The crew behind Sea of Thieves simply hosted their 2024 preview occasion and gave us a glance into upcoming content material for the remainder of the 12 months.

The event of Sea of Thieves lately has been slightly opaque, regardless of a reasonably open Insider system. Nonetheless a current patch up to date the sport’s backend in anticipation of the PS5 launch, together with help for DirectX 12 (DX12) and a few higher water graphics. In actual fact, Sea of Thieves is allegedly executed with huge “housekeeping” patches and may as an alternative give attention to precise gameplay going ahead.

So what has Sea of Thieves bought deliberate for seasons 12, 13, and 14?

Season 12

New Weapons

Double Barreled Pistol: The Double Barreled Pistol can hearth 2 pictures earlier than needing to reload, or shoot 2 directly for a extra highly effective shot.

Throwing Knifes: Throwing knifes can be utilized in melee with fast and low injury assaults and a charged stabbing assault. Gamers may throw the knife for top injury, missed knifes will stick in terrain and could be retrieved.

Scattershot Cannon Balls: Large-spread injury for shut vary from a cannon. The aim is to empty enemy sources with small holes relatively than one huge gap.

Bonecaller: A throwable merchandise that spawns skeletons loyal to the thrower. It may also be shot from cannons to spawn skeletons on their ships.

Windcaller: A horn that blows wind into your sails that’s BEYOND full billow in pace. It could actually additionally knock again gamers. On rowboats and within the water you possibly can purpose it backwards to propel your self. It can additionally put out fires and you may purpose it down to scale back fall injury.

Ziplines: Ziplines have been added to a number of islands across the Sea of Thieves to make it sooner to journey.

New Mechanics

Balancing on harpoon traces: Gamers can steadiness on harpoon traces to journey distances and board enemy ships.

Season 13

Flameheart and the Burning Blade return

Flameheart’s Burning Blade is a wandering World Occasion that may sail across the Sea of Thieves. Gamers can sink it themselves, or pledge allegiance to Flameheart and make themselves a PvP World Occasion unto themselves.

Gamers crewing the Burning Blade can be given orders from Captain Flamehearts to go to new Skeleton Camps and Historic Ruins to find secrets and techniques for Flameheart. Gamers gather “Tribute”, nevertheless it’s a excessive danger.

Skeleton Camps

Skeleton Camps are additionally a brand new on-demand encounter for gamers even once they’re not on the Burning Blade. We’re not sure what the rewards can be.

Season 14

Pirates of Mischief?

Pirates of Mischief is the inner title for Season 14 and can give attention to “new methods to stealth and new methods to trigger mischief”

Blow Darts

A brand new “weapon” that may observe gamers and gadgets that it sticks to. There may additionally be different results.

Traps

The thought of utilizing blunderbombs and different gadgets to lure places and ladders to guard their ship or a location.

You possibly can take a look at the total preview occasion beneath.

Sea of Thieves can also be internet hosting a sixth anniversary occasion between now and March 25. Gamers can register and obtain a Golden Sailor Capstan, and likewise full Legendary Messages in a Bottle to earn Athena’s Fortune loot and the restricted time Seaglass Rapier.