Upgrade box in port... a question.

[Pigafetta]

Ahoy captains,

I asked this question many time on the three different chats in game and I never received an answer. So I will try here.

When in port, selected menu "equipment," on the up right corner of the UI there is a box, labelled "Upgrades." I noticed that I can see the upgrades I put there with any ship I am sailing. So my question is: if attacked and defeated, will I lose all the upgrades in this box? Or it is something like a safe where one can have easy access to many upgrades but cannot be plundered if defeated?

 

I looked all over the forums but i couldn't find an answer. I hope some expert player will help me.

Thank you. 

Edited March 2, 2016 by Antonio_Pigafetta

[Jacob van Heemskerck]

This upgrades area you can store upgrades and take them with u everywhere you go.

So what i do is when i dock a ship at a harbour with good regular upgrades like a mastercraft powder monkeys for an example, and i'm going to sail a another ship in a diffrent harbour (outpost teleport), i put the regular upgrades in that area and when i teleported to another outpost i can put those upgrades to that other ship.

You always take them with you, it's got not many slots but it is very useful.

[Pigafetta]

Thank you Jacob,

I use it in the same way... Did u sink when u had some upgrades in the box? I hope not , but in such unfortunate case, did you lose any upgrades?

[Jacob van Heemskerck]

I sunk only 3 times in early acces due to computer crash while in mission in my basic cutter, but i i didn't noticed any upgrade where lost that where in that upgrade area.

But i'm sure Upgrades on your ship wil be lost with sinking with only 1 durabilty!

[Pigafetta]

Perfect... thanks for the info!!