Sea Of Thieves Guide: 9 Useful Tips To Know Before Starting

Sea of Thieves is renowned developer Rare's pirate-themed multiplayer action game that gives you a taste of what it's like to pillage treasure and explore remote islands while sailing across dangerous waters. While the main loop of the game is pretty straightforward, it offers minimal insight and guidance into its most noteworthy mechanics. To help you become a confident and successful pirate, we've gathered nine useful tips that we wished we'd known before starting the game. Though, if you're more of a visual learner, you can also watch our Sea of Thieves guide video highlighting other essential beginners tips.

Are there any essential tips that you don't see listed here? Let us know in the comments below, and be sure to check back often for more Sea of Thieves guides. Otherwise, you can read our Sea of Thieves review for our full thoughts on how it shapes up.

Sea of Thieves is the latest game from Rare, a studio best known for its work on classic games, like Donkey Kong Country, Banjo Kazooie, and Perfect Dark. It's a console exclusive on Xbox One, though digital copies enjoy Play Anywhere support, meaning you can play it on both Xbox One and PC. More notably, it's the first game to launch day and date through Xbox Game Pass. In other words, you don't actually have to purchase the game to play it--for as long as you're a Game Pass member, you'll be able to play.