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This Month in Sea of Thieves: December 2024Dec 2, 2024 - Community AnnouncementsAs we sail into December, the Sea of Thieves is alive with fresh adventures and holiday cheer! From thrilling events to brand new features, there’s plenty in store to keep you voyaging through the season: prepare for festive challenges, unique rewards and community events to end the year with a bang. Holiday Decorations – from Sunday, December 1st Kick off December with some suitable festive cheer, as Sea of Thieves’ Outposts get into the holiday spirit! Legends Week – Monday, December 2nd – Monday, December 9th Seasoned sailors are in for a treat with the next Legends Week. Get double gold and reputation for handing in Athena's Fortune treasure, seek Legendary Messages in a Bottle and complete the Voyages within to earn rewards (and unlock the Life of a Legend Tattoo). Tackle Legendary Daily Deeds for additional payouts too! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37295600/5ca916ec324c466e5d572503e0f7409b75ae8496.jpg Holiday Hauls – Friday, December 6th – Sunday, December 22nd Gift giving for all! Sea of Thieves Partners, Affiliate Alliance leaders and Deckhands will be setting sail under the Generous Gift Sails during this period, spreading holiday cheer and delivering a delightful array of gifts to those fortunate enough to cross their path! Support a Streamer – Friday, December 6th – Sunday, December 22nd Sea of Thieves is partnering with Twitch for December's Support a Streamer event. Twitch viewers can receive rewards for gifting subscriptions to participating streamers! Viewers who gift two qualifying subscriptions will receive the Celestial Steed ship cosmetics, while those who gift three qualifying subscriptions will also receive the Obsidian Capstan. Keep an eye on our social channels for more details when the campaign goes live! December Monthly Update – Thursday, December 12th A fresh update drops this month, bringing another exciting angle to Season 14’s array of stealth and mischief: the Mimic Dart! This latest addition to the blowpipe’s arsenal lets you shapeshift by targeting other players or skeletons, copying their appearance, so you can seamlessly blend in with a crowd or create unexpected chaos! Once again, players who jump in during the first week after this release will be awarded a bonus stash of gold and Doubloons, and all players will find another Voyage of Luck waiting for them at the Quest Table. Love to show off the latest emote? You can also claim the Ice Sculpture Emote for free when you visit the Pirate Emporium in December. Festival of Giving – Wednesday, December 18th – Monday, December 30th The Festival of Giving returns for another year with a treasure trove of daily gifts! Each day, pirates can claim a Gilded Voyage and a Voyage of Luck, drawing from an exclusive pool of these rare Voyages. But remember, they must be completed the same day, as they won't stack or carry over! Adding to the festive bounty, a daily gold and reputation multiplier will boost rewards for the Trading Companies in turn. Across the 12-day event, each partic...Sea of Thieves Release Notes – Hotfix 3.2.1.1Nov 28, 2024 - Community AnnouncementsFixed Issues Traps Players are no longer able to retrieve additional resources when disarming an item-loaded trap. Traps deployed should now remain in place and not disappear unexpectedly during gameplay. Once deployed, a trap should now last for hours if left undisturbed and only be removed when triggered, replaced by a new trap when players reach their limit of two or when players leave the server. Players are consistently limited to deploying two traps and can no longer place additional traps by disconnecting and rejoining a session. Traps deployed by other crews will now consistently be removed when they dive to a new server, scuttle to new seas or migrate naturally to another server.Voyage of Luck Crews diving for the Voyage of Luck should no longer experience an extended wait while underwater.Performance and Stability Further improvements have been made to game stability to reduce scenarios where players unexpectedly exit the game or become disconnected from their session. Known Issues To learn more about known issues in Sea of Thieves currently being tracked and their status, head over to our Known Issues support site article. Full Release Notes These release notes cover a hotfix. For full details on recently added game features, see the release notes on our latest content update. Download and Installation Download Size: Steam: 1.32 GB Sail into Season 14 Community Weekend on November 23rdNov 21, 2024 - Community AnnouncementsHappy Community Weekend Week, everyone! As we detailed at the start of the month, this Season’s Community Weekend runs from November 23rd from 25th, with a boatload of thrilling things going on to excite seasoned sailors and swabbies alike. This 48-hour frenzy of fun kicks off at 11am UTC on Saturday 23rd and ends 11am UTC on Monday 25th. If you’d like to keep the Event’s shenanigans a secret until you log in on Saturday, now’s the time to stop reading – but if you’re intrigued by