SOLO AND NEW PLAYER HINTS AND TIPS // SEA OF THIEVES - Everything they don't tell you! And more!

[@CaptainFalcore]

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[@Timewalker13]

Perfect upload timing, its my birthday.

[@Mynookoo]

You forgot to warn that with pigs you need heeps of bananas

[@colinwilkinson9359]

@@Mynookoo i learnt that the hard way :) lol

[@Barrab4s]

Jus cause you a cool nick & awesome outro song, i subb, check! xD :D

[@aarongoyvaerts438]

How do you make vriends in game? How to add them

[@K4g4m1]

Solo players UNITE! Uh.. wait

[@TheDorianTube]

HAH, good one.

[@jrgenbull5334]

Aw $h!t we can’t unite.

[@doggofv]

Ok that was actually funny

[@zegpath81]

XD

[@talexvi]

XD

[@MarSara1]

Best tip for larger ships: Never open crew

[@tcintel1266]

William Haines yup

[@nottheone1357]

Agree, it's best to join a club or look for people posting for crews if you are new to the game

[@supersonic20091]

EVER

[@Tonz420]

Dropping knowledge

[@Castor586]

Definitely don't do this... Open crew on a sloop is fine, and I've met many people that I'd sail with again

[@Foxtrot-qd1yf]

I am a main solo player, and do my part at its best. I agree to all these, I have learned from all my hours to PL and Athena 8 so far. But the rule here that I haven't done nor could've found usefull is number 3. It might just be me as a player who always notice someone or a ship before they get close, but I prefer to always get all my chests on board and leave off in a hurry if someone get close, or fight them. It is pretty easy to fight solo against any other ship when you get used to it and have the basic rules such as never have your ship in a sitting duck position. Always lure the enemy to ride their ship straight at yours while you can cannonfire at them and leave off last second. This gives much bigger chance of survival and victory. Because people say so and it seems logical, being a running sloop isnt always the best, nor the only rule you should follow. I cant remember last time I ran away without fighting till victory or they give up. Someone gotta chase the other, I am mostly the one being chased, and THAT is the secret in having a successful battle. Lure the enemy in the perfect position and you are stronger than that 4-man galleon all on your own. Nobody will read this anyways, but that only leaves me with my tips'n tricks for my own advantage. I do not agree with 5 either, but that's just personal preference. I rather get a good voyage with good animals and do it, finish it and start a new one.

[@ahkira1041]

Thank you! I must save this comment somewhere, currently about to buy this game and since no friends will have to play solo. Thanks again.

[@JeighNeither]

@@ahkira1041 Ah, that's sad. So how's it going? Did you buy the game? Enjoying it?

[@jarryperice1114]

cant solo

[@Candyclown21]

@@ahkira1041 Yeah, same here, I just bought it, have yet to play it for PC, I have no friends who have it. Solo is gonna be my option for awhile. So some tips is always a thing I look up first.

[@generalwintertooth2521]

thanks man im just new and got butchered by a big ship all my loot

[@PhsykoOmen]

I watched a pirate stashing chests on sharkbait from the bushes. They didnt see me at all. I didnt attack but i moved one chest around a corner and watched them be confused lol

[@vianellolucas]

XDDD omg i would have went crazy if that happened to me, i hope i never meet you in game dude x'D

[@bigcake1209]

Another advise that I use when I solo sloop = Don't do quest on the big island (with bad visibility), only on average and small island where you can easily watch around you and see other boats coming =)

[@tamemonkeyboy3385]

C Projekt simply never do a voyage on a big island except on an athena

[@doidoi8544]

C Projekt problem is the higher level you are, the bigger island you’ll have to go to. Ex: Level 5, small island. Level 50, big island

[@tamemonkeyboy3385]

Doi Doi thats why gold hoarders is the easiest to grind because it doesn’t matter as much if it is big or small (obviously small with 10 chest is the best) as you can just look at the chests and see if it is easy or if you will take over 1 minute to find and dig it up once your on the island. I’m pl grinding for the captain chest commendations and I just try to get as many chests as fast as possible and it doesn’t matter which island they’re on as long as it’s easy. If your new you might as well strive for small islands but I personally think that doing forts is funner than grinding for hours to hit pl, especially since the major buff.

