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On Hands
May 23, 2026 at 07:07 AM
Fixed the Israel Hands link to the character page and the Thomas Richards link, added Edward Teach link, added a How to Obtain section, expanded lore significance with the Teach an
The On Hands journal is the first of three Lost Cargo journal entries written by an unnamed crewman of Israel Hands. It documents the captain's deterioration after he took the artifact off Thomas Richards.
The captain's gone jumpy. Even after the wound he never did rein in his temper, but ever since he took that artifact off Richards, his head's sprung a leak.
He's always muttering under his breath in some unknown tongue, eyes wild. Even those closest to him are starting to keep their distance.
Still, I'll take him over Teach. Teach'll shoot you first, then haul you back up as an undead. Better to die proper.
On Hands drops from the Blackbeard Crew Chest at the Pirate Camps dotted around the map, the same source as the other two Lost Cargo journals. The chest spawns at several small camp sites and the note appears at roughly a one percent chance, so finishing the set means clearing these camps repeatedly. It stacks deep in the inventory and has no combat or crafting function; it exists purely to be read.
Source | Drop Chance | Location |
|---|---|---|
Blackbeard Crew Chest | ~1% |
'Teach' is Edward Teach, the historical name for Blackbeard, so the line confirms that Israel Hands and Edward Teach lead different branches of the same pirate force, and that Hands' own crew is uneasy with their nominal leader. The writer would rather follow a captain who is merely losing his mind than one who shoots his men and raises them as undead, which is the clearest in-game statement that Teach commands the corrupted, reanimated pirates the player fights.
The 'artifact off Richards' is the same relic mourned in Thomas Richards' Journal, which ties the Lost Cargo arc directly to the Richards investigation. On Hands is the opening beat of that arc: On Fools shows how Hands took and held the artifact by force, On Prisoners shows the crew being sent to seize captives as the captain spirals further, and the muttering in an unknown tongue here foreshadows the cult-like turn the Lost Cargo Journals document.
Property | Value |
|---|---|
Stack Size | 99 |
Item Type | Miscellaneous (Lore) |
Source | Drop Chance | Location |
|---|---|---|
~1% |
