my theory is that the one update with the deckhand overhaul (not sure whether it was before, after or during ds update) also kinda overhauled the ghosts because something with the deckhands being able to attack or something
actually nvm thats a stupid argument
ok new argument
deckhands having the ability to attack now (and any already recruited deckhands get rolled once so people dont get merciful deckhands) → that somehow applied to ds ghosts
yeah this is just a bugged ghost. on occasion deckhands in cities can spawn in as functional NPCs with health bars and moves, i believe this is the same thing but for ghosts in the dark sea
If I remember correctly, you could get the “???” Boss bar from a Dark sea ghost if you attack it immediately after it spawns before the full release update that is. Maybe it is related to something like that? Like maybe when the ghost spawn the storms in the dark sea damaged it which caused it to break and do that.
Or ig it’s from island getting unloaded after the ghost spawned, resulting in it breaking.