The COMPLETE Story of Sea of Thieves SO FAR.

[@AShinyRay]

A few edits as pointed out: There were 4 stones for the Shroudbreaker. Ramsey threw the key to the Shroudbreaker overboard, not the Shroudbreaker itself. I now have to start the video again.

[@magicpyroninja]

To think junior's life could have been so different if he had just started out with a basic gold hoarder mission instead of a legendary mission😅

[@splash883]

😂

[@spacedoggobuilds7418]

“Skeletons aren’t allowed back from the sea of the dammed”, me just casually walking through the ferry’s door as a skeleton

[@seapackgaming4316]

I highly doubt, like 60,000 own that curse and the chances of "spacedoggobuilds7418" being one of them are very, very slim.

[@archiecarter5124]

I feel like that was a subtle flex that you have skele curse

[@CometZz-os6gl]

Tbh, even if ur not like amazingly great at pvp you can get it at some point, it just takes more time the worse you are.​@@archiecarter5124

[@milkyteasot]

A half hour of Ray talking about lore? My evening is sorted

[@AShinyRay]

Thank you. Make sure you grab a drink!

[@Cyb3rFck]

Man you have short evenings in your part of the world

[@shy6351]

this only 30 minutes and it sorted your whole evening, damn

[@xriel_youtube]

Here for this xD

[@DBProds96]

30 minutes does not really constitute as an evening lol

[@sh4rds0fgl4ss]

sometimes I forget that the funny pirate game where you laugh at people's tears as you brutally murder their whole blood line all for a shiny skull that sells for 25 gold has lore

[@pmonkey9]

Lol

[@tresan7559]

“It’s not about gold it’s about glory” me who just spent 2 months grinding

[@OneNidim]

Lmao fr. I always wanted the commendations for tall tales to pay out at least 20,000 a piece

[@mr.dedede1324]

No. It was about the gold, ramsey.

[@Balloon-t5x]

Is it about the gold or the glory? Because the gold curse isn’t gold, but it is gold, but you wear it because of the glory.

[@CB430z8y]

Both. Both is good.

[@futuristicbus61]

The silly pirate game has some of the coolest lore ever. A good chunk of my friends said that SoT wasn’t worth the 60 dollars, but ~85 hours in and I can safely say they were wrong. Most of them came back to the game and have been having just as much fun with it. Honestly one of my favourite games ever

[@psychxx7146]

They can just get Xbox game pass if they’re not sure

[@futuristicbus61]

@@psychxx7146 oh no I meant that they had it already and played it

[@Scroompus]

​@@futuristicbus61very smart

[@blooey-YT]

Same, I absolutely love the game. Currently my favorite game to play

[@barenjager9678]

​@@futuristicbus61definitely worth full price. Even though you have every weapon at level 1, that doesn't make the game any less rewarding. I think alot of people focus too much on progression systems and meta gameplay but forget that a game can just be messy fun.

[@RealCeltySturluson]

Crazy how we’ve only been through 5 years of story 7 or so total counting before we players came. Can’t wait to see where we go!

[@PurpleChicken]

my new go to video when friends ask for a SOT lore dump, thank you for all the effort putting into amassing this history

[@linalawliet7938]

I really appreciate the work and effort you have put into this video. This will help new players catching up with the story. I'm glad you are doing these videos so I don't have to explain the whole lore over 2 hours to my friends. Thank you so much for your effort

[@AShinyRay]

Thank you!!

[@legoman6538]

i dont like the fact that adventures were limited time, i hope they do re-runs of them in the future

[@destmor]

Thanks for making a recap with proper narration and without weird jokes and deceiving imagery, in my opinion this is something that this game needed and it was missing for the general audience. Great video. EDIT: Starting from 17:17 you have made a mistake and made it sound a bit confusing. It's 4 gems, not 3 and you do not mention "The Legendary Storyteller" tall tale at all from which you get one of the gems. A lot of information about Briggsy is missing (I know not absolutely everything is included here since it would make the video last hours but imo that information is very vital), such as what exactly happened to her at the Shores of Gold, why she hid the gems and her overall motivation. At 17:43 you say "Send them [pirates] on a course to retrieve the stone" when it's about all four gems, not just 1 stone. This is pretty much it though, otherwise still a good video.

