All Destiny 2 Sails of the Shipstealer quest steps

How Sails of the Shipstealer quest in Destiny 2 works

To start Sails of the Shipstealer, you must complete the Season of Plunder's introductory quest 'Salvage and Salvation'. This starts automatically the first time you load up the season, but if not, then you can begin from the H.E.L.M.

Once done, you must then complete 'Ahoy and Aweigh' - introducing you to Ketchcrash and the Captain's Atlas in the H.E.L.M., the 'vendor' for the season - which then finally gives you 'Sails of the Shipstealer'.

Each week, the Sails of the Shipstealer quest steps follow a familiar pattern - visiting the H.E.L.M., looting a Treasure Map at an Expedition once you have enough Map Fragments and Treasure Coordinates, and finally a Pirate Hideout activity, before returning to the H.E.L.M. or Eliskni Quarter for some character interactions to progress the story.

Sails of the Shipstealer has a total of 62 steps, with only a certain number of steps releasing each week. You can either play these as they are released, or wait until later in the season to play them in bulk - whatever works for you!

Destiny 2 Sails of the Shipstealer Week 1 quest (Steps 1-10)

First, complete the 'Salvage and Salvation' and 'Ahoy and Aweigh' steps to unlock the following:

1. Visit the Star Chart in the H.E.L.M.
2. Examine the details of the Captain's Atlas in your quests. Restore a Treasure Map in the Captain's Atlas using the Map Fragments and Treasure Coordinates provided.
3. Loot buried treasure at the end of an Expedition activity. (Complete an Expedition with a Treasure Map active)
4. Claim the Successful Expedition Weekly Challenge in the Season of Plunder section of your quests. (Claim the challenge in your Seasonal Challenges menu, as seen here:)

5. Upgrade the Star Chart in the H.E.L.M..
6. Complete Pirate Hideout: Val'aug, the Brute. (Activity is within the H.E.L.M. director screen)
7. Visit The Ether Tank holoprojector in the Eliskni Quarter.
8. Visit Spider in The Ether Tank in the Eliksni Quarter.
9. Check in with Spider in The Ether Tank.
10. Mithrax and Eido are studying what you recovered from the Pirate Hideout. They will contact you when they have more information.

Destiny 2 Sails of the Shipstealer Week 2 quest (Steps 11-18)

Steps 11 to 18 are as follows:

11. Visit the Star Chart in the H.E.L.M.
12. Loot buried treasure at the end of an Expedition activity. (Complete an Expedition with a Treasure Map active). Also, defeat 50 enemy combatants on the Cosmodrome.

Destiny 2 Sails of the Shipstealer Week 3 quest (Steps 19-26)

Steps 19 to 26 are as follows:

19. Visit the Star Chart in the H.E.L.M.
20. Loot buried treasure at the end of an Expedition activity. (Complete an Expedition with a Treasure Map active)

Destiny 2 Sails of the Shipstealer Week 4 quest (Steps 27-33)

Steps 27 to 33 are as follows:

27. Visit the Star Chart in H.E.L.M.
28. Loot Expedition buried treasure and defeat combatants on Europa.
29. Complete Pirate Hideout: Alaaks, the Beast Tamer.

Destiny 2 Sails of the Shipstealer Week 5 quest (Steps 34-41)

Steps 34 to 41 are as follows:

34. Visit the Star Chart in H.E.L.M.

Destiny 2 Sails of the Shipstealer Week 6 quest (Steps 42-49)

Steps 42 to 49 are as follows:

42. Visit the Star Chart in H.E.L.M.
43. Loot Expedition buried treasure and defeat complete five Ketchcrash activities.
44. Complete Pirate Hideout: Vrisk, the Coward.

Destiny 2 Sails of the Shipstealer Week 7 quest (Steps 50-56)

Steps 50 to 56 are as follows:

50. Visit the Star Chart in H.E.L.M.
51. Loot Expedition buried treasure and defeat combatants using Season of Plunder weapons.

Destiny 2 Sails of the Shipstealer Week 8 quest (Steps 57-62)

Steps 57 to 62 are as follows:

57. Visit the Star Chart in H.E.L.M.
58. Loot Expedition buried treasure and emote with teammates.

Destiny 2 Sails of the Shipstealer Epoligue

As the Season of Plunder winds down, players are greeted with one final bit of story, in the form of a cutscene. In this scene, Saint-14 recounts the donations to help the Eliskni Quarter, and Mithraax converting the found Reliquaries into... tea?

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It's a bit of a strange brew, but this beverage of dark energy is apparently just the thing needed to awaken Osiris, who greets his beloved Saint, and gives a warning about a power hidden on Neptune, a destination Guardians will visit in Destiny 2: Lightfall. And with that, Sales of the Shipstealer and the Season of Plunder come to a close.

The Season of the Deep is here alongside the Into the Depths quest. You can know go fishing too! Don't forget to keep an eye on the Lost Sector and King's Fall challenge rotation schedule!

When does the Sails of the Shipstealer quest expire?

Although Sails of the Shipstealer is the seasonal quest for Season of Plunder - which runs between August and December 2022 - you don't need to complete the quest in full before the season ends.

Though the Seasonal Challenges and Artifact will move on once the Season ends, this quest - and the associated currencies and activities - will remain until the next major expansion releases. This will be Year 6 and Lightfall, which launches on 28th February, 2023.

So though it's worth playing Sails of the Shipstealer during Season of Plunder to get the most out of that season's rewards, if you want to catch up later, then you can.