Everything New in Season Eleven
A New Age of Piracy is Upon Us
Season Eleven comes to Sea of Thieves this January 23rd 2024, and with it brings one of the biggest shake ups since its launch in 2018. What are these changes? Read on below as we aim to summarise the big and small of this bumper Season.
Official Patch Notes in full can be found here
Season Eleven Launch Trailer
Season Eleven Deep Dive
Play The Way You Want
Season Eleven puts more power in the hands of the player in deciding how to start their sessions and the flow of their sessions. How Voyages and the world are approached have been completely re-thought resulting in Voyages being moved to the Quest Table (many may know it as Captain’s Table) of your ship. Alongside the Diving technology brought in with Season Eight, players now have more control on what content they can interact with.
Voyages, World Events (Raids), and Tall Tales are now conveniently placed in one easy to access location, and for greater ease these activities can be directly Dived to.
For the full rundown to what these changes mean to the game, read our Super Guide to the Quest Table
With Distinction
To compliment the new way to approach any given session in Sea of Thieves, the Reputation system has also received major changes. Now the level cap for each Trading Company is 100. Company specific Raids and Voyages are unlocked as you earn levels, with a new mechanic introduced when a player hits level 100 — Distinction.
When a player achieves a Distinction in a Trading Company, they can reset their level back to zero to begin working through the reputation levels again. Earning a Distinction unlocks Trading Company-specific Ring cosmetics which develop as players earn more Distinctions.
There are currently five levels of Distinctions — with Distinction 5 earning a full hand of rings.
(These changes do not apply to the Hunter’s Call as of writing)
Fortune Upon the Waves
The Chest of Fortune has been moved to the Skeleton Fleet world event. To indicate the world event has the Chest, it will appear as a red-tinted ship cloud rather than grey.
The Chest itself will only spawn once the Fleet has been completely defeated. The commendations Fortune’s Favour and Reaper’s Riches have been increased to Grade 3, ensuring new cosmetics for crafty corsairs who seek these Chests.
Shopper’s Guide — Season Eleven
Season Eleven brings in many new cosmetics across several storefronts — as well as adding in new stores for each Trading Company (minus the Hunters Call). With the new Season comes a new Season Pass, with free and paid tracks. The Pirate Emporium has recieved new stock too.
Dive on over to the full article for the details on what got added and where!
Smoother Sailing
- Changes have been made to the spawning of mobs. Phantoms will now only spawn during the night and Ocean Crawlers will now only spawn during the day
- The amount of loot found in Shipwrecks has been increased
- Emergent Skeleton Captains will drop maps to the islands they were found on, with the treasures uncovered including Reaper’s Bounty, Gunpowder Barrels, or Storage Crates containing rare resources
- Ashen Guardians now drop Maps to the islands they were found on, as well as now giving an Ashen Key
- A new rock has appeared north-west of the Sea Dog Tavern
- Nearby players will be able to hear when the last bullet has been fired from your firearm
- Additional trinket spots on all ship types via the bookshelf
