Pirates of the Caribbean pinball rules and strategy
The Strategy
Pirates of the Caribbean fills eight compass tasks to light Four Winds Multiball. For an immediate route, sink the ship to start two-ball Battle the Kraken, keep shooting the ship lane until the Kraken is defeated, then return there once more for Victory Jig. Work K-E-Y and H-E-A-R-T at Dead Man's Chest as a separate route to Heart Multiball.
The goal
Keep hitting the pirate ship to lower its sails and sink it. Sinking the ship starts two-ball Battle the Kraken; keep shooting the ship lane to defeat the Kraken.
Sink the ship
Shoot the pirate ship twice to lower its sails, then shoot it twice more to sink the first ship.
Play Battle the Kraken
Sinking the ship starts two-ball Battle the Kraken. Keep shooting the ship lane to reduce the Kraken's life bar to zero.
Collect Victory Jig
After defeating the Kraken, shoot the ship lane again before the hurry-up expires to start Victory Jig.
Alternative route: Dead Man's Chest
Use this when the chest and upper-playfield lanes are safer than repeated ship hits.
- Shoot beneath the chest or use the upper-playfield lanes to spell KEY. Shoot the chest to open it, then keep returning to the chest to spell HEART and start Heart Multiball.
Need to know
- Pirate ship
- Ship hits lower its sails. Sinking it starts two-ball Battle the Kraken; shoot the ship lane to damage the Kraken.
- Dead Man's Chest
- KEY and HEART progress opens the chest and leads to its multiball.
- Tortuga or Port Royal
- The spinning disc can hold as many as three balls and creates unpredictable releases.
Pirates of the Caribbean fills eight compass tasks to light Four Winds Multiball. Sink the ship to start Battle the Kraken, then shoot the ship lane until the Kraken is defeated and return there for Victory Jig. In parallel, spell K-E-Y and H-E-A-R-T at Dead Man's Chest for Heart Multiball; add Tortuga only after its disc release proves controllable.
The goal
Sink the ship to expose the Kraken while spelling KEY and HEART toward Dead Man's Chest Multiball.Use the spinning Tortuga disc only after its release proves controllable.
- Test the ship, chest, Tortuga disc, and both ramp returns during ball save.
- Attack the pirate ship only from a controlled flipper until its sails are lowered.
- Finish sinking the ship to start two-ball Battle the Kraken, then shoot the ship lane until the Kraken's life bar reaches zero.
- After defeating the Kraken, shoot the ship lane again before the hurry-up expires to start Victory Jig.
- Shoot beneath the chest or use the upper-playfield lanes to spell KEY. Shoot the chest to open it, then return to the chest to spell HEART.
- After KEY and HEART are complete, shoot Dead Man's Chest to start Heart Multiball.
Chest route rule details
- KEY and HEART are separate qualifications. Read the inserts before forcing either side of the chest.: KEY and HEART are separate qualifications. Read the inserts before forcing either side of the chest.
- During Heart Multiball, take the lit major shots and use the extra balls for controlled ship hits.
Builds toward: Four Winds
- Complete the ship and Kraken feature.
- Play Dead Man's Chest Multiball.
- Finish the remaining major feature inserts.
- Collect Four Winds after all eight features are complete.