When he was reaching his mid late teens, Sandaukan got a bow and four arrows from a dead Dayak soldier in the jungle. Plus, he stole a lot of daggers, rifles and swords from the various dead soldiers he encountered. Even if he can speak, he did babble but refuses to properly do so until his puberty comes to a close. He wasn't even good at reading books whatsoever, En Vogue with cultural differences at the time, his parental lower class status amongst NGAJU DAYAKS notwithstanding.