Currencies

There are four different currencies in Naval Action. Currencies are stored in the currencies chest which is available in the port screen. Transportable currencies need to be actively moved to the currency chest. Once in the chest, they are available at any location.

Monetary Currencies

Reals

Reals are tradeable, non-transportable silver coins required for

• buying items in the shop,
• placing contracts in the shop, and
• extracting resources from buildings.

Reals can be obtained by

• selling goods,
• selling ships,
• receiving compensation for a lost ship,
• receiving as a reward for sinking an enemy ship, and
• receiving as a reward for completing delivery mission.

Doubloons

Doubloons are tradeable, transportable gold coins required for

• buying advanced upgrades in the admiralty,
• buying ship permits in the admiralty,
• extracting rare woods, and
• crafting ships.

Doubloons can be obtained by

• looting from enemy ship cargo hold (random drop from sunk player or NPC),
• receiving as a reward for completing combat mission, and
• receiving as a reward for completing delivery mission.

Meta Currencies

Combat Medals

Combat medals are non-tradeable, non-transportable medals required for

• buying advanced upgrades in the admiralty, and
• buying ship permits in the admiralty.

Combat medals can be obtained by

• receiving as a reward for sinking enemy player ships, and
• receiving as a reward for completing combat mission.

Victory Marks

Victory marks are non-tradeable, non-transportable medals required for

• buying ship permits in the admiralty.

Victory marks are awarded as a weekly income for lord protector status.

To become a lord protector of a harbor, it is required to participate and win a port battle.
Lord protectors will receive victory marks every week based on their port ownership on conquest round end (weekly). Victory mark distribution is tiered and has diminishing returns. You will get 1 mark extra mark for every 3 ports you control but the max number of marks that can be received is limited to 5, i.e.:

1-3 ports: 1 victory mark
4-6 ports: 2 victory marks
7-9 ports: 3 victory marks
10-12 ports: 4 victory marks
13-15 ports: 5 victory marks
>15 ports: 5 victory marks