Castaways

Summary

• Players will have a chance to encounter Castaways while at sea
• Castaways are NPCs that will occasionally spawn on Fishing Spots and on NPC Ships
• Each Castaway has a target Town destination they must to be returned to

Rescuing

• Players can accept a Castaway onto their ship by approaching within 8 tiles of it and using the "Accept Escort" shift-click menu option or saying "I will take thee"
• Players must first trigger at least one Creature Spawn from a Fishing Spot before any Castaways at that location can be accepted from there
  • Players will receive a "Danger still lurks in the water and you must fish and uncover it first before you may do that" message if a Creature Spawn has not yet occured from a Fishing Spot where a player attempts to accept a Castaway
• Players can accept Castaways from an another player's ship if that ship is unoccupied or the player is considered friendly to that ship

• To rescue a Castaway, players must sail them to the Town listed for the NPC which is displayed on single-click
• A rescue is completed if the NPC enters the Guard Zone of the listed town, or the player double-clicks a Dockmaster within the Town
• The Guard Zone in some coastal towns do not extend far into the ocean, so the player should use a Dockmaster in these locations (each town should have several reachable)
• When a player successfully rescues a Castaway, a random Ship Upgrade or Crewmember Contract added into their ship's Pending Salvage

Limitations

• Players can have at most 2 Castaways on board their ship at a time
• Players will not be able to accept a Castaway on a Ship if any hostile creatures are present on the ship

Failure

• Players can Abandon a Castaway by shift-clicking and selecting the "Abandon Escort" menu option
• Abandoning a Castaway will delete the NPC
• If a ship ever sinks or docks, all Castaways on board the ship will automatically be treated as being Abandoned (deleted)

Ship People Things

Ship People Things
Ships Overview	Ship Hotbars	Fishing	Ocean Bosses
Ship Crewmembers	Ship Upgrades	Ship Salvaging	Castaways