Once you get your map pieces in Poptropica Skullduggery Island, your next major goal is to earn the mighty warship and assemble your crew so that you can fight Captain Crawfish and then go on to find the secret buried treasure. But getting your warship isn’t easy and it’s very expensive. You’ll need a lot of doubloons to upgrade your ship and hire all of your crewmembers. Fortunately, it won’t take very long at all to earn enough doubloons through trade. I explained this briefly in my Skullduggery Island walkthrough video, but since a lot of people are asking questions in the comments about how to earn doubloons quickly, I thought I’d explain it in a lot more detail here.
The Basics
To earn money through trade, just remember one thing: buy low, sell high. You want to purchase goods from the ports at their lowest possible price and then sell them at different ports at their highest possible price. This gives you the most profit and seriously speeds up the process. Fortunately, the different ports have pretty stable prices and each port has a specific good that you can buy at a very low price and another good that you can sell at a very high price. Even better, the ports line up in a nice circular pattern. Here’s how it works:
| Port | Sell this Item | Buy this Item |
|---|---|---|
| Bouffant Bay | Silk | Medicine |
| Parrot Port | Medicine | Spice or Silk |
| Golden Harbor | Spice or Silk | Grain |
| Pirate Outpost | Grain | Spice |
| Dragon Cove | Spice | Silk |
So you can start in Bouffant Bay and just keep sailing clockwise in a big circle from port to port. Always buy the maximum amount of the low priced cargo you can at each port and then sell the maximum at the next port. That’s really all there is to it! Here’s a simple diagram that shows the pattern:
Trade in the ports in this order in Poptropica Skullduggery Island to get the highest profits.
Upgrade Your Ship
You’ll start off your trading on your rinky dink raft that the returning villager from Fort Ridley gives to you. You’ll want to trade up to the next ship as soon as you can because this tiny little boat doesn’t carry much cargo. If you’ve got the Cargo Master, then you’ll probably be able to earn enough profits each loop around the ports that you make. Sometimes you’ll need to do two loops. But each time you have enough money for a new ship, stop inside the ship builder’s shop in Dragon Cove and upgrade. The difference in cargo capacity between the different ships is huge, and always sailing the biggest ship you can will lead to the most profits. Here’s what each of the ships cost. Note that the actual cost is a little bit lower because you can trade in your existing ship for a small discount each time.
| Ship | Cost | Cargo Space |
|---|---|---|
| Jimmy Rigger | 3,000 | 60 |
| Carabelle | 9,000 | 200 |
| Sea Sultan | 30,000 | 600 |
| The Koi | 90,000 | 1,800 |
| Steaming Fury | 300,000 | 5,000 |
| Phoenix Warbird | 1,000,000 | 6,000 |
Get the Cargo Master Soon
One of the crew members is the Cargo Master. When he’s on board your ship, you can carry 50% more cargo than before and that means much faster profits. You can find him inside Willard’s Warehouse in Bouffant Bay. It only costs 15,000 doubloons to hire him, so hire him early on. It makes sense to hire him right after you upgrade to the Carabelle or Sea Sultan ship.
The Cargo Master is in Willard's Warehouse in Bouffant Bay.
{ 326 comments… read them below or add one }
← Previous Comments
Next Comments →
to do the green faces do this but do it with lowercase
:MRGREEN:
Thank You SOOOOOO much for this guide!
ok, it’s official; it’s IMPOSSIBLE to defeat captain crawfish. i bought the phoenix warbird today!!!
but, i can’t defeat the evil captain crawfish. 
my aim is bad. can someone help me? anyone? 
if anyone who’s defeated captain crawfish and wants to do it again, please write back to me!!! i REALLY need help. p.s. i have the phoenix warbird
later
i beat it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!=D
When I get to Skullduggery Island, Ihave to beat Captain Crawfish. But when I shot my cannonballs, they land right on top of my ship! Is that supposed to happen or are thery supposed to go where you aim because I am aiming at his ship but it isn’t working? What should I do?
how do u destroy that puffer thingy or that pinkish thing that has long tentacles?
i nearly sink because of those monsters
WOW MAN
8=()
thanks for the help! oh and i watch your poptropica videos on youtube. peace!
oh and your videos are the only ones i watch if i need help on poptropica.
