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Fort of the Damned

Banishing the Damned achievement in Sea of Thieves

Banishing the Damned

Clear the Fort of the Damned of all enemies, 10 times.

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How to unlock the Banishing the Damned achievement

  • British LegendsBritish Legends
    20 Oct 2019 19 Oct 2019 20 Oct 2019
    Note: at the time of writing the fort completion commendation is not tracking 100% correctly. However Rare are working on a fix and you may not experience any issues by the time you attempt this.

    I personally found it easier to server hop between games on a sloop until I could see the big red-eyed skull in the sky. At which point I would sail over and sneakily hide myself on the island, letting the other crew do all the work, until the battle was won and the vault opened. You don't have to do any damage to the skeletons or the boss to be awarded the completion, as long as you're present on the island when the vault is opened. Currently, if you die during the battle the completion may not be awarded, part of the buggy tracking mentioned above. I found hiding at the top of the fort, climbing the ladder to the top of tower should be a safe place and other pirates rarely head up. As time goes by it will become harder to find games with an active fort, since less people will play, so this may not be viable in the long term.

    Alternatively, if you wish to complete the event "properly" you need to collect all six lantern colours and either complete a Skull Seeker voyage, or spend 35k gold to buy a Skull Stash voyage from Duke which short cuts obtaining the skull needed to activate the fort. Head over to the Fort of the Damned, light the lanterns inside the fort with each corresponding colour and place the skull on to the skeleton to start the event. Kill the multiple rounds of shadow skellies (using the lanterns to make them vulnerable) and finally kill Greymarrow. He has the same mechanics as those during the Tall Tale mission. It's definitely not something I'd advise to attempt solo, it's a very challenging fight, so bring a crew with you.

    A fort of the damned completion is awarded the moment the key is used to open the vault. Not when the boss is killed. You can turn up after the boss has been defeated and open the vault and still be awarded the completion. I arrived at a fort that had just finished, stole a key while the other 2 ships were fighting, came back later and opened the vault and was awarded the completion. Again not dying in the process was important for the tracker to count.

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    British LegendsVAS taijyn, please post in the forums or create a gaming session. Try not to spam these sorts of requests on solutions, thanks. toast
    Posted by British Legends on 10 Jul 20 at 10:51
    N8 VisionI can confirm that only one crewmember have to be on the fortress. My mate was at devils thirst while I was at fort of the damned and a other crew have opened the vault. It counts for all crew members
    Posted by N8 Vision on 05 Mar 21 at 21:24
    mga74Anyone people still looking to do this send me a message on Xbox as I need to finish these thanks
    Posted by mga74 on 11 May 22 at 07:52
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  • xxDAMRONxxxxDAMRONxx
    21 Oct 2019 19 Oct 2019
    Ahoy Maties! This achievement requires you to clear the fort of the damned 10 times! See the below video I made for how to get started and some tips to clearing the fort!

    -Damron Out!

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