Sea of Thieves Dev Tracker

The Sea of Thieves servers are now back online!

Resurrect Flameheart or redeem Pendragon. The choice is in your hands...

Claim Sea Forts and secure Dark Relics for your chosen side to contribute to this community decision in 'Return of the Damned', our latest time-limited Adventure. Live until 10am UTC Nov 17th.

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The Sea of Thieves servers are now offline and a choice is looming on the horizon. Will you fight for the Flame, or for Pendragon’s redemption?

Think carefully, the result will impact the future of the seas! We’ll let you know as soon as you can set sail again...

Our Tricksters and Treaters Event is now live! Embrace the spirit of the Jack O’ Looter and undertake mischievous/benevolent tasks between now and Nov 1st (10am UTC) to put yourself in the running for a pair of pointy party hats. Details follow...

🎃 https://seaofthieves.com/trick-or-treat

Our latest Adventure, 'The Herald of the Flame', has now come to an end and The Devil's Roar has returned to its former fiery glory.

While the whereabouts of Flameheart's skeleton remain a mystery, we don't think it'll be long until we find out where it's been taken...

Following reports of players not receiving Mementos after completing our latest Adventure, 'The Herald of the Flame', we're now rolling out a fix to unlock missing rewards for affected players.

Please allow up to 72 hours before raising a ticket at our Support site.

The Sea of Thieves servers are now back online and remember: you saw nothing. Especially not any skeletons. Good luck out there!

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The Sea of Thieves servers are now offline for some swift emergency maintenance.

Sorry for any inconvenience – we'll let you know as soon as it's safe to set sail again.

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Pirates! Due to an unforeseen issue with today's release, we will be taking the game down in approximately 20 minutes at 13:00 UTC.

Thank you for your understanding while we carry out this work as swiftly as possible to ensure the best ongoing experience for players.

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The Sea of Thieves servers are back online! That means it's time to call up your crew, stick on your spookiest ship set and haunt the seas once more... if that's your thing, of course, you could just bop about normally if you want. Happy sailing!

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The Sea of Thieves servers are now offline. Why not spend this time... Read more

With Belle sure that an Ancient prophecy warns of Flameheart's return as The Devil's Roar falls eerily silent, it's time to seek Stitcher Jim, unearth the truth and stop the ritual! 'The Herald of the Flame', our latest time-limited Adventure, is live until 9am UTC on Oct 27th.

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The Sea of Thieves servers are now offline while we subdue The Devil's Roar to a sullen simmer and set the stage for 'The Herald of the Flame', our next time-limited Adventure! Why not scribble us a sketch of your pirate to pass the time?

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Pirates, you have just one hour to finish any shenanigans you're planning, get your Voyage wrapped up and sell your loot! The Sea of Thieves servers will be going offline at 9am UTC to set up the latest Adventure.

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Attention, pirates! In order to lay down the trail leading to Stitcher Jim, the Sea of Thieves servers will be offline from approximately 9:00am (UTC) tomorrow.

Please plan your Voya...

Following a resolution of the issue with ship cosmetics not saving between sessions, we're rolling out compensation to those players who were affected.

This will arrive as an amount of gold in relation to the number of failed save attempts, plus a Gilded Voyage of Restitution.

Please allow up to 72 hours for the compensation to be applied.

Pirates, it’s time to get back out onto the waves! Raise your anchors, do some stretches and whatever else your crew needs to get ready – the Sea of Thieves servers are back online and ready for your high seas hijinks. Spy our updates here: https://www.seaofthieves.com/release-notes/2.6.2

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The Sea of Thieves servers are now offline as Belle takes her leave to continue investigating those worrying prophecies. We'll let you know as soon as it's safe to set sail again.

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One hour remains: the Sea of Thieves servers will be taken offline at roughly 9am UTC, meaning you only have a little time left to wrap up your current Voyage. Turn your attention back to that treasure and get it safely to an Outpost!

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Attention, pirates! The Sea of Thieves servers will be offline from approximately... Read more

We are aware of some players experiencing a Strawberrybeard error when joining a game. We are investigating and will update as soon as we have more information. Thank you for your patience while we resolve this.

We are aware that some players have received an unscheduled update to the game – this is in the process of being reverted. Players currently trying to sail with friends who have the unscheduled update will receive a Lightbeigebeard error.