[@NomenNvmen]

@@tamemonkeyboy3385 Hit PL yet?

[@asiamies7453]

Gojira🤘

[@eseronne6156]

Hiding treasure before loading never once occured to my mind, probably because encountering people while you’re working is so uncommon.

[@softgunruler]

You think so? I would say from my personal experience in Shrouded Spoils so far: Roughly 50% of all encounters with other players have been at islands when working a quest, 100% of all my hostile encounters have been when working islands.

[@eseronne6156]

​@@softgunruler I guess It's just my own habit of staying well away from everyone else unless it's solely for the hell of it but I honestly rarely contest loot or ground with other players unless it's at a fort, at which a moderate portion tend to just want to ally instead. ...But yeah, no, I really rarely contest an island while I'm working on it.. maybe I've just been lucky.

[@softgunruler]

@@eseronne6156 Luck of the draw then I guess

[@ryanroberts5104]

I literally solo slooped once..saw a random sloop working an island..noticed they had a row boat full of loot..stole the row boat and rowed to the next island over...hid the loot...retireved my slow sailing ship back to that island and turned in..it was a good time lmao!!

[@adamslim4937]

You say that it's uncommon, yet tonight I was thwarted by a bunch of knobheads on a Galleon who completely burst our little ship to ashes and stole a good 5 mission run. Was our bad for getting ahead of ourselves and not stopping but they could've at least waited until we were sailing, not do a sail-by. Like jeez. Lesson learned, quite a lot of players are demons looking for a quick steal and don't do multiple missions unless you're vigilant af)

[@franciscogoncalves4249]

Could you please make a video on the types of megalodons. Not really how to defeat them but reviewing them and their personalities and maybe do some speculative lore.

[@Dashx64]

meaning we go in depth once again into the mysteries of the monkehs then....yes, we should

[@Eldenbruh]

They dont have any diffrences other than the colors. As far as i have noticed, they even have the same HP pool and behavior. The only one i havent killed is the white one, it spawned but i was in a fight with a player and a skellyship at the time so i couldnt get it.

[@sharonmccorby4014]

What a really boring video that would be. "speculative lore" really?

[@charlos9968]

@@Eldenbruh the white one isn't real tho...

[@sgtpaloogoo2811]

And don't forget about the Rowboat escape pod Tactic.

[@nicholasrooley3376]

Yes! That has saved my loot before when I was pursued by a crew of two. I loaded my treasure onto the rowboat, sailed by Thieves' Haven, and rowed into the center of the island. They kept pursuing my empty sloop while I rowed to Plunder Outpost. XD

[@sgtpaloogoo2811]

@@nicholasrooley3376 Aye, well played.

[@TheDorianTube]

@@nicholasrooley3376 How did they not see you? I mean, the sloop it's small and the rowboat sticks out, no?

[@chansenthebrave1]

Used this tactic on a galleon when we were getting attacked after loading our fort loot on the rowboat. They sailed off as a distraction while I rowed away in the fog and got it all to plunder outpost lol

[@vianellolucas]

​@@nicholasrooley3376 done this twice today with a brigantine, got stuck on an island after gost ships sunk my ship while i was looting. Fortunately i've found a sloop... i rowed for 20 minutes but i had 20k of stash to sell at least xD

[@2049bits]

Perfect IPM!! Information per Minute . Concise , well edited, and witty! Subscribed because my time is valued on this Channel. Thanks!

[@bunchofives313]

Totally agree. His content is very well put together.

[@cavie-caviidae80]

I've found that aiming for the base of the kraken's tentacles makes it easier to hit them since the are the part of the tentacle that moves the least

[@EthalaRide]

If you want to practice extra maneuverability, the anchor can be used in a similar way to a handbrake turn. If you're going forward and need to redirect FAST and have the distance from the target to do so, or are trying to feint them, an anchor turn can be very useful, but it needs practice

[@ThomasK96]

0:00 would like to see all of that battle.

