Naval contracts | Maps & Secrets AC IV: Black Flag Guide
Last update: 02 February 2017
You can take up the naval missions in the forts seized by Edward. The mission giver always can be found at the pier and he offers between one and two assignments. Make sure that you have enough upgrades for your ship, because the Jackdaw may simply be not prepared for some of the missions.
A considerable portion of the missions consists in sinking the enemy ships however, the game does not recognize the difference between boarding or sinking the ship as a result of gunfire laid down on it so, to every reward for the completion of a given mission, you should also add the loot from the seized ships.
If, in a given location, you can take up two assignments, the first one available, will be the one with the lower ordinal numeral/higher on the list.
01. An Eye for an Eye
Location: Castillo de Jagua
Difficulty: 3/5
Your task is to sink the San Lorenzo frigate. Sail towards the marked area and use the telescope to find the ship. Lay fire down on it and board it afterwards. After you win, the mission will be completed.
Reward: 1800 regals
02. The Law of the Ocean
Location: Conttoyor
Difficulty: 3/5
Steer into the ambush site. After a moment, there will appear the enemy ship there, escorted by gunships. Dispose of the smaller ships damage the giant and board it.
Reward: 1800 regals
03. A Spanish Plague
Location: Eleuthera
Difficulty: 1/5
Sail into the open sea and find any three Spanish ships. Sink them and you will complete this mission. There may be too few of them near Eleuthera so, if necessary, sail further, e.g. towards Havana.
Reward: 1800 regals
04. Driftwood
Location: Cruz
Difficulty: 4/5
You need to obtain 60 units of wood and give them over to the merchant. Wood is one of the more seldom used material so, most probably, you already have a lot of it. Otherwise, seize a ship that carries wood.
Reward: 1800 regals
05. Silk on the Waves
Location: Gibara
Difficulty: 2/5
Reward: 1200 regals
You need to obtain 30 units of clothes, i.e. silk. If haven't, so far, done that, sai,l into the open sea and loot several ships. After you do that, return to the merchant.
06. Contraband
Location: Chinchorro
Difficulty: 5/5
You need to sink two Spanish brigs and a frigate. It does not matter what kind of brigs and frigate these are going to be. Sail into the open sea and find the ships of the appropriate type and sink them.
In the case of this mission, sinking means damaging the ship to the boarding condition. In other words, if you do not feel like fighting anymore, you can leave the damaged ships to their fate.
Reward: 2400 regals
07. Private Escort
Location: Dry Tortuga
Difficulty: 5/5
Reward: 2400 regals
Sail towards the marked area until you reach the green zone. You will find there two gunboats fighting Neptuno. Sink the assailants, although you should not be surprised if Neptuno manages to deal with them on its own. After the two ships are sunken, there will appear three other gunboats. Destroy them. The next wave consists of four ships, including a brig and a schooner. After you have sunken them, the mission will end in success.
08. Blind Justice
Location: Navassa
Difficulty: 4/5
Your target is the captain of a British liner. Liners are ones of the strongest ships so, you need to make sure first that your ship is sufficiently strong to face it.
Reach the marked area. What you will have to face in the first place, is a group of three brigs, the liner's reinforcements. Deal with them.
Your next aim is to board the liner, which should appear nearby. If necessary, follow the marker on the map. Damage the ship, board it and kill the captain.
Reward: 1800 regals
09. The Final Contract
Location: Serranilla
Difficulty: 5/5
Reward: 2400 regals
Follow the marker towards the green zone. In the middle of the zone there is the Hollander, which is under the British attack. Sink the Brits before the severely damaged Hollander is destroyed. This is not too sure to happen, because, in the case of the first wave of the British ships that numbers four, because the Hollander is a liner and the Brits only have much weaker units.
After you have dealt with the first wave, there will appear the next one on the horizon. This one consists of two ships - two brigs and a frigate. This time around, you need to watch the Hollander.
The third wave will appear soon after you have destroyed the second one. This one includes two Spanish frigates and a liner. Sail in front of the Hollander, assume the burden of the attack and sink the enemies. Remember that you should not leave the designated area.
10. realities of War
Location: Conttoyor
Difficulty: 5/5
Close to the fort, there are allies. Sail up to them. Take advantage of that and attack the Spanish convoy. Damage both of the marked ships and board them.
After you have sunken the two marked ships, there will appear three more here, including a liner. Defeat the. If necessary, take advantage of the protection of the allied ships. There is no penalty involved in losing them.
Reward: 2400 regals
11. Hunter - Gatherer
Location: Charlotte
Difficulty: 5/5
Reward: 2400 regals
Your mission is to sink two ships of pirate hunters. The hunters appear only at the moment when you have already sunken enough British or Spanish ships, i.e. when your fame is high enough. If you are wanted by the pirate hunters, you should do some mess and wait for them to arrive. Otherwise, sail into the sea and keep destroying the ships that you encounter, until you attract the hunters' attention. For that, destroying ships without boarding them is effective.
In the case of this mission, a hunter ship is deemed sunken as soon as it is damaged enough to be boarded. You need to watch out, because there may appear another hunter ship while you are still chasing the first one. What follows is that you will have to fight two instead of one of them.
12. Papers Please!
Location: Charlotte
Difficulty: 5/5
Reward: 2400 regals
Follow the marker until you reach the green zone. Sail around for a moment, until you find the "HMS Courage" liner. At first, the ship is not going to treat as an enemy so, attack it by surprise, damage it and board it. Boarding is not necessary but, thanks to it, you will loot the liner for ample cargo.
13. Weathering the Storm
Location: Punta Guarico
Difficulty: 1/5
Reward: 1200 regals
Follow the marker towards the British ships, until you reach the green zone. You will find five British ships there, including three brigs. Sink all of them. They will be, at first oblivious to your presence, or even ignore you. Use this situation to your advantage and sink them whenever it is most convenient to you.
14. Smugglers' Den
Location: Chinchorro
Difficulty: 5/5
Follow the marker towards the British ships, until you reach the green zone. There, somewhere in the middle, there are six ships waiting for you - 3 gunboats, 2 frigates and a liner. Sink them. At first, they are oblivious to your presence (unless you are doing this mission again, after a defeat), and what is more, their sails are not set. Therefore, you can simply lay down mortar fire on them and use the cannons afterwards. Due to their numbers, the enemy ships will be obstructing each other, by blocking each other and blocking fire line. Use this to your advantage and eliminate them one by one.
Reward: 2400 regals
15. A Personal Matter
Location: Navassa
Difficulty: 4/5
Sail towards the marked area and search out HMS Defiance. This shouldn't be too difficult, because this area is small .
Reward: 1800 regals