100 Tips and Tricks for Sea of Thieves (5k Special!)

In this video I'll go over 100 tips for Sea of Thieves for new and old players alike!
Link to Merfolk's Lullaby's Storm Map www.merfolkslullaby.com/map?t...
Link to Rare Thief's Riddle Map maps.seaofthieves.rarethief.com/
Link to my Twitch : / thewithermaster013
Link to my Twitter : / wither_master
Chapters
0:00 - Intro
1:22 - Settings
3:14 - Pve
8:29 - Pvp/Pve
9:11 - Sword
11:07 - Pvp
17:20 - Tucking
18:33 - Efficiency
23:23 - Achievements
25:31 - Gear
26:07 - Miscellaneous
28:17 - Outro
More Detailed Timestamps (work in Progress)
01 Auto Walk 1:22
02 Fish Name Tags 1:46
03 Long Range Name Tags 1:55
04 Replace Name Tags 2:07
05 Quest Key Binds 2:27
06 Weapon Sensitivity 2:51
07 How to Kill Shadows of Fate 3:14
08 Fort of the Damned Wells 3:29
09 Mermaid Shark Block 3:41
10 Shark Dive 3:58
11 Music Calms Snakes 4:10
12 Vaults Codes 4:14
13 Loot Shipwrecks 4:47
14 Solo Sloop vs Skeleton Sloop 4:56
15 Looking for Captain's Keys 5:17
16 Use Skeles as Shields 5:37
17 Skeles Don't Like Fire 5:45
18 Blunder Bombs vs Gunpowder Skeles 6:00
19 Gunpower Skele Spawns 6:14
20 Cooking to Perfection 6:33
21 Kraken Player Attack 6:38
22 Megalodon Attacks Can Be Canceled 6:52
23 Seagulls Over Skele Ship/Monster Loot 7:01
24 Sea Event Music 7:11
25 Skele Ship Ladder Trick 7:30
26 Skele Lords Animations 7:38
27 Stun Skele Lords 7:56
28 Falling Ashes 8:07
29 Volcano Eruption Times 8:16
30 Sea Fort Restock 8:29
31 Quick Reload 8:47
32 Sword Block 9:11
33 Sword Dodge 9:26
34 Jump and Slash 9:42
35 Guard Lunge 9:56
36 Sword Surf 10:09
37 Skele Sword Lunge 10:29
38 Sword Lunge Cancel 10:45
39 Boarder Ladder Sound 11:07
40 Ladder Blunder Kill 11:12
41 No Merfolk No Players 11:26
42 Window Climb 11:40
43 Sail Speed in Chase 11:56
44 Identifying Emissaries 12:30
45 Check Your Map 12:45
46 Check Your Ship 12:54
47 Skill Reading 13:05
48 Turn off Your Lights 13:24
49 Look from the Cannon 13:34
50 (No Longer Works) Cover the Anchor 13:44
51 Practice Boarding 14:01
52 Bury Reper's Chests 14:14
53 Don't Put Kegs on Your Ship 14:19
54 Eat While Boarding 14:39
55 Portal Hop 15:01
56 Reloading at Outposts 15:42
57 Use Fort Towers to Your Advantage 15:49
58 Decoy Boarders 16:03
59 Ships Have Darker Silhouettes 16:18
60 Skele Ships vs Player Ships 16:26
61 Water vs Fire 16:52
62 Check for Emissaries 17:09
63 Don't Wear Glowy Things 17:20
64 Pets are a Dead Giveaway 17:32
65 Sloop Cloth Hide 17:44
66 Galleon Shelf Hide 18:04
67 Fort of the Damned Tower Hide 18:20
68 Crow's Nest Ladder Jump 18:33
69 Crow's Nest Wheel Jump 18:43
70 First Letter of Outpost NPC Names 18:53
71 Rowboat Supplies 19:12
72 Harpoon Loot in the Water 19:21
73 How to Handle a Chests of Rage 19:29
74 Use Distinct Features on Maps 19:47
75 Anchor Trick 20:14
76 Bucket Through the Grate 20:25
77 Merchant Crash Sell 20:37
78 Handbrake Turn 20:52
79 Harpoon Turn 21:02
80 Loot Running 21:12
81 Resetting Enemy Locations 21:36
82 Safe Harpoon Rowboat Transport 22:02
83 Harpoon Rowboat Sell 22:23
84 Looking for the Merfolk 22:36
85 Water Barrel Fast Refill 22:55
86 Reaper's Hideout Sell Spot 23:09
87 KILL THE SHROUDED GHOST 23:23
88 Grab Flames of Fate 23:33
89 Voyage Nautical Miles 23:40
90 Ancient Skeles 23:49
91 Just Push the Inspect Buttons 24:06
92 Mermaid Statue Music 24:14
93 Fighting Mermaid Statues 24:21
94 Shipwreck Chests 25:00
95 Shores of Gold Treacherous Plunder 25:12
96 Overpowered Sails 25:31
97 Ancient Spyglass 25:50
098 Merfolk's Lullaby Storm Map 26:07
099 Rare Thief Riddles 26:28
100 Subscribe! 26:44
101 Dig up Bait 27:01
102 Gold Rush Times 27:09
103 Swords in Storms 27:38
104 Set Skele Ship Cannoneers on Fire 27:48
105 Use Tridents Against Skele Lords 28:00

