Athena's Fortune

Type

 We Shall Sail Together

**Athena's Fortune** is one of the major Trading Companies in Sea of Thieves that only deals with Pirates of Legendary repute. Formed by the Pirate Lord, Athena's Fortune is only accessible to Player Pirates who have proven themselves as Pirate Legends. While most of the Company hides in the Athena's Fortune Hideout, accessible through Taverns with the use of a special Shanty, Player Crews can find the Mysterious Stranger as the company's Representative at any Tavern. Players can climb up to 30 Reputation Ranks with Athena's Fortune through performing various legendary deeds for them.

## The Company & Hideout

Athena's Fortune is a Trading Company accessible only to Pirate Legends. They reside in Athena's Fortune Hideout, where the ghostly Pirate Lord issues Legendary Athena's Fortune Voyages. The rest of his ghostly crew populates the Hideout Tavern, telling legendary tales and offering Legendary and Ghostly Cosmetics for Player Pirates who have proved their worth on the seas.

### Access & Pirate Legends

 Through many voyages upon the sea, you searched to find the legend's key.
Now one last step to pass the Tests, to find where Athena's Fortune rests.

Take this tune and make a sound, the secret lies near in the ground.

 — Mysterious Stranger, Shanty Riddle, Pre-Anniversary

In order to access the Athena's Fortune Hideout on their own, players must achieve the title of a Pirate Legend. The Mysterious Stranger will assess a Pirate's reputation, and if deemed fit, will teach them the **Shanty of Legends**. This Shanty can be played with any instrument only in a specific space within any Outpost's Tavern which is near the long wall that is opposite to side with the fireplace. Playing the shanty here will open the secret tunnel passage containing the portal to Athena's Fortune Hideout. While players without the Pirate Legend title can travel through the portal to the Hideout, their access to voyages and other facilities is limited.

## NPCs

The following NPCs are related to Athena's Fortune:

* Pirate Lord - King of pirates in The Sea of Thieves, grants Athena’s Fortune Voyages and Promotions.
* Mysterious Stranger - Liaison of the company, stationed at every Outpost’s Tavern
* Blind Bob - Comedic entertainer of the Athena's Fortune Hideout, filled with pirate puns.
* Louise - Tavern Keeper of Athena's Fortune Hideout, highly suspicious of your age.
* Legendary Luke - Sells Legendary Clothing, Vanity, Equipment and Weapons in Athena's Fortune Hideout.
* Legendary Liz - Sells Legendary Ship Customization Items in Athena's Fortune Hideout.
* Sudds - Met during Legend of the Veil Voyage for puzzle maps.
* Belle - Encountered during the Haunted Island chapter of the Legend of the Veil Voyage and during several Adventures. She can also be found in the extended Athena’s Fortune Hideout.
* Merrick - Found in the extended Athena’s Fortune Hideout.

## Offered Services

The following services are offered by the Mysterious Stranger inside every Outpost Tavern:

* Assessing Player Pirate Rank status.
* Providing new Pirate Legends with the Shanty of Legends.
* Accepting any Athena's Fortune Treasure for Gold, Reputation and Emissary Value (if an Athena's Fortune Emissary Flag is raised).
* Providing Crews with the Athena's Fortune Emissary Table
* Offering the Athena's Fortune Emissary Quest to any Emissary Grade V Athena's Fortune Representatives.

The following services are offered to Pirate Legends at Athena's Fortune Hideout:

* Athena's Fortune Voyages sold by the Pirate Lord
* Athena's Fortune Promotions sold by the Pirate Lord
* Athena's Fortune Emissary Flag sold by the Pirate Lord
* Selling Legendary Cosmetics:
	+ Athena's Fortune Costume sold by the Pirate Lord
	+ Legendary Set and Ghost Set Pirate Cosmetics sold at the Athena's Fortune Shop for various Commendations and Rank Promotions
	+ Legendary Set and Ghost Set Ship Cosmetics sold by Legendary Liz the Shipwright.

