Gale catcher

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Gale catcher
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Released							19 November 2025 (Update)
Hotspot							Facility
Options							Release-mote, Deactivate
Examine							Round and round it goes, when does it stop? Nobody knows!
Advanced data
Object ID							59686
Icon Item ID							32234

The gale catcher is a superior variant of the wind catcher, being able to store three wind motes instead of two.

It can be built at specific facility hotspots on the boat after reading the gale catcher schematic, requiring level 79 Sailing and 70 Construction, granting 1,517 Construction experience.

While temporary boosts can be used to build the facility, players must maintain the Sailing boost whenever they wish to make use of it.

Trimming the sails with an activated gale catcher reduces the experience granted by 25%. Releasing a wind mote will grant the boat a burst of speed as if they had trimmed their sails, granting 70 Sailing experience, or 10 Sailing experience if the wind mote was generated by a crystal extractor. Players can do so by either selecting the "Release-mote" on the catcher, or via the Sailing Options tab.

For this reason, the exact placement of the facility is a low priority, so it should not be placed in the facility hotspot directly to the starboard side of the helm in a skiff, or the hotspot one tile towards the bow (front) and all the way to the port side on a sloop; these spots should be reserved for the crystal extractor instead, unless salvaging, so that it may be harvested while navigating the helm.

The captured wind mote is not consumed when building this facility, but it must be in the player's inventory.

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