Guild Guidebook: Shipyard 101

Welcome to another edition of Guild Guidebook! With patch 6.2 just around the corner, there's no better time to discuss the Shipyard, a new upcoming feature.

Overview
Shipyards are a new feature coming in Patch 6.2: Fury of Hellfire. You will need this to unlock Tanaan Jungle, and to complete the next steps of the Legendary Questline. We will go through unlocking the Shipyard, upgrading it, and go into depth about the various features involved.

Unlocking the Shipyard
To unlock the Shipyard, you must complete the following questline:

• Garrison Campaign: War Council
  This quest automatically appears when zoning in to a level 3 Garrison.
• We Need a Shipwright
  Take a flight from your Garrison Flight Master to Iron Docks to find someone that knows how to build a Shipyard. Turn in the quest to Exarch Naielle.
• Derailment
  Next you are to find explosives and a detonator from the docks and then proceed to meet Exarch Yrel southeast. There is also a bonus objective here for 200 Garrison Resources and a little gold.
• The Train Gang
  Plant three explosives on the nearby train and use the detonator to free Solog Roark.
• Hook, Line, and... Sink Him!
  Move back to the large loading area (where the Ogron patrol) to find a grappling hook. The hook shoots you up to the balcony where Admiral Knar awaits you with Roark's Shipyard Blueprints. Take him out and hand in the quest to Solog on the balcony.
• Nothing Remains
  Return to your Garrison. It's a good idea to have your Garrison Hearthstone ready for this part.
• All Hands on Deck
  King Varian gives you a quest which unlocks the level 1 Shipyard. The construction requires 150 Garrison Resources and 150 gold. You can turn in the quest to Solog Roark at Eventide Landing; and in-game cinematic will be played after turning in the quest.

Setting up a base in Tanaan Jungle
To continue to further your Shipyard, you must invade Tanaan Jungle.

• Let's Get to Work
  After the cinematic ends, you'll see your Shipyard Foreman, Merreck Vonder standing nearby with this quest. Proceed to meet Solog at the beach to the east. Upon completion you are rewarded with 200 Oil.
• Shipbuilding
  Solog gives you Ship Blueprint: Transport. Use them to learn your first ship type: Transport.
• Strange Tools
  Simply turn in the next quest to the Alliance Shipwright: Yanas Seastrike.
• Ship Shape
  Construct your first Transport from Yanas. After 1 minute you can "loot" your first ship and a shot cinematic will be played.
• The Invasion of Tanaan
  It's invasion time! Head up to the other side of your Shipyard and speak with Yrel to begin. 
• Obstacle Course
  Hand in the previous quest to Yrel and accept this quest. Find two items from the Iron Horde buildings on both sides of the road. The first hut is guarded by Rulkrik the Pillager, and the second by Magril the Seer. Turn in the quest to Exarch Naielle, who awaits you on the road to the north. 
• In, Through, and Beyond!
  Pass through the gate to the west, avoid the cannon fire, and destroy the cannon on the hill. When done, continue to the west where you'll meet Naielle for the turn in; she is stealthing near the south wall.
• The Assault Base
  Follow Naielle to the nearby clearing to establish your base of operations in Tanaan, Lion's Watch. After the cinematic, you are presented several quests and can now explore the new area.

When looking from the Shipyard's angle, there isn't much more to do in Tanaan Jungle if you want to unlock Naval Missions as soon as possible. 

Unlocking Naval Missions

• Shipyard Report
  Yrel provides this quest at Lion's Watch. Accept this quest and hearth back to your Garrison and meet Merreck Vonder at your Shipyard. 
• Naval Commander
  It's time to start your first Naval Mission! Upon accepting this quest, Merreck moves to the Fleet Command Table where you are to start A Supply Pickup. The mission takes 1 minute to complete.
• Destroying the Competition
  Merreck gives you Ship Blueprint: Destroyer, learn it and you are now able to build Destroyers. Next go meet Yanas again and build yourself one. Construction finishes again in one minute, so it's time to start another short mission: A Little Combat.
• If At First You Fail, Try Again!
  Oh no! The submarine you faced turned out to be a tough nut to crack and your Destroyer didn't survive the mission. Luckily Yanas can build you another in no time. This time the Destroyer will get exceptionally bumped directly to Rare quality and will come equipped with Felsmoke Launcher so that you can get your payback on the evil submarine in The Second Time is the Charm.
• Equipping Our Fleet
  Merreck introduces you to ship Equipment, and asks you to introduce yourself to your Naval Equipment Specialist at your Shipyard, Salty Jorren. Before you can complete the quest, you need to pick up Equipment Blueprint: Blast Furnace from the nearby pier and return them to Jorren. 
• A True Naval Commander
  Jorren provides you with Blast Furnace, which you need to apply to one of your ships. Then it's time to expand your naval territory and complete the first naval blockade mission Blockade: South Sea. The mission lasts for 1 hour, but the quest can be completed after you start the mission and rewards a nice nest egg for the future: 1,000 Oil and five Rush Order: Shipyard which allows you to instantly finish the active ship building. 

