The Treasure Island DLC

The Treasure Island DLC

Once the DLC is loaded after a short delay in the game you flag the quest Treasure Island > The Rumor Mill.  According to the quest description you need to ask Patty about this -- so do that and you a rumor has popped up about Harlok.  She tells you that Harlok stole her father's diary, which shows the way to the treasure of Steelbeard.  This flags the quest The Lost Diary Pages.

Talk to Patty about the treasure and you can ask a few questions -- about the treasure which flags the quest Steelbeard's Notes, about leads on Harlok which flags the quest The Sleezy Cook, and about the diary.  You ask where to start looking for Harlok and she suggests the Inquisition.

Tell Patty to set a course for Tacarigua and when you arrive, mark the quest so you can look at the map to see where the chest is.  Head there and talk to Patty to find out where the chest is.  Head into the pub via the stairs on the side and then take the left door, into the room that the prostitute uses and head out on the balcony that overlooks the pub room to find Steelbeard's Chest.  Loot it and then talk to Patty to tell her that you found the notes!

Ask her who Nesir is, and she tells you -- and she tells you that the next destination is the Antigua Harbor Pub, which flags the quests The Pirate Grave, The Temple Ruins, and The Treasure at the First Temple!  Head back to the ship now and have Patty set a course for Antigua.

-- Arriving in Antigua --

When you arrive talk to Patty again about her father's treasure and she gives you instructions to talk to the bartender.  Asking about Nesir reveals that he is dead!  The barkeeper gives you a map to his grave -- he is buried at the Captain's house.  Head back to Patty for a chat, then head to the graveyard behind the Captain's house and dig up Nesir's grave -- there is a red 'X' you see!

That completes the quest The Map to Nesir's Grave.  Open the chest to find a Bone and some gold.   That completes the quest Pirate Grave!  Talk to Patty about the chest in the grave, and in spite of there not being much to go on Patty refuses to give up!

Head back to the ship and sail to the Sword Coast, and then travel to the Pirate Tower and mark the quest The Treasure at the First Temple, then head to the marker to the left of the entrance and dig up the chest.  Inside you find Grog, 300 gold coins, and the third Diary Page!  That completes both the map quest and the Temple Ruins quest.

Return to the ship to talk to Patty to tell her you found another diary page.  It has clues to avoiding the traps -- but more important it is the final page.  Tell her that we have the diary pages and that completes the sub-quest! 

Unlocking the Achievements for Treasure Island

-- Finding Harlok --

Set sail for Maracai Bay and then talk to Valdez and tell him that you are looking for a pirate named Harlok.  He tells you about a pirate that was seen inland -- so follow the path inland and you will encounter a Native named Habib -- talk to him to learn that some Pirates robbed him of his hunted game. 

You can ask him about Harlok -- and you learn that he was who robbed him!  After you promise to get his meat back and ask where the Pirates are, you get the spot marked on your map.  Excellent!  Head to the marker and you will find three Pirates and Harlok!  Kill the three Pirates and then talk to Harlok to learn that he lost the journal you are seeking long ago. Sigh.

Work your way through the chat options, and you work out a deal with him -- you have the Journal pages already so bonus!  That flags the quest Deal with Harkok, and he goes aboard the ship.  Open the chest by the fire and loot it to get the meat you need to give to Habib, then head back and talk to him to wrap that sub-quest up.

Get back to the ship and talk to Harlok and tell him that you have the missing pages.  He tells you that there was no fourth clue, and that completes the quest The Deal with Harlok!  Asking after the journal confirms that he knows the way to Treasure Island -- which adds the location to the map and the quest The Journey to Treasure Island.

Head up and have Patty set the course for Treasure Island -- which unlocks the Achievement "Long John Silver (10 GP) for setting course for Treasure Island the first time.  When you arrive talk to Patty, then to Harlok, then take the dinghy to the Island and that completes the quest The Journey to Treasure Isle.

Follow the left path and take out the Giant Crabs to find a camp with a Level 90 chest that has x2 Spears, a Torch, Bloody Mary, Lead Shot and some gold coins.  Backtrack to the boat and take the right path to battle Giant Crab and Sunken Ones, and fins a Level 60 chest with a Pistol, Pirate's Pendant, Bullets and a Pearl in it.

Backtrack and take the path inland and you will trigger a CS with Patty and locate the Gorge.  This triggers the Money Trap and you have to kill some Gorillas.  You find Steelbeard's Diary by the door to the Temple, and you figure out that Harlok set you up for that trap!

Pull the lever to open the door and head in until you get another CS with Patty -- there is an Ore Vein here you can mine by the way...  Following the path to the left leads to a dead end with a trap so be ready to dodge it with the 'Y' button!   At the end is a chest with a Poison Ring, Grog and Oyster Shell.  Loot that and backtrack to take the right path and you see that it splits. 

Follow the right path to an area with a bed and a Level 90 chest that contains a Fencing Foil, Painkiller, Bullets, a Ruby and some gold coins.  An exit on the left at the end completes the quest The Path of the Righteous, and you find the Mangroves.  Ahead you get another CS with Patty, which flags the quest The Mangrove Jungle. 

As you follow the right-path Patty notices a two-pronged palm tree that sounds familiar, and you battle a pair of Alligators ahead.  You need to explore the whole area until you find the ruins and Patty yells that something flashed in the water -- at the end of that area is the key and four Treasure Maps.  Now that you have those double back and locate the four graves on the beach.

You find the grave, and have a CS, and then as you proceed you find four graves at the end of the path.  Understand something -- each has a chest but only ONE will be the right one, the others will KILL YOU.  So save your game now...  Oh yeah, and you actually want to dig up all three of the ones that will kill you since that unlocks the Achievement "Grave Robber" (20 GP) for doing that.

The correct chest contains a Family Heirloom, Engagement Ring, Ruby, Sapphire, 2000 gold coins, King's Mask, Golden Goblet, Map of Treasure Isle, and a Pirate's Almanac.  Patty asks for the jewelry and you hand it over, and she is very happy to have it.  She almost says something but you have to drag it out of her.

As you are working your way through the area make sure that you kill all of the Alligators here in order to unlock the Achievement "Alligator Jack" (20 GP) for the doing of it!

Unlocking the Achievements for Treasure Island

-- Dealing with Harlok --

When you get back to the ship talk to Patty and ask her which way she thinks that Harlok went -- she says the beach -- so hey, let's head there.  The camp with the fire on the left (facing the beach from the ship) is where he can be found but if you arrive and he is not there, go back to the ship, sleep until midnight, and then return and he should be there.  If not (this can be a little buggy) run around the nearby paths and return and he will eventually show up. 

Have your chat with him, and then kill him!  When you loot his body you find that he had a double-barreled pistol!  Imagine that.  Now it is time to return to the ship!

Well mates it seems that you have solved what was the longest running mystery in the game AND the longest unresolved quest in the game: Patty's Quest for Steelbeard's Treasure.  If you played the previous game in the series, you should be feeling pretty proud of yourself about now.  Isn't it just grand when you get to resolve something that has played a major role and served as a significant thread for motivation for, well, years really?  Yeah, brilliant!

With that mischief managed, it is time to look to the other DLC in the game -- which we saved until last because it is the longer bit, weighing in at something like 8 to 10 hours!  So, on to the Air Temple!