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33 Richards' Lieutenant is a named Sergeant-tier officer who serves under Captain Thomas Richards, the first major boss of the Blackbeard questline. The Lieutenant carries the standard Sergeant kit but is positioned as a quest-relevant officer kill in the chain that targets Richards' line of authority.

55 Combat Notes

77 Richards' Lieutenant fights as a standard Sergeant: pistol-and-saber officer with a tight melee guard and a single ranged shot per encounter. Their relevant differences from a generic Sergeant come from positioning rather than stats:

99 Always escorted by Deckhands or other Sergeants from the same camp, so the kill window depends on breaking those line-of-sight first.Tied to a fixed quest spawn point. Once the quest fires, the Lieutenant does not respawn for that character until the quest resets.Drops a guaranteed Guinea, the same currency drop as other Sergeants.

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1111 Quest Role

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1313 The Lieutenant is the wall at the end of the Revenge is Best Served Cold quest, the chain that builds toward Thomas Richards himself. That quest asks you to collect four Black Marks out in Blackbeard's waters. The final mark sits on a guarded ship, and Richards' Lieutenant is the officer standing on it, widely treated as the toughest single enemy in the run-up to the boss.

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1515 Clearing this fight matters for more than the quest tick. Beating Thomas Richards is what opens the Foothills and its resources to your character, so the Lieutenant is effectively a gatekeeper between the opening Coastal Jungle area and the mid-game biome. The encounter is built around the Blackbeard Outposts in the Ancient Ruins, where the guarded ship and its escorts are anchored.

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1919 ItemQtyDeckhand Insignia1Homemade Gunpowder2-4Guinea1Nuts1-2

2020 Richards' Lieutenant is also expected to drop the Richards' Crew Key on relevant quest steps, which opens the locked Blackbeard chests inside the linked Blackbeard Outposts.

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2222 How to Beat It

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2424 The Lieutenant himself fights like any Sergeant: one ranged pistol shot to open, then a tight saber guard up close. The danger is the company he keeps, not his own kit. Practical pointers:

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2626 Thin the escort first. He is screened by Deckhands and other Sergeants from the same camp. Pull or kill those before committing, or you take the Lieutenant's shot and the escort's at the same time.Punish the reload. After his single ranged shot he closes to melee, which is the safe window to break his guard and trade hits.Bring ranged tools. Softening the guarded ship with Homemade Gunpowder weapons or a firearm before you board cuts the number of bodies you have to fight in melee.Mind the respawn rule. Once the quest fires, the Lieutenant does not respawn for that character until the quest resets, so there is no farming him for repeat drops.

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2828 See Also

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3030 Thomas RichardsSergeantHands' LieutenantBlackbeardThomas Richards' Journal

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3232 Game Data

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3434 Drops

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3636 FromDropDeckhand Insignia1Homemade Gunpowder2-4Guinea1Nuts1-2

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