Pirate PQ (Screw the music)
- Kill count added. - EXP gain from this Herb Town PQ depends on how many monsters you kill.
You can go to Herb PQ via Mirror of Dimension(Versatile Portal) located in nearly all towns in maplestory.
Before attempting this Party Quest, consider starting the following Ordinary quests, as they involve either defeating monsters found inside the PQ, or collecting items from them.
- Finding Ingredients for Tae Sang
- Outlaw in the Sea
- Eliminating the Pirates
- Captain Lord Pirate
- Pirate's Map (must be started in Lith Harbor of Victoria)
- You need to be at Level 60 and above to do the party quest
- Over the Pirate Ship and gather 3-6 players to form a party.
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Making use of the Mirror of Dimension, you should now be in the map “Over the Pirate Ship”, and you should also see the friendly NPC Guon (he looks like an old vegetable).
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Before completing this Party Quest, it is recommended that the following quests are initiated as the PQ will help the quests to be completed:
Your party leader should talk to the NPC Guon to begin the quest.
This PQ comprises of 6 stages.
- Stage 1: On the way to the Pirate Ship
- Stage 2: Through the Head of the Ship!
- Stage 3: Through the Deck I
- Stage 4: Through the Deck II
- Stage 5: Eliminate Pirates!
- Stage 6: The Captain's Dignity
Stage 1: On the way to the Pirate Ship/Over the Pirate Ship
Time limit: 4 minutes- Clear all the monsters (
Bellflowers Root and 
Jar) before the given time finishes.
Once you have cleared the area, the portal at the right of the map will be accessible. Enter the portal to proceed to the next stage.
| In this map there are monsters already wandering around. These monsters are “Jar” and “Ginseng Jar”. They are level 47 and 48. It's nothing to get excited about. Don’t open any of the chests, since it just summons more monsters and it takes more time to get through the stage. Kill ALL of the monsters and then you can go through the portal on the right hand side. Make sure your party kills all of them, the map is slightly big, so if you miss one, you have to walk all the way back just to kill it. WARNING!!!!! Don’t go through the portal until ALL of you party is right by the portal and ready to go through. Since the next stage has barely enough time to make it. If one person goes through early, then they start the timer, and the whole party loses precious time. This applies to every stage of the party quest. You have four minutes to kill all the monsters. |
Stage 2: Through the Head of the Ship!
Time limit: 6 minutes
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- Talk to
Guon and 
Mr. Alli will be summoned. Hunt for 20 Mark of the Rookie Pirate from Mr. Alli. - After you have collected the appropriate amount, talk to Guon.
3.Talk to
Guon again, and 
Kru will be summoned. Hunt for 20 Mark of the Rising Pirate from Kru.4.Talk to
Guon after you have collected the appropriate amount.
5.Talk to Guon again and Captain will be summoned. Hunt for 20
Mark of the Veteran Pirate.
Guon for once last time once you have collected the appropriate amount. The portal to the next stage will be open. Move on to the next stage.This stage consists of three parts, and you have about six minutes to complete it. 2-1 First the leader clicks on Guon and clicks “Get on the Pirate Ship”. Then on your message screen it will say “Guon is searching for fellow travelers.” Then someone else has to click Guon and also click “Get on with the Quest”. Once this is done, the monsters are summoned. These monsters are Mr. Alli (weird looking alligators, level 64). The will drop black pirate emblems every now and then, and keep respawning. The leader needs twenty of these emblems. Once the leader has twenty he has to immediately click on Guon. Then all the Mr. Alli’s will vanish. 2-2 The leader should immediately click Guon again and click “Get on with the Quest.” Now Kru (big fat pirate plants with big lips level 68) will spawn all over the map. These drop blue pirate emblems. The leader once again needs 20, and once he has 20 he needs to quickly click on Guon. All the Kru will vanish and the leader needs to click Guon and click “Get on with the Quest.” 2-3 Now Captain monsters appear (they look like the Kru but with a blue hat and sword, level 70). The Captain drop red pirate emblems and once again the leader needs to collect 20 of them and then click on Guon. Once this has been accomplished all the Captain will vanish and all the party members must quickly go through the portal on the right. THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT!!! Your party only has around SIX minutes to accomplish the above tasks. The leader should be frantically running around the map picking up the emblems, and NOT just concentrate only on killing. The leader should be clicking Guon very quickly. And on 2-3 you must clear the stage with time left to get through the portal, OR IT WON’T LET YOU GO THROUGH! Even if you did gather the twenty emblems and click Guon before the time ran out. I find it helpful that a Priest be the leader of the party. That way, while the priest is running around healing people, the priest can also pick up the emblems. But the priest should be of medium level so they aren’t panicking about dying. ALSO, if you have a pet with an item bag, UNEQUIP THE ITEM BAG! The monsters spawn so fast, that there is hardly any room to drop items, so ONLY the leader should pick up the emblems. |
Stage 3: Through the Deck I
Time limit: 6 minutes- Once you enter the map, eliminate all Lord Pirate's Devoted Kru and Captain found on the map. There are 2 optional stages to be cleared:
- Stage 3A - Garden of the 100 Year Old Bellflowers I (Accessed through the left portal)
- Stage 3B - Lord Pirate's Servant I (Accessed through the right portal)
- After clearing the mob, the portal to the next stage will be open. Move on to the next stage.
