Shooting with cannons in Sea of Thieves can be very problematic, especially for beginners.
Situations in which you must hit a static target (like an anchored ship) happen very rarely.
Because of that, you must plan your move in advance.
These pieces of advice are mostly for beginners who are starting their journey with Sea of Thieves.
Cannons in Sea of Thieves - how to train shooting?
They won’t be able to respond with fire and wound player’s character.
Gather a supply of cannonballs and then sail out of a port.
Look for some rocks on which you might try your accuracy.
if you catch a Megalodon while sailing, you might consider him as your training target as well.
Megalodon is very agile, so it will be very hard to hit him.
Skeleton ships are good training targets as well.
it’s possible for you to encounter them literally everywhere.Regular skeleton ships have passive behavior until they are attacked.
This means you’re free to initiate combat with them on your own terms.
After such combat training you will be ready for a real naval battle against other players.
Some of them deal direct damage when they hit target, greatly breaking the ship.
Other can put curse on a ship and reduce its mobility.
Some special cannonballs can influence crew members.
The following table features a description of all types of cannonballs players can use while playing Sea of Thieves.
Cannonball jot down
Description and advice
Cannonball
A regular cannonball thatdeals area damage when it hits a target.
Chainshot balls can be found in supply barrels and in equipment chests.
An opponent cursed with limp effect moves much slower and has severely limited jumping capabilities.
What’s very important is the fact that Limpball doesn’t deal any direct damage to ships.
Limpballs have very small chance of appearing in supply barrels.
A poisoned character received 5% damage every second.
The effect lasts for a few seconds.
Venomballs don’t deal any direct damage to ships.
Venomballs have very small chance of appearing in supply barrels.
Grogballs have small chance of appearing in supply barrels.
Sleeping characters are unable to perform any actions.
Wearyball doesn’t deal any direct damage to the ships.
Wearyballs have small chance of appearing in supply barrels.
Dancing characters are unable to perform any additional actions.
Jigball doesn’t deal any direct damage to the ships.
Jigballs have small chance of appearing in supply barrels.
Riggingball doesn’t deal any direct damage to ships.
Riggingballs have a small chance of appearing in supply barrels.
Anchorball doesn’t deal any direct damage to the ships.
Anchorballs have small chance of appearing in supply barrels.
If the ship has some holes, it might even cause it to go underwater.
Ballastball doesn’t deal any direct damage to the ships.
Cursed Ballastballs have small chance of appearing in supply barrels.
Peaceballs don’t deal any direct damage to the ships.
Peaceballs have small chance of appearing in supply barrels.
A unit that is hit cannot turn or perform any other maneuvers for a few seconds.
Helmballs don’t deal any direct damage to ships.
Helmballs have a small chance of appearing in supply barrels.
Barrelballs do not cause direct damage to ships.
Cursed Barrelballs have a small chance of appearing in supply barrels.
Phantom Cannonball
Phantom Cannonball is a special jot down of regular Cannonball with additional graphics and audio effects.
Phantom Cannonballs are dealing same damage as regular Cannonballs.
A character that walks into the fire will start receiving damage.
When using a Wraith Cannonball, instead of shooting regular cannonballs, the player is shooting green wraiths.
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