Windtology - The True Pirate Experience
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Fast travel disabled, Reduced enemy ship spawns and drifting loot, Fully reworked naval loot system, Adjusted loot tables and recipes, Ship rebalance, Complete economy overhaul, Reworked traders and faction roles, Increased map size and distances and more!
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Description
Windtology – The True Pirate Experience
Transform Windrose into a harsher, and more rewarding sailing experience where your ship is your lifeline.
Sailing is no longer optional. Fast travel is removed, distances are increased, and every journey requires preparation. The sea becomes the core of progression, not just transportation.
Play Like a Pirate
The mod is built around life at sea. Most resources now also come from naval combat, boarding, and drifting loot. Ship upgrade materials can primarily be obtained this way, rewarding players who take risks on the open water.
Freedom of Progression
Recipes are no longer tied to bosses. If you find the resources, you can craft the item. Progression is driven by exploration and risk instead of artificial unlocks.
High Risk, High Reward
Naval combat is rarer but far more meaningful. Loot has been reworked, rewards are better, and the wrong fight can leave you stranded far from safety.
Reworked Progression
Ships, economy, and progression have been fully rebalanced:
- Repairs are costly and repair kits are rare
- Trade is essential, not optional
- Resources and loot have real value
- Multiple viable playstyles, including piracy, trading, and gathering
Exploration Matters
Longer distances and reworked maps turn every voyage into a commitment. You do not just go somewhere—you prepare, sail, and hope you make it back.
Key Features
- No more fast travel
- Reduced enemy ship spawns and flotsam
- Reworked naval loot and combat rewards
- Progression no longer tied to bosses
- Adjusted loot tables and recipes
- Increased resource drops
- Full ship rebalance, including HP, handling, and storage
- Overhauled economy and traders
- Reworked traders and faction roles
- Increased map distances and more filler islands
- Larger backpacks
- Increased bonfire radius
- Increased auto pickup radius
- Increased pickaxe radius
- Larger minimap reveal radius
- Unlocked Research by default
- T3 pickaxe and axe from swamp biome (craft at workbench)
- Trading outposts in your base now also buy the items they're selling
Built for players who want a true pirate experience where every voyage counts.
May the wind be with you.
Installation:
Place all files in:
For MP also in:
(Everyone must have it installed to work properly in MP.)
Windrose\R5\Content\Paks\~modsFor MP also in:
Windrose\R5\Builds\WindowsServer\R5\Content\Paks\~mods(Everyone must have it installed to work properly in MP.)
Important:
Main files require a new world (and a new character is recommended).
Existing worlds will break and only work again after removing the mod.
Existing worlds will break and only work again after removing the mod.
Balanced for singleplayer, but multiplayer seems to work fine (tested on Nitrado server).
More versions on nexus (e.g. limited fast travel)
The Windtology - The True Pirate Experience Team
