Are you a guy whose been on COUNTLESS dark sea expeditions yet each one is a failure because your brig gets jumped by a billion atlantean brigs, you’re eaten by a shark, you find absolutely no islands, or any other stupid reason? this post is literally the solution for all of that. The method im about to show ya is made by armored soup or the exploding overalls guy, just tryna bring it into the light and add more to it (and maybe crash the price of armored and powerful lol).
Armor
So for this tactic youll want at least 3 or 4 warding, at least 200 agility, and 50-100 defense (or more if you’d like but from my personal experience i never die with this build) The budget build below is customizable to your liking and i tried to make it as affordable as possible.
Budget build
The empty slot is for anything you want for a little extra defense (a helmet, cernyx faulds, etc.). If you have some spare theurgist stuff/warding scrolls, spare lapis, and spare nimble, then this build is just fine for you. I recommend you add a bit of defense to it
For this you will also need perfect jewelcrafting. If you dont have perfect jewelcrafting, you can always ask a friend to craft jewels for you or i can too.
Here is the finished build i suggest, can go to any range. This build can be customized to your liking
Finished Build
Ship
As for your ship, durability wont be necessary, but feel free to use high durability if you want to. No cannons will be needed since the best thing to do when encountering an atlantean brig is RUN AWAY. (unfortunately though you won’t be able to sink ketch for free health pack)
I suggest this brig build (maxed deckhands so they give the most stats). Make sure to put a fast enchant on the ram
https://tools.arcaneodyssey.net/shipBuilder#4*13,4*2,1*0,0*5,7*11,0*1*8,6,6,6
If you cant get this brig build, thats completely fine. Youll basically need a minimum of 100 ship speed, 12k durability and 100 stability.
Preparation
First you wanna get a lot of clearstones for clearsight potions. Clearstones can be obtained by breaking the stalactite rocks at Mount Orthys. For potions I recommend brews since they have many uses.
Next youll need jade pearls for invisibility potions. These can be found inside clams at diving points.
Where do I find diving points? Diving points can be found near the forest of cernunno or just around the world. If youre having trouble finding diving points use a sea chart and go where it tells you.
Where do I find sea charts? Sea charts can be obtained from chests and theres many chests at ravenna and some quick easy ones at sailor’s lodge/frostmill.
Before diving, make sure to use water breathing potions as always
Finally get tons of cargo, hero or villain, trust me you WILL need it
The Plan
As soon as you get to the dark sea, youre gonna visit at least insanity 1 (if you are strong enough go to insanity 2 or 3). If you are in insanity 1 make sure to be quick because there won’t be many sealed chests at siren islands. I like to go no more than insanity 3 since less siren islands spawn in insanity 4 and the ships are EXTREMELY strong. While we are sailing, we will not stop at any islands except siren ones
By now you should be at the insanity range you wanted. From here, sail in a direction so that your dark sea compass looks like its going “east” or “west” relative to the dark sea. (Yet another reason why you should learn to read a compass)
Make sure to turn your volume up and that your in game music is on. If you hear ship battle music, you can quickly escape the Atlantean ship before its too late.
Upon finding a siren island, pop an invis potion and loot all the chests. If you hear any sort of battle theme while looting the island, hop on your ship and get away immediately. Sail until you are far away and find another siren island. If its a ketch and not a brig then things are complicated since it wouldn’t be smart to attack the crew. If you are strong enough though, you can attack the crew.
Keep looking for siren islands over and over again. By the time you have the number of sealed chests you want, sail back to the bronze sea.
Tips
Wearing iron armor in the vanity tab of your player can protect you from limb loss and replace it with armor break. This is extremely useful if you get struck by lightning a lot
siren islands in the far reaches can have 8 dark sealed chests which is a HAUL. It is not worth it all to fight sirens in the far reaches since there can be more than 6 sirens or maybe even 10
Only use deckhand abilities in dire situations or shipbuilder when your ship is REALLY low. What I like to do is after a while when my ship is low, i stop my ship, use my shipbuilder’s ability, then start repairing until its at a good level.
Remember to use the brace ship ability when a wave is about to hit you
Rams can be activated on ghost ships to boost your speed
Sailing around circular or bumpy islands while a ship is chasing you can cause it to crash and eventually sink
If you find an island in the far reaches, it may be worth it to loot it since they can also have many dark sealed chests. Islands in the far reaches tend to be big though.
yay
thats about all i have for people struggling with getting stuff in the stupid jank sea. This method doesn’t yield alot of thornflowers and stuff so feel free to explore an island every now and then. after this post ill return to my until february break