what’s on offer, then please, read on… Persuade the Emissary Grade If you’re new here and aren’t sure how the Community Emissary Grade works, don’t worry, we’re here to tell you! To raise this special Grade, players are tasked with tuning in to Twitch to level up the generosity of the multiplier, with the total Sea of Thieves watch time powering its progress. Simply put: all you need to do to help raise this Grade – and increase in-game rewards – is watch any of your favourite content creators within the Sea of Thieves category during the Event period. Every time the Community Emissary Grade levels up, so does the boost to gold, reputation, Seasonal Renown, Allegiance and Guild Reputation for not just you but all players sailing on High Seas – with the top Grade offering a sweet two-and-a-half times the rewards for your efforts! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37295600/b8628dd3dce67e48a41775aa9649303eef91219e.jpg Drops for the Ocean As usual there’s a range of Twitch Drops for folks tuning in, with the Eastern Winds Ruby Jacket and Hook and the Seasoned Sailor Hurdy-Gurdy and Pocket Watch all on offer to those who spend a chunk of time watching Sea of Thieves creators over the weekend. And we mean any Sea of Thieves creator on Twitch – these Drops are earnable on all participating channels, not just our Partners’ channels – so maybe take some time this weekend to swing by a couple of new streams and say hi. The special Drop that will be unlocked after the magic goal of 100,000 World Events collectively dived to and completed will be the Obsidian Captain’s Chandelier – another brand new Obsidian item debuting with this special Event! We hope you all like fancy lighting, because this stunning piece will brighten up the Captain’s quarters of any Galleon. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37295600/adc16c82c31623d2cb97d9b92a05ecba26c1a3c3.jpg Freebies and Features Of course, to mark the occasion, everyone who plays during this Event will be gifted the pastel-perfect Season 14 Community Weekend flag – and so that pirates can rank other marauders’ exhibitions of mischief, the Scorecard Emote returns as an accompanying login bonus. Community Spirit Firework Crates will also be available from your local Merchant Alliance representative. There’ll be a particularly explosive vibe across the Sea of Thieves for the duration of the Event: you’ll find Gunpowder Barrels appearing more frequently on islands, Stronghold Gunpowder Barrels will also be more common and Kegs of Ancient Black Powder may appear in shipwr...Community Weekend Imminent!Nov 21, 2024 - Community AnnouncementsSea of Thieves Season 14 Community Weekend is taking place in just a few days, from November 23rd-25th (11am UTC)! Join us for free goods, boosted rewards, Pop-Up Plunder (and Blunder) fun and more. More details: https://aka.ms/SoTS14CommWknd What shenanigans shall you be seeking?Sea of Thieves Release Notes - 3.2.1Nov 18, 2024 - Community AnnouncementsPirates of Mischief Our November game update sees Season 14’s stealthy feature set finally unleashed in force, providing players with plentiful tools to wreak mischief upon one another. For an overview of this Season’s furtive features, head to our dedicated Season 14 page. Disguises While crouched, players can access the stealth menu to put on a disguise and blend into the environment as a barrel or treasure chest. Unlike hide emotes, disguises allow players to sneak around the world, albeit at a much slower pace. New disguises can be unlocked through a range of new Commendations added in Season 14. After unlocking one, head to the Vanity Chest and the new Disguises category to equip it.Hanging from Ledges While crouched, players will find various locations around the ship where they can vault over the edge and hang from the outside in order to hide from those on board. They can vault back onto the deck or let go at any time, but if discovered and attacked they’ll be knocked into the sea below! Pirate explorers may also find a few locations out in the world where they can hang from certain ledges away from their ship. We’ll leave players to discover these locations for themselves...Traps Players can now find deployable traps in various storage containers throughout the world which can be used to damage unsuspecting enemies. These are considered a throwable item, and while players can hold up to five in their inventory, only two can be deployed at any time, destroying those previously placed. A deployed trap will become armed, and then can be triggered by any careless foot, dealing damage and briefly inflicting a limp. Sneaky players can disarm a trap by crouching, and recover the trap for later use. A deployed trap can be enhanced with additional items by crouching close to it and using the menu to select an object. The item’s effect is triggered when the trap snaps shut. Traps can be partially buried beneath softer surfaces for a more effectively concealed surprise, and even placed together to trigger a sequence of catastrophic events!Blowpipe Balancing The blowpipe’s quickfire has been tuned to ensure that it still provides a quick but accurate shot at