It’s easy to start playing Pirates of Somalia. Once you’ve installed the game on Facebook, you can get started right away. First, though, you should bookmark the game for faster access in the future.

Before you can jump right into playing, you need to select your character. Each character has a benefit, so you’ll need to decide which one meets your strategy best. Choose carefully – you only get one shot at your character!

• Local fisherman regenerates health faster.
• Milita member regenerates energy faster.
• Tech/weapons expert earns cash faster.
• Jack of all trades get a small bonus on everything.

The next screen you’ll see is the Pirates of Somlia home page. Here, you’ll see your stats, special options and updates for weapons and items. The first thing you should do is go on patrol to start earning money and increasing your level.
At the very top, you can monitor your stats, including energy, experience, money, stamina and health.

First, you’ll see your current energy, which you use for patrols. Energy regenerates a point every few minutes.

The experience bar displays how close you are to the next level. Each level unlocks new patrols, features and items.

You can use money to buy new weapons, transports or special items needed for Patrols.

Each fight uses one stamina point. Like energy, stamina regenerates a point every few minutes.

Fights can also cost health. Health does regenerate, but, if it gets to zero, you won’t be able to go on patrol until you get more.

While fights can boost your money and experience if you win, it can cost you both if you lose. You can increase your odds in a fight – as well as your opportunities for loot, leveling and earning – by adding friends to your crew. You can directly invite your friends through the Crew menu or post the results of your patrols to your Facebook wall.

Once you have enough cash, consider buying land. You’ll get income from your land every day, and can build on them later to bring in more cash. Land and buildings increase your buying power by providing consistent income, so you can shop for weapons and items that will help you in a fight or that you need for patrols.

Your items will affect your attack and defense stats, which you can find under the Infamy menu. Not only does this increase your effectiveness in fights, it helps your crew in theirs. If your crew is strong, you can fight other crews to get ahead by taking their money, picking up their weapons and destroying their properties.

This is only a small sample of what you need to get started with Pirates of Somalia. As you move to higher levels, you’ll unlock new features, weapons and abilities. If you need help with those, be sure to check out the full guide to playing Pirates of Somalia and the weapons, items and transport profiles.