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11 Black Marks is the collection quest that gates the Thomas Richards boss encounter in Revenge Is Best Served Cold. The player must recover four Black Marks from three different sources across the Blackbeard Waters region around the Coastal Jungle biome. The quest is given by Doctor Galen as the intel-gathering step that reveals Richards's location.
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55 PropertyValueQuest-giverDoctor Galen SkeltonFeeds intoRevenge Is Best Served ColdItems to collect4 Black Marks (split 2 + 1 + 1 across three sources)RegionBlackbeard Waters (Coastal Jungle)RewardsXP, 1x Seafood Platter, 1x Thomas Richards' Journal
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88 The quest tracks a single collect-and-return loop. Recover all four Black Marks from the three sites below, in any order, then hand them to the quest-giver to advance the boss chain.
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1010 StepObjectiveWhere1Recover the Black Marks (0/4)Blackbeard Waters (Coastal Jungle)2Return the Black Marks to the quest-giverDoctor Galen
1111 Where to Find the Black Marks
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1313 All four Black Marks are stored in containers labelled Richard's Crew Chests at the three locations below. The chest contents are pre-set; picking up any other loot in the same chest does not skip the Black Mark.
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1515 Blackbeard Outpost on the Ancient Ruins island (2 marks). The outpost sits near the Ancient Ruins POI in the Coastal Jungle. Two Black Marks are recovered here; the path inside the outpost is guarded by Blackbeard Pirates.Enemy camp (1 mark). A smaller Blackbeard camp elsewhere in Blackbeard Waters, similar in layout to the region's other Pirate Camps. One Black Mark is looted from a Richard's Crew Chest inside the camp.Ship defended by Richard's Lieutenant (1 mark). An enemy ship patrols Blackbeard Waters with Richards' Lieutenant aboard. Disable or sink the ship and recover the final Black Mark from the wreckage.
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1717 Recommended Preparation
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1919 The three sources span combat with Blackbeard Pirates on land and naval combat with a Lieutenant-captained ship at sea. Bring a balanced land loadout (a Slash or Crude melee weapon plus a firearm) and a Ketch fitted with basic Cannons. Keep a stock of Cannonballs for the naval leg, since the Lieutenant's ship must be brought low before it can be boarded or sunk. Expect roughly gear tier 4 to 5 level of encounter difficulty.
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2121 After Completion
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2323 Delivering all four Black Marks to Doctor Galen reveals Thomas Richards's exact location and opens the Revenge Is Best Served Cold boss encounter. The Thomas Richards article covers the fight itself (gear tier, pattern recognition, alternate strategies). The Thomas Richards' Journal handed over as a reward is a readable lore item that fills in the backstory behind the bounty.
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2525 See Also
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2727 Revenge Is Best Served Cold - parent questThomas Richards - the boss gated by this collectionRichards' Lieutenant - guards the patrolling ship that holds one markDoctor Galen - quest-giverBlackbeard Outposts - the POI category that holds two of the marks