Seafarer: The Ship Sim Gameplay - How to Refuel, Dock and Run Cargo

Seafarer: The Ship Sim plays as a maritime career with jobs on an open Northern European-inspired map. You take the helm, run cargo, answer distress calls and hold radio contact, alone or with up to three other players.

The job loop the listing describes

Cargo transport is the backbone. The store text lists bulk goods, containers and LNG as the freight the player moves between ports, which means different ship classes matter for different contracts.

Rescue and emergency work sit beside it. The Tide Guard answers distress calls, firefighting is a named job type, and patrols fill out the roster. Unexpected events are listed as their own category rather than as a modifier.

How to refuel and which tools are published

The store page does not describe a refuelling step, a fuel gauge or a port service. What it does name is the set of interactive tools used on board, and that list is the closest thing to a systems breakdown the listing offers.

Published tool	What it covers
Cranes	Cargo handling
Water cannons	Firefighting jobs
Drones	Scouting the sea
Rescue equipment	Distress responses

Players who search for how to refuel are therefore working from a mechanic with no published description. This page reports that gap rather than inventing a port fuel screen.

Crew play and shared duties

Multiplayer is tagged as Multi-player, Co-op and Online Co-op, and the store text describes a crew of up to four sharing duties on board and coordinating during missions. That changes the job list into a set of roles rather than a single workload.

No role list is published, so the split between helm, cargo and emergency work is not described officially. What is published is that coordination is the point of crewed sessions.

Weather, currents and the water

The listing ties the feel of the game to its water. Ocean currents shape navigation, dynamic weather changes conditions, and the surface is powered by Unreal Engine 5 and NVIDIA WaveWorks 2.0. Daily challenges and radio calls are listed alongside currents and weather as the dynamic layer.

• Dynamic weather and changing conditions.
• Ocean currents that shape navigation.
• Interactive radio calls and daily challenges.
• Unreal Engine 5 with NVIDIA WaveWorks 2.0.

No wave height, current strength or weather severity figure is published.

Fleet progression and the story

The fleet grows from small boats to cargo ships and tankers, and vessels can be customised with names, colours, flags and logos. Career progression runs through missions, reputation and fleet investment.

The story-driven campaign follows Teddy, an experienced captain with a troubled past, and the listing frames it around sabotage, piracy and old secrets. No chapter count or campaign length is published.

What is not published

No refuelling, repair or maintenance system is described, and the store page lists no map size, mission count or payout table. The published feature list stops at the eight items the listing names.

Where to go next

The beginner route is on New Player Guide, the platform facts are on Setups, and the condensed numbers are on the Cheat Sheet.