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If you have a fully stocked galleon and four crew you may want to consider assaulting a fort as doing so can earn you vast amounts of gold. Forts are indicated by the giant skull clouds floating in the air that you can see for miles around in every direction. A successful assault on a fort will start by taking out the cannon towers on the side of the island you approach. Once you have done this leave at least one crew member on your ship to keep it afloat, provide covering fire, and one eye out for other pirates approaching the fort. Meanwhile the rest of the crew must survive wave upon wave of increasingly powerful skeletons and a final boss who when defeated will drop a key for the fort's treasure room.
Use your spyglass to keep an eye out for gulls circling over the open ocean as they indicate a shipwreck which you can loot. While you are looting a shipwreck always leave someone on board to keep an eye out for rival ships and be as quick as possible.
One way that you can supplement your regular income is to find an empty pig cage or abandoned chicken crate and when exploring the islands keep an eye out for exotic looking animals that you can capture and take back. Like chests animals have rarity and although you will get far less than an animal that is a requirement of a voyage from the Merchants Alliance you will still earn some gold.
Don't be in a rush to leave an island, especially if it is a big one once you have completed what you where commissioned to do. The chances are there will be bonus chests tucked away there somewhere, so if there are no rival sails cresting the waves of the horizon it is worth your while to spend a few minutes having a look around. Pay special attention to high spots and caves as these are the most likely places you will find them.
While you are adventuring make sure you keep an eye out for valuable items that you can sell to the Merchants Alliance rep for gold. This includes crates of silks, spices, barrels of gunpowder, sugar and tea. The most likely places you will find these items is in caves, around jetties, and at abandoned or ruined houses on the larger islands.
There are 60 achievements for Sea of Thieves.
Achievements | Award |
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A Titanic Ensemble Give your ship a Captain's send-off by playing a song aboard it while it sinks. | 10 |
Bone-Cronch Kill a skeleton while it's 'cronching' on a banana. | 10 |
But You Have Heard Of Me? Purchase the Promotion at Reputation Level 25 in any Trading Company. | 10 |
Dead Pirates DO Tell Tales Use 'Pirate Chat' to communicate with another dead pirate on the Ferry of the Damned. | 10 |
Did Everyone See That? Heavy attack a member of another crew off of their ship. | 10 |
Friends Not Foe Perform the 'Pirate Salute' gesture to befriend someone in-game. | 10 |
Handbrake Turn With the ship's wheel fully turned in a direction, drop the anchor. | 10 |
How Appropriate! You Fight Like A Chicken Have an attack blocked by an opponent, and then be hit by them within 5 seconds. | 10 |
I Wanna Be A Pirate! Earn enough Reputation to go up a level in a Trading Company for the first time. | 10 |
Merchant Adventurer Awarded the Commendation for purchasing 250 Merchant Alliance contracts! | 10 |
Now Bring Me That Horizon Set sail for the first time. | 10 |
On A Whole New Adventure Vote for and begin a voyage put forward by one of your crew. | 10 |
Seeker of Lost Maps Awarded the Commendation for purchasing 250 X Marks the Spot voyages. | 10 |
Seeker of Lost Souls Awarded the Commendation for purchasing 250 Cursed Captain Bounty contracts! | 10 |
Self-Entitled Own 10 Pirate Titles. | 10 |
What Shall We Do with a Drunken Sailor? Vomit for the first time. | 10 |
You Fight Like A Merchant Block an attack, and then hit your opponent within 5 seconds. | 10 |
Black Powder Merchant Awarded the Commendation for 1,000 Gunpowder Kegs delivered on time! | 15 |
Hoarder of Barnacled Gold Awarded the Commendation for 1,000 Shipwrecked Chests sold! | 15 |
Hunter of Cursed Captains Awarded the Commendation for 1,000 Skeleton Captains defeated! | 15 |
Ignoring The Rules Of Engagement Kill an opponent from behind with a Blunderbuss. | 15 |
Kraken Good Job You were victorious in a Kraken encounter and lived to tell the tale! | 15 |
Perfect Dark Sail through a storm with no lights during the night. | 15 |
