Why can't Davy Jones set foot on land?

Eventually crew members lost their humanity in soul as well as in body. Jones wreaked havoc on the Seven Seas, and created an aura of fear wherever he sailed, only able to set foot on land once a decade.
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What happens if Davy Jones touches land?

It is shown in Dead Men Tell No Tales. In DMTNT we see what happens to undead when they set foot on dry land. They essentially turn to ash, and vanish.
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Can the Flying Dutchman crew go on land?

Unlike their captain, the crewmembers could go ashore every time when Jones allowed them to do it. They also had the possibility to mark any person with a Black Spot, though only Jones could remove it.
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When can Davy Jones go on land?

Jones is unable to step on dry land except once every ten years. However, he can stand and even walk given his path has buckets of seawater for him to place his feet in (as seen during the parley on a sandbar in At World's End), and he can also send his crew ashore in his stead.
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Can Davy Jones walk through walls?

His position as the captain of the Flying Dutchman and the Ferryman to the Underworld gave Jones his ability to switch between the worlds of the dead and the living. This power was most likely the reason for other supernatural traits of him, including the abilities to teleport himself and walk through solid objects.
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Why did Will Turner have barnacles?

Will's barnacles

So Davy Jones became ol' squidface specifically because he chose to take a few centuries of vacation time. TL;DR: Will has barnacles because of extended time in the ocean. Not because he didn't ferry around the dead people.
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Why is Davy Jones a squid?

But the pain of Calypso's betrayal caused him was too much to live with, so Davy Jones carved out his own heart and locked it away in the Dead Man's Chest. Abandoning his duty, Davy Jones turned into a hideous humanoid sea monster, with an octopus face, a tentacles beard, a claw of crab as a hand and a giant crab leg.
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What happens if the Flying Dutchman has no captain?

Whoever stabs Jones' heart, theirs must take its place and captain the Flying Dutchman, as the ship must have a captain. The heartbroken and bitter Davy Jones abandoned his duty and returned to the seven seas. As a result, the Flying Dutchman itself became cursed, just as Jones was.
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Why is Davy Jones heart in a chest?

Jones carved out his heart in order to no longer feel the grief and guilt at what he had done or any emotion of love again. Because of the pain, Davy Jones would lock the heart away in the Dead Man's Chest and buried it on Isla Cruces, hiding it from the world.
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Why did Lord Beckett not fire?

Becket didn't give orders to fire because he instantly realized what happened - that Davy Johns was gone and that it was done by the reason of William Turner being killed and revived as a new captain of a Dutchman (he knew well what was the only way it could happen), and that William's and Elisabeth's love have won ...
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How Did Davy Jones get the Kraken?

In the past, Jack Sparrow made a deal with Davy Jones, where Jones raised the Black Pearl from the depths and allowed Jack to be captain. Thirteen years after his deal, Jack was given the Black Spot by Bootstrap Bill Turner, on behalf of Jones, ensuring the Kraken would come for him.
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Is Davy Jones crew immortal?

They're immortal. and you've seen Davy Jone's crew, they can get killed.
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Why was Will Turner floating in the ocean?

The Crossing from England

After his mother died, Will Turner began looking for his father while wearing the gold medallion, soon boarding a British merchant vessel that traveled to the Caribbean Sea. However, Hector Barbossa's cursed crew attacked Will's ship.
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Why did Will Turner have to cut out his heart?

Bookmark this question. Show activity on this post. However, in At Worlds End, after Davey Jones is vanquished and Will Turner is dying or dead, Will's heart is cut out so that he can become captain of the Flying Dutchman and take on Davey Jones' former role as psychopomp.
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Why didnt Jack Sparrow stab the heart?

If Jack had stabbed the heart, he would have cursed his crew AGAIN by tethering their souls to the Dutchman and the sea, forever burdened with the task of ferrying souls to the locker.
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Why did they need Will's blood to lift the curse?

In addition to putting all of the coins back, the blood must be "repaid" for the curse to be broken. Precisely what that means is unclear, but it sounds as though the cursed person must actually die. Since "Bootstrap" Bill Turner was one of the crew who stole the treasure, they need his blood.
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Why does Davy Jones look so good?

He felt nobody had done CG eyes that had the kind of life you get from an actual film performance by an actor.” Knoll and crew made elaborate preparations to blend Nighy's actual eyes into an otherwise CG figure, just as they'd done for certain moments in the first Pirates movie.
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Why does Beckett want the chest?

The heart was soon returned to the chest and stored in Beckett's quarters aboard the HMS Endeavour. But upon seeing the aftermath of the massacre of pirate ships led by the Flying Dutchman, Beckett had the chest transferred aboard the Dutchman in order to remind Jones who was in command.
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How did Jack escape Davy Jones Locker?

Sparrow spent months in the locker before he became one of the few to ever escape from the Locker, with the help of his former crew, under the guidance of Hector Barbossa.
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Is the Flying Dutchman unsinkable?

The Flying Dutchman is essentially a ghost ship comprised in large part of dead crew members. It can sink and rise at will and seemingly heal itself. I don't think cannon balls would do any substantial damage to the Dutchman's seaworthiness.
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Was captain Salazar a real pirate?

Toribio Alonso de Salazar, (died 5 September 1526) born in Biscay, was a Spanish navigator of Basque origin, who was the first Westerner to arrive on the Marshall Islands on August 21, 1526.
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Can Will Turner go on land?

As part of his curse, he is only allowed to return to land for one day every ten years.
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How did Bootstrap Bill get on the Flying Dutchman?

To save his son, Bootstrap Bill entered the game and purposely lost to save Will from the danger of losing. As a result, Bootstrap was sentenced to spend an eternity on the Flying Dutchman.
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Do you fear death Davy Jones?

Davey Jones : Do you fear... death? Do you fear that dark abyss? All your deeds laid bare, all your sins punished?
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