Best Cannons In Pirate Yakuza In Hawaii

Summary

• Customize ship weapons with different types like cannons and flamethrowers for strategic battles.
• Purchase upgrades like Gold Cannon or Energy Cannon for stronger attacks in ship battles.
• Utilize crafting at Julie’s Gearworks for unique weapons like the Super Laser Cannon for powerful shots.

Naval battles are a new feature in the Like a Dragon series. As players would expect from the outlandish RPG series, ship battles in Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii have a lot of depth and customization options. There’s plenty to focus on, from recruiting and leveling a crew to buying, upgrading, and fitting new weapons.

Players can equip a few different weapon types for their ship. Machine gun-type weapons, for example, can be fitted to fire from the front of the ship. Cannons are the player’s broadside option, firing from the port and starboard sides of the ship only. There are still quite a few different options even within this category though. For players looking to outfit the Goromaru, here are the best cannons in Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii, and how to unlock them.

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Bronze Cannon

Better Broadsides

• Attack Power: 250
• Effects: Fires one shell
• How to Unlock: Purchase at a lighthouse/harbor for $1000

The first option players will have available to them to upgrade their ship weapons is simply to purchase them from the change equipment menu at any lighthouse or harbor. Bronze cannons are the first and cheapest upgrade option that players can buy. They’re not spectacular, but they’re better than basic cannons, and players have to purchase the bronze tier if they want the silver and gold tiers later.

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Silver Cannon

Mid-Tier Basic Cannons

• Attack Power: 300
• Effects: Fires one shell, longer range
• How to Unlock: Purchase at a lighthouse/harbor for $4000

The silver cannon is the mid-tier upgrade for the basic cannon. It does a bit more damage in return for a steeper cost of $4000. Most players will start with the cannons as a solid offensive option for their ship, but there’s a good argument for saving the gold on these upgrades and skipping to the higher-damage alternative weapons like the energy cannon as soon as possible.

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Gold Cannon

The Best Basic Cannon Upgrade

• Attack Power: 400
• Effects: Fires one shell, longer range
• How to Unlock: Purchase at a lighthouse/harbor for $10,000

The Gold Cannon is the highest tier of upgrade for the basic cannon. As well as having to unlock all the previous tiers first, this upgrade itself is quite pricey. It does do the most damage of the basic cannons, and has a longer range than previous upgrade tiers, but players should consider grinding some bounties or hunting for treasure and rushing straight for the energy cannons instead.

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Silver Flamethrower

Stronger Flames

• Attack Power: 1050
• Effects: Shoots flames for 3 seconds, can set targets ablaze
• How to Unlock: Purchase at a lighthouse/harbor for $4000

The Flamethrowers are a high-damage, short-range offensive option for the player’s broadside weapons. A good early strategy for players without higher-tier weapons is to put regular cannons on one side of the ship for ranged damage, and Flamethrowers on the other side for higher damage when up close with other ships. The silver tier upgrade for the flamethrowers increases the range and damage of the flames slightly.

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Gold Flamethrower

Strongest Flamethrower

• Attack Power: 1400
• Effects: Shoots flames for 3 seconds, can set targets ablaze, longer range
• How to Unlock: Purchase at a lighthouse/harbor for $10,000

The Golden Flamethrower is the strongest flamethrower upgrade, and the 1400 damage over the three-second burn is comparable even to the high-damage energy cannon. Like other flamethrowers, players still have to be relatively close to other ships to use the Golden Flamethrower effectively.

This upgrade tier does have a longer range than previous tiers, but it still won’t compare to the range of cannons or lasers. It’s debatable whether the flamethrowers are worth using compared to other longer-range options, but they’re perfect for players who like to get up close and personal.

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Shark Cannon

Julie’s Creations

• Attack Power: 200
• Effects: Shoots one freezing shell
• How to Unlock: Crafted at Julie’s Gearworks, requires superb components & sharkstone

Partway through chapter two, players will run into Julie, the returning mechanic character from the Like a Dragon series. This time she’s here to craft gear for both Majima and the Goromaru. Once players have access to her workshop, they’ll be able to start crafting new ship weapons, including new cannons, though they’ll need to assemble the required materials.

