DescriptionShared-world, first-person pirate adventure where crews sail an open ocean to plunder treasure, complete cinematic Tall Tales, and engage in emergent PvP/PvE ship combat and exploration.
GenreMultiplayer, Open World, Adventure, Pirates, Co-op, Sailing
Custom Seas
Build new game modes to challenge your friends, record unrivalled cinematics and experience the Sea of Thieves like never before! To learn more about this Season’s headline features, head over to our dedicated Season 20 page.
Emoting with Free Camera
Players are now able to choose an emote and enter Free Camera mode, allowing them to perform the emote while accessing the full camera controls.
Pirate Practice Preset
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The issues preventing some emergent World Events from awarding the Chest of Fortune upon completion have been addressed, and the Chest of Fortune is now being awarded where intended.
When tackling any of these emergent World Events, the chances of players finding one or even multiple Chests of Fortune have now been significantly increased!
Fixed IssuesGameplay
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Custom Seas
Build new game modes to challenge your friends, record unrivalled cinematics and experience the Sea of Thieves like never before! To learn more about this Season’s headline features, head over to our dedicated Season 20 page.
Session Lobbies
With the keys to the seas, players can now create and host a Custom Seas lobby and invite up to 24 players and six crews, with full control over ship types and expanded crew configurations.
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While the Battle Bounds will continue to shrink at the same stages early in the battle, during the endgame the area will now remain at a larger size to provide more space for crews to battle.
While most battles will end naturally in a flurry of cannon fire, prolonged battles of over an hour will now be forced to an end with the Battle Bounds shrinking to a final ‘match ending’ zone to ensure one ship can be crowned victorious.
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Last Ship Standing
Join a mass battle between up to six Sloops in the strange surroundings of the Sea of the Damned! Last Ship Standing's debut appearance will be active for the duration of Season 19: Act 3.
Solo and Duo Sloop Battles
Sloop crews can now join in a battle to the death within the Sea of the Damned to become the Last Ship Standing! During Act 3, both duo and solo Sloops will only battle in Last Ship Standing, while Brigantines and Galleons will continue to dive into 1v1 Faction...
Bilge Rats Weekender
Undertake special Voyages and Challenges to win Doubloons in this recurring pirate celebration! The extended debut of the Bilge Rats Weekender is live from April 16th to April 20th, 2026.
The Celebrations Begin!
With the Bilge Rats Weekender now active, the Outposts and Seaposts are decorated for the occasion! Larinna can be found inside the tavern and will share more details on this month’s Event, along with access to the Bilge Rats Black Market.
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