What I Wish I Knew BEFORE Starting Sea Of Thieves!

In this video, I have 42 TIPS for Sea Of Thieves BEGINNERS & VETERANS as we kick off 2024! This is a compilation of Sea Of Thieves tips that either I figured out or learned from others along the way in my time playing Sea Of Thieves. Click ..more

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0:00 Intro
0:07 Character Creator
1:11 Maiden Voyage
2:03 Commendations
2:39 Ship Size
3:00 Safer Seas
3:23 Sea Of Thieves Map
3:49 Skeleton Ship Shape
4:05 Skeleton Ship Aggro
4:20 Horizon Scanning
4:41 Combat Practice
5:08 Stocking Supplies
5:39 Trading Companies
5:56 Sea Forts
6:12 Kegs
6:42 Lanterns
7:18 World Events
7:40 Kraken
8:05 Storm
8:28 Blackcloud Wrecker Stormfish
8:39 Voice Comms
9:02 Wind Direction
9:33 Hiding Your Ship
9:58 Meg Hunting
10:23 Fishing
10:44 Devil's Roar
10:57 Reaper's Hideout
11:15 Harpoon Rowboat
11:35 Sovereigns
11:49 Safer Seas Limitations
12:10 Grouping
12:51 Firebombs vs Blunderbombs
13:03 Rare Thief & Sea Of Thieves Wiki
13:23 Tall Tales
13:42 Athena's Hideout Fishing
14:00 Selling Fish to Merrick
14:08 PvP Settings
14:33 FOV 90
14:47 Color Saturation
15:01 Character Thumbnails
15:25 PvP Bait Strat
15:54 PvP Harpoon Turns
16:15 Watch Others PvP
16:53 Take A Break
17:17 Tons Of Gold

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[Vanguard-]

I used to think that open crew was stupid until I met this guy who has been amazing. I have stacked over 40 fotds with him and leveled up my pvp faction incredibly. Use open crew!

[embeddedfil]

I feel as though deleting pirate shouldn't delete event items that we're earned through limited time. I did the same thing as you. In which I deleted my pirate, and didn't know the outcome. I lost my launch gear too :(. Very informative video!

[cosmicat]

That last thing ya said kinda stuck with me "no game is more important than your health and well being" kinda needed that lol, I really appreciate content creators that dont just spew nonsese gamer tips and use the time they have as social media influencers to spread actual knowledge

[TheGreenSupreme]

Number ONE combat tip. STAY CALM AND DO NOT PANIC. When i was a swabby i would immediately lose my cool, get frustrated, and play right into my opponents hands. The boarders main objective is to drop ur anchor. So you absolutely need to guard it against any enemies. The boarder will "run the route" on ur ship. This means they will run below deck back to top deck back below and so on. Do not chase the boarder! When you are chasing you are at the disadvantage as the boarder is controlling your movement. On a sloop if you are unable to stop the boarding process, sit back and let the boarder run all over your deck. Guard your anchor and he will have to attempt to get by you. This will give you an opportunity to get a shot in with your firearm then finish with sword. I understand theres a lot of nuances and circumstances i didnt address and im unwilling to detail them all. However, at this point i have 40 days in game and i have fought and lost many battles to learn what ive learned. Ignore my number one rule at your own peril.

[GSmith]

Recently discovered the white flares can be shot over islands to make the shadow skellies vulnerable

[bonweech]

As an added bonus tip: watch enemy ships and their tactics, you can learn from your enemies and the stuff they try to pull.

I’ll never forget, I dropped a mega keg on a guys deck, he grabbed it, put the fuse out and took it to a merchant to sell (we were fighting on an outpost).
Less than a week later, I used that same trick to save my boat from a mega keg. And my crew thought I was magical. Steal from the best and learn from the worst!

[jamesburns]

These are awesome tips, just about to start my journey on ps5 so the info on all these features is a big help.

[lionelking]

Submit a Ticket to Rare Support... i did that... delete my OG pirate for a new one and i asked to get my Launch Crew Eye of Reach and got Day 1 eye patch!

[dominikschachner]

Rare: heres your ship
New Player; and what now?
Rare: find out 🤷‍♂️

[theonikoo]

Today i booted up the game for the first time, created a character, joined two friends of mine on a brig, got out of dagger tooth outpost and almost instantly got into a storm with a kraken on it and nearly got our ship sunken

[nhxqz]

So Jon, as an experienced player there is a way to force spawn a megalodon, after doing fort of the dammed, whether its 1 or 100, after exiting the islands borders and enter the open sea a megalodon will spawn, I have had this happen every time. There is also another way to force spawn a megalodon by simply sitting in the shores of gold for 30 minutes, and after waiting sail back to the open sea and a megalodon will spawn. Having the meg spawn at random is a whole lot less time consuming and less dangerous

[Fluxicity]

As a PL, I agree with your advice. Deciding on what appeals to you early on helps to focus. No harm in doing whatever takes your fancy but there is a lot of content these days.


Also, putting gunpowder in the crows nest is an old habit for many, before the mast was able to be downed. It kinda makes sense for newer players but yeah, don't do it! Bowsprit is best. Good video, Jon 👍

[dracolegend]

I’m so glad I spent an hour or so in the character picker, I really like the look of him and probably will never have to change.

[totaldemolition]

In my first two days i've done a full voyage, a fort of fortune, two outposts of the damned (in succession, the guy had two skulls), and rowed a boat for half an hour after my ship was tragically sunk when i boarded a skeleton ship

[kbwall]

The PL Hideout trick doesn't just work for Stormfish. If there's a Skeleton Fleet, you can get Battlegills.

[SlimRootsOfficial]

FINALLY SOMEONE MENTIONING TO TURN OFF THE LANTERNS! I always have the feeling, i'm the only one doing that. xD

[VnguardX]

10:02

Fun fact, there was actually a LT Event that you COULD spawn any megaladon you wanted, but you wouldnt get the commendation for it, only for finding it randomly.

It was for the new addition of the "Shrouded Ghost" Who was and still is a really really rare meg.

[ErenYeager-kx]

I’m just getting into sea of thieves this helped so much thank you

[IndieEnthusiast]

Hey, maybe now that you're an official Sea of Thieves partner, Rare will give you the day one cosmetics!

[The.Struggler]

Dude, the LANTERNS YES. I just started on PS5 a few weeks ago, and i never thought twice about it until i saw a ship with its lanterns on from REALLY far away. Same reason i put my loot below deck now until i get ready to sell because that shit is a SPOTLIGHT on my otherwise full black ship.