Finding Steelbeard and Becoming a Pirate

Finding Steelbeard and Becoming a Pirate

This is the final section for the first part of the game that covers Caldera and Tacarigua, and that being the case let's have a quick recap, shall we?  We began our adventure by being called to a drunken meeting with our commandant, rescued an old friend from the sea, and found ourselves dispatched upon an adventure to meet the Pirates, during which we explored the island of Tacarigua, gained a fair amount of experience, and began to develop our character and their skills and abilities.  We completed around fifty quests of varying difficulty, met some interesting people, killed some interesting people and creatures, and managed to establish ourselves as a reputable pirate!  Well done mates!

Now it is time to meet Patty's dad, convince him that we are worthy to join his crew, and begin a hopefully brief stint as a pirate in order to locate and obtain the magical weapon that will once and for all dispatch the Kraken that serves the Titan Mara to the hottest depths of hell!

So our next step is to climb the gangplank of the pirate ship The Bearded Lady and introduce ourselves to Patty's dad, Captain Steelbeard!  As you head up the gangplank the method by which you will accomplish this is taken out of your hands, as the Captain greets his daughter and they have something of an argument -- with Patty getting the upper hand at least morally speaking...

Using girl logic she manages to convince her father to ask her to accompany him on his adventures, and then Steelbeard turns his eyes to you.  Steelbeard makes it clear that to be accepted you will have to prove your worth as a Pirate -- and that means passing the pirate tests, you know, all of the normal piratey pirate things!

Reuniting Patty with her Dear Old Dad!

Talk to Steelbeard to tell him what you are there for -- the Kraken Weapon -- and you learn that the special weapon called the Titan Harpoon is not simply a weapon that can kill the Kraken, it could be used to kill the Titan Mara herself!  As this information sinks in you unlock the Achievement "He Really Exists!" (20 GP) for completing the quest "Find Steelbeard."  Well done mates!

Now you should exhaust the dialogue options available -- there are quite a few -- and in addition to gaining additional information you also gain some of the backstory, for example the stories of the curse it seems are true.  You learn about Captain Garcia and the Pirate War, you learn that Crow has the Titan Harpoon.  He asks you which route you took to get from the Port to here, and naturally we answer the Jungle way, which while he acknowledges that it was ballsy, it also put his daughter at risk.

-- Quests to be Judged By --
Crab Slapping With Blake
Free Largo
Night Time Pursuit
O’Brian’s Treasure
O’Brian’s Treasure Map
Old Grave Plundered
Pete’s Treasure
Pete’s Treasure Map
Settling The Score With Hank
The Sugar Shipment
The Traitor And The Beast
The Water Carriers

You then run through a sort of automated set of bragging that covers the different quests you have completed, and Steelbeard asks you to get Rum for the ship -- he cannot put to sea without the Rum it seems -- and you finally come to the option to say that you have something that will probably change his mind about you -- which is where you get to tell him about all of the brave and noble things you did questing!  Go ahead!  Tell him!  Your options if you have been following this guide should include:

-- I freed a pirate they had locked up.
-- Booze is going to give you your rum.
-- I gook care of that crabs problem.
-- I found Pete's treasure.
-- I found O'Brian's treasure.

Now remember he has already acknowledged you for handling Meeks and dealing with Hank...  After you brag about your accomplishments, you flag and complete the quests Become a Pirate and The Rums Got to Come.

Swearing the Oath to become a Pirate

The question of whether he will have you aboard, he reviews all of your accomplishments and then decides that all you need to do is swear the oath and you are in!  This unlocks the Achievement "Pirate" (20 GP) for becoming a pirate as well as another Gamer Picture.

You can ask a few more questions and then you swear the oath, at which point if you bought the Pirate Clothes DLC you can now wear the special Pirate outfit!  Bear in mind that you should get everything you planned to get done here done because once you swear the oath it is time to move on to the next island and the next part of this adventure!

After you swear the oath go into your Inventory and equip your Pirate Garb and you complete the quest The Pirate Garb.  Well done again!  Good on ya!

Now chat with Steelbeard again to learn that it is time to cast off for the Sword Coast -- you overhear a conversation by some of the other pirates, and then you can chat up the other pirates in the crew before you head up to the wheel and tell the Captain you are ready to cast off, at which point he issues all of the orders, the ship gets under way, and you have completed the first major part of the story!