Saddles and reins
Creature boats are ridden with a saddle and steered with reins: you ride on the saddle and hold the reins to steer. The Patchwork Dinghy is the exception, with its wheel and throttle instead. Saddles and reins have no stats; how fast and how well your boat moves comes only from the boat tree.
You never buy them. Every captain has the Bay saddle and reins from the start, and each passage on the boat tree gives you the next region’s set: the Reef Passage the Reef saddle and reins, the Storm Passage the Storm set and the Outer Passage the Abyss set. Each set has its own look: rope and driftwood for the Bay, coral and shell with a faint glow for the Reef, iron and leather with glowing lightning studs for the Storm, and crystal and runes with a strong glow for the Abyss.
The saddle look and the reins look are chosen separately, so you can mix sets, and any look fits any boat skin. Besides the four region sets, each of the three store skins (Frost Manta, Ember Drake and Aurora Whale) comes with its own saddle and reins look. Change them at the effects stand in the Stables, where they rest on a saddle horse and a hook so you can see them before you wear them.
| Region | Saddle | Reins |
|---|---|---|
| Sheltered Bay | Bay Saddle | Bay Reins |
| Coral Reach | Reef Saddle | Reef Reins |
| Storm & Ember Waters | Storm Saddle | Storm Reins |
| Outer Waters | Abyss Saddle | Abyss Reins |
