How to complete every Commendation for The Lair of LeChuck Tall Tale in Sea of Thieves - Rare Thief (2024)

There are 14 commendations for you to unlock during The Lair of LeChuck Tall Tale. While several are straightforward and required for completing the Tall Tale, you can easily overlook others.

To complete them all, you’ll need to place all three Monkey Idols on the Stone Hand, find all of LeChuck’s journals, hit your ship with primitive art, make a banana fall from its tree, find all of Herman’s notes, and listen to Guybrush’s memoirs.

You can unlock every commendation in one playthrough. However, there is a point of no return in the catacombs, so you’ll want to ensure you complete the commendations above Monkey Island before heading down.

If you need a more detailed walkthrough of completing the commendations, check out our full guide, where we go step by step into every puzzle the Tall Tale offers.

To speak with everybody aboard the Black Pearl you must talk to Mancomb, Scumm Bar Chef, and Cobb. You don’t need to talk to Captain Coco for this commendation. As soon as you speak to all three pirates on the Black Pearl you will unlock the “Part of the Crew” commendation.

You can find the Black Pearl on the East beach.

To snare Herman in his own trap, you must put bait in the Monkey Trap to lure a monkey. When the Monkey Trap fails, Herman will walk over to the Monkey Trap to inspect it. While he is standing over the Monkey Trap, you can spring the trap and catch him in it. You will unlock the “Highly Strung” commendation when you snatch Herman.

You’ll first need to find Herman’s Supply Cache Key before you can put bait in the Monkey Trap. It is in one of the four wooden carvings in the jungle. Once you have the key, you can open up his Supply Cache in the ravine and take a jar of Chilled Banana Soup. With the soup, you can interact with the Monkey Trap and place the bait.

To place all three Monkey Idols on the Monkey Hand, you must collect the three Monkey Idols scattered throughout Monkey Island.

There is the Buried Monkey Idol that you must find by finding Herman’s SECRET Place and his Rowboat Oars. You can start hunting for this idol by picking up Herman’s Note in his camp.

There is the Caged Monkey Idol that you must shoot down with a cannon and explode using the sun’s reflection. You can start hunting for this idol by opening the Stockade in the crater.

There is the Totem Monkey Idol that you must shoot down with the Primitive Art. You can start hunting for this idol by rotating the Primitive Art on the hill to the North above the riverbed.

If you need more a more detailed walkthrough on acquiring all the Monkey Idols, check out our complete guide here!

To use the Cotton Swab Key, you must acquire it from the Monkey Hand and use it in the Stone Monkey Head’s left ear. To obtain the Cotton Swab Key, you must place all three Monkey Idols on the Monkey Hand. Once you place the third Monkey Idol, the Monkey Hand will reveal the Cotton Swab Key.

Using the Cotton Swab Key on the Stone Monkey Head will open up the entrance to the catacombs.

To defeat LeChuck’s ghost ship, you must corner LeChuck in a massive lava-filled chamber. Once LeChuck has nowhere to run, he will start to attack you, and you can, in return, shoot him with Root Beer Cannonballs.

Take advantage of Elaine and Guybrush on the front cannons. It takes about 15-20 Root Beer Cannonballs to destroy LeChuck’s ghost ship. You’ll need to destroy it three times. After the third time, you will defeat LeChuck’s ghost ship.

To make a banana fall from its tree, you must hit the banana tree on the South beach with a Boulder using the Primitive Art.

Head to the hill above the riverbed and rotate the Primitive Art until the side without a Boulder is facing toward Herman’s Camp. You should see the black smoke billowing out of it behind a large tree.

Use the nearby foothold to climb above the art and pick up a Boulder from the rock pile. Then, place the Boulder on the carved X by the ledge, push it, and it will fling toward the banana tree.

Then, head to the hill above the riverbed and rotate the Primitive Art until the side without a Boulder is facing South West toward your ship.

Use the nearby foothold to climb above the art and pick up a Boulder from the rock pile. Then, place the Boulder on the carved X by the ledge, push it, and it will fling toward your ship.

To take in the view at all the memoir spots, you must sit down at ten different spots throughout Mêlée Island and listen to Guybrush’s thoughts.

The ten locations are:

• On the South beach by the banana tree
• By the gate to the Stone Monkey Head
• On a tree root to the East of the swamp
• In the jungle just West of Herman’s Camp
• In the riverbed
• On the hill above the riverbed
• On the ledge above the Primitive Art
• By the Stone Monkey Head
• At the start of the catacombs
• Overlooking LeChuck’s ghost ship

For a more detailed breakdown of the spots, check out our dedicated “Memoirs of a Legend, Vol. III” walkthrough here.

To read all of Herman’s notes, you must find ten notes hidden throughout Monkey Island.

The ten locations are:

• On the South beach by the banana tree
• By the Sea Monkey
• At the entrance of the path leading to the Stone Monkey Head
• In the Supply Cache
• On the Old Pocket Watch Path
• By the mast with the Caged Monkey Idol
• In the Stockade
• At the end of the zipline leaving the Stockade
• By the Primitive Art
• In the swamp near the hanging skeleton

For a more detailed breakdown of the spots, check out our dedicated “The Castaway’s Musings” guide here.

To read all of LeChuck’s journals, you must find five journals hidden throughout the catacombs below Monkey Island.

For a more detailed breakdown of the locations, check out our dedicated “Ghost Writing” walkthrough here.