Windrose Pirate Camps Farming Guide: XP, Chests and Respawns

Updated 2026-10-20: Added each camp's XP and chest count from the wiki, and the rule that a camp pays only after every chest is looted, once.

Every Windrose pirate camp, with XP and chests

Blackbeard's crew runs most of these. Values are from the game.wiki page for each site.

Two things stand out. Chest count doesn't map neatly to XP: the six-chest shipwreck camp pays 100 and so does the three-chest outpost, while the four-chest Large Pirate Camp pays 50. And the 25 XP camps are small change. Level 2 alone takes 600 XP, so we'd never detour for one.

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Step-by-Step: Windrose pirate camps farming, one camp at a time

1. Check the map first: once you've found a camp, the map shows its chest count and XP reward. Note the number.

2. Bring an axe, a pickaxe and a shovel: chests hide behind breakable walls, under dirt and behind crates.

3. Fight only what's in the way: guards give no XP. Clear the path to the chests and leave the rest.

4. Empty every chest completely: take everything, then drop what you don't want. A chest you opened and closed with items inside doesn't count.

5. Stay inside the boundary until it pays: watch the HUD counter. Chasing an enemy outside the camp can flag it incomplete again.

Screenshot: Steam store page

What a full clear looks like: Thomas Richards' camp

STAN Games & Tutorials filmed a full sweep of Thomas Richards' Blackbeard camp right after the boss fight. It's under five minutes and it shows why the chests matter more than the XP.

At 1:40 he stops himself leaving: "there's four chests in here, so hold on a minute." The first, at 2:17, gives up Blackbeard Crew's Fourth Map and some gold. At 2:48 it's a Sturdy Saber. At 3:25, a Filibuster's hat and rum bottles. The last one, at 3:52, holds a letter and some luxuries, and the letter is the one The Bitter Pill needs. That side quest pays 500 XP across its steps, per the wiki.

The site clear paid the least of anything in that camp. The chests held a treasure map, a saber and the letter for a 500 XP quest, and a hurried player walks past all of them.

What pirate camps are good for

Blackbeard treasure maps. There are nine, and any camp chest can drop any of them. Each pins a dig site on your map; bring a shovel. They pay Piastre, Ship Style Books and loot. They don't pay XP; Dot Esports and Funjible Games both flag that. The maps survive death, so there's no rush.

Captives. Rescuing the Crew, a chapter 4 story quest, sends you into pirate camps: 50 XP for freeing the first captives and 100 for freeing more. Freed prisoners sometimes share rumors that lead to side quests.

Reputation. The small base Blackbeard Pirate Camp is a steady source of Feral Pirate kills for early Buccaneers reputation. Our Windrose faction quests guide covers what that unlocks.

Gear. Loot tier climbs with the camp. A Very High site like Blackbeard Outpost is where we'd look for an upgrade; a Low camp mostly pays in supplies. Match your weapons to the biome first, as the Windrose combat guide explains.

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Do pirate camps respawn in Windrose?

No, not the part that pays. Chests at a site don't respawn, so neither does the XP. Materials and supplies do come back, so a cleared camp still works as a resource stop. Funjible Games' leveling video sums it up at 7:29: once cleared, "they're done forever."

That changes the route. Sail to a new island, clear every camp on it, move on. A Fast Travel Point on each new coast cuts the trip back to base; you can place 10, and you need two before either works. Our Windrose resources guide covers the respawning materials.

Screenshot: Steam store page

Co-op camp runs

Split the crew: one holds the guards, the rest open chests. Turn on Shared Quest Progress so a co-op quest finished by one player completes for everyone who has it active. The setting text covers quests marked co-op; it says nothing about site clears.

Call chest counts over Discord. Windrose has no voice chat, text chat or ping key; the Windrose chat guide covers the text chat mod, and the Windrose multiplayer guide covers hosting and settings.

Frequently asked questions

How much XP do pirate camps give in Windrose? 25 to 100 XP per camp, paid once you've looted every chest in it. A one-chest camp pays 25; Blackbeard Camp Near Shipwreck and Blackbeard Outpost pay 100.

Do pirate camps respawn in Windrose? The chests don't, so the XP doesn't either. Materials and supplies at a site do come back, which makes a cleared camp a resource stop, not an XP farm.

Do enemy kills at camps give XP? No. Kills and crafting give no XP in Windrose. Fight the guards only to reach the chests.

Why didn't my camp give XP? A chest is still unlooted. Empty every chest completely, check the chest count the map shows for the site, and stay inside the camp boundary until the clear triggers.

How we checked this

We matched the camp values against each game.wiki page and the Dot Esports XP guide on October 20, 2026, and watched both videos cited here in full. We haven't played Windrose, and the wiki is community-run, so trust the XP your map shows if it differs.

References

• Windrose on Steam: official Early Access page and patch notes
• Windrose Points of Interest (game.wiki): every camp by biome, type and loot tier
• Blackbeard Treasure Maps (game.wiki): drop source, rewards and the nine-map set
• How to earn XP in Windrose (Dot Esports): site clear rule, chest respawns, kills and crafting
• Windrose world settings (game.wiki): Shared Quest Progress
• All 4 Chests in Thomas Richards Blackbeard Pirate Camp (STAN Games & Tutorials): full camp sweep

Related Reading

• Windrose Guide 2026: All Biomes, XP, Factions & Ships: the hub for every Windrose guide.
• Windrose Thomas Richards Boss Guide: the fight before the camp sweep above.
• Windrose Foothills Biome Guide: where the higher-tier camps sit.
• Windrose Max Level Guide: what level 15 gives you.
• Windrose Endgame Guide: what to do once the story runs out.