Sea of Thieves, an open-world/adventure/PvP/PvE that has something for everyone, whether it be killing skeleton lords or collecting chests to turn in to the greedy gold hoarder, you are certain to have fun with friends or even by yourself. Sailing your ship across the vast ocean for hours on end is one of my favorite ways to relax after a long work day, and it is for thousands of other players as well. However, as you indulge in your piracy-shenanigans you might realize that other players have a certain cosmetic that looks bad-ass. This cosmetic is called the gold curse, and can be acquired through a long tough grind of completing all the Shores of Gold Tall Tales five times with all commendations. The last tall tale in the series, on-par with the overall series name, the Shores of Gold, is notorious for being very strenuous and taking hours to beat. To many people’s surprise, there is s hidden way to complete this tall tale in under 5 minutes if you know the secret that many do not.
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Set Up and Tall Tale Start
In order to start the Shores of Gold tall tale you should server hop until you get a spawn at Ancient Spire Outpost. From there, sail east to the Morrow’s Peak Outpost, when you arrive, walk outside the tavern where you will be met by a NPC named Grace. Right next to her there will be a book on a wheelbarrow that your crew can vote to start. Once the tall tale has commenced you will need to sail to the Shores of Gold island which is north of Morrow’s Peak outpost. As you arrive, park your ship on the south side of the island, where you should see a waterfall in the distance. Congratulations you’ve successfully made it to the Shores of Gold!
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How to Complete the Tall Tale Fast!
At the Shores of Gold, there is a waterfall that can be seen, walk through it where you will be met with a secret chamber that usually serves as an exit after defeating the final boss. However, we will be using this as a glitch spot to grant us access to the gold hoarder skeleton instantly, skipping the hour of work we would have to do usually. To perform the glitch you need to stand on the rock to the left inside the waterfall cave, getting as far as you can to the left edge without falling off. Then, look east towards the weird water kelp plant, this is where you will be aiming your sword lunge. When you sword lunge into the water, DO NOT JUMP, but press your sprint key instead as you leave your rock that you were standing on. While you are in the water with your momentum carrying you forward like a missile, there should be a large rock outcropping on the left side of the water pool, aim for the right edge of this rock. Before you hit the wall, move to the left where you will wedge yourself between the wall and the rock. Wiggle around a little bit and you should clip through the wall. You’ve completed step one!
Once in the “walls” you can swim down into the gold hoarder’s chamber where you can initiate the boss fight. Obviously, complete the boss fight, wait for the cut scene to finish, grab the skull, and leave the chamber leading you back to the cave where you glitched through. Return to your ship, and leave the island sailing south to return to Morrow’s Peak Outpost. Now vote for the tall tale again, and repeat the process until you have acquired the gold curse! If you are more of a visual learner, I will link below a video of how to do the glitch, make sure to subscribe to the creator, he makes a lot of useful glitching content if you are interested in that content.
Zapajax's video on the glitch.
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