Bigger pouches, more health and more darts all come from hunting land and sea animals and crafting with their skins. A single dedicated hunting trip early can max most of Edward's personal upgrades.
What to hunt
- Harpoon whales, sharks and killer whales at sea for the rarest skins.
- Hunt jaguars, crocodiles, deer and hutia on the islands for craft materials.
- Craft ammo pouches, the health upgrade and the dart/rope-dart capacity.
- Some upgrades need rare skins — plan a hunting trip when you unlock the harpoon.
Harpooning tips
- Use the harpoon skiff mini-activity to hunt the biggest sea beasts (great white, humpback).
- Wait for the throw prompt and manage the rope — reel when the animal tires, release when it pulls.
- Killer whales and white whales give the rarest skins for the final capacity upgrades.
- Bank a few rare skins before opening the crafting menu so you can upgrade in one go.
Upgrades from hunting
- Ammo pouches (dart, smoke, rope-dart) — carry more tools into every fight.
- Health upgrades — survive tougher on-foot encounters and Templar Hunts.
- Pistol holsters — work up to the four-pistol bandolier for boarding chaos.
- Most need specific animal skins, so plan a hunting circuit once you have the harpoon.
How much there is to hunt, and to craft
| How many | |
|---|---|
| Animal species across the islands | 13 by Consolepulse's count, though PowerPyx's crafting list names 16 kinds, sea animals included — rabbits, iguanas and wild pigs among them. TheGamer lists black and white jaguars apart from the common one; the crafting guides have a single Jaguar pelt |
| Upgrades that need animal materials | 17 |
| What they cover | Health, pistol holsters, pistol ammunition, Smoke Bomb capacity, Dart capacity, Sleep Darts and Berserk Darts |
Two worked examples of how specific the requirements get: Howler Monkey Skins
unlock the first level of the Dart Pouch — which raises Sleep and Berserk dart capacity together —
and Hutia Hides unlock the second level of the Smoke Bomb Pouch. The crafting menu is the anvil icon
beneath your gear, and it lists what each upgrade wants.
You do not have to hunt all of it. General Stores sell land and ocean components
— but not for Reales. You trade in Bones, dropped by any animal you hunt regardless of species,
for the specific skin or hide you are missing. Their stock starts thin, but upgrading the General Store at
Great Inagua widens it for every General Store on the map —
so the shop upgrade is worth more than an afternoon of harpooning, and it is the third system on Great Inagua after
the Harbourmaster and the
Fleet.
Which makes Great Inagua the real priority of the early game. Three separate
progression systems hang off that one island, and all three of them are shop or table upgrades rather than combat
— easy to sail past and expensive to have skipped.
Still to verify
Cross-checked on 5 September 2026 against PowerPyx and VULKK — which agree on the 17 upgrades, and on Howler Monkey Skins unlocking Dart Pouch I and Hutia Hide unlocking Smoke Bomb Pouch II. They also correct what this page had wrong: General Store stock is bought with Bones, not handed over for Reales, and upgrading Great Inagua's store widens every store's stock, not just its own. What is still unverified is the only thing reading cannot settle — nobody here has played it.