1. The Wormwood Mutiny – Becoming Pirates. Learn the basics of pirating and acquire a ship. Done
2. Raiders of the Fever Sea – Establishing yourselves as pirates and gaining status. Raid ships, take plunder, establish a 'Home Base'. You must have a reputation of at least 20, before you can complete this part of the AP. Done
3. Tempest Rising – You must have a reputation of at least 20 before you can start this part of the AP. Becoming Free Captains, making allies, and winning lordship over an island.
4. Island of Empty Eyes – Claiming your Island and becoming Pirate Lords.
5. The Price of Infamy – Build a pirate fleet.
6. From Hell’s Heart – Become Hurricane King and Lord of All the Shackles.

• After you have successfully seized a few ships’ cargoes and raided a few villages, your ship’s hold will likely be filled with plunder (typically, 1 point of plunder takes up 10 tons of a ship’s cargo capacity). Until you hide this lucre somewhere or take it to port to sell, you will no longer be able to take on plunder in any significant quantities.
• The best options for undertaking such a task are the neutral ports of Bloodcove and Senghor on the Mwangi Coast, or farther south, the Sargavan port of Crown’s End. Bloodcove and Crown’s End regularly cater to pirates, slavers, and smugglers, while Senghor at least turns a blind eye to pirates, so long as no piracy takes place in their waters.
• Senghor does not tolerate slavers, so if you have slaves to sell, you would be well advised to seek out a different market.
• All of these ports are accustomed to servicing pirate ships and can provide all the services for repairs, supplies, and recreation that you and your crew might need. Bloodcove is a small city, Senghor is a metropolis, while Crown’s End is a small town. You can opt to sell prisoners as slaves or have them held for ransom (the latter managed by ransom brokers available within the cities themselves).
• Unless considered as plunder, individual captives can be sold as slaves for 75 gp each if uninjured (half that if below half hit points). Officers and other important NPCs can be ransomed for 50 gp per class level, after the brokers collect their fees.
• But if you show up in Bloodcove, a notorious Aspis Consortium stronghold, with Aspis Consortium prisoners or an Aspis Consortium ship for sale, there will be trouble.

This table gives you some idea of the Infamy you will need at different times in the adventure. High Infamy is a good thing, for command and social interactions.