Guide to the Wild Rose Tall Tale
Lovers lost at sea…
Briggsy knew of Wild Rose… Can two lost lovers lead the way to the Shores of Gold?
Tall Tales are story-based voyages in the Sea of Thieves that you can experience with your crew in the game’s shared world. They tell a narrative and involve solving puzzles, using unique mechanics, and overcoming perils.
Wild Rose is the fifth part of the Shores of Gold saga. To start from the beginning, check out our guide to The Shroudbreaker.
This guide walks through the Wild Rose Tall Tale, detailing what to expect at each step, as well as where to find those pesky hidden Journals. This guide may contain spoilers, so read at your own risk.
Rewards for Wild Rose
- Complete the Tale for the first time: Rose’s Compass cosmetic
- Complete the Tale 5 times and discover all hidden journals: Wild Rose Wheel ship cosmetic
- Every time you complete the Tale, you also pocket 8,000 Gold
The locations of the 5 hidden journals are included at the bottom of this guide
Completing Wild Rose
Starting Location: The book where you can vote to begin this tale is on Sanctuary Outpost, in the Order of Souls tent.
Chapter 1: Read the Quest Book’s pages to learn about the history of Rose and George’s relationship. Read the whole journal, don’t go blindly searching every named island that they mention- most of these pages are clues that won’t come into play until later. One page in particular will specifically point you to the location of a buried Chest. Inside the chest are more pages for the Quest Book.
Chapter 2: Combine the new pages’ hints with information you read earlier in the journal. Each of the two final pages will lead to a different Quest Item. Take the two items back to Madame Olive at Sanctuary Outpost and give each to her. She will give you an Enchanted Compass that will appear in your Quest Wheel.
Chapter 3: The Enchanted Compass will lead you to a Quest Item that you’ll need to take with you, as well as some more pages for the Quest Book.
Chapter 4: After retrieving this Quest Item, the Compass will point to a new destination where you’ll retrieve a second Quest Item that you’ll need to take as well.
Final Chapter: Bring both Quest Items back to Madame Olive at Sanctuary Outpost to complete this Tale.
Journal Locations
When a Tall Tale is active, it places journals in the world for you to discover and read. These add details to the story, and also are required to unlock the final commendation of the Tale and earn a cosmetic reward.
I don’t recommend finding journals on your first play through of a Tale, as you may have to sail out of your way and distract from the adventure and story!
If you prefer to discover the journals on your own, stop reading now. If not, here’s where you can discover each one:
- Rapier Cay- by the barrels
- Cannon Cove- by a campfire barrel
- Lone Cove- by the rock in the middle of the island
- Lagoon of Whispers- East side on a barrel
- Sailor’s Bounty- on a smaller island to the North East next to the pile of barrels
Congratulations on completing Wild Rose! Check out our guide to the Art of the Trickster to continue the saga!
