Diversifies pirate fleets.
Better Vanilla Pirates is a community add-on for Endless Sky. Makes the fringe dangerous. Use the PlayBound launcher to drop the archive into the correct Endless Sky content folder, then enable the mod from the game's mod or content menu. Mods are versioned separately from the base game — match the recommended engine or client release before joining multiplayer, and keep a clean backup of your settings if you experiment with several packs at once. PlayBound only lists projects that publish redistributable archives or clear external download pages. Always read the upstream README for credits, required assets, and known incompatibilities.
Install with the PlayBound Launcher
The launcher installs this into plugins/ for Endless Sky. If the base game is missing, it will install that first.
Install Endless Sky first if you have not already — Better Vanilla Pirates is an add-on and needs the base game.
The quickest route is the PlayBound Launcher: open Endless Sky, find Better Vanilla Pirates in its mods list and press Install. The launcher downloads the official release and places it in the right folder for you.
To install it by hand, download the latest release archive from github.com/ZBok/BetterVanillaPirates/releases.
Extract the archive into the "plugins" folder inside your Endless Sky installation directory.
Start Endless Sky and enable Better Vanilla Pirates from the in-game mods or add-ons menu. The download is roughly 30 MB.
Yes. Better Vanilla Pirates is released under Open Source / Community and costs nothing. Neither it nor Endless Sky has any paid content.
Endless Sky, which is itself free. Better Vanilla Pirates is an add-on and will not run standalone.
The PlayBound Launcher installs it in one click from Endless Sky's mods list. You can also install it by hand — full steps are on this page.
Roughly 30 MB, on top of the base Endless Sky installation.
Yes. The source is published at github.com/ZBok/BetterVanillaPirates under Open Source / Community.