Once you have collected enough doubloons, you can buy a larger ship at Dragon Cove. The larger ships have increasing numbers of cannons as well as cargo space.
The cannons on your ship!
In order to fire cannons, you must upgrade the raft to a ship with cannons and you must be on the sea. Make sure you have a ship that shoots cannons. Just set sail in the ocean and click to fire the cannons.
You go there when you have enough funds to hire the Cannoneer. He lets you fire your ship's cannons faster -- you can shoot again before your shot lands.
The cannons at Fort Ridley don't work. When you sail to the other islands, you will be able to afford larger ships with cannons, and these can be used to battle other ships and even the pink sea creatures.Caution : you can be easily outdueled in the early going, and you lose doubloons (10%) and cargo (10% or 13%) if your ship is sunk.
skullduggery island!
Once you have the 5 pieces of the map, you still have to drive off Captain Crawfish, which requires a powerful ship and some skill at shooting the cannons. Once he is gone, go to see the Governor on Fort Ridley, and he will give you the treasure location and a bone shovel. Then you can travel to the hidden island (Skullduggery) and dig it up.
Fort Ridley is the first place you go on Skullduggery Island. Its impossible to miss it.
Bouffant Bay is located northeast of Fort Ridley on Skullduggery island Poptropica.com
The bank on Skullduggery Island is the Golden Harbor Bank, located in the Arabic-themed port at the lower right on the island map.
There is a dock at the bottom side of the small island, Skullduggery. The island appears when you have collected all 5 of the pieces of the Treasure Map.
There is no compass??
Yes, there are several people in the Skullduggery Island on Poptropica. On of which is a deck hand. you can find him on the top left island.