Golden Voyager Awarded the Commendation for 500 Gold Hoarder voyages completed! | 20 |
I Don’t See Your Ship Play a role in the sinking of another crew's ship. | 20 |
Laden With Treasure Have 20 chests in your crew's possession... at the same time! | 20 |
Legends - 'The Greatest Race In History' Sail in the same direction as a nearby ship without firing shots at each other. | 20 |
Master Gold Hoarder Purchase the 'Master Gold Hoarder' Promotion in The Gold Hoarder Trading Company. | 20 |
Master Merchant Purchase the 'Master Merchant' Promotion in The Merchants Alliance Trading Company. | 20 |
Master of the Order Purchase the 'Master of the Order' Promotion in The Order of Souls Trading Company. | 20 |
Merchant Voyager Awarded the Commendation for 500 Merchant Alliance voyages completed! | 20 |
Sailor of the Gold Horizon Awarded the Commendation for Sailed 1,000 nautical miles on Gold Hoarder voyages! | 20 |
Sailor of the Merchant Alliance Awarded the Commendation for sailing 1,000 nautical miles on Merchant Alliance voyages! | 20 |
Sailor of the Whispering Bones Awarded the Commendation for Sailed 1,000 nautical miles on Order of Souls voyages! | 20 |
Tactical Chunder Throw vomit on an opposing pirate while they're holding a sword. | 20 |
Voyager of Lost Souls Awarded the Commendation for 500 Order of Souls voyages complete! | 20 |
When You're A Professional Pirate Unlock 10 Commendations. | 20 |
Legends - 'This is Unacceptable!' Either give a chest away to another crew or have it stolen from you, and then cashed in. | 25 |
Gilded Merchant Awarded the Commendation for 150,000 gold earned from Merchant voyages! | 25 |
Keeper of a Glittering Hoard Awarded the Commendation for 150,000 gold earned from Gold Hoarder voyages! | 30 |
Mercenary of the Ancient Order Awarded the Commendation for 150,000 gold earned from Order of Souls voyages! | 30 |
You Can Always Trust The Untrustworthy Cash in a stolen Captain's chest. | 30 |
#BeMorePirate Purchase a new Hook, Pegleg, Eyepatch, and Hat from the Clothing Shop. | 5 |
Aye of Reach Purchase a new Eye of Reach from the Weaponsmith. | 5 |
Blundarrrrbuss Purchase a new Blunderbuss from the Weaponsmith. | 5 |
Colourful Sails Purchase a new ship customisation from the Shipwright. | 5 |
Full Billow Be sailing with all sails fully with the wind. | 5 |
I Am Not Obsessed With Treasure Complete a Merchant Alliance voyage. | 5 |
I'll Drink To That Enjoy a tankard of Grog with another crew at an Outpost. | 5 |
In Good Company Upgrade a Trading Company item to its maximum. | 5 |
It's A Pirates Life For Me Complete a Gold Hoarder voyage. | 5 |
Legends - 'Cronch' Eat a banana, skin and all. | 5 |
Legends - 'The Skullduggers' Play the same shanty with a band of 5 Pirates. | 5 |
Shopping for a Promotion Purchase your first Trading Company Promotion. | 5 |
Taking Orders 5 Complete an Order of Souls voyage. | 5 |
Become Pirate Legend Become 'Pirate Legend'. | 50 |
Hoarder of the Captain’s Gold Awarded the Commendation for 1,000 Captain’s Chests sold! | 50 |
Hold My Grog! Launch yourself from a ship's cannon onto a ship. | 50 |
Master Hunter Of Villainous Skulls Awarded the Commendation for 1,000 Villainous Skulls sold! | 50 |
Merchant Forager Awarded the Commendation for 1,000 Banana Crates delivered on time! | 50 |
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We have 3 questions and 3 answers for Sea of Thieves. Check them out to find answers or ask your own to get the exact game help you need.
Floating Barrels. What does it mean when you see floating barrels .. |
Floating barrels in the sea indicates another ship has sunk there. If you drop your anchor and search the barrels you may find that they contain bananas and ammunition. If you are lucky some of their treasure may have surfaced. |
Treasure. What should I do once I have found treasure? |
The safest thing to do is between Voyages take you loot to any of the outposts on the map and sell it to the Goldhoarder's Shopkeeper. This will reduce the risk of losing it if your ship sinks for any reason or having other players coming after you to steal it. |
Counting Steps. How can you count your steps easily when searchi.. |
If you take out your compass hold RT to bring it up to your face and now move while keeping RT held down you will feel every step you make with the rumbles in your controller. Doing this will make it easier to track where you are when you've completed your required paces. |
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