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.
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lol i beat captian crawfish with a jimmy rigger XD
i know how to beat captain loser with a small ship. all u do is lead him to those lightning clouds and he will get struck its hard it took me 30 mins but it workes B)
try defeating the octopus and crab and blowfish..its easy and you get a lot more carge
or you could bye something really cheap from somewhere and sell it …thats what i did now im about to get the steaming furry and hire my first crew member 
(FINALLYYY)))) 
@JT…too much cargo??? no problem no such thing just sell it off and now you have moneyyyy!!!!!!
@TALADOX im wit u completely right u have 2 spend money to make money thats even in real life!
also i dont recommend this but if you think you need money SOOO badd…then go to golden harbor and in a building you can use a loaner. the reason why i dont recommend this is because you have to pay back the money PLUS interest (5 percent eact day) in no more than twenty days. if you dont you will be blacklisted.
dang i reaslized im probably gonna have to laon the money so i can defeat crouchfish boy and get the shovel 2 dig up the treasure….do nt feel lik going alllll the way around over and over again to buy and sell, buy and sell and trade like i did to get the steamfury and the whole crew…now im too lazy so ill just loan
….:P
I NEED HELP DEFEATING CAPTIN CRAWFISH ;(
AHHHHHH I JUST CAN`T DO IT ;(
I get it now…
i just plain dont get it
Golden Harbor
That’s were I’m from!
Can somebody help me defeat Captain Crawfish? I really NEED it! I’ve already beat all the other Islands except THIS ONE! Please HELP me!
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HI! How do you defeat Captain Crawfish? I NEED HELP!!! please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And how do you get so much doubloons?!?!
i only need to get 1 more map peice, how do i no wich 1 i have to get?!?
I beat captian crawfish by getting the Phoenix Warbird and all of crew members then go to Skullduggery Island and make it so captain crawfish is on one side and you on the other then keep shooting non stop till you win.
Hello Poptropica fans! I am a rookie at poptropica,and yet beat 8 islands! Im WAY ahead of my brother Nicholas Jamie. His name is the same,but we call him Nick. Anyways,does anyone have a club penguin? Nevermind,I’ll tell you the islands I beat. Skull Duggery,Cryptids,Mythology,Time Tangled,BIG Nate,Astro Knights,Early Poptropica,and Shark tooth. I shall tell you the hard parts on those islands. Btw,doesn’t that Cargo merchant look like Carly?
Hey guys, none of my logins are working. What should I do?
Awwww………. I just started got up to 6,000 odd doubloons, saved and logged off, then when i logged back on it brought me back to 1,211 from after i brought the jimmy rigger!!!!!!!! I also have no cargo!!!! That realll sux!! If anyone else has the same problem tell me!
i have the steaming fury and i can’t get the phoenix warbird
i defeated captain loserfish
thanks to this site, i finally defeated captain crawfish! oh yeah
I found that if u have a raft or a jimmy riger then u should borrow from the bank and buy the carabelle,then once u have the carabelle u should start fighting monsters and pirates to get enough money to buy the sea sultan,and then fight even more till u have the koi now its worth it to just trade espicially if u have the cargo guy that doubles ur cargo space,but with that ship i still faught any monsters along the way i just had full cargo so igot money and not cargo
i allays try 2 get full cargo then i just trade wat i hav.it wurx!also, kan u reely get doubeloons from killing mostures?
U can get money for killing anything= Monsters and pirates. If ur fighting ships, find ships tht hv a smaller life line than u, if u bump into a bigger ship, (or any ship or monster, in fact) just lead them to the rocks in Golden Harbour. The bigger they r, the harder they fall.
How is killing the sea monsters easy? It’s SO HARD with a small ship, and even if you have the Phoenix Warbird, you lose a lot of life points every time they bump into you. But it’s possible if you have a big ship and the Shipwright and Cannoneer in your crew.
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i defeated captain crawfish.
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to do it,
1.go the the southwest corner of the map.
2.drop your anchor
3. when he comes toward you, face him and ram your ship into his. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE PHOENIX WARBIRD AND THE ENTIRE CREW OR ELSE YOU WILL SINK. also make sure your facing him or you will also sink. it helps if his health is a little more depleted than yours.
4. put your mouse over captain crawfish and click like crazy. ignore your rapidly depleting health bar. if you keep firing, hopefully he’ll sink before you do.
5. go to the nearest island on the map to recover, then go to fort ridley, talk to the governor, and get your map and shovel.
hope it helps
u can beat the island with a small ship by buying it after killing crawfish
thanks for the tips. took me, like half a year to get 400,000 doubloons before this but with your tips i got 600,000 in less than 2 days!
i beat crawfish by hitting his ship with mines and i have a lot of ships who shoot me while i was trying to beat the him so enemys are friends
AHHHH!!!!!! im stuck! i have only 9,609 doubloons. when i payed back my loan, i cant have another loan! i only have the jimmy rigger and i cant even kill pirates or monsters. the pheonix warbird is like super duper extremely expensive! its 999,000 doubloons! i cant find salvage and ships keep attacking me and i keep losing my cargo and money. its the last one i have to finish! help help help! and i dont know how to throw cannons! if i throw one it just goes up and crashes in my ship! help help somebody
I started it today still have raft. but im well on my way to get the jimmy rigger, i am goin to beat the heck out of cap’n crawfish/loserboy!!!
I have the Phoenix Warbird!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
to SHAKA
SHAKA maybe I can help you I know how to get lots of money. what is your login?
shaka, when u throw cannons the reason its hitting you is becasue ur moving when you fire.
first ram your ship at capitan crawfish like your crazy DON’T USE STEAMING FURY OR ELSE YOU WILL SINK
shaka i can help u get phoeinx warbird
me 2
shaka just run from the monsters and keep on using these killer tips and soon ull get a carabelle
with the navigator and carabelle you can outrun any pirate!
HELP I LOST ALL MY SAVINGS HELP S.O.S.!!! SOMEONE HELP ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
and i lost it by logging off but at least i still have the cargo master and navigator (whew!)
tip: buy the max you can then sell the max you get at least 1000 profit
HOW DO YOU EARN 1,000,000,000 DUBALLOONS???
It is sooo hard
:(:(
Much harder than Wimpy wonderland
one tip risha
buy silk at parrot port
not spice
and buy as much as possible by clicking buy max (same with sell)
hope it helped
it makes huge profit
risha, just keep trading in a circle
1. at bouffant bay, sell SILK and buy MEDICINE.
2. at parrot port, sell MEDICINE and buy silk/spice. (actually, as poppoppop said, silk works better, but they both work.)
3. at golden harbor, sell SILK/SPICE and buy GRAIN.
4. at pirate outpost, sell GRAIN and buy SPICE.
5. at dragon cove, sell SPICE and buy SILK.
like the chart on this page. just keep going in a circle.
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