Pirates

Pirates are types of illagers that roam the seas in fleets of a new boat, the sloop. They wield swords, crossbows, and the grappling hook, an item that pirates use to pull non-pirate boats or sloops close to them and an item that players can use to climb tall structures in a matter of seconds. The sloop is crafted from 3 boats with a sail on top, sitting 6 entities in it at once. Because of the sail, a sloop travels faster than a regular boat, which makes it a superior option. Fleets spawn with a range of 2 to 8 boats, and if there are 8 boats in one fleet, it will cause a kraken to spawn. Krakens are mini-bosses, similar to the elder guardian, and are giant octopus-like creatures that attack wanderers in the sea. They can use their tentacles to pick up boats and cause entities to fall out of them, and they even have eyes similar to guardians that shoot lasers. Once killed, a kraken drops the abyssal pearl, which can be held in your offhand to keep ghost guardians around you if you're in the water, which will attack mobs for you and turn nearby pirates into zombie pirates that drop items immediately after transformation and act as regular zombies.