[@AShinyRay]

Thanks very much!

[@AShinyRay]

I decided to leave out a lot of the Briggsy stuff because it would be too in depth. I completely forgot we got a small gem in the Legendary Storyteller.

[@General1815.]

I use to grind all the time only for gold, I’ve realised how exciting Sea Of Thieves is again because of these lore videos, no longer do I care about spending hours getting gold just to be sunk by some try hards, I now think of every Sea Fort and Ashen Lord I defeat as another step to defeating Flameheart, every time I sink a ship I know that its for a good cause, either to clear the seas of pirates or if they are loyal to Flameheart, to destroy his reputation and ego Thanks for sparking my love for this game again!

[@M_Montalvão]

And if I had to guess, I'd say the impostor from A Dark Deception will turn out to be LeChuck, as he can theoretically use the Sword of Souls to tighten his own grip on both the Sea of Thieves and the Sea of the Damned. Top tier summary, Ray!

[@changeuphitter5678]

This was pretty much confirmed in the “making of monkey island” video SoT KZbin uploaded today, where we see LeChuck holding the stolen Sword of Souls, saying he will use it to control the seas

[@Vanderboom97]

Well I have good news for you pal…

[@KingAbzTV]

This'll be a banger guaranteed, well done Ray! 💙

[@AShinyRay]

Thank you my good man! Had a little inspiration!

[@sagepirate5302]

I was part of the Hungering Deep event. I have the tattoo, the Drum, and the speaking trumpet.

[@AdvSpringBonnie]

I'm not even sure what to comment this is just impressive

[@AShinyRay]

You haven't watched it yet!😊

[@Czilla1954]

Bro got caught

[@agingerbeard]

Coming back after years away, much obliged, dear Legend, for this bout of lore! Subscribing was an easy choice

[@timh4158]

The SoT storyline, or rather, how it's implemented, is probably the biggest reason I don't return to the game. The lore and overarching storyline are so enthralling, but you only get to experience what is currently happening. The fact that videos like this are absolutely necessary if you weren't there from day 1 is a major flaw. Sure, it's fun to watch the world evolve along with the story, but that also means that missing past content makes a player extremely apathetic toward future content.

[@KopperNeoman]

Maybe I don't have that problem because I'm Bloody Ancient (30, lmao) and remember the days back when there weren't constant updates of FRESH NEW CONTENT!!!111 and the game was just the game.

[@SereglothIV]

Yeah, it sucks so much. I wouldn't know shit if it wasn't for videos such as this. The community demands Flameheart's return, yet for me he was just a random voice shouting in a lava cave. Same with characters like Pendragon, Belle, Stitcher Jim, the masked lady. They appear in some tall tales for a second posing as important characters and my long time allies/adversaries, yet I'm like 'Who the hell are you? I've never seen you in my life!' Whenever Flameheart is reintroduced it will be like an epic ending for years of story for long time players. But for newer players? Kill that random skeleton and you'll get a cool sword.

[@SereglothIV]

My dream is that Flameheart's return takes so long because they're converting all the adventures (or at least the most important ones) into tall tales and Flameheart's return will be released as the final one in the set. I don't know if that dream is a realistic scenario though. But one can always hope.

[@ThomasRichardson-x8r]

To the plank with youb

[@deluxe_zuzu6372]

Been waiting for a vid like this thanks AShinyRay!

[@grimangel4432]

In sorry guys! I was part of the crew that summoned the sharks! I take full responsibility for that natural disaster!

[@pmonkey9]

Cmon man. I am disappointed in you.

