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Ship Holds

On New Dawn, ships aren't simply ways to fish or get to an island. Here, they are your home away from home.

The feature is live as of June 2026, but you can view a teaser trailer that was released prior to learn a bit more.

Important Note

Important Note About Ship Holds

Your ship's hold isn't a floating house, in the sense, where you can lock items down, kick/ban people, and have various levels of access like you can with a normal house.

‼️If someone can get onto your boat, they can get into your hold. If they get into your hold, they can take your stuff.‼️

If you have something of value, keep it in your house, locked down, or in the bank. Getting your ship's hold cleared out because someone got onto your ship is a risk you accept out on the high seas.

How to Start

When you place a ship, it will be assigned a ship hold. With your anchor down, you can single-click your hold and select "Enter Ship Hold"

Restrictions

  • Ship holds have a max weight and item count which you can se from your ship model in the hold
  • While you can have 2 ships per account, you can only have 1 ship with a hold across all 6 of your boats (1 hold per Discord account)
  • You can't access the ship's hold when your ship is moving, or the anchor is up
  • You can't raise the anchor of your ship if any mobiles are in the ship's hold
  • You can't drydock your ship if your ship's hold has any mobiles or items in it
  • You can't enter your ship's hold when in combat, when casting a spell, or on a mount
  • You can't cast recall or gate from inside a ship's hold

Note

The system will continue to grow and change as feedback and metrics come back on its use.

Other Features

  • You can access the ship hold decorator tool by double-clicking the ship model
  • You can use detect hidden on your ship, which doesn't enhance your ability like it does in a house to reveal hidden people, however it will identify if any of your planks are locked or unlocked
  • Items in your ship's hold do not decay
  • You can use your bunk bed to initiate a 30 second process where you can immediately log out