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Ahoy! From September 9 to September 28, Star Citizen raises the black flag again: Pirate Week is back. Compared to other events, there’s not all that much to do this time. Instead, a tricky treasure hunt awaits you, with a golden coin as the reward at the end. You can also become a wanted outlaw yourself in the Most Wanted community event.
What to expect
Pirate Week basically consists of three things:
- offers in the Pledge Store
- the Most Wanted community event
- a treasure hunt with eight riddles
Pledge Store offers
All Pirate Week offers are only available for real money in the Pledge Store, you can’t buy them in-game with aUEC. You don’t need any of them for the treasure hunt and the golden coin, though.
Pirate skins
RSI offers various pirate-style skins for your ships. If you’ve always wanted your fleet to look a bit more daring, now’s your chance.
Duelist Starter Pack
If you don’t have a game package yet, now’s a good time to jump in: the [Duelist Starter Pack] (Update, October 30, 2026: CIG has removed this pack from the Pledge Store) is discounted during Pirate Week and comes with two extra skins.
Community event: Most Wanted
In the Most Wanted community event, you end up on the wanted poster yourself. Your job is to create an in-game mugshot of yourself that follows a given template. So strike a pose and look as dangerous as you can.
The deadline is September 28, 2026 at 8:00 PM UTC. You’ll find the exact rules in the official description on Spectrum.
The loot
The three best mugshots each win a ship with LTI (lifetime insurance) and a matching skin:
| Place | Ship | Skin |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Aegis Vanguard Warden | Solar Winds |
| 2nd | Grey’s Market Shiv | Skull and Crossbones |
| 3rd | Grey’s Market Basher | Skull and Crossbones |
So it’s really worth giving it everything you’ve got when you pose.
The treasure hunt
Over the course of the event, CIG gradually released eight riddles. Each riddle gives you one segment of a code with this format:
X-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XX-XXXXXXXX-XXX-XX
The clues take you all over the ‘verse: to Levski in the Nyx system, to several places in the Pyro system and to Stanton. Some riddles are also encrypted, the first one, for example, with a simple letter substitution.
Riddle by riddle to the code
For each riddle, you’ll find the original text. If you want to puzzle it out yourself, just look at the riddle first. If you get stuck, open the hint that puts you on the right track. And if you just want to know the answer to a riddle, the “Show solution” block reveals it. If you don’t feel like puzzling at all, jump straight to the section The solved code.
Riddle 1: X
“WADOD SAD GJQS POD AJIJODN, EGPHDQ QKDPF GJTNDO SAPI WJONQ. UJTIS SADH UPODETGGY.”
Show hint
Decrypted: “Where the lost are honored, flames speak louder than words. Count them carefully.”
The text is encrypted with a simple letter substitution. It refers to the memorial on Levski. There are 44 candles there in total, but that’s too many for a single digit. So what you count are the groups of candles.
Show solution
7
Riddle 2: XXXX
“They boast, ‘If we don’t have it, you can’t get it’. Mayhap they’re right. A powder monkey would know where to look. The mark ye seek be stamped plain for all to see.”
Show hint
The slogan is on a sign at Teach’s Ship Shop on Levski. Powder monkeys were the boys who used to keep the cannons supplied with ammunition on ships. The code you’re looking for is printed on the sides of the ammo crates in the shop.
Show solution
AQ42
Riddle 3: XXXX
“The hunt continues, ye restless souls. Not every prize worth chasin’ drifts among the stars. Some be hidden upon a glowin’ screen in the roughest watering hole in Pyro. Make fer Rods Fuel and Supply. Seek not the highest, nor the lowest. Fifth. The name means nothin’. The number be what you seek.”
Show hint
There’s an arcade machine in the bar at Rods Fuel and Supply in Pyro. The number you’re looking for is in 5th place on its high score list. The player name next to it doesn’t matter.
Show solution
0829
Riddle 4: XXXX
“Someone passed through this corner o’ the ‘verse before ye and left their mark. Not a flag, not a beacon, but a scrawl. The four ye seek be writ plain upon it.”
Show hint
The riddle comes with a picture of Battaglia’s office on Levski. Across from her desk, there’s a sticky note with the solution. Behind the desk you’ll also find the number 8340, but that one isn’t “writ plain”.
Show solution
4567
Riddle 5: XX
“BYPASSING TWISC…… FUNCTION RETRIEVE (TREASURE HUNT CLUE)…… ACCESS GRANTED…… INJECTING…… avast! set course for pyro! Amidst the roughest Rigs In Dust-choked orbit, there be one that offers no Rest from the Edge. Aye, Cold and unforgiving it be. Hunt it down, and when ye find it, count every piece within the hologram; not the shell, but what lies inside.”
Show hint
This clue comes from the This Week in Star Citizen newsletter. The capital letters in the text spell out ARID REACH, a station near Monox in Pyro. You’ll find the hologram on the roof of the middle building.
Show solution
15
Riddle 6: XXXXXXXX
“X marks naught, ye fool. The logs hold the truth o’ it. Seek where the tinkerers and learned folk keep their ledgers. No need to dig deep. The answer be right at the top.”
Show hint
For a long time, the community assumed the build number in the patch notes was meant. But you’ll find the solution in-game: there’s a terminal in an ASD facility where you can download logs. The top entry contains the code.
Show solution
RDFE4587
Riddle 7: XXX
“Picked up a signal, even all the way out here, ye scallywags. PYRO BLOOM. Southern end, cold enough to freeze yer boots solid! Get yourself to the top, find the number, and mind only the last three! Mark em well! For they will guide ye onward…”
Show hint
There’s nothing to find at the south pole of Bloom. What’s meant is the Frigid Knot outpost. Climb the tower there, and at the top you’ll find a number. You only need its last three digits.
Show solution
324
Riddle 8: XX
“Not everything in this system stays dark forever, ye restless souls. Some nodes be just waitin’ fer the right pair o’ eyes. Be keen of sight and study the node well. Of all the states afore ye, only one still carries the light. That be the mark ye seek.”
Show hint
The riddle comes with a picture of a radio tower. It’s one of the nodes from Siege of Orison. On a screen at the node, you’ll see several pairs of letters and numbers. All of them are grayed out except one.
Show solution
L6
The solved code
Put all eight segments together and you get the complete code. If you don’t want to puzzle at all and just want the coin, you’re in the right place: open the code, copy it with the copy button and enter it on RSI’s official Pirate Week page. After that, the golden coin is yours.
Show full code
7-AQ42-0829-4567-15-RDFE4587-324-L6Tips
Visit the locations anyway
Since the code has already been cracked, you obviously don’t have to fly all over the ‘verse yourself anymore. But if you’d like to see the locations for yourself, a little sightseeing flight is worth it. Plan your route by system:
- Levski: memorial, Teach’s Ship Shop and Battaglia’s office
- Pyro: Rods Fuel and Supply, Arid Reach near Monox and Frigid Knot on Bloom
- Stanton: the node from Siege of Orison
Especially in Pyro, you shouldn’t be too reckless. It’s Pirate Week, after all, and in my experience the other players take the motto very seriously.