Exploration is key and if you plan to go beyond your initial island, you must build a boat to reach new destinations. All you need to do to build a boat is gather the relevant materials, open the crafting menu, hit the sub-menu titled “Boat,” and create it by moving to shallow water.
In this guide, we’ll tell you what’s required to craft different boats, various accessories that can be added to them, and what they do.
Windbound Boat Building
Windbound offers three different materials for crafting boats, but to start with, Grass Canoes are your only option. As you might expect, Grass doesn’t offer much protection but soon enough, you’ll obtain Bamboo and Wood.
As a heavier material, Wood is slow but sturdy, though Bamboo offers a good compromise by balancing speed and protection. Boat building opens up significantly once you obtain either material, letting you create decks to build from.
Hulls can only be created when attached to decks, letting you add one accessory per hull.
Normally, Kara will row but masts turn this into full sailing, though this is wholly dependent on wind direction. If you try visiting an area that goes against the wind, your ship won’t move. It’s not like Breath of the Wild, for instance. You will have to dismantle the mast before you can row again, though that retains any previously used materials.
Boat Building Blueprints
Bamboo Canoe 1x Grass Rope, 3x Bamboo Bamboo Deck 4x Bamboo, 1x Grass Rope Bamboo Mast 3x Palm Fronds, 2x Bamboo, 1x Grass Rope Grass Canoe 4x Thick Grass, 2 Grass Rope Grass Mast 2x Thick Grass, 1x Stick 1, Grass Rope 1 Grass Hull 2x Grass Rope, 4x Thick Grass Bamboo Hull 3x Bamboo, 1x Grass Rope Wooden Deck 4x Wood, 2x Silk Thread Wooden Mast 2x Leather, 1x Silk Thread, 1x Wood Wooden Canoe 3x Wood, 1x Silk Thread Wooden Hull 1x Silk Thread, 3 Wood
Accessories
Additional parts can be attached to your ship once crafted, providing benefits such as increased item storage. This comes with some common protections for your ship, so Hull Armour reinforces it against collisions with rocks and coral reefs, while Hull Spikes protect you from outside threats like Hookmouths by attacking them.
Like with boats, the effectiveness of boat accessories depends on which material was used to craft it but, in this case, you can also use shells or crude metal for stronger reinforcement.
Accessory Blueprints
Anchors — Keeps your ship in place while exploring 2x Rocks, 2x Grass Ropes Bamboo Bucket — Stores 5 items 2x Bamboo, 1x Grass Rope Bamboo Hull Spikes 2 Bamboo, 1 Grass Rope Gloomharrow Figurehead 2x Wood, 1x Leviathan’s Heart Gem Gorehorn Figurehead 2x Wood, 1x Sentinel’s Gem Grass Basket — Stores 3 items 4 Thick Grass Plainstalker Figurehead 2x Wood, 1x Storm’s Eye Gem Scale Hull Armor 1x Shell Fragment, 2x Grass Rope Wooden Hull Armor 2x Wood, 2x Grass Rope Wooden Hull Spikes 1x Grass Rope, 2x Wood Wood Chest — Stores 7 items 2x Wood, 1x Crude Metal Metal Hull Spikes 2x Crude Metal, 1x Grass Rope Metal Hull Armor 2x Crude Metal, 2x Grass Rope Bag Rack — Secures another bag on your boat 1x Bamboo, 1x Plainstalker Horn, 1x Grass Rope Fire — Lets you cook raw meat or fish on your boat 1x Thick Grass, 1x Stick, 2x Rocks,
That’s all you need to know about Windbound boat building and accessory crafting. Now that you know how to build each boat and what each accessory does — from armor to spikes to buckets — you’ll be more comfortable exploring vast sea around. We’ll be bringing you more guides soon to make the most out of your Windbound experience, so stay tuned.
