Welcome in the New Year with a wealth of new additions in Sea of Thieves’ first free monthly content update of this decade, Legends of the Sea! Now live for all players across Xbox One, Windows 10 PC and with Xbox Game Pass, Legends of the Sea shines a spotlight on player immortalizations, sends adventurers in search of all-new Reaper’s Chests and introduces a fresh yet familiar face.
Seek Out
the Legends of the Sea
Umbra, the skillful
scribe who escaped the clutches of Captain Bronzebeard, has made her way through
the Devil’s Shroud with a plethora of new Commendations in tow. Players may
have noticed certain etchings and recognizable names dotted around Sea of
Thieves’ world that refer to the accomplishments of players from the community.
With Umbra’s assistance, these can now be located and interacted with to earn
exclusive Commendations, Titles, tattoo sets and Doubloons!
Get
Yourself Gilded
That charming
scallywag Duke has made his return as leader of the Bilge Rats, and despite
looking slightly the worse for wear, he has a list of Gilded Voyages for
pirates to tackle. Players can also choose to deliver their rewards to an
excavation site for double gold rewards at the cost of the reputation reward. Head
over to The Reaper’s Hideout to find this excavation site dug deeper than ever
before, where the Masked Stranger will claim your loot hauls for some extra
coin.
There’s also a new set
of Ashen Tomes ready to be collected, with accompanying Commendations and Xbox
achievements. And Duke’s return means new sets of cosmetics for pirates to
parade themselves in, including the Aristocrat Ship Set and new variants of the
Parrot Clothing Set and Corsair Sea Dog Set!
Reap New
Rewards
Sporting a gold decal,
the new Reaper’s Bounty Chests work in much the same way as their Doubloon-awarding
counterparts, except these ones reward brave buccaneers with 25,000 gold! The
beacon emitted from Reaper’s Bounty Chests has a golden hue indicating its
contents, and is trackable on the ship’s map like any other Reaper’s Chest.
As per Duke’s request,
all Reaper’s Chests and Bounties are now to be taken to The Reaper’s Hideout,
making for a more high-risk turn-in.
Celebrate
10 Million Seafarers
We were honored to announce last week that Sea of Thieves has now passed 10 million unique players! To celebrate this incredible milestone, players who dive into Legends of the Sea within its first week will be granted an entitlement to a free “X” Marks the Spot emote and matching “X” Marks the Spot Sails. Play during the first week of the January update (eligibility period ends on January 22, 4pm GMT) to earn the entitlement, then the gifts will become available to you later as part of February’s update! Learn more here.
For more information
on the Legends of the Sea update, including full release notes, visit
the Sea of Thieves website. The update is available for free to all Sea
of Thieves players who have bought the game on Xbox One or on Windows 10
PC, or players who have access to it with Xbox Game Pass. Simply download and
install the latest Sea of Thieves update to get access.
New to Sea of Thieves? Join the fun with our all-new Maiden Voyage, a narrative-driven tutorial experience separate from Adventure and Arena modes. New Sea of Thieves players will begin their travels within this scenario, which provides guidance and information to fledgling sailors. Learn more at www.xbox.com/seaofthieves, or join the ongoing adventure at www.seaofthieves.com where you can embark on an epic journey with one of gaming’s most welcoming communities!
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