Guide to Buried Treasures Commendations
Season Five Challenges
With Sea of Thieves Season Five comes a myriad of new features and tools, and along with those, there’s a whole tab of Commendations to complete in the Bilge Rat Commendation Tab. You’re asked to engage with all of Season 5’s features, and rewarded for doing so- but they’re not all easy. This guide will walk through the Challenges you must complete, and the Rewards they’ll unlock.
Bilge Rat’s Menu
To find these challenges listed in game, you need to go to the Pirate Log in the menu, click on Reputation, and click on Bilge Rats. There, you’ll find the new tab for “Buried Treasures”, where you can track your progress and see all the challenges listed.
The Commendations
Each “Commendation” is a challenge you must complete, and many of them will unlock the option to buy unique cosmetics in the Outpost Shops. There are 31 unique Commendations, and if you complete all of them, you’ll unlock the “Beholder of Buried Treasures” Title
Under each Challenge, we explain how best to complete it, and list the cosmetic(s) unlocked by doing so.
Hidden Stashes Commendations
Several challenges involve burying your treasure, or interacting with player map bundles or the quest board. These are all brand new features, so head over to our Guide to Hidden Stashes and the Quest Board for a full break down of these new concepts.
- Hider of Secret Treasures
Bury valuable treasures.
This commendation runs from Grade 1 to Grade 5, requiring you to bury more total treasures to complete each Grade
Reward: Party Boat Hat - Hider of Sizeable Stashes
Create a Stash Map that leads to 5 treasures on the same island
This commendation runs from Grade 1 to Grade 5, requiring you to create these Stash Maps numerous times
Reward: Party Boat Belt - Seeker of Pirate Plunder
Uncover treasures buried by other crew
You can do this either by stealing a Map Bundle from another crew’s ship, being hand gifted that Map Bundle, or by picking up a Crew’s voyage from the Quest Board. This commendation runs from Grade 1 to 5, requiring you to uncover more total treasures at each Grade
Reward: Party Boat Wheel - Master Cartographer
Donate treasure Stash Maps to the Quest Board
Any maps you create by burying treasure can be donated to the Quest Board. This commendation runs from Grade 1 to Grade 5, requiring you to donate an increasing number of Maps to the Quest Board
Reward: Party Boat Capstan - Benevolent Benefactor
Donate a treasure Stash Map that has a “huge” number of treasures marked
A Stash Map of FIVE or greater treasures is enough to satisfy this one time commendation.
Rewards: Party Boat Boots, Party Boat Shirt, Party Boat Trousers
- Stolen secrets
Place a stolen Map Bundle onto your Captain’s Table
Stealing a Map Bundle from another crew’s Voyage Table OR being gifted one directly from another crew will count for this commendation
Rewards: Party Boat Cutlass, Midnight Blades Twin-Plait Hair, Midnight Blades Tied Hair, Midnight Blades Mask - Burying the Past
Bury valuable treasures that were stolen from another crew
This commendation runs from Grade 1 to Grade 5, requiring you to steal an increasing number of total treasures at each Grade
Rewards: Midnight Blades Jacket, Midnight Blades Dress - Nothing to See Here
Bury a valuable treasure while another crew is at the same location
Simply bury a treasure while any other crew is setting foot on the same island
Rewards: Midnight Blades Hat, Midnight Blades Loose Trousers - Heir of the Trickster
Set traps by burying primed gunpowder barrels
You must bury 10 total Gun Powder Barrels, but you do not have to do anything to “prime them”. Just bury them as regular.
Rewards: Party Boat Eye of Reach, Midnight Blades Eyepatch, Midnight Blades Pegleg - Hider of Legendary Secrets
Bury treasures of Athena’s Fortune
You must bury 20 total treasures that can only be sold to the Athena’s Fortune representative
Cannon Rowboat Commendations
Cannon-mounted Rowboats can now be discovered washed up at random throughout the seas. Find and utilize these powerful tools for these challenges:
- Small but Mighty
Shoot another ship using a Cannon Rowboat, 25 times
Reward: Party Boat Cannon - Who needs a Bigger Boat?
