Stainless steel

Stainless steel is a resource obtained in the player-owned port minigame. It can be obtained as a reward from voyages to The Pincers region. After the Pincers have been unlocked, Felix, the Black Marketeer, may offer stainless steel for sale at 1,000 gold per unit. Stainless steel is used for port upgrades, ship upgrades, and is required to hire crew members from the Pincers region.

Players may also buy individual units in the form of ports steel packs from Boni on Waiko after the miniquest Impressing the Locals. These cost 20 chimes each, but are the variant outside of the player-owned port.

Upgrades

Port upgrades

• Opulent Bar (5,000)
• Cutthroat/Nautical/Luxurious Lodgings (6,000)
• Warship/Sleek/Luxurious Shipwright (6,000)
• Imperial Warehouse (10,000)
• Refurbished Workshop (10,000)
• Total cost: 37,000 stainless steel

Ship upgrades

• Inspiring Figurehead (2,600)
• Spitfire Cannon (2,600)
• Dragonskin Rigging (3,000)
• Eastern Relics (3,000)
• Heavy Cannon x4 (3,000)
• Golden Katana Hull (5,000)
• Blazing Lantern Hull (5,000)
• Rudder That Parts the Seas (2,000)
• Total cost: 26,200 stainless steel

Crew members

• Travelling Band (600)
• Ferocious Tiger-Rider (600)
• Harem of Fortune Tellers (600)
• Oxhead and Horseface (1,000)

Drop sources

For an exhaustive list of all known sources for this item, see here.

Source	Level	Quantity	Rarity
A Bank Heist (Khanoka)	N/A	700	Always
A Barmaid's Tip (The Pincers)	N/A	900	Always
A Deep-Sea Discovery (The Pincers, stainless steel)	N/A	700	Always
A Feat of Seamanship (The Pincers)	N/A	300	Always
A Fine Expedition (The Pincers, stainless steel)	N/A	700	Always
A Friend Indeed (Ashihama)	N/A	450	Always
A Friend Indeed (Khanoka)	N/A	140	Always
A Joint Acquisition (New Heritage) (The Assassin, The Convict)	N/A	900	Always
A Joint Acquisition (New Heritage) (The Biologist, The Chef)	N/A	900	Always
A Joint Acquisition (The Pincers) (The Exile, The Whaler)	N/A	900	Always
A Joint Acquisition (The Pincers, stainless steel) (The Architect, The Missionary)	N/A	900	Always
A Joint Acquisition (The Pincers, stainless steel) (The Biologist, The Whaler)	N/A	900	Always
A Joint Acquisition (The Pincers, stainless steel) (The Memory, The Occultist)	N/A	900	Always
A Joint Acquisition (Yamada Island) (The Assassin, The Trapper)	N/A	900	Always
A Joint Acquisition (Yamada Island) (The Convict, The Tengu)	N/A	900	Always
A Joint Acquisition (Yamada Island) (The Missionary, The Occultist)	N/A	900	Always
An Arcane Bounty (The Pincers, stainless steel)	N/A	700	Always
Bixi, the Stone Tortoise	N/A	140	Always
Bounty Hunter (The Pincers)	N/A	450	Always
Break It Up, Boys (The Pincers)	N/A	300	Always
Building Materials (The Pincers)	N/A	700	Always
Can I Cook With It? (The Pincers)	N/A	700	Always
Con Rit the Giant Centipede	N/A	700	Always
Expansion (Ashihama)	N/A	700	Always
Expansion (New Heritage)	N/A	140	Always
Expansion (Yamada Island)	N/A	200	Always
Explore the Seas (The Pincers)	N/A	300	Always
First Contact (The Pincers)	N/A	700	Always
For the Good of All (The Pincers)	N/A	450	Always
Gangplanks and Cannons (The Pincers)	N/A	200	Always
Habaek the Shapeshifter	N/A	700	Always
Hidden Resources (The Pincers, stainless steel)	N/A	700	Always
I Spy (Khanoka)	N/A	140	Always
I Spy (New Heritage)	N/A	200	Always
Mahogany casket	N/A	35	Always
Ports steel pack	N/A	1	Always
Sabotage (The Pincers)	N/A	140	Always
Siege Mentality (Ashihama)	N/A	450	Always
Siege Mentality (Khanoka)	N/A	200	Always
Siege Mentality (New Heritage)	N/A	140	Always
Sign It in Blood (The Pincers, low stainless steel)	N/A	200	Always
Sign it in Blood (The Pincers, high stainless steel)	N/A	450	Always
Smuggling Job (Flou Tar-Shei)	N/A	300	Always
Smuggling Job (Khanoka)	N/A	200	Always
Smuggling Job (New Heritage, stainless steel)	N/A	140	Always
Supply and Demand (Khanoka)	N/A	200	Always
Supply and Demand (Yamada Island)	N/A	300	Always
Teak casket	N/A	25	Always
The Carapace Kraken	N/A	450	Always
The Divine Claim (The Pincers, stainless steel)	N/A	700	Always
The Giant Vermillion Bird	N/A	700	Always
The Jade Leviathan	N/A	300	Always
Tianlong the Dragon	N/A	700	Always
To Gain through Death (The Pincers, stainless steel)	N/A	700	Always
To the Skies! (The Pincers, stainless steel)	N/A	700	Always
Transmute the Salvage (The Pincers, stainless steel)	N/A	700	Always
Troubled Waters (Flou Tar-Shei)	N/A	450	Always
Troubled Waters (The Hole in the World)	N/A	700	Always
X Marks the Spot (The Pincers)	N/A	300	Always
You Don't Hunt Steel	N/A	700	Always

Trivia

• In real life, the first samples of stainless steel were made in 1904.