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11 Shipwreck is both the specific opening location of Windrose (where the player washes up after Blackbeard sinks their ship in the prologue) and the generic name for shipwreck points of interest scattered across the world. The prologue Shipwreck is the setting for the first several story beats and a recurring reference point during early-game quests.
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33 The Starting Island Shipwreck
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77 The player character starts the game as a survivor of a shipwreck tied to the British East India Company courier job that opens the story. The wrecked vessel sits on the beach of the Starting Island and is the anchor for the earliest quests:
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99 How My Shore Adventure Began - the first main quest, which starts with the player character waking up on the beach and works through basic survival goals before the first crew member joins up.Fifteen Men on a Dead Man's Chest - curio chain whose opening Blurry Sketch piece is found near the shipwreck.I Need a Bigger Boat - the quest that builds from the starting dinghy into the first combat-ready ship. Part of the investigation involves three shipwrecks that the player searches for parts and clues.
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1111 Shipwreck POIs Across the World
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1515 Beyond the starting island, shipwrecks appear across the Caribbean archipelago as a point-of-interest category. Each wreck can hold salvage (Wooden Plank, Copper Ingot, trade goods), a chest, or a quest-hook note. The wrecks are not always combat-free: plague-family enemies and patrolling undead are common near the bigger wrecks in the Cursed Swamps region.
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1717 During the three-shipwreck sequence of I Need a Bigger Boat, each investigated wreck contributes one piece to the build-your-first-ship narrative. Use the quest marker to find the correct three rather than guessing.
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1919 Wreck Types at a Glance
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2121 Wrecks fall into a few rough categories depending on where they sit. The deeper and more remote a wreck is, the better the salvage and the higher the chance of an ambush.
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2323 Wreck TypeTypical SalvageDangerBeached coastal wreckWooden Plank, Rope, Coarse FabricLow; usually safe to loot on footSwamp wreckCopper Ingot, chests, lore pagesHigh; Drowner and undead patrolsOpen-sea wreckAmmunition caches, Homemade GunpowderVariable; deep-water ambushes possible
2424 What Shipwrecks Contain
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2626 CategoryExamplesCuriosQuest-starting items such as the Blurry Sketch of the Island, which triggers Fifteen Men on a Dead Man's ChestMaterialsCoarse Fabric, Rope, WoodLoot chestsPiastres, ammunition, occasional Elixirs and Healing Potion stockLore fragmentsDiary pages tying into Traveler's Journal Collection and the Marcel Boucher questline
2727 Notable Examples
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2929 LocationNotable ContentsLinked QuestStarting Island, east coastDecrepit Chest + Blurry Sketch of the Island curioFifteen Men on a Dead Man's ChestCoastal Jungle waterlinesMaterial and Piastre stashesGeneral explorationOpen-sea wrecksAmmunition caches, Homemade GunpowderNaval exploration
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3232 Run the coastal perimeter of every new island before venturing inland; wrecks are signposted by debris and beached hulls.Drop a Fast Travel Bell at any wreck you want to revisit; quest items sometimes require backtracking.Wrecks in deeper water may attract Drowner or Swollen Drowned ambushes.Prioritize Wooden Plank and Copper Ingot salvage in the early hours; both feed directly into your first ship and base upgrades.
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3434 See Also
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3636 Starting Island - the tutorial island with the prologue shipwreckHow My Shore Adventure Began - first main questI Need a Bigger Boat - ship-progression questGetting Started - first-hour survival guide