Skeleton of Juan de la Cosa

The Skeleton of Juan de la Cosa is the closing lore item in the Spanish expedition sequence tracked by the Mystery of the Expedition record. The skeleton is found alongside a final note that confirms the medallion worked but did not last, and that the writer is trusting the Order to finish what they started.

In-Game Text

The priestess's medallion worked, but there are too many of them. We won't hold out for long.

I believe the Order will find a way. Jones's days on the seas are numbered. Columbus will come up with something, he always does.

Lore Context

Juan de la Cosa is named directly here for the first time, identified as the writer of this final note. The text confirms the High Priestess medallion was a real defense, the same Heirloom Medallion line that runs through the expedition graves, but it also confirms the expedition was overrun before they could deliver the win. The closing line, that Columbus will come up with something, is the in-fiction handoff from the dead expedition to the player's modern timeline, where the player picks up where the Order left off. It ties this note back to Columbus's Book of Prophecies, the other expedition document that frames Columbus as the figure still steering events from off-stage.

Where to Find

The skeleton sits at the end of the expedition trail, after the three named graves. It is read as the final beat of that storyline rather than a combat or crafting drop: like the other expedition lore items it stacks up to 20 and exists to complete the written record, so collect it once you have followed the graves of the priest's companions to their last campsite.

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See Also

• Grave of Esteban Vargas

• Grave of Jaime Lopez

• Grave of Guillermo Sanchez

• Heirloom Medallion

• Mystery of the Expedition

• Columbus's Book of Prophecies

• The Priestess's Tale

• High Priestess

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