[@kyleanchor3591]

How do you not have more followers? As someone hopping back into SoT from a 2 year hiatus, this video was awesome to listen to and hear how everything linked together.

[@Frostycrypton]

Appreciate the recap! I haven't delved into the books and skipped most of the adventures, so this has filled in several holes in the story for me. Also, how hard did you have to try and resist saying that Briggsy "didn't asked to be cursed"? :P

[@AShinyRay]

I scrubbed it from the script! And thank you!

[@pleythru]

this is an epic undertaking, well done dude! i'm bout to finally learn the story of the game i've spent 2000+ hours in lol!

[@AShinyRay]

Now you can stop asking me stuff 😄

[@pleythru]

@@AShinyRay oh that will never end

[@AShinyRay]

@@pleythru I can make a more in depth one if it helps?

[@pleythru]

@@AShinyRay Gonna have to be a Planet Earth length special

[@ThePirateLordFanboy]

One the best videos I've ever seen

[@AShinyRay]

@@ThePirateLordFanboy thanks! New part coming soon

[@CrazyBrothers55]

I'm kind of sad that I can't replay the old events I couldn't take part of, I wish they'll give us a chance to replay them someday

[@eclipseRz]

Only worthwhile one was Hungering Deep and even then most people who played during that event didn’t get to experience it because of the method for getting the Meg to spawn, the only other thing anyone is missing from these events is the changing world space (if rare made it so the cosmetics were still possible to get nobody would complain then lol)

[@eclipseRz]

Like there was a time you could walk around the outposts without 30 different musical stings playing all at once or having to hear a skeleton which always makes me glance back

[@germanwojtek3576]

This whole plot concerning flameheart would make a cool movie

[@dinfam9680]

Huh, I've never caught a video this early. Neat

[@legobuilder2283]

I enjoy listening these videos to catch up on the lore before monkey island tall tales

[@heartlessfox420]

Just do found this channel and I’m so glad I did. You earned a sub from me. Keep up the good work sir.

[@AShinyRay]

Thanks mate!

[@John_Brasch]

Thanks for rescuing my day Ray❤🎉

[@AShinyRay]

My pleasure!

[@magicpyroninja]

Monkey Island is great so far. I've been running around for about 2 hours. Haven't even walked into the mansion yet

[@AShinyRay]

I loved it!

[@trelix__2615]

3:40 is funny af bro pulled it out like John wick😂

[@OakStairs]

Man, as a new player, I really wish there was a way I could play through some of these old adventures. Especially since there isn't much happening in the game right now

[@CentaurusL4]

I think you still can

[@SereglothIV]

​​@@CentaurusL4You can do tall tales, but not adventures. So you can replay the Shroudbreaker/Shores of Gold questline, Jack Sparrow stuff and a little bit of Flameheart and Pendragon stories. But most of the Flamehart stuff was time limited, as well as everything regarding Merrick. This sucks for someone such as myself, who started playing in June 2023. The community rages on about finishing Flameheart's story, yet all I knew about him was that he was an angry voice shouting at me in the lava cave. Characters like Belle or Pendragon pop up in some tall tales claiming we're old allies, yet I'm like 'Who the hell are you? I've never seen you in my life.' Characters like Stitcher Jim, Duke or the masked lady were also just some random dudes who appeared in a single tall tale for a second and I've never seen them before or afterwards. Rare really did screw up with the lore accessibility. I wouldn't know shit if it wasn't for youtube videos such as this one.

[@darqueijo]

​@@SereglothIVfr

[@shahintorkamani6614]

First video that o watched from your channel, it was awesome 😊

[@AShinyRay]

Thanks ever so much!

[@ademason3096]

Awesome lore catch up, loved it.

[@StingRaeTheSingingSiren]

Love the lore! Thanks for the recap!

[@danielbonas2374]

This is Perfect.

