Offscreen Groves is saved. Groves later resurfaces in the events of "On Stranger Tides", and is promoted to lieutenant commander while working under Captain Barbossa to find the Fountain of Youth aboard HMS "Providence". He accompanies Barbossa on the shores of Whitecap Bay, only to be stranded there with the beach party as flesh-eating mermaids tear "Providence" apart along with its crew. He scolds Barbossa for not helping the crew as "Providence" is attacked but Barbossa warns him to remain silent.