daughter of a governor. The Colenol does not discriminate; he captures all girls-from all nations, and of all beauty ranks.

Criminal “Name” Edit

Criminals are entered into the game by Governor’s Daughters. These are usually men sought by the respective nation’s Crowns for crimes noteworthy. They rarely leave the port their spawned in, and can be accessed by going to the town’s tavern and talking to the Barkeep there.