Unlike other World Events, the Ancient Barnacled Dread has no specific cloud or beacon signaling its presence. Instead, you can find the fearsome beast through your Map Table once you reach Hunter’s Call Emissary Grade V.
How to find the Ancient Barnacled Dread
You can find the Ancient Barnacled Dread in High and Safer Seas. However, sailing the High Seas will make it much easier to find the Ancient Barnacled Dread by reaching Hunter’s Call Emissary Grade V.
Similar to how reaching Reaper’s Bones Emissary Grade V will reveal all other Emissaries on your Map Table, achieving Hunter’s Call Emissary Grade V will reveal all Ancient Megalodons on your Map Table.
So, once you reach Emissary Grade V, if the Ancient Barnacled Dread is active, it will appear on your Map Table. The Ancient Barnacled Dread will appear as a purple shark fin with a blue lightning bolt below it. You can find it anywhere across the Sea of Thieves except the Shores of Gold and the Red Sea.
While you should always be able to find an Ancient Megalodon, only one can be active at a time. So, if you see a shark fin with a different color, the Ancient Barnacled Dread isn’t currently roaming the sea.
While randomly running into the Ancient Barnacled Dread is possible, finding it through achieving Hunter’s Call Emissary Grade V is much more efficient.
If you don’t see an icon for an Ancient Megalodon on your Map Table, it could be because of the cooldown between Ancient Megalodons. After defeating an Ancient Megalodon, you must wait around 12 minutes for another to appear. Otherwise, you should always see one as Ancient Megalodons can be active while other World Events such as a Skeleton Fort, Skeleton Fleet, and Burning Blade are active.
