The Mystery Begins!

Another new word, from Jennifer Williams on Facebook:

This says NORTH

Our current list is:

[Q10] OUR
[J25] THE
[F24] COURSE"
[B1] DUE
[W3] BEAR
[I22] SHROUD
[V25] NW
[W4] OLD"
[K18] OLD
[B10] BASTION
[D18] HOWLING
[E3] PASSAGE
[Q10] OF
[H23] HOME
[B20] THE
[X20] AIM
[G22] CLEAR
[G2] BEFORE
[Q14] WOLF
[E3] PAST"
[U1] THE
[L15] FOR"
[P21] NORTH

A vague guess:

Old Shroud passage clear.
Course Due NW of our old home.
Past the north bastion, before aim the Howling Wolf for the Bear.

... Which doesn't really work with my theory that the ["] markings may mean that the words are either all at the start of a sentence, or the beginning and end of two different sentences.
The grammar of the whole thing is not the best, I know.

I dont know if we are trying to solve the sentences currently but I have been able to make at least two coherent sentences out of the theory of either beginning or end of the sentence starting with the quotation words(Also currently trying a theory of somehow matching the sentences to the possible coordinates to location in game with the quote words burn fragment pieces in order of being found). Someone might get better sentences or be able to finish off this idea so figured I would post it.

1.)Old shroud Passage clear for the howling wolf. (k18 plunder outpost)
2.)(F24)
3.)(e3 smugglers bay)
4.)For our home. (L15- Stephens spoils)

Another new word... posted by u/MatWTM on Reddit (ft. crewmate traitorjoe2)

This one says INTO

The full list as it stands:

[Q10] OUR
[J25] THE
[F24] COURSE"
[B1] DUE
[W3] BEAR
[I22] SHROUD
[V25] NW
[W4] OLD"
[K18] OLD
[B10] BASTION
[D18] HOWLING
[E3] PASSAGE
[Q10] OF
[H23] HOME
[B20] THE
[X20] AIM
[G22] CLEAR
[G2] BEFORE
[Q14] WOLF
[E3] PAST"
[U1] THE
[L15] FOR"
[P21] NORTH
[K9] INTO

For Clear Passage Into The Shroud
Course Due North of Our Old Home
Past the Bastion, Before Bear The Howling Wolf Aim NW

Leftover word: Old"
:/

@hell0666 said in The Mystery Begins!:

Roamy tweet. With prop blue lantern, reference to hunters call and a megaladon called shroud.

I can guarantee The Roaming Meg has nothing to do with this Mystery.

1. The Roaming Meg has been a thing since 2019.
2. That was tweeted by the Rare account, not the Sea of Thieves account.

Not everything is related to the Mystery.

Is it possible we have to shout gold hauler at them since they asked what the gold hoarder would name his ship or eluding to something else since there is a ship figurehead already in game called "Gold Hauler" obtained from a special hunters call event.

Also did we miss the entire clue of like "dont linger in the water?" and the siren shrines were a huge part of this.. for some reason their siren king (also the great warrior) is also tied to the shroud as before sea king he was an Ancient (would assume athena type ancient). I scoured his wiki and found a few funny little tidbits that peaked my interest. Weird random thought as well, what if we are using the siren song that was stolen to part the shroud?
"The Great Warrior is described by Sudds as having a thirst for war that may live on. This could mean that he may return to life at some point."
"Before the Reaper’s Hideout was constructed, flowers around the grave at the northern island would light up in the shape of the Great Warrior constellation."

@twistedmarie

I did mention “Don’t linger in the water” from Lampwick Larry earlier in this thread, along with some other Mer and sea themed clues that seemed significant.

@realstyli I mustve missed that, my bad. So much has been found its hard to tell what clue was connected to what progress.

@twistedmarie

No worries, 'twas a few pages back... but that does beg the question, is Lampwick Larry referring to DeMarco's ship being in the Red Sea (shroud)?

Another thing about the recent post of the gold hoarder skull with visions in its eyes, the gold hauler is a figurehead that used to be in the game but the thing that strikes me as a little coincidental could be that someone said the man is wielding a ferryman cutlass in the other vision. The description for the gold hauler figurehead in game is: "Embrace your need/want (its a restricted word on the forums) for gold and keep digging up that treasure even beyond death!." Just food for thought more than anything.

Still trying to work with the words like a jigsaw puzzle.
Trying out the ["] in the letters as meaning adding quotes to the route, as some had suggested, another guess:

The Old "Howling Wolf" Course Into The Shroud.
Aim Due North Of Our Old Home Past "Bear Bastion" Before NW For The Clear Passage.

We finally got a new word after a couple of days without any!

This one came from LegacyCatalyst8#6900 on Discord

It decodes as CAY

Updated list:

[Q10] OUR
[J25] THE
[F24] COURSE"
[B1] DUE
[W3] BEAR
[I22] SHROUD
[V25] NW
[W4] OLD"
[K18] OLD
[B10] BASTION
[D18] HOWLING
[E3] PASSAGE
[Q10] OF
[H23] HOME
[B20] THE
[X20] AIM
[G22] CLEAR
[G2] BEFORE
[Q14] WOLF
[E3] PAST"
[U1] THE
[L15] FOR"
[P21] NORTH
[K9] INTO
[G22] CAY

Which Cay could that be??? Rapier Cay? Barnacle Cay? Boulder Cay? Glowstone Cay?

And another one!

Via Jerem#2146 on Discord (found by someone on the French SOT Discord):

This one decodes to FORT

The list is now

[Q10] OUR
[J25] THE
[F24] COURSE"
[B1] DUE
[W3] BEAR
[I22] SHROUD
[V25] NW
[W4] OLD"
[K18] OLD
[B10] BASTION
[D18] HOWLING
[E3] PASSAGE
[Q10] OF
[H23] HOME
[B20] THE
[X20] AIM
[G22] CLEAR
[G2] BEFORE
[Q14] WOLF
[E3] PAST"
[U1] THE
[L15] FOR"
[P21] NORTH
[K9] INTO
[G22] CAY
[O6] FORT

@capt-brookes said in The Mystery Begins!:

There's something that kinda bothers me about these messages. What if someone comes across a message, picks it up, and doesn't know what it means or tells anyone about it? Have we been finding messages that are duplicates?

Yep, we've found a few duplicates, but there is still likely a lot of folk finding them and not posting them.

@capt-brookes
If it makes you feel better, I've personally not found a single one, and I've done over 30 hours just searching islands in the last week.

The ship wreck has been located in J7 (top center)...

First posted by @uwuEmofruit on Twitter.

The authenticity was initially questioned due to the odd font choice (doesn't match any other known ship crests in the game). However, it has since been confirmed to be real by a number of members of the community.

@capt-brookes

They do shine like loot, apparently, the "blinking" glint.

Closer they look like this: