There are dozens of Commendations to complete as you smuggle goods for the Smugglers’ League. However, there is one Commendation in particular that is shrouded in mystery, the Clandestine Contact Commendation. You’ll need to gain Low-Tide Lottie’s and her client’s trust before you can begin working on her request and completing the Commendation.
Clandestine Contact
To complete the Clandestine Contact Commendation, you must complete Lottie’s request. However, before you can begin Lottie’s request, you’ll need to gain her trust by unlocking the Super Smuggler Title.
To unlock the Super Smuggler Title, you must complete all 18 Smugglers’ League Commendations and unlock the Super Smuggler Legendary Commendation. As soon as you achieve the Legendary Commendation, you will unlock the Title.
As you completed various Commendations on your way to becoming a Super Smuggler, you also unlocked various Smuggler cosmetics that you’ll need to complete her request. Before starting your journey, make sure you have purchased the following items:
- Smuggler Gloves
- Smuggler Jacket
- Smuggler Belt
- Smuggler Trousers
- Smuggler Boots.
- Smugglers’ League Illicit Ink Tattoo
- Fox of Guile Trinket
- Current of Darkness Trinket
- Steel of Waves Trinket
- Wolf of Strength Trinket
- The Fabled Four Trinket
You can purchase the cosmetics from any Clothing Shop and the Trinket from any Shipwright.
Equip all the clothing, cosmetics, tattoo, and Super Smuggler Title, and head to Crescent Isle to speak with Low-Tide Lottie.
Equip all the clothing, cosmetics, tattoo, and Super Smuggler Title, and head to Crescent Isle to speak with Low-Tide Lottie. You will see an additional dialogue option, “Would you say I’m trusted now that I look the part with the Smugglers’ uniform and the title of ‘Super Smuggler’?”
Choose the dialogue option and Lottie will direct you to the hideout on Wanderer’s Refuge. If you have all your clothing equipped and Trinkets ready to go, then you can head off to Wanderer’s Refuge!
Wanderer's Refuge
Jump onto your ship and set sail to Wanderer’s Refuge. Once there, head toward the large rocky tunnel that cuts through the middle of the island. Hug the South West tunnel wall to find a narrow cave entrance. Walk into the cave, and you will enter the hideout.
If you have all seven pieces of Smuggler cosmetics equipped, you should be able to interact with the map on the table and wall hanging near the locked door.
Place ‘The Fabled Four’ Trinket above the shelf to the left of the door, and then turn your attention to the map to the right of the door.
You will need to solve a puzzle by placing the four Smugglers’ League ship Trinkets in the correct arrangement on the map.
Using clues from the Smugglers’ Chronicles that you collected in Smugglers’ Caches and Shipwrecks, you will place the Trinkets in the following layout:
- Fox of Guile on South East side of map
- Wolf of Strength Trinket on North East side of map
- Current of Darkness Trinket on North West side of map
- Steel of Waves Trinket on South West side of map
If you have correctly placed the Trinkets on the wall and map the locked door will open. Head inside, follow the path, and speak with the client waiting for you at the end.
2 thoughts on “How to do the Clandestine Contact Commendation in Sea of Thieves”
Can this commendation be progressed even if you didn’t place the trinkets in your ship?
Yeah, you don’t need the Trinkets on your ship. You just need to have purchased them, so you can use them in the hideout.