Game Guide

Dummies Guide to Sea Powers

Sea Powers is built around a 3 hour update cycle. Every 3 hours, you gain tax income from your islands, your population grows, and you get to perform a new action with your ships.

You can only do 1 thing with a given ship each update: repair it, resupply it, move it, attack with it, or send it on an exploration mission. But be advised that ships which have been used are not available to defend your island, so sending everything out on an attack mission may not be a smart idea.

You can gain money and additional islands by attacking other players, assuming you can overcome their defenses.

Technology provides a useful bonus in combat against other ships - consider investing in it.

Island Improvements

• Farms - increases population limit
• Shipyards - lets you build ships
• Docks - lets you resupply ships
• Schools - increases tax income from an island
• Clinics - increases population growth rate of an island
• Laboratories - allows increased tech spending
• Barracks - defends islands against enemy marines

Technology

To increase technology, funds must first be allocated to research; then select a field of focus. Technology research quickens as the number of laboratories increases.

• Submarine Technology - Effective Submarine tactics
• Anti-Sub Warfare - Anti-submarine weapons and technologies
• Naval Architecture - Increases warship armour
• Shipbuilding – Increases warship health
• Torpedoes - Provides more reliable torpedoes
• Gunnery - Increases effectiveness of gun systems
• Electronics - Provides more efficient sensors and fire control systems
• Aviation - Provides access to better aircraft
• Anti-Aircraft - Anti-aircraft upgrades

Alliances

To join an alliance, you will need to obtain the Alliance Password from a member of the alliance, then enter it and click “Submit Query.”

• Alliances offer you a place to store your funds, where they can’t be touched by enemy forces.
• Alliances also offer you safety of knowthat that other people will assist you both financially and militarily if you are to be attacked.
• Many alliance have outside forums, where members convene to discuss tactics and other important topics.
• To create an alliance, go to the Alliances page and click “Create an Alliance.” Then follow the on-screen instructions.