[@andrew-tg6zc]

thank you so much i have recently become interested in the story of sea of thieves to gelp me decide whetheri want to join the athenas or reapers THIS HELPED SO MUCH

The Ferryman gave Jack Sparrow a second chance at life. Meanwhile, in reality, lawyers got Johnny Depp out of false accusations that could lead to something really bad. To me it was perfect timing

[@poetniknowit]

As a baby pirate I appreciate this!!

[@Skele_Rat]

Acts of heroism and friendship makes me want to cry, for real.

[@Connor-Skywalker]

Nice video mate 😊

[@AShinyRay]

Thank you pal!

[@B1_1_9_7_5]

23:21🎵 this is the tale of Captain Jack Sparrow a pirate so great on the seven seas🎵

[@Varrizwatches]

So many cool events that I am now seeing the remnants of...a shame they not allowe new players to go trough these old events again :( I killed an ashend lord once cause I ended up on the island where the red tornado was and had no idea what that meant but now I see they were part of a cool event

[@elizawulf8180]

They could add like 7 tall tales of the Flameheart related events to the Ashen Age. And otherwise add the Bilge Rat & Sea Dog adventures as tall tales that lead to the Dark Brethren and Merrick's death.

[@Varrizwatches]

@@elizawulf8180 yeah! Like I understand that the community decision ones were unique and it should not be brought back but all the other ones would be great as tall tales

[@KopperNeoman]

@elizawulf8180 Consolidating adventures into Tall Tales sounds like a good idea. (I personally don't give a crap about adventures unless I can fight for Flameheart) Stop the FOMO and cement the canonical outcomes by making you capture sea forts for Flameheart and thwart Phantoms trying to blow up Golden Sands.

[@SystemCrasher113]

I love the art direction of this game....really looks inspired by Wind Waker

[@elfodelputoinfierno]

I used to hate reapers but... The lore of them? Solid. The aesthetic? Fire (literally) Might give their company a try next play lok

[@Seapikachu]

Best time to play reapers is now with a possible upgrade to their faction next year sometime

[@trathanstargazer6421]

Fact that new players require videos like these is quite sad.

[@AShinyRay]

I agree, needs to have a catalogue or publication somewhere

[@Pixe_GUM]

Never played Destiny?

[@trathanstargazer6421]

@@Pixe_GUM I have, but at least with Destiny you can replay old content. What I mean here is without these videos you would never know these things happened.

[@tysonplaster5138]

Yea, I’m a relatively new player and at first it’s a cool thing to find all the remnants of these past stories and adventures throughout the seas but all the in-game information about it is so vague unless you actually played through it at the time. It would be nice if I could find out about all of this in-game rather than a yt recap. Awesome video tho thank you so much!

[@jeffhirshberg5171]

Well done, @AShinyRay!

[@AShinyRay]

Thanks Jeff!

[@jeffhirshberg5171]

@@AShinyRay Have you ever thought about writing a book on the history of SoT? Perhaps in the form of a comic book? I think you would do a fantastic job. And as the lore moves forward, release additional volumes. Looking forward to the next podcast.

[@AShinyRay]

@@jeffhirshberg5171 I would love to. I've always wanted to do a Sea of Thieves encyclopedia!

[@dreamghosts]

I’m guessing the Athenia will be the next big addition to the game to combat the BB. If it’s just as big and has a good phantom crew I think that would be awesome

[@RipplyAnemone67]

Let’s be honest the story will end with Hondo Ohnaka somehow getting to the sea of thieves and defeating pirate Minecraft Steve who is the millionth guy to threaten the sea of thieves to destroy it as black manta is dead and his dead body covered by a bone from cupheads captain Briney beard under the water while some pirates from fortnite are fighting the GMU and pirates from skylanders are hiring the tabs pirates to help flameheart while oppenhimer is nuking the land outside the sea of thieves and morbius is morbing every pirate and all cannonballs are replaced with angry birds

[@KopperNeoman]

Hey, if I could join the GMU and shitkick that retarded crossover, I'd be all for it.

