When travelling the seas, they used cannons mostly and when battling on land or on the deck of the ship(s), they would use swords, daggers etc. Maybe guns.
Cannonballs
No,They use speed boats and prefer to be fast before anyone realises that they are pirates and about to attack.
they wanted gold
No. There are no pirates at all in the novel.
The pirates sailed the oceans looking for a ship to attack and steal from.
Pirates.
The lost sword of El Patron has the most attack power.
Attack a ship form the island then go to the island and it will show you the attack the island option and select it.
Because they attack their ships.
The attack was on 1818,Bouchard, a French pirate.
Every time they saw a ship and there when there captain got killed
The articles of confederation encouraged the pirates to attack because under the aoc, US had little military power to protect their ships and congress could not draft troops and had to request them from states.