Vessels and the islands

Some places can't be walked to. The islands lie off the road, and the only way there is aboard a vessel that really sails between fixed stops, in the same shared world as everyone else.

Catching a vessel

• Each line calls at a dock in a town: a jetty with a timetable board that says when the next one is due or leaves.
• Vessels keep a timetable of their own: each docks for a little while, then crosses in a minute or two (the lines are below). Every cat sees the same vessel at the same moment.
• While it is in, its gangplank is down: walk onto it to board. If it isn't in yet, your cat waits on the jetty and boards when it comes.
• Fares are free. The Moth Coach never goes to an island.
• On full auto, or with Go on the map, your cat walks to the dock, waits, rides across and goes ashore by itself.

Aboard

• The deck is shared: you ride with every other cat aboard.
• There is fishing at the rail, with catches particular to each line, docked or under way.
• Out at sea, some crossings are raided: boarders come over the side, and everyone aboard fights them together for the usual loot. A cat busy fishing at the rail keeps its head down and is left out.
• Stay aboard to ride on to the next stop. You can ride a whole line, but the harbourmaster won't let you ashore anywhere you haven't opened yet.
• If you log out aboard, your cat is set down at the next stop that lets it ashore.

The lines

• The Willowmere Ferry: The reed raft, calling at Whiskerholm, Heron's Landing. Docks 40 s, crosses in 90 s.
• The Saltwhisker Line: 4 ships, calling at Otterhaven, Cragfoot Quay, Clove Harbour, Cinderwatch. Docks 40 s, crosses in 120 s; about one crossing in 4 is raided.
• The Diving Bell: The diving bell, calling at Otterhaven, Bubblegate. Docks 40 s, crosses in 90 s; about one crossing in 4 is raided.
• Kipper's Dream-Barge: 4 ships, calling at Dotwatch, Crumb Hollow, The Porch, The Castle Ornament, The Bus Stop. Docks 40 s, crosses in 90 s; about one crossing in 4 is raided.
• The Owl Gondola: The owl gondola, calling at The Hermitage, Weathervane Roost. Docks 40 s, crosses in 100 s; about one crossing in 4 is raided.

Each island has a camp at its dock with a bank, an Exchange stall and a Bounty Board, its own zones, gathering, a quest chain and a diary.

More guides

• What is Whiskerfall?The game in a minute, and the questions people ask first.
• Your first hourFrom the windowsill to your first class, and what every button does.
• Picking a classThe five paths at level 10, their branches, and dungeon roles.
• How time away worksWhat your cat does while you are gone, and how to get more out of it.
• Making gold, and the ExchangeWhere gold comes from, what other cats will pay for, and how offers work.