close range, without overshadowing the benefits of a more considered charged shot. Even a brief charge will now deliver a strong mid-range shot, while a fully charged shot travels the maximum shot range.Commendations and Rewards With a suite of mischief-making tools now re-enabled, the previously blocked Commendations, rewards, achievements and Trophies are available for players to make progress towards unlocking. Expanded Monthly Updates First Week Bonus Eager players who jump in during the first week following a Sea of Thieves game update will now receive an early login bonus of gold and Doubloons.Voyage of Luck Players can now embark on a Voyage of Luck each month, offering a quest for a range of high-value treasure. When starting the Voyage, some players will be blessed with a rare Golden Ma...Sea of Thieves Round-Up: October 2024Nov 11, 2024 - Community AnnouncementsIt’s safe to say that players faced some unexpectedly rough waters this October. The Season 14 update didn’t land as smoothly as planned, and as a result there’s still work to be done before the Season’s over. Nevertheless, there was plenty of October activity to report on, so we’re here once again to deliver your usual round-up! Content Update With the end of Season 13 rapidly approaching as we entered October, it seemed only fair to give everyone who hadn’t maxed out their Seasonal Renown a helping hand. That meant unleashing a weekend of boosted Renown (and gold) for all players, followed by a spree of single-use Gilded Voyages enabling determined pirates to haul in bounteous rewards. With everyone as caught up as they could be, it was on to the October update proper and the arrival of Season 14. However, launch day hiccoughs led to some features being held back, so best to read the launch release notes to catch up on what made it and what’s still ahead. A hotfix helped iron out some of those issues a little later in the month, reintroducing crouching and tweaking a range of other features. But that’s not the end of our work to fully deliver Season 14, so keep an eye on our channels for up-to-date information! There was also, of course, no ignoring the fact that spooky season was well and truly upon us last month. Pumpkin-based decorations popped up around the Outposts to herald the Festival of the Damned, and everyone was treated to a sinister Ghoul & Glory Event! All those who joined in got their hands on the Grinning Gourd Bucket, free Voyages and boosted rewards for a full four days. News and Features As we built up to the release of Season 14 and all its entailing mischief, it seemed like a good time to highlight some of the community’s best clips from their covert pirate operations. The ensuing Golden Scallywag Awards are still open to entries in eight categories, with opportunities to win an in-game Title and Trinket, Ancient Coins, Plunder Passes and even a physical trophy to brighten up your gaming room. We couldn’t launch a new Season without a dedicated article covering all the details, of course – but this time it was followed by a State of Play Forum post to address the issues encountered and explain what was happening with the staggered release of features, and then a second post to tee up the hotfix at the end of the month. When you put all that together it’s more reading than most pirates usually get up to, but well worth a look for anyone seeking a status update on Season 14… {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37295600/546aae56f211694e4da8cc9ae758978e287e4b94.jpg Videos and Streams The November instalment of Sea of Thieves News landed early in the month, previewing some of the content arriving with the new Season while offering a look at upcoming events and the restock of the coveted Sea of Thieves vinyl soundtrack. That wasn’t the only musical news this month either, with the official Season 14 ‘Making Mischief’ track making its way to all t...This Month in Sea of Thieves: November 2024Nov 6, 2024 - Community AnnouncementsWhile October was certainly an eventful month on the Sea of Thieves, the waves are looking a little calmer as we head into November. That means we’re ready to look ahead and share a calendar of the events coming your way over the next month! Golden Scallywag Awards – extended to Monday, November 25th Following Season 14’s slightly shaky start, the entry period for the Golden Scallywag Awards has been extended. Mischievous pirates now have until November 25th to submit their sneaks, tucks, traps and more to be in with a chance of scooping a real-life statuette and in-game Trinket and Title. For more information, see the competition announcement article. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37295600/209dcc6be626b37b34612e34f36a930362e11657.jpg November Monthly Update – Thursday, November 14th The next free content update drops on November 14th, and is slated to bring back disguises while enabling pirates to set traps and hang from ledges. Alongside these Season 14 features, there’ll be refreshed fashions in the Pirate Emporium (plus a free emote for collection) and a sweep of smaller fixes to the game experience. For the first time, we’ll also be offering an extra boost to the monthly update: players who jump in during the first week after release will now earn a bonus stash of gold and Doubloons, and there’s a new free monthly Voyage for all players in the form of the Voyage of Luck. This offers a single map leading to a high-value loot item – and particularly fortunate pirates might find a Golden Map leading to a jackpot cache. These Voyages also have a Pirate Legend flavour for anyone who’s reached that rank. