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A walkthrough guide for The Art of the Trickster Tall Tale in Sea of Thieves. Read on to see a complete Tall Tale walkthrough and guide for The Art of the Trickster, including info on how to get all its Commendations and a list of its completion rewards.
◄ Previous Tall Tale | Next Tall Tale ▶ |
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Wild Rose | The Fate of the Morningstar |
List of Contents
The Art of the Trickster | |
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Story Arc | Shores of Gold |
Quest Location | Next to Salty at the shipwreck on the east side of Plunder Valley. |
Reward |
8000 Gold (High Seas) 2400 Gold (Safer Seas) Rum Bottle Spyglass |
◄ Previous Tall Tale | Next Tall Tale ▶ |
Wild Rose | The Fate of the Morningstar |
World Location | |
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Map Location |
Head to the east side of Plunder Valley (G-16) and find the campfire and a large rock with paintings on it. Next to the campfire is Salty, the skeleton parrot that will give you the Tall Tale book.
Note: This Tall Tale can also be started from your quest table. However, you will still need to go to Plunder Valley and speak to Salty in order to unlock the Tall Tale book with clues.
Map Location | |
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World Location |
Starting from Salty, use your compass and head west. Find the cave entrance that has a painting of three red triangles and two black lines on the large leftmost rock and a torch on the right side.
Head inside the cave and turn left until you can see a glowing blue-green mushroom. From the mushroom, turn right to enter the cave that has a lot of skeletons in it.
All Skeleton Puzzles | |
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The forsaken Captain points to fire and ash | Hand in hand, two lovers face their destiny |
The Rum Runner laid her drink to rest | The thief hides behind her mask of gold |
This puzzle requires you to rearrange the skeletons in the room to match the description of the "stories told in lifeless bone (skeletons)" on page 4 of the Tale Book.
Find the skeleton with the glowing red necklace and move its arm so it is pointing at the campfire.
Find the two skeletons with red jewels on their eye sockets. Move their skeleton arms until their hands are touching.
Find the skeleton with a tankard next to the campfire and interact with it until its arm that holds the tankard is on the ground.
Find the skeleton sitting next to the campfire and interact with it until its arm is holding the mask on its face.
After solving the skeleton puzzle, a cage containing a skeleton will descend down in the middle of the area. Retreive the Trapmaker's Spyglass and Trapmaker's Note to proceed to the next objective.
After picking up the Trapmaker's Note, check the new page of the Tale Book. The new page varies per playthrough as it may direct you to a riddle found at Discovery Ridge or Plunder Valley.
No. | How to Solve the Trapmaker's Note Riddle |
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1 | Head to the location marked with a black circle on the Tale Book. Use the Map table to match the ridges of the bird's eye view illustration on the Tale Book. |
2 | Find the white skull on the floor and stand on top of it. |
3 | Use the Trapmaker's Spyglass to line up the two objects on the skull's eyesockets. The two objects mentioned in the Tale Book vary per playthrough. |
4 | Dig on the spot where the X mark is on the Trapmaker's Spyglass to obtain another Trapmaker's Note. Do this four times until you dig out the Trapmaker’s Gunpowder Key. |
Trapmaker's Symbol Location | |
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Clue Page | Spyglass View |
Trapmaker's Symbol Location | |
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Clue Page | Spyglass View |
Trapmaker's Symbol Location | |
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Clue Page | Spyglass View |
Trapmaker's Symbol Location | |
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Clue Page | Spyglass View |
Sailor's Bounty Location | |
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Ditch Entrance Location |
Head to Sailor's Bounty (C-4) with the Trapmaker's Gunpowder Key on board. Once you arrive at the island, head to the very center of the island until you can find the ditch.
Drop down on the ditch and enter on either of the narrow hallways on the sides. These all lead to the same area. Follow the Trapmaker's icon in the area as they lead you to the correct path.
Once you enter either of the narrow hallways, avoid stepping on the wooden planks on the floor. These are pressure traps that activate when you step on them.
Once you arrive at an open area, place the Trapmaker's Gunpowder Key on the pedestal. Make sure to prepare first as this activates waves of skeletons that you need to defeat to move on to the next objective.
Defeat all the skeletons and the captain as they spawn from the ground. A Totem Key and additional Trapmaker's Notes will appear once you have successfully defeated all the enemies.
There are levers on the area that you can use to activate traps to kill multiple skeletons at once. Note that these traps can harm you as well, so be careful when activating them.
If the skeletons kill you on this part of the Tall Tale while playing solo, you will restart from the checkpoint where you placed the Trapmaker's Gunpowder Key on the pedestal.
Totem Key | Location |
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Moon Totem | Crescent Isle (B-9) |
Pick up the Totem Key and head back to your ship. Read the new pages of the Tale Book to see the next destination.
If you are playing solo and got struck by the spike traps on your way back, you will spawn on your ship and you will have to go back to the area where you dropped the Totem Key.
Once you reach the location of the totem's corresponding vault, light the four braziers to activate it.
This opens a door that leads to the Shroudbreaker Stone but also closes the door leading to the exit.
There will be three waves of enemies and a captain that will appear after. Defeat them and place the three medallions that the captains drop to unlock the exit.
Head back to Plunder Valley (G-16) and talk to Salty to complete the Tall Tale.
No. | All The Art of the Trickster Journal Locations |
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1 | The Perfect Trap |
2 | Bait and Switch |
3 | Making My Point |
4 | We Want Plates |
5 | A Worthy Opponent |
You can find The Perfect Trap journal in the cave with the skeleton puzzle in Plunder Valley (G-16).
This journal is located at the top of Discovery Ridge near one of the Trapmaker's symbols.
You can find this journal under the table inside the Trapmaker's Lair at Sailor's Bounty (C-4).
Find the journal near the anvil inside the Trapmaker's Lair at Sailor's Bounty (C-4).
You can find this journal beside the foot of the bed inside the Trapmaker's Lair at Sailor's Bounty (C-4).
Commendation | Reward | How to Unlock |
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Art of the Trickster | Rum Bottle Spyglass | Complete 'Art of the Trickster'. |
Drinking in the View | None | Discover the Rum Bottle Spyglass. |
The Trickster's Folly | Trapmaker's Capstan | Legendary Commendation: Complete all commendations for 'The Art of the Trickster'. |
The Trickster's Key | None | Discover the Trapmaker's Key. |
The Trickster's Stone | None | Claim the Trapmaner's Shroudbreaker Stone. |
The Trickster's Tale | None | Legendary Commendation: Complete the Tale 5 times. |
Traps and Treasure | None | Discover all 5 of the Trapmaker's Journals. |
Maiden Voyage | |
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1 | Maiden Voyage |
Shores of Gold | |
1 | The Shroudbreaker |
2 | The Cursed Rogue |
3 | The Legendary Storyteller |
4 | Stars of a Thief |
5 | Wild Rose |
6 | The Art of the Trickster |
7 | The Fate of the Morningstar |
8 | Revenge of the Morningstar |
9 | Shores of Gold |
Ashen Age | |
1 | The Seabound Soul |
2 | Heart of Fire |
A Pirate's Life | |
1 | A Pirate's Life |
2 | The Sunken Pearl |
3 | Captains of the Damned |
4 | Dark Brethren |
5 | Lords of the Sea |
The Legend of Monkey Island | |
1 | The Journey to Melee Island |
2 | The Quest for Guybrush |
3 | The Lair of LeChuck |
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