Abstract
- Safer Seas will open up within the newest Sea of Thieves content material replace, obtainable December 7 and free for all gamers with Xbox Recreation Cross and throughout Xbox Sequence X|S, Xbox One, Home windows 10/11, and Steam.
- For the primary time, gamers can select to sail the Sea of Thieves alone or in a crew of chosen associates, with out the potential of PvP encounters.
- This replace arrives because the third of three main content material updates that make up the continued Sea of Thieves Season Ten.
After two months of back-to-back content material updates, Sea of Thieves completes the trio promised again in the beginning of Season Ten by introducing a model new sport mode for gamers to discover: Safer Seas! Permitting exploration and journey on a single-crew server, both alone or with a crew of chosen associates, this replace opens the door to a wholly new method of enjoying the sport.
A Peaceable Voyage
In Safer Seas, gamers can elect to sail solo or with a crew of as much as three associates, with no different player-controlled crews current on this planet. For fresh-faced pirates simply beginning their journey, this implies an opportunity to study the ropes with out having to maintain a watch out for hostile rivals, and a possibility to know the world and its key mechanics earlier than diving into the standard mayhem of the primary Sea of Thieves sport mode, now often known as Excessive Seas.
There’s no scarcity of content material in Safer Seas for gamers outdated or new to deal with. As in Excessive Seas, a variety of Voyages may be undertaken for the varied Buying and selling Corporations, whereas World Occasions are steadily encountered, from keeping off a Megalodon assault to putting down fearsome Ashen Lords. The flexibility to unlock the corresponding Commendations for these actions may even be current in Safer Seas.
For story-hungry pirates, Safer Seas nonetheless provides entry to all the sport’s narrative-driven Tall Tales, together with the crossover experiences that make up 2023’s Sea of Thieves: The Legend of Monkey Island and 2021’s Pirates of the Caribbean-themed Sea of Thieves: A Pirate’s Life. Within the absence of enemy crews, you’ll now have the ability to immerse your self in all this lore at your leisure, with out the chance of being interrupted by anybody who thinks you may need precious loot tucked away.
Lowered Threat, Lowered Reward
Whereas Safer Seas presents gamers with a wealth of content material to discover at their very own tempo, there are after all some elements of the sport incompatible with a strictly single-crew expertise. Because of this, Safer Seas has a barely diminished vary of actions compared to Excessive Seas.
As an illustration, content material constructed round participant vs. participant interactions has no place in Safer Seas by design, akin to Faction battles utilizing the Hourglass of Destiny or the aggressive Cranium of Siren Track Voyage. Equally, The Reaper’s Bones Buying and selling Firm won’t be accessible there on account of its deal with participant fight.
There are additionally some limits positioned on development inside Safer Seas to account for the diminished threat within the absence of different gamers. Gold and fame rewards might be accrued at 30% of that awarded in Excessive Seas, and Buying and selling Firm fame ranges are capped at 40. Which means that gamers won’t be able to acquire the coveted title of Pirate Legend with out venturing onto Excessive Seas and, correspondingly, Safer Seas isn’t the place to have interaction with the Pirate Legend-focused Buying and selling Firm, Athena’s Fortune.
These limitations have been put in place to take care of a stability between Safer and Excessive Seas, and to encourage gamers to check out each modes to see which fits their play fashion and wishes. Even with these in place, nevertheless, Safer Seas presents a world alive with alternatives, whether or not it’s diving into Sea of Thieves lore via the Tall Tales, spending an undisturbed night working in your fishing expertise, or attending to grips with the sport’s fight mechanics by taking up veritable hordes of skeletons. In any case, Safer Seas isn’t completely with out threat – with or with out roving pirate crews, the Sea of Thieves is a deadly place!
Trend for All
One factor remaining constant throughout Safer and Excessive Seas is pirate fashion. The Outpost retailers and Pirate Emporium are accessible in both mode, and Historic Coin earnings received’t be topic to the 30% cap on gold and fame. Seasonal Renown will also be earned on the identical charge throughout each Excessive Seas and Safer Seas, so your progress in direction of the energetic Season’s beauty and forex rewards (and the rewards themselves) might be constant irrespective of the way you select to play.
For those who’ve picked up the Season Ten Plunder Cross, you’ll nonetheless have the ability to work in direction of unlocking the Stormfish Chaser ship set and clothes alongside all the standard gold, Doubloons and Historic Cash obtainable via the 100 ranges of Renown on supply throughout this Season.
Over within the Pirate Emporium, a spread of time-limited seasonal goodies make a comeback this month, together with the Competition of Giving weapons and pet outfits. The Bonechiller Costume can be again for the vacations, and this time it’s bringing with it a complete ship assortment and bundle of weapons to fill out that frightfully festive look. Mixed with the Ransacking Emote, you shouldn’t have any downside entering into the vacation spirit…
A Jam-Packed Season
In fact, Safer Seas is much from the one content material to discover in Season Ten. December’s month-to-month replace is the third to reach this Season, following the introduction of Guilds in October and the Cranium of Siren Track Voyage in November.
With Guilds, gamers can staff up with fellow sailors past the standard restrict of a four-person crew. By forming or becoming a member of a Guild, pirates can contribute to its shared Guild Status and unlock unique rewards for all Guild Members as they progress. And, for these of a much less collaborative persuasion, the Cranium of Siren Track Voyage sees the infamous Captain Briggsy summon pirates from throughout the waves right into a aggressive race to assert an historical and highly effective artefact.
All these new updates have been accompanied by a number of enhancements and fixes to numerous areas of Sea of Thieves, to make sure that you’re capable of have the expertise you need out on the waves. With Safer Seas, that customized expertise is extra accessible than ever, and we will’t wait to see you on the market!
Discover Out Extra
For extra info on this Sea of Thieves replace, together with full launch notes, go to the Sea of Thieves web site. The replace is at the moment obtainable free of charge 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 Recreation Cross. Merely obtain and set up the newest Sea of Thieves replace to get entry.
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