Harpoon Clipper

The smallest and fastest of the big ships. Designed to carry a few people at speed. No space to store or transport trade packs (although I don't think it'll complain if you or your passengers are wearing one).

Creation
Plans cost on Mirage Island or can be bought on the Auction House for gold.

Materials
Materials for construction are 150 labor,, and

To make a you need, which you can make for 25 labor at a sawmill bench from  and 500 labor.

To make an iron pack you need, which you can make for 25 labor in a smelter from and 500 labor.

To make a fabric pack you need which you can make for 25 labor at a loom from  or  and 500 labor.

Farming, gathering or mining the raw materials takes a while. If you are a patron try buying the raw materials through the Auction House. If you are not a patron, you're going to have to buy the refined materials on the auction house, as saving up the 1500 labor to process them yourself is virtually impossible. (I paid 6 gold for 100 lumber and 2 gold a piece 1000 iron ore and 1000 cotton - your prices will vary, depending on what's on offer.)

Do not make up the packs at this point or buy packs from the auction market (unless you have somewhere secure to store them).

Placement
Activate the design to place the dry dock. You'll need your 10 gold and 25 labor with you.

Placement needs to be in fairly deep water near a crafting site with a smelter, a saw bench and a loom.

If it doesn't want to place, try rotating it to run parallel to the shore (click once, then mouse wheel to rotate).

Once placed the dry dock is protected for 2 days. If your ship isn't complete by then, the dry dock can be attacked and destroyed - and you loose everything you've put into it.

Ensure you have ALL your construction materials (100 lumber, 100 iron ingots, 100 fabric, 10 gold and 250 labor) before you place the dry dock.

Surprisingly enough you can swim out to the dry dock carrying a trade pack - even an iron one.

Construction
This happens after placement.


 * 1) Make up your lumber pack, carry it out to the dry dock and spend 25 labor applying it.
 * 2) Make up your iron pack, carry it out to the dry dock and spend 25 labor applying it.
 * 3) Make up you fabric pack, carry it out to the dry dock and spend 25 labor applying it.
 * 4) Spend another 75 labor (in three phases) to complete the ship.

To launch the completed vessel you need to activate the dry dock a final time. The ramp will drop, there will be fireworks and the ship will slide down into the water. Then everything vanishes and you're left floating in empty ocean for a few seconds before the render engine gets around to actually drawing your ship.

Climb aboard (ramps on either side at the stern, you gotta jump at the top), take the helm and take her for a spin.

Tidying up
You'll have a summons scroll for the ship in your bag - activate to summons or dismiss. Apparently this can also be used with a (cheap item from a general merchant) to repair her if she gets destroyed. You might want to drag it onto your skill bar.

Rename the ship by targeting it and right clicking the health bar, then selecting rename.