How to Build Favor with a Faction

Building favor is a deliberate and rewarding process. While it may not offer the quick thrill of Skull and Bones Silver combat, the long-term benefits can be substantial. Here’s how to improve your standing with a faction:

    Take missions directly from their agents, which often involve protection contracts, cargo delivery, or targeted enemy suppression.

    Defend their convoys from pirates or rival factions.

    Trade frequently at their ports to show economic support.

    Avoid attacking their ships, even in neutral waters.

    Complete faction-related world events like territorial skirmishes or crisis responses.

Positive standing with a faction can unlock exclusive gear, ship parts, map intel, and even passive income opportunities through safe harbor control.

How to Strategically Burn Bridges

Not all factions can be appeased, and sometimes conflict is profitable—or necessary. If you're planning to go hostile, plan it carefully. Targeting a faction should be based on what they offer and who their allies are.

Key questions to ask:

    Do they control a region you need to dominate?

    Are they economically weak, making them easy to plunder?

    Are they already hostile due to past decisions?

    Do they rival a faction you support, giving your actions a diplomatic cover?

Going hostile can open up new missions and high-value loot drops—but also puts a target on your back. Consider investing in speed-based ships for skull and bones boosting hit-and-run tactics or using remote outposts for supply instead of hostile ports.