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37295600/d585e2e1a7d9e246dcb8e8ad58fbc7cbbd794505.jpg Sea of Thieves Twitch Drops – Friday, November 15th – Monday, November 18th If you’re tuning in to watch a streamer showcasing the newly added features, remember you can get rewarded for it too: this time around the Stalwart Sea Dog Spyglass and the Eastern Winds Ruby Belt, Boots and Dress are available by linking your accounts and watching any Sea of Thieves Partner on Twitch. If you’re not sure who to watch, check our Partner Directory to see who’s online and available to tune in to once those Drops go live. Season 14 Community Weekend – Saturday, November 23rd – Monday, November 25th The last full weekend of November brings Season 14 Community Weekend to sailors’ shores! Our usual Seasonal frenzy of login bonuses, Community Emissary Grade boosts, a new Obsidian stretch goal, Picture Walls at Outposts, time-limited Voyages, Twitch Drops and more will kick off on November 23rd and run for a full 48 hours. More details on this Event will follow in the coming weeks, so stay tuned to the Sea of Thieves website and social channels. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37295600/42739cee27e182a24ddd265d00ba9f68ff7d45c5.jpg This is the schedule of November happenings that we’re currently targeting – so while these dates may flex slightly, this is a relatively reliable representation of what you can expect to e...Sea of Thieves Release Notes – Hotfix 3.2.0.1Oct 31, 2024 - Community AnnouncementsPirates of Mischief As shared in our recent Season 14 update, the team disabled a number of features in order to protect players from high-impact issues and for the team to work on improving the quality bar. With this hotfix, crouching is once again available. The Known Issues section identifies issues that will be addressed in future updates. Crouching and Stealth Players will once again be able to switch their stance from standing to a low crouch, slowing their movement, hiding them from some nearby enemy threats, concealing their player name and generally making them stealthier for the purposes of sneaking around. Crouched players will be harder to hit as they can duck shots in combat and will be braced against knockback, reducing its effect. Fixed Issues Gameplay Players will once again be prevented from walking directly through enemy threats. Players are now prevented from shooting others through solid surfaces on the ship such as the deck. Rowboats discovered washed up on islands or those which become beached are now much easier to push back into the sea, and should no longer become stuck and unusable. All players will now have access to the Burning Blade’s Armoury once the ship is controlled by a crew. Pirates of Mischief Unlockable disguises will no longer be granted when completing part of the unlock criteria, and will now require the full set of conditions to be met. Players must now complete the Found You Commendation before being awarded the Shadow Tide Tattoo. The Enticing Explosion Commendation now progresses when attaching a Lure Dart to a barrel-wielding Skeleton or directly to the held barrel itself. Grapple Gun Players attempting to grapple an item while climbing into a cannon will now find the item is placed back on the ground. Players fired out of a cannon, however, are not prevented from grappling a nearby item if they can do so quickly enough. The team will continue to monitor this technique from a game balance perspective and address it in the future if necessary. Players attempting to grapple each other at the same time should no longer find they are flung across the sea.Crouching Players attempting to crouch after being fired from a cannon will no longer be able to modify their trajectory while in the air. Players attempting to crouch prior to climbing into a cannon will now continue to be damageable when leaving the cannon. Players attempting to crouch after falling from a great height will now be able to crouch much more quickly, but will continue to suffer the hindering effects of fall damage while crouched. Pirate Emporium The Witch’s Stitches Bundle now grants players the Coral Coven Cat once purchased.Blowpipe and Darts Firing Lure Darts into a ship prior to migrating across servers will now result in those darts being removed upon arrival at the new location.Visual and Audio Players equipping the Lodestar Costume will now find it displays correctly on their pirate and will also appear in the Pirate Emporium and Clo...Stealth Leads to Wealth in Sea of Thieves Season 14Oct 18, 2024 - Community AnnouncementsFollowing the long-awaited arrival of Captain Flameheart and his Burning Blade flagship in Season 13, this subsequent