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Cant dock - but not enemy

con20or

con20or

Master Mariner
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It has happened me in a few ports now, i cannot dock despite friendly orneutral relaiotns. Ive no active missions - what am I doing wrong? For instance its early game and Im trying to bring some books to the priest in Bridgetown.
 
Is this a case of being able to sail all the way to the port, but never getting the docking icon (anchor), or not being able to use sail-to except to forts and ships?
 
never getting the anchor. ive just tried all the dutch ports (allied) and no luck. Saint Christopher wont let me in either and it is french. Bridgetown (neutral) no luck either.

Are these locked in the earlier missions?
 
About the only thing I can think of is if you've sailed the entire way on the deck of your ship without going to the world map. In this case the only thing at the other islands will be the land mass; no towns, no ports, no trees, with occasionally another ship. If you're able to use sail-to at the island then that's not your problem.

You can find out quickly enough by going to the world map briefly which will put you back at the island region boundary. Sail forward a bit to get into the new region then go back to the deck of your ship.

It's not unlikely that some quest has locked other ports, but I don't have experience with that part of the game. Perhaps @SD:TEHO can help you with this one.

Hook
 
no, this is all travel with the world map. If i leave the first island (martinique) i can dock at the pirate one on other side of the island and also the second french one to the north (guadeloupe) - but no others.
 
That sounds like you're still in the tutorial. Have you talked to Fadey in Guadeloupe then returned to talk to your brother the second time? I'm guessing you have, since you got a quest.

You've got the world map unlocked, so you've defeated the pirate ship at Martinique. You're supposed to sail to Guadeloupe after that and talk to Fadey. Then you sail back to Martinique and talk to the brother a second time. Normally, quests aren't unlocked until you've talked to the brother the second time, but there may be some you can get.

Hook
 
ah - no i havent done that so you must be right. first time the governor in guadeloupe asked me to capture someone sailing from cartagena, but im so low on crew after the pirate ambush that i had to go back a few games. Ill try and find thi sfadey person - although i definitely have no active quests - what do they do?
 
I don't understand the question. :) If you're supposed to deliver books to Bridgetown, that's a quest. Most are similar.

You won't be able to start any of the story line quests until after at least 3 months and you return to the brother with 1 million pesos. There are plenty of sandbox quests though.

If you're having problems, check the Guides section on Steam. Anders has written a good beginning quest guide.

Hook
 
Fadey was the answer - i obviously missed that part. Wasn't in my 'burden of the gascon' diary?? Oh well

Thanks for the help all.
 
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