Sea Monster Hunt

A Sea Monster Hunt (or SMH for short) is a voyage configuration option. It allows pirates to chart to any Atlantean Outpost, Cursed Isles, or Haunted Seas to fight Atlantean Monsters, zombies, or ghosts, respectively.

A ship's voyage configuration may be set to Sea Monster mode only after being charted to a Sea Monster location with the corresponding map. Any job offers posted after this appear under the "Sea Monster" heading on the Voyages tab of the Notice Board.

On a doubloon ocean, a bravery badge is needed to join a Sea Monster Hunt. On a subscriber ocean, pirates must be subscribed.



Types
At this time, there are three types of sea monster hunts:


 * Atlantis
 * Cursed Isles
 * Haunted Seas

Booty division
In Sea Monster Hunts, there is a chance of getting treasure chests when playing either the treasure haul or foraging puzzles. These factor into the Booty Division at port.


 * For details, see Sea Monster Hunt booty division in the booty article.

Historical notes

 * "Sea Monster Hunt" takes its name from the first voyage destination of this type; Atlantis, introduced with . Subsequent destinations were introduced with and, being the Cursed Isles and the Haunted Seas respectively. Both shared the same voyage configuration as Atlantis. Thus, although only Atlantis is home to sea monsters, all three are nonetheless referred to as types of Sea Monster Hunt. This naming convention is used both in the official game documentation, and colloquially by players. This naming convention can cause confusion, with some pirates understanding "SMH" to mean Atlantis specifically, although there has been no indication that it will be changed.