Starting Sea of Thieves in 2023 [GUIDE]

Everything you need to know about Sea of Thieves in 2023!
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[@Blurbs]

Come watch LIVE at twitch.tv/blurbs PvP Tips playlist so you can get better easily: kzbin.info/aero/PLeVtvf69N6wvKqf1UNr5MR2kPn5EUWtck

[@Burnz-RL]

I’m not sure why I watched this since I have an ungodly amount of time played but well said

[@wornoutsneaker]

thank god you posted this. i have no idea how to play "the vast body of water filled with individuals that steal others' property without consent"

[@Mr.Rambunctious]

The best way I’ve heard the name portrayed 💀

[@simen795]

Its not yours until you sell it

[@kareemmasri3934]

@@simen795similar to payday 2 “can’t have your payday unless your getaway is smooth” 😅😅😅

[@-zenitsu._.agatsuma-]

​@@kareemmasri3934intill the van gets camped by a buttun of bulldozers and snipers

[@Reflecto2]

😂😂

[@Eli_Nelson_Music]

A lifesaving setting is turning off “hold to interact.” Makes the game physically easier to play. Auto-run is also very useful

[@michaelsanders7484]

What does that do

[@Eli_Nelson_Music]

@@michaelsanders7484 It lets you just press a button to pick up items or load cannons instead of having to hold it. The only time it’s annoying is when you’re trying to load a cannon and accidentally offer your soul when you get b a l l e d

[@cheddarsunchipsyes8144]

⁠@@Eli_Nelson_Musico n e b a l l e d

[@AdelarLerigon]

This video sums up a lot of important things for new players, well done! :D One thing to add: If you want to stop at an island, you *can* drop your anchor to come to a halt. But make sure to *raise* your sails and the anchor right after!

[@pcdeltalink036]

Sometime I need to do a test: raising sails and slowly coming to a stop vs sailing at island full speed and dropping anchor last second, raising sails, and then raising anchor.

[@ev6558]

Yeah people really need to stop pushing this "never use your anchor" narrative. Mfs think they are so good at the game with their slow, awkward approaches to islands using sails only. Sail up full speed, drop anchor, raise sails, raise anchor, and I'm off the boat while you are still slowly drifting in to shore.

[@kgeo2686]

This is good.

[@zoinxc]

@@ev6558if you can time it right raising sails is so much faster, u j gotta learn the timing

[@edison2964]

@@ev6558skill issue I never use anchor I only use anchor to make turns which are rare

[@winterhearted6780]

Blurbs: You are consenting to PvP just by downloading this game. Me: *Waiting for the Safer Seas update*

[@blobfishboy8678]

lame

[@clockpin785]

​@@blobfishboy8678get ratioed. No likes on your comment.

[@mr.silverbones6373]

@@clockpin785theres more on his than yours, reverse ratio

[@krymo1966]

Yo Blurbs just wanna thank you for your streams and yt videos helping out new players giving tips and nourishing PvP on the newer playerbase having been playing this game for almost 3 years I cant thank you enough for being the first PvP content creator that I found on this amazing game that helped me a bunch keep on doing great content, sorry if my english is bad btw

[@mechtist]

i learned a lot about sails from this! i've been playing a week and had no idea i was angling sails wrong in the sloop

[@bloodangel7731]

Started playing yesterday being a solo slooper. It's pretty hard. I wish it was possible to assemble an ai crew so that you can at least stand a chance against other players

[@wildmoose3979]

As a new (mostly) solo slooper myself, i recommend you just get good at outrunning and outmanuvering/escaping if you run into a big group of enemy players or something, while ive had luck in pvp against even 3 person crews (ive gotten very lucky with the sheer amount of fire ammo ive looted for my cannons, its very handy for keeping small crews off your back while they work to put out the flame, which allows you to pump normal cannonballs into their hull and just swap between the two as needed, its fairly simple if you have the supplies) i notice that just making tight manuvers that the bigger ships cant will save you a lot of the time

[@sSteppingStones]

2:22 Epic 2 tap 😮

[@samwarner1612]

first fay playing i changed the flag to the black glowing one, its just dope as fuck

[@Ol_fisherman04]

Im DL the game right now, my first PC game! Super excited but after watching this im hoping i can enjoy a bit of the atmosphere before getting hounded or griefed... thanks for the tips though, lets hope im not sweating the entire time.

