The folks at Wurm Online have announced the addition of ocean going vessels both large and small to their fantasy sandbox MMORPG.

Travelling down south on the Jenn Kellon home yesterday, somewhere just out the bottom of the Great Eastern Ocean, I came across a small rowing boat being paddled furiously by a chap called Lureman. This completely unsuitable vessel for the open seas could mean but one thing - boats have arrived!

Of course, they have actually been coming in to the game in bits, with many players working on planks and pegs and masts and sails and all the things needed for everything from rowing boats, to small sailing vessels, right through to the majestic caravel.

Boats are going to be a lot of fun, and probably change some of the game dynamics in the process. Since they are lockable, have storage and you can manage who has access, this allows the larger vessels to be effectively floating homes.

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