Since the release of Settlers of Kalguur’s new City-builder-type League mechanics, many players have been wondering how to get more rewards from Shipping in Settlers of Kalguur. This sentiment stems from their frustration with the Shipping mechanic as being overall confusing and lackluster in loots.
With this in mind, we have created a short guide to help you understand the Shipping mechanic in Settlers of Kalguur better and hopefully increase your loots in no time.
Refer to here for a breakdown of Settlers of Kalguur City Builder mechanic
Refer to here for a guide on how to maximize your rewards in Settlers of Kalguur
1. Upgrade your Shipping rank
The first and foremost thing you should strive to achieve in Settlers of Kalguur’s Shipping mechanic is to max out your Shipping station rank. Each shipping rank will give you so much value that it would simply be a waste to start shipping right away without making these upgrades first.
More specifically, the max Shipping rank in Settlers of Kalguur will provide you with these bonuses:
- A total of 3 Ships with 6 crew members each: This will allow for more shipments and bigger shipments
- 50% more Port’s Favoured Resources quotas: Bigger quotas mean bigger possible shipment value and bigger loots.
- 35% more Ship speed: Fast shipping time helps you make more shipments often and get more rewards
2. Target your rewards
The first thing you need to understand about Settlers of Kalguur shipping mechanic is that the reward is not completely random. In fact, you can explicitly target your desired rewards by which resources you are sending and to which nation/port you are sending them.
This resource and reward relationship can be summarized with this cheat sheet below:
As an example, shipping Crimson Iron will yield you Armour as reward and you can further target the type of Armour (STR, DEX, INT) by shipping them to a specific port.
Keep in mind that the farther the port the longer it will take to make the trip. For reference, here are the average voyage times with maximum shipping rank:
- Ngakanu: 36 minutes
- Ribben Fell: 30 minutes
- Te Onul: 1 hour and 45 minutes
- Pondium: 1 hour and 45 minutes
- Kalguur: 4 hours
If you are wondering why should you be bothered with the distant Ports if they are such a hassle to ship for. Keep in mind that not only different ports will yield different loots, but generally speaking, the farther the port also the better the loots. So don’t neglect the far ports. In fact, it is these distant ports such as Kalguur that you will want to target with the biggest shipment value.
3. Fulfil your Favoured Resources shipment
In Settlers of Kalguur, you will generally always want to ship only their Favoured Resource to other ports. This is because the value of a Favoured Resource is multiplied by its multiplier which will make your shipment value greatly boosted, and so will your returns.
You can find each port’s preferred resources and the resource’s value multiplier as the green multiplier next to their Favoured Resources when choosing that specific port.
4. Reach high shipment value
If you desire higher rewards for shipping in Settlers of Kalguur, you need to increase the value of your shipments. This is typically achieved by sending the other port’s Favoured Resources.
When you ship Favoured Resources to a specific settlement, the total shipment value will be added by that extra amount from its multiplier accordingly. It is with the help of this Multiplier that you can really jack up that shipment value and get a bang for your shipments.
There is also one resource that serves solely as a shipment value multiplier: Thaumaturgic Dust. Remember to add some Dust to your targeted shipment and you will certainly see the shipment value and its subsequent rewards skyrocket.
When can you expect to receive substantial rewards in shipping? – Settlers of Kalguur
You can expect to start getting some good loots once you reach around 1 million in shipment value for each voyage in Settlers of Kalguur. These loots range from valuable currency such as the Divine Orbs to rare Uniques like Dialla’s Malefaction.
5. Manage your Shipment risk
In Settlers of Kalguur, shipping generally entailed a certain amount of unavoidable risk. Beyond that, the risk level of any shipment scales with its shipment value. You can try to reduce this Risk Meter by assigning workers with high Shipping specialty to your crew.
By assigning suitable and highly skilled crew members, you can make sure your big shipments do not depart with too much risk. In the long term, managing your risk will directly prevent your loot loss.
Not only that, unwanted resources will unnecessarily increase the Risk meter of the shipment. The higher the Risk of a shipment, the more likely it will run into unfavorable circumstances such as environmental hazards, monsters or bandits. These circumstances can force you to one of the following:
- Lose a portion of your returning shipment
- Pay a ransom to get the shipment back
- Fight the enemies to recapture the shipment
- Abandon the shipment with all its resources and crew members
