Beginner's Guide to Skull and Bones: Tips and Tricks to Get Started

Skull and Bones is an action-packed naval warfare game where you take on the role of a pirate captain commanding your own ship. Learn more about the game in our beginner's guide and discover all the tips and tricks here.

Beginner's Guide to Skull and Bones

Best Tips for Beginners
Stock Up on Metal Salvage Turn on Ship Subtitles Manage Your Cargo Use Your Journal to Track Activities Prioritize Purchasing Blueprints Raise Your Infamy by Accepting Contracts Play with Friends or Other Online Players

Stock Up on Metal Salvage for Ammunition

Metal Salvage are Flawed Materials that are very common near shipwrecks and sites of battle. Unlike other flawed materials, these still have use even in late game since you can craft Cannonbal Crates with them, which will provide you with 100 Cannonballs.

Make it a habit to loot Metal Salvage whenever you can so you'll always have a healthy stock of basic cannonballs for when you run out of your more specialized ammo!

How to Get Metal Salvage

Turn on Ship Subtitles

Your ship crew will often comment about things you encounter in the game, often remarking on the outposts and settlements you pass by or even commenting if you need to upgrade your tools!

We recommend turning on ship subtitles since the crew dialogue can become harder to hear when you're fighting other ships or plundering.

Best Settings

How to Turn on Ship Subtitles

Language Settings	Head to Language Settings and click on Subtitle Language
Subtitle Settings	Turn on My Ship in the Subtitles menu

Turn on the My Ship subtitles will cause subtitles to appear when you crew is talking, and will make it easier for you understand the information they're trying to tell you.

This includes giving a more detailed rundown of ships that you can with your Spyglass, including if the ship that you just scanned has the items you need for the main campaign and side contracts!

Manage Your Cargo

Going over your ship capacity will slow you down until you can't move and make you an easier target for hostile ships!

Before setting sail, make sure to only bring necessary items such as ammo, food to keep up your ship speed, and repair kits.

How to Carry More Cargo

Carry Commodities to sell but leave crafting materials in the warehouse

If you need to sell items, make sure to bring only commodities and leave heavier items such as crafting materials and flawed materials in the warehouse.

Best Items to Sell

Use Your Journal to Track Activities

In Skull and Bones, you will also receive a journal that indicates all active contracts, side-quests, events, and treasure maps. Use this to get a clearer idea of what you need to do next to progress in the game.

Prioritize Purchasing Blueprints

Once you have some silver to spare, we recommend purchasing Blueprints first from the merchants and vendors across the world.

Purchasing blueprints unlock weapons, armor, and ships that will soon give you an advantage on the open seas against pirates, privateers, and other dangerous forces you may encounter in the game!

List of All Blueprints

Raise Your Infamy by Accepting Contracts

Infamy serves as the experience system in Skull and Bones. With infamy, you can unlock various rewards, including weapons, ships, and other resources for use in your next naval combat.

To earn more Infamy fast, do Main Contracts via campaign progression and Side Contracts via the contract board. You also get infamy by sinking ships, hunting wildlife, plundering settlements, and passively while sailing around.

How to Raise Infamy Fast

Play with Friends or Other Online Players

Skull and Bones will heavily focus on multiplayer gameplay, so playing with friends or others is essential for the best experience. By teaming up with others, you can lessen the difficulty of higher-level contracts and PvP/PvE combat with your party.

All Multiplayer and Co-op Features

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Interactive Map	Ships
Ship Weapons	Ship Armors
Ship Furniture	Resources and Materials
Tips and Tricks	Main Contracts
World Events	Investigations
Side Contracts	Treasures
Blueprints	Tools
Bounties and Elite Captains	Infamy
The Helm	Achievements
Cosmetics	Ship Cosmetics
Factions	Vendors and Shops
Battle Pass	Seasons
Characters	Bugs and Errors
News and Updates	Commodities
Food	-