How to find Captain Bones' Special Recipe in Sea of Thieves: A Pirate's Life

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In the town of Sailor's Grave in Sea of Thieves: A Pirate's Life, you will find an intense and patently eternal game of chess between two skeletons. Y'all will find this game in the lesser deck of a shipwreck, which you can find an entrance to virtually the tavern. The ii skeletons are at a standstill, and then you will want to wake them up by lighting the candle on the table with your Flame of Souls. 1 skeleton has some rum to beverage, but the other 1 is dry out — it'll need Helm Bones' Special Recipe, which you'll need to retrieve yourself. Y'all tin can then finish the chess game up with the aid of Captain Cursed, and then make certain you still have his head.

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To find this "special" concoction, go back to the caster-operated elevators you lot used to call back Helm Cursed; you tin can get in that location by walking on the bow of the separate shipwreck, going down to the water, pond through the water and and then through the cavern. Take the elevator up — let go of the pulley and go off the lift before it falls dorsum downwardly. Utilize the next pulley to elevator upwardly a new platform for you. Spring across, then go up the stairs on the correct to activate the next pulley.

You will desire to motility the 2 platforms so you lot tin jump into a hidden cave from the right platform. Inside the cave is a bottle containing Helm Bones' Special Recipe. Grab the bottle, open the door from the inside, and go back to the chess game.

Pour the Special Recipe in the tankard — the skeleton volition beverage as well much until its head explodes, but at least yous'll get the A Powerful Thirst commendation. Afterward that, you will need to buy into the game. Y'all can just do so with Poor Dougie'due south Medallion. Place it on the chessboard, and then place Captain Cursed on the headless skeleton; he will handily win the chess game.

Your reward will be a Send'southward Key — return to the outset pulley-operated elevator, and then get up to reach the door it opens. You volition get the Transport of Thieves commendation for opening the door and can take all of the gilded that'due south within. Before you lot go out, be sure to angle the sails — this will allow you lot to point the lighthouse at a beacon behind the sails to get to the Headless Monkey shipwreck.