[@mrchecko5485]

I love when I am soloing in a Sloop and a 4 man crew Galleon is trying so hard to sink me and i just go against the wind and they give up lmaooo one of the most important tips imo

[@RammusTheArmordillo]

Almost every time a ship chases me, they NEVER give up and I eventually reach the edge of the map. I go against the wind to be faster than them but I'm not that much faster, it takes ages before I'm out of their sight (and the wind will turn so I'll have to adjust my course, possibly non-optimally) How can I avoid this problem?

[@-b1ghorn087]

This is actually the best new/solo SoT tips I have come across. Almost every video iv seen geared to new players 1 out of 10 tips they talk about are actually useful for beginning players. Good work on this video

[@majorcrispy7203]

For the stash tip, a tip for a tip. You can just leave the chests half buried and noone other than your crew can dig them up, but you will always be able to find them again 👌

[@plunderplumbers-seaofthiev6183]

Great Job Cpt Falcore! I really am learning solo sloop the hard way. Yesterday i've been betrayed by another 2 men sloop just after the skull-fort... I was able to follow and catch-up to them (sailing better) @ the outpost. Only with my "I will kill you no matter what" ship sacrifice maneuver was i able to overcome their ship, loosing mine too and killing them both...but after that i was alone @ outpost with ALL the stuff they wanted to steal. ;)

[@claytoncannella2095]

Never Ally with somebody for a skull fort they will betray you every time

[@caseymeyer5418]

happened to me yesterday. I was halfway through the fort solo. another solo came up so I called out "friend or for?" no answer, he pulls up but doesn't attack so I say "if you want to help we can split the loot I'll give ya first pick" we then finished the fort and as soon as I shot the last skeleton shotgun to my back and my ship which was safely parked the past 10 minutes was now at a different island. no mermaid or anything

[@plunderplumbers-seaofthiev6183]

@@caseymeyer5418 Sad story mate but it will be a memento for you... Solo Sloops are so difficult. He probably decided to betray you during the fort. So first he killed your ship than you. If you go for an alliance Never lose eye contact with your ship for too long and always keep track on 1 or 2 kegs. I usually place them near the others ship in case of a betrayal attempt. Let's hope that CaptainFalcore will continue this video adding some attack and defense solo tactics.

[@AgentParsec]

The other day I successfully allied with a galleon for a skull fort. I agreed to let them turn in all the loot themselves in exchange for the alliance and my help, since they would gain an extra sword and lose nothing in return. That literally gave them no reason for them to betray me, so they kept their word and stayed allied as they sold everything. Not as big a haul as splitting the loot would have been, but I felt it came with more insurance. There was always the chance they would be jerks and leave the alliance before they sold everything, but my feeling is that anyone actually willing to stop and talk to you about an alliance is far more likely to keep their word (since an untrustworthy person would rather just sink you from the start).

[@dailyaddictionz1269]

@@claytoncannella2095just happened to me

[@dtfhhn]

What also comes in handy: - Gather the smaller missions from barrels and then do them at once. E.g. 2x Skellies on a small island. Some cannon balls later and you got up to 8 skulls. Or two maps with 2 X's each, also 4 chests (not saying they're good necessarily). That even makes the smaller amounts or even riddles worthwile from time to time. - Start with a cargo run. If it's on the outpost, good. If not, try again on the next outpost when delivering stuff. Bonus: Lone Cove has a good "sails up anchoring" place to deliver the cloths on dry feet. - Sails half up help to counter Galleons when you just want to escape. Also outsmarting them around island with a double clubhauling might do the trick if they arent prepared to enter you - Instead of stopping (anchor or sails up) for a delivery, do a drive by when you only got one valuable item (also helpful for galleons when you got only 3-4 items). Especially when being followed. Or even, fake this and run for next outpost (a solo sloop escaped a 4 man galleon once with that, nice played) - Learn to utilize the "Thieves Haven and Marauders Arch Drive-Thru". Sunk a Galleon with that (tbh, they weren't good, sunk them before already in 1 vs 4 battle) - Skellies are your friends. Somehow. Try to use their cannons and now also their ships.

[@tamemonkeyboy3385]

Big Bronnx I think the first one especially is only applicable to very new players (lvl 15 and below) as otherwise it is a waste of time, especially if your trying to kill vines with cannons. I think a good thing to add is: stock up on kegs and so when your being directly chased just drop it behind you, jump off with it then hang on to the enemy’s ladder until it explodes then climb up stop repairs, just make sure your boat is facing a good way before doing this and also make sure your going against the wind just in cass you somehow die you can still get away easily.

