Riddle help?

  • Kenneth Mcgrew
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    ok so i was assigned to go to cannon cove and the riddle went something like, "at the northwest cliff face camp find the drunken sailor and play a merry tune"

    now there is a camp (i assume a campfire defines a camp) by the cliff face to the north west but playing music here, and also getting drunk and playing music here did nothing,

    there were no other campfires on the island, any ideas? i switched the game off and gave up but what the hell was i doing wrong? the only other "camps" but without fires were the shack on top of the cliff, the camp on the beach to the northwest, again playing music here did sweet fa

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  • Shikia Caeleaum
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    @kenneth-mcgrew maybe you are really looking for the skeleton of a sailor with bottles all around him ;) the northwest was just a lead to where on the island you could find him :D
    and only play the tune you do not have to be drunk yourself ;)

  • SirLiborius
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    @kenneth-mcgrew You have to look for a skeleton or a grave with some bottles around it. Sometimes the directions are a bit off.
    You don't have to get drunk at hese riddles (YET!), playing music on any instrument is enough. But having to play music while being drunk would be a funny addition. :-D

    Also for these questions there is a whole forum category:
    https://www.seaofthieves.com/forum/category/65/voyage-help

  • RayFromJersey
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    That would be pretty hilarious if they had riddles that required you to get drunk and play music.

  • Kenneth Mcgrew
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    @rayfromjersey said in Riddle help?:

    That would be pretty hilarious if they had riddles that required you to get drunk and play music.

    you ought to try it, it sounds funny

    i didn't find any skeletons though :( or bottles about, sometimes i wonder if things don't spawn in correctly as i don't normally have an issue with riddles, the islands are pretty small after all!

  • Softy 101

    I seem to be struggling with the lantern riddles nothing seems to work tried different lanterns etc. I don't think its a location thing as I have no trouble with the others.

  • RayFromJersey
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    @softy-101 said in Riddle help?:

    I seem to be struggling with the lantern riddles nothing seems to work tried different lanterns etc. I don't think its a location thing as I have no trouble with the others.

    Did you "raise" the lantern?

    The left trigger on console raises the lantern up high.

  • RK1 Turbulence

    Riddles that required you to barf on things would be hilarious.

  • Hissa007
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    YOU NEED A SPOT WITH A SKELETON AND SOME EMPTY BOTTLE :)

  • Softy 101

    @rayfromjersey Yes up to the sky but only by looking, also tried climbing where I could did not think about left trigger I will give it a try. THANKS

  • RayFromJersey
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    @softy-101 said in Riddle help?:

    @rayfromjersey Yes up to the sky but only by looking, also tried climbing where I could did not think about left trigger I will give it a try. THANKS

    Yeah, they don't explain the "raise" mechanic. It's the aim-down-sights button, and it raises the lantern up high.

  • Kenneth Mcgrew
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    @hissa007 said in Riddle help?:

    YOU NEED A SPOT WITH A SKELETON AND SOME EMPTY BOTTLE :)

    yeah i thought that at first but nothing spawned :( i also ran round the island playing music across the whole of the north west but to no avail

  • RK1 Turbulence

    @kenneth-mcgrew said in Riddle help?:

    @hissa007 said in Riddle help?:

    YOU NEED A SPOT WITH A SKELETON AND SOME EMPTY BOTTLE :)

    yeah i thought that at first but nothing spawned :( i also ran round the island playing music across the whole of the north west but to no avail

    Not a skeleton walking around, a dead skeleton on the ground.

  • Kenneth Mcgrew
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    @rk1-turbulence said in Riddle help?:

    @kenneth-mcgrew said in Riddle help?:

    @hissa007 said in Riddle help?:

    YOU NEED A SPOT WITH A SKELETON AND SOME EMPTY BOTTLE :)

    yeah i thought that at first but nothing spawned :( i also ran round the island playing music across the whole of the north west but to no avail

    Not a skeleton walking around, a dead skeleton on the ground.

    everything spawns on an island though, its drawn as you get closer, from grass to barrels / dead skeletons etc

  • Rarden

    I'm not 100% sure but I think its a skeleton slumped on a table surrounded by bottles. I thinks its more center of the isle.

    I hope this is right and helps lol

  • Lucky Monkee
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    @kenneth-mcgrew all the "Props" are standard and do now "spawn". only skellies, animals, resources and bottles spawn.

  • Kenneth Mcgrew
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    @lucky-monkee said in Riddle help?:

    @kenneth-mcgrew all the "Props" are standard and do now "spawn". only skellies, animals, resources and bottles spawn.

    i see grass and barrels get drawn as i move towards them on x-box, if the stupid DVR would let me share a video i would upload it to youtube.

    Maybe they are there but NW is NW, if its centre then the riddle should say centre of the island!

    meh ive logged out now so i wont see the quest again in any case

  • EvoComSteel
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    @kenneth-mcgrew
    "i see grass and barrels get drawn as i move towards" that is render distance. the visual range from which the items are visible. if i had the option on my PC i would max that out, because its big enough to handle the stress, consoles or smaller pc's might not have the power to handle that, so the render distance is fixed.
    when i sail past a small island i will see trees first, then lanterns floating, then barrels, on which teh lantern now stands, then small rocks and last skeletons.

    also all the "items" on the islands are fixed they do not "spawn in"
    only animals, skeletons, chests/gunpowder "spawn" as they are interactable objects.
    all landmarks do not. only the range from which you see them varies.

    simple; you did not find the right spot.
    yesterday i had to find a shaded hammock on a sandy beach, my friend found a hammock on top of the island and tried to trigger it with music. but as the voyage read Sandy beach, there was a second hammock, on the beach.
    also on shark bait cove we had to find a shark statue on north outer ring,, what it does not say is that there are 2 identical shark statues on that island,, trick is to find the right one.

    so you just didnt find the "landmark" of a dead skeleton with bottles around it,,

  • Lucky Monkee
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    @kenneth-mcgrew spawn and draw in are different. for example, rock with a face on it is there and will get drawn no matter what - since it is part of that island.

    Animals might spawn and might not.

    Riddles are funny that way, they tend to give you a general direction if it's even slightly to the north it will say so, even if it seems for us to be more "centre" or even "south". So sometimes when you search something to one direction, keep an eye on nearby vectors aswell.

  • Lyk2
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    I don't really want to start a new Thread just for that Question, but i happen to have a Riddle on Marauders Arch, there i was supposed to find the Roots of a Fallen Tree (It was definitely the only FALLEN one) which i did and i used the lantern like it said in the Riddle...nothing happend, can this not be done Solo? Or is this a Bug? Are there several Riddles like that?

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