Each ship has an Origin. The Origin determines which ship parts fit on the ship – for example, sails made to fit on Pirate ships won’t fit on Monquistador ships. However, sails made for Pirate ships will fit on any Pirate ship, regardless of its size.
The current Origins in Pirate101 are as follows:
Pirate
Monquistador
Bison
Samoorai
Royal Navy
Eagle
To assist you in understanding your ship equipment, any piece of ship equipment will list its requirements when you roll your mouse over it in the ship equipment screen. Generally, requirements on ship equipment are as follows:
Anchors: Require a nautical level
Armor: Requires nautical level and origin
Cannon: Requires nautical level only
Figureheads: Requires nautical level and origin
Rudders: Requires nautical level and origin
Sails: Requires nautical level and origin
Wheels: Requires nautical level only
Horns: Requires nautical level only
As stated before, all these requirements are listed on a piece of ship equipment, and a lock icon will appear if you’re unable to equip a piece of ship equipment.