Skeleton Captain
Skeleton Captains are Boss Skeletons that either appear solo or with waves of underlings during Bounty Quests on Islands. They also appear as the bosses of Skeleton Fortress raids or mini-bosses of certain Tall Tales. They have higher health than regular Skeletons and can appear as any type of Skeleton. Skeleton Captains are distinguished by their clothing and orange coloured nameplate.
Mechanics
Skeleton Captains appear in various situations. They can spawn as any type of Skeleton: Normal, Shadow Skeleton, Plant Skeleton or Gold Skeleton. Skeleton Captains can spawn without a Weapon, with a Cutlass, Flintlock Pistol or Blunderbuss. Skeleton Captains will generally not spawn with Gunpowder Barrels, although during an Order of Souls Emissary Quest, one Island will always spawn Gunpowder Skeleton Captains.
It takes around 17 Cutlass hits or 6-7 Combos to kill one Regular Captain, Shadow or Plant Skeleton Captain. Gold Skeleton Captains are strong against Cutlass hits but can be easily taken down with firearms or a single Gunpowder Barrel.
Any Crews sailing as Order of Souls Emissaries will gain Emissary Grade Reputation for killing Skeleton Captains.
Type, Locations, and Rewards
Bounty Quest Captains
Up to 4 Skeleton Captains can spawn at the same island during a Bounty Quest. These Captains will drop one of the 4 regular Bounty Skulls: Foul Bounty Skull, Disgraced Bounty Skull, Hateful Bounty Skull, Villainous Bounty Skull. Any Skeleton Captains appearing as a part of Bounty Quests in The Devil's Roar will drop one of the Ashen counterparts of these 4 skulls, which are worth nearly twice as much as their original versions. These Skulls can be sold to the Order of Souls for Gold and Reputation. A Bounty Quest Skeleton Captain is usually preceded by waves of regular Skeletons of any type.
Killing Captains found through Bounty Quests count toward:
- Hunter of Cursed Captains → Defeat 1000 Skeleton Captains
Killing Skeletons whose names are WITHOUT the "Captain" title are considered Skeleton Crew; killing them counts toward:
- Hunter of Cursed Crews → Defeat 180 Skeleton Crews
Skeleton Fort Captains
An active Skeleton Fort will spawn a Skeleton Captain as the first boss wave boss, who will drop a Stronghold Skull upon defeat. The Captain is as strong as any other Skeleton Captain and has the same mechanics as any other Captain.
Emergent Skeleton Captains
Emergent Skeleton Captains appear alone, roaming alone on the shores of Small or Large Islands. Upon defeat, an Emergent Skeleton Captain will always drop a Villainous Bounty Skull and a Skeleton’s Orders Quest with a small delay. The Quest will provide crews with a Treasure Map or Riddle Map for the Island the Skeleton Captain spawned on that will lead crews to high-value Treasure.
Ashen Guardians
Ashen Guardians are an Ashen Skeleton Captain that protect Ashen Chests. They can spawn as Emergent Skeleton Captains or during a Skeleton Fort's second boss wave. Drops a Villainous Bounty Skull and Ashen Guardian's Notes Quest that leads to an Ashen Chest.
Ashen Key Masters
Ashen Key Masters are an Ashen Skeleton Captain that protect Ashen Keys. They can spawn as Emergent Skeleton Captains or during a Skeleton Fort's second boss wave. Drops a Villainous Bounty Skull and an Ashen Key Master's Notes that leads to an Ashen Key.
Tall Tale Skeleton Captains
These are the various Skeleton Captains encountered during Tall Tales chapters.
- Captain Avery - The Skeleton Captain who is guarding the Skeleton Key in The Cursed Rogue Tall Tale.
- Captain Blake - The Skeleton Captain who is guarding the Skeleton Chest in The Cursed Rogue Tall Tale.
- Rooke - A Skeleton Captain who is guarding George's Pendant in the Wild Rose Tall Tale.
- Captain of the Lair - A nameless Skeleton Captain guarding the Trapmaker's Lair in The Art of the Trickster Tall Tale.
- Captain of the Vault - Nameless Coral Skeleton Captains who guard the Ancient Vault in The Art of the Trickster Tall Tale.
- Captain Gripper - A Skeleton Captain who is guarding Graymarrow's Orders in the Revenge of the Morningstar.
- Captain Shaw - A Skeleton Captain who is guarding Graymarrow's Orders in the Revenge of the Morningstar.
- Captain Adara - The Captain of The Ashen Dragon, guarding its cargo in The Seabound Soul Tall Tale.
List of Skeleton Captain names
Every Bounty Map or Emergent Skeleton Captain is named.
The following is an alphabetical list of all the documented Skeleton Captain names. These names can appear with or without the "Captain" title.
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Trivia
- Multiple Skeleton Captains can spawn on the same voyage and share the same name.
- Skeleton Captain names are playful variations of the real life names of Rare Ltd employees.
- Logun was added as an Easter Egg in July 2019 for Captain Logun who has been producing the Keelhauled Podcast since Feb. 2018.
Gallery
An Emergent Ashen Key Master.
An Emergent Ashen Guardian.
Patch history
- 2.6.2 (September 29, 2022)
- Emergent Skeleton Captains now progress the Hunter of Cursed Captains Commendation when defeated.
- 2.6.1 (September 1, 2022)
- A once notoriously quick Skeleton Captain ("Quick Dicken") can no longer be found appearing on islands across the Sea of Thieves, thanks to his moniker unintentionally contravening the new naming filter introduced with Captaincy...
- 2.5.3 (June 26, 2022)
- Skeleton Captain names shown on Bounty Quests from the Order of Souls now display correctly in Japanese.
- 2.2.1 (August 17, 2021)
- Emergent Skeleton Captains should now drop Riddle Maps and X Marks the Spot Maps when defeated.
- 1.0.2 (April 4, 2018)
- Bounty Captains will no longer spawn multiple times.
- First Release (March 20, 2018)
- Introduced.
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