[@cassiescritters1]

Just downloaded the game last night and excited to play today. How did you go?

[@Ol_fisherman04]

@@cassiescritters1 oh its been a ride. Honestly I rage quit in the beginning a few times from spending hours looking for loot to be sunk by multiple enemies but then I decided to change my attitude about the game and just enjoy that aspect. Now I'm having a blast. Don't take it too seriously until you master solo slooping or get an amazing crew lol.

[@connorgrant7779]

the types of players in question i run into while casually playing with friends.

[@mattafact808boom]

Thank you for the video. I was thinking about playing it until you explained that its basically survival against everyone.

[@kgeo2686]

This was so great. I can’t believe how good this game is

[@shaun4314]

Very well written and put together, Blurbs! This is everything the game doesn't tell you and trying to figure a lot of this out is when most new players quit. They should just show this video to new players instead of doing Maiden Voyage lol

[@jamestuite3833]

Great video man. Waiting on my game to download now and finally jumping in. Thanks for the tips and see you on the seas!!

[@AubryRugBurn]

Thanks for giving me a bit of confidence to play this completely alone as I have no friends.

[@AdventuresOfKiri]

PVE is pretty straight forward... I came here because I played the tutorial and now I have no idea what to do with the quests I pick up. Maybe you have another video... Posting this so you know that yes there are people, my friend included who have no idea what we are doing in pve.

[@slymebuoy]

Great video Blurbs, if I was a new player, this video would be a gold mine, well done

[@Os-Xp]

Hey I'm new to the game when I'm on an island looting or w/e do you anchor? Blurbs said rule #1 dont anchor unless your turning but won't my ship drift and possibly crash if im on an island doing content??

[@Os-Xp]

Or do you just grapple and leave up anchor?

[@k3Fallen]

@@Os-Xp If you have your sails up the ship wont move unless you're in a storm or in devils roar experiencing earthquake/volcano eruption. I THINK at this point theyve made it so the ship wont even move for a storm if youre close enough to shore but im not 100% sure on that one

[@slymebuoy]

@@Os-Xp Never drop your anchor doing that, just pull up your sails. If someone rolls up on you its alot faster to drop the sail than it is to pull up the anchor

[@chXyo]

@@Os-Xp if you raise your sails fully it'll slow over time and eventually stop, and shouldn't drift away. If you're really worried about it drifting, you can park at the island by dropping the anchor, then fully raise the sails and then raise the anchor too. Dropping the anchor first will completely kill any momentum and then you lift it with sails raised and ready to go at a moments notice.

[@djinsane654]

played this game since day one and its never changed, you have the good and the bad players lmao

[@TheFech80]

Oh my god they finally added supply buys that is fuxking awesome. I remember playing a couple years ago thinking man they should add something to quickly build up cannons and planks

[@katm.3432]

I’ll definitely keep this video in mind for when I can get the game! I’ve wanted to play it for a while now, I actually bought it previously.. only to find out my current laptop can’t handle it LMAO

[@xnebula2587]

last time i looked at this channel 50 k subs, ur growing fast keep up the good work

[@guelo1350]

Thank you for this video. Honestly I've been trying to get into the game but lack of understanding and thinking thst I solely needed friends to play made skip it. Again, thanks! Great video.

[@coreykolcun7755]

I love all of your videos they all helped me a lot

[@ardynizunia9709]

So where did you get the info that the Chest of Fortune will be moved after season 9? I googled for it and can't find anything even close to that statement.