## Voyages

Athena's Fortune Voyages can be bought from the Pirate Lord for 250 , these voyages are composed of quests from various Trading Companies, ultimately leading to a Chest of Legends. There are two types of Legendary Voyages: a regular Athena's Fortune Voyage and an Ashen Athena's Fortune Voyage.
The regular voyage issue quests located in the three main Regions, while the Ashen versions has quests traveling throughout the entirety of The Devil's Roar for increased risk and reward.
Both of these Voyages consist of two chapters. The first chapter will provide the Crew with 8 maps: 2 Treasure Maps with 4 Treasure Chests each, 2 Riddle Maps with 4 clues each, 2 Bounty Maps with 4 Skeleton Captains each, and 2 Cargo Runs with 4-6 items each.
Upon the completion of all these tasks, the second and final chapter will provide the crew with a Treasure Map with one X, indicating the location of either a Chest of Legends or an Ashen Chest of Legends, depending on the Voyage. These Chests are one of the more valuable Treasure items in the game, they are to be sold to the Mysterious Stranger for Gold and Athena's Fortune Reputation.
Additionally, players can find individual Athena's Treasure Items in the Voyages.

The Athena's Run of Thieves' Haven Mercenary Voyages is also available from the Bilge Rats to search for various types of Athena's Treasure.

The highest value voyage of Athena's Fortune is the Legend of the Veil voyage. The first two chapters of the voyage are interchangeable which could have pirate legends solve Lying maps, Zoomed in maps or Pictorial maps from Sudds, Dispelling Haunted Islands from Belle, and exploring Shipwreck Graveyards, The Final chapter is always the same having players destroy ghost forts and ships to receive their fortune. This Voyage will give pirate legends level 5 emissary by the end; if the players pick up all Athena Items, and place the Veil stones in the Veil of the Ancients

## Athena's Fortune Treasure

*Main article:* Athena's Treasure
The Athena's Fortune Company has several Legendary Treasure Items that can be delivered to the Mysterious Stranger for Gold, Athena's Fortune Reputation and Emissary Value (if representing the Company as an Emissary). The following Treasure Items can mostly be found through Athena's Run or Athena's Fortune Voyages.

* Chest of Legends
* Ashen Chest of Legends
* Chalice of Ancient Fortune
* Gilded Relic of Ancient Fortune
* Skull of Ancient Fortune
* Villainous Skull of Ancient Fortune
* Crate of Legendary Voyages
* Skull of Athena's Blessing
* Offering of Legendary Goods
* Jar Of Athena's Incense
* Legendary Fortune Keeper
* Athena's Relic
* Artifact of Legendary Hunger
* Keg of Ancient Black Powder

## Reputation, Promotions & Rewards

### Reputation

Players can earn Reputation up to 30 Ranks with Athena's Fortune, to earn the **Guardian of Athena's Fortune** and **Champion of Athena's Fortune** Promotions and Titles. These are the only Promotions available for the Company and are unlocked at Rank 10, 20, and 30 for 50,000  to 100,000 . Most of the promotions have no unlockable Cosmetics directly tied to them, except for the level 30 promotion which unlocked the Veil of the Ancients Costume. There are also pet cosmetics tied to reaching Rank 20, such as the Whippet Ghost Outfit.

The main source of Athena's Fortune Reputation is turning in Athena's Fortune Treasure: either Chests of Legends from Legendary Voyages, or Athena's Run Treasure items from Athena’s Run of Thieves’ Haven. Players can also earn Reputation by completing grades in Athena's Fortune Commendations or lowering a higher than Emissary Grade II Athena's Fortune Emissary Flag at the Athena's Fortune Emissary Table. Crews representing Athena's Fortune as an Emissary will get increased Reputation gains the higher the Emissary Grade of their Ship.

