Quest Solution: Black Pearl vs. Goliath

[Vangelis]

Well I finally completed this today after one hour of trying, and at least 9 attempts.

It's no cakewalk as many of you can guess.

Here's how I did it.

1. I went to my journal and joined the "Boss Battle Now." Please note that you can bring other crew members along, I'm not sure what this does for them though, since I did it alone.

2. You go through a cutscene, two Navy soldiers argue, similar to Murtogg and Mulroy from the films. You see a massive LEVEL 40 war frigate, called the Goliath, guarding the Black Pearl. While the soldiers argue, you sneek aboard.

3. Take the wheel. This is the fun part, you get to sail the Pearl! However, the game may be jumping all over the place and make steering her no fun at all, so if it doesn't, then enjoy!

4. Navy ships attack you. There are 4 in total, and you must sink them. When I did it, I only sunk 1, and the other 3 sunk by themselves! LOL. They damage the Pearl quite alot.

5. After clearing the attack ships, you enter the longest part of the mission. You must destroy ALL bridges guarding the exit route. That's 9 forts (5 bridges.) This will take about 15 minutes, but the forts do not damage the Pearl, or at least they didn't when I played. However, when I sailed through, you sometimes end up in the open ocean. Simply reverse to get back. Sometimes you can use this to your advantage, as you can end up between the next bridge you must destroy :-)

6. After all bridges are destroyed, advance on the Goliath. It's huge and has so many powerful guns, but when I did it, they didn't harm me or the Pearl. You must look for a weak spot. For me, I sailed through the Goliath and found some broadside cannons hanging out. I fired on them for 10 minutes, and finally brought her down. GOOD LUCK finding this, I got very lucky.

7. With the Goliath gone, you now get 2000 rep for destroying her, and 2000 more for quest completion.

8. You must return to Jack Sparrow and Gibbs in the Faithful Bride in Tortuga. They revel in your victory, and tell you of a future quest....

9. This future quest is incomplete at present, but is planned! You get 500 rep for visiting "Valentina" on Padres del Fuego.

10. STORY QUEST COMPLETE!

Finally!