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The Captains of Tortuga Flag is a ship cosmetic in Windrose featuring crossbones against the silhouette of Tortuga's fortress. Unlocked through a Privateer Style Book.

In-Game Description

Crossbones against the backdrop of Tortuga's fortress.

How to Apply

Sail to a player-built Wharf and dock the ship there. Approach the Wharf, open the Manage Ship menu, switch to the Customization tab, and select Captains of Tortuga Flag from the Flag option list. Customisation itself does not cost coin once the design is unlocked.

Where to Find

Unlocked by reading Style Book: Privateer Flag Designs, a one-time use book sold by the Brethren of the Coast Provisioner for 10 Guinea.

Reading the book adds every flag in that set to the Wharf's flag option list permanently for the character that read it. Other characters in a shared base must each read their own copy.

Properties

Related Flags

The Captains of Tortuga Flag is one of several pirate ensigns a captain can fly. The three faction flags, this one plus the Brethren of the Coast Flag and the Smugglers of Port Royal Flag, each come from a faction Style Book. Other ensign sets are unlocked through the Style Book: Buccaneers Flag Designs, Style Book: Brethren Flag Designs, and Style Book: Smugglers Flag Designs. For the full range of masts, banners, and flag mounts, see Flagpoles and Banners.

Historical Note

Tortuga is a real island off the north coast of Hispaniola, in what is now Haiti, that served as a buccaneer stronghold from the 1640s through the 1690s. A fortress on the rocky height above the harbour, established under French governor Jean Le Vasseur in 1640, became the symbol of the island's pirate captains, and is what the in-game flag depicts in silhouette.

Tips

• Flag changes are visible to other players in PvE and PvP, so the design you fly is also a signal of which faction you currently care about.

• Designs are bound to the character that read the matching Style Book, not to a specific ship, so all of a character's owned ships can use any unlocked flag.

• A flag does not affect ship stats. It is purely cosmetic, so swap it freely without worrying about a damage or speed penalty.