Sea Of Thieves is getting a mid-season replace at present, bringing the prospect to make amends for all of the pirate gossip with a trusty pet rock pal. The pocket pebble is simply an emote which you could purchase from the Sea Of Thieves retailer, however the firm may aid you hold it collectively on the lengthy, lonely journeys throughout the game’s seas. The replace additionally introduces a brand new time-limited occasion, The Secret Wilds, and a few matchmaking enhancements for PvP. Watch the video beneath for extra on what’s coming within the newest Sea Of Thieves replace.
I’m very enamoured with the pocket pebble, as Rare are calling what could be very clearly a pet rock. It even has somewhat smiley face scribbled on it, presumably to cheer you up in case your ship’s sunk. The pocket pebble doesn’t fairly have the skills a few of Sea Of Thieves’ precise pets do, so it gained’t hop round after you as you navigate the game’s roiling waves, but it surely’s oddly cute. I like to think about it as an old-school, pirate Tamagotchi.
The launch date for Season 10 of Sea Of Thieves remains to be bobbing away on the market within the ocean someplace, however for now there’s the eleventh time-limited occasion to play by. The Secret Wilds runs from January nineteenth till February 2nd, and duties you with serving to pub landlord Tasha remedy herself of an unlucky skeletal curse. You can take a look at extra about The Secret Wilds occasion here.
Anyone who’s been delving into Sea Of Thieve’s PvP since Season 8 kicked off in November will likely be happy to listen to there’s some a lot wanted enhancements to hurry up matchmaking coming on this replace too, together with extra compensation once you’ve sunk after dropping a battle or straying out of bounds. We rated Sea Of Thieves amongst our checklist of the 25 greatest multiplayer games to play on PC not too long ago, due to the game’s pretty crusing and intense battles.
You can plunder Sea Of Thieves from Steam and the Microsoft Store for £35/$40/€40. It’s additionally on Xbox consoles, and included in Game Pass subscriptions. You can learn extra about at present’s replace within the launch notes here.