Sea of Thieves: 2026 Edition

Custom SeasBuild new game modes to challenge your friends, record unrivalled cinematics and experience the Sea of Thieves like never before! To learn more about this Season’s headline features, head over to our dedicated Season 20 page.Emoting with Free CameraPlayers are now able to choose an emote and enter Free Camera mode, allowing them to perform the emote while accessing the full camera controls.Pirate Practice PresetA new official Preset has been added, providing players with quick access to an experience set up for swift practice runs through World Events, naval battles and more.Session Join Code ProtectionWhen entering a Join Code to access a custom session, the digits will now remain hidden to prevent the code from being shared with others potentially viewing. The code can also be revealed and hidden at any time while being entered. Gameplay ImprovementsBone Caller BalancingBone Callers used to attack other crews’ ships have been rebalanced and are now dynamic based on ship size. When thrown, each will now summon one skeleton on a Sloop, two on a Brigantine and three on a Galleon.No changes have been made to Bone Callers used defensively on the crew’s own ship, and they wi

UpdatesChest of Fortune BalancingThe issues preventing some emergent World Events from awarding the Chest of Fortune upon completion have been addressed, and the Chest of Fortune is now being awarded where intended.When tackling any of these emergent World Events, the chances of players finding one or even multiple Chests of Fortune have now been significantly increased! Fixed IssuesGameplayThe following World Events now provide a chance of discovering a Chest of Fortune as intended: Skeleton Forts, Reaper Fortresses, the Fort of Fortune, Ashen Winds, Skeleton Fleets, Ghost Fleets, the Burning Blade and the Fort of the Damned.Crews should no longer find that during a Fort siege, skeleton waves can stop appearing, halting progress through the encounter. This addresses issues experienced in Skeleton Forts, Reaper Fortresses, the Fort of Fortune and the Fort of the Damned.Faction BattlesPlayers who attempt to scuttle prior to sinking during a Faction Battle can no longer prevent their opponent from receiving the win and their rewards.Bilge Rats WeekenderFurther improvements have been made to prevent Challenge checklists from appearing blank when opened during the Bilge Rats Weekender.

UpdatesEmergent World EventsThe Fleet of Fortune should no longer appear as one of the emergent World Events taking place on the seas during Season 20. Fixed IssuesGameplayPlayers below deck on the Sloop can no longer jump to reach through the grate and grab the cannons above.Custom SeasResource Crates spawned in Custom Seas should now contain the intended resources and no longer appear empty.When changing ship sizes during a session the ship now spawns immediately, allowing players to teleport directly to them without needing to use a mermaid.Players will no longer be left on an endless loading screen after exiting a cannon at various Legendary Locations.Resetting the Free Camera settings now correctly resets the Time of Day, Depth of Field and Focal Distance options.Resetting a paused timer on the Scoreboard now correctly refreshes the value shown in the HUD.Players wielding a Grapple Gun or blowpipe now appear to hold the item correctly when viewed through the Free Camera.When starting a Custom Seas session at Tribute Peak, the door to the Catacombs now remains open throughout the session.Starting a Ghost Fleet World Event no longer causes its tornado to appear higher in the sky

Custom SeasBuild new game modes to challenge your friends, record unrivalled cinematics and experience the Sea of Thieves like never before! To learn more about this Season’s headline features, head over to our dedicated Season 20 page.Session LobbiesWith the keys to the seas, players can now create and host a Custom Seas lobby and invite up to 24 players and six crews, with full control over ship types and expanded crew configurations.Session Owners can invite others via platform invites or a Join Code, promote Session Leaders with deeper access and launch directly onto the seas with their chosen setup.Switches and PresetsSwitches allow Session Owners to customise a range of settings that modify how the world operates once a session is started. These include categories that control players, ships, emergent creatures, World Events and treasure hand-in locations.A set of Rare-curated Presets are also available to help quickly begin customising a session, including Adventure, Competitive Pirates, Competitive Sandbox and Social. A Creative preset is available for owners looking to start from scratch. Once a Preset is selected, a session can be modified further with fine-grained access