Why does Will Turner have barnacles?

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 Bill Turner covered in barnacles?

Since his swearing of servitude into Davy Jones's crew, Bill's body has been slowly covered with marine life such as coral, barnacles, mussels and a single starfish stuck beside his right eye. Throughout the movie, his condition begins to slowly worsen, with more and more small barnacles appearing on his face.
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Why was Will Turner turning into a fish?

It's explained in the film that Davy Jones' octopus-like appearance was because he strayed from his task of ferrying dead sailors to the afterlife. His ship and crew were slowly transformed into monstrous fish-like creatures bent on terrorizing the seven seas.
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Why did Will Turner become cursed?

Pintel revealed that Bootstrap was tied to a cannon and thrown overboard after it was learned he sent a gold medallion to Will so the crew would remain under an ancient Aztec curse as punishment for betraying Sparrow. To break the curse, the last medallion and Turner's blood must be returned to the Aztec chest.
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Was Will Turner's curse broken?

He was freed from the curse and reunited with his family approximately two decades later when his son Henry broke the Trident of Poseidon in 1751, ending all curses of the sea.
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Where Is Will Turner In Dead Men Tell No Tales?



Why can't Elizabeth go on the Flying Dutchman?

Why couldn't Elizabeth just join Will's crew on the Dutchman? Because she's not dead.
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Who cursed the Flying Dutchman?

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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Can Will Turner only go on land every 10 years?

As part of his curse, he is only allowed to return to land for one day every ten years.
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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 Davy Jones betray Calypso?

However, when Jones returned to shore after ten years, Calypso failed to appear. Believing Calypso had betrayed him, a heartbroken and enraged Davy Jones turned the Pirate Brethren against her, saying that if she were removed from the world, they would be able to claim the seas for themselves.
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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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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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How did the Flying Dutchman get cursed?

The Flying Dutchman is based off of the famous maritime ghost ship of the same name which, according to legend, is doomed to sail the seas for all eternity because its captain foolishly cursed God after sailing into a horrible storm off of the Cape of Good Hope, vowing to round that cape even if it took him till ...
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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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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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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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Why did Calypso create a maelstrom?

After being released from her human form, the goddess Calypso, enraged over Davy Jones's betrayal and the Brethren Court, used her powers to summon a maelstrom. Calypso's maelstrom consisted of an enormous whirlpool topped with a thunderstorm with strong wind, lightning and rain.
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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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Who was the real Davy Jones?

Davy Jones was a publican who had run a British pub, tells another story. This avatar of Davy Jones used to make his customers drunk and imprison them in his locker only to sell them off to ship owners as slaves. The pub owner later becomes a pirate after his pub-going bankrupt.
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