Skull and Bones: All Main Campaign Contracts Guide

This guide provides an overview of all 30 contracts across various regions, the estimated length to finish them, and the rewards for pushing through to the end in Skull and Bones. 

Skull and Bones: All Main Campaign Contracts Guide
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Main Campaign Contracts make up the central storyline of Skull and Bones. This guide provides an overview of all 30 contracts across various regions, the estimated length to finish them, and the rewards for pushing through to the end in Skull and Bones.

What are the Main Campaign Contracts in Skull and Bones?

In Skull and Bones, Main Campaign Contracts are the main missions that follow the story of turning a small pirate crew into a formidable force at sea. Players can track and pursue these missions in the in-game menu while also taking on side contracts for a change of pace.

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Complete 30 Main Campaign Contracts and Locations in Skull and Bones

The story spans across the Forsaken Atolls, Sainte-Anne, and beyond with 31 main contracts in total. Early missions focus on acquiring your first ship, establishing a foothold in Sainte-Anne, and gaining strength. Later ones embroil players in deception, secrets, and political tensions across various territories.

1) Escape from Paradise

Location: Forsaken Atolls

Objectives: 

  • Dock at the island marked on your compass
  • Speak to the Pirate Chief Officer

Rewards: 

  • Infamy - None
  • Money - None
  • Material / Cargo - None

2) A Pirate's Deal

Location: Forsaken Atolls

Objectives: 

  • Acquire Explosive Firearms
  • Acquire Opulent Rum
  • Deliver the Explosive Ammo and Opulent Rum to the Pirate Chief Officer

Rewards: 

  • Infamy - None
  • Money - None
  • Material / Cargo - Repair Kit I, Grilled Fish, Crowbar I

3) New Horizons

Location: Forsaken Atolls

Objectives: 

  • Return to your dhow
  • Find a way to break in
  • Locate Captain Rassler to find the way to Sainte-Anne
  • Escape the forsaken Atolls and set sail for Sainte-Anne

Rewards: 

  • Infamy - None
  • Money - None
  • Material / Cargo - None

4) Appointment with Power

Location: Sainte-Anne

Objectives: 

  • Deliver the letter and report the Exeter's fate to John Scurlock

Rewards: 

  • Infamy - None
  • Money - 500 Silver
  • Material / Cargo - None

5) New Beginnings

Location: Sainte-Anne

Objectives: 

  • Build your fleet with help of Sainte-Anne's pirate community

Rewards: 

  • Infamy - None
  • Money - None
  • Material / Cargo - None

6) Tools of the Trade

Location: Sainte-Anne

Objectives: 

  • Speak to the Shipwright
  • Craft Captain Tools at the Carpenter
  • Gather materials for the Shipwright to construct your first ship
  • Deliver the Acacia to the Shipwright

Rewards: 

  • Infamy - 100
  • Money - 240 Silver
  • Material / Cargo - Repair Kit

7) A Seaworthy Ship

Location: Sainte-Anne

Objectives: 

  • Craft a Bedar (The Rammer) at the Shipwright

Rewards: 

  • Infamy - 100
  • Money - 480 Silver
  • Material / Cargo - Acacia Plank 8x, Cast Iron Ingot 12x, Metal Salvage 5x, Rust Dye

8) Arm and Guns

Location: Sainte-Anne

Objectives: 

  • Craft Culverin x3
  • Acquire Cannonballs

Rewards: 

  • Infamy - 150
  • Money - 480 Silver
  • Material / Cargo - Repair Kit I, Rope Locker (Blueprint), Rope Locker, Rust Shade

9) Forging Destruction

Location: Sainte-Anne

Objectives: 

  • Speak to the Blacksmith

Rewards: 

  • Infamy - None
  • Money - None
  • Material / Cargo - None

10) First Blood

Location: Sainte-Anne

Objectives: 

  • Arm your ship with the newly crafted cannons
  • Destroy Compagnie Gatherer ships
  • Report your success to the Blacksmith

Rewards: 

  • Infamy - 200
  • Money - 600 Silver
  • Material / Cargo - Repair Kit I 2x and Warm Raiders Outfit

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11) Growing Threat

Location: Sainte-Anne

Objectives: 

  • Speak to the Blacksmith

Rewards: 

  • Infamy - None
  • Money - None
  • Material / Cargo - None

12) Unwelcome Aboard

Location: Sainte-Anne

Objectives: 

  • Attack Compagnie Skirmishers and bring their loot to the Blacksmith (use the spyglass to check)
  • Acquire Cogwheels
  • Deliver the Cogwheels

Rewards: 

  • Infamy - 650
  • Money - 540 Silver
  • Material / Cargo - Restoration Kit (Blueprint), Restoration Kit, Threaten, and Demi-cannon I

13) Dressed to Kill

Location: Sainte-Anne

Objectives: 

  • Visit, purchase, and equip cosmetic items from the Vanity Atelier
  • Return to the Blacksmith

Rewards: 

  • Infamy - 400
  • Money - 120 Silver
  • Material / Cargo - Maurine and Cutter (Blueprint)

14) The Lion of Sainte-Anne

Location: Sainte-Anne

Objectives: 

  • Meet John Scurlock, the kingpin of Sainte-Anne

Rewards: 

  • Infamy - None
  • Money - None
  • Material / Cargo - None

15) Brokered Ground

Location: Sainte-Anne

Objectives: 