Shipyard quests don't end after you've done all the above phases. You are given the quest to upgrade your Shipyard and a small breadcrumb quest that tells you where to unlock your next ship type: Battleship.

Upgrading the Shipyard

Level 2
After finishing A True Naval Commander, the following quest Upgrading the Fleet becomes available. This quest requires you to have completed 15 Naval Missions, have 1,000 gold and 1,000 Garrison Resources. In return, your Shipyard will be able to contain 7 ships, and you'll get Ship Blueprint: Submarine for building Submarines.

Level 3
Unlocking the level 3 Shipyard is pretty much the exact same thing as level 2. After completing Upgrading the Fleet, you will be given the followup quest Naval Domination. This requires you to complete 25 Naval Treasure Missions, have 2,500 Garrison Resources, and 2,500 gold. In return, you unlock Ship Blueprint: Carrier and can now have 10 ships.

Ships

Key Differences Between Followers and Ships

• Separate maximum amounts for followers and ships
  The fleet size is kept apart from your Garrison follower cap.
• Different mission pools
  Followers can't be sent on Naval Missions and vice versa.
• Followers are more permanent than ships
  One can actually lose ships during Naval Missions or even freely decommission the unwanted ships.
• Distinct abilities and threats
  Ships and naval missions have their own abilities and threats.
• Ships aren't as customizable as Followers.
  Ships can only be modified by adding Equipment.
• Leveling differences
  Ships don't have a level or item level to raise, but their quality can be upgraded by gaining experience.

Ship Types, Abilities, Crews, and Equipment

Ships have different types, which determine the look of the ship, the cost of the ship, the time it takes to build the ship, and what initial Ability each ship has.

• Battleship
  Counters: Destroyer; Costs: 50 Garrison Resources and 100 Oil and takes 1 hour to build.
• Carrier
  Counters: Battleship; Unknown costs/build time
• Destroyer
  Counters: Submarine; Costs: 25 Garrison Resources and 75 Oil and takes 30 minutes to build.
• Submarine
  Counters: Carrier; Costs: 50 Garrison Resources and 75 Oil and takes 2 hours to build.
• Transport
  Counters: Land Objective; Costs: 25 Garrison Resources and 50 Oil and takes 30 minutes to build.

Ship Crews are similar to Follower Traits, where they give a small bonus to missions as opposed to a direct counter to a threat.

Alliance Crews:

• Dwarven Crew
  Increases gold gained from Naval Missions by 100%.
• Draenic Crew
  Counters: Dense Fog
• Gnomish Crew
  Successful Naval Missions have a chance to yield Naval Equipment.
• Human Crew
  Increases success chance on Naval Missions by 10%.
• Night Elf Crew
  Reduces the duration of Naval Missions by 50%. 
• Pandaren Crew
  Increases success chance on long (over 1 day) Naval Missions by 10%.
• Worgen Crew
  Increases the experience gained by 50% for all ships from a mission.

Other Crews:

• Arakkoa Crew - Only obtainable from Ship: The Awakener
  Counters: Battleship
• Murloc Crew
  Counters: Land Objective

Equipment:

Equipment	Source	Unlocked From	Description
Bilge Pump	Naval Equipment Specialist 500 Garrison Resources	Plans from Belgork (Ironmonger’s Hold)	Counter: Stormy Weather
Blast Furnace	Naval Equipment Specialist 500 Garrison Resources	True Naval Commander	Counter: Swift
Felsmoke Launcher	Naval Equipment Specialist 500 Garrison Resources	Plans from Felsmith Damorka (Fel Forge)	Counter: First Strike
Gyroscopic Internal Stabilizer	Naval Equipment Specialist 500 Garrison Resources	Plans from Hellfire Citadel	Counter: Chaotic Whirlpool
High Intensity Fog Lights	Naval Equipment Specialist 500 Garrison Resources	Plans from Xanzith the Everlasting (Throne of Kil’Jaedan	Counter: Dense Fog
Ice Cutter	Naval Equipment Specialist 500 Garrison Resources	Plans from Cindral the Wildfire (Ironhold Harbor)	Counter: Icy Waters
Trained Shark Tank	Naval Equipment Specialist 500 Garrison Resources	Plans from deep water off of coast of Tanaan Jungle	Counter: Minelayer
True Iron Rudder	Naval Equipment Specialist 500 Garrison Resources	Plans from Zoug the Heavy (Ironhold Harbor)	Counter: Evasive
Tuskarr Fishing Net	Naval Equipment Specialist 500 Garrison Resources	Hand of the Prophet – Honored	Successful naval missions generate fish.
Unsinkable	Naval Equipment Specialist 500 Garrison Resources	Hand of the Prophet – Revered	One time protection from destruction.