Stage 3A: Garden of the 100 Year Old Bellflowers I (Optional)
Time limit: 5 minutes 45 seconds- Talk to Guon in the map.
- Eliminate all the Bellflowers that are found on the map.
- Once they have been eliminated, go back to Guon and talk to him and a chestbox will appear. 1 Lord Pirate's Key to Chest is required to open up the chest.
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| Lord Pirate's Key to Chest |
Stage 3B: Lord Pirate's Servant I (Optional)
- Eliminate Lord Pirate's Devoted Kru and Lord Pirate's Devoted Captain within 10 seconds. Otherwise, the mobs will disappear.
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After they have been successfully (or unsuccessfully) defeated, head back to Stage 3: Through the Deck I before the time limit. Otherwise, you will be teleported to the exit stage, which will end the party quest.
In this stage you kill all the monsters, DON’T open the chests to summon the monsters, do all this within six minutes, and go through the portal on the right. Also there are two hidden streets on this map; the hidden portals are in the doors on the background of the pirate ship you are riding on. The first door is eliminating Bellflowers and the second one is eliminating devoted Kru. One of the stages has disappearing Bellflower roots and the other stage has monsters that appear for a short time and then die by themselves. According to Seth M.: The stages with the disappearing Bellflowers are quite like the other stages, your goal is just to kill every Bellflower on the map, they disappear on and off like the one room of kitties in OPQ, once they are all dead if the leader talks to Guon a big red chest will appear above the door you entered, if you drop a Lord Pirate's Key to the Chest on it and it will open and items will drop. The other room where you only have 50 seconds is similar, the only use for it (that I've found at least) is for 2 quests, one that Guon gives you outside of the PQ, which requires you to kill 200 of each of the Pirates in the room, and the one from the pirate in Lith Harbor, who asks for 6 pieces of the map, which these drop, the monsters in there have quite a bit of HP, and every 12-15 seconds or so they all die and you get no experience for any of them and they don't count as kills for the quest if they die from this, in a party of 5 with levels averaging around 80 we only managed to kill maybe 6-7 in each room. Also, from the info given to me from xSoz, the monsters have around 10k to 12k HP, so it takes a bit of effort to kill them. |
Stage 4: Through the Deck II
Time limit: 6 minutes- Once you enter the map, eliminate all Mr. Alli, Kru and
Captain found on the map. - There are 2 optional stages to be cleared:
- Stage 4A - Lord Pirate's Servant II (Accessed through the left portal)
- Stage 4B - Garden of the 100 Year Old Bellflowers II (Accessed through the right portal)
- After clearing the mob, the portal to the next stage will be open. Move on to the next stage.
Stage 4A: Lord Pirate's Servant II (Optional)
Time limit: 1 minute- Eliminate Lord Pirate's Devoted Kru and Lord Pirate's Devoted Captain within 10 seconds. Otherwise, the mobs will disappear.
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Stage 4B: Garden of the 100 Year Old Bellflowers II (Optional)
Time limit: 5 minutes 45 seconds- Talk to Guon in the map.
- Eliminate all the Bellflowers that are found on the map.
- Once they have been eliminated, go back to Guon and talk to him and a chestbox will appear. 1 Lord Pirate's Key to Chest is required to open up the chest.
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| Lord Pirate's Key to Chest |
In this stage you kill all the monsters, DON’T open the chests to summon the monsters, do all this within six minutes, and go through the portal on the right. Also there are two hidden maps just like in the previous stage, look there for directions. Except that the devoted Kru is in the first door, and the bellflowers are in the second door. Anyways the point is, if you take this PQ at face value, it stinks a LOT. But if you take the time to explore then it’s wickedly confusing. |
Stage 5: Eliminate Pirates!
Time limit: 6 minutes- The objective in this stage is to seal up 4 doors in the map by using the Old Metal Key.
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| Old Metal Key |
Old Metal Key can be obtained from 
Ginseng Jar, Mr. Alli, Kru and 
Captain.3. Once you obtain the item, drop the
key in front of the door in order to seal it up. Take note that dropping the key is not easy as they mobs will keep on spawning until the door is sealed. It does required patience and a little bit of skill to get the right timing to drop the key in front of the door.Tip: It is suggested for Thief class use
Dark Sight skill to drop the key.