[@NorgeSquad]

You can also kill FoTD lights if you throw water at the skeleton lanterns. And same with the festival of the damned beacons

[@theisjepsen22]

Wait what? Got to try this

[@jerry4012]

Why would you want to turn the lanterns off?

[@smexysalami2406]

@@jerry4012 little bit of trolling

[@alexsherry1238]

@@smexysalami2406 Also could be fun if you're trying to steal to first have everyone grab a color then put those colors out. Skellies kill them, you sink their ship, then light the lanterns back up and finish it.

[@DaleWillFail]

What is "FoTD"

[@alexarmijo2321]

Tridents of dark tides break mermaid statues more quickly and with less hazard

[@TheWitherMaster]

I hadn't thought of that, guess I'm learning from this video too!

[@FancyHatProductions]

I have over 1k hours in SOT and didn't know about using the merm hitbox to cancel shark bite damage. That's gonna be stupid handy when there are too many to dodge. Thanks!

[@RedcubeYT]

Don't feel bad I have 3k+ hours and didn't know either

[@pixxelwizzard]

Dude, #12 is exactly what I needed to hear! As a solo slooper, the gold hoarder vaults are already difficult (only one person to solve & pick-up chests). The last vault I did I spent two hours picking up map pieces only to spend all my time pixel hunting for the 3rd medallion. Never did find it and made it out of there with just two seafarer chests. :(

[@Zlykin]

You can do it with zero medallions. Knowing that pillar 4 has the combination; also know that single chains are on pillar two and double chains are on pillar 3. Yarr, its the lock n key that makes me stop and have to look. If you ever figure out a tip for those, let me know! You should always be able to make out with the tribute chest, knowing you only need to try 4 times.

[@Peastable]

@@Zlykin finding 1 medallion is always pretty easy and will make it faster anyways. I’d say it’s probably better to just keep an eye out for at least one or two while dropping all the other treasure and then going from there.

[@NoESC]

I listen to guides and things daily on sea of thieves lately, and I've gotta say man... Your channel will grow bigggggg if you keep pushing homie. Much love for the tips and tricks 💙

[@TheWitherMaster]

Awww I really appreciate that, thank you ❤️

[@Leaga]

I learned from a few of these so in return here's a couple tips back. #37 when sword lunging skeletons, jump just as you release and look down. You can jump over the skeletons while still having your sword hit them. No more getting stopped by the first skeleton! Hurt all of them at once! #64 if your pet is potentially ruining your tuck, I forget the name of it but in the My Ship or My Crew menu where you can scuttle, there is an option to dismiss your pet.

[@moongoblinstudios8621]

This was insanely informative. And I preordered this game, have been playing ever since. Great job!

