Welcome aboard, Captain! In High Sea Saga DX, every crew member’s strength and utility come from their Job — the class system that defines stats, skills, and special abilities. Choosing and mastering jobs is the key to building a powerful, efficient crew.

The DX (Steam) version is a refined, single-player upgrade of Kairosoft’s original mobile game. The job system remains fully intact but behaves slightly differently in this version.

What Jobs Do

• Determine stat growth (HP, SP, Atk, Def, Spd, Int) as the crew levels up.
  
• Provide a unique Ability that activates automatically during quests or battles.
  
• Some jobs unlock shipboard facilities like item, weapon, armor, or accessory shops.
  
• Mastering jobs permanently boosts your crew’s stats or grants passive effects — these bonuses stack across all mastered jobs.

How Jobs Work

• You can change a character’s job once their knowledge (e.g., Melee 1, Work 2, Courage 3) meets the requirement.
  
• NOTE! Abilities remain tied to the character’s original job — switching jobs does not change it.
  
• Each job has a Max Level, after which it’s considered Mastered.
  
• Mastered jobs permanently improve your stats or unlock advanced classes.

DX Version Differences


Additional notes for DX players:

• Some job unlocks may trigger differently (e.g., Robot or Fiend may require extra mastered jobs).
  
• All ship functions (shops, facilities, etc.) now focus on solo efficiency, not multiplayer bonuses.
  
• DX supports faster menus and stable progression — ideal for long-term job mastery runs.

Why Mastery Matters?

• Each mastered job gives a permanent improvement — even when switching roles.
  
• For example: mastering Cook reduces stamina recovery time, while Farmer doubles field yield. Over time, these stack to create overpowered endgame builds.

🏴‍☠️ Quick Summary

• 49 Jobs total
  
• 7 Knowledge categories: Melee, Ranged, Work, Courage, Sailing, Curiosity, Secret
  
• Abilities and stats differ per job
  
• Mastering jobs permanently strengthens the crew
  
• DX = solo focus, smoother progression, same full content

The job system in High Sea Saga DX defines every crew member’s stats, skills, and growth pattern. Each job specializes in different areas — combat, exploration, trade, or ship work — and mastering them unlocks more powerful careers.

Job Knowledge
Every crew member develops Knowledge in seven categories. Each job requires specific knowledge levels before it can be unlocked.

You’ll need to train and balance these knowledge types carefully — some advanced jobs require multiple high-level knowledges (e.g., Hero: Melee 7 + Courage 5).

Stat Growth Grades
Each job has a stat growth rank from S (best) to F (worst). These determine how much each stat increases per level-up.


Job Mastery
Once a crew member reaches a job’s max level, it becomes Mastered.
Mastering provides permanent benefits, even if you switch jobs.

Mastery Rewards include:

• Permanent stat increases (HP, SP, ATK, etc.)
  
• Passive ability unlocks
  
• New jobs available (based on mastered prerequisites)
  
• Facility unlocks (e.g., Trader → opens shop functions)

You can master multiple jobs — the bonuses stack, making mastery chaining essential for late-game progression.

Unlocking New Jobs
Jobs are unlocked when both:

• You’ve mastered or leveled enough existing jobs, and
  
• Your crew member has the required knowledge levels.

Some advanced jobs (like Hero, Tycoon, Fiend) also require mastering other jobs first. Secret jobs need high “Secret” knowledge, which is only trained through certain facilities or rare encounters.

Quick Tip
You can preview requirements for locked jobs in the Job Menu → Unavailable Tab.
Focus on developing 2–3 knowledge types early instead of spreading them thin.

Tier I — Basic Careers (1–9)


Tier II — Intermediate Jobs (10–19)


Tier III — Advanced Jobs (20–29)


Tier IV — Expert Jobs (30–39)


Tier V — Legendary & Secret Jobs (40–49)


How to Use This Section

• Each tier represents roughly how far into the game the job unlocks.
  
• “Lv.” in requirements means mastery or level in that job.
  
• Stat Focus helps plan your training path efficiently.

For DX players: solo grind is smoother, and secret jobs are easier to trigger with consistent knowledge training.

Each job in High Sea Saga DX comes with a unique Ability.
Abilities are passive or triggered effects that define how a character fights, crafts, or supports.
When you master a job, its bonus stays permanently, even after changing to another job.

Ability Categories


Ship Shops


Tips:

• Park at an active, populated islands you’ve developed; more visitors = more gold.
  
• Build/level island shops (weapon/armor/accessory) to improve what’s sold everywhere; ship shops just monetize visits.
  
• Keep one shop-job aboard during long dockings for steady passive income.

Mastery Bonuses
Each mastered job grants permanent stat increases or effects. These stack across multiple jobs, creating late-game super crews.


Ability vs. Skill
Understanding the difference between Abilities and Skills is key to building powerful characters.
Abilities define passive growth, while Skills define active combat performance.

Abilities scale by level (1–5) and can appear in stronger jobs as improved versions.

Optimization Tips

• Master utility jobs early (Cook, Trader, Farmer) for long-term passive gains.
  
• Stack Atk/Spd jobs (Rogue, Lancer, Ninja, Hero) for DPS builds.
  
• Stack Work/Int jobs (Merchant, Engineer, Genius) for production efficiency.
  
• Some abilities overlap — higher-tier versions replace lower ones, but the mastery bonus always remains.

In High Sea Saga DX your combat efficiency depends not just on individual jobs, but how you organise your crews and teams.

Formation Logic (Know this first)

Why this matters: Battles merge all your active teams into one formation, then auto-arrange by weapon range. Avoid a pile-up of only short-range weapons or you’ll waste turns.

Suggested Comp: “2 Tank • 2 Spear • 5 Ranged • 1 Healer”
This works because it fills every row correctly and keeps damage flowing even if the front line stalls.

Split across two 5-person teams like this:

Why it’s good (DX):

• Two tanks soak and hold the front so DPS can fire freely.
  
• Two spears ensure the second row still hits when the front is crowded. (Spears have reach.)
  
• Five ranged (guns/bows) maximize safe damage from the back rows.
  
• One dedicated healer stabilizes long fights (DX is solo-focused).

Quick Loadout Tips


Common Mistakes (and fixes)

• All-sword frontline: back row starves for targets → mix in spears/ranged.
  
• No healer: medal drain on retries → one healer prevents wipes.
  
• Only one team: slow mastery and progress → buy “Quest Team +1” to field two teams (10 units) per quest.

How to get a 2-team setup (10 units)
Buy the “Quest Team +1” item from the Special Shop; you can add up to 4 teams total (20 members).

Quick Summary:

• Prioritize Quest Team +1 → crew training → gear upgrades.
  
• Keep your ship full of workers for passive growth.
  
• Rotate jobs frequently to build permanent stats.
  
• Don’t chase long quests early — efficiency beats distance.
  
• You can also gamble your coins in Dice Game. Lv. 5 gives you high ATK Jobs.