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Skeleton Captain
Skeleton Captain
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Type Skeleton
Behaviour Hostile

Skeleton Captains are Boss Skeletons that either appear solo or with waves of underlings during Bounty Quests on Islands. They also appear as the bosses of Skeleton Fortress raids or mini-bosses of certain Tall Tales. They have higher health than regular Skeletons and can appear as any type of Skeleton. Skeleton Captains are distinguished by their clothing and red nameplates.

Mechanics[]

Skeleton Captains appear in various situations. They can spawn as any type of Skeleton: Normal, Shadow Skeleton, Plant Skeleton or Gold Skeleton. Skeleton Captains can spawn without a Weapon, with a Cutlass, Flintlock Pistol or Blunderbuss. Skeleton Captains will generally not spawn with Gunpowder Barrels, although during an Order of Souls Emissary Quest, one Island will always spawn Gunpowder Skeleton Captains.

It takes around 17 Cutlass hits or 6-7 Combos to kill one Regular Captain, Shadow or Plant Skeleton Captain. Gold Skeleton Captains are strong against Cutlass hits, but can be easily taken down with firearms or a single Gunpowder Barrel.

Any Crews sailing as Order of Souls Emissaries will gain Emissary Grade Reputation for killing Skeleton Captains.

Type, Locations, and Rewards[]

Bounty Quest Captains[]

Up to 4 Skeleton Captains can spawn at the same island during a Bounty Quest. These Captains will drop one of the 4 regular Bounty Skulls: Foul Bounty Skull, Disgraced Bounty Skull, Hateful Bounty Skull, Villainous Bounty Skull. Any Skeleton Captains appearing as a part of Bounty Quests in The Devil's Roar will drop one of the Ashen counterparts of these 4 skulls, which are worth nearly twice as much as their original versions. These Skulls can be sold to the Order of Souls for Gold and Reputation. A Bounty Quest Skeleton Captain is usually preceded by waves of regular Skeletons of any type.

Killing Captains found through Bounty Quests count toward:

Killing Skeletons whose names are WITHOUT the "Captain" title are considered Skeleton Crew; killing them count toward:

Skeleton Fort Captains[]

An active Skeleton Fort will spawn a Skeleton Captain as the first boss wave boss, who will drop a Stronghold Skull upon defeat. The Captain is as strong as any other Skeleton Captain and has the same mechanics as any other Captain.

Emergent Skeleton Captains[]

Emergent Skeleton Captains appear alone, roaming alone on the shores of Small or Large Islands. Upon defeat, an Emergent Skeleton Captain will always drop a Villainous Bounty Skull and a Skeleton’s Orders Quest with a small delay. The Quest will provide crews with a Treasure Map or Riddle Map on a nearby Island that rewards crews high-value Treasure.

Ashen Guardians[]

Ashen Guardians are an Ashen Skeleton Captain that protect Ashen Chests. They can spawn as Emergent Skeleton Captains or during a Skeleton Fort's second boss wave. Drops a Villainous Bounty Skull and Ashen Guardian's Notes Quest that leads to an Ashen Chest.

Ashen Key Masters[]

Ashen Key Masters are an Ashen Skeleton Captain that protect Ashen Keys. They can spawn as Emergent Skeleton Captains or during a Skeleton Fort's second boss wave. Drops a Villainous Bounty Skull and an Ashen Key Master's Notes that leads to an Ashen Key.

Tall Tale Skeleton Captains[]

These are the various Skeleton Captains encountered during Tall Tales chapters.

List of Skeleton Captain names[]

Every Bounty Map or Emergent Skeleton Captain is named.

The following is an alphabetical list of all the documented Skeleton Captain names. These names can appear with or without the "Captain" title.

