Maiden Voyage

"Learn the ropes on your first adventure, the passage to the Sea of Thieves."

The Maiden Voyage is a standalone introductory Tall Tale released with the December 2019 Sea of Thieves Festival of Giving Content Update.

Mechanics
The Maiden Voyage is very different from any other Tall Tale in game, but it listed as such under the Reputation Menu with its own Commendations, Rewards and Titles.

The main difference is that this Tall Tale is a Solo adventure and cannot be voted on. Instead, Players are tasked with completing this Voyage after creating their Pirate in the Infinite Pirate Generator and before setting sail to the Sea of Thieves. The Maiden Voyage can always be replayed from the Main Menu, where there is a designated button for the Voyage in the bottom-right corner.

The Voyage
The main NPC related to this Tale is the ghostly Pirate Lord himself, guiding the Player through the main aspects of the game on Old Sailor’s Isle, a Large Island hidden in the Devil’s Shroud.

Players are introduced to Eating Food, fighting with Weapons, using Equipment items and a Treasure Map to dig up an Old Sailor’s Chest, maintaining a Sloop’s Mast, Repairs, Sails, Anchor and Wheel and shooting Cannons.

After all of these actions are performed, the Player can then sail through the Devil’s Shroud towards The Sea of Thieves.

Cooking and Fishing
In addition to the base mechanics, Old Sailor’s Isle is hiding the introduction to a couple of additional mechanics, hinted at in the Maiden Voyage Commendations, hidden in the Tall Tales section of the Reputation Menu.

Curious players can learn the Cooking of food, by either killing any of the Island’s Chicken for Meat, or catching some Fish with a Fishing Rod (which by itself is introduced when taking out the Fishing Rod Item) and putting these Food items on a Campfire. There are two Campfires on Old Sailor’s Isle, one right by where the Player spawns near the Pirate Lord, and another hidden inside a Cave.

Cannon Fire
Players are taught how to use the Cannons once they are aboard their Sloop, however attentive players will find an additional Cannon on the shipwreck of the Magpie’s Fortune with a handful of Cannonballs in the Cannonball Barrel below. Here, players are taught that they can not only shoot Cannonballs out of Cannons, but also themselves!

The Rowboat Cave
At the Island with the tallest Peak, players will find a closed off door with a Lever to open it. This will lead players to a hidden Cave with an additional Campfire and two steps of interactable objects to reveal the Cave’s final secret. The Player will need to drop a drawbridge by using a Capstan and then use a Pulley to lift another wooden door. This will lead players to a lonely Rowboat with a complete tutorial on how to use these small vessels.

Secrets
Despite being a Tutorial Island, Old Sailor’s Isle has quite a few secrets hidden away, which are all hinted at in the Maiden Voyage Commendations. The most notable Secret is the Rowboat Cave described above, however there are still a few hidden valuables on the Island. Upon careful searching, players can find up to 10 Journals hidden away on Old Sailor’s Isle, which are all documented with their locations at the Journal subsection below.

The ultimate hidden secret of Old Sailor’s Isle, is the Pirate Lord’s Hideout below the Magpie’s Fortune. A more attentive player can find that there is a locked hatch below the massive shipwreck, seemly requiring a key.

Journals
There are 10 Journals written by the Pirate Lord that are hidden on Old Sailor’s Isle during the Maiden Voyage. All 10 of these Journals have to be found and read for A Storied Crossing Commendation. The Journal transcriptions are presented below, with the Expand button showing the exact locations of each Journal. Reading these Journals are also part of Seasons' Trials.

01=

Regarding Merfolk
Outside of the door on the small Shipwreck on the North-Western side of the Island.


 * -|02=

The Sea of the Damned
In a cave behind a Waterfall, right by the Campfire.


 * -|03=

They Gave It a Name
Right next to the shipwrecked Magpie’s Fortune’s Wheel.


 * -|04=

Lost Secrets
On top of the Crow’s Nest of the shipwrecked Magpie’s Fortune’s.


 * -|05=

So Near and Yet…
In the front half of the shipwrecked Magpie’s Fortune. Resting by some broken barrels and foliage across from the hammock.


 * -|06=

The Lords of the Sea
Next to the Ladder by the Bridge connecting the two peaks together, resting on a rock in foliage below the shipwreck’s bowsprit.


 * -|07=

Paintings from the Past
On the very top of the peak of the second island. You can shoot yourself nearby with the Magpie’s Fortune Cannon.


 * -|08=

Making Camp
In a crate by the Campfire inside the Cave below the tallest peak. You will need to use a lever by the portcullis to access the cave.


 * -|09=

A Ship That Fits
Hidden inside the Rowboat cave. There is a ladder going up to a grate in the cave, the Journal is right next to the grated wall.


 * -|10=

My Secret Plan
Inside the Pirate Lord’s Hideout. See the Secrets section above on how to access the Hideout.

Quest Items

 * Old Sailor’s Chest
 * Old Sailor’s Key

Commendations
Maiden Voyage Maiden Voyage

Titles
The following Title can be equipped at the Vanity Chest after finishing the Maiden Voyage:
 * Maiden Voyager Title - After braving the journey through the shroud you have reached the Sea of Thieves!

Trivia

 * When the player finds and sits in the Rowboat, a rendition of "Row Row Row Your Boat" starts playing.
 * Players speculate that the Large Island seen outside of the Shroud in the final cutscene is Thieves' Haven, as it is closest to the map's edge and has similar features.
 * Therefore it can be determined that Old Sailor Isle is south of Thieves' Haven, just beyond the Devil's Shroud.

Gallery
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