Season sees the focus shift back to expanding the sandbox with more tools and features, delivering new ways to play and options for achieving your devious pirate goals. Read on to find out exactly what’s possible as Season 14 slips out of the shadows… The Armoury Expands For the second time this year, two new loadout options have arrived to complement the classic Sea of Thieves arsenal. In line with Season 14’s stealthy theme, these latest additions are the versatile Grapple Gun and the near-silent blowpipe, both offering alternatives to the traditionally quite direct pirate approach to looting and fighting. Despite the name, the Grapple Gun functions more like a tool than a weapon. It can target a whole range of things: treasure items, other pirates and even enemies can be grappled and pulled towards you, or conversely you can use it to grapple yourself around high or difficult island terrain. The blowpipe can be used with classic Poison Darts to inflict lingering damage on an enemy, but Lure Darts are also available for when you want to cause trouble by attracting foes to a specific spot (or another pirate), while Black Powder Darts take a normally noiseless weapon and endow it with a much more explosive effect! Duck and Cover That’s not all: for the first time, Season 14 allows pirates to crouch and move around more stealthily in pursuit of mischief or mayhem. Want to go further and get right in amidst another crew’s adventures undetected? Disguises allow you to conceal yourself (and move around) as a barrel or a chest, with different types of chest gradually being unlocked for use. How long can you lurk unnoticed, and what can you get your hands on without being spotted? If you’d rather put a little more distance between yourself and your intended victim, Season 14 will soon allow you to lay traps – which can not only be partially buried to make them harder to spot, but loaded with other items such as fireworks, blunderbombs or Cursed Cannonballs to spice up the life of the pirate who strays into the danger zone! Finally, raiders who want to get on board another crew’s ship without the usual tell-tale signs can make use of the new Merfruit, which when cooked to perfection has enchanted qualities, banishing the mermaid who traditionally appears to transport you back to your own ship. They’ll never see you coming… Collect Covert Cosmetics Experimenting with Season 14’s features can unlock Commendations and rewards, while just playing the game in any way you choose will let you climb the latest 100 levels of Seasonal Renown. These bring their own bounty of gold, Doubloons, Ancient Coins and stealth-themed cosmetics, and the optional Plunder Pass adds even more prizes to the pool: for Season 14 this includes the mysterious Inner Sanctum ship set complete with Collector’s items, plus the Inner Sanctum Jacket, Belt and Hat for your ...Sea of Thieves Release Notes - 3.2.0Oct 17, 2024 - Community AnnouncementsPirates of Mischief Ready to get stealthy? Season 14 delivers tools, weapons, tricks and abilities that open up ingenious new ways to achieve your aims on the Sea of Thieves! For an overview of this Season’s furtive new features, head to our dedicated Season 14 page. Grapple Gun The Armoury now stocks the Grapple Gun which players can choose for one of their two loadout slots, replacing a combat-focused weapon with a new traversal tool. This tool comes with five arrowheads and can be reloaded at any Ammo Crate. Players can grapple items or other players and pull their target towards them, deal damage to emergent enemy threats or grapple onto solid surfaces to be propelled quickly to that location. While this tool can be used during naval combat in inventive ways, there are some restrictions when it comes to ship boarding. Players will be unable to grapple directly to the Sloop or Brigantine from the sea, but sneaky routes onto the Galleon are possible. A player fired from a cannon will also find they are unable to grapple directly onto a ship and their line will break.Blowpipe This sneakily versatile new weapon can be equipped from the Armoury along with a selection of darts, each with its own unique characteristics, and can be reloaded at an Ammo Crate. Darts can be fired with a quick breath for a less accurate shot, or charged with a full breath for a longer-range and more accurate shot. Darts will stick into any surface they hit, including enemies and players!Black Powder Dart This explosive dart can be fired into a surface, enemy or player. Once embedded, its fuse will light and after a short time it will detonate, knocking players back and even setting them on fire. Swift-thinking players can defuse the dart by dousing it with water, although any damage will detonate it. The explosion will not damage crewmates or the player who fired the dart, and the explosion is small enough to leave ship components undamaged. Chained explosions can be achieved with multiple darts and even Gunpowder Barrels for maximum effect!Poison Dart This venomous dart deals a small amount of damage to its target on contact, followed by lingering damage over time. Darts can be damaged to remove them, halting further poisonous effects.Lure Dart This distracting dart can be fired at a location to entice players with the subtle glint of nearby treasure, ready for a well-planned ambush. Nearby enemy threats will also be drawn to the location and will ferociously attack a target hit with a Lure Dart, even if it’s one of their own comrades!Merfruit Players can now acquire Merfruit, a rare food item found in storage containers. While this fruit can be eaten like any other food to recover health, when cooked it is imbued with special properties. A Merfruit cooked to perfection will become enchanted, glowingly brightly and stored in a separate inventory to prevent accidental eating. When eaten, Enchanted Merfruit will suppress the aid of friendly Merfolk for a few minutes as sh...