### Promotions

The following is a table of all the Athena's Fortune Promotions and the Titles that are unlocked after achieving them:

## Athena's Fortune Emissaries

Any players wishing to represent Athena's Fortune on the open seas can do so by becoming an Athena's Fortune Emissary. Pirate Legends are able to purchase the emissary flag from the Pirate Lord for 20,000 . Player Crews can vote to raise a Company Emissary Flag at the Company's Emissary Table. Athena's Fortune Emissary Tables can be found by the Mysterious Stranger. Once voted upon, the Crew's Ship will receive two Company themed Flags on their Ships to designate their Emissary status: a big Flag on the back of the ship and a Pennant on top of the Crow's Nest. These Flags will signify the Emissary Ship's current Emissary Grade and will change as the Crew progresses through the Grades. Athena's Fortune Emissary Flags are Dark Blue and neon Green and will play a distinct tune when viewed from a Spyglass by other Crews. When an Emissary Ship sinks or is scuttled, the Emissary Flag will be lost along with any earned Grade progress. The Broken Emissary Flags that float up from the sunk ship can be sold to The Servant of the Flame at The Reaper's Hideout. When Crews vote to lower their own Emissary Flag, they earn large sums of Gold and Reputation with the Emissary Company (only after Grade 2).

### Emissary Grades

Every Athena's Fortune Emissary will start out at Emissary Grade I and be able to progress up to Grade V. These Grades are displayed on the Ship's Emissary Flags. Players can also check their Emissary Grade progress by using the Equipment Radial Menu or opening up their Reputation tab at the Pirate Menu.

When reaching Grade V, Athena's Fortune Emissaries are eligible to claim a special Athena's Fortune Emissary Quest from the Mysterious Stranger.

With each Emissary Grade, players will receive greater Rewards, Athena's Fortune Reputation and Emissary Value for any sold Athena's Treasure. Note that Players do not get Emissary Grade Reputation from selling Items to the company. The following is a chart of the reward and value multiplier of Emissary Grades:

 Grade 2
 Grade 3
 Grade 4
 Grade 5

#### Emissary Reputation

Athena's Fortune Emissaries can gain Emissary Reputation and progress through Emissary Grades in the following ways:

* Progressing through and completing Quests in Athena's Fortune Voyages:
	+ Each Riddle Map Riddle line
	+ Killing Bounty Map Skeleton Captains
	+ Completing Treasure Maps
* Progressing through and completing Bottle Quests & Skeleton's Orders Quests
* Picking up any Athena's Treasure Items for the first time (note that items inside Collector's Chests need to be taken out individually)
* Putting Athena's Treasure items on your Ship (note that items inside Collector's Chests need to be put on the deck individually)
* Completing World Events
* Defeating Megalodon and Kraken
* Sinking Emergent Skeleton Ships
* Killing Emergent Skeleton Captains
* Sinking rivaling Reaper's Bones Emissary Ships

Things that do not give Emissary Grade Reputation for Athena's Fortune:

* Selling Athena's Treasure
* Picking up any other Treasure items, not even Mermaid Gems
* Delivering Cargo Crates acquired during an Athena's Fortune Voyage Cargo Map
* Progressing through or completing Riddle Maps or Treasure Maps in an Athena's Run of Thieves' Haven
* Sinking Skeleton Ships that are a part of a Skeleton Fleet
* Picking up or putting Collector's Chests on your Ship
* Killing Reaper's Bones Emissary Crew members
* Killing or Sinking any other Trading Company Emissary Ships or Crew members

#### Emissary Quest

Once Crews have reached Emissary Grade V when sailing as an Athena's Fortune Emissary, they will be eligible for an Athena's Fortune Emissary Quest. Only one Quest can be claimed per Crew per Emissary Run. This means that if players want to receive more Emissary Quests, they will have to reset their Emissary progress and work their way back up to Grade V again.

The Athena's Fortune Emissary Quest gives all players of the Crew a Treasure Map, a Riddle Map and a Bounty Map that reward them with Athena's Treasure. Once completed, Crews will receive a single X Marks the Spot Map with 2 X's that uncover a Keg of Ancient Black Powder and a Chest of Legends.

### Emissary Value & Ledger

Athena's Fortune Emissary Value is earned every time a Crew sells a Treasure item to the Mysterious Stranger while flying an Athena's Fortune Emissary Flag. Each Athena's Treasure Item has a set base Emissary Value. Crews get increased Emissary Value the higher the Grade of their Emissary Flag. When selling Treasure as a Grade V Emissary, the Emissary Value is doubled (see above chart for the multipliers). Emissary Value acts as a Player Pirate's individual scoreboard with a Trading Company.