Decommissioning and Renaming Ships

It is possible to decommission unwanted ships, but only if your fleet size has reached maximum. It is possible to rename ships as well (What will you name yours?)

Naval Missions

Naval Missions are fueled by Oil, a new currency. You mostly gain Oil from the Tanaan Jungle apexis dailies, Tanaan Jungle rares, and from several Follower missions (increased with the Greasemonkey trait).

Interface
The interface is slightly different than the Garrison Mission UI. The interface has two different tabs, Naval Map and Fleet. The Fleet tab is used to view and manage your ships; namely equip, rename, and decommission them. A similar tab can be found in the Garrison Report pane as well, without the option to rename or decommission.

The Naval Map tab is where all the action happens. Instead of a list of missions, you are given a map of Draenor which shows the currently available missions as distinct icons that stand for the mission's category. 

The Naval Map is divided into quadrants which represent the seas of Draenor. By default, three of these quadrants are always initially locked and you need to complete the Blockade mission in order to unlock the missions from a quadrant. Missions are guaranteed to be in a given quadrant and if you click the name of the quadrant below, it will give you a list of missions available in that quadrant.

• Barrier Sea - Northeast
• South Sea - Southwest
• Evanescent Sea - Southeast (Alliance Starting Quadrant)
• Zangar Sea - Northwest (Horde Starting Quadrant)

Naval Missions can take awhile to complete, ranging from 4 hours to 3 days. Naval Missions also have threats, which are listed below.

• Battleship (Countered with Carrier, Arakkoa Crew)
• Carrier (Countered with Submarine)
• Chaotic Whirlpools (Countered with Gyroscopic Internal Stabilizer)
• Dense Fog (Countered with High Intensity Fog Lights, Draenic Crew)
• Destroyer (Countered with Battleship)
• Evasive (Countered with True Iron Rudder)
• Expert Captain (Countered with none -- see description below)
• First Strike (Countered with Felsmoke Launcher)
• Icy Water (Countered with Ice Cutter)
• Land Objective (Countered with Boarding Party, Murloc Crew)
• Minelayer (Countered with Trained Shark Tank)
• Stormy Weather (Countered with Bilge Pump)
• Submarine (Countered with Destroyer)
• Swift (Countered with Blast Furnace)

Expert Captain is the only threat that cannot be countered directly, and must be dealt with a different way. It is good to have increased success chance buffs from equipment, crew, etc. Note, however, that it requires three 10% increases to counter one Expert Captain. 

Area Buffs

Naval Missions come with an entirely new mechanic which allow players to gain specific area buffs. These are obtained from Naval Bonus Missions, and will activate an area. The missions in that area will be given a buff, all of which are listed below.

• Apexis Storm
  Successful missions generate Apexis Crystals.
• Air Superiority
  Increases success chance by 10%
• Captain Reania's Command
  Increases the missions XP gained by 50% to each participating ship.
• Fearless Privateer
  Increases success chance by 10%
• Treasure Map
  Increases the gold gained from a mission by 100%. 

Ship Destruction

Whenever you fail a mission, there is a 50% chance for each ship to be permanently destroyed. It is possible to negate this by equipping your ship with Unsinkable, but the equipment will be lost when triggered.

Mission Categories/Types
There are seven different mission categories, listed below. Also below is a description of what to expect from each category.

