[2020] PINNED: Moderation Policy & Guidelines

As a member of this forum you are solely responsible for the content of your posts. This means that any posts or messages created by your account are subject to the Code of Conduct and the scrutiny of our moderation team.

While both our Code of Conduct and Moderation Policies will likely evolve as the community grows, please be aware of the following:

- Discussion of disciplinary actions taken against individual users on our Steam Forums or any other Rare-owned channels is not permitted in this space. If you have questions about a decision made by the team then please private message a moderator.

- Alt accounts are not permitted in this space and will be permanently banned. The user in question will be subject to a temporary or permanent ban at the discretion of our moderation team.

- Use the report function responsibly, and only file reports against other users of the forum if the content of their posts violates our Code of Conduct.

- Trying to circumvent a ban through posting on an alternative account or through another community member to continue actions that lead to the ban will be subject to a permanent ban from the forum.

- Re-posting content that has been removed or locked by a moderator. Doing so will be considered spam and subject to a warning, with temporary or permanent bans against the user if it continues.

Moderation Policy & Guidelines

As a member of this forum you are solely responsible for the content of your posts. This means any posts or messages created by your account are subject to the Sea of Thieves Community Code of Conduct and the scrutiny of our moderation team. This space is moderated alongside our other online social spaces and in accordance with Microsoft and Rare Community policies; these can be found at the bottom of this post.

If you choose to partake in discussion with other players on our forums, please be aware of the following:

- Discussion of disciplinary actions taken against individual users on our Steam Forums or any other Rare-owned channels is not permitted in this space.

- Alt accounts are not permitted in this space and will be permanently banned. This includes attempting to circumvent a ban through the use of an alt or posting through another community member.

- Use the report function responsibly, and only file reports against other users of the forum if the content of their posts violates our Community Code of Conduct.

- Re-posting content that has been removed or locked by a moderator is not allowed.

- We will not tolerate aggressive behaviour towards anyone in our community or moderation team. Please ensure all responses remain civil and adhere to the Community Code of Conduct and Pirate Code.


We take our Community Code of Conduct seriously. We will take action on accounts that we determine to have breached our Community Code of Conduct, the Xbox Community Standards or Microsoft Services Agreement.

Community Code of Conduct : https://www.seaofthieves.com/code-of-conduct
The Pirate Code: https://www.seaofthieves.com/pirate-code
Xbox Community Standards: https://www.xbox.com/en-GB/legal/community-standards Microsoft Services Agreement: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/servicesagreement/

Failure to adhere to the above will result in moderation action being taken. Moderation works on a three-strike policy – the third offence will result in a temporary ban from the Sea of Thieves Steam forums.

Any further offences will be moderated individually and your account may be permanently removed from the Sea of Thieves Steam forums.

Moderators will assess each case individually and, depending on the severity of the breach in question, we reserve the right to take moderation actions that deviate from this system if deemed necessary.

For in-game issues, check the articles at our dedicated support site and raise a new support request with the team (using the link at the bottom of any article) if you can’t find the information you need: https://support.seaofthieves.com/

If you would like to get involved with the community on our other channels you can do so on both our Official Forums and the Sea of Thieves Discord server.


- Forums [www.seaofthieves.com]

- Discord [Discord.gg]