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Old Salt Insignia
April 18, 2026 at 10:10 AM
Rewrote with Item Info table, short drop table, and rank-threshold hand-in strategy
A scarred, storied mark from a true sea-dog of Blackbeard's crews.
Old 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.
Property | Value |
|---|---|
Category | Misc |
Rarity | Legendary |
Item Level | 1 |
Stack Size | 200 |
Craftable | No |
Use | Turn in on Tortuga to any archipelago faction to gain reputation |
Old Salt Insignia is not bought or sold by any vendor. The item's value is strictly reputation, routed through the Bounty Agent system.
Old 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.
Source | Type | Quantity | Chance |
|---|---|---|---|
Boarding | 1 | 100% | |
Boarding | 1 | 30% |
A 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.
Because 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 doubles the insignia rate without a separate farm path.
Bring an Iron Cutlass or a late-tier Saber to the boarding. Brig crews include multiple Sergeants, and chopping through them quickly is what separates a 100% drop 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 expected value of ~1.3 Old Salt Insignias plus whatever other insignia drops the two encounters produce.
