Multiboxing Guide

What is Multiboxing?

Multiboxing is the act of playing two or more accounts at the same time.

Each account can have 3 characters (toons) but they can't be played at the same time. Multiboxing allows you to use them at the same time and on the same computer.

Abbreviations

Main

Your main character or your main toon. Usually the one you like most or the one who tows the others.

Alt

Alternative character or alternative toon. The ones that follows you.

Please note that toons that follows others may actually be other players.

Also, alts may be from the same account so not considered as multiboxing.

Is it Legal?

As I write this guide, it is legal, according to Papaya's rules:

Multi-boxing is permitted up to 3 characters per person. One player using 4 or more characters is seen as excessive multi-boxing.

https://uwo.papayaplay.com/uwo.do?tp=news.view&postid=1463

It is also pretty common among dedicated traders.

Note: 5 or 4 fleet characters (toons) is not necessarily excessive multiboxing. These might be different players doing stuff together.

Do I need to multibox?

No, nobody needs to multibox. You can enjoy the game at your own pace without ever having to worry about it.

In my opinion, multiboxing is mostly for traders. Adventurers and shipbuilders may also benefit from multiboxing but not as much as a trader does.

Benefits

• You can carry more cargo per trip.
• You can leech some skills (i.e. Trading and Language skills).
• Can have more skills at once.
• Help you find shipwrecks and give you "combo" bonus during raising.
• Any other benefits applicable for fleeting other players.

Cons

• More time to develop extra characters (toons).
• Less line of sight (Windowed mode instead of full screen).
• You will be an easy prey during battles.

How do I open 2 or 3 accounts at the same time?

Of course, you could just have 2 or more laptops and open the game on each one. But I'll teach you how to to do it in the same computer.

Step 1: Open the game's launch screen three times:

Step 2: Organize the screen so you can see each window "launch game button":

Step 3: Quickly hit the launch game button for ALL three windows. DO NOT wait the game load before hitting the next "launch game" button.

Ok so you will now have 3 windows where you can switch to a new character and issue new commands.

People will fleet with their alts (Alternative characters) so they can follow their main (character) on sea and land. That saves a lot of clicks and switching between windows.

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