Ye’ll find it over thar.

By Toby Saunders

Published: Friday, 09 February 2024 at 12:22 PM


With the open beta now in full swing, players have (finally) been playing Ubisoft’s long-gestating online pirate adventure game Skull and Bones.

One of the first missions in the beta tasks you with collecting some Acacia.

If you want to know how to get Acacia in Skull and Bones, you’re in the right place.

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The Tools of the Trade quest asks you to gather Acacia wood for the Shipwright as you head on your way to building your own pirate ship.

Sounds simple enough, but the trouble is the game doesn’t make it too clear how you’re actually meant to harvest the Acacia wood. We’re here to help.

Read on to find out how to get Acacia in Skull and Bones and to discover where you can find it.

How to get Acacia in Skull and Bones — location explained

To get Acacia to complete the Tools of the Trade mission in Skull and Bones, you first need to craft a saw.

Once you have the saw, open up the map screen (make sure you’re tracking Tools of the Trade) and it will show you the locations of nearby Acacia trees to harvest.

There are two Skull and Bones Acacia locations just north of Sainte-Anne, through the small gaps between rocks.

Before we get there, though, make sure you craft the saw by speaking to the Carpenter right next to the Shipwright.

To craft the most basic saw, you need one piece of Metal Salvage and two pieces of Torn Sail.

Now you have the saw, move your map cursor over one of the listed Acacia locations and mark the spot on your map.

Doing this will place a tall glowing yellow shaft of light onto the game world, so you know exactly where to go to harvest some Acacia wood.

Sail to the spot marked on your map and get close enough for the game to tell you to “Harvest Acacia”.

This will open up a little minigame where you have to press the button the screen tells you when the arrow is pointing over the green section of the image of the saw.

Time it right and you’ll have plenty of Acacia.

If you find the minigame tricky, you can also switch ‘Auto Harvest’ on within the Settings menu. This will remove all resource gathering minigames and speed up the harvesting process.

Simply head back to the Shipwright with your collected Acacia to complete the Tools of the Trade quest.