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Pirate101: How Long?

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Ensign
Jul 21, 2009
1
Hey guys! I'm a new pirate, but a hardened wizard101 veteran, and I was wondering, about how long does it take to complete the game (Max character, beat main quests, etc.)

Petty Officer
Oct 04, 2012
67
Most of the xp comes from the main questline and if you exclusively play that (ignoring side quests) it can be quite quick. In particular if you undertake ship battles in groups rather than soloing it speeds things up a lot; the main thing is to avoid fighting on deck during ship battles as that slows things up a lot.

Sidequests give you money, companion training points, nautical xp etc so they are important. If you complete all quests in each area then there are a lot of hours of gameplay.

Ensign
Dec 31, 2012
20
It can be done within a week but you would have to devote every single minute you are awake to playing the game for a week and also requires a little bit of knowledge about the game which helps you progress through a little quicker. A more reasonable time frame for your first time through is about 3 weeks. If you only play a few hours a day and not everyday, then it could take anywhere from 2-3 months.

As you can see your playing habits determine how long it will take you and everyones are different.

Some tips if you wanna get try to get through a little quicker:

  • Like the previous poster mentioned, don't board ships. If you need to sink ships and your ship isn't strong enough to solo, then try changing reams until you find some help.
  • When you get quests that require you to kill a certain number of enemies, try changing realms to find others working on the same quest. Bigger mobs can complete the requirement in one battle where solo can take 3 or 4 battles. However, be sure to ask before joining other peoples battles.
  • Other than the first two suggestions I made above, solo the whole game. Everything else in the game goes so much faster solo.
  • Keep your friend list very limited. People constantly asking for help can really slow you down so by keeping your list limited and not adding every single person you sink a ship with or battle with will help keep you moving.
  • Although I don't recommend this your first time through, you can hold the space bar over the dialog when you have to talk to people to skip through it really fast.

Bosun
Apr 26, 2009
303
If you play 8 hours a day... 1 week (gulity) if you play normally like 2 hours a day it can take a month or 2

Ensign
Sep 10, 2011
7
I finished the game with a clean quest menu in approximately 2 weeks. Besides what was already mentioned, a very fast mount will make all the tedious running in between quests soo so much faster. I used a 1 day rental buffaloon most times (better if you can afford a perma mount). Herd all similar defeat and collect quests by talking to all NPCs with an exclamation point in a place. This way you will not be repeating battles from the same group of critters again and again

Good Luck!

Two Faced Sebastian Finkle L65

Bosun
Sep 09, 2010
352
It depends on your playing style if you play for like 1 hour or 30 minutes .it took me about a year to finish and all I need to do is complete Aquila .see you in the spiral romantic rebbeca ivring level 65 .

Petty Officer
Aug 04, 2010
74
Gunner's Mate
Jul 03, 2011
207
Dead Eye Luke on Jun 23, 2013 wrote:
If you play 8 hours a day... 1 week (gulity) if you play normally like 2 hours a day it can take a month or 2
I play about 4 hours a day (some days less) and it took me a month and a half to do Cool Ranch. I started playing Pirate101 again (I got a membership last year-i think- but I didn't play for a while) at the beginning of the summer. Around like June..... 3rd I think. And I'm now level 47. So, I don't think you could've completed the game in a week, playing 8 hours each day. Unless you had a max level helping you...... Then MAYBE.

Rachel - Level 47

Ensign
Dec 27, 2012
5
Well it took me at least 3 weeks to become max level by completing all side quests before even reaching aquila still have the aquila side quests stored up for when more levels come.

Bosun
Aug 08, 2012
318
Few months. Shorter if you play a lot each day.

Petty Officer
Jan 01, 2013
94
It took me almost 8 months to go through Skull Island to the beginning of Aquila. I can't do it for a week strait, I have a life!