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At some moment in the game, I realized that von Malching has left his clipper just in front of my main island's port.
It just stands there for a long time now, doing nothing, and blocking the way.

I tried to go to pirate mode and destroy it, but it is not attackable- my ship in pirate mode can't attack it (it normally attack all other ships).
Even if I declare war on von Malching, this ship also cannot be attacked! It just stands where it is, ignored by my warships.

If there is any way to resolve this irritating situation, I'd appreciate the help.
about 4 years ago - Ubi-Raziel - Direct link
Originally Posted by mrhochieman
At some moment in the game, I realized that von Malching has left his clipper just in front of my main island's port.
It just stands there for a long time now, doing nothing, and blocking the way.

I tried to go to pirate mode and destroy it, but it is not attackable- my ship in pirate mode can't attack it (it normally attack all other ships).
Even if I declare war on von Malching, this ship also cannot be attacked! It just stands where it is, ignored by my warships.

If there is any way to resolve this irritating situation, I'd appreciate the help.
Hello! Sorry to read there's a ship stuck in your port.

I don't have an immediate workaround for you but we can certainly take a look. Would it be possible to provide an image please, so we can see the surrounding area?

You could try deleting the port or any surrounding builds, to see if that frees him.
about 4 years ago - Ubi-Raziel - Direct link
Originally Posted by mrhochieman
I checked previous autosaves. What I discovered, is that von Malching ship appeared in my port during the escort quest I did for him. Escort quest did not finish in a regular way- escorted ship left the world, and there was no reward screen. Quest just disappeared from the quest list. My guess is that the quest was bugged, and left the bugged ship in my harbor.

I was very compulsive not to look at that ship any longer, so what I did do is to push that bugged ship over the map (using my ship)- right into the pirate cove, and left it there. It took me a good couple of hours to do it... Now it doesn't interfere anymore.
Interestingly, although pirates are in a war state with von Maclhing, the bugged ship was not attacked by pirates as well.

Let me know if I can be of any further help to you if Ubi's team is interested in looking into this bug.
Thank you for getting back to me. Though an unorthodox method, I'm happy to read you' manage to find a workaround

The issue you faced is very specific and I don't believe we will be able to reproduce this unless we had clear reproduction steps.

Leave this with me! I'll do my best to research into this issue, and see if I can find reports from other players.

In the meantime, enjoy the game