seasnake on Oct 31, 2012 wrote:

I'd like to think that they do. Those who buy ships and fully equip them from the crown shop would most likely do so whether the parts dropped in the game or not cause they would rather spend to get great stuff immediately rather than having to work for anything. Some of the rest of us simply enjoy trying to get the good drops through hard word and perservation. I'd like to know if crown ship parts ever fall in the game.

I have farmed for hours, decent equipment is dropped if you know the right ships to farm for the ship gear you need, but I have never seen any equivalents to the crown gear drop. The crown gear is always just a little better. Often the same/similar items drop, but crown gear has slightly better stats (usually hull repair rate). As for "hard work and perservation", this is a computer game. I put in hard work to pay for the pleasure of playing this game. That is where the hard work should end, my IRL occupation. I play this game for fun, entertainment, and relaxation. The last thing I need is for something real hard to frustrate me while im trying to relax. I am a long time KI game player, and I have easily justified spending a few thousand crowns on ship gear because I am not spending an occasional 400 crowns on a henchmen like I might in Wizard101.

I never bought any crown ship parts. I outfit my ship only with drops from other ship.

But I did receive a crown wheel back in Monquista. But since then I have yet to see another crown part drop.

So, ultra rare. xD

I have also gotten a figurehead as a drop that was exactly the same as a figurehead sold in the crown shop.

Baconnaise on Jan 31, 2013 wrote:

I had the horn of the great serpent which is the best horn in the crown shop drop off jade fleet tonight.

Are its stats the same?

In my experience there are "equivalents" to crown items that drop, but they are not quite as good as their crown equivalent. Usually either a statistical difference (such as hull repair rate), or a level/nautical level requirement difference (like maybe the drop requires level 48 nautical, whereas the crown version only 44).