Why 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 Will Turner is cursed?

He was seen cursed in the 5th Instalment because in At World's End, he stabbed the heart of Davy Jones and was condemned for an eternity years of servitude aboard the Flying Dutchman to ferry the souls to the worlds beyond as a curse with his heart being ripped of from his chest and placed into the Dead Man's Chest.
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Does Will Turner turn into a fish?

His ship and crew were slowly transformed into monstrous fish-like creatures bent on terrorizing the seven seas. Turner technically became the new Davy Jones, and The Flying Dutchman was freed from its curse.
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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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How is Will Turner alive without a heart?

He has it back inside him.

Jack used the hand of the unconscious Will to impale Jones' heart with his broken sword. This act not only defeated Jones, but gave Will eternal life by making him the new captain of the Flying Dutchman. Will's father cut out his son's heart and placed it in the Dead Man's Chest.
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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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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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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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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 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 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 does Davy Jones have a crab claw?

He started to abuse his power and immortality, and no longer did the job he was assigned. A curse was placed upon Jones, and his body gradually changed to look more like that of an octopus; his beard was replaced by tentacles along with his right hand, while his left hand became a crab claw.
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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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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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How is Bootstrap Bill alive?

In the first Pirates of the Caribbean film, we know that Bootstrap Turner (Bill Turner) is thrown to the bottom of the ocean by Barbossa and his crew. He may be alive due to the curse until it is broken at the end of the first movie.
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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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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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Why did Jack let Will stab the heart?

Several hours of hard labor on screen simply to gain access to the humanity that had been long taken from them. 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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What happens if Davy Jones steps on 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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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 does Davy Jones summon the Kraken?

Davy Jones' pet

The terrible beast could be summoned from aboard the Flying Dutchman, with the use of a giant capstan hammer that sent a shock wave through the ocean that served as a call to the creature. Jones would at times recite a chant while his crew summoned the beast.
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What happened to Calypso after she was freed?

After being freed from her human bonds, Calypso yelled in her native tongue, seemingly as insults to the pirates but in reality it was an incantation, before exploding outwards in a shower of crabs.
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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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