Introduction:
This tutorial/guide will take you through the fastest, easiest way of taking down red mermaid statues with just two people.
Prerequisites:
- 2 players in the same crew
- 2 Blunderbusses
- 10 shots
- 2 Cutlasses
- 10 Bananas
The Plan:
Both people equip blunderbuss (make sure you have full ammo), cutlass, and take 5 bananas (also make sure you're at full health while also having 5 bananas).
Both people should have the blunderbuss ready (switch to it so you can see the ammo on the bottom-right). Get as close to the mermaid as you can, in a rowboat or your ship. Both people jump overboard and locate the mermaid precisely. Once you found it and you're right above it, swim up to the surface for air. Both people should dive at the same time.
Get as close to the mermaid as possible, but not close enough for it to damage you. Spam the blunderbuss until you're out of ammo (this should be done per person. Don't wait for the other person to run out of ammo before proceeding). You should always hold the aim button/trigger in order for your shots to be less spread out.
Once you run out of ammo, switch to your cutlass and get right in the statue's face. Keep spamming the cutlass from this point on.
Depending on the depth of the mermaid statue, you will need to do different things.
If you don't start drowning by the time you're at around half health, back up just a bit (so the mermaid doesn't damage you), as quickly as you can, eat a banana, then switch back to the cutlass and carry on slashing. Repeat this until the mermaid statue is destroyed.
If you're taking drowning damage as well as mermaid damage, do the same but eat 2 bananas each time you get to half health.
Notes:
Firstly, I'd just like to say, I cannot stress enough how important it is you follow the instructions to the letter. Every single bit of health, and seconds count.
- Do NOT be super far away from the mermaid when you fire at it. Each pellet does its own damage, so its vital that they all hit with each shot. Aim at the base of the mermaid as it's wider and easier to get a full hit.
- Do NOT go up for air if you start drowning! You have bananas for a reason. There is absolutely no need for you to worry about dying. If you destroy the statue, you'll just respawn at the ship, and you can jump overboard to get the gem.
- Do NOT back away really far when eating bananas.
- Do NOT take your time aiming the blunderbuss, when you're close enough and you have your aim enabled, just spam the fire button.
I lost count how many times someone did 1 thing wrong even after I told them these exact instructions, we both died just before destroying it, and the statue despawned. Or as I'm eating a banana when I'm drowning, my companion just swims up to the surface and abandons me (or goes all the way back to the ship for ammo), causing me to die, or give sharks enough time to spawn and attack us.
Sometimes it got to the point where we both had to keep returning to the ship for bananas, and we went from 100 to 0 within minutes.
Red mermaids can be taken down solo, with enough gunpowder barrels (if they're on land), and they can just as easily by taken down if you have 3 people (at which point it doesn't matter what guns you use). But with 2 people you have to have the utmost teamwork and planning in order to maximize damage output as much as humanly possible.
