The Brothers-In-Arms

Learn the best strategy to take down the formidable HMS Fearless and Royal Sovereign in Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag. This guide covers tactics for this tough legendary ship encounter.

Alright, mate! So you're looking to tackle the legendary ships in Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag, specifically the infamous 'Brothers-In-Arms' duo: the HMS Fearless and the Royal Sovereign. Let me tell you, this is hands-down the toughest fight in the game. These aren't just any ships; they're massive, level 75 Man o' Wars, heavily armored, and packing some serious firepower. And the kicker? You have to fight both of them at the SAME TIME. They actually work together, which is just brutal.

The absolute key to surviving this encounter is to keep your distance. Seriously, stay as far away from them as you possibly can. Your best bet is to use your mortars from maximum range. Don't let them get close enough to use their devastating broadside attacks, especially if both of them unleash it on you at once. That's a quick way to find yourself staring at a reload screen.

If you've fully upgraded your mortars, broadsides, and have maxed out your ammo, you can actually do some serious damage from afar. Focus your mortars on whichever ship is in range. By the time you've used up your mortar ammo, you should have weakened them enough to finish them off with some well-placed heavy shots and swivel gun action on their weak spots. Once one of them goes down, you're not quite out of the woods yet.

Heads up: When you sink one of the ships, the other one gets a nasty buff. It'll set itself on fire, get a massive speed boost, and gain a ramming attack that can absolutely wreck your hull, even if it's fully upgraded. So, make sure the final ship you're fighting is already pretty damaged before you take out its partner. Otherwise, you'll be repeating this whole ordeal more times than you'd like!