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Sea of Thieves
Sea of Thieves Release Notes - 3.4.2
Jul 17, 2025 · Steam update tracked by Buffs & Bugs
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Reapers RisingSet sail on Voyages for The Reaper’s Bones, roll out the Cannon of Rage and enlist Captain Flameheart’s Order of Bone and Blade! To learn more about this Season’s headline features, head over to our dedicated Season 16 page.Followers of the Flame VoyageThe Reaper’s Bones offer a new on-demand Voyage: Followers of the Flame.This Voyage tasks crews with using the Follower’s Flame Lantern to find and resurrect the Order of Bone and Blade and perform a dark ritual to create the new Chest of Bones.Embarking on all Voyages for The Reaper’s Bones will automatically raise a Reaper’s Mark Flag on the ship, announcing your location to other crews via their Map Table.Chest of BonesOnce recovered from the ritual, the Chest of Bones can also be unsealed to release waves of Order of Bone and Blade Skeletons to aid the crew.The Chest of Bones will release fewer skeletons than its more powerful Reaper’s Chest counterpart, and does not contain Skeleton Captains.Ashen Search for Ancient Secrets VoyageThe Reaper’s Bones Voyages have now expanded into The Devil’s Roar, introducing an Ashen Search for Ancient Secrets Voyage that offers higher-value rewards for venturing into the flames.The Order of Bone and Blade are now helpfully immune to damage from geysers.Reaper’s Chest BalancingThe skeleton waves released when unsealing a Reaper’s Chest on a rival ship now dynamically scale to the size of the ship. A Sloop will be limited to two skeletons, three on a Brigantine and four on a Galleon.A Reaper’s Chest unsealed in any other location or when used defensively on a player’s own ship will use the existing limit of six.The appearance of Skeleton Captains has also been limited, with a total of four now able to be released from a single Reaper’s Chest. When a Skeleton Captain has
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