Sequence 03 – Memory 03: Prizes and Plunder

Optional Objectives:

  • Use a swivel to kill 3 sailors
  • Plunder 20 rum

 

This mission will teach you how to hunt down ships and plunder their cargo. For starters, use the Spy Glass to find your target. This is an invaluable tool that you can use to spot a faraway target and learn its cargo. You can also tag a target while viewing it via Spyglass. Upon finding your target, approach it and start your attack manuevers until it is incapacitated and engulfed in fire.

 

Carefully manuever your ship besid it and press and hold the circle button to board it. To successfully plunder a ship, you have to kill the required number of crew members. Bigger ships will require more crew to be killed first, with additional tasks such as taking out their scouts, gunpowder reserves or taking down their flags. During the boarding process, you can use the mounted swivel guns near the wheel to take out as many enemy crew members as you can before hopping to the ship and joining the melee combat. For the optional objective, you have to use it to take out 3 enemy sailors. Take advantage of the swivel gun's splash damage to take out multiple enemies in one shot.

 

 

After killing the required number of enemy crew members, you’ll successfully plunder the schooner. After the scene, you'll get the summary of your loot and the option to repair the ship. Aside from repairing, your other options upon successfully boarding ships include lowering your wanted level or adding them to your fleet. (See Kenway’s Fleet feature)

 

 

Once done, you'll need to sail to Salt Key to buy an Intermediate Hull for your ship. As an optional objective, you can find other ships and plunder 20 rum before heading to your next destination. Use your spy glass to find out the  target ship's cargo and set a marker on them as well. This is a good chance to practice your pundering since you'll be doing a lot of it for the remainder of the game.

 

 

When your ready to continue with the story, sail to Salt Key and unlock a new location with more collectibles. After docking the ship, disembark and talk to the harbourmaster. Here you can buy upgrades for your ship, sell your loot and repair the ship. Buy the intermediate hull to complete the mission.

 

 

 

To fully explore the island and get the collectibles, refer to the Collectibles section for Salt Key Bank.

 

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