


Improbably, "Godzilla" proved a Spectral runt. He picks up a bus and he throws it back downĪs he wades through the buildings toward the center of townĭonald "Buck Dharma" Roeser's buzzing, high-tension-wire guitars Japanese bulletins bouncing off bunker walls and a recoiling refrain chorused by some sort of Freemason society prehistoric tongue-in-cheek crunch born of the drive-in and infinitely retelecast. Opener "Godzilla" had already demolished both FM radio and Tokyo, "with a purposeful grimace and a terrible sound." Even in this art-challenged format, the cover reeked of the occult. Pulpy sunlight sludging through honeycomb windows, ye olde decor, mustachioed Camaro owners in bell-bottom corduroys: The Devil handed me the cassette.Ĭould've been/should've been 1976's Agents of Fortune, off which "Sinful Love" suckled in the shadows of biggest hit "(Don't Fear) The Reaper." Mirrors, maybe, paging "Dr. Had this mom-and-pop hole in the wall not rolled like a biker bar, things might have turned out different. That's me removing a Blue Öyster Cult tape, $8.99 list, from my sock on the sidewalk outside a record store before all too long.

666: Pentagrams! You couldn't beat the late Seventies with a stick. Like the Band, five songwriters became one doo-wop at the mic.īlake Mutter, blond, lanky, in his ever-present BÖC concert tee, repeated the lyric, heavy metal mysticism firing his blue eyes. For more answers to all your questions, check out the Shacknews Sea of Thieves guide and walkthrough.Agents of Fortune (clockwise from top left): Eric Bloom, Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser, Allen Lanier, Albert Bouchard, and Joe Bouchard. Now that the mystery of the red skull on your map has been solved, you will no doubt want to know what to do with Reaper’s Chests and Reaper’s Bounty. There are also some commendations that require you to use the flag in order to unlock them. Why would someone put up the Reaper mark? Well, some players might want to attract more attention, like calling out for a fight. This marks them on all players’ maps, allowing everyone else to see where they are. If you look at the map and see a shadowy black ship with a Reaper sign, it means that ship has their Reaper flag raised. Unlike the normal skeleton forts, the key to this fort appears on your map, this lets other players see where it is at all times! If you see one of these on the map, race over and grab it for a wealth of treasure.įinally, there’s a chance the red skull you’re seeing is in fact the Reaper mark. This is actually the key to the Fort of the Damned. This skull is actually white and is encased in black with a red circle. There is another, less common, skull that you might see. The white skull you see on the ship is highlighting the location of the key to the vault in the Fort of the Damned. In fact, if you see a red skull but no fireworks, that means another player has picked it up and is likely moving it to their ship. Keep in mind that just because there are no fireworks, doesn’t mean there are no Reaper items around. However, whenever a Reaper’s Chest or Reaper’s Bounty is picked up, the fireworks disappear but the red skull stays. This means you can look around the horizon to find one without having to scour the map. Colorful or golden fireworks on the horizon pinpoint the location of a Reaper’s item.

The other telltale sign of a Reaper’s Chest or Reaper’s Bounty are fireworks. When you go and pick up a Reaper item and take it to your ship, the red skull will stay, which means other players will know you have the chest on your ship. Whenever a Reaper’s Chest or Reaper’s Bounty appears in the world, they are also represented on the ship map as a red skull encased in black with a red highlight. These little red skulls present a Reaper's Chest or Reaper Bounty. There are actually a couple of different red skulls but for the most part it will likely mean one thing: a Reaper’s Chest or a Reaper’s Bounty is in play. Sometimes when looking at your ship’s map, you may see a red skull. A ship’s map belongs to the player, so when strange symbols start appearing, it can be a bit scary and peculiar! So let’s take a look at what this red skull means and whether there’s something good if you find it. There are a lot of things to see in Sea of Thieves and one that might confuse new players is a red skull on the map.
