If you’re looking for a solution to the Pirate Manuscript riddle in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, look no further than this guide.
Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Guide – Where to find Pirate Manuscript
The riddle reads: “A forgotten pirate cavern lurks at the foot of Cape Cales, overlooking the Necluda Sea. The short, shrill song of wind through lips will open the way to my treasure.”
You’ll find Cape Cales in the southeast corner of Hyrule, in the bottom right corner of the map. You’re looking for the Cape Cales Cliffbase Cave, which is marked with an arrow above. Rabella Wetlands Skyview Tower is the nearest quick travel point.
Glide down to the cave and land on the driftwood outside, then press the down arrow on the direction pad to whistle. It will open the door to the cave.
Go inside and turn left to get to the beach. Here you’ll find the traditional tent where you collect your treasure. This time, though, it was stolen by the pirates on the ship in the middle of the cave.
To rescue it, you must get on the ship, fight off the pirates, and locate the chest.
The pirate ship is wet and slippery, with a sloped bottom that makes climbing extremely difficult. I used a fan attached to some wood to drift across the deck, followed by a spring Zonai Device to bounce onto the deck.
There are a lot of skeleton Bokoblins and Moblins guarding the ship. They hit very hard, and the two archers at the front and back of the ship keep firing shock arrows at you, making it hard and dangerous to fight. First kill the archers, then the rest. If you need help, you could use the items from the chest in the crow’s nest.
Search the ship once things have quieted down. The chest you seek can be found on the main deck at the back of the ship!
Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom system requirements
Minimum
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10
- Processor: Intel Core i5-3470, 3.2 GHz or AMD Ryzen 3 1200, 3.1 GHz
- Memory: 6 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960, 2 GB or AMD Radeon RX 460, 2 GB
- Storage: 15 GB available space
Recommended
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10
- Processor: Intel Core i7-4790, 3.6 GHz or AMD Ryzen 5 1600, 3.2 GHz
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB or AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT 6GB
- Storage: Max 20 GB available space
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