[@tatsuyasan4101]

Yeah man

[@n8mackie]

Matched with "mega sweats" is too true

[@Agumon5]

This is one of those games that I come back to on occasion to play for a few hours, but it just isn't something that fully draws me in as my main game. Like the video says, you really have to be all in on the PVP aspect. Even though at times I enjoyed, it also is the thing that keeps me from sticking with it long term. I'll play on and off at times, but I'll always go back to other games.

[@plexx_AUT]

I heard there's PVE servers only coming

[@ninochaosdrache3189]

It unfortunately will have heavy restrictions as well.

[@Momofukudoodoowindu]

*Grizzled PvP vet who dabbled in competitive SoT for a while here:* I would really recommend newer players to steer clear of HG at least until you're about couple of hundred of hours of standard adventure PvP into the game. SoT is a nuanced & sticky movement shooter first and foremost, and don't let anyone tell you otherwise. It's skill ceiling is insane and the combat seems simple enough at first and but it's not, let me tell you. If you're serious about climbing quickly up the skill ladder, I recommend learning completive rolls and getting good at understanding Naval combat flow and proper comms with compotent crew members. See KaiJoi and Liger for How To's on SoTs deep and sweaty Comp scene. And of course, Blurbs is always a fantastic watch as well. Fair winds and following seas.

[@salurorottiers9305]

Oh, you can get an emissary flag for all main factions? Cant wait to upgrade my hunters call emmisary!!!

[@zayszn]

anyone down to team up or make a crew ? Ik it’s pretty difficult being solo most of the time ( even having some trouble myself ) but I just recently started playing Sea Of Thieves & so far it seems like a lot of fun 👍🏼

[@terradraca]

PvP...I don't know. It just forever feels like a gap you're never going to close if you haven't already played for years. What do you say to people who get discouraged and think "Screw this, why should I play if I'm just going to be stuck with the vet players' sloppy seconds for life?" "Bang your head against a wall for untold amounts of time and then the game gets fun" just simply is not a good enough selling point.

[@lordtachanka8255]

For the keybind one: just play using the claw technique

[@KrevardTM]

Loved the little laugh while you talked about reaper's mark 🤣🤣🤣

[@dogelover6479]

Hey Blurbs I don’t know if you do requests but can you please make a video on dealing with the devils roar? I keep getting obliterated every time I try to do the devil fish accommodations

[@gameora25]

Thx for this buddy just got the game this week

[@Kenai8000]

Well, I didn’t pick up anything in this video but I think you covered everything. Welcome to the swabbies! Cheers!

[@redhead3dranger964]

It's funny that I bought the pre release controller for this game and then never came back after launch. I started playing again yesterday and everyone was freaking out because I had the ferrymans outfit 😂 I didn't realise it was so valuable. I'm glad I came back because the game now is so much better than launch. I've had a blast and thank you for this guide! It was a massive help

[@kenobi52]

Blurbs what cannon do you use

[@sSteppingStones]

6:06 And change direction of boats as long as you are not in dead zone

[@terbium-terbium...]

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[@LaheysLiquor2442]

Great video man!

[@persiansot]

great and special as always

[@kewlnes987]

Where will chest of fortune go after season 9?

[@zeke3611]

ok but for tutorial setting not all new palyers are on xbox

[@petermicek5835]

do you think that using sword you can out pvp really good double gunners idk what to play because i love the sword but when i play against someone whos good its just so hard to use

[@andyralph4666]

If blurbs is this good alone I wonder what would happen if he played with another large SoT streamer

[@sorinvoinea6517]

you can go strayt in to the wind but you need to have a slight angle

[@sorinvoinea6517]

real life i mean

[@Mizoturi]

gotta love the fact that the most replayed bit is at the end of the pvp segment, literally 90% of players of any game don't give a fuck about pvp

[@VerifiedB]

This was all good but what Im confused about are the missions. Is the entire game just "go to this place, get treasure, go home" ?? I feel like im missing a big chunk of what this game is because thats all my missions are; fetch quests. I know thats what pirates do but this is a game, i want some variety and as a new player it feels like every mission is exactly the same, and they are time consuming as hell.

