A Return to Tacarigua

A Return to Tacarigua

Now that you have your own ship you are able to Fast Travel directly to it by opening the map and hitting the 'X' button (Return to Ship) -- something to bear in mind.  You can do that now if you like, or you can run through town back to the Fortress and chat with Carlos to tell him about your taking care of the situation with Mauregato.  You also report that you have picked up Garcia's trail. 

There is a chest upstairs where the paymaster used to be you can pick to obtain 500 gold coins, and another in the barracks below that has x2 Provisions, x10 Bullets, x10 Lead Shot, and 18 gold coins in it.   Looting the chests that you can is one of the last activities that we need to complete before it is time to head back to the boat.  Have a chat with Patti to let her know about your progress, then set a new course. 

To the left of Carlos there is another Level 60 Chest that you should be able to open using the Thief's Ring and a Thief's Potion -- inside of that you will find some Grog, 50 gold coins, and a Treasure Map.  When you take the Treasure Map it flags the quest Treasure on Fortress Beach.  Head for the beach and enter the Crystal Cave below the Fortress and you will find the red 'X' there -- digging that chest up earns you  400 gold coins, a Golden Sceptre, Monkey Statue, Candlestick, and the Legendary Item the Comb with One Tooth. Well done!

Considering that we ended up using up our Voodoo Doll supplies and Thieves Potions, I thought it was a good idea to briefly make a stop on the Sword Coast and hit the Native Village to resupply that before I continued -- you may want to do that as well?

One thing you will want to do is talk to Kapua and learn the basics of Voodoo if you have not already done so -- you want to do this in order to be able to make some of the more useful potions, such as the Thief's Potion.  Talk to Hikoko to learn how to make potions, and then you can make use of some of the resources you have been collecting.  The ability requires you to spend some Glory to get Voodoo to Level 4, and 1000 gold coins to learn how to make Potions, but really mates it is worth it in the end!  Once you have that ability cook up a few Thief's Potions (you can buy the recipe) and there you go!  If you have also resupplied your Voodoo Doll kit now we can head back to the ship!

Making twenty voyages unlocks the Achievement Seafarer

If you want to -- just to get it out of the way -- you can sail back and forth between Caldera and the Sword Coast until you have made 20 sea voyages, and that will unlock the Achievement "Seafarer" (10 GP) for making twenty sea voyages.

A Character Development Pause

You could just sail back and forth if you wanted to, but that is really not as productive as it would be if you combined that process with a little character development -- or in our case banking XP and obtaining a fair bit of supplies in the process.  What you should remember is that each time you return to an area it resets the wild beasts for that area, so for instance when we land on the beach on the Sword Coast, we can now fight the Giant Crabs and Firebirds again!  That gets us Raw Chicken, Oyster Shells, and some Glory as well!  If we then sail back to Tacarigua we can fight the different respawned beasts here...

The idea to this is to acquire sufficient Glory, gold, and resources to develop your character because the more capable they are, the easier a time you will have with the battles and the different challenges that lay ahead of you!

Once you have reached a point where you hare happy with your character and their skills, you can end this interlude and head for the Pirate's Den in Tacarigua!

On to Tacarigua

Talk to Patty and tell her to set course for Tacarigua, and when you arrive head into the bar and talk to Booze, the owner, and ask him if he will tell you where Steelbeard hid is artifact?  Booze tells you after you convince him; the story he tells sort of says where it is, but it is more of a riddle than an answer.  Still it is your first clue in the general direction of that quest!  Now engage Booze as a merchant and you will see that he possesses the Hand Mirror from the Legendary Items - it is 2000 gold coins, which is a lot, but as that is the only way to get it, well, suck it up buttercup!  Pay the money!

Basically all that we really need to do here at this point is wrap up any outstanding tasks for the island and chat with anyone who might be able to offer a clue as we did with Booze...  If you did not search the Commandant's house in the port city previously now is a good time to head there and do that!  All that you really need to do is read the book on the table in the room on the left as you enter...  Whether you pick the locks on the chests is your call.  Just do not get caught.

With that done head back to the ship and set sail for Antigua!