    1. 5 Paces West
    2. Aarrron Leigh
    3. Adam Bones
    4. Alex Thieves
    5. All Lies Eliza
    6. Amir The Feared
    7. Andrew Foulplay
    8. Andy Blastable
    9. Arrrndria Warren
    10. Aye Aye Rai
    11. Bad 'Un Haddon
    12. Bad Bradford
    13. Bad Deal Lindsey
    14. Bad Luckingham
    15. Bad Omen Davies
    16. Bad Penny Coppens
    17. Bad Tidings Tidmarsh
    18. Bam Bam Wymerz
    19. Battling Catling
    20. Beastly Ben Siddons
    21. Ben The Black
    22. Benjamin Slain
    23. Big Trouble Troughton
    24. Bilge Rat Beanland
    25. Black Artur
    26. Black Sheep Thomas
    27. Black Spot Baker
    28. Blackheart Blake
    29. Bloodkowski
    30. Board 'em Bowler
    31. Boombaca
    32. Bosun Bolton
    33. Both Barrels Barrett
    34. Brave Dave Stevens
    35. Brawl Carter
    36. Brawlin' Hall
    37. Breachin McEachern
    38. Bret The Bretrayer
    39. Brigantine Kozin
    40. Brown The Drowner
    41. Buccaneer Bridle
    42. Bucko Betts
    43. Campion The Wonderous
    44. Cannonball Khan
    45. Carousin' Russell
    46. Cast Away Cross
    47. Catarina Nine Tails
    48. Caulkin' Chalk
    49. Chartin' Ballantyne
    50. Cheat Daniels
    51. Choke 'em Coppens
    52. Chris Maiming
    53. Ciardi The Cheat
    54. Commander White
    55. Crafty Crawford
    56. Crazy Crosbie
    57. Crew Quakenbush
    58. Cross Boney Neilly
    59. Crudewellyn
    60. Cussin' Russ
    61. Daring Nourish
    62. Dark Soul Cole
    63. Darrryl Yarrrdner
    64. David Ahoymond
    65. David Sandybeach
    66. David The Bladesmith
    67. Davide The Greed
    68. Deadly Daley
    69. Death O' Me Timmins
    70. Deeceitful
    71. Devil's Kiss Davies
    72. Devious Deakes
    73. Diamond Geezer Melizza
    74. Dirty Deal Mitchell
    75. Dirty Diggle
    76. Dirty McMurtrie
    77. Dirty Play Derman
    78. Doominguez
    79. Double Crosser Prosser
    80. Double Dealin' Dempsey
    81. Double-Gun Dunn
    82. Doubloons Donaldson
    83. Drunken Duncan
    84. Dude Clark
    85. Esther the Blessed
    86. Feared Ford
    87. Fearsome Fisher
    88. Fiendish Field
    89. Filthy Rich Semmens
    90. Fire Bomb Dom
    91. Fire Bomb Thomas
    92. Flash Ashby
    93. Flay J
    94. Flintlock Jocevicius
    95. Foul Deeds Rashed
    96. Frightening Frith
    97. Full O' Sin Quinn
    98. Gilded Giddings
    99. Glenn Deadwards
    100. Glorious Gluyas
    101. Go To Hell Huxell
    102. Gold Grasper
    103. Grabbin' Garner
    104. Grandee Preston
    105. Great Doomfield
    106. Grim Dimi
    107. Grim Jim Spain
    108. Grimmerman
    109. Grisly Chisholm
    110. Grog Mayles
    111. Grog Swill Hill
    112. Grog Swillin' Dillon
    113. Guillaume Le Terrible
    114. Gun 'Em Down Dunham
    115. Gunnin' Gulliver
    116. Hannes Shipwrecke
    117. Heave To Hughes
    118. Hellbound Ellis
    119. Hoardin' Agnew
    120. Hole Em' Hollands
    121. Hold Fast Holland
    122. Hook Handy Burt
    123. Hornpipe Holmes
    124. Horrendisett
    125. Horrifying Hunt
    126. Horth Of The North
    127. Huge Hoard Ward
    128. Ill Manners Smith
    129. Ill Will Hinds
    130. Iron Bryan Smyth
    131. Iron Johnson
    132. Jacob Scourgegaard
    133. Jak The Black
    134. Jessica Bonebreaker
    135. Jewels Williams
    136. Jolly Prodger
    137. John Traitor
    138. Jorge El Fuerte
    139. Josh The Dosh
    140. Joshuaarrrr
    141. Katie O' Nine Tails
    142. Katrine o' Nine Tails
    143. Katie Tyrant
    144. Keelhaul Cartwright
    145. Keelhaul King
    146. Keith Steals Ale
    147. Kill Again Milligan
    148. Kraken Beater Orlowski
    149. Kwoken
    150. Lady Katherine
    151. Lash Me Barnard
    152. Last Dawn Davies
    153. Last Laugh Efraim
    154. Leighvil Loveday
    155. Logun
    156. Long John Bradshaw
    157. Lootin' Lauren
    158. Lootin' Liz Burton
    159. Lootin' Lobacz
    160. Lord Lloyd
    161. Lordly Clark
    162. Lorenzo The Assassina
    163. Lost At Sea Kuczynski
    164. Lucky Lawrence
    165. Lucky Lukasz
    166. Lucky Luke Gracie
    167. Mad Dog McNulty
    168. Mad Man Baran
    169. Mad Miss Tina
    170. Mad Oli
    171. Mahon 'Of War
    172. Maim Me Stirling
    173. Maims Griffiths
