Sea of Thieves recently entered its fifth season of content after the last season concluded in early December. These content updates last a varied number of weeks and bring new additions, fixes, and limited time events to the game world. Season 5 in particular brought quite a few updates and upgrades to the game that players have been taking advantage of since it launched.
Of all the additions within this update to Sea of Thieves, there are a handful that have proven to be especially useful and interesting. For those looking to learn more about the best Sea of Thieves' Season 5 has to offer, this guide is here to help.
Sleeping Away Injuries
Leading off this list is an update that feels as though it should have always been in the game: sleeping. As part of Sea of Thieves’ Season 5, players will find a bed onboard their ship. Though sleeping may not seem like a useful feature at first, injured players can climb into this cot and slowly heal through sleeping. This is a really useful addition to the game, especially for players who are short on food.
Brand New Quest Board
Though the world of Sea of Thieves has a surprising amount of things to do already, players have a new option with Season 5: checking in on the new quest board. This location has been added to the main dock at outposts, and it holds a variety of player-created treasure maps. Interacting with this board brings up the option to grab any of these maps and take on their challenge.
Player-Buried Treasure
Speaking of which, a new feature added with this season is that of burying any treasure a player finds. When players pull out their shovels, they should be alerted to the fact that they can now place valuable items and bury them on almost any island. Doing so creates a custom treasure map in Sea of Thieves with that treasure’s location marked on it.
This can be kept with the player, or brought to a quest board and shared with the Sea of Thieves community. If another player accepts this quest and successfully completes it, then both that player and the player who buried the treasure in Sea of Thieves receives a reward.
Flares and Fireworks
Players who have jumped into Season 5 will likely have already tried to light up the sky with these new items. Aside from the different types of cannon balls in Sea of Thieves, already onboard a player’s vessel are two flares, one red and one white. However, players can pick up even more. These flares have been added to the game for crews that get separated to alert one another to their ship’s location.
Fireworks have also been added to the game and these, as well as the flares, are commonly found in chests on the islands players sail to in Sea of Thieves. On top of this, entire crates of different fireworks can be purchased from the Merchant Alliance to give crews a variety of options when it comes to lighting up the sky.
Three New Songs
Sea of Thieves has a number of instruments on which players can play a list of different songs. Some of the more classic shanties in history have already been added to this game, but Season 5 has added to this list. Players will now find that they can play three new tunes while jamming with their crew: Ballad of the Mer, Infernal Galop, and Row, Row, Row Your Boat.
Sea of Thieves is out now for PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X.