4. After sealing up the 4 doors, the portal to the next stage will be open. Continue moving on to the next stage.
In this stage the monsters you’ve come to know and love are spawning ALL over the map like they can’t bear to see any spot where there isn’t a monster. In this stage there are four doors on the map and you have to “lock” all four doors to open the portal to the next stage. The map has five doors, but you only need to lock the ones with a skull design above them. The monsters will drop the keys needed every now and then. The HARD part is that since the monsters are spawning ALL over the place, it’s almost impossible to drop the key (without any help). So you shouldn’t pick up the key, only let a thief pick up the key, then that thief can use darksight to drop the key on the doors. If you don’t have a thief, then you need to have your party members lure the monsters away from the door so you can drop the key. In fact it’s a good idea to do the same thing for the thief with darksight. Also, you should tell your party when you see a key, or if you accidentally picked a key up. And once again if you have a pet with an item bag, put your pet away or unequip the item bag. Once all four doors are locked, the portal opens and you can go through. Once again you only have six minutes in which to accomplish this. |
Stage 6: The Captain's Dignity
Time limit: 8 minutes- Defeat the Lord Pirate found on the map. However, the Lord Pirate may be different depending on the boxes you opened in the optional stages.
2. After you have killed Lord Pirate, talk to Wu Yang to complete the party quest.
Rewards:
Note: The rewarded experience may vary depending on the party's average level.
- 42000 experience (Party members' average level below 60)
- 35000 experience (Party members' average level below 70)
- 28000 experience (Party members' average level below 70)
Lord Pirate's Hat (1) by defeating Lord Pirate 30 times.
Lord Pirate's Hat (2) by defeating Lord Pirate 80 times.
Lord Pirate's Hat (3) by defeating Lord Pirate 200 times.
Lord Pirate's Hat (4) by defeating Lord Pirate 350 times.
However, if you get a good rank every time you can get the hat faster.
| Rank | Completed | Item Required |
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| S | 80 | Pirate Hat (Level 90) |
| A | 60 | Pirate Hat (Level 70) |
| B | 40 | Pirate Hat (Level 60) |
| C | 20 | No |
| D | 1 | No |
| F | 0 | No |
| Lord Pirate's Hat (1) | Req Level: 60 | Req Stats: - |
Weapon Def.: 45 | Magic Def.: 45 | Job: Common | |
Effects: STR +2, DEX +2, INT +2, LUK +2, HP +30, MP +30, Jump +1, Speed +1 | Sold for: 1 mesos, cannot be traded | ||
Dropped by: - | |||
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Remarks:
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| Lord Pirate's Hat (2) | Req Level: 70 | Req Stats: - |
Weapon Def.: 60 | Magic Def.: 60 | Job: Common | |
Effects: STR +3, DEX +3, INT +3, LUK +3, HP +40, MP +40, Jump +1, Speed +4 | No. of upgrades available: 7 | Sold for: 1 mesos, cannot be traded | |
Dropped by: - | |||
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Remarks:
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| Lord Pirate's Hat (3) | Req Level: 80 | Req Stats: - |
Weapon Def.: 70 | Magic Def.: 70 | Job: Common | |
Effects: STR +3, DEX +3, INT +3, LUK +3, HP +60, MP +60, Jump +2, Speed +5 | No. of upgrades available: 7 | Sold for: 1 mesos, cannot be traded | |
Dropped by: - | |||
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Remarks:
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| Lord Pirate's Hat (4) | Req Level: 90 | Req Stats: - |
Weapon Def.: 90 | Magic Def.: 90 | Job: Common | |
Effects: STR +5, DEX +5, INT +5, LUK +5, HP +90, MP +90, Jump +4, Speed +7 | No. of upgrades available: 7 | Sold for: 1 mesos, cannot be traded | |
Dropped by: - | |||
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Remarks:
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These Lord Pirate's Hats look cool, but are inferior than the Bosses' Helmets like Zakum/Chaos Zakum Helmets, Scarlion/Targa Helmets.
It is worth to collect the pirate's hats to show off to your friends.
There is no bonus stage in this PQ. There is only the stuff that Pirate Lord drops. Supposedly he has some good drops, because the experience from doing this PQ isn’t incredibly worth it. And Wu Yang doesn’t give you an item for completing the PQ.
Is that all? As you and your pals fight the Lord Pirate, don’t forget to sniff around for valuable items that unlock the secrets of other quests!
A ripped piece of the map that featured the routes the pirates took.
A stack of treasures Lord Pirate had collected over the years.
A Bellflower Concentrate.
- Recovers both HP and MP by 200.
A Ginseng Concentrate.
- Recovers both HP and MP by 400.
A mark that signifies that the owner is in the lower ranks among the pirates.
A mark that signifies that the owner is in the middle ranks among the pirates.
A mark that signifies that the owner is in the top ranks among the pirates.
Useful links
http://forums.asiasoftsea.net/showthread.php?t=342073
Credits to:
Hidden-Street.net
Myself for adding and correcting information.
