Skeleton Fort (location) (2024)

This article is about the Location. For the World Event, see Skeleton Fort (world event).

A Skeleton Fort is a type of island location that has been fortified with defence towers and a central stronghold structure containing a vault underneath.

These locations can be active hosts to a raid style world event, indicated by a large skull cloud above its location, during which time it will be occupied by skeleton forces and its stronghold vault will contain a variety of treasure. This encounter will be either in the form of a regular Skeleton Fort encounter or the lucrative Fort of Fortune.

Description

Every Fort island is set up like a motte-and-bailey castle with the main structure built on top of a hill with a heavily fortified courtyard below. The fortification structures surrounding the stronghold are made of plain wood, however they are surrounded by spikes on shorelines and guard towers both built on the walls and inside the surrounding shorelines. Most of the in-land towers are fitted with Cannons and Barrels with two featuring Ammo Chests. The sea-towers all contain 3 Cannons and a few Barrels. The main Stronghold structure has 3-4 floors and a Treasure Vault below it that becomes locked during a Skeleton Fort World Event.

Features

• Cannons and Ammo Chests.
• Barrels with a surplus of Resources.
• Roughly 8 Gunpowder Barrels making these locations ideal to stock up on explosives.
• Chance to find rowboats, however they can spawn behind the fortified walls, making them near impossible to access.

• Cannot spawn most treasure (with the exception of beached Messages in a Bottle and Mermaid Gems)
• Cannot spawn Cursed Mermaid Statues.
• Not targets of most traditional Voyages, however an active Skeleton Fort world event will provide Skeleton's Orders with its treasure there.

World Events

Regular Skeleton Fort

Occasionally, one Skeleton Fort can become occupied by skeletons with a stash of treasure in its Stronghold Vault. An active fort is indicated by a green-eyed, skull shaped cloud in the sky above the active location. During this world event, the cannons on land and in towers will be occupied by skeletons who will target approaching player ships. A regular Skeleton Fort encounter will consist of 12 waves of skeletons, three "boss" waves with a Skeleton Captain, an Ashen Guardian and Ashen Key Master, followed by a final wave with a Skeleton Lord. The Skeleton Lord will drop a Stronghold Key that opens the locked Stronghold Vault below the main structure.

Fort of Fortune

Rarely, a Fort of Fortune can occupy a Skeleton Fort. This world event, indicated by a red-eyed, skull shaped cloud with a red scar across its head, is a more difficult encounter than the regular variety. Players will take on 18 waves of skeletons, with the last three waves hosting one Skeleton Lord, then two Skeleton Lords, and finally one Ashen Lord respectively.

A Fort of Fortune Stronghold Vault will contain a huge quantity of valuable treasure including one Chest of Legends.

List of Skeleton Forts

Most regions contain three Skeleton Forts each, with The Devil's Roar only containing one. The Ancient Isles contains two that can act as hosts for Skeleton Fort world events, while the Fort of the Damned (previously Old Boot Fort) hosts its own unique raid encounter.

The Skeleton Forts are as follows:

Name	Grid	Region
Keel Haul Fort	C-6	The Shores of Plenty
Hidden Spring Keep	I-8	The Shores of Plenty
Sailor's Knot Stronghold	E-14	The Shores of Plenty
Lost Gold Fort	H-17	The Ancient Isles
Fort of the Damned (previously Old Boot Fort)	L-14	The Ancient Isles
The Crow's Nest Fortress	O-17	The Ancient Isles
Skull Keep	P-9	The Wilds
Kraken Watchtower	L-6	The Wilds
Shark Fin Camp	P-5	The Wilds
Molten Sands Fortress	Z-11	The Devil's Roar

Notes

• The watchtowers surrounding these locations are commonly mistaken for other ships due to the shape of their silhouettes.

Gallery

• A compilation of the cannon range of active Skeleton Forts by OldBuccaneer.

Patch history

• 2.8.0 (March 16, 2023)
  • Skeleton Forts across the sea are now stocked with more plentiful resources and include both Ammo Chests and Armouries, allowing players to switch their loadout during the battle!

• 2.0.8 (October 16, 2019)
  • The Fort of the Damned – Dark forces have seized Old Boot Fort and begun their eerie rituals, twisting it into the Fort of the Damned!

• 2.0.5 (July 17, 2019)
  • When a Skeleton Fort is inside a storm, it will no longer rain inside the vault.

• 1.4.3 (February 6, 2019)
  • Molten Sands Fortress is added to The Devil's Roar.

• 1.3.2 (October 31, 2018)
  • Walls to the left of the Fort entrances now have collision as intended.

• 1.0.4 (April 18, 2018)
  • The server migration-free zone around the Skeleton Forts has been doubled.
  • Skeleton Fort Cannons can once again be manned by players without fear of an explosive demise.

• First Release (March 20, 2018)
  • Introduced.

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