How to Solve The Crooked Masts Riddles - Sea of Thieves Guide - IGN (2024)

Welcome to the How to Solve The Crooked Masts Riddles page of IGN's official Wiki Guide and Walkthrough for Sea of Thieves. Here, we'll break down everything you need to know about the riddles on the island of The Crooked Masts, including key words to look out for, and more.

Everything You Need to Know About The Crooked Masts Riddles

The riddles in Sea of Thieves are interesting. For one, they'll have you galavanting all across the Sea of Thieves — specifically The Crooked Masts, in this case — and two, they're less set riddles that can be solved the same way every time and more a conglomeration of different phrases used throughout the game's many Crooked Masts riddles.

For example, a riddle might feature the phrase "Drunken Grave Digger" and while it might seem unique to that riddle, it's not. You'll learn (once you complete other riddles) that Drunken Grave Digger is a phrase used to indicate a specific set location on The Crooked Masts.

Any riddle could use this phrase to signal to you that you should go to that specific location.

Each riddle is made up of multiple phrases like this so below, we're going to list the riddle phrases for The Crooked Masts we've come across and where on the island they're signaling you to go to.

The Crooked Masts: Riddle Phrases

• The Ancient Bridge Between the Peaks: The location this riddle phrase refers to is an old, decrepit wooden bridge that connects one of the highest points of the island to the other highest point of the island.

• The Anchor at Kraken Slayer's Grave: The location this riddle phrase refers to is a metal anchor with a wood beam at the top next to a lantern on a barrel with a piece of wood marked with a skull and crossbones leaning up against the barrel.

• The Barrel Cart to the West: The location this riddle phrase refers to is a cart with a single barrel in it (and two barrels standing up high beside it) on the western side of The Crooked Masts.

• The Cavern With Three Exits Where There's No Sky: The location this riddle phrase refers to is a cavern found halfway up the highest, southernmost peak on the island — it's a cavern with three exits as the riddle phrase suggests.

• The Dead Tree Below the Bridge: The location this riddle phrase refers to is a barren tree (with no leaves on it) underneath the "ancient bridge" (it's just a derelict wooden bridge) that connects the two highest points on the island.

• The Drunken Grave Digger: The location this riddle phrase refers to is on the northeast side of the island and it's two medium-sized boulders with a skeleton body leaning up against it — a shovel sits stuck in the sand by the skeleton.

• The Highest Ground: The location this riddle phrase refers to is on the highest, northernmost peak of the island where a large brazier that's already lit can be found sitting in front of four barrels.

• The Lone Painted Tentacle: The location this riddle phrase refers to is a single large Kraken tentacle (surrounded by a boat and a person falling into the ocean) painted on a rock on the northern side of the highest, northernmost peak.

• The North West Grave of the Kraken's Prey: The location this riddle phrase refers to is small plank of wood (used to signify a grave) with a large, single Kraken tentacle painted on it and this wooden plank can be found on the southern side of the highest, northernmost peak.

• The Open Cave High on the Tallest Peak: The location this riddle phrase refers to is a cave located within the highest, northernmost peak — inside is a gunpowder barrel and a barrel with some small candles on it.

• The Skull Shrine When There Is No Sky: The location this riddle phrase refers to is a cave located within the highest, southernmost peak — inside is a small shrine lit by a single candle that essentially consists of a stick with a pile of skull bones at its base.

• The Spear Fighting Tentacles: The location this riddle phrase refers to is four Kraken legs (a tentacle on the right holds a ship high in the air) painted on a rock — it can be found on the western side of the highest, northernmost peak on the island.

• The Stormy Kraken Fight: The location this riddle phrase refers to is a painting of a couple of small boats being attacked by a Kraken (a storm rains down from above) — it can be located on the northern side of the highest, northernmost peak on the island.

• The Tale of the Storm Painted on the North Rocks: The location this riddle phrase refers to is a painting of two storm clouds (one is raining and the other is blowing wind) on some rocks located on the eastern side of highest, northernmost peak on the island.

• The Three Painted Tentacles: The location this riddle phrase refers to is a painting of three Kraken tentacles above three ocean waves on a large rock — it's located on the outer rim of the southern side of the island and it's best reached by going to the highest, southernmost peak on the island and doing a 180.

• The Valley Between Peaks: The location this riddle phrase refers to is literally the space located beneath the "ancient bridge" (which is just a derelict, wooden bridge that connects the two highest peaks on the island) that happens to be a valley — just stand under it to active the riddle.

• The White Flag Up High: The location this riddle phrase refers to is a small pier-dock with three wooden barrels and what appears to be a white flag stand with a white flag hanging down (it's not in good shape) located on the southern end of the island.