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  "schemaVersion": 1,
  "site": "Corsair Cove Harbor Guide",
  "game": "Corsair Cove",
  "canonical": "https://corsair-cove.site/",
  "officialGameUrl": "https://store.steampowered.com/app/1368140/Corsair_Cove/",
  "reviewedAt": "2026-08-13",
  "editorialPolicy": "Each answer owns one player intent, includes a checked date and named citations, preserves source disagreement, and defers update-sensitive truth to the live game and official announcements.",
  "answers": [
    {
      "id": "home",
      "query": "Corsair Cove guide",
      "title": "Corsair Cove Guide",
      "canonical": "https://corsair-cove.site/",
      "answer": "Build one readable production chain, stabilize worker needs, and expand only when the harbor can supply the next island. Use fleets and trade as planned logistics, not as a substitute for fixing a broken town.",
      "checkedAt": "2026-08-13",
      "limitation": "This independent guide is a dated snapshot, not an official game source. Follow the linked official game and the checked dates on each focused page for update-sensitive details.",
      "citations": [
        {
          "label": "Official Corsair Cove Steam store page",
          "url": "https://store.steampowered.com/app/1368140/Corsair_Cove/",
          "kind": "official"
        },
        {
          "label": "Official Corsair Cove wiki by Hooded Horse",
          "url": "https://wiki.hoodedhorse.com/Corsair_Cove/Corsair_Cove_Official_Wiki",
          "kind": "official"
        },
        {
          "label": "Official Corsair Cove patch announcements",
          "url": "https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1368140",
          "kind": "official"
        },
        {
          "label": "Official Corsair Cove Xbox on PC listing",
          "url": "https://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/store/corsair-cove/9PHS0189K408",
          "kind": "official"
        },
        {
          "label": "Official Corsair Cove wiki: Pirates",
          "url": "https://wiki.hoodedhorse.com/Corsair_Cove/Pirates",
          "kind": "official"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "beginner-guide",
      "query": "Corsair Cove beginner guide",
      "title": "Corsair Cove Beginner Guide",
      "canonical": "https://corsair-cove.site/beginner-guide/",
      "answer": "Your first useful milestone is a settlement whose inputs, workers, transport, storage, and consumers can be explained. Add a second chain only after the first one moves reliably.",
      "checkedAt": "2026-08-13",
      "limitation": "This is a dated independent guide answer. Update-sensitive mechanics, values, availability, and interface paths can change; the current live game and official announcements remain final.",
      "citations": [
        {
          "label": "Official Corsair Cove Steam store page",
          "url": "https://store.steampowered.com/app/1368140/Corsair_Cove/",
          "kind": "official"
        },
        {
          "label": "Official Corsair Cove wiki by Hooded Horse",
          "url": "https://wiki.hoodedhorse.com/Corsair_Cove/Corsair_Cove_Official_Wiki",
          "kind": "official"
        },
        {
          "label": "Official Corsair Cove patch announcements",
          "url": "https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1368140",
          "kind": "official"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "production-chains",
      "query": "Corsair Cove production chains",
      "title": "Corsair Cove Production Chains Guide",
      "canonical": "https://corsair-cove.site/production-chains/",
      "answer": "A chain is only as reliable as its blocked link. Read the current building panels and follow the physical path of a good before increasing every stage at once.",
      "checkedAt": "2026-08-13",
      "limitation": "This is a dated independent guide answer. Update-sensitive mechanics, values, availability, and interface paths can change; the current live game and official announcements remain final.",
      "citations": [
        {
          "label": "Official Corsair Cove wiki by Hooded Horse",
          "url": "https://wiki.hoodedhorse.com/Corsair_Cove/Corsair_Cove_Official_Wiki",
          "kind": "official"
        },
        {
          "label": "Official Corsair Cove patch announcements",
          "url": "https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1368140",
          "kind": "official"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "ships-and-fleets",
      "query": "Corsair Cove ships and fleets",
      "title": "Corsair Cove Ships and Fleets Guide",
      "canonical": "https://corsair-cove.site/ships-and-fleets/",
