Thanks for your patience, the Sea of Thieves servers are online once more! You should now be able to investigate Merrick's disappearance unhindered, or simply go about whatever piracy takes your fancy.
The Sea of Thieves servers are now offline so that an essential fix for the current Adventure, 'The Forsaken Hunter' can be applied. Sorry for any inconvenience – we'll let you know as soon as it's safe to set sail again.
The team is aware of an issue affecting progression through the Forsaken Hunter Adventure, and servers will be taken offline in 25 minutes to address the problem. Be sure to wrap up any voyages before this downtime!
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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