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Faction Quests
April 27, 2026 at 02:01 PM
Rebuilt variants table with 4 entries (image, build cost, comfort)
Faction Quests are the dedicated faction-reputation chains attached to Windrose's four player-facing factions (Rogue Buccaneers, Brethren of the Coast, People of Tortuga, and Smugglers of Port Royal). Each faction chain begins after the player establishes contact with the faction's main base and progresses through multi-stage delivery, reconnaissance, and combat objectives. Completing a faction chain grants a lump-sum reputation boost (usually in the form of Letters of Favor), the first batch of faction-locked Decoration plans, and Piastre payouts on the order of 50 to 200 per chain.
Quest | Quest Giver | Region | Gear Tier | Summary |
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3+ | Faction-chain entry for the Rogue Buccaneers. Deliver 50 Homemade Gunpowder bags to Henri, swap Tanned Hides to Charlie Sharpe, then hand a Rum Barrel and 20 Skewered Meat back to Henri. Rewards 50 Piastres and 5 Letters of Favor. | |||
4+ | Eight-stage Brethren faction chain. Track down the scattered survivors, sink two pirate patrols, deliver 50 Foothills Iron Ingots + 50 Timber + 50 Wooden Planks to repair the Ranger, then crush Stede Bonnet's fleet. Rewards 20 Letters of Favor plus ship-miniature decorations. | |||
Tortuga refugee camp | 4+ | People of Tortuga faction chain. Recover provisions from a drowned-infested ship, deliver Crate of Medicine after gathering 15 Healing Herbs, then kill Jim Godart before he can attack the refugees. Rewards 200 Piastres, 10 Letters of Favor, and the Delicious Meal Set decoration. | ||
Long Ben and Marita Suarez | Tortuga and Smugglers Waters | 4+ | Track Long Ben's missing wine shipment to Marita Suarez's camp, find the missing ship, recover the Contraband Wine from the pirate cache, and return it to Marita. Rewards 150 Piastres, 10 Letters of Favor, and the Iron Lamps decoration. |
Letters of Favor are the universal reputation currency: turning in a Letter of Favor at the paying faction's base grants 10 reputation points per Letter. The four faction quests listed above pay 5 to 20 Letters each on completion, which translates to a one-time 50 to 200 point jump in faction reputation on top of the Piastre and Decoration rewards.
The People of Tortuga camp does not reveal itself just by reaching Tortuga. The common unlock path runs through Buccaneers (Quest). After Henri Boucher accepts 50 bags of Homemade Gunpowder, he sends you to deliver a Bale of Tanned Hides to Charlie Sharpe. That delivery marks the People of Tortuga Main Base on the map and turns it into a repeat destination for faction trade, quests, and worker hires.
The Catastrophe's Aftermath chain is the clearest single example of how a faction quest in Windrose mixes delivery, exploration, and combat.
Recover the Provisions from the ship overrun by the drowned.
Bring the recovered supplies back to Charlie Sharpe at the refugee camp.
Speak with Doctor Galen about medicine for the wounded.
Collect 15 Healing Herbs from ruins and deliver them to Galen.
Carry the finished Crate of Medicine back to Charlie.
Track down and eliminate Jim Godart before he can hit the refugees.
Return to Charlie for the hand-in and faction rewards.
The current write-up of Catastrophe's Aftermath records 200 Piastres, 10 Letters of Favor, and the Delicious Meal Set decoration as the main completion rewards.
Every player-facing faction shares the same four-rank reputation ladder. The breakpoints are identical whether the player is grinding the Rogue Buccaneers, Brethren of the Coast, People of Tortuga, or Smugglers of Port Royal. What differs between factions is what each rank unlocks at the Provisioner, not the point thresholds themselves.
Rank | Reputation Required | What Opens |
|---|---|---|
Rank 1 | 0 points | Baseline Provisioner inventory and initial Merchant Contracts |
Rank 2 | 100 points | First tier of faction-locked armor plans, 12-pounder cannon plans, basic building decorations |
Rank 3 | 400 points | Mid-tier plans including 24-pounder cannons, Naval Tactics, and second-tier decorations |
Rank 4 | 1,000 points | Top-tier plans including 36-pounder cannons, faction decor sets, and faction flag style books |
Insignias and Letters of Favor are handed in at the faction's Bounty Agent and convert into reputation at the rates below. The values are identical across the four factions because every faction treats Blackbeard's crew as a shared enemy, so the same insignia from a single kill can be turned in at whichever faction is currently the priority for the player's progression.
Image | Turn-In Item | Reputation Per Item |
|---|---|---|
| Old Salt Insignia | +80 |
| Veteran Insignia | +20 |
| Letter of Favor | +10 |
| Deckhand Insignia | +4 |
| Newhand Insignia | +1 |
Because a single Old Salt Insignia is worth 80 reputation while a Newhand Insignia is worth 1, sorting insignia piles by tier before a hand-in session is the difference between reaching Rank 4 in one sitting or grinding the last 200 points after everything else is already spent. Old Salt Insignias in particular deserve their own storage slot.
Each faction hub runs three different vendor roles, and they rarely live in the same spot. Knowing which role pays what keeps trade-good and cargo runs efficient.
Vendor Role | What They Do | How They Are Paid |
|---|---|---|
Faction Buyer | Cashes in cargo, insignias, and relic loot at the best Piastre rate and grants reputation on faction-valued items. | Gives Piastres, plus reputation on matching faction cargo and insignias. |
Provisioner | Sells rank-gated schematics for armor, cannons, ship gear, and building plans. Items are plans, not finished gear. | Takes Piastres on most plans; Guineas on building decoration sets. |
Trade Goods Merchant | Sells universal supply crates (Contraband, Luxuries, Medicine, Munitions, Naval Supplies, Provisions, Specialized Tools, Spirits) at fixed prices. No rank gate. | Fixed Piastre price per crate; not reputation-gated. |
Bounty Agent | Receives insignias and Letters of Favor and converts them into faction reputation per the table above. Does not hand out Piastres for the turn-in. | Accepts insignias and Letters of Favor; pays in reputation only. |
The Tortuga Buyer is the odd one out: it is a reputation-neutral trader that pays Piastres on a fixed list of relics, heads, hides, and ingots. It is not a faction Buyer, so it does not earn reputation for the items it accepts. Use it as a catch-all for loot that no faction specifically values.
The unlock path for each faction chain runs through a different hub. Hitting the main base is the prerequisite for talking to the quest-giver, and for People of Tortuga the base does not even reveal itself without a prior delivery step.
Faction | Main Base Hub | First Quest-Giver | Unlock Step |
|---|---|---|---|
Rogue Buccaneers Main Base, reached by sailing from Tortuga | Henri Boucher | Speak to Henri at the Main Base after the base is marked | |
Brethren camp, unlocked by following the main-story trail to the survivors | Benjamin Hornigold | Reach the Brethren camp and hear the survivor pitch | |
People of Tortuga Main Base on the island near Tortuga | Charlie Sharpe | Deliver the Bale of Tanned Hides during Buccaneers (Quest) to pin the base on the map, then return to hear Catastrophe's Aftermath | |
Smugglers Waters hideout and Tortuga dock | Long Ben and Marita Suarez | Track Long Ben's wine shipment to Marita's camp to open the chain |
A complete list of Faction Quests variants in Windrose is shown below, with thumbnail, build cost, and comfort bonus for each entry. Click any name to open its dedicated page.
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