      "answer": "A fleet is useful when its purpose, supply, destination, and return path are clear. Name the job before moving ships away from the network that supports the settlement.",
      "checkedAt": "2026-08-13",
      "limitation": "This is a dated independent guide answer. Update-sensitive mechanics, values, availability, and interface paths can change; the current live game and official announcements remain final.",
      "citations": [
        {
          "label": "Official Corsair Cove Steam store page",
          "url": "https://store.steampowered.com/app/1368140/Corsair_Cove/",
          "kind": "official"
        },
        {
          "label": "Official Corsair Cove wiki by Hooded Horse",
          "url": "https://wiki.hoodedhorse.com/Corsair_Cove/Corsair_Cove_Official_Wiki",
          "kind": "official"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "trade-and-expansion",
      "query": "Corsair Cove trade and expansion",
      "title": "Corsair Cove Trade and Expansion Guide",
      "canonical": "https://corsair-cove.site/trade-and-expansion/",
      "answer": "Expansion should answer a visible constraint: an unavailable resource, a route opportunity, or a Crown objective. It should not hide instability in the first town.",
      "checkedAt": "2026-08-13",
      "limitation": "This is a dated independent guide answer. Update-sensitive mechanics, values, availability, and interface paths can change; the current live game and official announcements remain final.",
      "citations": [
        {
          "label": "Official Corsair Cove wiki by Hooded Horse",
          "url": "https://wiki.hoodedhorse.com/Corsair_Cove/Corsair_Cove_Official_Wiki",
          "kind": "official"
        },
        {
          "label": "Official Corsair Cove patch announcements",
          "url": "https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1368140",
          "kind": "official"
        },
        {
          "label": "Independent Corsair Cove community wiki",
          "url": "https://www.corsair-cove.wiki/",
          "kind": "cross-check"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "drifters-and-pirates",
      "query": "Corsair Cove drifters",
      "title": "Corsair Cove Drifters: Housing, Jobs and Upkeep",
      "canonical": "https://corsair-cove.site/drifters-and-pirates/",
      "answer": "Corsair Cove automatically assigns Drifters to open jobs. If a new building has no workers, add or free housing, pause lower-priority construction or production to release Drifters, and confirm the building is connected and assigned to a Pirate Camp that can supply its workers.",
      "checkedAt": "2026-08-27",
      "limitation": "The official wiki establishes assignment, housing and upkeep behavior, but the live island panel remains the source of record for your current available workforce.",
      "citations": [
        {
          "label": "Official Corsair Cove wiki: Pirates",
          "url": "https://wiki.hoodedhorse.com/Corsair_Cove/Pirates",
          "kind": "official"
        },
        {
          "label": "Official Corsair Cove wiki: Buildings",
          "url": "https://wiki.hoodedhorse.com/Corsair_Cove/Buildings",
          "kind": "official"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "swabbies-and-fetchers",
      "query": "Corsair Cove swabbies fetchers",
      "title": "Corsair Cove Swabbies and Fetchers Guide",
      "canonical": "https://corsair-cove.site/swabbies-and-fetchers/",
      "answer": "Swabbies and fetchers serve different settlement functions. Verify the current population tier, assignment controls and route before treating a stalled building as a production shortage.",
      "checkedAt": "2026-08-13",
      "limitation": "The live assignment UI controls current exact behavior. Recheck dated official sources and the current live build before relying on this answer.",
      "citations": [
        {
          "label": "Official Corsair Cove wiki by Hooded Horse",
          "url": "https://wiki.hoodedhorse.com/Corsair_Cove/Corsair_Cove_Official_Wiki",
          "kind": "official"
        },
        {
          "label": "Official Corsair Cove patch announcements",
          "url": "https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1368140",
          "kind": "official"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "build-ships",
      "query": "how to build ships in Corsair Cove",
      "title": "How to Build Ships in Corsair Cove",
      "canonical": "https://corsair-cove.site/build-ships/",
      "answer": "Unlock the ship by spending Principle Path Points on the Compass, then select a compatible Pier with no ship slot already in use. Stock the listed construction materials, build or upgrade from the Pier menu, and prepare the crew upkeep that the completed ship requires.",
