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Our Spotlight features on Sea of Thieves players with stories to share continued apace in March and April, with four more buccaneers joining us up on stage to tell us all about their escapades. And our Legend Week celebrations in April saw a new show added to the regular billing: the Legend Spotlight, which lets us invite some dedicated Sea of Thieves Pirate Legends to talk about how they reached that lofty target or achieved other inspiring goals outside the game

So take your seats, Steam readers, as we raise the curtain on our guests for March and April 2022!



With the wind at his back, our first guest for March was Kaitzu[... Read more

Every month brings the proprietors of the Pirate Emporium fresh shipments of goodies from beyond the Devil’s Shroud, while every Season also brings pirates new rewards to aspire to by raising their Renown. But you may ask yourself, how do these shiny ship liveries, wicked weapons and the like actually get made? Not within the lore of Sea of Thieves, but outside it – how do these cosmetics go from an idea in someone’s head to something you can hold in your (digital) hands?

Well, knowing you love a peek behind the curtain, we talked to various teams at Rare to track the journey of a cosmetic item – from its initial concept to its eventual appearance in the game, whether that’s in the Pirate Emporium, Plunder Pass or the reams of free rewards available for climbing the progression levels of a Sea of Thieves Season.

Naturally, we had to pick a suitable candidate for this inaugural behind-the-scenes feature, and it only seemed right that the fan-favourite Sno... Read more

With Season Six well underway, and the seas frothing with activity following the launch of ‘The Shrouded Deep’ Adventure and Legend of the Veil Voyage, the team have been working on additional fixes based on feedback from the community. We’re introducing more of these fixes in today’s release, update 2.5.1.2.

For more information on the currently active Adventure and the Legend of the Veil Voyage, see the previous release notes. For a refresher on all the new content that arrived at the start of Season Six, check out the launch release notes!

Fixed Issues
‘The Shrouded Deep’

• All crew members who aid in summoning the Shrouded Ghost will now unlock the Deed within the Adventures menu.

Legend of the Veil Voyage

• Larger crews will no longer gain Athena’s Fortune Emissary Grade progression at a faster rate when completing quests within the Legend of the Veil.
  
• Ancient iconography used acro...

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It’s official, we’ve set the date – Sea of Thieves’ next Community Day will happen on Saturday, May 14th, mere weeks from now! We’re extremely eager to share a spectacular smorgasbord of boosted rewards, in-game items and activities to excite even the coolest of pirates.

Hot on the heels of our {LINK REMOVED}first Community Day in January, Season Six’s celebration comes supercharged with even more ways to get involved. So if you want your whistle whetted, stick with us as we run through what’s in store.

Teamwork Makes the Theme Work As we did for the last Community Day, we’re putting in-game rewards in your hands – so get your tweeting thumbs at the ready and prepare to work together to raise the Community Emissary Grade once more! Hop onto... Read more

Two epic stories are waiting to unfold in Sea of Thieves as its third time-limited Adventure, ‘The Shrouded Deep’, and the long-awaited Pirate Legend Voyage, Legend of the Veil, are playable from today! These connected stories both involve the Veil of the Ancients, a magical artefact that can grant its user the ability to travel between the living world and the spectral Sea of the Damned.

In ‘The Shrouded Deep’, players join forces with Belle and famed Megalodon hunter Merrick, and attempt to summon that great pale leviathan – the Shrouded Ghost. Be prepared for a monster hunt that’ll live on in legend as you seek to liberate the Veil of the Ancients from the belly of the beast. Then in the Legend of the Veil Voyage, Pirate Legends are called upon to help the Pirate Lord awaken the mask’s latent power by finding Veil Stones hidden around the Sea of Thieves.

As with our previous Adventures, we gave players a glimpse of ‘The Shrouded Deep’ in a special cinematic ... Read more

With Season Six underway, the team have been working on new Adventures, new Voyages and additional fixes based on feedback from the community. We’re introducing more of these features in today’s release, update 2.5.1.1.

For a refresher on all the new content that arrived at the start of Season Six, check out the launch {LINK REMOVED}release notes!

Adventures It’s time for Sea of Thieves’ third time-limited Adventure, driving {LINK REMOVED}... Read more

It’s hard to miss Larinna, especially now that she’s taken to beckoning you over whenever a new Adventure awaits. What some players might have missed, though, is that the Bilge Rat leader’s tumultuous arrival on the Sea of Thieves was first chronicled in the Athena’s Fortune novel, initially released in 2018 (and now available as a delightful {LINK REMOVED}audiobook).

That story charted the adventures of two crews separated by history, shining a light on the first days of the Sea of Thieves as seen through the eyes of Ramsey – or the Pirate Lord, as he’s more commonly known today – and providing context and lore for the plunder and places you experience yourself when exploring, like Cursed Chests and the fabled Shores of Gold.

Since ... Read more

Spring has sprung, the grass is riz in the fields around Rare HQ and we’re in full swing with a new Season in Sea of Thieves. March saw no end of excitement as we launched {LINK REMOVED}Season Six, kicked off our latest Adventure with ‘Forts of the Forgotten’ and celebrated the game’s ... Read more

Roll up, roll up! As part of our week of Legendary fun, we’re pulling back the curtain and giving you all a tantalising look at Legend of the Veil, a brand new Voyage exclusive to Pirate Legends that’s coming to Sea of Thieves very soon. But don’t worry, while today’s video follows the same format as our other Seasonal {LINK REMOVED}Deep {LINK REMOVED}Dives, it doesn’t reveal everything – we don’t want to spoil all the surprises before it launches later this Season.

As the video features a multi-disciplinary group of Rare ... Read more

April is set to be an eventful month on the seas, and it begins with this update that closes the book on ‘Forts of the Forgotten’ while stocking the Pirate Emporium with some volatile new finery – not forgetting the latest list of fixes, improvements and balances. First, freshen your memory of Season Six’s introductory features back in March with the official trailer!


Release notes from the Season’s launch are {LINK REMOVED}still available for browsing, but what have we crowbarred into this initial April update? Find out below...

Pirate Emporium April’s Emporium restock explores the pirate idea o... Read more