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Old Salt Insignia - Version 12 vs Version 13
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11Overview33A scarred, storied mark from a true sea-dog of Blackbeard's crews.55Old Salt Insignia is the Legendary top-tier reputation item in Windrose. It drops exclusively from the highest-rank Blackbeard ships and is turned in at any Tortuga archipelago faction for the largest single-hand-in reputation reward available in the current build. The secondary flavor text reads "This belonged to someone who outlived mercy," which matches the endgame-only drop table. This is the fourth and final rung of the Faction Insignia ladder.77Item Info99PropertyValueCategoryMiscRarityLegendaryItem Level1Weight0.1Stack Size200CraftableNoUseTurn in on Tortuga to any archipelago faction to gain reputation1111Insignia Ladder1212Insignias are the workhorse cross-faction reputation items. Every Tortuga faction accepts them because they all oppose Blackbeard, so a single insignia can be routed to whichever faction you want to raise. The four tiers and their turn-in values:1414TierInsigniaReputation per Turn-InNewhand InsigniaCommon+1Deckhand InsigniaUncommon+4Veteran InsigniaRare+20Old Salt InsigniaLegendary+801616Vendors and Pricing1717Old Salt Insignia is not bought or sold by any vendor. The item's value is strictly reputation, routed through the Bounty Agents system.1919Loot Sources2121Old Salt Insignia has the shortest and hardest drop table of the four insignia tiers. Only Blackbeard Brig and Blackbeard Frigate boarding actions surface the item, and only a Brig boarding guarantees a drop.2323Where FoundTypeQuantityChanceBlackbeard BrigBoarding1100%Blackbeard FrigateBoarding130%2525How to Cash Out2626A single Old Salt Insignia crosses most rank thresholds on its own. Hold any that drop until the reputation bar is within one full rank push of the next threshold, then burn the insignia to cross it cleanly. Handing in an Old Salt Insignia mid-rank leaves the overflow reputation wasted.2828Because only Brig boardings guarantee the drop, the practical farm is a dedicated Brig hunt: engage, board, sweep, and return to port with a single insignia per successful encounter. Frigate boardings add a 30% chance, so layering Frigate engagements on top of Brig runs raises the insignia rate without a separate farm path.3030Tips3232Bring a strong late-tier Cutlass or Saber to the boarding. Brig crews include multiple Pirate Sergeant enemies, and chopping through them quickly is what separates a clean clear from a lost boarding.Old Salt Insignia is the only insignia tier that routinely crosses a full rank threshold in one turn-in. Match the hand-in to the rank you want to cross, not the one you are currently sitting on.A Frigate boarding plus a Brig boarding in the same play session gives an expected yield of about 1.3 Old Salt Insignias, plus whatever other insignia drops the two encounters produce.Letters of Favor are a separate cross-faction turn-in worth +10 reputation each, useful for topping up between insignia drops.3434Reputation Payout3636Turning in one Old Salt Insignia at any faction Bounty Agents grants +80 reputation with the chosen faction. The value is identical at every Bounty Agent stall, so the item can be routed to whichever faction is closest to its next rank threshold.3838Reputation rank thresholds sit at 0, 100, 400, and 1000. A single Old Salt Insignia therefore covers most of the early gap on its own and remains the most efficient single-item turn-in for closing out a rank near any ceiling.4040Drops only from Blackbeard Brig (guaranteed) and Blackbeard Frigate (30%) boarding actions. The highest single-item reputation payout in the game.4242See Also4444Faction InsigniaFaction ReputationVeteran InsigniaBlackbeard BrigBlackbeard Frigate4646Details4848Properties5050PropertyValueWeight0.1Stack200