Глава Rare Крейг Дункан назначен новым руководителем Xbox Game Studios — Microsoft обещает качественные игры и новые IPOct 14, 2024 - Gamemag.ruНынешний глава Xbox Game Studios Алан Хартман покинет Microsoft в конце ноября, а его место займет руководитель Rare Крейг Дункан. Gilded Voyages Live!Oct 10, 2024 - Community AnnouncementsPoint yourselves towards The Shores of Plenty because Gilded Voyages are now live through to October 17th (10am UTC)! Enjoy up to four single-use, time-limited Voyages from your Quest Table. Just make sure you keep an eye on the horizon...Sea of Thieves Season 14: Official Content Update VideoOct 10, 2024 - Community AnnouncementsSea of Thieves Season 14, launching on October 17th, is all about making mischief. From priming traps with fireworks to sneaking around as a treasure chest, learn all about the new tools, toys and techniques that await in this fresh Content Update video! Sea of Thieves Round-Up: September 2024Oct 10, 2024 - Community AnnouncementsThe rains of autumn are rolling in over the green fields of Rare HQ, which means it’s once again time to set pen to paper and share with you all the latest news from the Sea of Thieves. September was a hectic month of updates, events and glimpses at the upcoming Season 14, so there’s no shortage of things to cover… Content Update We kept the September update pretty lean and mean ahead of the upcoming full Season release, but that doesn’t mean it wasn’t well-stocked with adjustments, improvements and ironclad cosmetics. As always, you can have a read of the release notes – and the briefer notes regarding the later hotfix – for all the details, but the main highlights were some careful weapon rebalancing and the ability to sprint while holding one-handed items. Absolute game changer right there. There was also good news for fishing enthusiasts midway through the month, as The Hunter’s Call banded together to offer increased gold and rep for all meat and fish delivered, while a later weekend offered a free Sea Beasts Tattoo as a login bonus. The generosity of Merrick’s family set the tone as we headed into this year’s Talk Like a Pirate Day, where more celebrations awaited including a sale in the Pirate Emporium, a musical interlude as ‘Grogg Mayles Instrumental’ joined the official soundtrack and the highly anticipated delights of Season 13 Community Weekend! That was a highlight of the month for many, if not quite everyone. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37295600/e5402f45304b1de8006ffbcabf1855550234e35e.jpg News and Features With so many recent and upcoming changes to Sea of Thieves, there were a couple of points in September where we wanted to check in with you all on some of the work going on behind the scenes. That meant releasing two separate State of Play posts, one focused on our commitment to player safety, the other discussing general game health. Over on the community side of things, we had two more Spotlights to share. The first sat us down with famed burger clown OphieIRL to peer into the mind behind a pirate as unique as Donald McRonald, while the second squished two pirates beneath the all-seeing Spotlight in the form of Loki and Leator! Which definitely sets a record for occurrences of the word ‘underpants’. And speaking of bold fashion choices, we ended the month by revealing all the details of Season 13’s Style of Thieves contest! The article laid out the four new themes awaiting the most finely dressed of pirates, with the promise of a pair of coveted Fashionista’s Finery Gloves for any who managed to stand out from the crowd. Equally coveted is the luxurious Sea of Thieves vinyl soundtrack, which came back into stock at iam8bit this month and was duly celebrated with a cheeky giveaway! