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11 Overview
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33 Miscellaneous Items (abbreviated Misc in the Windrose item panel) is the game's catch-all item category for everything that is not weaponry, armor, tools, resources, food, or ammo. The Misc bucket contains trade cargo, reputation trophies, faction-specific loot, consumable spawner whistles, keys, ruins artifacts, lore documents, and treasure maps. Most Misc items either convert to Piastre through trade or to Faction Reputation through Bounty Agent turn-ins. A smaller subset are usable inventory items (whistles, keys, coin pouches) that consume on use.
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55 This page catalogs every sub-category of Misc items and links to the dedicated article for each one. Use it as the top-level index; individual item pages list vendor prices, loot tables, and tactical use.
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77 Trade Goods Crates
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99 Eight sealed cargo crates each tagged for a preferred faction buyer. Each crate has a fixed buyer premium at one faction's Buyer NPC and a flat baseline rate at every other faction's Trade Goods Merchant. Opening a crate before delivery destroys the resale value. Full system detail is on the Trade Goods page.
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1111 ImageCrateRarityPreferred BuyerBest PriceContrabandRareSmugglers of Port Royal150 PiastreLuxuriesEpicSmugglers of Port Royal250 PiastreMedicine (trade crate)RarePeople of Tortuga100 PiastreMunitionsRareRogue Buccaneers200 Piastre (base rate)Naval SuppliesRareBrethren of the Coast150 PiastreProvisionsUncommonPeople of Tortuga50 PiastreSpecialized ToolsEpicBrethren of the Coast250 PiastreSpiritsUncommonRogue Buccaneers100 Piastre (base rate)
1212 Munitions and Spirits are the two crates where the faction Buyer pays less than the Trade Goods Merchant baseline. For those two, the Buyer functions as a buy-cheap arbitrage vendor rather than a premium sale route.
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1414 Faction Reputation Items
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1616 Four ranks of Blackbeard-taken insignia plus a scripted letter, all turned in at any Tortuga archipelago faction Bounty Agent to raise Faction Reputation. Unlike trade crates, these items carry no Piastre value.
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1818 ImageItemRarityPrimary SourceNewhand InsigniaUncommonGrenadier, Musketeer, Regular Sailor (90%)Deckhand InsigniaRareBlackbeard Sergeant (100%), Highlands Giga Camp chestVeteran InsigniaEpicHighlands Giga Camp chest (3), Frigate and KetchOld Salt InsigniaLegendaryBrig boarding (100%), Frigate boarding (30%)Letter of FavorRareScripted quest and Bounty Agent contract rewards
1919 For the full comparison table and tier-by-tier turn-in strategy, see the dedicated Faction Insignia page.
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2121 Keys and Locked Containers
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2323 Seven key variants unlock region-specific chests, ship arsenals, or gated doors. Ancient stone-disk keys are the Foothills and Swamp region keys; Arsenal, Door, and Wagon keys open mundane locks on gated loot. Full drop-source breakdown and tactical use is on the Chest Keys page.
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2525 ImageKeyRarityUnlocksAncient Foothills KeyLegendaryFoothills ancient chestsAncient Swamp KeyLegendarySwamp ancient chestsArsenal KeyEpicShip weapon-locker arsenals
2626 Consumable Misc
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2828 A handful of single-use pickups sit in the Misc bucket rather than the Food or Alchemy categories because they do not heal or buff. These include the three summoning whistles and the coin and shell pickups from the starter chest.
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3030 ImageItemRarityEffect or ContentsBoar WhistleLegendarySummons a pet boar for a short timeMighty Boar WhistleLegendarySummons a tougher pet boar for a short timeCrocodile WhistleLegendarySummons a white pet crocodile for a short timeCoin PouchCommonOpens for Piastre on useClosed Scallop ShellCommonMay contain a pearl on opening
3131 Lore and Collectible Documents
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3333 Many Misc items are in-world documents whose only purpose is to extend the game's lore. They collect into named sets, each with its own dedicated reading page.
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3535 CollectionContent TypeExquemelin's NotesCaptain Alexandre Exquemelin's field notes on the archipelago's pirate cultureRobinson's Diary FragmentsDiary fragments from Robinson, a shipwrecked cartographerSenkamati ArtifactsAncient ruin artifacts (chalices, incense burners, jugs)Clay TabletsCracked and damaged clay tablets with partial inscriptionsLost Cargo JournalsJournals and logs recovered from shipwrecks and cargo cachesTraveler's Journal CollectionTravel journals from multiple authors across multiple biomesTreasure MapsGeneric treasure maps (not Blackbeard-specific)Blackbeard Treasure MapsBlackbeard Crew's nine numbered treasure mapsRecipe PapersMiscellaneous recipes and plans as paper pickups
3636 Ship Customization
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3838 A large slice of the Misc category is taken up by ship cosmetic items: flags, hull colors, sail colors, and figureheads. These are strictly cosmetic. The full catalog and application mechanic is on the Ship Customization page.
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4040 How Misc Items Flow
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4242 Most Misc items resolve into one of three routes:
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4444 Trade Goods: sold at a faction Trade Goods Merchant or Buyer for Piastre. Do not open them.Reputation turn-ins: handed to the Bounty Agent at any faction for Faction Reputation. Never route these to a Trade Goods Merchant.Personal use: opened, blown, or inserted on the player's end (Coin Pouch, Closed Scallop Shell, keys, whistles). These are consumed on use.
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4646 The single biggest early-game mistake is confusing a reputation insignia for a trade crate, or vice versa. The Bounty Agent and the Trade Goods Merchant can sit inside the same faction base, but they route through different counters. Always check the tooltip's "Turn it in on Tortuga to any archipelago faction to gain reputation" versus "Could be sold to [Faction]" line before handing anything in.
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4848 See Also
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5050 Trade GoodsFaction InsigniaFaction ReputationChest KeysShip CustomizationFactionsTortugaPiastres