The On Fools journal records the day Thomas Richards' men arrived at the camp of Israel Hands demanding the artifact. Hands flew into a rage and cut several of them down himself; the survivors were hanged. It is one of three Lost Cargo journals written from inside the Hands crew.
In-Game Text
A few days back, Richards's men showed up demanding the artifact.
The captain flew into a rage, drew his saber, and cut down three on the spot, then shot another. We dropped three more ourselves. The survivors were hanged by Hands personally.
They shouldn't have come. Fools to the bone, just like their captain.
How to Obtain
On Fools is one of the Lost Cargo journal notes that drops from the Blackbeard Crew Chest found at the Pirate Camps scattered across the archipelago. The chest can appear at several small camp sites, and the note pulls at roughly a one percent chance, so collecting the full set takes repeated raids on these camps. The journal stacks high in your inventory but has no combat or crafting use; it is a readable lore item only.
Source | Drop Chance | Location |
|---|---|---|
Blackbeard Crew Chest | ~1% |
Lore Significance
On Fools shows the open hostility between the Thomas Richards crew and the Israel Hands crew over the same artifact. Richards's men came to take it back by force and were slaughtered for it, which fixes the timeline: Hands already held the artifact and was willing to kill to keep it. The contempt in the closing line, calling them fools 'just like their captain,' mirrors the disdain the Hands crew shows toward outsiders throughout the Lost Cargo notes.
The note sits beside On Hands and On Prisoners as part of the Lost Cargo Journals set. On Hands records the captain unraveling after taking the artifact, and On Prisoners records the crew being sent out to seize captives, so On Fools supplies the violent first contact that started the feud. The artifact at the center of all three is the same one mourned in Thomas Richards' Journal.
See Also
On Hands
On Prisoners
Lost Cargo Journals
Israel Hands
Thomas Richards
Thomas Richards' Journal
Game Data
Item Properties
Property | Value |
|---|---|
Stack Size | 99 |
Item Type | Miscellaneous (Lore) |
Drop Source
Source | Drop Chance | Location |
|---|---|---|
~1% |