Welcome to the Battle Pirates Ultimate Guide!

Battle Pirates is a base building war game you can play on Facebook. Build a base complete with defenses, use technology, Gather resources and build great warships as you battle it out on the high seas against other players. Use this Ultimate guide to gain the edge over your opponents and become the most Fearsome Pirate in your Sector!

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122 comments:

  1. How do you pile up subs to act as one?

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    1. You can use your left and right arrow keys to switch through ships, to stack the subs keep clicking in the one spot you want them to stack while using your arrow keys to switch through ships. To move them around in a group you just use the same technique , using your arrow keys while clicking in the desired spot.

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    2. I am still have trouble with this. Can you explain it in more detail? Thanks

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    3. click up arrow to select all ships. click spot on map. they pile. down arrow will cause all to halt as well. rotating them all to move with left-right arrow is another technique but if you want them uniform much easier that way.

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  2. sometimes half of my ships in a fleet look like shadows, is this a browser problem?

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    1. It can be caused by your browser but most of the time when kixeye are doing updates and maintenance a lot of little glitches occur such as unable to see your ships , unable to enter a battle etc. Usually a page refresh will fix the minor glitches.

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    2. how do u get in a chat room

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  3. how do you control more than one ship at a time during combat

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    1. You can use your left and right arrow keys to switch through ships, to stack the ships keep clicking in the one spot you want them to stack while using your arrow keys to switch through ships. To move them around in a group you just use the same technique , using your arrow keys while clicking in the desired spot.

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  4. How do i find the Streamlining and the extra cargo hull

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    1. Streamlining was a reward from an event and cant be obtained again as of yet , most likely it will come out as a normal blueprint in time. the Extra cargo hull was an event reward as well but can now be obtained as a normal blueprint from attacking dracs etc.

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    2. Streamlining can now be found as a blueprint.

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  5. Does the defense platform gun fire, if your base is attacked, while the platform is upgrading?

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    1. If you are building a new weapon on it , it doesnt fire. if you are upgrading the platform itself it does fire and if you are upgrading the same weapon to a higher level it fires but at the same level it was before you started upgrading.

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  6. I am trying to figure out how to post coordinates in Comms..mine don't link to the target.

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    1. To find a players coords easily just bookmark the player and you will see the coords in your bookmarks , to type it in comms just type their coords with no spaces . eg . 14654,456

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  7. How can i move the land in my base to re-design it?

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    1. To remove land , place water pieces over the land you need removed. then click on build terrain and place the land where its needed.

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  8. How do you complete the shockwave mortar

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    1. You need to find all pieces of it by attacking Draconian salvages above level 6 and mines above level 8

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  9. How do you repair your fleet while attacking another?someone was doing this at the same time

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    1. Before launching a fleet you can start another on repair.

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  10. when my base was being attacked and when I went to fire a pinch-rocket it would not launch.

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    1. You can't fire a rocket when it's your base being attacked. The most you can do is direct your guns to fire on certain ships. If you have a ship ready outside and you kill their ship you will get some of the resources back.

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  11. how do i block or unblock people in comms...?

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  12. uhm? could you give me some tips in SW's fleets... im confused with the weapon of SW's

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    1. The best weps to use on Sws would be cutlass 2's cutlass 3's, laser 3, boost 2, and eng 2. Thats what i have on mine and they work great.

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  13. can u tell me if i need to build the d51-a or where can i find it once i have all parts i know u need to have intel lab lvl 4 and rapeir missiles 4 which i have got both and i cant find it anywhere to put on ships i cant open the drac wepons when i click on them this is the only bp i have does that make a diffrence

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  14. Ive noticed some fleets are fitted with hailstorm anti morta. Is it a blueprint weapon ?

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    1. No its not, it can be found in your weapons lab.

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  15. I have noticed that certain insector hitters have moved their base!! HOW ?

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  16. i would like to know how to put coords of mines or salvs on comms?thanks!!

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  17. Is it possipility to get a Hovercreaft boat?

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  18. I can no longer view my objectives on the left side of the screen. How do I get them back?

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  19. Ive been attacked and want to find the coordinates of the person who attacked me. How do I do that? I went to battle log and have the name but thats all?

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    1. Under the name it will show his coords, u can either highlight the coords press control+C and then Control+V on comms, or you can post them yourself on comms.

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  20. What is the purpose of the Draconian bases? Will I eventually be able to attack them?

