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When you inevitably crash into some rocks, your hull becomes damaged and will start taking on water unless you repair it with wooden planks and then bail the water out with buckets. There is a long delay when steering the Galleon between when you turn the wheel in a direction and the ship starts slowly, begrudgingly doing it. These are big, heavy ships and they do not respond quickly to anything you do. In order to go at any reasonable speed, you must determine the direction of the wind and attempt to angle the sails such that they will be filled by it. After this, one player must take the helm while the others work on lowering the sails and setting their angle. First you must raise the anchor, a slow process that can be sped up if the entire crew helps out. The sailing in Sea of Thieves is fantastically involved, especially when trying to sail a fully-crewed Galleon.

At this point, you can set a course and start sailing towards your objective. To reach your destination, you must glean over the map looking for either the name of an island mentioned in a riddle, or one matching the island that appears on your treasure map. You and your crew will load into one of the several island outposts on the open, ocean-dominated map, where you can drink grog, play music and purchase ‘voyages,’ scrolls that contain information on some hidden treasure by means of either a series of riddles or an image of the island with red X’s marking the spot.Įach ship has a table with a map that shows the entire playable area, dotted with distinctive looking islands with unique names. You can choose to play with three other people on a larger ship, take a single friend for a duo adventure, or go at it alone on a smaller sloop. First, you must decide on a vessel to embark upon. Over the last few days, I had the chance to jump into the closed beta with some friends and spend enough time with it to get a sense of how the title should play once released.Ī typical play session will occur as follows. Sea of Thieves is a mutliplayer game about pirates that was announced years ago, but only recently has had the curtain lifted on the specifics of what the game will actually, well, be. In case you haven’t been paying attention, Sea of Thieves is the new game from Rare, who haven’t released anything in some time.