Pirates of Caribbean – Hub Area Specials and Secrets

The Hub areas have a lot more to do than just provide Red Hats. There are places to explore that can provide a lot of studs as well as opportunities to earn achievements or trophies.

Custom Characters

While in Tia Dalma’s hut, jump up and pull on the two ropes to open the curtains so that you can climb up the stairs to the second floor. There, you find several characters hanging around—literally. Stand on one of the round objects in the floor to begin customizing characters.
There are ten different characters you can customize and then use during Free Play. Select a name for the character and then customize the hair,  hat, head, face, torso, arms, hands, belt, legs, and even the weapon or item that the character carries.

The Clock Tower

The clock tower is located on the left side of the balcony above the tavern. Use Jack’s compass to find the key on the balcony to the left. Then  place the key on the crank and turn it to raise some green bars along the side of the clock tower. Select a female character and jump up to the  green bar. Swing up and jump to the next green bar, and finally to a third, where you can pull yourself up to a platform. Turn the wheel at the top  to cause the sun to set. After you watch this, you earn “The Green Flash” Achievement/Trophy.

The Ships in the Bottle

In the tower area, walk out onto the docks. Along the sides of the dock are Ships in a Bottle. When you collect all ten Ships in a Bottle for a level, a  Ship in a Bottle appears at one of the docks. Each of the docks contains the five Ships in a Bottle for one of the four movies. Hit a Ship in a Bottle to  break open. A mini ship appears in the water. Climb aboard and sail it around. If you are playing with another player, each player can get into  a ship and then battle it out with mini cannons.
After you have collected all 200 Ships in a Bottle, break them all open and sail in each of the mini ships to earn the “Hoist the Colours” Achievement/Trophy.