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- Season 9 is the most recent Sea of Thieves content material replace, out there March 16 and free for all gamers with Xbox Sport Go and throughout Xbox Collection X|S, Xbox One, Home windows 10/11 and Steam.
- Get pleasure from discovering the items of the Chest of Fortune, exploring new Legendary Voyages, and incomes ever extra riches and rewards.
- A brand new Deluxe Version launched to mark the fifth anniversary presents the choice of additional goodies to equip from the outset.
Season 9 of Sea of Thieves has arrived, packed to bursting with recent options, prized plunder and lots of high quality of life enhancements to make the pirate life extra approachable and fulfilling for all.
As gamers have come to count on, a brand new Season additionally brings 100 ranges of development to be climbed by residing the pirate life and elevating Renown, choosing up a gradual stream of rewards whereas rising by way of the ranks – whereas Season 9’s elective Plunder Go provides unique further content material to that treasure pile. Discover out extra about how Seasons work in our Seasons Explained and Plunder Pass Explained articles!
Fortune Favors the Daring
Precious Chests of Fortune have begun to floor throughout the Sea of Thieves, and would require technique and talent to accumulate, as a single Chest can solely discovered inside a conquered Fort of Fortune. Buying them may be fairly the accomplishment, particularly when different crews arrive to ‘assist’ you empty the Vault’s contents…
However the effort is effectively price it, as gamers who hand in Chests of Fortune will step by step earn the proper to own cosmetics from the celebrated Fates of Fortune set. This new vary is able to increase in future updates, and displaying it off will let everybody know the form of actually tenacious treasure hunter you actually are.
By no means ones to be outdone, The Reaper’s Bones have acquired their very own Fates of Fortune items and are reserving these for pirates who deliver them giant numbers of Reaper’s Chests and Reaper’s Bounties. Since these blighted containers now forged a shining beacon into the sky always, not simply till they’re dealt with, this may increasingly show simpler stated than carried out.

Smoother Crusing
Pirate Legends, in the meantime, can embark on a number of helpful new Voyages assured to uncover useful, hard-to-find treasures. One in every of these is the brand new Cranium of Future, a Ritual Cranium crammed with the flames essential to instigate a Fort of the Damned Occasion – with no journeys to the afterlife required.
Elsewhere, crews aboard Captained ships will discover that their Captain’s Logbooks now include a blow-by-blow account of their most up-to-date exploits, detailing all the things from islands visited and ships sighted to frenzied battles towards aggravated sea monsters. When you have spoils from these encounters, the Sovereigns have struck up an settlement with The Hunter’s Name and can ship fish and cooked meat in your behalf – though the Seaposts’ residents now provide extra gold for a recent, direct supply.
It’s not simply Captains and fearless Fort fanatics who’ll profit from Season 9, after all, due to a raft of enhancements and enhancements throughout the sport. Try the release notes for extra info on all the things that’s been given a spit and polish.

Now We Are 5
All these additions and adjustments hold the sport evolving and bettering as Sea of Thieves approaches its fifth anniversary, and we’ve received an extravagant birthday bash all deliberate out. Naturally, you’re all invited, so make sure you check out the rundown of what’s within the diary and how one can be a part of within the celebratory shenanigans. We sit up for seeing you on the seas!
Should you’ve but to dive into Sea of Thieves’ inviting waters however you’re eager to be a part of the anniversary revelry, the newly released Deluxe Edition offers you one other choice to become involved. Containing all of the everlasting content material added to the sport since launch, it additionally features a wide-ranging assortment of bonus content material – cosmetics, emotes and Historic Cash to spend within the Pirate Emporium – that ensures you’ll sail in model from the very begin. Should you’re a Steam gamer, there’s extra excellent news as Sea of Thieves is now Steam Deck Verified too!

Emporium Endeavors
The tireless merchants of the Pirate Emporium have ready a wealth of recent inventory prepared for the launch of Season 9. Inspiration for his or her wares this month has been taken from the numerous creatures that may be discovered lurking beneath the waves. Buy a Plunder Go, construct your Seasonal Renown, and also you’ll have the ability to encourage some jellyfish jealousy with the Sting Tide ship set and evolving costume, the latter of which comes with three fluorescent flavors to unlock and a Blowing Bubbles Emote.
Alternatively, you could discover the ferocity of the Emporium’s Sea Serpent ship and weapon units fits your pirate to a tee, otherwise you may choose to protect your sense of thriller fully and make use of the Enigmatic Emote Bundle. Moreover, homeowners of Captained ships can spruce up their Ship’s Crest with the Lodestar variant, making certain there’s at all times a star to sail by. And why sail alone when you could possibly deliver a Gold Curse Barbary alongside for the experience? Simply bear in mind to not try to promote it.