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37295600/6223d8d62775efecb8ce6c812854ba519cf2f24b.jpg Videos and Streams The Sea of Thieves update wheel never stops, and neither do our mighty Video team. Not only did they deliver a fresh September instalment of Sea of Thieves News for eve...Seasonal Renown Boost LiveOct 4, 2024 - Community AnnouncementsThe Seasonal Renown Boost is now live through to October 6th (23:59 UTC)! Get 1.5x Renown as well as a pile of extra gold from Daily Deeds... Raise anchor and we'll see you out there, pirates!Announcing the Golden Scallywag AwardsOct 3, 2024 - Community AnnouncementsThe Sea of Thieves community thrives on its creativity, but we also know you’re not immune to skulduggery and shenanigans when the opportunity arises – that’s part of being a pirate, after all. That’s why, with Season 14 just over the horizon, we’ve decided the time is right to celebrate the most audacious antics you have to offer with a dedicated set of awards. (We might even wear bowties, you’ll have to wait and see.) Why now? Well, the theme of Season 14 is ‘Making Mischief’ – not to mention its subtitle, which is a choice we’ve made to cut to the heart of each Season so everyone can tell at a glance what its focus will be. We’ll be offering detailed looks at the upcoming tricks and traps over the next week, but there’s no reason not to start stretching those prank-playing muscles right away, especially if you’ve already got something to show that you’re particularly proud of. In a nutshell, we’ll be scouring social channels for entries that fall into one of our award categories – more on those in a moment – showcasing the top-tier examples and awarding prizes to the very best offerings. You’ve got plenty of time (before and after Season 14 expands your capacity to cause chaos) to submit as many clips as you can create, so long as you deem them worthy of winning one of the following… The Awards Devious Disguise Awarded to pirates who are most effectively able to conceal their true appearance, whether that involves dressing up to deceive others, making use of the Barrel Disguise Emote or spying on other players – the key is achieving something without being spotted! Hilarious Hider They may know you’re here, but finding you is another matter. Awarded to pirates who manage to sneak, dart, dash, tuck and successfully evade your pursuers – all until whatever dirty deed you’re undertaking is complete. Scaring is Caring It’s the Halloween season, so fright feels right. Whether you’re using voice chat while hiding to ‘haunt’ a ship, popping up unexpectedly while equipped with a horrifying Curse or lobbing a well-timed blunderbomb, your success will be measured in screams. Snazziest Steal They have treasure. You want it. Maybe that means scoring the perfect harpoon hit to swipe loot out of a pirate’s hands, lurking at a Skeleton Fort to grab the Stronghold Key or blowing a crew overboard with the Horn of Fair Winds before leisurely helping yourself to their stuff. Trickiest Trap Let them play right into your hands! This award goes to pirates who use a combination of deceit and tools to cause others to enact their own demise – that could be a blade trap, a buried Gunpowder Barrel or a room full of caged, angry snakes… Perfect Prank Sometimes, messing with someone’s mind can be just as effective as a blunderbuss. Convince another pirate you’re the Official Treasure Inspector, move all their loot into the crow’s nest, make them believe you’re part of the crew or fill their barrels with burned bananas – creativity is key! Admirable Ambush They never saw y...Free Sea Beasts Tattoo!Sep 27, 2024 - Community AnnouncementsMarauders looking for some fresh new ink are in luck! From now until Sept 29th (23:59 UTC), pirates who set sail will be gifted the Sea Beasts Tattoo simply for logging in. Enjoy!Season 13’s Style of Thieves Theme Reveal!Sep 26, 2024 - Community AnnouncementsSeason 13 has sure been a hot one, and not just because it ran over actual real-world summer. In game, the Burning Blade and its huge fireballs burst onto the seas, offering a brand new type of World Event and spreading heat-tinged combat in its wake. Elsewhere, the heat continued with Production Director Drew delivering information often referred to as containing some level of spice, with a change to the blunderbuss being considered high on the Scoville charts. It's time to bring the heat down a few notches, however, as we clear through the final notes of the Season’s to-do list. Nope, we’re not here to reveal the Season 14 date or accidentally post the next SoT News early, those are a few points below this. We’re in fact here to let you know that the next #StyleOfThieves contest will be taking place from September 30th–October 3rd, and we’ll even reveal the themes while we’re here. Surprise! For anyone reading this who somehow missed the headline… Yes, #StyleOfThieves, working the same way it has for a fair few contests now; we’ll create a unique post on each of those days, Sept 30th–Oct 3rd, announcing that a theme is open to enter. You lovely lot then take to posting your screenshots of your pirates all dressed up to the thematically appropriate nines, including the name of the theme you’re entering and any other relevant information. Scroll down and read the How to Enter section for a rundown of the full rules, as well as some handy pointers. