Bey's Retreat

This is a walkthrough guide for Bey's Retreat, a level 25 epic mission that consists of massive ship fights, tough avcom battles, and more massive ship fights.

It's best attempted by at least five captains, at least half of which should be level 40 or higher. The drops for personal equipment, weapons, and general ship outfitting make this mission well worthwhile for mid-level players.

Getting to Bey's Retreat
Bey’s Retreat is launched from Caracas, a port in New Granada (modern-day Venezuela) roughly 800 miles east of Santa Catalina or 350 miles west of Bridgetown.

There is also an optional prologue mission called Prodigal Son which you can - but don't have to - pick up from an NPC in Bluefields named Preserved Eldredson. He asks you to go to Caracas and find what became of his son John. Although this is tagged as an epic mission (implying that it takes a large group to complete) this mission can be completed solo with no real effort apart from traveling from Bluefields to Caracas. Once in the port, you go to the Admiralty Office and speak to Adora Fausto.

Getting the Mission and Sub-missions
Adora Fausto is an NPC in the Admiralty Office in Caracas. She gives you the mission Bey’s Retreat (repeatable) as well as the sub-mission El Castillo del Corsair (not repeatable) and you must return to her to turn in those completed missions and to turn in the prologue Prodigal Son.

Bey’s Retreat is the main mission itself. It’s many objectives are listed below. El Castillo del Corsair requires you to speak to Antonio Ramos inside the fortress.

Ronald Rutger gives you the sub-mission Rutger’s Revenge (not repeatable) which rewards you for defeating John Eldredson. This objective is not optional – you must sink Eldredson’s ship to complete Bey’s Retreat.

Domingo Guiterrez offers the sub-mission When Angels Fall (not repeatable). The objectives for this are to defeat Escobar Dez and rescue Henri LeBlanc. This is entirely optional – you can complete Bey’s without fighting Dez. However, Dez drops some excellent avcom gear that’s really too good to pass up. You can fight Dez within the main mission without having When Angels Fall.

The First Ship Battle
As your fleet approaches Bey’s Retreat, you are confronted by sixteen Corsair ships – mostly Corsair Xebecs, Locust Corvettes and Lexington Brigs with a few light frigates. They should pose no threat as long as the fleet stays together. This is a good opportunity to practice your linefighting.

After you’ve dispatched this fleet, continue sailing toward the forts in the cove.

The Traitor
John Eldredson shows up in his modified Defiant Frigate, accompanied by four Guardians in Mediator MCs. Eldredson’s Defiant is capable of firing a double broadside – all thirty-six guns firing from one side of his ship. You will be forewarned by the message “A sudden flurry of activity on Eldredson’s decks has you concerned…” That’s a good time to get out of his firing arcs.

Defeating Eldredson completes the sub-mission Rutger’s Revenge, and defeating him and his guardian friends will reveal the secret waterfall entrance to Bey’s Retreat.

Eldredson drops some really excellent general outfittings for your ship, such as Traitor’s Rigging, Traitor’s Armor, and Traitor’s Ensign. Since reaching this point in the mission only takes fifteen to twenty minutes, it’s not a bad idea to quit the mission at this point and restart it to farm these drops.

The Caves
When you enter the secret waterfall entrance, your avatars spawn inside a huge cave network. (The layout is identical to the caves under Grand Turk.) As you move through the caves you encounter gangs of Janissaries. They’re tougher than your average NPCs. Grenades will definitely come in handy here.

There’s also a bunch of powder barrels scattered around the caves. Clicking on them will cause them to explode after five seconds, dealing significant damage to anyone – player or NPC – caught in the blast radius. Use them wisely and make sure your group knows if you’re about to set one off.

There are two side tunnels that you don’t necessarily have to follow to complete the mission. At the end of each of these tunnels is a tough bunch of defenders (Ringleaders and much tougher Chorbajis) and a reward item. One of the items is a treasure chest called "Chorbaji's Winnings" that gives you a cash and loot reward for clicking on it. The other is a box of sashes and daggers which gives you a mini-mission to take to the tailor in Port Royal to turn in for a clothing item.

If you are killed in the caves, ask a group mate to revive you instead of reviving yourself. You will respawn at the cave entrance if you self-revive and it will be a long walk back to the action.

The Basement
The Caves will eventually bring you to the underground entrance to the fortress. Here you find Antonio Ramos, who tells you about the boss of Bey’s Retreat, Aga Irena Ballesteror. This advances the sub-mission El Castillo del Corsair and gives you the objective to kill Aga.

There is another NPC down here who tells you about Aga’s minions who fight alongside her.

There is also a door on the left side of the room that takes you to the dungeon, where at present Escobar Dez is sanctimoniously grilling the living hell out of poor Henri LeBlanc.

The Prison Wing
To complete the sub-mission When Angels Fall and to get some truly excellent avcom item drops, you need to enter the prison wing and confront Escobar Dez. He’s got a lot of health and a lot of guard and some very powerful attacks. He’s a handful.

Fortunately, the prisoners Dez has been “interrogating” for so long are happy to help you take him down. Maneuver him by the bars of their cells when they signal you by whistling and banging against the bars. They will hold Dez and seal some health damage while you attack him.

If you are killed before Dez dies, don’t self-revive! You will respawn back in the basement and be unable to reenter the dungeon until either all your enemies or allies are dead.

Dez drops a powerful Florentine weapon and several excellent personal equipment items including Torturer’s Hooks and Escobar’s Balanced Boots.

If you have the sub-mission When Angels Fall, don’t forget to talk to Henri LeBlanc before you leave!

The Fortress
Aga Irena Ballesteror is upstairs waiting for you. She has a lot of health and she doesn’t make it easy for you to take it away. To keep things interesting, she has four different types of minions, which are described to you by the man in the basement.

As soon as Aga dies, her surviving minions run off. This completes the sub-mission El Castillo del Corsair.

Aga drops a Fencing sword, a pistol, and a couple of personal equipment items.

Back to the Ships
After you defeat Aga, go down to the nearby dock where one of your crew is waiting patiently to tell you of the enormous Corsair fleet bearing down on you. There’s a longboat that will return you to your ship.

The Corsair fleet comes in six waves with a total of forty-two ships, in levels ranging from the low 20s to high 30s. There’s a few assets on your side that will make the job a bit easier. For one, you have access to a shipyard near the fort that will repair damage to your vessel or grant you buffs.

The other asset takes some work to utilize. There’s a series of gun emplacements on islands along the Corsairs’ approach. To activate them, send one or two fast ships out to deposit crewmen to man the guns.

If you’re out there alone getting the guns online, don’t worry about the Corsairs bearing down on you. They will go right past you, heading for the fortress. They’ll try to land a few shots on you and the gun emplacements you’ve activated, but they won’t sink you unless you deliberately get in a running fight alongside them.

The last Corsair ship is a Fourth-Rate SoL being pursued by a friendly fleet of Brethren Pirates. After the last Corsair fleet goes down, step aboard the Brethren Pirates’ Second-Rate and meet the fleet’s commander. After one of the group talks to him, all Bey’s Retreat objectives are complete!

One of the Corsair ships you sink will drop a bunch of goodies for general ship outfitting and a couple of avcom items.

Back to the Office
Talk to the NPCs who gave you the sub-missions and they will reward you with cash and XP. Adora Fausto will further reward you for completing Bey’s Retreat with your choice of the title “Forlorn Hope” or some consumable items for ship and avcom, including Sulfurous Gunpowder and the legendary Stinky Cheese.