• Training
  Naval Training Missions are the first missions you will encounter. In accordance with the name, these missions are considered easier than others as they have fewer threats and are relatively short in mission duration (up to 8 hours).
• Combat
  Probably the most common type players run across. Naval Combat Missions come from a large pool of missions of which rewards huge chunks of XP to epic items. Some combat missions take up to three days to complete.
• Treasure
  In terms of difficulty and duration, these missions are pretty much on par with the Combat Missions. These missions always have either gold or some item reward. In general, Treasure Missions are more scarce than Combat Missions.
• Blockade
  Blockade Missions prevent players from doing missions in a specific quadrant where the blockade is located. Successfully completing a Blockade Mission will reveal the corresponding area of the naval map and unlock all missions in that quadrant. The South Sea Blockade Missions always last one hour, and the rest for four hours. Blockades reappear roughly every 5-7 days.
• Legendary
  Missions with this category are probably the least common, as they are tied with the Legendary questline. Five naval missions form a chain which you need to complete in order to continue to proceed in the questline. They also provide an optional way to obtain the legendary items needed in different phases of the questline, like Abrogator Stone. 
• Bonus
  Naval Bonus Missions appear every now and then and offer a unique reward: an area buff that will affect a certain map area and all missions within. These missions have a duration of 4 hours.
• Oil
  It's a bit misleading to talk about Naval Oil Missions as a category because only one mission belongs to it. This mission appears only after a player has acquired enough reputation with Hand of the Prophet and has built themselves an Oil Rig. From that point on, the mission Oil Rig: Pickup Location appears somewhat regularly to Barrier Sea, rewarding 200 Oil when successfully completed.

Notable Rewards
Each mission has a reward, from XP to some sweet items. Below is a table that details all those.

Player Items
Mission	Sea	Category	Item
War is Fel	Barrier	Combat	Iron Fleet Treasure Chest – Mythic
Hotter Than Fel	Barrier	Combat	Iron Fleet Treasure Chest – Heroic
To Fel and Back	Barrier	Combat	Iron Fleet Treasure Chest – Normal
All Fel Breaks Loose	Barrier	Combat	Iron Fleet Treasure Chest – Raid Finder
For Hate’s Sake	Barrier	Combat	Captain Sander’s Returned Band
The House Always Wins	Barrier	Combat	Captain Taylor’s Loyalty Ring
The Wave Mistress	Barrier	Combat	Signet of the Third Fleet
Mind Over Metal	Zangar	Treasure	Baleful Plate Spaulders
The Burning Glacier	Zangar	Treasure	Baleful Mail Spaulders
The Burning Glacier	Zangar	Treasure	Baleful Leather Spaulders
You Pull a Gun	Zangar	Treasure	Baleful Cloth Spaulders
Pedal to the Metal	Zangar	Treasure	Baleful Plate Treads
Dead Orcs Don’t Need Boots	Zangar	Treasure	Baleful Mail Treads
Glacier Bay	Zangar	Treasure	Baleful Leather Treads
Too Many Notes	Zangar	Treasure	Baleful Cloth Treads
Heavy Metal	Zangar	Treasure	Baleful Plate Gauntlets
Hand Me Downs	Zangar	Treasure	Baleful Mail Gauntlets
The Touch, the Feel	Zangar	Treasure	Baleful Leather Gauntlets
Take of the Gauntlet	Zangar	Treasure	Baleful Cloth Gauntlets
Death Metal	Zangar	Treasure	Baleful Plate Girdle
Razorfin Grin	Zangar	Treasure	Baleful Mail Girdle
The Lernaean Shore	Zangar	Treasure	Baleful Leather Girdle
It’s All the Rage	Zangar	Treasure	Baleful Cloth Girdle
Currency
Mission	Sea	Category	Currency
Ru’Klaa	South	Combat	1,000 Apexis Crystal
Talk to the Fist	South	Combat	1,200 Apexis Crystal
The White Kraken	South	Combat	1,500 Apexis Crystal
Storm Front	South	Combat	2,000 Apexis Crystal
No Loss of Suction	South	Combat	20 Sorcerous Air
A Sunless Sea	South	Combat	20 Sorcerous Water
Blood in the Water	South	Combat	20 Sorcerous Fire
Dead Calm	South	Combat	20 Sorcerous Earth
Blood, Gold, and Regret	South	Combat	325 Gold
Gold in Their Holds	Barrier	Treasure	250 Gold
On the Rocks	Barrier	Treasure	325 Gold
Nothing Gold Can Stay	Barrier	Treasure	450 Gold
Unafraid of Ghosts	Barrier	Treasure	450 Gold
Other Items
Mission	Sea	Category	Item
It’s a Boat, It’s a Plane, It’s… Just a Riverbeast	South	Treasure	Mudback Riverbeast
Orphaned Aquatic Animal Rescue	South	Treasure	Left Shark
Black Market Journal	Barrier	Combat	Waterlogged Manifest – BMAH in your Garrison
Boarding the Master’s Call	Barrier	Legendary	Draenic Sea Chart

And that's all for this edition of Guild Guidebook! I hope you enjoyed it, and to appeal to popular demand the Celestial Tournament will be next. If you have an idea for a future Guild Guidebook, let me know in the comments below.