    174. Malicious Malham
    175. Many Scars Rennie
    176. Mark Grandrews
    177. Maroonin' Masella
    178. Marooning Marshall
    179. Martin Adrift
    180. Matey Marlow
    181. Matt Doom All
    182. Max Picaroon
    183. Mayhem Machacek
    184. McGrath O' Great Wrath
    185. Me Hearty Milne
    186. Meaner T'Sjoen
    187. Meenbeard
    188. Merry Berry
    189. Merry Heron
    190. Merry Mei
    191. Mighty McFarlane
    192. Mike The Mutinous
    193. Miller The Killer
    194. Mister Cur Johnson
    195. Mitchell Munter Pirate Hunter
    196. Monstrous Morris
    197. Musket Mike
    198. Nastalie Oberg
    199. Ne'er Trust ‘Im Bell
    200. Never Yield Field
    201. Neelke Skull Cracker
    202. 'Nick It' Nicholson
    203. Nightmare Ang
    204. No Deal Atkinson
    205. No Mercier
    206. No Quarter Norris
    207. No Truce Nesbit
    208. Ofri Scar
    209. Okon the Condemned
    210. Orrible Ollive
    211. Parrley
    212. Paul Cunningscam
    213. Payne Killer
    214. Peglegory
    215. Peter Deathknell
    216. Pilfering Piasecki
    217. Pinch It Finch
    218. Pistol Proof Palmer
    219. Plunderin' Parkes
    220. Pretty Paulie Collins
    221. Raidin' Bower
    222. Raidin Zalewski
    223. Ram 'Em Retnasamy
    224. Rammin' Hamlin
    225. Red Jed
    226. Red Rage Timmins
    227. Rhys O' Eight
    228. Rich Bludgeons
    229. Rickam El Rojo
    230. Rob 'Em Stothard
    231. Robbing Ronowski
    232. Robdog
    233. Rowdy Rodak
    234. Rum Runner Sumenkov
    235. Rumi Gillig
    236. Run Yer Thru Stevens
    237. Ryan Scurvyson
    238. Sam Chester Treasure
    239. Scam You All Joyce
    240. Scar Lots De Abreu
    241. Scareface Chase
    242. Scarred Pritchard
    243. Scary Serrano
    244. Scourge Orton
    245. Sea Legs Lucas
    246. Shady Jones
    247. Shahriar the Liar
    248. Shameful Shane Scott
    249. Shan't Tell Porritt
    250. Shantyroinen
    251. Shark Bait Wilson
    252. Shark Bite Wright
    253. Shelley Pressgang
    254. Shifty Shuvojit
    255. Shipwrecks Flynn
    256. Shipwrecky Hewitt
    257. Sink 'em Simkin
    258. Sly Dog Soltani
    259. Sneaky Snookes
    260. So Mean Guidot
    261. Spew Hard Benson
    262. Stealing Styles
    263. Stern Heart Holland
    264. Stowaway Longdin
    265. Stowaway Thomas
    266. Sure Shot Shaw
    267. Swabertson
    268. Tall Tale Mikael
    269. Tha' Damned Park
    270. Tha' Vile Vincent
    271. The Duncan Sailor
    272. The Gent Clement
    273. The Great White
    274. The Greater White
    275. The Man McMahan
    276. The Scourge Oberg
    277. The Wild Grover
    278. Thief O'Keeffe
    279. Thievin' Frost
    280. Thomas Skullvanny
    281. Three Sheets Neate
    282. Tie 'Em Up Tysdal
    283. Tom Picaroon
    284. Tom Thunder
    285. Topdog Topham
    286. Topher Twinsword
    287. Tough Luck
    288. Treachereiss
    289. Treacherous Todd
    290. Tricky Abell
    291. Tricky Johnson
    292. Trigger Happy Tristan
    293. Two-Faced Tuohy
    294. Tyrant Skilton
    295. Typhoonan
    296. Vasil Stormatov
    297. Vicious Vic
    298. Watch Yer Backson
    299. Wheeler the Stealer
    300. Whip 'Em Whapples
    301. Wildfire Wilkins
    302. Wild Man Whittemore
    303. Wily Whelpton
    304. Wily Whaley
    305. Witgold
    306. Wolf Doswell
    307. Wong John Silver
    308. Wrath of Martin
    309. Xander Slashwell
    310. Yo Ho Hentze
    311. Yo-Ho-Hohan
    312. Zoe Banshee
  • Trivia[]

    • Multiple Skeleton Captains can spawn on the same voyage and share the same name.
    • Skeleton Captain names are playful variations of the real life names of Rare Ltd employees.
    • Logun was added as an Easter Egg in July, 2019 for Captain Logun who has been producing the Keelhauled Podcast since Feb. 2018.

    Gallery[]

    Patch history[]

    • 2.6.1 (September 1, 2022)
      • A once notoriously quick Skeleton Captain ("Quick Dicken") can no longer be found appearing on islands across the Sea of Thieves, thanks to his moniker unintentionally contravening the new naming filter introduced with Captaincy...
    • 1.0.2 (April 4, 2018)
      • Bounty Captains will no longer spawn multiple times.
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