[@jyzz6784]

AHHH!!! Wait it's a default galleon, we're safe

[@DynoSkrimisher]

Veteran Disguises: We got em.

[@zodiac7107]

Insert it being an open crew and having a pirate legend on it

[@mrkitloin]

Biggest tip: always have at least one rowboat to act as an escape pod to put your loot in when you’re being attacked

[@HealsCreations]

Good tips, one tip for the sail and not using the anchor is start lifting the sails once the name of the island pops up on your screen. It's a good indication that it's about at this time where you should start slowing down.

[@ahkira1041]

This is actually the most useful video I've ever seen aimed at begginers in any game. Thank you so much!

[@ASimpleInternetUser]

Ahh, the perks of being basically nocturnal when your favorite KZbinr is 6-8 hours ahead of you. I love getting new videos right before bed at 7AM.

[@justsomenerd8925]

Who the fuck are you talking to? You think this turd sucker cares when you watch his videos? He just cares that you don't use ad block.

[@mcmikeygaming137]

@@justsomenerd8925 why the fuck you gotta hate? the guy is happy his bad habits perfectly line up with the KZbinrs upload schedule... why you gotta start shit?

[@kytkinpommiakytkinpommia8254]

@@justsomenerd8925 no you

[@mulfss]

Just Some Nerd some one had a bad day lmao

[@noonecansavethedamageisdon9725]

@@justsomenerd8925 gay

[@Ediblebomb]

Honestly the “emergency brake” is my most used tool

[@christianlewis7546]

Amazing quality video, thanks for this really helped ! Also your voice sounds amazing dude quality is awesome, how you only have 30k subs is a tragedy! Wish you all the success you deserve.

[@flemgrem4241]

Love your theme tune Falcore. N.E.S was the best fantasy adventure film of the eighties!! Great SOT advice for noobs and advanced solo players alike. You forgot to mention that's it's handy being a luck dragon too! All the best.

[@jaymiddleton1782]

Skull bounties with just one captain could be a villainous skull. Skull bounties with four captains could literally be four foul skulls. So you’d spend way more time doing a lot more work for less profit. Gold hoarders you’re right but the only reason to do gold hoarders is because it feels so piratey. And the riddles are my favourite. But there’s not enough money in GH voyages. OoS are the best voyages balancing profitability and fun. MA voyages are the most profitable but the stress of carrying plants, not getting cloth wet, not cracking rum bottles etc. I think the extra stress makes it not worth the extra cash.

[@bungodunko4123]

Jay Middleton by that same logic you could get 1 foul on the single skull voyage and 4 villainous skulls on the four skull voyage. More skulls=better chance at a good one

[@Razorbat777]

Pick up a merchant mission in which you have to retrieve snakes. Grab the baskets and cancel the mission. Place the snakes in your hold as bodyguards to your loot. Just remember to play music when you go below decks.

[@potatorat2508]

Ever since emissaries came out, the thing with leaving treasure on islands in a stash is a lot less profitable. Since your emissary becomes more valuable when you put loot on your ship, you shouldn’t stash the loot. Usually when I get attacked and I flee, the ship behind me usually checks for bonus loot on the island.

[@MrGamingplan]

I've mastered the sloop, seen as I play on my own alot, I'd just completed a skull fort and a galleon decided to chase me down, and no way was I losing all the loot, but I outmanoeuvred them to the point they actually crashed into a rock trying to get me, so then I just turned the side of my sloop towards them and just lay into them with cursed cannon balls and regular cannon balls and sunk them. Sucks to suck.

[@lohart4514]

Also another tip I saw, put your loot on your anchor, it stops them from being able to anchor you (unsure if this is one of your tips) but they may get away with one item of treasure, but you’ll still have the majority of your loot. Rather than being anchored, boarded and sunk.

