This page defines common terminology for Tradelands along with common acronyms.
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Credit goes to the guys at Tradelands Trello for the ship navel terminology.
Term | Definition |
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Bow (Ship) | Front of the vessel |
Broadside (ship) | One side of a vessel. Can also refer to the firing of multiple side cannons. |
Bow Chaser | A forward facing gun mounted on the Bow. |
Stern Chaser | A rear facing gun mounted on the Stern. |
Port (ship) | Left side of the vessel. |
Starboard (ship) | Right side of the vessel. |
Stern (ship) | Rear of the vessel. |
Weld/Lock | To stick on the ship by pressing Z or by sitting on a cannon. |
Unweld/Unlock | To un-stick on the ship by not being welded and unseating from a cannon. |
Fleet/Armada | A group of ships together. |
Cannon Fort/Fort | A fort at a Spawn island with fixed cannons. |
Common Phrases[]
Phrase | Meaning |
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Give me angle!/I need angle!/Angle! | Telling the helmer to turn the ship appropriately so that the gunners can shoot |
Tag | Shoot the ship, either with a chaser cannon, any cannon, or by hurting a member of a ship's crew (commonly used during raiding) to prevent them from combat logging (if they do combat log and you tag them they will be in jail) |
Use tilt | Aim at far away targets when the ship is tilting down behind you; vice versa for aiming at close targets |
Max Tilt | Fire at far-away ships when the side of the ship you're on is tilted highest |
Hit below | Aim a cannon near or below the waterline, because in a recent update this deals 20% more damage to a ship. You will usually want to do this always unless ordered to snipe cannons or crew |
Snipe (cannons/crew) | Disarm the enemy's cannons or aim to hit the crew with a cannon |
Tacker | Refers to someone who spam heals by eating the in-game hardtack |
General Terminology[]
Term | Definition |
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Doubloons - DB, DBS | The name for money used in Tradelands |
Mats-Materials | Often referring to woods and metals |
Ship (Varies) | Can be called a ship for a big ship, or boat for a small ship |
Whitecrest - WC, wheatcrust | Abbreviation for Kingdom of Whitecrest. |
Port | An island where ships can rest and reload |
Verdantine Sovereignty - Verd, VS | Shortcut for Verdantine Sovereignty |
Blackwind Pirates - Pirates, BW, BWC, Pyrats, Pee Rats, Pie rats, rats | Shortcuts for Blackwind, or Blackwind Cove |
Verner Expedition - Vern, VE | Shortcut for Verner Expedition |
Nova Balreska- NB, Nova Bl, Nova | Shortcut for Nova Balreska |
Nova Balreska Navy - Nova Navy, NBN, Nooba Navy | Shortcut for the Nova Balreskan Navy |
Hallengard - Hal, Vikings, Hallen, HG, hallen, Hallengay | Shortcut for Hallengard |
Pirates | Pirates are an enemy faction to all teams known, they will often sink your ship and steal your cargo. |
Cargo | Cargo are boxed items in barrels or crates that you can sell for doubloons |
Roundshot - RS | Roundshot. |
Per Piece - PP | The price Per Piece for a material. eg. Iron is about 160pp so one piece of Iron costs 160 Doubloons. |
noob, sped, tard, Brazilian | A new player |
Ship Kit(s) | All the wood and metal required to make a boat sold from player to player. |
Gameplay Terminology[]
Term | Definition |
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Weld/Lock | To stick on the ship by pressing Z or by sitting on a cannon |
Unweld/Unlock | To unstick on the ship by not being welded and unseating from a cannon |
Long Gun - LG | Long guns are cannons that shoot far but does lower damage than a carronade |
Carronade- Carro | Carronades are cannons that shoot at short range but does higher damage than a long gun |
Experience - XP | Skill points that can be achieved after doing certain things. i.e. sell cargo, mine rocks, chop trees, etc. |
Health Points - HP | The amount of health a player or ship has. i.e. an Atlas has 18,000 HP. |
Non Playable Characters (NPCs) | Characters that are not controlled by players. These include shops, mail carriers, and other intractable humanoid characters. |
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