How does Nate still have his 'Sic Parvis Magna' ring in Uncharted 3?

How does Nate still have his 'Sic Parvis Magna' ring in Uncharted 3? - White Space Ship and Brown Planet

About 60% into Uncharted 1: Drake's Fortune, Drake discards his Sic Parvis Magna ring.

Nate finds the body of Sir Francis Drake, and comments, "It's Drake! He never found it, he just died here!". He then goes to to pull out the Sic Parvis Magna ring he's worn around his neck, and says, "So much for greatness. Wasted his life. For nothin'." And he throws the ring onto Francis Drake's lifeless body and moves on.


In Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, Nate is seen wearing the ring though it doesn't seem to play much of a part. Interestingly, the covers for the game has both versions -- with and without the ring.

UC2 - Ring or no ring


In Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception, he's wearing it around his neck again, and a ring plays a pivotal element in the game's plot (pun intended!).

UC3 - Sic Parvis Magna

It is revealed that

A young Nate attempted to steal the ring and the matching astrolabe from the Francis Drake museum, but managed to get just the ring. 20 long years pass before he gets his hands on the astrolabe again, into which he inserts the ring to unlock its mechanism.


So what really happened to the ring in UC1? Does Nate have multiple copies of it? Was he perhaps wearing a fake in UC1? Do we know if he recovered the ring in UC1 or UC2 (I can't remember)?

Or is this just a blooper?






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Does Nathan get his ring back?

When Nathan discovered Francis Drake's body in the Treasure Vault, he left the ring with the former explorer's dead body, stating that Drake "wasted his life". Elena would later return the ring to Nathan and explained that she took it because she thought that Nathan might miss it.

Where did Nate get his ring?

The film shows Nate's older brother, Sam, giving him the ring as a promise of his return, however, the video game series has Nathan explain that he inherited it.

Why is Elena wearing a ring in Uncharted 3?

Between Uncharted 2 and Uncharted 3 Nate and Elena were seemingly married. This is indicated during the third game when Nate states that she is still wearing her ring and Elena answers that it helps in this kind of country (Yemen) to keep unwanted admirers away, though she is wearing it because she still loves him.

Does Nathan have the ring in Uncharted 4?

I thought towards the end of uncharted 3 Nathan's ring sunk into the sand with that old lady. Yet in uncharted 4 he just has it.



Euphoria (2019-): Cassie gives birth to his baby in Nate's mind after being beaten badly




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