The highest quality items require the best and rarest materials the seas can offer. Torsion Spring is one such material, and here’s how to get it in Skull and Bones.
Torsion Spring is an exotic material needed to craft late-game items in Skull and Bones, like the Brigantine ship. While you might already have one from completing a story mission, the rest are up to you to acquire.
Complete world events in Red Isle
One of the easiest ways to get the Torsion Spring in Skull and Bones is by completing world events in the Red Isle region. Look for the blue markers that indicate the active or upcoming co-op events on the seas. Every event that involves the Compagnie Royale can drop the Torsion Spring.
The best event to look out for is The Colonial Shipment Merchant Convoy. It starts at the La Bastide capital settlement, east of Saint-Anne, and sails north until the end of the map. It’s a Rank 7 event and can drop you the Royal Custodian armor, used in multiple endgame builds.
Despite the event being rank seven, make sure to call for help from other players, as it’s really challenging to fight the convoy solo. The ships are tanky, and the constant mortar strikes can quickly send your ship to the depths of the ocean.
Plunder Compagnie forts
Torsion Spring also drops from the Compagnie Forts and a Compagnie Capital Settlement located around the Red Isle and the Coast of Africa. To get the Torsion Spring, sail to the fort and successfully plunder it. The exotic material item only drops from the final loot cache, meaning you have to plunder the location entirely.
Here are the locations that have Torsion Spring and how to find them:
- Fort-du-Bout (Rank 7): South of Poacher’s Cache on the Coast of Africa
- Grand-Fort (Rank 12): The very south of the Coast of Africa
- Fort du Lys (Rank 10): Southeast of Saint-Anne
- La Bastide (Rank 13): East of Saint-Anne
Out of all these, the obvious choice is Fort-du-Bout, as it has a significantly lower rank than the rest, but don’t underestimate the power of the stone fortress. Even at Rank 7, the French can pack a punch strong enough to send you across the ocean.
How to plunder a Fort in Skull and Bones
Forts are much stronger than the settlements and call in way more reinforcements to deal with you. I attempted to plunder the Fort-du-Bout with my Rank 8 Padewakang, and here’s what you need to know if you want to do the same.
The first half of the plunder is relatively easy, but after you destroy the fort’s wall, the French send out a fleet to fight you. I recommend using a Mortar to deal some initial damage on the approaching fleet and then going all-in with the rest of the weapons. Since the plunder zone is quite small, you have no choice but to fight enemies head-on.
Finally, call in friends and pirates nearby. The biggest problem with plundering a fort is that if you are by yourself and die, the plunder stops with no way to resume it. You’ll have to wait until the location recovers and try again from the very beginning.
