Challenges are bonus quests to do on the site to claim extra Gold Coins. One must claim the challenge from either the “Home” page under the “Challenges” tab or on the PFT main page. Challenges reset at the end of each server day UTC time. Anyone can participate whether also taking part in our Crypto Pirates Game or not.
PFTs are collectible Pirate themed images that one receives from each completed challenge. PFTs collected DO expire at the end of each quarter. PFT is an acronym for Pirate Funding Tokens. Some challenges may reward multiple PFTs. Effort put in earning tokens will help fund our daily Pirate pool! Here is a PFT of a captain’s hat.
Here are a few reasons to collect PFTs:
- Every time you collect a set of all 25 PFTs, you may be eligible for bonus Gold Coins! Each set is called a level.
2,500 to 20,000 Bonus Golds are awarded on varying levels. As of April 1, 2025, the highest bonus level is now 20. You can collect past level 20 to receive possible additional prizes! As your levels go up, so do bonuses! (Note: You must claim these Gold Coins as one of the challenges on the “Challenge Menu”) - In our Collector’s Race, you can win up to 50,000 Gold Coins by being the first to complete Level 1, 5, 10, 15, and 20!
- At the end of each 3 month quarter (ending in March, June, September, December), Six 50,000 GC prizes will be awarded with at least 5 distinct winners. Here are the category prizes:
- Most Animal PFTs
- Most Attire (Clothes)
- Most Equipment
- Most Weapon
- Most Treasure
- Most Overall Total PFTs
No one can win more than one category with the exception of the most overall PFTs category. In case of ties, the ties will be broken by the most overall PFTs. The tie breaker for most overall PFTs is the most Treasure PFTs. If a tie still exists, we will compare whoever has the most Loyalty Points.
- Every time you collect a set of all 25 PFTs, you may be eligible for bonus Gold Coins! Each set is called a level.
- For those that hold Crypto Pirate Ships, PFTs help your Naval Power increase by up to 20,000 NP, which is equivalent to $200 invested in the Crypto Pirates game! This will help you fly up the rankings for the pool. For more details, see anchor below – “How does PFT count affect NP?”.
- NP (Naval Power) is the factor that determines the top Crypto Pirate of the seas! Read more about it on our Crypto Pirates Help Page here.
- Each PFT is worth 50 Bonus NP (Naval Power) per time collected. Each unique image can be collected up to 8 times, so a level 5 PFT can be worth 400 Bonus NP + “full set bonus”.
- You earn an additional 20% bonus to your PFT NP boost once you complete a set of all 25 unique PFT images. That bonus increases an additional 20% when you level the whole set up to level 2. Each additional completed level earns another 20% bonus up to a max of a 100% bonus for a level 5 completed set.
- When factoring in the Complete set bonus %, the total NP bonus you could earn for a unique PFT is 500 NP. Currently, there are 25 PFTs, so this equates to a 20,000 maximum Bonus Naval Power! This is more than a fully upgraded Man-of-War!
- There is a cap on the PFT bonus amount in relationship to the size of your Crypto Pirate fleet. Your PFT bonus is at most 2 times your Raw Naval Power. Because of this, the Actual NP Bonus may be less than the Possible PFT bonus displayed on your PFT statistics. We want to reward diligent Pirates that invest in ships, not just the ones that collect PFTs. This prevents someone who only owns a Dinghy turning it into a Man of War!
Currently, there are 25 unique collectible images.
Each one can be collected now an unlimited amount of times with our latest April 1 – 2025 update!
Avast ye much catch em’ all!
25 of the PFTs all share equal probability of approximately 4% of finding on any given pick.
Limited Edition PFTs may appear and this may decrease the probability of collecting the normal ones!
Ye work hard for yer treasure!
The Pirate Collectors Race awards extra Gold Coin prizes per PFT round on top of the guaranteed prizes on the “Challenge Menu List”. One prize will be rewarded to the first user to collect all PFTs of a particular level. A user can not win multiple level prizes. However, users can still win the end of quarter prizes for “Most of” or most overall PFTs. See below for the detailed prize list.
If a user believes they have won a level prize, users must email [email protected] for verification. Within 48 hours, a potential winner’s account will be reviewed, and the user will be notified by email of the result. Prize winners will also be posted on the Pirate Collectors Race drop down anchor on the PFT main page.
Collectors Race Prizes:PFT Collectibles are not permanent. They are reset at the beginning of every quarter. All prizes and progress to prizes will be reset on that date.
Reset dates fall on January 1 and following on April 1, July 1, and October 1.