Sailing is a World 5 skill in Legends of Idleon that allows players to send captains out of voyages in the high seas to return with treasure and rarer treasure: ancient artifacts. Sailing, the Slab and Gaming from World 5 should all be high priorities.
There is no multiplayer component to sailing. Sailing is a fully single player activity. You can expect to setup sailing once per day and not have to touch it again until another day (or several hours at a minimum). Sailing is a slow advancing skill that requires no characters to be active on it and any change impacts all characters on the account. No specific character has any specific roll.
Obtaining Captains in Idleon
There’s five tiers of captains, six if you count the base tier. The base tier is a simple sprite with a red cap. Tier 2 is pink with a black cap. Tier 3 is bone white with a grey cap. Tier 4 is blue with an anchor. Tier 5 is a purple ghost and finally tier 6 contains a green leaf like sprite.
These captains can be bought, resetting on the daily reset, on the right side of the pier.
Idleon Sailing Basics
You need a captain and a boat, both bought with treasure (gold) from the voyages. The first is free and after that you’ll need to use treasure to unlock more. Each new ship has upgrades, using a very complicated formula of “more upgrades = more resources needed.” Ships can be upgraded to hold more and travel faster using treasure. The first few ships use gold, after that it they use treasure from the different islands you can visit.
- Buy boats and captains.
- Put a captain in the bot by clicking the boat on the pier.
- Send the boats out using the sailing map. First to clouds to uncover an island than the island itself.
- When you visit the map your ships will deposit their loot.
- Later, when you have a specific artifact (listed below), you can filter which tier chests drop to make sure you’re not filling up on low quality chests after not playing awhile.
Captain and Ship Slot Costs
The below data is how much each update is for ships and captains. The first 8 ships should be a priority, the rest you won’t be able to upgrade fast enough to make rushing to them worth it.
| Slot: | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| Captain Slots | 0 | 69 | 262 | 734 | 1,783 | 3,980 | 8,382 | 16,925 | 33,083 | 63,030 |
| Ship Slots | 0 | 117 | 460 | 1,332 | 3,345 | 7,701 | 16,713 | 34,725 | 69,782 | 136,559 |
| Slot: | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
| Captain Slots | 117,603 | 215,656 | 389,721 | 695,530 | 1,227,944 | 2,147,511 | 3,724,545 | 6,412,057 | 10,966,007 | 18,643,001 |
| Ship Slots | 261,531 | 491,968 | 911,546 | 1,667,241 | 3,015,463 | 5,400,824 | 9,590,051 | 16,898,833 | 29,574,708 | 51,441,304 |
Destinations and Distance
It’ll take a very long time starting at Cloudy Quay to upgrade to new islands. Don’t forget to send ships to get started, as new islands = new artifacts.
| Name | Route Distance | Cloud Unlock | Captain EXP | Possible Relics |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Safari Island | 25 | 10 | 2 | Moai Head, Maneki Kat, Ruble Cuble, Fauxory Tusk |
| Beachy Coast | 100 | 200 | 6 | Gold Relic, Genie Lamp, Silver Ankh |
| Isolated Woods | 250 | 800 | 10 | Emerald Relic, Fun Hippoete |
| Rocky Peaks | 1,000 | 6,000 | 20 | Arrowhead, 10 AD Tablet, Ashen Urn |
| Stormy North | 3,000 | 30 K | 30 | Amberite, Triagulon, Billcye Tri |
| Snowy South | 10 K | 120 K | 55 | Frost Relic, Chilled Yarn |
| Toxic Bay Inc | 25 K | 400 K | 85 | Causticolumn, Jade Rock |
| Candied Island | 100 K | 2 M | 150 | Dreamcatcher, Gummy Orb |
| Fungi Meadows | 300 K | 8 M | 300 | Fury Relic |
| Cloudy Quay | 1 M | 30 M | 600 | Cloud Urn, Weatherbook |
| Dungeon Cove | 2 M | 60 M | 900 | Giants Eye |
| Crystal Enclave | 5 M | 120 M | 1500 | Crystal Steak |
| Petulent Garage | 15 M | 400 M | 3000 | Trilobite Rock |
| Isle of Note | 40 M | 1.2 B | 5000 | Opera Mask, Socrates |
| The Edge | 100 M | 2 B | 10000 | The True Lantern |
Ancient Artifacts in Idleon Sailing
Ancient artifacts are unlocked by a rare chance per chest open . The first time the artifact drops, you obtain the base effect. The second time you obtain the ancient effect. The only way to farm for any one particular artifact is just to send your entire fleet of ships to that island, assuming they all have enough speed to make it worth their time.
