Back to Tacarigua

Back to Tacarigua

Your arrival back on Tacarigua completes the sub-quests and series Marooned, and flags the new quest, Where is My Ship?  You can either Fast-Travel there or, since you may not have cleared this area, go ahead and walk so you can gather glory and resources.  I chose to walk...  Be sure to talk to Jaffar so he joins your group and then make your choice.

Bear in mind that Jaffa pretty much loots and picks up anything he comes across...  That is good and bad, good in that he gets lots of stuff, bad in that you have to remember to tell him to give it to you...

A little ways inland you will be attacked by an Alligator - be prepared and kick its arse! 

-- Back in Pirate’s Den --

Once you are back in the Pirate port head onto your ship and talk to Patty, which wraps up the quest Where is My Ship?  Patty seems happy to see you and you get to learn what happened after you were shut into the cave...  All is well that ends well, right?

You may want to step on to shore and use the fire to cook any of the raw meat you have, turning it into Provisions.  It may also be an idea to step into the pub and buy some Grog and Rum if you can afford it as you can never have too much of either one!  There is a Smith here so if your Blades Level is at least 6 why not step over and get the training he can provide you in forging so you can repair that sword... 

Learning to Forge costs you 1000 gold coins plus whatever you spent in Glory, but when you assemble and repair Wave Dancer what you end up with is a much better sword than the best one you have now, which is probably still Prizetaker?   Prizetaker has stats of 35-50 Damage and 15 Slashing Weapons, while Wave Dancer has stats of 60-100 Damage and 20 Slashing Weapons!  Plus if you upped Blades to do this you will have also improved the damage you do with your weapons, and repairing the sword also completes the quest Wave Dancer, so well done!

-- Back to Antigua --

As Patty says, it is obvious that Slayne wants something from the Admiral, and that whole side-trip to the Isle of Thieves was just to get rid of you!  Well it did not work, and now it is time to demonstrate that to Slayne!  Chart a course for Antigua mates, it is time we dealt with Captain Sport!

When you arrive in Antigua Patty will spot Slayne's ship -- now it is time for the showdown -- but BEFORE you go to the Admiral's house there is something you need to know about a bug that can kick in here...

As this part of the adventure progresses you are going to be told to follow Slayne to the square for the duel.  You need to do that immediately and follow him closely -- because if you go too far from the square a bug can kick in that makes him invulnerable, and that means you cannot complete the quest.  Which means you are stuck mate.  So SAVE your game BEFORE you go into the Admiral's house, then if you are too slow to follow and you get hit by the bug, why you can just reload!

A Duel with Captain Slayne and Acquiring his Artifact!

-- Killing Captain Slayne --

Exit the Admiral's house and turn left, the square is just ahead of you.  You have a brief conversation with Slayne and then he attacks.  Like without warning. 

At this point it is really important  that you succeed in killing this guy, so take your time, do it right.  Make sure you have plenty of healing items on macro to the D-Pad and the shizzle is wha-hizzle!  Muahahaha.  No, seriously...  Healing items.

You should have done some duels previously so you know how this works -- parry, attack, parry.  She'll be right mates, just take your time and stay healed.    Once you kill him make sure that you loot his body to get the Sacrificial Knife Artifact.  This also completes the entire remaining quest line for The Cunning Captain, so well done mates, well done indeed!

As Slayne dies you unlock the Achievement "Cheese Knife" (20 GP) completing the 'Cunning Captain' quest line.  We now have the Sacrificial Knife and The Titan Harpoon, so it is time for us to go and have a chat with the Ghost of Captain Steelbeard so that we can locate his Artifact -- but before we set sail for the Isle of the Dead stop in to say 'Sup to the Admiral, right?

If you did not know it, The Admiral is a Master Swordsman and Master Blades Trainer -- just so you know that now so when you are ready to train up in Blades you know where to go. 

== Looting Slayne's Ship ==

Now fair is fair, we killed Captain Slayne, all his stuff is now ours, right?  But when we try to board his ship Harvey is waiting and he is angry!  Ah well, we have to duel with him first, no worries, kick his butt!  With that managed we can head on board and take the small amount of loot there is here to be taken.  Basically it is rather insulting but I did find a gold nugget below decks and pickpocketed 150 gold coins from the Cook, so...

On your way past the pub you run into Scarlet and she is very worried about Rick the Storehouse Master.  It seems that the idiot went off into the Jungle looking for treasure!  Well, there is nothing for it, we have to make a side-excursion to find him if we can, after all we told him about the treasure damnit!  She suggests that we check with Bill by the gate to see if he knows where Rick might be...

When we talk to Bill we learn that Rick took a shovel and went into the Jungle...  Miles the Water Carrier is ahead, and when we talk to him he tells us that he did see Rick -- and he went into the Jungle heading for the Rock Face.  Assuming you are fully rested now is a good time to head in after him!

You will find Rick at the camp by the waterfall, standing near the fire.  When you talk to him he tells you that things did not work out the way that he thought that they would...  You agree to take him back to the town, which completes the quest Where is Rick? and flags the quest There's No Place Like Home :)

Escort Rick back to town, keeping him alive, and when you reach the gates he thanks you and gives you some Painkiller just by way of thanks.  This completes the quest.  Be sure to tell Scarlett that Rick is back as she rewards you with a Sparkling Gold Ring and a Pearl Necklace for rescuing him!  Sweet, loot!  Love loot!

That wraps things up here for now, so head back to the ship to talk to Patty!