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The Tortuga People are the civilian and military population of Tortuga, the last major settlement in Windrose still resisting Blackbeard's undead forces. They are a mixed population of former pirates, merchants, soldiers from the destroyed British Navy, and civilians who have gathered behind Tortuga's walls. The faction serves as the primary buyer of trade goods and the central hub for faction questlines.

Population and Composition

Tortuga shelters survivors from across the Caribbean. Unlike the historical Tortuga (a freewheeling pirate haven), the game's Tortuga is a besieged outpost where the living make their last stand against the dead. NPCs in Tortuga offer quests, sell goods, and provide information about the wider world. The population includes vendors, quest-givers, recruitment NPCs (for the Farming Contractor and similar settlement workers), and defenders who maintain the town's walls and harbor cannons.

Gameplay Role

The Tortuga People faction serves as the central hub for the following in-game functions:

• Primary buyer of trade goods (Naval Supplies, Medical Crates, Contraband, Piastres)

• Recruitment Vendor hires NPC workers for 10 gold coins (Farming Contractor, other specialist NPCs)

• Faction questlines unlocked at higher reputation tiers (~500 rep threshold per community reports)

• Crafting recipes unlocked via faction reputation

• Quest-givers for the main story's later chapters

• Access to faction-specific equipment not available from player base merchants

Relationship With Other Factions

Tortuga's Defenses

The settlement maintains fortifications against both land and sea attacks. Walls, cannon emplacements, and a small defensive fleet protect the harbor. The Tortuga People are described as "a besieged outpost, where the living hold defense against the dead," indicating active military resistance against Blackbeard's undead forces. The state of these defenses likely changes as the story progresses, with the player's actions potentially strengthening or failing to prevent incursions.

Pre-Tortuga Storage

Because Tortuga is gated behind main-story progression, players should stockpile trade goods (Naval Supplies, Medical Crates, Contraband) at their base storage in the early game rather than selling at lower prices to base merchants. When Tortuga unlocks, the full stockpile converts into a large Piastre payout. A dedicated chest for trade goods is a common community recommendation.

Data Export

Live vendor and reputation data for the People of Tortuga at Early Access build 0.10. Prices are listed as shown at the Provisioner, Trade Goods Merchant, and Buyer stalls and may shift in later Early Access patches.

Reputation Ladder

Total reputation required to reach each rank. Points accumulate across insignia turn-ins, Letters of Favor, and faction quest rewards.

Insignia Turn-in Values

Reputation earned for each insignia or Letter of Favor handed in to the People of Tortuga Bounty Agent. Values are identical across all four player-facing factions because every faction treats Blackbeard's crew as a shared enemy.

Trade Goods Merchant

Universal trade crates and consumables sold by the People of Tortuga Trade Goods Merchant. No rank gate; stock is available at Rank 1 or higher. Quantities are per-purchase.

Provisioner

Rank-gated catalog sold by the People of Tortuga Provisioner. Items unlock as the People of Tortuga reputation rank rises; each entry lists the minimum rank required. Provisioner items are schematics or plans that must be learned at base and crafted at the appropriate bench.

Buyer Payouts

Items the People of Tortuga Buyer accepts and the currency paid per unit. Route matching loot here; selling at the wrong faction's buyer refuses the item outright.

See Also

• Tortuga - location article

• Factions - faction overview

• Trading and Merchants - trading system

• NPC Crew - recruitable NPCs

Finding the Faction Camp

The People of Tortuga faction hub is a separate island rather than a stall inside Tortuga itself, and the map marker only appears once a quest points you to it. For most new players, the fastest way to unlock that marker is through the Buccaneers (Quest), the faction-chain entry quest for the Rogue Buccaneers.

Step 2 of that quest asks you to deliver a Bale of Tanned Hides to Charlie Sharpe, who stands on the balcony-palisade above the Buyer at the People of Tortuga Main Base. Accepting that step pins a waypoint on your map that leads directly to the faction camp; sailing to the waypoint and speaking to Charlie reveals the camp as a permanent fast-travel destination.

Because the camp is gated behind the Buccaneers chain rather than the Tortuga main story beats, it is common for players who focus on the Brethren faction first to reach Tortuga long before they ever set foot at the People of Tortuga Main Base. If you plan to hire Black Axel as a cooking recruit, or if you need the Catastrophe's Aftermath reputation quest that Charlie offers, picking up the Buccaneers quest early is the most direct unlock path.