[@alexbrown6624]

But can you pause the game to go loo or eat dinner 🍽️ or do you always get chucked out by server for inactivity?

[@CHONKYSEAL894]

Thanks for the guide

[@Jackyboy-234]

I find playing solo not as hard than playing a whole crew maybe because not one other player had ever came to attack me or it’s just easier to keep away from other players other than worrying about skeleton ships

[@somerandomguy3562]

1:09 i just sold everything chest i had and while getting ready to sail off someone came on my ship and killed me and then spawned camped me until my ship sank

[@j03T3XAz]

Ive never watched a better starter guide in my life. You should get paid for this.

[@Os-Xp]

Blurbs I watched your skelly curse troll video it was golden man any future plans to do it again?

[@miguelangelperez7705]

i buyed this game this week

[@therealtomgates1766]

I knew I would like this game 2hen the most recent update was '' monkey island''

[@Michael_Too_Turnt_Fan]

I actually know how to sail, and when you go with the wind, it's called a run and never go against the wind

[@jsnotlout3312]

Good tips. I thought true double gunning was a bug they fixed? I might just be a noob though lol

[@n8mackie]

Really, hit boxes are the same? That's good to know and definitely how it should be but I wish i had known that before i redid my pirate...

[@foamy2990]

what did you mean the chest of Fortune will move after the end of season 9? like be removed or just relocated?

[@NotEnoughAlpacas]

I've been looking for the hide-and-sneak bundle in the pirate emporium for a while and I can't seem to find

[@dylan10237]

How to do the sword burst attack?

[@4arrow930]

The first day I started playing I had to fight two skeleton ships and a Megalodon at the same time

[@johnnyvain544]

Boy u aren't kidding about saying ur asking for pvp just by signing up. I was so cut throat with my crew but that was 5 years ago, now the game has changed so much and I have to solo. And I feel like why bother playing haha. I always get jumped by galleons

[@then7irishwolfhound246]

Just started today, can't even figure out how to change my gear 😂

[@brunoventura3]

Great video! I just disagree with using sword and blunderbuss, having two short range weapons together makes you a lot more vulnerable. Always use a short and a long range weapon, blunder/sniper, sword/pistol, sword/sniper.

[@lucas-9840]

Ps5 hype!!

[@sunshine.tteokbokki]

How was he able to custom make his character??

[@kgeo2686]

How do you have chain shot in your radial? 5:56

[@noahhill841]

0:12 ape atoll

[@mustachesupremacist9224]

Im going to Larp as Debo and say "Thats my chest punk"

[@quantum_moog]

0:59 I really hope new players listen to this part. I was banned last month because people dont understand this.

[@trykozmaksym]

9:35 - can't find the Hide & Sneak bundle - has it moved elsewhere?

[@trykozmaksym]

found it - on page 17 as of now

[@alonsoochoa4898]

What does he mean by "the Chest of Fortune will MOVE after the end of season 9"?

[@TorxyElboo]

It will spawn on different event

[@Caterpillar]

I wish there's a PvE mode for all the story contents

[@SirShadeyy]

Have I been playing since 2018? Yes. Did I still watch the whole video? Yes.

[@ZeroGpunch]

Maybe even us OGs can learn a thing or two

[@gamesommelier5105]

Here is life saver for you: don't play this shit without updates, save your time and money

[@xmariekhd]

Wait the chest of fortune will be removed after this season? 😮

[@FuncleChuck]

Good news! That won’t be til October! Bad news! The next season isn’t until October…

[@matthewgoldsmith2062]

No it won’t be removed it will be moved somewhere else don’t worry about it

[@ramonsantiago6513]

And Welcome to the Sea of Hackers🔥😎🔥 if u a hacker and cheater u would love this game🔥🔥🔥

[@user-lg5bt4ps6x]

I think my game might be glitched I have not seen a single person in my games 😁👍

[@odinsudons]

A bit misleading. It says its EVERYTHING you need to know but this just covers PVP. While yes, it is open PVP there is still SO MUCH MORE to the game that can be done and enjoyed without dealing with PVP unless it is brought onto you.

