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The Founding 2025 Event Guide

Happy Birthday Skull and Bones🎉
With the anniversary event upon us it is time to celebrate the first year of the game by taking a look at the mechanics, lore and rewards of the event.

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General

The event features an new enemy faction, the Scavengers which transport recovered cargo from the Exeter, which players might remember from the tutorial, in several convoys. Along that is nearly every boss encounter, like the Plague King or Chorus of Havoc world event active again offering for defeating them.

Lore

The Exeter, a large and heavily armed smuggling ship commanded by Captain Rassler, got sunk in an ambush by the British Trading Alliance defeating both it and its escorts resulting in the valuable cargo being lost to the sea.

British Fleet

Some sailors survived the attack and marooned on an atoll, rumored to be near the Mother of Shipwrecks outpost, with some making it to the pirate hideout Sainte-Anne, founded by John Scurlock.

The player being one of those brave souls.

Now, with several months passed since that eventful day, a new faction started attacking settlements under Scurlocks protection with some of them even carrying scavenged loot from the sunken Exeter. Scurlock, which barely recovered from his loss, is keen on getting his once lost cargo back and pays pirates a good tribute to help him with that.

Besides the hunt for the lost cargo, gather pirates from all around the Red Isle to celebrate another year of Sainte Anne's persistence, besides the rising tension on the seas with the rise of the Kingpins and the search for Freemans Lost Treasure.

Past Content

Back when the game launched, the tutorial was different with the player stranding near the wreck of the Exeter and being tasked to repair his dhow to make it to Sainte-Anne. This tutorial featured a dedicated map with several outpost, quests and more. Please bring the map back at some point Ubisoft.

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World Events

Scavenger Convoys

General

There are 3 convoys roaming the seas with each one having a different tier. While they are very similar they differ in their difficulty and the amount of rewards.

Versions

World Event	Rank	Description
Paying Dues	7	A band of greedy pirates has been spotted in the Indian Ocean. They are said to be carrying a valuable haul that they stole from Scurlock
Scurlock's Precious	10	The convoy that robbed Scurlock has arrived. Take down the thieves!
Thick as Thieves	13	Some rats from Sainte-Anne have stolen from Scurlock and plundered settlements nearby, having made off with a sizeable haul. Word is that the greedy scum are returning to the area, looking for targets.

These convoys can additionally drop epic Compagnie Treasure Chests or legendary Compagnie Treasure Chests.

Approach

Each convoy features two ships which carry an Recovered Exeter Chest and are escorted by several other ships including an named elite ship.
You first want to destroy the named elite ship as it will grant additional rewards including and which can be handed in at the Founding Chest in Sainte-Anne.

After that you can quickly destroy the two trading ships by using explosive weapons, like or , to clear the barrier. These carry the Recovered Exeter Chest and can be identified by their cargo attachements on the sides and aft, and also by using the spyglass.

When defeating selected ships you get, depending on the difficulty, additional ranging from 25-60 for an trading ship and 20 for the elite warship.

Possible Reward from Recovered Exeter Chest

Description

A chest of valuables recovered from the wreck of the Exeter.

Following is the reward tables for the Recovered Exeter Chest:

Items

Reward	Avg. Amount	Chance (%)1
Pieces of Eight	263,87	100
Eels' Twine	2,56	39
Orcas' Mechanism	2,86	30
Gannets' Saltpeter	3	4
Wyrm's Breath	2,67	26
	35,26	100
	2,57	100
Plate Glass	8,17	26
Wood Pitch	7,2	22
Lacquer	7,33	26
Dry Sand	7,17	26
Silver	1239,61	100
Cosmetic	1	31

¹ : Based on 23 chests opened.

Chest Info Image

Exclusive Cosmetics

Reward	Set
	Illustrious Founding Set
	Illustrious Founding Set
	Illustrious Founding Set
	Illustrious Founding Set

Free Premium Cosmetics

Reward1	Set
	Sky Phoenix Set
	Sky Phoenix Set
	Sky Phoenix Set
	Sky Phoenix Set
	Legendary Livery Set
	Legendary Livery Set
	Imperial Seer Set
	Imperial Seer Set
	Hubris and Folly Set
	Hubris and Folly Set
	Hubris and Folly Set
	Hubris and Folly Set
	La Potence Set
	La Potence Set
	La Potence Set
	La Potence Set
	Cadaver Fleet Set
	Cadaver Fleet Set

¹ : Drops confirmed by the community.

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Reward

This event features several rewards with the main one being the Illustrious Founding Set, the free premium cosmetics (listed above) and Silver Lions which can be exchanged at the Founding Chest at Scurlock's statue.

Founding Chest

To celebrate the anniversary and in honor of Sainte-Anne's founder, Scurlocks statue at the entrance of Sainte-Anne got cleaned, decorated and is now surrounded by treasures including the Founding Chest.

Here can be exchanged for the following items and cosmetics. Based on the news available the store will update each week, I will update the overview accordingly.

Week 1

Item/Cosmetic	Cost (Silver Lions)
	800
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,	500
	450
, , , , , , , ,	400
, , , ,	300
	200
, , ,	150
, , , , , , , , , ,	100

20 can also be purchased for 20 Sovereigns.

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