Player-owned port/Upgrades

Buildings and decorations can be built or upgraded to offer bonuses to different areas of the port's operations.

Bar
The bar, located northwest of the entrance portal, is owned by Surula and is used to attract captains and adventurers. On Thursdays, players can talk to Surula for a gossip voyage. This upgrade affects the Port Upgrades score in the Captain's Log. Switching between bar upgrades in the highest tier does not affect the score.

Office
The office, located northeast of the entrance portal, houses Duncan and John Strum after the tutorial. Office upgrades unlock more ships, which can be used to send out more voyages simultaneously. This upgrade affects the Port Upgrades score in the Captain's Log.

Workshop
The workshop, located in the northeast corner of the port, is unlockable by reaching the Hook region of the Eastern Lands. Once built, the building consists of a workbench, anvil, bank box, scrimshaw crafter, and cooking station. The workbench and anvil can be found just outside the building. This upgrade affects the Port Upgrades score in the Captain's Log.

Note: XP boosts are only applied when making PoP specific items such as bonus smithing experience for making tetsu armour, bonus fletching experience for creating scrimshaws etc. The boost does not apply to regular skilling inside of the workshop.

Lodgings
Lodgings, located in the southeast corner of the port, attract better crew members when upgraded. This upgrade affects the Port Upgrades score in the Captain's Log. Switching between lodging upgrades in the highest tier can affect the score. Plus one score is earned when upgrading from the Daredevil Lodgings, but is lost again if reverted.

Shipwright
The shipwright, located in the southwest corner of the port, improves the total adversity percentages of all the player's ships. The bonuses are applied to the ship's total stats (including those added by the crew and captain), not just the stats of the ship itself. Switching between shipwright upgrades in the highest tier can affect the score. Plus one score is earned when upgrading from the Nautical Shipwright, but is lost again if reverted.

Warehouse
The warehouse, located in the northwest corner of the port, is the storage building for all of the player's goods. Upgraded warehouses give greater bonuses to voyage rewards. This upgrade affects the Port Upgrades score in the Captain's Log.

The warehouse also is home to Felix The Black Marketeer, who allows players to spend gold coins on items such as Bamboo and Chimes. He can also repair ships instantly, negating the normal waiting period. A lightly damaged ship may take approximately 20,000 gold coins, a more heavily damaged one can take 40,000 or more. However, if a player is finished with the port for the day or is going to be away for the repair time, it is less expensive to allow the normal repair time to progress, which may be anywhere from one hour to five or more hours of real time, depending on the amount of damage.

It is worth noting that with the exception of The Black Marketeer, the only currency used in player-owned ports is that of the Wushanko Isles, the Chime.

Totem hotspots
There are five types of totems that can be built in any of the four hotspots. Each type of totem provides a unique bonus to the port. Players can build more than one of each type, but it is unknown if the effects stack. This upgrade does NOT affect the Port Upgrades score in the Captain's Log.
 * Totem hotspot 1 is located
 * Totem hotspot 2 is located south-east of the warehouse
 * Totem hotspot 3 is located
 * Totem hotspot 4 is located west of where Umi stands

Icon hotspots
The three icon hotspots, at the south ends of the three piers, increase the chance of attracting different adventurers to the port. Each icon costs 1000 chimes to build. The player may build more than one of the same kind of icon. However, it is unknown at this time if the bonus chance stacks for more than one. This upgrade does NOT affect the Port Upgrades score in the Captain's Log.
 * Icon Hotspot 1 is located on the west pier
 * Icon Hotspot 2 is located on the middle pier
 * Icon Hotspot 3 is located on the east pier

Portal hotspot
Portal upgrades change the look of the portal inside the port and outside in Port Sarim. These changes are cosmetic only and have no effect on the performance of the port. Buying a certain cosmetic style does NOT unlock it for unlimited use. For example, if you purchase the Ornate Portal for 250 bamboo and then switch back to the Standard Portal design, it will cost you 250 bamboo once again to switch back to the Ornate Portal design. This upgrade does NOT affect the Port Upgrades score in the Captain's Log.