The Voyage

The Athena’s Run Voyage is similar to a Reaper’s Run voyage that appeared in the past. Every time you do the Athena’s Run of Thieves happen, it will have the same structure:

Chapter 1- an “X-Marks the Spot Map” for Thieves Haven, containing 3 Xs

an “X-Marks the Spot Map” for Thieves Haven, containing 3 Xs Chapter 2- a “riddle quest” for one of the big islands in the surrounding Ancient Isles. This leads to a collector’s chest

a “riddle quest” for one of the big islands in the surrounding Ancient Isles. This leads to a collector’s chest Chapter 3- an “X-Marks the Spot Map” for Thieves Haven, containing 6 Xs

an “X-Marks the Spot Map” for Thieves Haven, containing 6 Xs Chapter 4- a “riddle quest” for one of the big islands in the surrounding Ancient Isles. This leads to a collector’s chest

a “riddle quest” for one of the big islands in the surrounding Ancient Isles. This leads to a collector’s chest Chapter 5- an “X-Marks the Spot Map” for Thieves Haven, containing 9 Xs

Tip #2 Because most players will want to do this voyage during the next several weeks, you are bound to see a lot of activity around Thieves Haven, and this might mean having to defend yourself! But this also means you might find extra loot other players left strewn about the island as well.

The Loot

What makes the Athena’s Run Voyage interesting is that, instead of leading to a Chest of Legends like a normal Legendary Voyage, you’ll be digging up a variety of new Athena’s Fortune loot items. These new items all reward a small amount of Athena’s Fortune Reputation when sold to the mysterious stranger in any of the outpost taverns.

The new loot items are:

Chalice of Ancient Fortune (an unassuming golden cup)

Gilded Relic of Ancient Fortune (a more valuable gold item)

Skull of Ancient Fortune (a skull smeared with purple paint)

Villainous Skull of Ancient Fortune (a more valuable skull)

Crate of Legendary Voyages (a merchant style crate)

Keg of Ancient Black Powder (equivalent of a Stronghold gun powder barrel)

While digging up the 18 total X’s during the Athena’s Run voyage, you will encounter these loot items at random, along with Mermaid gems and Fire Bomb Crates.

On the two Riddle quest chapters, you’ll discover collector’s chests. Inside, you will randomly find the smaller sized of these Athena loot items (the chalice, relic, or skulls) along with Ashen gold hoarder trinkets. When you discover the collector’s chest during these two chapters, you’ll also discover…

Tip #3 As with any voyage, you’ll be periodically attacked by random skeleton spawns while you search for your treasure. Sometimes they will spawn in a group of 4+ that are all carrying gun powder barrels, and sometimes, one will spawn carrying the Keg of Ancient Black Powder. If you’re smart with a pistol or eye of reach, you can kill the skeleton and nab the keg

Shadow of Fate Skeletons

During each of the two riddle quest chapters (Chapter 2 and Chapter 4), when digging up the collector’s chest you’ll be attacked by a crew of skeletons that includes one Shadow of Fate Skeleton. These Skeletons operate like Shadow Skeletons and can only become vulnerable to attack when flashed with a lantern- but the lantern must be colored to match the type of skeleton that it is!

There are only two that you may encounter, and they are the easiest lantern colors to collect- Green (earned from the Ferry of the Damned when killed by any skeleton) or Red (earned from the Ferry when killed by fire).

NOTE: If every member of your crew dies at the same time, it will reset the island and despawn the Shadow of Fate skeleton

Why bother with this skeleton?

If you don’t have the proper lantern color, you can’t defeat the skeleton, which is fine because they are not hard to escape from. BUT, if you manage to kill them they will drop a Skull of Ancient Fortune or sometimes even a Villainous Skull of Ancient Fortune.