Your first delivery, from shop to sale
Complete a first Ship The Cargo voyage: buy one cargo color, place it on your boat, find the matching port and confirm your sale.
Source snapshot: November 8, 2026 · Unofficial player guide
A simple starting route: green cargo from Red Port to Green Port. Buy a manageable load, place it on your boat and sell it to the matching buyer. At Green Port, red cargo gives you a return delivery to Red Port.
Start with one destination per load. The goal is a completed sale with cargo intact, before trying a larger or more expensive load.
1. Buy and load a small shipment
- Identify the destination before spending. For ordinary crates, red means Red Port, green means Green Port and blue means Blue Port. Special items have different buyers; see the buyer reference.
- At Red Port, look for green cargo you can afford. Use its displayed Purchase interaction. Prices and stock vary; read the current price rather than treating a video price as a permanent list.
- Carry the purchased cargo to your boat and place it on the deck. The reviewed footage shows a placement ghost with a green tick for a valid position and a red X for an invalid one. Confirm the object stays aboard before setting off. A placement indicator alone does not make a cargo stack collision-proof.
- Keep the first load easy to manage. Fit the objects on the deck with room to see and handle the boat. You can attempt larger loads after completing a smaller delivery.
2. Sail to the matching port
Use the boat's displayed driving interaction and head for Green Port with your green cargo. Slow and turn around obstacles; a collision can scatter the load. If steering becomes difficult, reduce the load or approach more slowly before buying a faster engine.
The official experience supports desktop, console, mobile and tablet. Use the interaction prompt shown on your device; the reviewed footage does not establish a universal key map for every device.
3. Choose the right sale and check the result
- Approach the matching port's Cargo Shop buyer. The reviewed Green Port footage shows a sell-cargo interaction and a dialog with separate ship and hand options.
- Choose the option for where the cargo actually is. Use the choice to sell cargo on your ship for a loaded boat, or the choice to sell cargo you are holding for a carried item. The valuation choice asks how much the cargo is worth.
- Confirm the sale result. Look for a sold-crates message and the change in money. Recheck any cargo still aboard. A large receipt is the sale income, not automatically your profit.
- Plan the return. The normal round trip in the money-guide footage buys red cargo at Green Port and sells it at Red Port. Repeat the buy, load and sale checks.
About the source: the November 8 route video also demonstrates a rejoin shortcut and describes it as something that could be fixed. This guide uses its normal sailing route. No rejoin saving, speed percentage or guaranteed return is assumed.
If the delivery goes wrong
| Problem | Next check |
|---|---|
| The buyer will not take it | Check the crate color and the item’s Index → Sells At destination. Unique and mutated stock can need a special buyer. |
| The ship sale leaves an item behind | Check whether you are holding it or it is actually aboard. Use the matching sale option and recheck its buyer. |
| Cargo falls into the sea | Avoid another impact, approach carefully and try to pick up visible reachable cargo promptly. The commentary reports it can disappear; no fixed recovery timer is verified. |
| The trip leaves less cash than expected | Include the price of every cargo item bought, including lost or unsold items. Keep upgrades and one-off rewards separate in the trip ledger. |