[@Skirakzalus]

Some really nice tips, didn't really think about stashing my loot most of the time. Another thing I learned a while ago is to be somewhat aggressive to other players, even when soloing. Let's be honest, unless you encounter completely clueless players you are at a disadvantage in battles and some people will always try to sink your ship if they see you on the horizon, but if you're somewhat competent at the cannon and able to keep your vessel afloat giving other sloops the impression that you are willing to fight rather than run may have them reconsider if they want to mess with you. At least I found that I'm usually having fewer people mess with me if I engage into a short shoot-out with them instead of running away. Also it really helps to go online at hours with fewer players.

[@Feanorlike]

beautiful game a MP game where its best to play when fewer players are online XD sea of griefers for real

[@bipolarminddroppings]

That Anchor joke was good to earn an instant sub button click. Well played, sir!

[@GooseDG]

I shall be showing my friends this video as they've just joined SoT, because you've done the perfect job explaining the things that I can't be bothered to teach them! 😂

[@idlehour]

Thanks man. Great tips . So much respect/apperication for you taking time to put the work into the videos. Hope you are well. Maybe see you on the sea 1 day.

[@alexandrebergeron9435]

just got an eargasm with the outro song, Neverending story is a great movie and has a great soundtrack too!

[@potlick18]

Best new player tip. 100% the maiden voyage. It'll give you tons of gold and dabloons to start off with. There are loads of tutorial videos for it.

[@seafrae2]

I don't know why I watched this whole video. I've been PL for months now. I agree with most of them, though I don't know how effective the merchant trick is now that they've added cargo into the mix. If you're unlucky you only get cargo quests from them. Also a tip for the comment section: If sailing a brig or galleon, coordinate your AFK times so only one person is AFK at any given moment. Last time I was on a brig two people went AFK and we both came back to our last guy stuck in one of the Kraken's tentacles and our ship sunk below the waves. Happy Sailing!

[@TheDorianTube]

PL?

[@seafrae2]

@@TheDorianTube pirate legend

[@TheDorianTube]

@@seafrae2 aaaah, I see. Thanks.

[@MotherFlame]

Anchoring next to an island in the Devils Roar sometimes is helpful with those earthquakes. Have had to swim out to my ship a couple times it’s rocked away from the island.

[@kell2883]

Thanks! I use most of these tips to begin with, but the anchor tip was actually really great! Thanks falcore!

[@michaelcrank5416]

Just found your videos. Subscribed from this video alone. Your pretty entertaining.

[@atlas7134]

Another tip, if a ship is chasing u turn ur wheel full right/left and drop anchor, think it's called a club hull

[@shaun7892]

This helped a lot and I like your voice. Subscribed.

[@generallemur]

I solo play more than not and like to use the brig. I've gotten pretty good at time management. I'll only use one sail when near my target island and two on open seas. It also lets me outrun both sloops and galleons. The brig is definitely my favorite.

[@Eric4bz]

You forgot falcore: there are commendations for actually completing X voyages in a company, with 100 being the Grade V max limit. These commendations will actually give extra reputation with the company, and are worth pursuing at earlier stages where you can get boosts towards higher levels at a faster rate, where you're less likely to see things like castaway chests and foul skulls. If it's a short mission, go for it.

[@CaptainFalcore]

First! 😱😀⛔✅

[@sir_jokso]

Captain Falcore lol

[@julietreadwell1146]

lol

[@gamingcraving3059]

I was second? 😥

[@ColdSHeep]

No fair!

[@samueldoebler7085]

This guy must know when these videos get uploaded or something he always gets first

[@BlueheartGaming]

thanks for the tips mate! excellent quality video

[@terryfuldsgaming7995]

Fastest up wind?!?! No shit? Ive been doing it wrong! Ive just been using the wind to bring me to islands i can turn around rapidly, and they can't follow. I haven't been caught yet, but now I'm gonna be even harder to catch! Ty!

[@malguskerensky]

Nice video and should be helpful for new players! A note about item #2 - anyone with any knowledge of the game looks for sails or outline of a ship, not the lights. :)

[@chansenthebrave1]

Malgus Kerensky True, tho I tend to catch sight of newbies more at night if they leave their lights on

[@Vatsyayana87]

This was quite nice, good hints. The only thing i would disagree with and maybe this is just for later versions of the game, but i dont consider barrels worth the time it takes to retrieve and secure them, they are like 100 coin a pop, 10 times walking them and climbing the mast isnt worth the 1k coin. Other wise very well done.

