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Content Update Yes, 'The Shrouded Deep' – our third time-limited Adventure, and first finale Adventure running to three weeks instead of two – still had {LINK REMOVED}half its runtime to go as we moved into May. Only when the monthly update landed on the 12th, with a suite of wild {LINK REMOVED}Emporium additions (Lionfish! {LINK REMOVED}Crab! Rat!) and bunches of {LINK REMOVED}bugfixes and improvements, did the grand Ghost hunt draw to a close.
It wasn't quiet for long, of course, with Mysteries making their Season Six debut as promised earlier in the year. So are we seeing things? Or hearing things? Who can say – Mysteries aren't about having the answers laid out in plain sight or explained in detail, so stay sharp for clues both in-game and out, leaving your deerstalker and/or handlebar moustache wax within grabbing distance. No, you maniacs, they're just detective references, not clues.
Two weeks after the end of 'The Shrouded Deep', our {LINK REMOVED}next update introduced the fourth Adventure, {LINK REMOVED}'Lost Sands'. While the bombast of battling Megalodons receded into a more prolonged power struggle, emotions were still running just as high. The fervent back-and-forth over whether to #SaveGoldenSands or #RuinGoldenSands was stoked by updates on the state of play after the first weekend, and a {LINK REMOVED}breakdown of actions that players could take to swing the balance. The outcome wouldn't be known until 'Lost Sands' ended on June 9th, so players seized the opportunity to change the world and, just as importantly, blag some sweet Mementos while they were at it.
News and Features In the world of words delicately whittled or sometimes rancorously hammered into the shape of news posts, 'Lost Sands' was preceded by the regular {LINK REMOVED}Adventures Ahead primer to get everyone up to speed ahead of the new Adventure, while our dedicated {LINK REMOVED}Mysteries article saw Creative Director Mike carefully set the scene without straying into a morass of spoilers. Upcoming social contest {LINK REMOVED}Style of Thieves got its own editorial exposé on Community Day, and we canvassed another convocation of artists and producers to give you a {LINK REMOVED}From Concept to Cosmetic breakdown of the Islehopper Outlaw set.
The Spotlight schedule didn't falter in the face of all this, adopting an accidental food theme in May as {LINK REMOVED}Captain Peachy rolled into the ranks of Community Spotlights while {LINK REMOVED}KatLikesTacos packed her single-item shopping list for a Creator Spotlight outing. Our second Spotlight Showcase settled into place on Steam too, rounding up all the recent Spotlight activity for news hunters of those geyser-pocked wildlands.
And – and! – we rolled out a whole new section to help folks stay on top of {LINK REMOVED}Who's Who on the Sea of Thieves, as our Adventures and Tall Tales and Mysteries continue to usher characters in and out of the limelight. And – and! – May's musical release returned to us from a Voyage deep into the pixellated past, as the enduring 'We Shall Sail Together' was adorably demade for a {LINK REMOVED}Retro Mix.
Videos and Streams Plenty going on here in May too: central to it all was the double bill of Adventure-based trailers, with the 'Lost Sands' cinematic dropping a few days ahead of the Adventure to build hype before the launch trailer landed alongside the game content itself. Would have been weird if it didn't, really.
In the wake of a full introductory video for Mysteries, video clips have already gone on to become an integral part of how these stories will feed out hints and revelations – beginning with a clip that had no name except for a simple, sad skull emoji. RIP, you bombastic old peac*ck. We have no doubt that the truth of this tragic tale will eventually come to light, as the pirate community is bristling with eagle-eyed investigators.
Back before any of this in the first half of May, episode 7 of the Official SoT Podcast turned the tavern into a bathysphere exploring previous Adventure 'The Shrouded Deep', while a fresh episode of Sea of Thieves News divulged details of Community Day along with a bundle of end-of-month {LINK REMOVED}Twitch Drops, easing the transition as a knackered May tagged in June.
Social Channels Community Day was of course May's pivotal point on our social channels, arriving as it does only once a Season, and arriving this time surrounded by orifice-sealing nervousness over the spectre of Strawberrybeards. Thankfully all was well from go-live time onwards, with Community Emissary Grade Five triggering a monster Renown multiplier well before the halfway mark, at which point we dropped some sweet, sweet stats. There was also {LINK REMOVED}free stuff to be had, sales, a fancy banjo – even a bespoke challenge list, checklist, score card and smart screenshot frames to help players share whatever they were up to. The latter idea then carried over to the 'Lost Sands' Adventure, where another clutch of assets assisted efforts to #SaveGoldenSands or #RuinGoldenSands.
It was a three-batch month for Community Hub updates, delivering new drops of player creativity at the start and end of {LINK REMOVED}May with one in the middle for luck. Early May #SoTShots, on the other hand, were only interested in Megalodons, with the shortlist as difficult as ever to whittle down even with separate sets of winners on Twitter and {LINK REMOVED}Instagram. Once more sticking to the spirit of the live Adventure, the next #SoTShot theme was Rivalry with more sets of winners currently on the cusp, the very cusp of being decided.
#TriviaTuesday kept it relevant to recent updates with info on {LINK REMOVED}Ancient Phantoms, the {LINK REMOVED}Veil of the Ancients and {LINK REMOVED}Ghost Garrisons, plus the Servant of the Flame's history and {LINK REMOVED}current cause. And for the weekend wind-down, #SundayVibes swept us off to Fools Lagoon and Golden Sands, bookending a double appearance for Sea Dog's Rest, for reasons of… a Sea Dog… having a nice rest?
And that's an end to it! Thank you for your service, May – off you go, close the door on your way out but be sure to let the cat in first. In a dangerously brave plot twist, the cat's name is June. And if you want to keep up with June's cantankerous edicts then you'd better follow Sea of Thieves on Twitter, {LINK REMOVED}Facebook, {LINK REMOVED}Instagram, {LINK REMOVED}TikTok, YouTube, {LINK REMOVED}Twitch, the official {LINK REMOVED}Forums or our {LINK REMOVED}Discord server. And come back here for next month's round-up, when we'll be cross-hatched with cartoon scratch marks from trying to shove June off the chair so someone else can sit down.
Previously in 2022: {LINK REMOVED}Sea of Thieves Round-Up: April 2022{LINK REMOVED}Sea of Thieves Round-Up: March 2022
{LINK REMOVED}Sea of Thieves Round-Up: February 2022{LINK REMOVED}Sea of Thieves Round-Up: January 2022