On Tuesday, January 23, Rare officially launched Season 11 of Sea of Thieves as a free update to all players across Xbox consoles, PC and Steam. Alongside 100 levels of Renown and rewards to earn, Season 11 introduces the Quest Table – a revamped interface for voyages that facilitates players getting to the content they want to play faster, perfect for shorter play sessions. The Quest Table shakes up the traditional Sea of Thieves experience, allowing players to directly access and undertake voyages directly from their ship rather than purchasing them from port. Once a crew has decided on a desired outing – whether that’s a traditional Voyage for a Trading Company, digging into the lore of a Tall Tale, or battling through a themed World Event like a Skeleton Fort or Ashen Lord – they’ll have the option to either sail traditionally or dive beneath the waves and reemerge at their ...

This morning, Xbox Game Studio Rare announced the launch of Safer Seas as part of Sea of Thieves Season 10, a new game mode that allows players to set sail in a private world with up to three friends without disruption from other players. Safer Seas allows players to learn the essentials of Sea of Thieves without losing the joy of discovery the game has to offer. For a complete rundown of how Safer Seas works, the impact on player progression, and what content is exclusive to the traditional High Seas mode, check out Seaofthieves.com or a video summary of the feature from Rare. Ahead of the holidays, we’re excited to outline the different ways Safer Seas can change the way you play Sea of Thieves: For the Solo Swashbucklers – Set off on your sloop for a truly solo Sea of Thieves adventure with Safer Seas, ensuring nothing ...

Overnight, Rare released the third and final installment of Sea of Thieves: The Legend of Monkey Island as a free update for players across Xbox Game Pass, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Windows 10/11 and Steam. Sea of Thieves: The Legend of Monkey Island has been a hilarious and heartfelt love-letter to the iconic Monkey Island adventure game series. This collaboration between Rare and Lucasfilm Games has brought two beloved casts of pirate characters to tell an original story throughout the trilogy. Fans following Sea of Thieves: The Legend of Monkey Island (or those waiting to play it all at once!) can expect to see the culmination of everything the pirates have experienced so far. Whether it’s solving riddles, completing challenges, mastering Insult Sword Fighting, or navigating through lava-filled catacombs with Guybrush as your guide, Sea of Thieves: The Legend of Monkey Island is now a complete series for owners ...

Today, Rare released the first instalment of Sea of Thieves: The Legend of Monkey Island, available for free to owners of any Sea of Thieves edition across Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Windows 10/11 PC, Steam, and all Xbox Game Pass members. Sea of Thieves: The Legend of Monkey Island is a collaboration between Rare and Lucasfilm Games that brings together two beloved casts of pirate characters to tell an original story. Wisit Xbox Wire for an interview with Rare about combining the two game worlds, capturing Monkey Island’s spirit in Sea of Thieves and watch the launch trailer from Rare below. The Legend of Monkey Island is a hilarious and heartfelt love-letter to the iconic Monkey Island adventure game series. This collaboration comprises three Tall Tales, following Guybrush Threepwood’s adventures in the Sea of Thieves and featuring Guybrush, ghost pirate LeChuck, and more characters (and voice actors) from the Monkey Island ...

Today, Xbox is excited to announce that Sea of Thieves Season 8 is now available for free with Xbox Game Pass and across Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Windows 10/11 and Steam. For more information, feel free to check out the Season 8 trailer below and their blog post on Xbox Wire. Season 8 introduces the ability to engage in ship-to-ship PvP combat on demand. Using the new Hourglass of Fortune, players can declare loyalty for one of two Factions, and in the process opt-in to engage players of the rival Faction in Pirate vs Pirate battles for Allegiance, Treasure, and exclusive rewards. As players can emerge victorious in successive battles the potential for greater rewards grows alongside the risk of being targeted themselves in equal measure. In addition to PvP on demand, Season 8 comes with 100 levels of free rewards to earn and the latest Plunder Pass available for ...

Today, Rare has released the seventh season of Sea of Thieves, available free to all players across Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Windows 10/11 PC, Steam, and with Xbox Game Pass. Season 7 heralds the arrival of ship Captaincy, giving players the chance to purchase, name, and decorate their own ships in addition to 100 levels of free rewards to earn and a premium Plunder Pass available for separate purchase. Please visit Xbox Wire for more information, or watch the gameplay breakdown from Rare below. Captaincy has long been one of the more anticipate features from the Sea of Thieves community, allowing players to set sail as captains of their very own ship and access to several new customization, progression and gameplay options. Captains can bestow a name upon their new vessel for all to see, purchase decorations for their quarters, display Trinkets earned from past and future adventures, pursue Pirate ...