[@rogerbartley2225]

Good advice but a bit much for a new player

[@Mystix-cc6eq]

I just don't get emesaries

[@SzesciennaGeometria]

""also dont ram other boats on purpose, its not a good idea..."" [phuzzybond entered the chat] ""about that...""

[@timothyosborn637]

Maxing your fov will increase your risk of motion sickness in this game. But I promise you will get used to it.

[@christophersekyere4183]

Rell seas bois

[@bajancanadian4231]

Really wish there was a lite pvp option. Hate joining a server and seeing 3 reapers on the map. Worst addition to sot.

[@Dereldonwii]

I was the devil number like

[@wolf_song]

you know how much more business they would get if they implemented a system for those who shy from pvp games? hmph

[@martin8447]

Sea of Bugs and Cheater is the better name. Horrible development :D

[@tekk9995]

Could do with a lot more basics...

[@socheeesey8870]

Day one player, no clue why tf I’m watching this 😂

[@Ol_fisherman04]

Lol I'm DL it right now and this is my first video to watch. Hope I can enjoy some of the atmosphere without being hounded.

[@InTanGible-go4zo]

Nice

[@rivertonrock]

Hard disagree about keeping kegs. Chaos is a ladder! 💥

[@visual-_effects_forlife9243]

2:16 if ur not playing claw then what are u doing in ur life fr

[@lordraven1991]

It's amazing that after five years and every content creator (including the small ones) saying that the game is possibly dying, or in very drastic decline, that the very first thing everyone says at the start of every video is "This is a purely PVP game, and you are consenting to PVP just by playing the game." Funny how everyone makes the same "I swear I'm not an A$$hole, I'm just playing the game" statement, then when they are trying to do special PVE events themselves will do the very same things they get outraged at non-PVP'ers for. No seriously, go watch other streamers and KZbinrs vids of them trying to do gilded Athena quest, or grinding for the Hunters Call, they will do everything in their power including trying to tell those attacking them that they are streaming live to get them to stop attacking. Cliff's video was true justice when he attempted to do a gilded Athena and went as far as to portal jump to get away which subsequently took his quest away, hahahaha. Hitbo is another hypocrite by making one vid where he condemned a crew for taking a kids gilded Athena by briging him, then in his very next vid he stole all the loot from another crew that did a gilded and gave it away to a completely different guy. So, the only difference was the kid didn't waste hours to have his loot taken, he just had it taken before he could even start. Haven been told everything from stop playing the game I paid for, to hang myself, I love how I'm the toxic one for wanting to just sail around and dig up some boxes and fight skeletons. Sorry if seven near death experiences, my mother dying of cancer in front of me five days before my 21st birthday, and now watching my dad wither away of cancer not knowing when I might wake up one day and he won't. Sorry if I'm such a terrible disgrace of a human being for just wanting to play a FU(KING GAME!!!! You know, just get away from the living hell that is reality for a few hours and relax. It wouldn't be such a big deal if there were other games that could compare to SoT and all that it offers. The closest thing that is available is Pirates 101, which you have to pay a monthly subscription to be able to go anywhere other than the starter area. No other pirate game lets you join up with friends in an open sandbox world where you can go anywhere you want, and do anything you want (NOT JUST PVP!!!).

[@edgyguy7084]

I'm a solo slooper, just not a good one... Just you scared and friendly merchant...

[@Idk_648]

To be honest sea of thieves is only fun if you’ve played it long enough to actually be good at the game, if your bad you’ll just sink over and over again 💀

[@LemonDani]

Just start with pve and slowly try pvp if you think you're ready

[@038alpha]

the best thing with sea of thieves is you can still get what you want even if you are objectively worse at pure pvp. I cant tell you how many times we ve tricked better players wkth my crew, that s why it s one of the best games out therr

[@cheddarsunchipsyes8144]

⁠@@038alphaexploited better players showing sympathy* (Honestly would do the same 🤭👹)