[@greatbeans2889]

I usually keep one or two if I find them just for combat reasons. Just yesterday I sunk a galleon with one while soloing by swimming under their ship and detonating it. But yeah I agree its not worth it monetary wise.

[@brodie1220]

Saw the intro and liked right away

[@masongeunther7010]

When I first played with my friend, We always went around looking for reaper chests and doing the sunken ships looking for loot. We rarely did any missions.

[@polishjap]

I think you forgot this: "And, WHATEVER THE QUEST, WHATEVER YOUR SITUATION, You need to cancel every quest with The Crooked Masts" Thanks for the tips, that will be helpful for me and my friend that will start a lil before X-Mas Edit: I've mentioned about Crooked Masts because of the Falcore's Intro in his Shrouded Spoils review video.

[@Tonz420]

Why Crooked.!? I like that island while solo.. I can go high and see everything.

[@tamemonkeyboy3385]

Bj Bau crooked is good for most voyages but can be finicky for gold hoarders, there is also an athena chest spot which is not able to dig (could’ve been patched, idk).

[@TheKreators]

I LOVE Titty Island (as I have dubbed it).

[@SparksHardcoreMusic]

The thing about the anchor, the ship can indeed sail away--at least pretty far out--during an earthquake/eruption in the Devil's Roar...should have mentioned it.

[@dragononpc8281]

Thanks for the guide Falcore, helpful and much appreciated.

[@takedown205productions6]

With the stashing tip, I was able to get away with hiding an Ashen chest inside of a bush at Sanctuary Outpost long enough to find a key! Too bad that I was only able to play for as long as F2P weekend was active on Xbox... I miss my hull cosmetics!!! ;-;

[@Dotoku14]

Another good tip is never trust anyone. But at the same time, never be the aggressor. I've met some of the nicest people online in Sea of Thieves. All of which i'd never have met if I attacked them when I first saw them. Plus it's so satisfying to get back at someone and win after they through the first blow.

[@theonetheonlyw5483]

Best solo advice I have is for skeleton ships. Get the brig, raise one sail leave the other half down and cut the ship one direction as hard as ya can. Confuses the ships make em easy for solo play.

[@speedstar123456789]

I started this game recently and confused where to start and where to go....after a while I figured out that I need to keep wandering around the Sea. I can see the fun with all the other team players but playing alone felt boring for me. So I gave up on this.

[@Nydiwia]

As a solo player I mostly try to befriend others. It might not work the first time but if you keep going at it they will accept you! xD I went up to a skeleton raid, said in the coms I was friendly and wanted to help... got killed 3 times but kept returning, never fired a shot... In the end they just looked at me, formed an alliance and I got a gallion friend at sea!:D I rarely ever show aggresion when I'm in solo so people mostly leave me alone. :D

[@spookiiigames3156]

Really appreciate this video man thanks!

[@Dashx64]

Captain we still cant name ships or pickup a fishing pole and feesh in the beautiful sea of thieves....I have to go into the future of 1899 using your ship's warp drive in order to go fishing as a cowboy instead, it'll be fine ill leave a note.

[@hush6149]

I mean, i keep my lights on because *I want* to stand out to lure noobs to their doom

[@Scorpion753]

This video is great for new players, the only thing I disagree on is the golden animal hoarding.. it is a good way.. however do not pick up pigs.. only snakes and chickens.. Pigs require supplies to keep alive..... if you stack up on golden pigs you will soon run out of bananas and probably have all the time you spent on gathering them go to waste due to them dying of hunger. in summery.. all and all good tactic.. if you you only pick up chickens and snakes. (don't forget to separate the chickens from the snakes otherwise the snakes will kill your chickens... and make sure you place on your ship where they are safe from Random cannon fire from islands or enemy ships.

[@Cd5ssmffan]

ok thanks sleuth

[@plumbus3308]

This is the only solo pirate tip video that i found useful, thank you

[@emilschulz361]

i didnt know hitler was a pirate

[@gioret998]

Heres a stressful story on one of me adventures! so there me and me crew were, taking a skull fortress clinking and clanking away. Then ATLAST her the key dropped and we got loot! Great right. Well, for now. At least. And so we boarded the plunder, and in less than the blink of an eye! The ship and our glorious plunder. gone. We believe to this day it was our stronghold and regular gunpowder barrels. The be our lesson to not let the powder lay on her decks, but sleep the weapon energy on the birds eye view of the ship.

