Naval Action - User Guide

[Aquillas]

Here is the link:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fwYW2cgUtlzd3kPJBzBPRu4nBFxLgC0I/view?usp=sharing

Revision 00, first issued December 22nd, 2019
Revision 01, Updated Feb 04th, 2020
Revision 02, Updated Feb 28th, 2020
Revision 03, Updated Apr 18th, 2020.
Revision 04, Updated Jun 26th, 2020.
Revision 05, Updated Nov 18th, 2020.
Revision 06, Updated Sept 30th, 2021
Revision 07, Updated Dec 10th, 2021
Revision 08, Updated March 05th, 2023
Revision 09, Updated April 06th, 2025
Revision 10, Updated April 16th, 2025 (New Caribbean Server)
Revision 11, Updated April 25th, 2025

Thank you for reviewing and help updating and correcting! :)

[Aquillas]

Revision 05 is being written-up:

This revision shall include:

• Update Ship Table in §4.
  
• Update §4.6.1 (wood characteristics)
  
• Addition of §4.7 Gunnery, to provide details about different types of armament.
  
• Changes in §5.2.2 - Tavern (chats)
  
• New Player start (first battle when creating a new account)
  
• More details in §9 about how to win battle, in particular the changes made by Seasonal Patch: The Missing Links Part 1 (Battle Sails, wind shadow, Sail setting vs Sail furling, changes in gunnery characteristics).

This redaction should take some time for write-up and check. It should be issued end of September.

[Metal_121]

Great Manual. Now I play on a PVE server and what I miss is a basic list of how to initiate and start a Port battle. The info in the manual is spread out and it's clearly pointed to PVP. Different ballgame right. All the info I find by google and other search methods points me to ton and tons of outdated material. So if someone or you have the info on how it works in the PVE today would be much appreciated. Maybe also point out the difference between the PVE and PVP. Clearly the PVE never involves meeting any player in battle but the mechanic's to start the PB and all that is rather confusing reading the different sections of the manual. Flag statement in paragraph 8 is contradicted in paragraph 9 bt saying the clan who built up the hostility get's the ownership... like I say i might be thick but I can't get my head around the PB thing. Our Clan need a port but I can't figure out how to get it.
Sincerely M

[Aquillas]

Originally posted by Metal_121:

Great Manual. Now I play on a PVE server and what I miss is a basic list of how to initiate and start a Port battle. The info in the manual is spread out and it's clearly pointed to PVP. Different ballgame right. All the info I find by google and other search methods points me to ton and tons of outdated material. So if someone or you have the info on how it works in the PVE today would be much appreciated. Maybe also point out the difference between the PVE and PVP. Clearly the PVE never involves meeting any player in battle but the mechanic's to start the PB and all that is rather confusing reading the different sections of the manual. Flag statement in paragraph 8 is contradicted in paragraph 9 bt saying the clan who built up the hostility get's the ownership... like I say i might be thick but I can't get my head around the PB thing. Our Clan need a port but I can't figure out how to get it.
Sincerely M

Thanks for the remarks. I'll check and correct contradictions in §8 and §9.
I'll try to include more mechanics about Peace Server, but I am basically playing on War Server, and

I would need help by Peace Server Players, having experience on Port Battle Management

(description of particular mechanics for Port Battles in the Peace Server).

[Aquillas]

I could not issue Revision 05 on the initially scheduled date, for some IRL reasons.
Write up is still ongoing.

[Aquillas]

Revision 05 is issued today, first post is updated with the new link.
This revision includes:
• Update Ship Table in §4.
• Update §4.6.1 (wood characteristics)
• Addition of chapter §4.7 - Gunnery
• Update of Tavern rules (chats)
• Complete rewriting of §9 - Battles in Naval Action, in particular §9.4 – How to use the wind (with help of pre-existing document by Game-Labs)
• Update DLC List.
• Description of wind shadows
• Description of new sailing rules, especially those related to battle sailing
• Error correction (that are traked by revision marks)

[Aquillas]

Revision 06 was uploaded today and the link in first post is updated.

New revision includes:

- Update of DLC list
- Update Ship Table in §4.
- Update §4.6.1 - Wood choices
- Update §4.7.1 - Gunnery characteristics
- Explanation of the Introduction Mission (§3.4)
- Explanation on balloons in §5.3.13 (Thanks to “Maison de Cornusiac” for help)
- Small corrections and minor updates (see revision bars)

[Yaramir]

Hi Aquillas. Thanks again for your guide. It's extremely helpful. Being that it's probably the most comprehensive out there, it may be of interest to you to add some brief mention somewhere about letting your fleet escape before escaping a battle yourself. (https://steamcommunity.com/app/311310/discussions/22/3165461747771337074/)
It's possible it's in there but missed it, too. I haven't seen this discussed in other guides or videos yet, or just missed it.