Attack a Meg or Kraken using Cannon Rowboat, 25 times - Hunting Boat
Defeat enemies using Cannon Rowboat, 25 times
Reward: Party Boat Pistol
Fireworks Commendations
Fireworks can be found at random in barrels across the seas, or purchased directly from the Merchant Alliance. You load them into your cannons and fire away!
- Skies of Friendship
Set off fireworks in an Alliance
Reward: Party Boat Flag - Gunpowder, Treason, and Plot
Start a fire on another crew’s ship by setting off a firework
Aiming your firework at the deck of a ship is likely to start a fire!
Rewards: Party Boat Blunderbuss, Party Boat Figurehead - Warning Shot
Set off a Signal Flare when another crew is nearby
Signal Flares come in either Red or White varieties, and can be found by default in your Cannon barrels
Reward: Party Boat Pegleg - Night-Time Spectacular
Set off a display of five or more fireworks at night
Reward: Party Boat Hull, Party Boat Sails
Sitting and Sleeping Commendations
Pirates can finally take a load off and get off of their feet with the new Sitting and Sleeping features. Specific interaction points around your ship and on islands allow pirates to use the action button to sit down and soak in the sights in 1st or 3rd person view, or to take a nap and gradually heal themselves as they snooze
- Down with the Ship
Sit in the Captain’s chair of your Galleon as it Sinks
Rewards: Midnight Blades Beard, Midnight Blades Slim Trowsers - Seat of Thieves
Take a seat at a tavern table alongside other pirates
Reward: Party Boat Dress - Sleepover
Sleep in a bed aboard another crew’s ship
Rewards: Midnight Blades Belt, Midnight Blades Shirt - Rest of Legends
Take a seat among legends in the Athena’s Fortune hideout - Tavern Crawl
Take a Seat in all 7 Taverns in the Sea of Thieves - Moment of Reflection
Take a seat at the end of a dock while the sun is setting
Reward: Party Boat Eyepatch - A New Day
Take in the view atop the highest peak in the Wilds while the sun rises
The highest peak is atop the highest rock on Old Faithful Isle. You should see a prompt allowing you to “take in the view” rather than simply “sit”
Reward: Party Boat Gloves - Catching Rays
Take in the view atop the highest peak in the Ancient Isles at noon
The highest peak is atop Plunder Valley right next to the Beacon you can light
Reward: Midnight Blades Boots - Adventurer’s Eve
Take in the view atop the highest peak in the Shores of Plenty as the Sun sets
The highest peak is atop Smuggler’s Bay, on a grassy rock ledge facing South by SouthEast overlooking the bay
Reward: Midnight Blade Gloves - Tribute Seat
Take a seat upon the throne during the Shores of Gold Tall Tale
At the very end of the tale is a very noticeable golden throne you can sit upon
Reward: Party Boat Hook - A Golden Throne
Take a seat in the Treasury during the ‘Captains of the Damned’ Tall Tale
The Treasury is a small room you discover Jack Sparrow in surrounded by all the townsfolk’s treasures - This is Fine
Take a seat aboard your ship while it’s on fire - Hot Seat
Take a seat on an island in the Devil’s Roar while its volcano erupts
Reward: Midnight Blades Hook
Final Commendation
- Critical Roll
Roll a natural 20 using the Roll a d20 Emote
The “Roll a d20 Emote” is unlocked at Level 5 on the Season 5 Renown track. Equip this emote from your Vanity Chest, and then when using it, you’ll roll a 20 sided Die. You need the die to land exactly on 20 to get the commendation
Reward: Party Boat Jacket
And that’s all for the Buried Treasures Bilge Rat Commendations! Make sure to follow us on Twitter @GoldenSandsBlog for updates on everything going on in Sea of Thieves!
