Corsair Cove Production Ratios Reference

This page is a practical ratios checklist for Corsair Cove 1.0, not a fake spreadsheet calculator. Difficulty settings, All Hands on Deck, and post-launch patches can shift exact numbers — always confirm with the in-game production-versus-consumption display.

Use it with Production chains, Supply chains, Early food and housing, and the Route efficiency checklist.

Early plank loop

Building	Approx. rate	Notes
Woodcutter	~8 Hardwood / min	Often feeds more than one consumer
Sawmill	~4 Hardwood / min in	Two sawmills ≈ match one woodcutter
Output	~20 Planks / min combined	Store in Warehouse, not only in the mill

If a Sawmill idles with Hardwood available, check movement, assignment, and pause state before building a third harvester.

Campfire and stew caps

Setup	Approx. stew / min
Base Campfire	~16
Fireside Feast (Notoriety)	~31
Buccaneer’s Grill (Pigs)	~35

All Hands on Deck ≈ +50% output and +50% input. Never toggle it on a red upstream chain.

Warehouse slot rules of thumb

• Transit goods — one slot so materials keep moving.
• Repair Planks / ammo — larger deliberate stockpiles near defenses and Piers.
• Crew upkeep — separate controlled requests so one camp does not drain another dry.

A fourth consumer of the same resource usually needs a hub Warehouse rather than another direct connection.

All Hands on Deck quick reference

Target	Good use	Bad use
Bottleneck producer with surplus inputs	Clear a temporary deficit	Permanent layout crutch
Limited deposit you want to empty	Fine while watched	Unattended overnight
Warehouse	Rarely — increases demand/stockpile traps	Spamming on every hub

Entertainers’ Guildhall later improves All Hands efficiency; until then, treat it as a temporary wrench.

Single-ship crew chains (starting points)

Picaroons — Rum

• 1 Woodcutter → Cooper
• 2 Sugar Cane Farms
• 2 Distilleries
• Tavern at Pier

Scallywags — Cassava Bread

• Quarry + Stonecutter prerequisites
• 2 Cassava Pickers
• 1 Saltern
• 2 Cassava Ovens
• Galley at Pier

Scale only after net consumption stays non-negative at your chosen game speed. Full unlock context: Tier 2 ships.

Pre-expansion checklist

• Stew production ≥ consumption at normal speed
• Booze reaches every occupied Tavern
• Housing covers Drifters and assigned pirates
• Plank warehouse buffer exists
• Route colors to Galley/Pier are green or stable yellow
• Compass pair for next ship is named
• Cohesion stable after recent events

Vertical logistics add-ons

Ratios assume goods can move. If numbers look fine but buildings idle, fix ziplines and hubs before doubling producers.

Related tools and guides

• Route efficiency checklist
• Opening route on Skull Rock
• Technology Compass

Copy ratios as starting hypotheses. The top-bar tooltip is the source of truth on your save.

Housing and population gates

Before adding a row of tents or founding a second pirate camp, confirm stew math against assigned pirates — not just drifters on the beach:

• Base ~16 stew/min supports only a handful of housed pirates without upgrades
• Fireside Feast (~31/min) is the usual gate before Story refugee events
• Buccaneer’s Grill (~35/min) before large specialist assignments away from food haulers

Each assigned woodcutter or distillery worker is a mouth you removed from passive pool. Cross-check early food and housing when the production tooltip looks fine but galleys empty.

Cohesion and event timing

Ratios assume you are not accepting settlement operations during a food deficit. If cohesion dropped after a refugee batch, pause expansion — ratio checklists fail when fetchers abandon routes during morale spirals. Run Section pre-expansion checklist again after every bombardment repair batch.

When to restart versus tune

If more than two staple chains stay red after one woodcutter/sawmill realignment and a warehouse move, a controlled restart on Skull Rock opening route often beats hours of patchwork. Early Story hours are cheap; tier-two delays are expensive.