Sequences 5 - 8 Detailed Walkthrough

Spoiler-free detailed steps, sub-missions, collectibles, and top discoveries for mid-game.

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Sequence 05: Forts & Conquest

Memory 01: Forts and Folly

Sub-Missions & Objective: Attack the military fort with your ship cannons, destroy the defensive towers, land your crew, and take out the fort commander in the war room.

  • Naval Tips: Fire mortar rounds while sailing in circles to dodge incoming fort artillery. Keep your distance.
  • Collectibles: 2 chests located inside the fort ramparts after taking it over.

100% Sync Optional Objectives

  • Mortar Wall Damage: Destroy at least two defensive walls using mortars.
Top Item to Discover: Fort Fast Travel Node (Capturing a fort reveals all secret chests and collectibles on the sea region).

Sequence 06: Diving Bells

Memory 01: San Ignacio Wreck

Sub-Missions & Objective: Buy a diving bell, submerge to the deep ocean floor, navigate the sunken wreckage, and retrieve Spanish treasures.

  • Undersea Tips: Avoid swimming in open waters; hide in seaweed on the ocean floor to bypass sharks. Recharge oxygen at air pockets.
  • Collectibles: 6 chests scattered throughout the deep sea cave and ship cabin.

100% Sync Optional Objectives

  • Chests: Recover all 6 chests from the ocean floor.
  • Shark Evader: Stay out of shark detection cones throughout the dive.
Top Item to Discover: Diving Bell Upgrade (Allows you to explore deep-sea shipwrecks for legendary blueprints).

Sequence 07: Medicine Runs

Memory 01: Florida Straits Camp

Sub-Missions & Objective: Infiltrate a marshy military camp, locate the keyholder, steal the keys to the warehouse without raising alarms, and carry the medicine back to your ship.

  • Tips: Climb the giant swamp trees to cross the camp from above. Use sleep darts on lookout towers.
  • Collectibles: 1 treasure map hidden in the swamp mud (reveals the treasure location on Cat Island).

100% Sync Optional Objectives

  • Cover Kills: Take down at least 3 guards from behind trees or tall grass.
Top Item to Discover: Swamp Treasure Map (Leads to a chest containing 3,000 Gold).

Sequence 08: The Royal Navy

Memory 01: Grand Bahama Blockade

Sub-Missions & Objective: Follow a suspicious British warship through a narrow reef channel, avoid getting spotted by guards, and destroy the trailing fleet.

  • Tips: Turn off sails to decrease turning radius in tight channels. Use mortars to initiate fights with gunboats.