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The Almanac of the Age of Piracy

Windrose Game
& All Her Secrets

"What begins as a reckless crossing draws ye into a war of empires, pirate clans, and dark powers that crawl from beneath the waves." Browse every ship, blade, beast, isle and forgotten log of the upcoming PvE pirate survival adventure.

— The Database —

Charts, Lists & Logs

Every weapon, vessel, foe and secret of Windrose, organised for the curious captain. Updated as new tides bring new discoveries from Early Access.

Ships

Ketch · Brig · Frigate

Hull stats, sail configurations, cannon mounts, crew capacity and upgrade paths for every vessel in the fleet.

Weapons

61+ blades & firearms

Sabers, rapiers, cutlasses, flintlocks, blunderbusses, muskets and the new greatsword — every tool of mayhem with damage rolls and movesets.

Armor & Garb

Coats, hats, charms

From buccaneer rags to admiral's regalia. Defense, weight, set bonuses, and where to plunder each piece.

Bosses

Real legends & dark powers

Blackbeard himself, drowned admirals, leviathans, and the cursed things stirring beneath the seas. Stats, weaknesses, drops.

Islands & Biomes

Procedural archipelago

Tortuga, hidden coves, jungle interiors, drowned ruins. Resources, climates, and the dungeons each isle conceals.

Crafting

Recipes & benches

Every workbench, cookpot, forge and disassembly station. Material chains, refinement tiers, and that priceless 100% recovery trick.

Skills

Trees & perks

Branching skill paths for swordplay, gunnery, sailing, survival and the dark arts. Unlocks, costs and respec rules.

Quests & Story

Main · Side · Faction

Follow the missing pages of Columbus's Book of Prophecies, settle scores, and chase the treasure said to grant dominion of the seas.

NPCs & Crew

Allies, vendors, rogues

Recruitable shipmates, settlement traders, faction quartermasters. Stats, loyalty, and rumors they whisper at the tavern.

Treasures

Loot & rare finds

Buried hoards, sunken chests, cursed relics. Drop tables, locations, and the maps that hint at them.

Sea Shanties

Music & lore

Every shanty by Sean Dagher and the Windrose crew, with lyrics, origins, and the moods they set on the open ocean.

Building

Forts & mansions

Every block, beam and beacon. Snap rules, structural limits, and the new signal fire visible for miles.

— Dramatis Personae —

The Captains

Real-world legends and supernatural rivals shape the tides of Windrose. The captain you build is yours alone — but these are the names already carved into the hull.

The Captain — You

The Crossed

A captain who dared to challenge Blackbeard. Ambushed, beaten, washed ashore with nothing but a rowing boat and a grudge.

Origin: Unknown Style: Yours
The Antagonist

Blackbeard

Edward Teach. The scourge that started this whole bloody affair. Burning fuses braided into his beard, and a fleet at his back.

Faction: Pirate Lords Threat: Apex
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The Loremaster

Dr. Galen

Scholar of Columbus's Book of Prophecies. Knows what those missing pages describe — and why no one should ever find them.

Role: Quest Giver Loyalty: Conditional
— The Archipelago —

A World Worth Drowning For

Procedurally generated isles knit together by hand-crafted dungeons, ruins and rumors. No two crossings are the same — but every captain must choose where to make landfall.

Sail seamlessly from open ocean to surf, from surf to jungle, from jungle to the dripping dark of a forgotten temple. The Age of Piracy awaits.

100+Hand-crafted dungeons
61+Unique weapons
3Ship classes
4Co-op captains
— The Logbook —

Tidings from the Crew

Patch notes, dev letters, and rumors from the Windrose Crew's port of Tashkent.

Steam Next Fest · Feb 2026

22,000 Captains at Sea

The free demo broke into Steam's top-20 demos by peak players, with a 93% positive rating across thousands of reviews. The Windrose Crew is reeling — in the best way.

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Dev Letter · Patch Notes

Signal Fires & Shanty Voices

A new buildable signal fire visible for miles, coarser backing voices added to the shanty mix, controller pass, and DLSS/FSR support land in the next update.

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Rebrand · Dec 2025

From Crosswind to Windrose

The studio narrowed its scope from PvP MMO to PvE survival adventure — and renamed the whole voyage. A smaller game, a bigger heart, the same ocean.

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