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  21. During the base invasions you will be able to attack drac bases. Those happen once a month and they last 5 days. You will get notice before the invasion begins. The higher the number u attack on the drac bases the more res you get. But, the higher the more difficult it is to attack. When you attack, you can have up to 4 other people do it with you.

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  22. when you update you battle the pirate side is real good the lack of updates around Blueprint weapons etc. Regards Leif leif.visholm @ mail.dk

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  23. I used to have 12 turrents and now I have 11 and the game will not let me build any more. What happened to my turrent as it is nowhere on my base and how do I get it back?

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    1. Go to the base designer. You may have accidently left the missing turret in storage.

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  24. how do i find out the coordinates of the person who attacked me??

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  25. when looking at the lvl of the boat(rank) its says i get a 5% firing bonus how does this play in to the firing? do the missiles launch 5% faster?

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  26. is there a chart that shows how to gain battle points to level up? for example what do you get if you hit another players base, or a salvage fleet, or a drac fleet/base from an invasion?

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  27. I have a problem :D
    I have an objective which is to 'Plunder 25000 Zynthium'
    I assume 'Plunder' means to attack a Draconian Fleet and take it's resources right?
    My problem is that it seems to be stuck at 24519.
    Any ideas?
    Or is there a specific way to Plunder. I've attacked much more powerful fleets than me and that still doesn't help :S

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    1. Never mind. I've just realized the problem. I have to Plunder 25000 Zynthium all in one go. Silly meeee :)

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    2. I'm stuck on this, too. Is there a certain level of Draconian Fleet that provides the 25k? I mined over 25k but that's not plundering. What am I missing???

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    3. It was a glitch it happened to me also...

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    4. the fleet your using to plunder with has to be able to hold the 25k res in one battle. otherwise u wont get credit for it. take the cargo cap and divide by 4, thats tipically how much res of each type it will hold.

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    5. Im still stuck on Objective #3 there is no option to start it. Anyone know what I have to do?

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  28. why are my buildings not showing up im lvl 10 but since the beginning im am not abel to upgrade or anything is it a bug or something?

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  29. how do you reset your account for battle pirates!?

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  30. I can't see my buildings either. It all started when I updated Adobe. On my lap-top with the older Adobe I can see them. How can I roll back to older version?

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  31. Base armor & base specialties: are these applied automatically once researched?

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  32. Here is an idea. Since there is no sixth vessel in a fleet why dont you guys make the button 6 an select all button? Is that easy or hard because I dont know.

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  33. When I try to refit a predator sub I get a message "The ship cannot be built: Missing research", yet I have all the research done for the weapon, armor, and special I want to use. Why do I get this message and is anyone else having this problem?

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    1. i have the same issue as well. don't know what to do. please help!

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    2. you need to research the predator sub first

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    3. Next to the predator sub icon in the naval lab (and possibly elsewhere, I haven't checked) is a little spanner (I think it's a spanner) in a black circle. Hovering your mouse over this explains that you first have to research the predator sub specialist before you can use the predator sub. The same goes for the stalker sub. The stuff your trying to equip is fine, the invalid design is actually due to the hull itself. I hope this helps. :)

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  34. how do you delete ships when your dock is full with ships

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    1. Open a fleet, click on the ship (not remove), then click scrap

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  35. How do i restart battle pirates?

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  36. Can I put together a merc fleet without game creating it for me?

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    1. Don't think so. The Merc fleet is created by taking into account what ships are available to you at the time.

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  37. do u lose your bubble if u attack fvf?

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    1. No, the only way to lose bubble is to attack another base or wait for it to pop on it's own. Attacking another forsaken fleet, draconian outpost, or draconian vessel will not effect the bubble.

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  38. How many land tiles does a level 5 outpost provide?

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  39. how i get new bluprint?

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  40. what is the combination of ship construction,i mean wepon and armor and specials...

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  41. Can someone post information regarding the Tactical Lab and exactly what its purpose is?

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  42. how do i get someone as a recruit i have asked people but they dont know how to say yes

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  43. I try to chat but it says "you cannot chat because you are in not in any rooms right now". How do i get into a room?

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    1. I'm having the same problem, can't figure it out. anybody know what to do?

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    2. Same problem here - had it for a few weeks now

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    3. Opened up BP in Chrome again - no problem. Seems to be an issue for me with IE10.

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  44. When after level 30 do you get more land mass? Thx

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    1. your land isnt based or your actual lvl its based on your Outpost lvl, upgrade your outpost to get more land tiles

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  45. I try to chat but it says "you cannot chat because you are in not in any rooms right now". How do i get into a room?

