
I still tend to build several busse and name them after pungent fish products.Įdit2: This same information and more is now available in the form of a guide put together by White Knight.Viking Conquest takes the player to dark-age northern Europe during the ninth century, when Norsemen invaded the British Isles en masse. I have played mulitple play throughs now. All of them have black tarred hulls with red stripes and red sails.Įdit: My personal ship info is very old. I now have three busse: the Lutefisk, the Surstromming, and the Rakfisk. I prefer the looks of the small ships actually but my party has already outgrown them and I would rather stick with a single ship for now. I like the speed of the Skeid and it holds enough in one ship to do some village raids. I was saving up for a Snekkja but now that I have 26k I think I will wait a bit longer and get a Skeid instead. Usually the other ships will hold back far enough to stay out of the way. This is helpful when using a circling tactic to rain missiles on the enemies. If you need them to come help just use F1 F3 to have them charge again. If you want to attack with just your lead ship you can order the other ships to hold at the spawn point. Whether sailing or rowing is faster will depend on wind direction and number of troops. You control your lead ship with arrow keys and the enter key to raise or lower the sail. Your fleet moves as fast as the slowest ship in your fleet. Your Sea King skill determines how many ships you can have.

The cities that can build them or have used ones for sale are Tunsberg, Ribe, Dorestad, and Dubh Linn. Only the Norse shipwrights can build Skeid and Busse.

The materials are one each of tar, wool, and timber. To have a Karvi, Skeid, or Busse built you will need to supply some extra building materials. Busse is the war ship that holds the most troops.

Used versions are available in port towns in various states of repair.īyrding is a basic small transport. Type / Speed / Max Crew / Approximate New Price for OakĪll ships are available in Ash (cheapest), Pine (midrange), and Oak (best). In case you were wondering what the stats are for each ship.