      "checkedAt": "2026-08-27",
      "limitation": "Pier level ranges and core construction behavior were checked against the official wiki on 2026-08-27; exact hull costs and balance may change in later updates.",
      "citations": [
        {
          "label": "Official Corsair Cove wiki: Ships",
          "url": "https://wiki.hoodedhorse.com/Corsair_Cove/Ships",
          "kind": "official"
        },
        {
          "label": "Official Corsair Cove wiki: Piers",
          "url": "https://wiki.hoodedhorse.com/Corsair_Cove/Pier",
          "kind": "official"
        },
        {
          "label": "Official Corsair Cove wiki: Pirates",
          "url": "https://wiki.hoodedhorse.com/Corsair_Cove/Pirates",
          "kind": "official"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "fleet-and-crew",
      "query": "Corsair Cove crew ships",
      "title": "Corsair Cove Fleet, Crew and Sail Controls",
      "canonical": "https://corsair-cove.site/fleet-and-crew/",
      "answer": "A useful fleet needs assigned ships, required crew and supplies, a reachable route and one current objective. Verify sail and movement controls in the live interface.",
      "checkedAt": "2026-08-13",
      "limitation": "This page does not invent permanent crew numbers or key bindings. Recheck dated official sources and the current live build before relying on this answer.",
      "citations": [
        {
          "label": "Official Corsair Cove Steam store page",
          "url": "https://store.steampowered.com/app/1368140/Corsair_Cove/",
          "kind": "official"
        },
        {
          "label": "Official Corsair Cove wiki by Hooded Horse",
          "url": "https://wiki.hoodedhorse.com/Corsair_Cove/Corsair_Cove_Official_Wiki",
          "kind": "official"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "second-pirate-camp",
      "query": "Corsair Cove second pirate camp",
      "title": "Corsair Cove Second Pirate Camp Setup",
      "canonical": "https://corsair-cove.site/second-pirate-camp/",
      "answer": "Reserve 20 Planks, preview the Crown Attack Points revealed by the new camp, and place it where connected buildings can use its range. The camp provides 25 Housing; add local Galley and Tavern coverage before assigning production buildings whose workers need upkeep.",
      "checkedAt": "2026-08-27",
      "limitation": "Camp cost, housing, assignment and Attack Point behavior were checked against the official wiki on 2026-08-27; verify placement overlays in the current live build.",
      "citations": [
        {
          "label": "Official Corsair Cove wiki: Buildings",
          "url": "https://wiki.hoodedhorse.com/Corsair_Cove/Buildings",
          "kind": "official"
        },
        {
          "label": "Official Corsair Cove wiki: Pirates",
          "url": "https://wiki.hoodedhorse.com/Corsair_Cove/Pirates",
          "kind": "official"
        },
        {
          "label": "Official Corsair Cove wiki: Attack Points",
          "url": "https://wiki.hoodedhorse.com/Corsair_Cove/Attack_Point",
          "kind": "official"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "tobacco-and-booze",
      "query": "Corsair Cove tobacco booze",
      "title": "Corsair Cove Tobacco and Booze Logistics",
      "canonical": "https://corsair-cove.site/tobacco-and-booze/",
      "answer": "Treat tobacco and booze as complete logistics chains: verify raw input, staffed production, connected storage, transport capacity and a current consumer before adding capacity.",
      "checkedAt": "2026-08-13",
      "limitation": "Current recipes and values must be read from the game and official wiki. Recheck dated official sources and the current live build before relying on this answer.",
      "citations": [
        {
          "label": "Official Corsair Cove wiki by Hooded Horse",
          "url": "https://wiki.hoodedhorse.com/Corsair_Cove/Corsair_Cove_Official_Wiki",
          "kind": "official"
        },
        {
          "label": "Official Corsair Cove patch announcements",
          "url": "https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1368140",
          "kind": "official"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "trading-post",
      "query": "Corsair Cove trading post",
      "title": "Corsair Cove Trading Post and Goods Guide",
      "canonical": "https://corsair-cove.site/trading-post/",
      "answer": "Use the trading post to solve a named shortage or move a verified surplus. Read current terms, protect local needs and storage, then measure whether the route improves the target chain.",