The shark cannons deal cold damage and are able to freeze enemies in place. Players will need some regular (50), quality (30), and superb components (10), as well as sharkstone (10), to craft them.

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Egesta Cannon

Poison Barrage

• Attack Power: 250
• Effects: Shoots two contaminated shells at once
• How to Unlock: Crafted at Julie’s Gearworks, requires superb components & ethereal egesta

Egesta Cannons can also be crafted at Julie’s workshop once it’s unlocked. These cannons fire two contaminated shells at once, dealing poison damage to enemy vessels. Poison and fire damage both deal damage over time in Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii, and combining both types of damage can drain even tougher enemy ships’ health bars quickly.

Players will need regular, quality, and superb components and ten of a crafting item called ethereal egesta to get the poison cannons.

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Energy Cannon

The Best Purchasable Cannon Type

• Attack Power: 1400
• Effects: Rapid-fire energy shells for 5 seconds
• How to Unlock: Purchase at a lighthouse/harbor for $15,000

The Energy Cannon is the best type of cannon that players don’t have to craft themselves. The high-damage rapid-fire energy balls do more damage to enemy ships than anything except the craftable Laser Cannons. They also have a good range, so they’re a reliable broadside as long as players can line up their shots.

They do come with a hefty price tag for this level of power though, and players will have to wait until they can grind some bounties, find some treasure, or complete some Pirate Coliseum battles to get the $15,000 necessary.

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Super Shark Cannon

Golden Sharks

• Attack Power: 300
• Effects: Shoots three freezing shells at once, longer range
• How to Unlock: Crafted at Julie’s Gearworks, requires superb components & sharkstone

The Super Shark Cannon upgrade for the Shark Cannon turns the freezing shell into a three-shell-per-cannon volley that’s capable of building up freeze on enemies quickly. These can be a useful utility weapon to have on one side of the Goromaru, with an accompanying high-damage weapon like the Laser Cannons on the other side.

The cold damage can freeze enemies in place for a full hit from the high-damage side. Players will need more superb components (20) and more sharkstone (20) for this upgraded version.

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Super Egesta Cannon

Stronger Poison Double Shots

• Attack Power: 350
• Effects: Shoots three contaminated shells at once, longer range
• How to Unlock: Crafted at Julie’s Gearworks, requires superb components & ethereal egesta

The more powerful version of the poison cannons, the Super Egesta Cannon, can output more poison shells at once for more damage over time to enemy ships. They’re a good option if players want to focus totally on damage over time, but it’s questionable whether this is more effective than loading up on damage with other cannon types.

Players will need to collect more superb components (20) and more ethereal egesta (20) to craft the Super Egesta Cannon.

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Laser Cannon

Focused Beams

• Attack Power: 1500
• Effects: Shoots a laser for 3 seconds
• How to Unlock: Crafted at Julie’s Gearworks, requires superb components

The Laser Cannons and their even more powerful upgraded versions are the strongest weapons that the Goromaru can equip as broadsides. The sustained laser burst will drain the enemy ship’s health like nothing else.

Even better, the Laser Cannons only require collecting all component types to craft them, needing 50 regular components, 25 quality components, and 15 superb components.

If players are struggling to find the components they require for crafting, there are two ways to get them other than random drops. Pawn shops will sell components of different rarities, making collecting larger amounts easier. If players end up with an abundance of lower-tier components, Julie can trade them up for higher-quality versions at varying exchange rates.

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Super Laser Cannon

Ship Melter

• Attack Power: 2000
• Effects: Shoots a laser for 5 seconds, longer range
• How to Unlock: Crafted at Julie’s Gearworks, requires superb components

The Super Laser Cannon is the most powerful craftable broadside weapon in Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii. The laser burst lasts longer and does more damage than the regular laser cannon, and this weapon will easily one-shot weaker enemy ships.

While these weapons make regular combat a breeze, strong broadsides like the Laser Cannons are required for taking on the harder ship battles like the latter stages of the Pirate Coliseum or the Devil Flag Pirates. Players will need 100 regular, 50 quality, and 20 superb components to craft the Super Laser Cannons.