Sea of Thieveshas a large open world dotted with islands that players can explore. to find the place they are looking for, players have to continually check the map onboard their ship. Though this adds a more realistic feel to the world ofSea of Thieves, locating various places can be challenging.

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This is especially true for those islands and fortresses on the outskirts of the world ofSea of Thieves. Recently, players have been struggling to locate the Coral Fortress in the game. For those players looking to track down this intimidating island, this guide is here to help.

How to Find the Coral Fortress

As players familiar with the game will know, in order to track down anything, they must firstboardtheirSea of Thieves’ ship.Whether a player is using a Sloop, Brigantine, or Galleon in their current playthrough of the game, themap is located near the stern and below the main deck.

Fortunately, the Coral Fortress isn’t one of theremaining secrets inSea of Thievesand its location can be spotted in the northern section of the map. Along the top of this in-game map are letters ranging from A and Z, and along the side there are numbers that go up to 26. Players need to move the map towards the odd sharp shape north of the gap between the I and the J and above the grid.

sea of thieves coral fortress map location

This is the location of the Coral Fortress, an intimidating structure away from most other places in the game. There aren’t a lot of nearby islands to orient this area better, but for those looking to track down this location, their best bet is tostart off at the Sanctuary Outpost in the northwest section of the map.

From here, players need tosail northwest, past Boulder Cay, Picaroon Palms, and Salty Sandson their way to the barren portion of the map. Players need to be on the lookout for an enormous structure surrounded by one ofSea of Thievesintense storms. This island fortress looks just like a piece of coral.

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What is the Coral Fortress?

The Coral Fortress plays an important part of theDark Brethren Tall Tale,the fourth tale inA Pirate’s Life story campaign. Without getting into spoilers, this fortress is actually a large mountain of jagged rocks, adorned with the debris of shipwrecks and coral.

Unfortunately, outside the Dark Brethren Tall Tale, this location doesn’t hold much in the way of interesting loot or enemies. Those looking to start this Tall Tale, however, need to have completed theCaptains of the Damned Tall Talefirst.

coral fortress interior sea of thieves

Sea of Thievesis available now on PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.