Arr I have the Phoenix Warbird and 999999999 doubloons
Thank You for this! I earned so much money now! I go to ur werbsite everytime i cant get something right.
I just sold every thing in the inventory
i was able to defeat the second biggest pirate ship in skullduggery when i had the raft.
oh and the way i did it was i made the ship run into rocks.
hey mariah or who ever you are i beat captain crawfish and i beat all the islands.and i have nothing to do on there so i can beat him again.
Okay, here’s 2 hints to beating Captain Crawfish :
1) Lead him AWAY from the Pirate Outpost — he only has to “dock” there for a second to fully restore his health!
2) If he is right behind you, at your maximum speed, you have to literally “aim at your own tail” — shoot almost straight up and he will run right into the shots as he pursues you.
thanks for this guide!!!
how do i by ships
cool man
here are some hints from me,when you go to a trading post just sell everything.
dont buy items, you should find things on the sea or destroy pirates.
I defeated capn crawfish by leading him into the treacherous rocks near golden harbour.
:mrblue:
Sorry about the mr blue thing, I just had to see if it worked like the green smiley.
(< ………
pacman is going to eat smiley!!!!!AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!
waka waka waka waka Ouch!!!!! :mrmean:
hehehehe!!!!:) >=)
thanks sooooo much!!!! it will help a lot! ☺☻♥
~HEY!
OMG…I FIND IT IMPOSSIBLE TO GET ANYTHING! I ONLY GOT AROUND 5000 DOLLARS AND I ALREADY SPENT IT ON THE JIMMY RIGGER AND FOR PAYING BACK THE DEBT…I HAVE NO MONEY!!! CAN SOMEONE PLEASE HELP!
DOES THE DEBT-PERSON-THINGY ACTUALLY BLACKLIST YOU?
OR IS IT OKAY TO NOT PAY BACK?
is it supposed to take about an hour?!?!?!?!?
=-D =-) =-( >=-(
is it true that the maker of poptropica plays Greg in diary of a wimpy kid?
I happened to just go to any island closest to me and sell the max of exrything then look for another trail of salvage, it worked perfectly,to get more salvage I just destroyed things that i could like any monster and a pirate ship smaller than mine.
Try this if you’re stuck.
GOOSEONTHELOOSE all you have to do is simply make another loan!
Dude, why did you name your thing HELP!!!? Anyway, the reason why the cannon balls are landing on your ship is because you are too close to crawfish.
P.S. Next time, try to remember this.
Oh Okay!
Wait, I can’t do it! How do u do the green face again?
::mrgreen:
Oops! Messed up! Hahaha!
i found a cool trick for making sharp turns in the rocky area. if you r about to hit a rock press space and drop anchor and then turn you ship in the direction you want to go and press space a gain
it works for me and i hardly ever sink now!!!!!!!!!!!!
how do I get the cheat to get 1,000,000??????
How do you kill Captain Crawfish?
It’s hard to kill captain crawfish how do you kill him???
Its actually a lot more profit if you start at Golden Harbor, buy the grain, then go in the big circle. Just DON’T buy anything at parrot port. on the way to the beginning of the loop, there’s a lot more free salvage around Golden Harbor. That way you can just sell all the stuff you don’t need at Golden Harbor. It’s a lot faster and more profitable!
Yo.
Thanks. @Ransom
Anyways…Now i have The Koi and about what @Pieperson said i think that it sorta works but its still hard (for me anyways)
)
Also, If you pass the due date for the loan then you can’t upgrade your ship…I tried that and it didn’t work
Im still trying to earn as much money as i can and if you loan tơ much you might not be able to pay it all back so be careful. (Happened to me
Is there an easier and faster way to earn money? Instead of trading in circles?!?!?
thx 4 reading! -GOOSEONTHELOOSE
← Previous Comments
Next Comments →