First unveiled as a part of this summer season’s Xbox & Bethesda Video games Showcase – through a jaunty musical quantity, no much less – the seventh Sea of Thieves Season is right here, heralding the arrival of ship Captaincy! As one of many options most anticipated by our group, we’re excited to present gamers the possibility to call their ships for the primary time, check out a wealth of recent ornamental decisions, and dive into the Captain’s Logbook to overview their accomplishments throughout the waves.

When you’ve been itching to carve a maritime moniker right into a Ship’s Crest and set sail as a Captain, you’ll be glad to know that Season Seven is now accessible as a free replace for all gamers with Xbox Sport Go, throughout Xbox Sequence X|S, Xbox One, Home windows 10/11 PC, and Steam.

As with all previous seasons, Season Seven additionally gives 100 ranges of rewards free to all Sea of Thieves gamers, with summer-themed cosmetics and loads of different goodies to be earned as you construct Renown by dwelling your pirate life. If you wish to additional your seasonal ambitions with extra premium objects not but accessible elsewhere, you’ll be able to decide up the most recent elective Plunder Go! Discover out extra about seasons in our Seasons Defined and Plunder Go Defined articles.

Captain on Deck!

What’s it that may encourage a pirate to splash out and spend gold on a ship of their very own? To start with, Captains are in a position to bestow a reputation of their selection upon a brand new vessel for all to see, seen each on the Ship’s Crest or in Ship’s Banners when somebody spies you at a distance.

Captains may also buy a wealth of recent ornamental choices for his or her quarters (starting from rugs to the Captain’s Desk itself), to not point out make the ship really feel really distinctive by choosing out locations to show trinkets. An enormous collection of ornaments might be bought straight away, whereas trophies might be earned by establishing your self as a consummate Captain and can replicate your time at sea.

Whether or not you’re a devoted treasure-taker, fishing fanatic, or just can’t get sufficient of smashing skellies, your actions shall be mirrored in Pirate and Ship Milestones, a brand new type of development that encourages totally different play types. New rewards will change into accessible alongside the way in which, and you’ll exhibit your favourite accomplishments within the Captain’s Logbook, which handily additionally retains observe of your present crusing session.

Shipwrights and Sovereigns

The Outposts are greater than able to deal with the arrival of Captained ships. For a payment, shipwrights will save the customization of a Captain’s vessel prepared for future classes, which means it’ll be simply as you bear in mind it subsequent time you get up within the tavern. Scuffs and scars from earlier repairs will mount up over time, so pirates can decide to revive these on the shipwright too, bringing even the scruffiest ship again to pristine situation.

Shipwrights may also ship premium provides to the barrels on a captained ship. This courtesy extends to Captain’s Voyages, that are saved aboard ship relatively than in your pirate’s pockets and allow you to affect the problem and length of your subsequent goal – so something from a swift skeleton hunt to a prolonged, profitable fee might be plucked straight from storage.

Keen to make sure the shipwrights don’t take all of the glory, the swanky Sovereigns have arrived at Outposts able to cope with Captains of all types. They act as extremely handy intermediaries, accepting most treasures at their marquee on behalf of the opposite corporations and allowing captained ships to make full use of their services when offloading valuables.

After all, you don’t have to be a Captain to benefit from the subsequent installments of our ongoing, time-limited adventures. These proceed on August 18 with ‘A Hunter’s Cry’, which sends pirates on a dangerous rescue mission into hostile waters within the hopes of saving the captured hunter Merrick.

Together with 100 ranges of Seasonal Renown to reap, new commendations and achievements, and the persevering with intrigue of our first thriller, there’s a lot ready in Season Seven for each pirate to sink their tooth into!

The Emporium Expands

Naturally, a brand new season brings a bevy of recent treasures. The Season Seven Plunder Go gives advance entry to the Baleful Bloom Costume – which sees your pirate regularly succumb to a horticultural hex – and the Beachcomber’s Bounty ship set, created by a marooned mariner who obtained themselves seaworthy with no matter they might lay their fingers on. As ever, as soon as a move is bought this stuff are unlocked by elevating your Renown and climbing the degrees of the brand new season, and are initially unique to the Plunder Go earlier than arriving within the Pirate Emporium at a later date.

Eager to get in on the Captaincy enjoyable, August’s Emporium choices introduce extra designs for Ship’s Crests, lending additional aptitude to your newly named ship when anybody – crew, boarders, stowaways and so forth – come aboard. In case your chosen identify now not appears to suit as your ship carves out its legacy, Renaming Deeds might be bought to wash the Ship’s Crest clear and allow you to select one thing new.

When you’re the sort of pirate who lights up darkish locations (and never with firebombs), the luminous Wrecker Wrangler ship set calls to you from the Emporium cabinets this month, paying tribute to these flighty fish that decision shipwrecks their house. In the meantime, the boisterous Bilge Rat Weapon Pose Emote and puffed-up Moveable Portrait Emote Bundle will carry out your merry and selfish sides respectively. And don’t neglect to snare the Promising Portrait Emote whereas it’s free for the taking, then use it to show any vista right into a wobbly murals!

Discover Out Extra

For extra info on the Sea of Thieves Season Seven replace, together with full launch notes, go to the Sea of Thieves web site. The replace is out there without cost to all Sea of Thieves gamers who’ve purchased the sport on Xbox Sequence X|S, Xbox One, Home windows 10/11 PC, or through 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 in regards to the newest free content material updates on our What’s New web page, get conversant in Who’s Who or decide up some gameplay suggestions from our Pirate Academy, which gives invaluable info on matters starting from crusing to swordplay as you put together on your maiden voyage. Be taught extra about Sea of Thieves right here, or be a part of the continued journey at www.seaofthieves.com the place you’ll be able to embark on an epic journey with certainly one of gaming’s most welcoming communities!

Sea of Thieves

Microsoft Studios

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$39.99

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Xbox One X Enhanced

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Xbox Dwell Gold membership required to play on Xbox One; bought individually.

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Concerning the sport
Sea of Thieves gives the important pirate expertise, from crusing and preventing to exploring and looting – the whole lot it’s good to dwell the pirate life and change into a legend in your individual proper. With no set roles, you have got full freedom to method the world, and different gamers, nonetheless you select.

Whether or not you’re voyaging as a gaggle or crusing solo, you’re certain to come across different crews on this shared world journey – however will they be associates or foes, and the way will you reply?

An unlimited open world
Discover an enormous open world crammed with unspoiled islands, sunken ships and mysterious artefacts. Tackle quests to hunt for misplaced treasure, search out cursed Skeleton Captains or collect worthwhile cargo for the Buying and selling Corporations. Go searching and fishing or select from lots of of elective targets and side-quests.

Unforgettable tales
Play by means of the Tall Tales to expertise Sea of Thieves’ distinctive tackle a story-driven marketing campaign. With 11 tales to play by means of throughout two epic storylines, these immersive and cinematic quests present round 30 hours of the last word pirate fantasy.

Grow to be Legend
In your journey to change into a Pirate Legend you’ll amass loot, construct a fame and outline a singular private type along with your hard-earned rewards. Adventurer. Explorer. Conqueror. What is going to your legend be?

A sport that’s all the time rising
With 5 main expansions and nearly a yr’s value of month-to-month updates, Sea of Thieves is a service-based sport that’s regularly rising and evolving. Verify again every month to see what new content material has been added.