[Aquillas]

Revision 07 was uploaded today and the first link is being updated.

New revision includes:
- Update Ship Table in §4.
- Update §4.6.1 - Wood choices
- Update §4.7.1 - Gunnery characteristics.[/list]

[Aquillas]

@Yaramir,
Y'll find the answers where you posted your questions.
The best place to put remarks is this forum, because the former forum by Game-Labs is now very limited. The main place is in this forum now.

The mention to let fleet escape before leaving a battle will be added in next revision, because the document was updated before I read this. Sorry for inconvenience...

[Aquillas]

Revision 08 was updated today and the 1st link was updated.

A lot of lodifications were made, User Guide is now focus on activities on the Main Caribbean Server.
• Description of the Main Caribbean Server.
• Change references to basic cutter in basic brig.
• Modification on rewards from exams.
• Deletion of the introduction mission.
• Details about letting your fleet ships escape before Player escapes a battle.
• Add up to date details about installation Paid version of Naval Action after FTP version.
• Add more details on Tow Requests
• Update about how to start easily.
• Description of Season Quests.
• Port Bonus modifications.
• Deep update on clan activities
• Introduction of Navy Service Medals.
• Track the Patch Notes since December 2021.
• Update descriptions of Port Features

[Metal_121]

I'm sorry to see you leave, just got back a month ago, played it with the paperships we had then just to get back in the saddle.
Your guide has been a trmedeous help for a lot of people inkluding myself. About the green zones I belive they are needed just because some people just cant behave themself and jump on every ship they can with their overpowered fleet. But I agree they should be smaller and so many are wanting it so we will see, as the patch just hit and I joined the caribiean server just 2 days before patch. Have one on war server, rarely played as i was ganked by a squad a cpl of weeks ago with only 30 people logged in. What are the chances. Also have one on peace server.
Anyway on the caribbian server i joined a big clan and as it is now, I have not heard of any ganking of newbs. There is a lot of pvp going on all over map.
So see the real pvp server live up again might not happen due to to long since it was playable.
Thx for you effort and keeping the "Manual" alive
Sinc. Mads

[Metal_121]

Your Guide is still the most comprehensive out there. Would't it be a good thing to put it under the Guides tab?
Still understand you decission to not update, i'm confident the war server will get rith of the SZ or at least minimized. The change is in the gray zone of leagal since it changed the game in the PVP server to something it never should be, not the first time, but my guess there will be a sue towards them for the War server and they will need to seperate their "upgrades" between the servers and not just copy paste. Also hope to see a DLC so people vcan join both the War and Peace servers. Will give new blood to the servers and no wipes.

[Aquillas]

The Naval Action User Guide was not updated since 2023, because Author had first to recover from some Surgery. But the forthcoming Naval Action Reborn Patch gives opportunity to resume redaction.

An "Open" revision is available. Open means Work In Progress... ;)
Direct link to the document is given on the 1st message in this topic.


This revision will be regularly re-issued, when some relevant text is written-up.

Obviously, a lot of content still needs to be reviewed, edited, updated or deleted, but doing that way, Players can get, as far as possible, updated information.

Updated chapters include:

- Changes in servers
- Ship Table andGun characteristics
- Tutorials and Exams
- How to start in Naval Action? [Presently being rewriten]
- DLC List
- Changes in Nations, ranks and promotions.
- Boarding mechanics modifications
- …/…

Modifications are highlighted in the document by revision bars in left margin.

This message will be regularly edited, at changes on the "Open" version.

Enjoy!

[Aquillas]

The chapter 7 (Crafting) is now updated and includes:

7 Crafting.
7.1 buildings.
7.1.1 Workshop.
7.1.2 Forge.
7.1.3 Shipyard.
7.2 Raw Material
7.3 Tutorial Video.

The link in the first message is updated accordingly.

This includes the relevant YouTube tutorial:
https://youtu.be/2xBIktvqVWo

[Aquillas]

User Guide updated today, in revision 9.
User Guide Update according to Naval Action Large Update named “Naval Action Reborn”, as presently shown in the Test Server:
Main modifications are:
- Changes in servers
- Tutorials and Exams
- How to start in Naval Action?
- DLC List
- Changes in Nations, ranks and promotions.
- Boarding mechanics modifications
- Crafting Modifications
- …/… (So many other changes)

Download link is updated in the first post of this topic.