      "checkedAt": "2026-08-13",
      "limitation": "This page does not publish permanent prices or profit rankings. Recheck dated official sources and the current live build before relying on this answer.",
      "citations": [
        {
          "label": "Official Corsair Cove Steam store page",
          "url": "https://store.steampowered.com/app/1368140/Corsair_Cove/",
          "kind": "official"
        },
        {
          "label": "Official Corsair Cove wiki by Hooded Horse",
          "url": "https://wiki.hoodedhorse.com/Corsair_Cove/Corsair_Cove_Official_Wiki",
          "kind": "official"
        },
        {
          "label": "Official Corsair Cove patch announcements",
          "url": "https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1368140",
          "kind": "official"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "gun-towers-defense",
      "query": "Corsair Cove gun towers",
      "title": "Corsair Cove Gun Towers and Defense Guide",
      "canonical": "https://corsair-cove.site/gun-towers-defense/",
      "answer": "Place and upgrade gun towers only after checking their current unlock, coverage, construction and operating requirements. Test the defended approach and keep fleet support available.",
      "checkedAt": "2026-08-13",
      "limitation": "Exact range, damage and upgrade values remain current-build facts. Recheck dated official sources and the current live build before relying on this answer.",
      "citations": [
        {
          "label": "Official Corsair Cove Steam store page",
          "url": "https://store.steampowered.com/app/1368140/Corsair_Cove/",
          "kind": "official"
        },
        {
          "label": "Official Corsair Cove wiki by Hooded Horse",
          "url": "https://wiki.hoodedhorse.com/Corsair_Cove/Corsair_Cove_Official_Wiki",
          "kind": "official"
        },
        {
          "label": "Official Corsair Cove patch announcements",
          "url": "https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1368140",
          "kind": "official"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "multiplayer-platforms",
      "query": "Corsair Cove multiplayer",
      "title": "Corsair Cove Multiplayer, Xbox and PS5 Status",
      "canonical": "https://corsair-cove.site/multiplayer-platforms/",
      "answer": "Corsair Cove is a Windows single-player game sold through Steam, Epic and Xbox on PC, with PC Game Pass availability. The official Xbox listing says Play with PC; it does not establish an Xbox console or PlayStation release.",
      "checkedAt": "2026-08-13",
      "limitation": "Future official announcements can change mode or platform availability. Recheck dated official sources and the current live build before relying on this answer.",
      "citations": [
        {
          "label": "Official Corsair Cove Steam store page",
          "url": "https://store.steampowered.com/app/1368140/Corsair_Cove/",
          "kind": "official"
        },
        {
          "label": "Official Corsair Cove Xbox on PC listing",
          "url": "https://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/store/corsair-cove/9PHS0189K408",
          "kind": "official"
        },
        {
          "label": "Official Corsair Cove patch announcements",
          "url": "https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1368140",
          "kind": "official"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "demo-release-guide",
      "query": "Corsair Cove demo",
      "title": "Corsair Cove Demo, Release Date and Full Game",
      "canonical": "https://corsair-cove.site/demo-release-guide/",
      "answer": "Corsair Cove released on Steam on July 31, 2026. Demo-era videos and guides may not match the current full build, so check dated official patch notes.",
      "checkedAt": "2026-08-13",
      "limitation": "This page is a release-status guide, not a claim that every demo is permanently available.",
      "citations": [
        {
          "label": "Official Corsair Cove Steam store page",
          "url": "https://store.steampowered.com/app/1368140/Corsair_Cove/",
          "kind": "official"
        },
        {
          "label": "Official Corsair Cove patch announcements",
          "url": "https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1368140",
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        },
        {
          "label": "Official Corsair Cove wiki by Hooded Horse",
          "url": "https://wiki.hoodedhorse.com/Corsair_Cove/Corsair_Cove_Official_Wiki",
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        }
      ]
    }
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}