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Nancy Drew: Ransom of the Seven Ships Hints

Bottle Locations

  • All directions are relative to Dread Isle, in the order I ran across them sailing clockwise around Dread Isle.

    1 east
    1 southeast
    1 south (inside Shark Cove)
    1 south
    1 southwest
    1 west
    1 northwest
    1 north
    1 northeast (on the other side of Dove Island)

    If you don't find the bottles in those spots, I'd sail across the entire map one boat-width at a time. There's only so much ocean on the map; you'll find them all eventually.