For Merry Christmas! you must find it in cargo, I found it fast and saw no one else has got it so I take it i'm the first? hope this helped and good luck!
Finished in 299 days! Could've done it sooner, but I figured out things too late. Tips: -If you hover over a free port, you can see what sells for most by the size of the coin stack. -Buying on the right side of the ship tree is the best way to go. -Fighting the ghost ship, even if you're not ready, can be a great way to gain war points.
Oooh love this game! I already beat it so most of these should be quick, they weren't all rewarded immediately so there will be some back tracking, I'm just glad I was on day 260 with fully upgraded ship of the lines to take out the ghost ship immediately, so not a complete replay for the hard one!
I have to do it all again since quests were not available when the game was released on AG.
The only missable quest is Fast Admiral, where you have to finish the game in less than 300 days. Personally I did it in 230 days.
Some tips : - NEVER buy cargo ships, always war ships. - Don't spend too many War Points on upgrades for middle level ships (the last two before the strongest). They are quite expensive in WP, whereas your ship will be much stronger. - Don't desperately try to free cities except for the first two, you will lose money and time. Do it when you are strong enough to destroy them easily. - Don't spend medal points on cargo, first spend it on damage/accuracy/action points and a bit on hull. -Fight the final boss as soon as possible !! He will give HUGE amount of war points to upgrade your last ships. -Never run out of money : before buying a new ship, make some big exchanges depending on how many cities you have freed: bananas --> ore --> rhum --> gunpowder.
For me, I had enough money throughout the entire game, the only problem were WP. But if you don't upgrade the battle ships (you shouldn't need to), you will have 10k WP soon enough (with enough money to buy the best ship 3 times).