A player's Emissary Value is counted in their Emissary Ledger, which divides all of the Company's Emissaries into four Ranks based on their total Emissary Value. Each Emissary Rank accounts for a percentage of the Company's total Emissary Value holders. A single Emissary Ledger scoreboard remains active for one month, after which it will be closed and reset. At the close of a Ledger, every player Pirate to place in the first or second top tier will be rewarded with exclusive Company Sails.

Athena's Fortune Emissary Ranks and rewards are as follows:

Seeker
(bottom 25%)
Voyager
(bottom 25-50%)
2. Voyager of Pirate Prowess Title
3. Voyager of Sworn Secrets Title
4. Voyager of Valiant Vessels Title
5. Voyager of Ghostly Glory Title

Guardian
(top 25-50%)
	* Emissary of Fortune Guardians Title
2. Legendary Spirit Pistol
	* Guardian of Pirate Prowess Title
3. Legendary Spirit Blunderbuss
	* Guardian of Sworn Secrets Title
4. Magpie's Glory Capstan
	* Guardian of Valiant Vessels Title
5. Magpie's Glory Figurehead
	* Guardian of Ghostly Glory
6. Magpie's Glory Cannons

Legend
(top 25%)
	* Legendary Emissary of Fortune Title
2. Legendary Spirit Cutlass
	* Legendary Pirate of Prowess Title
3. Legendary Spirit Eye of Reach
	* Legendary Pirate of Sworn Secrets Title
4. Magpie's Glory Wheel
	* Legendary Pirate of Valiant Vessels Title
5. Magpie's Glory Hull
	* Legendary Pirate of Ghostly Glory
6. Magpie's Glory Sails
	* Legendary Pirate of Ancient Art Title

## Commendations

Most of Athena's Fortune Commendations are only unlocked when a player becomes Pirate Legend. All of these Commendations have 5 Grades and unlock Titles of the same names in their Vanity Chest. Achieving each of the 5 grades will reward the players with additional Athena's Fortune reputation. Some of these Commendations also unlock Legendary Variants of various items for purchase at the Hideout.

## Chest of Legends Table

The following is a chart of approximately how many Chests of Legends on average are needed to be sold to level up to Rank 10 in Athena's Fortune. Ashen Chest of Legends is worth 1,5x as much as Chest of Legends. With the introduction of Athena's Treasure and the Emissary system, the table is less useful, as players have much more varied methods of earning Athena's Fortune Reputation than they used to.

## Trivia

* The Company was supposedly named after the Pirate Lord's Flagship which was named after his wife, Athena. This name comes from the ancient greek goddess.

## Patch history

* **2.5.1.1 (April 21, 2022)**
	+ Maximum Athena's Fortune level increased from 20 to 30.
	+ Added one new promotion for reaching level 30.
	+ Introduced the Legend of the Veil voyage.
	+ Added 20 new Commendations revolving around the new Legend of the Veil voyage.

* **2.5.0 (March 10, 2022)**
	+ You are no longer able to progress the Legendary Sea Dog Commendation.

* **2.0.14 (April 22, 2020)**
	+ Maximum Athena's Fortune level increased from 10 to 20.
	+ Added one new promotion for reaching level 20.
	+ Introduced the Emissary system.
	+ Added Athena's Fortune Costume.
	+ Added 10 new Commendations based on the new Emissary system.

* **2.0.13 (March 12, 2020)**
	+ Introduced the Athena’s Run of Thieves’ Haven.
	+ Added 6 new Commendations based on the new Athena Treasure.

* **2.0 (April 30, 2019)**
	+ Added 2 new Commendations.

* **1.4.0 (November 28, 2018)**
	+ Added 20 new Commendations.

* **1.3.0 (September 27, 2018)**
	+ Added Ashen variants of the Athena's Fortune Voyage.

* **First Release (March 20, 2018)**
	+ Introduced.