Quick Checklist

• Pick up the Buccaneers quest after the tutorial chain, typically triggered by a letter found at a Buccaneer camp directing you to Henri Boucher.

• Deliver 50 bags of Gunpowder to Henri Boucher to clear step 1.

• Bring the Bale of Tanned Hides to Charlie Sharpe on the balcony of the People of Tortuga Main Base. The waypoint from this step is what reveals the camp.

• Drop a Fast Travel Bell after your first visit so later hand-ins and faction shopping do not require re-sailing the route.

Provisioner Focus

On the selling side of the economy, the People of Tortuga Provisioner is the faction to prioritize for two specific build goals: a ranged or critical-hit Armor Sets loadout (the Privateer coat and the Marksman doublet and their matching pants), and the luxury tier of home-base blueprints (marble plaster and tile sets, stained glass doors and windows, mahogany staircases and cabinets, and elegant curtains). Every other faction Provisioner leans into either agility armor and cannons (Rogue Buccaneers) or consumables and ship cosmetics (Brethren of the Coast).

The full price schedule is listed on the Trade Goods article under Faction Provisioner Inventory. Both Merchant Contracts sold here, Food and Natural Resources, run at 100 Piastre each and are the fastest way to automate a specific Base Building material chain once the rank gate opens them.

Level Gap on the Tortuga Approach

The quest that hands the player the Tortuga waypoint is tagged as a level 1 main-story objective, but the water and coastline around the Tortuga Market sit at roughly level 6 to 10. The practical effect is that a character who sails straight for the market as soon as the waypoint appears will meet pirate skiffs and shore patrols five or more levels above them, and a single bad broadside can sink a freshly built Ketch.

The approach is still survivable when the player plans around it. Avoid engaging patrolling pirate vessels unless the Ketch is fully repaired and the hold carries Combat Repair Kits. Two stacked food buffs before the sail cover most ambient damage. Under-leveled characters can still dock at Tortuga safely as long as the approach route keeps clear of the encounter markers; the market itself is a non-combat zone.

• Top up repair kits before leaving your home base. The Tortuga approach is the first route where a single encounter can burn through a full stack.

• Sail around hostile markers rather than through them. The market access quest does not require sinking the patrols, only reaching the harbor.

• Bring a Fast Travel Bell to drop on the Tortuga coast once you arrive, so later hand-ins and faction shopping skip the long under-leveled sail.

Main Base Buyer Payouts (Verified)

The People of Tortuga Buyer at the faction Main Base purchases two specific item categories at fixed Piastre prices. The Buyer is separate from the regular Tortuga town vendors and only appears once the Main Base is discovered.

These two stacks are the bulk of People of Tortuga income. Provisions and Medicine drop frequently from pirate camp Supply Caches and chest loot, so the bottleneck is usually inventory weight on the trip back, not source supply.

Faction Quest Chain

The People of Tortuga faction quest is called Catastrophe's Aftermath. It is given by Charlie Sharpe at the People of Tortuga Main Base, and it is the clearest single example of how faction progression blends delivery, exploration, and combat in Windrose. The payoff is 200 Piastres, 10 Letters of Favor, and the Delicious Meal Set decoration.

• Step 1: Recover the Provisions from a drowned-infested ship and bring them to Charlie Sharpe at the refugee camp.

• Step 2: Speak with Doctor Galen about medicine for the wounded, then collect 15 Healing Herbs from ruins and deliver them to Galen.

• Step 3: Carry the finished Crate of Medicine back to Charlie, then track down and eliminate Jim Godart before he can hit the refugees.

• Step 4: Return to Charlie for the hand-in and the faction reward bundle.

For the universal rank ladder, insignia values, and buyer/provisioner split that apply to the People of Tortuga and to the other three factions, see Faction Quests. The reputation ladder, insignia table, and vendor-role breakdown in that article all apply identically to the People of Tortuga.

Base Unlock Reminder

The People of Tortuga Main Base is not revealed simply by reaching Tortuga. The standard unlock path runs through the Rogue Buccaneers faction chain. After Henri Boucher accepts 50 Homemade Gunpowder, he sends you to deliver a Bale of Tanned Hides to Charlie Sharpe. That delivery pins the People of Tortuga Main Base on the map and turns it into a repeat destination for faction trade, worker hires (including Black Axel), and the Catastrophe's Aftermath quest chain.