Skeleton Runes
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Skeleton Runes, or Skeleton Glyphs, are the written symbols of an arcane language used by Skeletons and Skeleton Lords. They were first seen on the Box of Wondrous Secrets and are used on a number of items, and locations. The deck of Obscure Fortune-Telling Cards is one notable occurrence of Skeleton Runes, and are used to tease upcoming content.
Main article: Season 16/Teasers
Leading up to the release of Season 16, Madame Olga's Obscure Fortune-Telling Cards revealed a message: "Order Bone Blade" foretelling the arrival of Flameheart's elite skeletons, the Order of Bone and Blade. This new band of skeletons have since vandalized Madame Olga's building and all Outposts across The Sea of Thieves with graffiti messages written in skeleton runes.
Translated runes
These are runes with definitions that are mostly stated through clear direct translations.
(Note: † denotes "presumed" translations arrived by context or clues, but have not been explicitly translated or otherwise officially confirmed. Many of which originated from Season Three teasers.)
Numbers
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Words
A-E
All
Ancient
"Ashen" †
Awake / "Waking" †
Beach
Below
Blade
Bone
Cage
Camp
Captain
Cave
Chalice
Chest
Crew
"Curse(d)" †
Danger / "Death" †- "Death" † / Danger
Dig
East
Eternity
F-L
Face
Flame
For
"Fortress" †
From
"Ghost/Phantom?" †
Glory
Gold
Heart
Hits
"Inside" †
King
"Kingdom" †
Kraken
"Life" †
Lord
N-S
Merfolk
North Star
North
Order
Pirate
"Prisoner/Trapped?" †
Reaper(s)
(Reaper's Bones logo)
Record
Resurrection
Rising Sun
Ritual
Rock / Stone
Sea / Waves
Setting Sun
Shark
Ship
"Silver" †
"Siren" †
Skeleton
Skull
Sleep
"Song" †
South- Stone / Rock
Sun
T-Z
"Time" †
Alternate example of "Time" †
To
"Treasure" †
Tree- "Waking" † / Awake
Walk
Water- Waves / Sea
West
When
Unknown runes
These are runes that have no known translation.
No translations
An alternate orientation for "Waking" †
Similar to "Curse"
Seen on sketches of Reaper's Heart Pets and Reaper's Bones Rings of Distinction V
Similar to "Curse"
Seen Scar of Cursed Bone
Similar to "Flame"
Seen on Flameheart's sarcophagus
Similar to "Flame"
Seen on the new Masked Renegade Hull
Seen on Reaper's Bones Set ship pieces
Seen on Gifts and the Reaper's Bones Hull
Seen on the Reaper's Bones Hull
Seen on the pedestal at the entrance to the Heart of Fire and during The Herald of the Flame Adventure
Seen at the entrance to the Heart of Fire and on Masked Renegade Cannons
Seen on sails used by the Reaper's Bones
Seen during The Herald of the Flame Adventure
Seen at the start of Chapter 5 in the Heart of Fire novel
Seen at the start of Chapter 7 in the Heart of Fire novel
Seen at the start of Chapter 9 in the Heart of Fire novel
Seen at the start of Chapter 11 in the Heart of Fire novel (Closely matches "Fort")
Seen at the start of Chapter 13 in the Heart of Fire novel
Seen at the start of Chapter 15 in the Heart of Fire novel and during The Herald of the Flame Adventure
Commonly used by the Order of Souls
Commonly used by the Order of Souls
Similar to previous, seen on the Masked Renegade Cannons
Similar to previous, seen on the Masked Renegade Cannons
Seen on the Masked Renegade Wheel
Seen on the Masked Renegade Cannons
Seen on the Masked Renegade Cannons
Seen on the Masked Renegade Cannons
Seen on the Masked Renegade Cannons
Seen on the Masked Renegade Cannons
Seen on the Masked Renegade Cannons
Unconfirmed runes
These runes bear similarities to Skeleton Runes, but have less concrete connection to the language and therefore may not be Skeleton Runes at all.
Appears on the Frostbite Cannon
Appears on the Frostbite Cannon
Gallery
In-game examples
A cipher found during Revenge of the Morningstar translates several runes.
Box of Wondrous Secrets
"Skeleton", "Lord", "Beach", "Flame" "to" "Heart"
Ashen Chest
"(Ashen?)" & "Resurrection"
Tomes of Curses
(Cursed?) & "Chest"
Tomes of Power
"(Ashen?) Lord"
Tomes of Fire
"Flame Heart"
Tomes of Resurrection
"Resurrection"
Generous Gift
(???)
Reaper’s Bounty
(???) & "Gold"
Mysterious Key
"Flame"
Stitcher’s Chest of Rage
(Cursed?) & "Chest"
Notorious Reaper Cannons
"Chalice", (???), (???)
Reaper’s Bones Hull
"Resurrection" & several unknown runes.
(???) & "Sea King Ship"
Rear sail: (???) & "Crew",
Front sail: (???) & "Captain"![Carved on the floor of The Reaper’s Hideout "Pirates For All Eternity" [1]](/images/thumb/4/43/Reapers_Hideout_glyphs_on_floor.png/120px-Reapers_Hideout_glyphs_on_floor.png?5970aa)
Similar runes appear at the Reaper's Shrines
"Crews (Cursed?) For All Eternity"
Banner for Reaper's Bones Emissaries
Ancient (???) Eternity/Eternal(?) Order
Sketch of the Reaper's Heart Parrot, found in The Reaper’s Hideout
Sketches of Reaper's Heart Pets, found in The Reaper’s Hideout
Sketches of Reaper's Heart Pets, found on the Reaper's Bones Emissary Tables
The Sarcophagus in The Seabound Soul.
In Stitcher Jim's Lair
"Flame"
In Stitcher Jim's Lair
"Ritual"
In Stitcher Jim's Lair
"King"
In Stitcher Jim's Lair
"Heart"
In Stitcher Jim's Lair
"Gold"
In Stitcher Jim's Lair
"Lord"
Flameheart's Lair in Heart of Fire
"Pirates For All Eternity"
Pedestal at the entrance to the Heart of Fire
(???), "To", (???)
Inside Flameheart's Lair
Pirates For All Eternity Cursed to Fire
![Carved on the floor of The Reaper’s Hideout "Pirates For All Eternity" [1]](/wiki/File:Reapers_Hideout_glyphs_on_floor.png)
"Flame Ritual: Flame from Pirate to Camp; Skull to Flame Skeleton Lord Resurrection; Lord to Face Captain Flame to Heart; Cage Flame to Heart for Eternity."
"Silver Blade Ship Below"
"Treasure Inside Sea Kingdom"
"Waking"
"Kraken"
"Below Face Death"
"Merfolk"
"Pirate Ship Treasure Chest"
"Cursed Bone Inside"
"North & Bone, East & Sea, South & Silver, West & Gold"
"Glory to (???)"
"Death to (???)"
"Pirates For All Eternity"
See also
References
- ↑ Mike Chapman (Twitter), March 15, 2020: Explaining the runes on the Reaper's Hideout floor.