Discover Out Extra
For extra info on the Sea of Thieves Season 9 replace, together with full release notes, go to the Sea of Thieves website. The replace is obtainable free of charge to all Sea of Thieves gamers who’ve purchased the sport on Xbox Collection X|S, Xbox One, Home windows 10/11 PC or by way of Steam, or gamers who’ve entry to it with Xbox Sport Go. Merely obtain and set up the most recent Sea of Thieves replace to get entry.
New to Sea of Thieves? Discover out concerning the newest free content material updates on our What’s New web page, get accustomed to Who’s Who or decide up some gameplay ideas from our Pirate Academy, which supplies invaluable info on matters starting from crusing to swordplay as you put together on your maiden voyage. Study extra about Sea of Thieves here, or be a part of the continued journey at www.seaofthieves.com the place you possibly can embark on an epic journey with one in all gaming’s most welcoming communities!

Sea of Thieves Deluxe Version
Microsoft Studios
$49.99
$39.99
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Have fun 5 years of Sea of Thieves with this particular version, which features a copy of the sport with all everlasting content material added since launch, plus a wide-ranging assortment of additional cosmetics and collector’s objects. Along with the 2023 Version bonus content material – Hunter Cutlass, Hunter Pistol, Hunter Compass, Hunter Hat, Hunter Jacket, Hunter Sails and 10,000 gold – this version of the sport comes with an additional Deluxe Bundle containing the Black Phoenix Figurehead, Black Phoenix Sails, Crab Dab Emote, Deck Disguise Emote and 550 Historic Cash to be used within the Pirate Emporium.


Sea of Thieves 2023 Version
Microsoft Studios
$39.99
$31.99
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2023 Version Out Now
Have fun 5 years since Sea of Thieves’ launch with this particular version of the sport, which features a copy of Sea of Thieves itself with all everlasting content material added since launch, plus a ten,000 gold bonus and a collection of Hunter cosmetics. The Hunter Cutlass, Pistol, Compass, Hat, Jacket and Sails will make sure you reduce a formidable determine as you set sail for journey!
Concerning the Sport
Sea of Thieves presents the important pirate expertise, from crusing and preventing to exploring and looting – all the things you could dwell the pirate life and turn into a legend in your personal proper. With no set roles, you could have full freedom to strategy the world, and different gamers, nevertheless you select.
Whether or not you’re voyaging as a bunch or crusing solo, you’re sure to come across different crews on this shared world journey – however will they be associates or foes, and the way will you reply?
A Huge Open World
Discover an unlimited open world crammed with unspoiled islands and underwater kingdoms. Tackle quests to hunt for misplaced loot, forge a status with the Buying and selling Corporations and battle foes from Phantoms and Ocean Crawlers to Megalodons and the mighty Kraken. Strive your hand at fishing, make maps to your personal buried treasure or select from a whole lot of different elective objectives and side-quests!
Sea of Thieves: A Pirate’s Life
Play the Tall Tales to expertise Sea of Thieves’ distinctive narrative-driven campaigns, and be a part of forces with Captain Jack Sparrow in Sea of Thieves: A Pirate’s Life, an acclaimed authentic story that brings Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean crusing into Sea of Thieves. These immersive and cinematic quests present round 30 hours of the final word pirate journey.
A Sport That’s At all times Rising
With every Season bringing in new sport options each three months alongside common in-game Occasions and new narrative Adventures, Sea of Thieves is a service-based sport that’s nonetheless rising and evolving. Test again recurrently to see what free content material has been newly added, and see how far you possibly can climb by way of every Season’s 100 ranges of Renown to earn particular rewards.
Turn into Legend
In your journey to turn into a Pirate Legend you’ll amass loot, construct a status and outline a singular private model together with your hard-earned rewards. Adventurer. Explorer. Conqueror. What’s going to your legend be?
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