Ruble Cube is what lets you basically advance through world 5 with enough damage. The Fury Relic is a game changer, allowing higher skills.
| Name | Effect | Ancient Effect | Island |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moai Head | Get bonuses from all shrines from any map! You must be in same map/world to level them up though. | All shrines level up +100% faster! | Safari Island |
| Maneki Kat | +2% coins from all monsters per class level of your highest leveled character. | The artifact’s main bonus is doubled! | Safari Island |
| Ruble Cuble | +1% Total Dmg for every 10 items found after 500, as shown at The Slab. | The artifact’s main bonus is doubled! | Safari Island |
| Fauxory Tusk | +1% artifact find chance per sailing LV. | The artifact’s main bonus is doubled! | Safari Island |
| Gold Relic | All 3d printer samples grow by +1% per day for 40 days. Resets when taking a sample. Bonus shown in 3d Printer. | Samples grow by 1.5% for 60 days instead! | Beachy Coast |
| Genie Lamp | +2% loot value from sailing chests per Sailing Lv. | The artifact’s main bonus is doubled! | Beachy Coast |
| Silver Ankh | Unlocks a new Post Office crate to spend P.O. boxes on! Box is for sailing. | 25% chance for +1 box when completing post office orders! | Beachy Coast |
| Emerald Relic | Convert treasures into gold bars! Go see Blobby G, the goldbar blobulyte, on the docks for info. His deals are generally really good. | Get 1.30x more gold bars from converting! | Isolated Woods |
| Fun Hippoete | +6% total dmg per power of 10 Construction Build Rate. | The artifact’s main bonus is doubled! | Isolated Woods |
| Arrowhead | Enables you to manage which chest rarities your captains deliver! Helps declutter your loot pile. | 1.25x higher chance to get rare chests! | Rocky Peaks |
| 10 AD Tablet | +4% Sailing Speed for every 10 items found after 500, as shown at The Slab. | The artifact’s main bonus is doubled! | Rocky Peaks |
| Ashen Urn | +1% Divinity gain per class level of your highest leveled character, up to Lv 200. | Applies up to character level 400 instead! | Rocky Peaks |
| Amberite | The lab bonus ‘No Bubble Left Behind’ affects +1 more bubbles! | Affects +1 additional bubbles per day! | Stormy North |
| Triagulon | +15% cooking speed per power of 10 Turkey owned. | The artifact’s main bonus is doubled! | Stormy North |
| Billcye Tri | Unlocks a new Post Office crate to spend P.O. boxes on! | 25% chance for +1 box when completing post office orders! | Stormy North |
| Frost Relic | +30% Efficiency for all skills in World 1, World 2, and World 3! | The artifact’s main bonus is doubled! | Snowy South |
| Chilled Yarn | All the Sigils in alchemy give 2x their displayed bonus. | The artifact’s main bonus is doubled! | Snowy South |
| Causticolumn | +10 Max Level for all cooking meals. Jade plates here we come! | The artifact’s main bonus is doubled! | Toxic Bay Inc |
| Jade Rock | +3% Divinity for every 10 items found after 500, as shown at The Slab. | The artifact’s main bonus is doubled! | Toxic Bay Inc |
| Dreamcatcher | Your loot pile can hold +2 more sailing chests at once! What a dream situation! | The artifact’s main bonus is doubled! | Candied Island |
| Gummy Orb | +15% bits for every 10 items found after 500, as shown at The Slab. | The artifact’s main bonus is doubled! | Candied Island |
| Fury Relic | +25 Max Talent Book LV at the library. | The artifact’s main bonus is doubled! | Fungi Meadows |
| Cloud Urn | Unlocks a new Post Office crate to spend P.O. boxes on! | 25% chance for +1 box when completing post office orders! | Cloudy Quay |
| Weatherbook | +10% bits gained in the Gaming Garden per gaming lv. | The artifact’s main bonus is doubled! | Cloudy Quay |
| Giants Eye | +25% shiny pet breed chance per day. Stacks until successfully breeding a shiny! | The artifact’s main bonus is doubled! | Dungeon Cove |
| Crystal Steak | +2% total damage per 100 main stat, STR AGI WIS or LUK based on your class. | The artifact’s main bonus is doubled! | Crystal Enclave |
| Trilobite Rock | +25% multikill per damage tier. | The artifact’s main bonus is doubled! | Petulent Garage |
| Opera Mask | +1% total damage per power of 10 gold bars owned in sailing. | The artifact’s main bonus is doubled! | Isle of Note |
| Socrates | +10% all stats. STR, AGI, WIS and LUK. | The artifact’s main bonus is doubled! | Isle of Note |
| The True Lantern | +15% total dmg per power of 10 Particles owned in atom collider. | The artifact’s main bonus is doubled! | The Edge |
