Destiny 2: Season of Plunder is all about pirates, and what’s extra pirate-like than discovering a riddle hidden in a bottle? Well that’s the gist behind Season of Plunder’s new Treasure Beacon quests, which can take you on a riddle-filled journey across the Sol system.

In this Destiny 2 information, we’ll educate you the best way to get the Treasure Beacons and the best way to remedy every of the sport’s three riddle quests, beginning with Cryptic Quatrains 1.

How to unlock Treasure Beacons

All three Treasure Beacons come from the Rank Rewards menu within the Star Chart on the HELM. You’ll have to stage your Savvy — the seasonal repute — all the way in which as much as stage 16 to unlock all three beacons.

Here are the Savvy ranges you’ll want for every Beacon:

• Small Treasure Beacon – Rank 7
• Medium Treasure Beacon – Rank 10
• Large Treasure Beacon – Rank 16

To improve your Savvy, play the brand new Ketchcrash and Expedition actions.

Small Treasure Beacon – Cryptic Quatrains 1

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At Savvy Rank 7, you’ll be capable to decide up the Small Treasure Beacon from the Star Chart, which gives you the Cryptic Quatrains 1 quest. You’ll want to unravel 4 completely different “riddles” to search out the buried treasure, which is the primary half of a new Treasure Map on your Captain’s Atlas.

Step 1

The first Cryptic Quatrains 1 riddle reads thus:

“My story begins as I hide from the crews / They search and will find me unless I hide soon / I’ll wait on the nightfall, the cleverest ruse / And force them to hunt by the light of the moon.”

The precise riddle right here is enjoyable, however not significantly useful. Focus as an alternative on the orange letters within the quest textual content (which we’ve bolded above), which gives you the actual message:

“Begin search on Moon”

All you’ll want to do for this riddle is to land on the Moon. Go to your director and land by Eris.

Step 2

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The second Cryptic Quatrains 1 riddle reads thus:

“Behind in the harbor, their sorrow was real / They lost what I’d taken, me heart filled with fear / From cruel revelation the dawn would reveal: / A chest, broke and barren, and me nowhere near”

Following simply the orange textual content, the message reads:

“Harbor Sorrow lost revelation chest”

The reply to this riddle is contained in the K1 Revelation Lost Sector in Sorrow’s Harbor on the Moon. Teleport over there and run via the Lost Sector. When you open the chest, the ultimate piece of the puzzle, you’ll remedy the riddle.

Step 3

The third Cryptic Quatrains 1 riddle reads thus:

“My eyes toward the cosmos, I let out a sob / I begged to the gods and the fallen alike / By bullet or saber, I’d fall to the mob / But please, let me deal them a palpable strike”

Following simply the orange textual content, the message reads:

“Cosmo Fallen Saber Strike”

Go to the Cosmodrome and choose the Fallen S.A.B.E.R. Strike node on the far proper aspect of the map. Complete the Strike to reply the riddle and get the ultimate step.

Step 4

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The fourth Cryptic Quatrains 1 riddle reads thus:

“The winds of Europa were frozen and white / And even the tides had been stopped by the cold / The hook would swing empty, I’d not die tonight / By cranes they’d be searchin’, but I’d keep me gold”

Following simply the orange textual content, the message reads:

“Europa Eventide hook cranes search”

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Go to Eventide Ruins on Europa. When you land, stroll ahead to the open space the place a number of cranes sit above a patch of snow — that is the sector the place the Servitor public occasion often spawns.

On the bottom, within the snow, you’ll see a inexperienced X subsequent to some rocks. Dig up the treasure and also you’ll earn some loot, a number of map fragments, and the Crude Cipher Fragment.

We’re nonetheless engaged on unlocking the Medium Treasure Beacon and the Large Treasure Beacon, in addition to the riddles hidden inside them. We’ll replace this information as soon as we’ve uncovered the hidden pirate treasure ourselves.