The Legendary Storyteller Walkthrough

This is a detailed walkthrough of the The Legendary Storyteller quest. The Legendary Storyteller page describes the quest without spoilers.

The Tale Book
Once the Crew has voted on the Tall Tale and listened to the Tasha, they are given the Tale Book, which they can find and take out in the  menu. Any Tale Book can be viewed with the  button (Left Mouse Button/Right Trigger). Once taking a closer look at the Tale Book, it's pages can be turned with the  and   keys on a Keyboard and the   and   buttons on a Controller.

The first pages of the Tall Tale book are always the same:

Opening
Begin by talking to Tasha at Ancient Spire Outpost. She will tell you the about herself as a girl and how she would listen to the stories of Captain Briggsy. Luckily, she wrote them all down and is willing to give you her hand drawn accounts of the fabled journeys. She will give you a Tall Tale book with some pages to get you started.

If you are seeking all of the commendations, you will need to grab Briggsy's Journals. All of the locations that you could visit on this quest are scattered all over the Sea Of Thieves as are the journals. You may or may not visit a place where (or near) a journal is located. Journal locations will be called out in puzzle locations below so you can grab them while you are there but be sure to visit the Briggsy's Journals section at the bottom of the walkthrough to collect those that you missed before ending the quest.

The Legendary Storyteller
The journal abridges three of Briggsy's adventures across the Sea of Thieves. You will be visiting these three locations to pick up three items, and  before continuing to the next phase of the quest. You will be hunting for Briggsy's Chest and the two keys that are required to open it; The Crown Key and The Chalice Key. The possible locations that you will need to visit correspond to the title of stories that are in the Tale Book. Click on the story title below to show the location.

Island: Old Salts Atoll

Title: Baddies Attack

Dig just under the bow of the broken ship for this item.

Note: Now would be a good time to grab Briggsy's Journal #3

My Dream, My Wish
Once you have the three items you can open the chest to find that it contains a Carved Plank that aligns with formations on an unspecified island. Observing the backside of the plank will reveal coordinates of that island. Heading to that island and finding the depicted vista will reveal the location of the Ancient Crown. Once you get close to the spot indicated below you can hold the plank up until the near by scenery matches up to the holes to find your digging spot. Locate the coordinates on the back of your plank and click on them below to show the location.

Island: Mermaid's Hideaway

Standing near the rock on the north-East side of the pond, line the hole in the plank up with the tall stone pillar to the west to see where the crown is buried.

Note: Now would be a good time to grab Briggsy's Journal #2

Submit the Ancient Crown to Tasha to finish.

Briggsy's Journals
Looking at the Commendations of the Tall Tale, you may have noticed one of them requiring the Crew to find all of Briggsy's Journals. These five Journals can only be found and read when the Tall Tale is active and they are only present for the Crew who is doing the Tall Tale. Each of the Journals hints towards the location of the next journal.

The locations and the contents of the five Journals are presented below. Click Expand under any Journal to see an image of its exact location.

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A funny little rumour...
(North West sea cave, Lone Cove)


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I know where it is!
(North campfire, Mermaid's Hideaway)


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I need to go alone...
(Shipwreck bow, Old Salts Atoll)


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I can't go back...
(The Snake Pit tavern, Dagger Tooth Outpost)


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To Whoever Finds This...
(Bowsprit cage, Galleon's Grave Outpost)