[@flap.d.jack247]

...what

[@SereglothIV]

You forgot the part where Harry comes to destroy the ring in Devil's Roar because it's the only way to stop the Sith from taking over

[@seN_cs]

Deserving of more likes 💯💯

[@ChelseaChristiansen-ui1ey]

​@@SereglothIV so true but Percy Jackson will come in to beat flash who is trying to revive the hulk who was a flame fart follower

[@Taintlessdisc]

Expansion of this vid next month and ill stay subbed😂

[@AShinyRay]

@@Taintlessdisc yes master

[@GrimViridian]

Perfect. A lore recap before i go back to more tall tales, and now people cant meaninglessly kill me mid npc dialogue since pve servers exist now

[@wingwall7892]

Fun fact: the entity known as the commander from seabound soul is actually the ashen lord, Old Horatio. Compare the two and you’ll see it

[@AShinyRay]

Really???

[@nimazoghi6219]

That was fantanstic when will u update the story like luchuk is deaftead now do u think its time for flame heart now?

[@AShinyRay]

It is time for Flameheart but not until next year yet!

[@Irohtheweirdo]

YES THANK YOU

[@epicxorca]

Bro saying "Great Calamity" sounds EXACTLY like the Zelda theory and lore youtuber Zeltik

[@braedonbourque8327]

I hope we’ll get to see Ramsey in his ghost form fight flame heart it would be like what would happen if dearth Vader met old Yoda except it actually happened

[@F1HIS]

Best sot lore video I’ve ever seen (Edit) sorry captain falcore

[@CreedComander]

Thank you for this recap so I don’t have to play a backlog of tall tales

[@Darkside-pc8qo]

i miss the community events those were so fun

[@joshkaler7197]

Wait why did duke go evil again in the pirates life? How many times has he flip flopped

[@gs.daniel87]

Finalmente... 🙏 Thx

[@Darkyzor]

Nice video! Somebody knows the song between 10:30 and 11:30 ?

[@AShinyRay]

This is the Seabound Soul from Sea of Thieves' OST.

[@RealCeltySturluson]

After dedicating 6 straight hours recreating Jurassic world in Jurassic world evolution 2 I need a break and this will do nicely (I’m not even done recreating)

[@njfox3305]

So thats how Lachuck got the sword of sols.

[@corniercookie2783]

le chuck is an amazing imposter

[@coolcid1167]

I hate critiquing ray but the shroudbreaker wasn’t thrown overboard, the key to the vault with the shourdbreaker was thrown overboard.

[@AShinyRay]

That's true

[@thatdude1435]

Critique is not a negative word. It just a fancy word for "your own oppinion" or in this case, a correction that is 100% true.

[@Entropy9312]

All of the beginning talk about Wrathbone makes me want to spend 20 hours getting the Golden Curse

[@AShinyRay]

It's worth it

[@SereglothIV]

I think you'll need way more than that 😅

[@colonelmatrik8354]

"Using the Silver Blade as a lift, they defeat the Kraken" Even with context, this sounds weird

[@AShinyRay]

Yes, I left it that way deliberately

[@acrab7722]

I was AFK in sea of thieves since jack sparrow, I was kinda shocked and saddened to see golden sands go

[@peepeeman4740]

All they did was rename it lol

[@SereglothIV]

​@@peepeeman4740Yeah, if you ignore all the walls and buildings and towers and fountains and bridges and docks and...

[@isaacnoval5575]

Are we sure the old mother was in kraken's fall? At least in Athena's fortune novel wasn't mentioned

[@AShinyRay]

She was chained to Kraken's Fall, with all her children going there to help her and dying to. Hence why it's called Kraken's Fall and the Kraken is asleep there!

[@isaacnoval5575]

@@AShinyRay ohh ok, and where can I find that info?