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37295600/938bc7f25d35c4778e72bf146d1625e467f8dbd1.jpg As the final seconds of a theme’s 24-hour entry period tick into the history of humanity, our courageous crew will begin their crawl through the increasing suite of digital catwalks and pick out the pirates they feel donned the most appropriate attire. That list is then encrypted through at least three unique ciphers before being planted by dead drop inside the final clue of an undisclosed escape room somewhere in the Midlands. A member of our Art team will then receive a surprise invitation to said location and, assuming they can effectively solve the room with zero assistance, they will get to have the final decision on the pirates who win this Season’s Style of Thieves prizes! Once they solve the ciphers, that is. If they don’t… well, we’ll cross that bridge should it present itself, but really you can’t be overly careful with these things. There will be three winning entries per category, meaning 12 winners total, but as one category calls for two participants to be pictured, there are up to 15 pairs of Fashionista’s Finery Gloves up for grabs this time. Winning pirates will be announced via Sea of Thieves social channels on October 10th, a week after the final theme takes place. And as always, a necessary reminder that even if you don’t win Style of Thieves, as with all of our social media contests, it’s intended to be about the fun of taking part first and foremost. So go and explore your pirate’s customisation chests – you m...Sea of Thieves Release Notes – Hotfix 3.1.2.1Sep 26, 2024 - Community AnnouncementsFixed Issues Throwing Knives Knives thrown at a crewmate will now pass through them rather than becoming stuck to the player. Knives will no longer become stuck in a capstan or other ship interaction point when thrown. The Burning Blade For crews pledged to the Burning Blade, there is now a short grace period after the Captain leaves the game before the ship begins to sink, to protect from temporary disconnections. When a crew in control of the Burning Blade purposefully leaves the game, the ship will now sink naturally and will not appear to others to have been handed in at The Reaper’s Hideout. Crews pledged to the Burning Blade who use a Mermaid or Statue to return to their ship will no longer find their Obsidian Skeleton crew missing.Player Communication Text chat now protects players from anyone attempting to send repeated messages in quick succession. Text chat now contains improved profanity filtering, covering a range of new words and phrases.User Interface Browsing Guilds from the front-end menu now shows the correct Guild level. The Tourist Emote Bundle now shows the correct name when browsing the Pirate Emporium.Fishing Rod Players can no longer use the fishing rod lure to interact with others in the world. (Released previously as part of an interim hotfix.) Players will no longer find themselves moved around when casting a fishing rod into the surrounding environment. (Released previously as part of an interim hotfix.) Performance and Stability Further improvements have been made to game stability to reduce scenarios where players unexpectedly exit the game or become disconnected from their session. Known Issues To learn more about known issues in Sea of Thieves currently being tracked and their status, head over to our Known Issues support site article. Full Release Notes These release notes cover a hotfix. For full details on recently added game features, see the release notes on our latest content update. Download and Installation Download Size: Steam: 1.29 GB Season 13 Community WeekendSep 21, 2024 - Community AnnouncementsSeason 13 Community Weekend is now live until September 23rd (11am UTC)! Log in to get your free flag and Shimmy Dance Emote, enjoy some Sea of Thieves on Twitch to boost the Community Emissary Grade multiplier and more! Read on to learn about what else is happening... During Season 13 Community Weekend, pirates can head to the Quest Table and claim time-limited Voyages to dispatch Obsidian and Shadow Skeleton Captains loitering at Skeleton Camps for lucrative loot! Maybe even nip underground and discover a creepy Ritual while you're there. Pop-Up Plunder returns to ignite races for potentially profitable loot! Throughout the weekend, puzzles pointing towards shared dig spots will appear on social channels. Crews then have one hour to locate this random stash before the other crews around them. Best of luck! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37295600/617d9c080293124abb464c0de8e7aaa42e20b355.jpg Crews flying Deckhand and Quartermaster Sails will once again have a limited stash of Celestial Steed ship items, Obsidian Capstans and Six Item Packs to gift to pirates throughout the Event. Be funny, be silly or maybe just have a natter and they may choose you. For a more guaranteed reward, Twitch Drops for all are also live! Grab these four outstanding items just for watching any participating Sea of Thieves streamer for one hour per item, from now until Sept 23rd (11am UTC). The stretch goal for a fancy fifth Twitch Drops item also returns! This time it's up to players to collectively complete a total of 100,000 World Events over the course of Community Weekend. Doing this will see the Obsidian Captain’s Table added to the available Drops. Right, that should cover most of it. So set sail, create some stories, strike a pose at a Picture Wall and make it another one to remember. Have a good Community Weekend, pirates!
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