Bounty Bay Online - The Nautic Century plays in the time of explorers and pirates. In historically accurate places and in an ever changing political climate the Bounty Bay Online player experiences the time of the 14th to 16th century.

In Bounty Bay Online it`s the players that write history! Similar to the great explorers, buccaneers and pirates of old times, now the players have to write the history of Bounty Bay Online.

In the wake of legends like James Cook, Christopher Columbus and other similar heroes of the time, you can discover new fauna and flora. You have to fight against fierce animals and battle against outlaws and mythical creatures from all cultures. Governors and other influental personalities hand out important assignments to boost the glory and fame of their subjects. With their help you can advance your career and maybe one day get a peerage. And in the end it may be possible that you are responsible for the political fate of the nation.

As a buccaneer with a letter of marque you have to destroy the enemies of your own nation. Flotsam and captured loot are filling the warehouses of the adventurers, while influential guilds control whole cities, build fortresses, raise taxes and change the political situation. New alliances are being made, old pacts crumble and former allies wage war against another.

If you are sailing alone in your merchant ship or are part of a larger convoi, you always have to keep an eye out for the dreaded pirates and either have to forgo pirate infested waters or protext yourself with heavy escorts to reach your destination port alive. As a pirate that knows no authorities, you have to avoid cities with too many trained guards. Secret bays and caves are your home and protect you between your raids.

Farmers try to grow rare plants out of expensive seeds on their soil and when a blockade of the ports endangers the supply lines it is them who will keep the innocent population alive. Crafters need more and more raw materials to build heal potions, weapons, armor and ships and when commodities from local sources run low, they even have to go to sea to find new deposits.

System Requirements

Minimum

Operating System: Windows 98 | ME | 2000 | XP
CPU: 1.2 GHz
Graphics device: 3D-hardware accelerator graphics device with 64 MB RAM
DirectX: 9.0c or higher
RAM: 128MB RAM
Harddisk space: 2.5 GB
Internet connection: ISDN

Recommended

Operating System: Windows 98 | ME | 2000 | XP
CPU: 2 GHz
Graphics device: 3D-hardware accelerator graphics device with 128 MB RAM
DirectX: 9.0c or higher
RAM: 512MB RAM
Harddisk space: 2.5 GB
Internet connection: DSL or faster

HotKeys

ALT: Shows where all players, NPCs and items in the screen are
ALT + R : Switch between running and walking (won't work when character is overloaded)
ALT + A: Turn camera counterclockwise
ALT + S : Drop the camera downward
ALT + Q: Zoom in
ALT + W: Raise the camera upward
ALT + D : Turn camera clockwise
ALT + Z : Open a new chat message
^ : Cameralock
CTRL + A: Open command window
CTRL + Q: Open control panel
CTRL + X: Open contact window
CTRL + Z: Open ship properties
CTRL + C: Open character properties
CTRL + M: Open map
Print: Take screenshot
Pause: Fade out user interface

Numbers and facts

Discoveries 1.500+
Ships 120+
Cities 60 - Hamburg, London, Lisbon, Cape Town, ...
Careers 17 - Fisherman, Farmer, lumberjack, Hunter, Miner...
Classes 4 - Warrior, Discoverer, Merchant, Seafarer
Charakter-Values 7 - Health, Energy, Attack, Defense, Precision, Dodging rate, Weight
Ship-Values 6 - Hull resilience, Sail resilience, Number of sailors, Energy value, Supplies, cash
Main-Skills 4 - Navigation, Eloquence, Sea battle, Bare-handed fighting
Weapon types 4 -C Sword, Falchion, Axe, Guns; Several thousand articles altogether
Pets Players can get companions for themselves = from Hares to Bears.