No rewards for beating the Megalodon.

@sweltering-nick Hit more than 10 cannonballs and did everything in the Questline.

@parz1val04 ur mistake was to not bringing ur boat at least to dont respawn so far away

@sweltering-nick
I already have the title, drum, speaking trumpet and the tattoo.
I do not have the Shark Slayer title, the scars, or the figurehead.
If it depends on your ship being within the radius, then lots of people must've had this happen to them. I often see people on youtube ditching their own ship.
I also hit it multiple times with my guns.

@spectrazy666 Yes, but it was the final minutes of the fight. I should have still been credited since i did just as much damage as everyone else.

@sweltering-nick Thank you. I'll try this.

A few misconceptions about Megs. I've beaten her 8 times helping club mates from my Xbox club for SoT. So I'll impart a bit of knowledge learned from experience

1. No one actually needs to play the drum to summon her. We did it 2 nights ago with only hurdy gurdies and concertinas. You only need the song that you carry over from Merrick.
2. If you are not part of the ship that the fight is happening on, ferry your ship over to T25 and park just outside T26. Park it in a way that you can fire yourself back over to the main ship if you die. If your ship is somewhere else, and you die and spawn out of the encounter area, you will not get credit. Doesn't matter how many shots you landed.
3. I don't believe you actually need to hit Megs to get credit for the kill. One of my crewmates did nothing but bail water and repair, and he got kill credit. From my experience, you just need to be in the spawn area when megs dies to get credit. But, just to be safe, you can shoot her with an Eye of Reach just to be safe, it will register a hit on her if you shoot her with your sniper rifle.
4. Supplies are key.
5. If she charges when you're fighting her, if you get a shot or 2 directly in her mouth before she hits you, you can "stun" her, and she does next to no damage to the ship.
   Hope all this helps. I've volunteered to run it several times with my crew if someone came to us for help. I usually fly the shark hunter flag to try and signal that I'll help out if needed.

@scottstixx Thank you for all the tips.

Do you have some advice when it comes to finding your fifth crew mate?

@parz1val04 only thing I can recommend is lfg if you don't have a static crew, and if you already have a galleon set up. Just sail around the map to ships you see, fly your shark hunter flag, and use your best diplomacy. Dont be too aggressive with your sailing. We got a kill for a club mate just last night doing that. We sailed around, kept our distance and used the "megalaphone" to ask if anyone wanted to do it. Just so happens found a sloop crew that hadn't completed it. Waiting at shark bay, or t26 is a waste time.

Also, don't be afraid to use pirate bargaining. Farm up some captains chests, or villainous skulls. Better yet, get skull fort loot. Bribe another ship to help you. You can farm skull forts and loot whenever you want, this event is time limited. Offering me loot to run it would be a sure fire way to get me to do it again if i was busy doing other things.