Memory 01: Men-O'-War

Borrow a capital ship for a moment. You’re going to take it into battle, and the British are coming along for the ride.

Follow Your British Allies and Sink the French Fleet

Optional: Sink 10 ships with mortar fire

Optional: Don’t take any damage from fireships

Take the massive ship through the fog and attack the French fleet. Use mortar fire heavily to have a good chance at your optional objective. Don’t worry if you only score a few kills in this part of the battle; there is a second section coming up immediately afterward, and your mortar kills count during both sections of the battle.

The first fight has a couple of larger vessels and several gunboats for support. Nothing is a threat to the British here, so the action is all about your mortar kills. This ship has infinite mortar ammunition, so fire as soon as the cooldown finishes each time the mortar is ready. Use and abuse this awesome weapon.

Avoid being rammed if at all possible, but your incredible firepower can take down most targets almost instantly, so the only trick is to avoid being swarmed by the smaller vessels.

Next, bring your vessel to a halt and fight off several waves of French fireships. These are gunboats that have been set aflame; they’re drifting into your fleet to do as much damage as possible. Use the mortar for your kills, and aim in front of the fairly quick targets to ensure that they sail into your attacks instead of slipping under the mortar’s ballistic arc.

If you miss, immediately switch to your front carronades to pick off the survivors. You lose another objective if you let even a single fireship hit your borrowed ship.

The last stage of the battle is to attack a few more fireships while fending off several capital ships as well. Use the mortar on the capital ships, and let your front carronades handle the fireships during their approach. If you haven’t gotten all 10 of your mortar kills yet, quickly finish off the objective and consider restarting the memory if you don’t think you’ll get it in time. This fleet battle is so much fun that it’s kind of great to replay even when you don’t need any optional objectives completed.

Winning this battle completes the memory and gets you a massive number of kills.

Once you’re back on the Morrigan, travel to River Valley and explore the northern side of the map. Your next memory is started there, among a slew of small towns and outposts. It’s great territory for hunting and collecting Cave Paintings.