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Season 1 • Turbulent Tides

Boat & Accelerator Guide

How to get free accelerators, pick the right boat, and unlock the most powerful skills in Season 1

Overview

Season 1 introduces a ship system that becomes your main source of power. Your seasonal boat unlocks powerful active skills that dramatically speed up your progression.

This guide covers what every alliance member must do to get the most out of Season 1:

Quick Summary

  1. Research Infected Conquest — unlock free accelerators from Raid
  2. Pick the Wavebreaker Cargo (left boat) — the economic ship class
  3. Speed up the Cockpit — earn Ocean Coins and unlock Research Boost and Construction Boost
  4. Activate both skills every 48 hours — never let them sit on cooldown
  5. Find a Season Buddy — pair up and boost each other every 48 hours

1 Research Infected Conquest

Unlock free accelerators from Raid

Before Season 1 starts, go to your Research Center and find the Infected Conquest tree. You need to max out the skill highlighted below — it grants free accelerators (speedups) every time you complete a Raid.

This is the foundation of the entire strategy. Without this research, you won't generate the speedups needed to power through the boat skill tree.

Infected Conquest research tree — max the circled skill to get free accelerators from Raid

Infected Conquest tree — max the circled skill

Do this first! The accelerators you earn from Raid are what make the rest of this strategy work. If you skip this step, you'll fall behind the entire season.

2 Pick the Wavebreaker Cargo

Choose the economic ship class

When Season 1 begins, you'll be asked to select your seasonal ship class. Always pick the left boat — the Wavebreaker Cargo.

This is the economic ship, specialised in production and trade. It improves warehouse efficiency and protection, which is essential for long-term alliance growth. Most importantly, its skill tree contains Research Boost and Construction Boost — the two most valuable active skills in the game.

Ship class selection — pick the left boat (Wavebreaker Cargo)

Select the left boat — Wavebreaker Cargo

💡 The right boat is the military class. While it offers combat bonuses, the economic boat's active skills provide far more value over the course of the season for your overall progression.

3 Unlock Research & Construction Boost

Speed up the Cockpit to earn Ocean Coins

Use the accelerators you've been earning from Raid to speed up the Cockpit — the seasonal boat building. Every time the Cockpit levels up, it rewards you with Ocean Coins.

Spend those Ocean Coins in the boat's Skill Development tree. Your goal is to unlock both of the circled skills below:

Boat skill tree — unlock both circled skills (Research Boost and Construction Boost)

Skill Development — unlock both circled skills

These are the Research Boost and Construction Boost active skills. They are the most powerful progression tools available in Season 1.

How the Skills Work

Each skill does two things when activated:

Effect Details
Instant time reduction Immediately removes a percentage of the remaining time on your current research or building upgrade. At max level (3), this is 15%.
Example: 20 days remaining becomes ~17 days instantly.
Speed boost aura Grants a speed boost for 60 minutes to both you and an ally — affecting all research or construction during that window.
The instant reduction is the real power. Removing 15% of a multi-week timer every 48 hours adds up to days of free speedups over the course of the season — at no cost.

Activate Every 48 Hours

Both skills have a 48-hour cooldown. You must activate them as soon as they come off cooldown — every single time.

Letting them sit idle means you're throwing away free progression. Over the course of the season, this compounds into days of lost speedups.

Set a reminder! Every 48 hours, open your boat and activate both Research Boost and Construction Boost. Make sure you have an active research and building upgrade running to get the instant time reduction.
💡 Before activating: always make sure you have a long research and a long building upgrade in progress. The 15% reduction is calculated on the remaining time — the longer the timer, the more time you shave off.

Find a Season Buddy

Pair up and double the value

When you activate Research Boost or Construction Boost, the skill benefits both you and an ally. That means every activation is already helping someone else for free.

The smart move: find one alliance member and agree to be each other's Season Buddy. You use your skills on them, they use theirs on you — every 48 hours, on schedule.

How it works:

Without a buddy, you get 2 boosts every 48 hours (your own Research + Construction).

With a Season Buddy, you get 4 boosts every 48 hours — your two skills plus your buddy's two skills used on you. That's double the instant time reductions, at zero extra cost.

💡 Keep each other informed. The boost is instant so timing doesn't matter — but let your buddy know when you've used it so they can plan their next build or research accordingly.