How to complete The Sunken Pearl Tall Tale quest in Sea of Thieves a Pirate’s Life
The Sunken Pearl Tall Tale in Sea of Thieves is part of the crossover with The Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, so here’s how to get through every puzzle, fight, and boss this long quest has to offer.
After freeing (and then later losing) Jack Sparrow, you’ll need to venture out into the high seas once more to time discover the fate of the iconic sunken Black Pearl under theSea of Thieves.
Once there, you’ll face off against Sirens and Ocean Crawlers as you attempt to solve Siren Spire’s puzzles to rescue Sparrow’s crew from whatever fatethe gamesees them in.
How to start The Sunken Pearl Tall Tale
Before beginning this new quest, you mustfinish the previous Tall Tale called “A Pirate’s Life”.
Once you’re done with it, you can trigger The Sunken Pearl Tall Tale by talking to the Castaway at any outpost and interacting with the blue shell with a pearl sitting on the wall.
How to find the Black Pearl in Sea of Thieves
Once you’ve spoken to The Castaway,board your ship. From there, open yourSunken Pearl quest bookbefore venturing out onto The Sea of Thieves. The last two pages will indicate that the location of theBlack Pearl lies to the southwestof the Sea of Thieves game map. More specifically, the ship lies northwest of Shark Bait Cove, and slightly southwest of Old Salt’s Atoll.
The circled mark on the image above is where you need to head. It’s not hard to miss, though –a bright blue beaconwill shine down on the location as you get closer, music will begin to swell, and there’s debris floating in the water.
How to complete Black Ops 6 Zombies Reckoning main story Easter egg
How to complete Storybook Vale main quests in Disney Dreamlight Valley
Captain Henqua’s Spoils map solution in Avowed: How to find hidden treasure
Now comes the tricky part: diving down into the depths to find her. Once you’re under the water, a mysterious Siren song will start. Simply follow these steps:
Where to find the Sea of Thieves Black Pearl key
Before you can progress further in this Sea of Thieves Tall Tale, you’ll need to unlock Jack Sparrow’s Captain Quarters on the sunken Black Pearl to retrieve his compass:
How to complete the Siren Spire puzzles
Once you’ve used Jack’s compass and followed where it’s told you to go, you’ll enter into The Siren Spire. During your time in the Spire, you’ll have to complete six puzzles, all following the same setup: There’ll be four statues holding a trident, with a mural of these statues on the wall.
Simply put, what you need to do ismatch the actual statues to what they’re doing on the mural. This can be done by eitherswinging your swordat them up close orfiring at them from a distance.
Each statue has three possible positions for its left arm:high,middle, orlow. After you’ve positioned them correctly, you’ll need to hit the larger statue with the shell.
Sea of Thieves Tall Tale 2 Siren Puzzle guide
After battling the Ocean Crawlers or Sirens, the last one will drop a ‘Siren Heart‘. Look for the statue that is missing the yellow gemstone, andslot it in. Then, align the statues’ arms as follows:
The other positions for each of the following puzzles are listed below:
Puzzle Two
Puzzle Three
Puzzle Four
The fourth Siren puzzle is slightly different. On your way to the Siren Citadel, you’ll come across agiant doorblocking your way with two large carvings of a Siren.
To progress with this, you’ll need to place the Siren’s Heart into the missing statue as before and then putboth’s statue’s arm positions to ‘low’. Then,shoot the main statuewith the shell, and the door will open.
Puzzle Five
Puzzle Six
How to defeat the Kraken in Sea of Thieves
After spotting the Kraken throughout the zone, you’ll come face to face with it during your time fighting on the Silver Blade. Having been torn apart and held in place by The Siren Queen and her loyal subjects, you’ll face off in a not-so-naval battle against Ocean Crawlers.
To reach the Kraken, though, you’ll need toraise the anchorof the Silver Blade which will pull the ship upwards, defeating enemies with the cannons as you go.
When you reach the third level, you’ll fight off a horde of Ocean Crawlers on the deck before the Kraken rears its head. Luckily, defeating it is relatively easy:
How to get the Chest of Sorrows commendation
In the area before reaching the Silver Blade, you have the chance to pick up a key to unlock the Captain’s quarters, which contains a Chest of Sorrows.
Back in the room with the platforms and pulleys,raise the wooden section of the shipand hop across to the left side of the room. There’ll be acarving of a facewith an open mouth that’s emanating a red light. Head in there, grab the key, and you’ll be able to unlock the door on the ship.
Once defeating the Kraken, follow these steps:
That’s it! You should now have the commendation, and you can continue on to the last boss battle of the Tall Tale.
How to defeat the Siren Queen (and Sirens)
Throughout the Sea of Thieves Sunken Pearl Tall Tale, you’ll come into contact with Sirens. Luckily, whenever they do swim across your path, there’ll be plenty of tridents around the place to take them down.
The tridents have aregular attackand acharged attack. The longer you hold down the fire button, thewider the rangewill be. Despite this, firing the trident without the charge seems to be just as effective in the long run.
After sending her minions to do her bidding, and warning you to not proceed further all quest long, the final standoff of The Sunken Pearl is when you finally face the Siren Queen.
Despite a lot of talk, taking her out won’t take much. Follow these tips:
That’s all you need to know to get through The Sunken Pearl Tall Tale. For more Sea of Thieves content, check out other guides:
Sea of Thieves A Pirate’s Life review|All Sea of Thieves PS5 editions|Sea of Thieves: All ship types|All Sea of Thieves Trophies & Achievements|How to access Sea of Thieves PS5 closed beta