[@twiistnutter]

Downloaded the game a couple days ago, probably logged 12 hours or something crazy so far and am loving it. Wish I had seen this first, but after seeing maybe 5 "tip" videos, literally almost everything you listed, isn't mentioned in the others. I hate clickbait, and love when clickbaity titles deliver on their promise. Thanks for the excellent video, definitely got a like/sub here bud :D

[@ExodusArias]

One more tip. Never underestimate sloops. Especially if they're default skinned. Lots of experienced people like to go undercover thinking they're easy pickings when they're not. They can keg you, snipe you or invade your ship via ladder and triple kill a Galleon or Brig. I had it happen trust me. I even took down a Pirate Legend Galleon once at a fort with a sloop. IT CAN HAPPEN!

[@kiddo13o]

Oh dont worry man I surly know because im the one to do it, a Gallon messed with me for no reason so after they killed me i hunted them down and killed a kraken then a ghost ship solo still following them and tracked them in a storm and spotted them and made them over estimate me and follow me into a storm by challenging them and soon as they got in the storm i got on their ship and killed all 4 of them twice solo and sunk their ship and used the row boat they stole from me earlier to row boat their loot to a outpost, made 30k gold easy and was worth it.

[@ChaosDemon2]

Christmas newbies are going to exquisitely spice things up while I monster hunt. And I have plenty of curses just itching to fly.

[@fresch4395]

I dont agree with no 4. You get commendations for completing quests and selling low level stuff. Commendations give alot of xp.

[@nicenick2166]

Very Nice Video, Your diong a EXELLENT job at this 👍🏻

[@mortenaassauthen8961]

On the first point in the video: The sloop is actually not the fastest against the wind. The Brigantine is currently faster, which I can attest to by having been chased down on a sloop by a brigantine, even as we both went against the wind. I have similarly chased down sloops going against the wind provided I am on a Brig. My advice if being chased by a Brig? Gunpowder barrels, and courses going through the wilds. Jagged rocks and mined waters are your friend.

[@nottheone1357]

If you are new to the game and need tips look for people posting on Xbox looking for crews. There's a lot of Pirate Legends and other players looking to help new players

[@calistaschatzman9327]

New to the game SoT and definitely subbed! Thank you!

[@Drewdrew244]

Subbed because of the NES music, also great tips thank you!

[@paulothx138]

Game keeps you on edge every second.

[@MrAoitara]

First tip, join the sea of thieves official discord and find a friend. most are very friendly and will help out a new player, and can teach you the ropes really quickly. You can usually find people at all times of the day too. Number 4 tip is trash. Do as many voyage completions as you can at lower levels because they become much harder at higher levels to complete if you are trying for the Grade V commendation to complete 500 voyages for each faction. If you don't learn how to do riddles early on, you'll be stuck and confused while trying to do athena's or tall tales later on. The "do most profitable maps" "tip" is more for if you are trying to level fast. Take your time and learn all the mechanics of the game. You don't want to be like the first Pirate Legend who just hopped servers to join his lackeys when they had a bunch of stuff to turn in and when he got his first athena voyage he didn't know how to read maps. Number 5 most commonly referred to as noah's arking (because you're collecting a bunch of animals) is actually less profitable than doing 1 voyage at a time because of the multiplier that you get for animals for turn ins. Just make sure the voyage you get has a couple of golds and auto quit the voyages with only 1 or 2 animal turn ins. Its funny how this tip of his clashes with tip number 3. Are you supposed to stash all of your animal crates and animals every time that you stop at an island while you look for another golden animal? what happens if someone rolls up on you while you're getting a gold chicken and you have 3 gold snakes on your ship when it sinks. Bye bye wasted gold. Also pigs need to be fed or else they die, so the more pigs that you Ark, the faster you will go through your food.