Selected Sea of Thieves servers will shut down at 8pm UTC. Most players will be unaffected, but those required to leave the server will see in-game shutdown messaging, and some may need to download a small update before beginning a new session.

It's time to take a dive! Talk to Larinna and she'll point you in the direction of Belle, who needs help in her search for powerful secrets in the Sunken Kingdom.

'The Sirens' Prize', Sea of Thieves' seventh time-limited Adventure, is live until Thursday, 29 September 2022 09:00am UTC.

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The Sea of Thieves servers are now offline while we set the scene for the next Adventure, 'The Sirens' Prize'. Rest up and practise your breathing exercises, when you next set sail it'll be time to take a dip...

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This is your one-hour warning – the Sea of Thieves servers will be taken offline at approximately 09:00am UTC.

Check the map, mark the nearest Outpost and get going if you want to hand in your loot!

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Attention pirates! It'll soon be time to help Belle search for undersea secrets in our latest Adventure, 'The Sirens' Prize', so we need to get things ready - meaning that the Sea of Thieves servers will be... Read more

The team have now mitigated earlier problems that were causing a disruption to Sea of Thieves services. Players should now be able to set sail as usual, but we will continue to monitor player experience. Thanks for your patience.

We are continuing to investigate reports of cosmetic loadouts not consistently saving to Captained ships. We advise that players do not attempt to save their cosmetics for now, and will provide further updates as we make progress towards resolving this.

We're continuing to investigate the reported disruptions to Sea of Thieves services. We're sorry for the inconvenience, and please be assured we'll provide another update later today.

Pirates! The servers are back online and the sword block should once again work as intended. Thank you for your patience.

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The Sea of Thieves servers are now offline for essential maintenance so that we can roll out a necessary hotfix, designed to ensure the sword block works as expected in combat encounters. We'll let you know as soon as you can return to the seas.

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The Sea of Thieves servers will be offline from 14:00pm UTC.

After reports last week of the sword block no longer working as intended in combat encounters, the team have identified a fix and we will be rolling it out today.

We have mitigated earlier problems around setting sail on Captained ships. Players should now be able to successfully load into a Captained session.

We are aware that some players are currently unable to set sail on their Captained ships. The team are working to resolve this and we will provide an update as soon as possible.

Pirates! The servers are back online and you can set sail once again. Thank you for your patience.

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Pirates! Due to an unforeseen issue with today's release, we will be taking the game down for approximately 30 minutes at 15:45 UTC.

Thank you for your understanding while we carry out this work as swiftly as possible to ensure the best ongoing experience for players.

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The Sea of Thieves servers are back online, be sure to download the necessary update to get back out on the seas!

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The Sea of Thieves servers are now offline for essential maintenance.

We'll let you know as soon as you can return to the seas, so why not use this time to work on your shanties? Or write a poem for your crew? Up to you, of course, we just think it might be nice.

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Attention pirates! Apologies for the short notice, but we’ll be rolling out a necessary hotfix today, meaning that Sea of Thieves will ... Read more

We have mitigated earlier problems around setting sail on Captained ships.

Players should now be able to successfully load into a Captained session, but we will monitor player experience overnight to ensure our Captains continue to be able to set sail smoothly.

The Sea of Thieves servers are once more open for your aquatic antics! You'll now find a flurry of foxes and plant-based paraphernalia in the Pirate Emporium, alongside many other tweaks which you can read up on in the release notes. See you on the seas! https://seaofthieves.com/release-notes/2.6.1

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The Sea of Thieves servers are now offline as we tinker behind the scenes and close the door on 'A Hunter's Cry'. Well, the big green portal anyway. We'll let you know when it’s time to unfurl your sails and take to the seas again!

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Pirates, you have just one hour to finish any business, get your Voyage done and sell your loot: the Sea of Thieves servers will be going offline in approximately one hour, at 9am UTC.

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Attention pirates! The Sea of Thieves servers will be offline from appro... Read more

The below changes to our current Adventure, 'A Hunter's Cry', are now live in the game. Happy Adventuring!

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After reviewing your feedback, we’re making a number of changes to our current Adventure, ‘A Hunter’s Cry’, to ensure a more consistently welcoming environment for players. Most notably, from 2pm UTC today, each trip into the Sea of the Damned will involve two crews at most.