by Joe Neate, Executive Producer, Rare   After an action-packed 2021 for Sea of Thieves, we’re planning another exciting year in 2022 for all those players who sail together with us. We hit some big milestones last year, passing 25 million total players and selling five million copies on Steam alone – so we’ve got a real mission ahead, but what sort of pirate crew doesn’t welcome a challenge? Rather than revealing our plans one content update at a time, we’re doing something a little different this year. To unveil our intentions for Sea ...

by Joe Neate, Executive Producer at Rare  As the leaves change and we leave summer behind, Sea of Thieves also enters a new Season with the arrival of Season Four. In addition to new Events, Seasonal rewards and an overhaul to our Trials and Deeds system, Season Four fully unveils the Sunken Kingdom – previously only explorable via the Tall Tales brought in with Season Three, now filled with new treasures to claim and secrets to uncover. Sea of Thieves Season Four is available now as a free download for all players with Xbox Game Pass and across Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Windows 10 PC and Steam. As with previous Seasons, Season Four lays out 100 levels of progression-based rewards obtainable by simply living the pirate life and accruing Renown, and also offers an optional Plunder Pass packed with premium goodies not yet available anywhere ...

Today Xbox are excited to celebrate the start of “Sea of Thieves” Season Three alongside the community, with the release of “A Pirate’s Life” – an epic crossover with Disney’s “Pirates of the Caribbean.” Starting today as a free update for players across all platforms (Xbox Game Pass, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Windows 10 and Steam, players will be able to join forces with Captain Jack Sparrow to save the Sea of Thieves in a thrilling original story. “A Pirate’s Life” is a collection of five carefully crafted Tall Tales forming an original story where Jack Sparrow stars alongside “Sea of Thieves” pirate crews. Players will journey to strange, ethereal realms and dive deep below the waves on their quest to defeat the nefarious Davy Jones.

Today Xbox ANZ has announced a drone show to celebrate the launch of Sea of Thieves Season 2. Since Sea of Thieves launched in 2018, over 20 million pirates globally have begun to chart their own tales of high seas adventures. Curious fans may have pieced together the map on social media and uncovered the secret location of this Pirate themed celebration. Follow in the footsteps of legends and look to the skies to see a spectacular Sea of Thieves’ drone show light up the night and recreate some of the game’s best iconography above Botanical Gardens, Sydney. Tune into the stream on April 21 from 10:30pm* AEDT across Xbox ANZ’s Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Twitch to catch the action! You can also participate with ...

The Sea of Thieves is a place full of tales to be told and challenges to be faced, never more so than in May’s free monthly update Lost Treasures – available now for all Sea of Thieves players on Xbox One, Windows 10 PC and Xbox Game Pass! With a brand new checkpoint system to help all pirates progress through our Tall Tales, plus Daily Bounties and events to rally the most resourceful crews on the seas, there’s a packed month of activity ahead. Take Up the Tall Tales Tall Tales in Sea of Thieves are exciting narrative-driven adventures that delve into the stories behind some of its prominent people and places. Nine of these Tales make up the Shores of Gold sequence, while another two arrived in recent monthly content updates The Seabound Soul and Heart of Fire. Tall Tales can be played at any time, and this month’s update ...

Get ready for Halloween with the free October content update for Sea of Thieves! Now live for all Sea of Thieves players with Xbox Game Pass, on Xbox One and on Windows 10 PC, Fort of the Damned encourages you to seek out a fearsome fortress and take on our most exciting Skeleton Fort challenge yet to earn huge rewards, including a guaranteed Chest of Legends. Things Get Spooky on the Seas with the Fort of the Damned Dark forces have seized Old Boot Fort, using ancient magic to bring forth an evil that transforms it into the Fort of the Damned, overrun with sinister Shadow of Fate Skeletons. Pirates must undertake Voyages to find Ritual Skulls, claim the Flames of Fate then band together to take down the Fort. Sloops, Brigantines and Galleons: it’s time for ships to raise their Alliance flags, work together and answer the call! Fort of the Damned is ...

August is here and with it a new Monthly Content Update, falling into rhythm with Black Powder Stashes in July and more new content coming in September. Dark times have arrived on the Sea of Thieves, as skeletons have stolen several dangerous artefacts from The Order of Souls – the aptly named Dark Relics! This new event begins on August 14th and brings a close to the previous event, a cycle that players can expect to see continue into the future. On the second Wednesday of each month, Sea of Thieves will gain a new Voyage type, special activity or other feature, serving up fresh regular content in the wake of the epic Anniversary Update. These updates will also include new cosmetics and Commendations, plus a mixture of time-limited and permanent activities and content. This month, prepare to butt heads with a few skulls as the skeleton hordes attract the ire of ...