Crowns are used to buy more of the powerful endgame items and equipment, as well as upgrading or purchasing some ammo and cannons during certain events.
Crowns are used within some higher level quests and used to upgrade cannons within the trading post.
You can obtain crowns by:
- Collecting special glitters
- Killing & boarding commonwealth NPC's
- Killing & boarding HMRS & VCM NPC's
- Successfully completing the Aeris Bonus Map
- Payment section