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11 Blackbeard Treasure Maps are a multi-stage side-treasure chain in Windrose. Each map is looted from a Blackbeard Pirate Camp chest or dropped by a named Edward Teach lieutenant, leads the player to a buried cache on a specific island, and rewards the weapon-ascension materials required to push Rare gear up to Epic.
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33 Structure of the Chain
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55 The live launch build runs a nine-map chain, the Blackbeard Crew's First Map through Ninth Map. Each map is a single-use item that adds a dig marker to the world map. The dig uses a crafted Shovel (3 Copper Ingots plus 10 Wood at the Workbench); switch the Shovel to dig mode (X, then Z to cycle modes). Each buried chest typically contains 3 Tumbaga Ingots (the material used at the Weaponsmith Workshop to ascend Rare weapons to Epic) plus at least one Epic-tier item.
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77 MapStageBlackbeard Crew's First Map1Blackbeard Crew's Second Map2Blackbeard Crew's Third Map3Blackbeard Crew's Fourth Map4Blackbeard Crew's Fifth Map5Blackbeard Crew's Sixth Map6Blackbeard Crew's Seventh Map7Blackbeard Crew's Eighth Map8Blackbeard Crew's Ninth Map9
88 Drops are randomized per save: any Blackbeard camp chest can roll any of the nine maps, so the set is completed by clearing camps repeatedly rather than hunting fixed spawns. Each map is single-use and adds one dig marker when picked up.
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1010 How to Acquire the Maps
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1212 Blackbeard Pirate Camp chests. Hidden chests at larger Blackbeard-led camps carry the maps. Camps respawn on a daily cadence, so missed maps can be farmed on return visits.Boss-tier lieutenants. Named enemy lieutenants encountered during main-quest bosses and elite patrols drop maps as guaranteed loot. Israel Hands and the lieutenants around the Foothills approach are the most consistent mid-game sources.Ship boarding loot. Boarding Blackbeard's Pirates' Ketch and larger named ships sometimes rolls a map as an extra drop, in addition to standard Insignias and Naval Supplies.
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1414 Dig Site Execution
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1616 The map's text describes landmark features (a cliff overlook, a specific island shoreline, or a ruined tower). When the player arrives in the right area, the map marker drops a crosshair on the dig site. Unlike Alexandre Exquemelin journal sites, which are marked by a leaning dead white tree with a red rag, Blackbeard map sites do not always have a visual tree marker. Use the map's written description plus the minimap crosshair to pinpoint the exact square, then dig.
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1818 Rewards
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2020 Every dig in the chain pays out the same core reward, which is why the maps are farmed for ascension materials rather than one-off loot:
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2222 RewardDetailTumbaga Ingot x3Spent at the Weaponsmith Workshop to ascend a Rare weapon to Epic.Epic-tier itemAt least one Epic drop per chest, on top of the ingots.
2323 Why the Chain Matters
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2525 Tumbaga Ingots are the bottleneck for rarity ascension in the Early Access build. Without them, a Rare weapon stops at level 8 (and cannot become Epic). The Blackbeard chain is the most reliable non-dungeon source of Tumbaga in the launch build, so players who want to ascend the Rapier of a Thousand Cuts, Soul Eater Greatsword, or other named Rare drops typically push the Blackbeard maps alongside their main quest progression.
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2727 Prep Notes
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2929 Craft the Shovel early (before heading to the Foothills), so maps looted on the starting island can be dug without a detour home.Pack healing and a Bonfire kit; Blackbeard map chests frequently spawn a small ambush wave when opened.Read the map text before setting sail. Several maps point back to starting-island locations rather than forward into a new biome.Ascending a Rare weapon to Epic is permanent for that weapon; the Disassembly Table does not refund Tumbaga Ingots, so commit carefully.
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3131 See Also
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3333 Edward Teach the antagonist whose lieutenants drop the mapsBuried Treasure the dig mechanic shared with Exquemelin journalsTumbaga Ingot the ascension material in every Blackbeard chestAlexandre Exquemelin the parallel non-hostile journal trailSoul Eater one of the most common ascension targetsWeaponsmith Workshop where Tumbaga Ingots ascend weapons to EpicShovel the tool required to open every dig siteWeapons the gear you ascend with chain rewards