Set Sail for Sea of Thieves’ Subsequent Group Weekend on September 30

Completely happy Speak Like A Pirate Day, everybody! We’re delighted to disclose on this most special occasion that the subsequent Sea of Thieves Group Weekend is simply over the horizon, with the crusing shenanigans set to begin on September 30. This Season’s occasion has all kinds of enjoyable lined up for gamers eager to maximise their looting returns, and, for the primary time, can be introducing a model new function to the Sea of Thieves: Pop-Up Plunder.

Nevertheless, this occasion already begins with a unique taste – and that’s as a result of once more, in a Sea of Thieves first, we’ll be utilizing Twitch to energy the Group Emissary Grade! Whereas in earlier occasions pirates have been capable of enhance the Group Emissary Grade through the use of a hashtag on Twitter, it’ll be watch hours that energy up the in-game multiplier this time – with large ol’ boosts to gold, status, Seasonal Renown and Allegiance all within the fingers of our gamers.

All anybody must do to assist elevate the Group Emissary Grade is tune in to their favourite streamer in Twitch’s Sea of Thieves class throughout the celebrations. If the group pushes the collective watch time excessive sufficient to hit Grade 5, the largest increase can be unlocked and gamers will obtain two-and-a-half instances the rewards for his or her handiwork. Easy!

To mark Group Weekend’s change from Twitter to Twitch, we’ll be residing our personal greatest pirate lives over on the official Sea of Thieves Twitch channel throughout the opening hours of the occasion. Be part of a sea of acquainted faces streaming reside from Uncommon’s on-site Tavern from 10am UTC on Saturday, September 30, when there can be Group Weekend challenges, mid-sail giveaways, and basic livestream chaos to take pleasure in. And naturally, each minute watched will contribute to the Group Emissary Grade and go in direction of incomes you Twitch Drops.

Sure, over the course of the weekend, a bunch of name new Twitch Drops objects can be obtainable to swipe by watching Sea of Thieves! The Japanese Winds Ruby Sturdy Boots, Gilded Phoenix Cutlass, Japanese Winds Ruby Bejewelled Gloves and Gilded Phoenix Eye of Attain will all be up for grabs by tuning in to your favourite streamers. As every reward turns into obtainable, it may be unlocked simply by watching any stream within the Sea of Thieves class for no less than one hour.

That’s not all, although – if the group manages to get Sea of Thieves into Twitch’s high 10 classes (by viewing figures) at any level over the weekend, an extra-special Twitch Drop can be unlocked: the Obsidian Ship’s Crest, a reward which can be unique to Sea of Thieves Group Weekends for the foreseeable future. This makes it an extremely uncommon and high-value merchandise to have in your stock, able to be outfitted to any Captained ship – so it’s value doing every little thing you’ll be able to to make this outrageously cool merchandise obtainable for everybody! Simply guarantee your Sea of Thieves and Twitch accounts are linked forward of time to make sure you profit from all these bonus objects on provide.

Heading into the digital world of the Sea of Thieves itself, there’s heaps to see and do. After the Port Merrick image wall from our Fifth Anniversary Group Weekend ended up a smash hit for selfies, we determined to deliver again a themed image wall… to each Outpost, in your comfort! These image partitions can even show the Group Emissary Grade flag, so at a look you’ll know the way nicely everybody’s collectively progressing by the Grades.

The flag gained’t be the one factor that adjustments as gamers stage up by the Grades, nonetheless. A model new function referred to as Pop-Up Plunder can be debuting on this occasion, with particular caches being buried inside the world all through Group Weekend. Each time the group hits a brand new collective Emissary Grade, we’ll sneak a spot of treasured loot onto all servers at particular areas – with clues to the whereabouts of those areas being seeded on Sea of Thieves’ official social media channels. There’ll solely be one prize per server, and every prize will solely be discoverable for an hour earlier than it disappears, so that you’ll should be swift to safe your stash.

The loot at these particular spots will fluctuate, with a roulette of things you can uncover! But it surely’s a recreation value enjoying when packed Collector’s Chests, Chests of Legends, suites of Siren Gems and even Chests of Fortune are all on provide – so could the percentages be ever in your favor. Even after the group hits Grade 5, we’ll proceed to periodically drop terrific treasures into the world till the tip of the occasion, simply because we are able to. However the one assured Pop-Up Plunder merchandise can be Grade 5’s first treasure – an merchandise significantly uncommon and Wondrous…

After all, it wouldn’t be a Group Weekend with out a few freebies. Gamers logging in throughout the weekend can count on their inventories to be furnished with a really regal purple and yellow Group Weekend Flag, plus a cheeky Contact Grass Emote that’ll have everybody gleefully reaching for his or her favourite foliage-based pose time and time once more. For many who wish to get much more bang for his or her buck, the Sea of Thieves merchandise retailer can even be working a 30% off promo, with the low cost relevant to a lot of beautiful pirate swag. Simply use SOTCOMMUNITYWEEKEND at checkout to attain your self some cut-price treasures.

Final however not least, each Sea of Thieves Group Weekend is all in regards to the unstoppable group spirit of our fantastic pirates. We’ll be celebrating and spotlighting gamers all through the weekend who showcase the perfect of #BeMorePirate, and working a Crew Couture-themed trend competitors with the return of #StyleOfThieves – however, most significantly, we’ll be elevating a toast to all buccaneers who take part and inform us their greatest crusing tales with the #SeaOfThievesCommunityWeekend hashtag. This occasion is about us giving again to you, so we need to see your spoils, tales, selfies and extra on each social media platform obtainable.

We hope you’re excited to see in October with a plethora of piratical plusses on the Sea of Thieves. For these of you who could make it – we’ll see you on the seas!