Barbary Pirate achievement in Sid Meier's Civilization V

Barbary Pirate

As Suleiman, accumulate a navy with 10 Barbarian naval units.

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How to unlock the Barbary Pirate achievement

  • arcturusn7arcturusn7606,846
    07 Feb 2016 09 Feb 2016
    8 0 0
    This achievement is not possible with Brave New World. You will need to disable it by going to the main menu -> DLC and unchecking BNW.
    To get this you need to use the Ottoman's unique ability to capture barbarian ships. Sail your ship adjacent to a barbarian ship and you will have a 50% chance of capturing it. Note that if you fail the capture the ship will be uncapturable for the rest of the game so you should destroy it to remove confusion over what ships are eligible. I recommend doing the archipelago map since almost every barbarian ship will be next to water and capable of spawning ships. Station ranged units next to camps to kill all non-naval units that spawn and have a ship camped nearby to speed things up. After you capture your tenth barbarian ship the achievement will unlock.
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  • Broken BinaryBroken Binary4,980
    14 Mar 2016 14 Mar 2016
    4 0 0
    This achievement is not possible with Brave New World or Gods And Kings enabled.
  • cakayakdivercakayakdiver6,021
    28 Mar 2017 28 Mar 2017 28 Mar 2017
    3 0 0
    One slight improvement to this strategy:
    Instead of stationing a ranged unit to kill non-naval spawns, surround the barbarian encampment land tiles with units, so every spawn must be naval. This will speed up acquiring the achievement.
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