[@BonnieYT67865]

thankfully monkey island is out and was shown that LeChuck stole the sword

[@obiwanshinobi87]

New ps5 player here... never knew there was lore😮

[@The63stToast]

What is the song playing at 10:55? I've been trying to find it for years now

[@jocabrera0809]

I HAVE THAT MORNING STAR SET

[@epicxorca]

is this dude like Zeltik's distant cousin that went down the sea of theives route instead of zelda

[@dawuanaustin8045]

I hate I can't go back a play the old tall tales

[@flap.d.jack247]

You can lmao

[@GeorgeGodwin-o7d]

34:04 The burning blade is no longer at shipwreck bay. Rare why.

[@HyperPico87]

It caused alot of lag, they said they will put it back in once they fixed it.

[@AShinyRay]

It's back

[@That_weird_guy_Dragooon]

i hope we'll get the corrupted sword of souls as a skin for completing the tall tales

[@davidmartin5483]

Do they accidentally summon LeChuck instead of Flameheart? Now that would be holarious.

[@Franz_Josef_von_Habsburg]

Cool

[@harley3869]

Maybe i missed something, but if duke left to redeem himself how did he end up with the dark brethren? Isnt that doing the opposite?

[@AShinyRay]

He was basically drawn in by the Siren Queen and convinced to join the Brethren since he was ostracised from the Bilge Rats, sort of as a means of getting back at the Pirate's Life that wronged him.

[@harley3869]

@@AShinyRay that makes sense, thanks for clarifying

[@711Sodamachine]

i love eating sea of thieves lore

[@Chase-jc7rx]

Really wish I could get into this game but I don't like getting sunk every time I see another player I just want to not fight them.

[@SereglothIV]

Wait, so Ramsay just sailed into a cave and turned into a ghost? I thought he had died in some dramatic circumstamces, given the three swords plunged into his back.

[@AliHunstock2026]

i’m gonna need to read the scrpit for this video so i can annotate and reread 😅

[@Velkan4444]

as foretold, Magnum Opus of Ray has been made.

[@lostonessoul5154]

question: Can you play all of these tall tales in the game? Or are some no longer in the game?

[@ItzFoxUwU]

All are in the game

[@lostonessoul5154]

@@ItzFoxUwU Thank you for telling me I've never done a tall tale before. mostly just done PvE or PvP

[@NPC_5439]

lechuck can shapeshift, he probably stole the sword

[@AShinyRay]

Well...

[@thesovietonion3907]

I never understand any lore ever, I need it in simpler terms

[@Linkiscool99]

So if your a new player can you do all they story stuff or is it like a limit time thing that happens

[@SereglothIV]

You can play the tall tales (Shroudbreaker/Shores of Gold, Pirate's Life, Monkey Island, some but not all of the Pendragon/Flameheart stuff) but most of the lore comes from adventures which were time limited and can't be replayed (sadly).

[@Linkiscool99]

@@SereglothIV ok tnx well with them bringing it to playstation hopefully they may make them playable for a bit so the playstation players bc do them

[@Cashman1106]

35 minutes let’s gooo

[@AShinyRay]

W Cashman

[@Gremlinkid]

Yes. Just yes

[@Iamacetifiedgamer]

1:13 a shan y ray

[@irmiwolf]

Am I the only one a bit saddened that all legendary ships are Galleons? Is it such a wide swing to say that a legendary pirate was sailed on a sloop or brig?

[@AShinyRay]

Briggsy's Homeward Dove is a sloop!

[@lisasmith2601]

It’s all about the gold not the glory

[@luisbarradas5948]

20:16 -200IQ moment

[@Senan_is_cool24]

Can we get a new episode on This Part 2 maby??? Or is there not enough lore to make a part 2 yet

[@AShinyRay]

Part 2 would be a full-rerelease, just for consistency. I'll see how my schedule goes!

[@Senan_is_cool24]

@@AShinyRay yea that makes sense Good to know there will be another one anyway Good work 👍

[@svndwich977]

ok so like i get it it’s lore accurate. but the fact it’s not in pirate story format makes me not wanna finish the video.

[@mohamr2853]

Sea of thieves story should have a TV ser