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  46. How to i post coordinats on comms that are linked

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  47. I have the same problem with comms "you cannot chat because you are not in any rooms right now"
    Whats up? anybody???

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    1. Im also having the same problem, mine hasnt worked since kixeye updated the alliance group. which is nearly a week now, please kixeye, can you help us or anyone got any ideas, ive tried updating adobe player still no difference.Please sort this out ....
      Clansman from sector 164

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    2. I have had the same problem for 8-9 days. Have tried a few things and none of them help. Whats up?????

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    3. Mine has been out for two weeks now. COME ON KIXEYE What do we do to FIX IT! I can't coordinate attacks with friends or alliance! Can I reset Battle Pirates or will that screw up my current base and fleets?

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    4. Same message one Firefox, IE9 and IE10 as well as Chrome. Been out for several weeks and still unresolved. I refuse to spend any more money until I can chat again. I'm a level 70 that was spending about $100/month but have started playing other games until Kixeye can unglitch the basic stuff like chat.

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  48. same problem I have 'you cannot chat because you are not in any rooms right now' can someone please help

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  49. my daisy cutter would aim but not fire while my base was under attack why?

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    1. you cannot launch missiles while being attacked

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  50. Trying to post my coords so alliance can find me but it is taking them to a different location and when they post there coords and I click on it it takes me to a different location any suggestions

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  51. still have no comms from d start of d allience plss help us kixeye!

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  52. it appears if a player doesnt have spectres scs mcxs they are sol when dreadxs hit their base.most dreads have 2 antis on which negates the vms.any advice on base defense without halos and above mentiones ships as guards.

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  53. what are the experience points from cargos adn elites?

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  54. For the life of me I can not find out how to post my base coords or out at sea. I need a little help please.

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  55. ok i got a problem i cant chat in the sector cuz the game says im not in a chat room. is anyone else having this problem?

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  56. Is there a tutorial somewhere for this game,,, i just started it am at level 15 and i know nothing about it,, have researched all over the place,,, looks like an interesting game but what good is it if you build a ship and dont even know how to launch it never mind drive it

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    1. use the green " ? " in the top right corner of the screen, its a tutorial.

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  57. Hi there I cant use chat, cant buy gold and cant send gift what is going on have latest flash player and doesnt matter in full or small screen what can I do to fix its wrecking the game and cant talk with friends or alliance so cant attack together during raids this is not good

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  58. Comms NOT LOADING!!!!!! I QUIT!

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  59. Nothing happens when I click on 'Fleets' and/or 'View Fleets'. I've tried refreshing the page, leaving & returning to the game, as well as restarting Facebook. What can I do? Is this me? Or is it You? :>P Help please...

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  60. How do I post coords that link to targets at sea ?

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  61. what will happen to my alliance in battle pirates if i cant meet the requirements? i am a lvl 22 an i have 4days left to get 1000pts and right now im at 15pts

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  62. What is the best land based missile to use against ships in a battle? Medium Orion seems best so far, but does not have an effect sometimes.

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  63. i like to play battle pirates but how can i get unbanned to do so?

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  64. how do i delete my battle pirate's base?

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  65. how do you post a picture to the alliance page?

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  66. any help for newbies concerning comms? I was told to post in world chat for some resource help but when i try to say something from the chat interface it says I am not in a room so cant chat.

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  67. i keep on getting a error that says alliance error 1 why do i get it???

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  68. is it possible to build more than one thing at a time?

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  69. my comms/chat doesn't work in my home (on laptop or PC), but works on my laptop outside my home. Does anyone know why or how I can fix this?

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  70. I have splash upgrade...but cannot find evade upgrade...and I've been playing for quite some time. I have double checked my advanced lab as well as my BluePrints listings....nowhere to be found. Wonder when it may become available again...i.e. weekly raids... ?? Thanks

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  71. how do I take a photo of my base? I tried the PrtSc button, nothing happens

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  72. how do I take a photo of my base? I tried the PrtSc button, nothing happens

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  73. ok im pretty annoyed,, this guy keeps spamming the sector chat, I tell him off and relocate my base far away but next morning I find out he found me and moved right next to me.. how the heck did he find me so fast??!! Is it a hack or is there a site u can type a player's name and their base cords?

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  74. I am level 55 why the fuck does my base keep getting attacked by guys that are like level 80 and higher? I am only allowed to attack bases with level 5 below mine.

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  75. Hi what fleets do i use to attack other fleets

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  76. Hi what fleets do i use to attack other fleets.

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