Wild Rose Walkthrough

This is a detailed walkthrough of the The Wild Rose quest. The Wild Rose page describes the quest without spoilers.

The Tale Book
Once the Crew has voted on the Tall Tale and listened to the Madame Olive, 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.

Pages 1-14 of the Tall Tale book are always the same:

Opening
Start off by talking to Madame Olive at Sanctuary Outpost. The Entrancing Madame will enlist your help in tracking down her best friend Rose who fell in love a handsome pirate named George but both have gone missing. Luckily Olive is in possession of Rose's diary and hopes you can track down some of the keepsakes that Rose wrote about. With those items, Olive thinks she can fashion a compass that would track down Rose and George.

The diary contains a large amount of exposition that details the couple's romantic exploits. Rose listed the location of the buried Chest of Memories that holds two Lovers Notes. The Notes, in turn, will lead you to the keepsakes that Olive requires.

If you are seeking all of the commendations, you will need to grab The Lovers' Notes. 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 The Lovers' Notes section at the bottom of the walkthrough to collect those that you missed before ending the quest.

Chest of Memories
Your first task will be to collect the Chest of Memories. Page 15 of the Tall Tale book will tell you where it is located. You can also click on the name of the island that is mentioned in the story below to find the exact location.

Make your way to the northern part of the island and dig to the left (if you are facing north) of the group of rocks.

Once you have obtained the Chest of Memories you will find some more pages for your Tall Tale book. The pages will lead you to the next task in your quest which is to find two more items; the George's Spice Box and Rose's Music Box. You can use these pages along with the information in the first 16 pages of your book to determine their location. Or, you can click on the name of the story below to see the exact location.

Tip: ''You will be picking up two items in this next part of the quest so you might want to bring the chest along for easy portability. This will also make it easier if you happen to find yourself in some unfortunate circumstance that has you abandoning ship and swimming for life to an island hoping against hope to find a rowboat. Not that such a circumstance would ever befall a pirate like yourself but one can never be too careful.''

Spice Box
Island: Cannon Cove

This one is on the northeast part of the island between two trees. Dig right where the grass meets the beach.

Note: While you are here, you might want to pick up The Lovers' Notes #2

Music Box
Island: Lone Cove

On the west side of the island just south of the cave and north of Deadshot Charlotte you will find a tree next to a small cliff. Dig just under the tree for this item.

Note: While you are here, you might want to pick up The Lovers' Notes #3

Submit these items to Madame Olive for her to trans-mutate.

Don't forget to grab the Lover's Compass from the table before you leave.

In Search of the Lovers
You will next discover the tragic fate of Rose and George. Unfortunately for the two, George had a way of attracting the wrong kind of women. In this case, a Skeleton Captain named Rooke who was the kind of woman to murder you and your would be wife on your wedding day.

Fortunately, the two love birds had special pendants to which they were spiritually bound.

Follow the Lover's Compass to Rose. Grab Rose's Pendant and one last love letter, then follow the compass to George (rather, his pendant). After a brief battle with the forlorn Skeleton Captain, you will be able to claim George's Pendant. Current known locations for either Rose or George are Cannon Cove, Crescent Isle, Lone Cove, Mermaid’s Hideaway, Plunder Valley, Sailor’s Bounty, Smuggler’s Bay, Snake Island, Shark Bait Cove, and Wanderer’s Refuge.

Note: If you visit Cannon Cove or Lone Cove during this part, you might want to pick up The Lovers' Notes #2 or #3

Conclusion
Submit the pendants to Madame Olive to finish.

The Lovers' Notes
01=

I Want to Fight! — By Rose
(Rapier Cay)


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He'll Get Himself Killed!— By Rose
(Bay campfire, Cannon Cove)


 * -|03=

I Think I Love Her — By George
(Central Rock, Lone Cove)


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A Kiss and a Kiss — By George
(East Lagoon of Whispers)


 * -|05=

He Proposed! — By Rose
(Northeast Islet, Sailor's Bounty)