  • Bribe the Sea People for reports on Scurlock's enemies
  • Return to Scurlock with the reports

Rewards: 

  • Infamy - 400
  • Money - 240 Silver
  • Material / Cargo - Scoping Station and Rogue Swabbie Set

16) The Pirate Round

Location: Sainte-Anne

Objectives: 

  • Steal commodities to help Scurlock make up the shortfall

Rewards: 

  • Infamy - 400
  • Money - 360 Silver
  • Material / Cargo - Long Gun I and The Insatiable

17) High Sea Heist

Location: Sainte-Anne

Objectives: 

  • Sail to the Royal Louis, exactly at the west of the Island of the Moon
  • Hunt down the Royal Louis and seize her cargo (ship is at level 4)
  • Find and Steal Caradec's Bounty

Rewards: 

  • Infamy - 520
  • Money - 1320 Silver
  • Material / Cargo - Bombard I Blueprint, Bombard I, Scurlock's Prince, and Fleur De Lis

18) The Shadow of Spoils

Location: Sainte-Anne

Objectives: 

  • Return to Scurlock when you're ready to continue

Rewards: 

  • Infamy - None
  • Money - None
  • Material / Cargo - None

19) Smoke and Secrets

Location: Sainte-Anne

Objectives: 

  • Continue with Scurlock when ready

Rewards: 

  • Infamy - None
  • Money - None
  • Material / Cargo - None

20) Delicate Alliance

Location: Sainte-Anne

Objectives: 

  • Equip Herald's Honor
  • Plunder Tanjona
  • Return to Scurlock with the Fara antiques

Rewards: 

  • Infamy - 400
  • Money - 540 Silver
  • Material / Cargo - Signal Gong

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21) Unsacred Offerings

Location: Sainte-Anne

Objectives: 

  • Acquire Fara Ody x2
  • Deliver Fara Ody

Rewards: 

  • Infamy - 420
  • Money - 300 Silver
  • Material / Cargo - Long Gun Grinder I, Scurlock's Captain, and Culverin Grinder I

22) Unsettling Grip

Location: Fort Louis

Objectives: 

  • Continue with Scurlock when ready

Rewards: 

  • Infamy - None
  • Money - None
  • Material / Cargo - None

23) Drowning in Deceit

Location: Sainte-Anne

Objectives: 

  • Wait for Scurlock to devise a plan to recover his lost shipment
  • Continue with Scurlock when ready

Rewards: 

  • Infamy - None
  • Money - None
  • Material / Cargo - None

24) The Devil's Gambit

Location: Sainte-Anne

Objectives: 

  • Visit the Atelier to disguise yourself as Scurlock
  • Sail to and commandeer Scurlock's ship: The Margareta
  • Plunder Fort du Lys
  • Return to your ship with the recovered shipment
  • Return to Scurlock's guards with the recovered shipment

Rewards: 

  • Infamy - 500
  • Money - 900 Silver
  • Material / Cargo - Flooding Demi-cannon I, The Favorite, Flooding Demi-cannon I (Blueprint), and Sloop (Blueprint)

25) Blood-soaked Silver

Location: Sainte-Anne

Objectives: 

  • Gather Ivory x6

Rewards: 

  • Infamy - 500
  • Money - 600 Silver
  • Material / Cargo - Fire Long Gun I and Scurlock's Savior

26) Cutthroat Secrets

Location: Sunken Golden Mine

Objectives: 

  • Sail towards the Sunken Goldenmine in the Ziwa Kubwa region
  • Locate and dig up the Agent's Stash
  • Hunt down the traitors

Rewards: 

  • Infamy - 500
  • Money - 240 Silver
  • Material / Cargo - The Lionheart, Megaphone

27) Taking the Helm

Location: Sainte-Anne

Objectives: 

  • Enter the Smuggler's Hideout at Saint-Anne to continue Yanita's initiation
  • Complete a first deal with a Liaison

Rewards: 

  • Infamy - 150
  • Money - None
  • Material / Cargo - None

28) Cloak and Dagger

Location: Sainte-Anne

Objectives: 

  • Speak to Scurlock to learn his plans for drawing out traitors

Rewards: 

  • Infamy - None
  • Money - None
  • Material / Cargo - None

29) The Lion and The Rat

Location: Sainte-Anne

Objectives: 

  • TBD

Rewards: 

  • Infamy - 700
  • Money - 1150 Silver
  • Material / Cargo - None

30) A Covert Initiation

Location: Sainte-Anne

Objectives: 

  • Read the letter from the mysterious correspondent
  • Speak to the Yanita, the Barkeep, at Le Pont Muet in Sainte-Anne
  • Continue with Yanita when ready

Rewards: 

  • Infamy - 240
  • Money - 500 Silver
  • Material / Cargo - None

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How Long to Finish the Contracts?

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Skull and Bones Main Contracts

For players focused solely on the critical path, the average clear time is around 25 hours. Completionists aiming to finish all side content can expect over 50 plus hours.

Completing the last Story Contract opens up the endgame, allowing pirates to partake in more dangerous seasonal events:

  • Hostile Multiplayer Takeovers
  • Massive Heists
  • Hunting Legendary Ships
  • Battling Pirate Lords

The campaign also unlocks the Pieces of Eight currency system connected to the black market for purchasing elite gear and weapons.

Additionally, repeated side contracts become the main source of income and resources after finishing the story.

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