[@heatea5255]

Video: you should never use the anchor! Me: >getting chased by a galion in my tiny sloops. >Go full speed towards rocks >Galion follows >turns the wheel all the way to the right just before hitting the rocks >drops anchor >full U turn drift > Get anchor back up and fuck of the other side before the Galion even realizes >Galion eats rocks

[@faelock12]

Heatea “He’s doing a bootleg turn!”

[@heatea5255]

@@faelock12 only could get that one cause i rewatched all the movies because of Sot

[@r.t.c.no.1529]

3:32, I feel like Skeleton Ships are Police patrolling the seas and if they see you out in the about, they chase you.

[@Biorby]

I’d advise against having gunpowder barrels on your ship at all unless you are out to take down a ship since they don’t give lots of money anyways and will always give the other team a upper hand

[@jackmattciz]

Hmm I perfer the brig when soloing voyage grinding... Its fast and tends to keep solos away. It's also not hard to keep repaired. However I haven't fought the new kraken on it.

[@tamemonkeyboy3385]

J P I personally prefer the sloop because it is of course faster against the wind and has faster turning, it also has overall better speed (raising/lowering anchor, acceleration, angling sails, raising/lowering sails, climbing nest). The sloop is also easier to defend as the respawns are in better spot and you can’t be funneled as easily. It also has the map room advantage and if you don’t what people to attack you just put the reaper mark, for some reason it scares even a10 pvpers off. But in the end of the day it is always up to preference and personally I will be more likely to go towards a brig or a galleon than a sloop.

[@morganblackpowder1724]

I hate to say this JP, but you'll be easy prey for a fully crewed brig :/

[@jackmattciz]

@@morganblackpowder1724 maybe, but I've never had a problem. Most just assume I'm fully crewed and keep their distance.

[@morganblackpowder1724]

@@jackmattciz It's pretty obvious if you watch a solo player sail a brig. In my experience.

[@jackmattciz]

@@morganblackpowder1724 ehh could be, just my personal preference.

[@mr.mcweasel6257]

A note is that riddles are now worth doing since they changed the reward.

[@Pow3llMorgan]

With the introduction of gunpowder skeletons I have now started anchoring at islands. Especially if Im carrying a rowboat. I've had a skelly do the allahu ackbar close enough to my ship that a) I was blown clear, b) the ship was hastily propelled away from the island and c) with enough holes that it sank before I could get to it.

[@KeeperElora]

Really good video. Keep up the good work

[@chipperdrewski]

This is stupid helpful. Also, is that Never Ending Story music I’m hearing??

[@josman0873]

Another Great vid man!

[@jrsimeon02]

Darn, now they know all my secrets. Lol. However, I have had riddles that give chest of sorrows or chest of 1k grogs. One more tip - avoid other ships if you have loot on board, pirates can be nasty.

[@ofiercegaming6487]

This was very helpful, thank you! 🙂

[@KyleKatarn145]

I'd disagree on number 2 as it only really protects you from someone doing a really quick sweep around. A ship is completely visible in the distance regardless of whether the lights are on or not, and they're not hard to spot. It really feels like empty security than anything else to turn off the lamps.

[@CaptainFalcore]

I disagree on this. Although a ship is perfectly visible on the horizon with lights on or not. When docked at an island like Cannon Cove for example, it's near invisible unless looking for it. But 100% visible if the lights are on.

[@WarVetGaming]

Great beginner tips, I just learned some new things

[@ixxolos]

Kudos to you good sir and fellow Pirate.

[@overlordrunt6326]

Correction: raising your sails will not bring you to a complete stop. Your ship will continue to drift and the waves will move your ship around as well.

[@Crypticdragon1]

This is super helpful good sir 🤘🏻

[@timmy8852]

sea of thieves is a lot of fun, and i agree with all of these. thanks for the video.

[@vendetta1306]

Favorite part about this game is fighting off creatures, and skeleton ships. It's also a good time searching for treasure

[@arandomidiot5510]

Thanks for the merchant tips cause I am trying to get to pirate legend

[@hangingwithlarrybyrne3774]

Nice video cap

[@user-ns7bi9yj9h]

I LOVE YOUR VIDS!

[@EyesofZoey]

Oh...played on the insider with you lately..didnt knew youre a KZbinr.

[@Classymarc]

Captain Falcore, are you going to try out Atlas which is coming out next week?