Sea Shanties, listed in-game as Song Sheets, are the musical collectibles that let your Boarding Crew sing while the Jackdaw sails. They don’t boost stats or unlock gear. They only add songs to your crew’s repertoire, which is reason enough to grab them if you’d rather sail with a chorus than silence.
Quick answer: There are 45 Sea Shanties in total. When you reach a Song Sheet marker, it floats up and drifts across the rooftops or trees. Chase it and catch it to add that shanty to your catalogue.
How Song Sheet collection works
You can’t simply walk over a Song Sheet and pick it up. The moment you get close, the sheet lifts off and travels through the air, weaving over buildings or between tree branches. You have to follow it and reach its resting spot before it counts. Only then is the shanty saved to your collection.
The in-game map marks each one with a music note icon, so open the map before you set out and pin the ones nearby. Most sit on rooftops, ropes, clotheslines, or beams strung between buildings, which means a bit of climbing and free-running in each port.
Of the 45 total, the 35 original shanties are found out in the world through exploration. The 10 newly produced ones are tied to specific quests and activities, so they arrive as you play rather than as map pickups.
Havana and Cape Bonavista Song Sheets
Havana holds the largest cluster, with seven shanties packed across its rooftops and docks. One more sits out at Cape Bonavista.
| Shanty | Where to find it |
|---|---|
| So Early in the Morning | Cape Bonavista, at the easternmost point. Jump from tree trunk to tree trunk until the Song Sheet appears between two branches. |
| The Coasts of High Barbary | On a clothesline strung between two buildings above the street, on the north side of Havana. |
| Spanish Ladies | On a rooftop with a haypile near the Castillo de la Real Fuerza, on Havana’s eastern side. |
| Running Down to Cuba | On a rope stretched above the street between two buildings. |
| Bully in the Alley | Across the street on a rope hung with red flags. |
| Darby Ram | At the docks, sitting on the beam between the boats. |
| Billy Riley | On a rooftop near the Tavern in the southern part of the city, close to a chimney. |
| Dead Horse | On a roof near the southeast docking port, by a yellow tower on the south side. |
Nassau Song Sheets
Nassau has five shanties, mostly on rooftops in the heart of town plus one out among the trees on the western edge.
| Shanty | Where to find it |
|---|---|
| Leave Her, Johnny | On the western edge near the collapsed trees (around coordinates 586, 762). Follow it as it floats through the trees. |
| Paddy Doyle’s Boots | On the sloped roof of a house on the northwest side. Hop across the rooftops to catch it. |
| Randy Dandy-O | On a rooftop in the central northern part of Nassau. |
| Drunken Sailor | On the roof of a wooden building in the heart of Nassau. |
| Stormalong John | In the tent-packed encampment near the docks. Drop in from a higher spot to grab it between the tents. |
Kingston Song Sheets
Kingston’s six shanties all sit inside the town, clustered around the central viewpoint and the church, which makes this one of the quicker regions to clear.
| Shanty | Where to find it |
|---|---|
| Roll and Go | Along the shopping street near the south shore. |
| Hi-Ho Come Roll Me Over | On a rooftop southwest of the church, near the south shore. |
| Good Morning Ladies All | On a rooftop west of the church, near the central viewpoint. |
| Handy Me Boys | On the lower rooftops north of the church, across the street near the central viewpoint. |
| The Sailboat Malarkey | On top of a large house near the center of town. |
| Cheerly Man | On the roof of a tall, sleek building in the town. |
Island and outlying Song Sheets
The remaining named shanties are spread across smaller islands and settlements. These lean more toward jungle and shoreline hunts than rooftop runs, so watch the tree branches and clotheslines.
| Shanty | Region | Where to find it |
|---|---|---|
| Whiskey Johnny | Great Inagua | Below the U-shaped bend on the map. Head east on the path to the Manor, then turn right at the gate. |
| Wild Goose | Great Inagua | South of the town center, past the sheds with wild pigs. Turn left to find it between two branches near the Mayan Stelae. |
| Fish in the Sea | Salt Key Bank | At the remote southern edge, on a clothesline between two thatched roofs. |
| The Rio Grande | Cat Island | On a tree stump in the forest in the middle of the island. |
| A Long Time Ago | Arroyos | Near the center of town, on top of a house. |
| Captain Kidd | Grand Cayman | Along the V-shaped branches of a large tree on the north side, near the tavern in the southwest corner of Cruz. |
| Blow The Man Down | Principe | Found within the Principe region. |
How to play and manage your shanties
Once you’re sailing and out of combat, the crew starts singing whatever shanties they have unlocked. The more Song Sheets you collect, the wider the pool of songs they can pull from.
Resynced adds a shanty wheel so you can pick a specific song. Press down on the D-pad to open it and choose exactly what you want to hear. Press right on the D-pad to skip to the next shanty at random, and hold right to turn off spontaneous singing entirely if you’d rather sail to the sound of the waves.
You’ll know a pickup worked when the shanty is added to your catalogue and becomes selectable from the wheel. If a Song Sheet won’t register, it’s almost always because you didn’t catch it at the end of its flight, so trigger it again and follow it all the way to its resting spot.
