All You Need to Know About Hostile Takeovers in Skull & Bones – How to do them?

As a pirate looking for fortune and glory in the gloomy seas, you’ll run into other pirates trying to look for the same treasures as you. Whether you charge into battle or let them be is up to you. Joining the chaos in a cutthroat environment is what Hostile Takeovers are about.

These events are time-sensitive, so you have to keep your eye out for them. Knowing what these events reward you, it’s worth it to participate in them to build your Pirate Empire.

1. How do Hostile Takeovers work in Skull & Bones?

Hostile Takeovers are PvP endgame World Events where players compete with each other to win a Manufactory that will generate Pieces of Eight as rewards in Skull & Bones. In a Hostile Takeover, players must capture an outpost with a production chain and race against other players.

The players with the most damage to the Manufactory will win the Hostile Takeover. Once done, the outpost will start generating Pieces of Eight, and all the loot will be up for grabs.

2. How to unlock Hostile Takeovers in Skull & Bones?

Hostile Takeovers are unlocked once players reach the Kingpin Infamy Rank. Upon reaching this rank, Yanita Nara will send a message from Saint-Anne about a short tutorial in The Helm that introduces Hostile Takeovers.

Once the tutorial is complete, Hostile Takeovers will unlock, and you can compete with players to start your Pirate Empire.

3. How to do Hostile Takeovers in Skull & Bones?

Hostile Takeover events appear every 30 minutes and can be displayed on the Helm map. At the bottom of the map, it shows the time left for the next Hostile Takeover event. Once the timer ends, the event appears on the map, indicated by a red crown marker.

There are multiple Hostile Takeovers to choose from. During the match, watch the progress bar as it shows how much the zone has been captured. Stay in the target area and sink enemy ships along with destroying the buildings to advance the Takeover’s progress. The event comes to a halt after the progress bar reaches 100 percent.

That’s all you need to know about Hostile Takeovers in Skull & Bones.

4. About Skull and Bones

Skull and Bones is an action-adventure video game developed  and published by Ubisoft Singapore. The game revolves around piracy and naval warfare.

Set in an open-world environment and played from a third-person perspective, players take control of a customizable pirate captain. They may sail the Indian Ocean by themselves and set off on a single-player campaign or gather up to five other players to ally in player-versus-player gameplay in Disputed Waters.