[@turmspitzewerk]

in regards to #6 at 2:52, this is super important for mouse players. with a mouse you have much finer control over your movements and you can easily make small adjustments with your wrist and big sweeping motions with your elbow. mouse players want to use one and only one sensitivity and stick with it, whichever you are comfortable with is fine. making all the sensitivities consistent means you can begin building strong muscle memory which is key to good aim. changing sensitivities by using different ADS modifiers, or DPI changing buttons, or mouse acceleration, or simply changing your actual sensitivity often greatly complicates things and makes it exceedingly difficult to build muscle memory. always make sure you try to use the exact same sensitivity across different games, disable mouse acceleration, enable raw input if your game supports it, and then stop messing around with it and start learning. this also probably applies to gyro aim players, but i don't have enough experience to say for sure. however, controller players do not have such luxuries. its hard to do anything other than broad sweeping motions in a single direction with a stick. controller players need a fast as fuck sensitivity while unscoped to turn around quickly, but then use a lower scoped sensitivity to make small adjustments. controller players are literally the entire reason aim down sights mechanics exist in shooter games as a compromise for their poor input controls, and controller players must make good use of the feature if they can. with that said, its probably best if you have all the different ADS sensitivities for all the different items be the same.

[@Elion1]

tip from a solo slooper. if theres a skelleton sloop coming for you and you want to take it down. remove your sail. make boat spin just a little bit. always shoot them under the waterline. done in like 2 minutes :3

[@svadai2548]

I solo sloop all the time, thanks for the tip.

[@fysics5375]

I solo sloop fleets, when facing a skelly galleon or sloop simply shoot fire at the top of the deck a couple of times, especially in the back. They will catch on fire and be unable to shoot cannons. Then keep all sails down and shoot bottom deck. Simply counter turn when you need and easy sinks. Anchor turn at end of waves

[@Elion1]

@@fysics5375 Thats a nice tip. thank you ^_^

[@Zlykin]

​@@fysics5375 solo slooper here as well. OoS fleet voyages is the first thing i usually do (free storage crates lmao) and skelly fleets are some of my favorite content. Sloops usually arent a hassle. Spread your cannons as best youre able. Theyres probably a point youre close enough to chuck a few firebombs by hand, you dont need to try and cannon them over. What you do want is to shoot a blunder every 2nd~3rd ball and knock around the skellies trying to repair. Galleons: all that and then the power move: harpoon it (get holes in it first; firebomb the cannon line by hand) and yeah, harpoon it. At that point, bucket your water on them. They cant bail. This will make you a real good bilge real fast. Now that its season 9, a skelly sloop is a free emissarry grade/loot, and now yall can take on galleys too. If you can solo a fleet you, can can somehwat pvp. If youre solo, you should rock blunder/sword and stay on the ship as much as possible. If youre helm, its usually blunder/snipe. And cannon/boarder goes with whatever they feel. I personally liked sword/flint and will do seaforts like that still. Its hard to board against sword/blunder. This is your safest bet. Then you try and fight a siren/shark🤣 The key is to use what you please. The question isnt what should you use; the question is what makes you deadly. Get in the habit of grabbing range if you know youre in water. Pirates life finally made me drop flint for snipe, not pvp. Take that how you please. If i were to ever double gun/tdm id have flint+snipe, but flint/sword is the way. Im done and sorry for essay. Im just trying to add to the tips here. All my lessons, up there. I was the 'screw you for sinking me' crybaby, and the difference between that and getting asked to carry in hourglass by the average sailor was pve fleets. Pirate legend is done, i run reaper and i dont run. I still voyage, level faction stash hoard, and live the pirate life. The game is super peaceful. Just mute, grab pink flame, do a sea fort. Its all meant to be a loop, and sinking/death isnt supposed to be the end. Fun challenge; solo a galleon and treat it like an uber. Do a figure 8, use your sail brakes as into wind rather than trying to raise if if youre just trying to turn. Then, commodity run/recruit like glitterbeard, but then start uber-ing voyages. Youll come out of that a better player. Its not about the gold. Its about the glory!

[@Zlykin]

Couple times my brain was faster than my thumbs, but its not too bad and i dont think its worth an edit. Edits make people question the message; yadayada.

[@Glare108]

Great video! It's always good to watch these, because even if they have mostly information that others have shared, here and there, someone else may know something different that is effective for your arsenal of knowledge.

[@onion15]

Thanks for this learned some things I didn’t not know before. And by the way congratulations on 5k!

[@infusedsync]

Keep making content like this and you will absolutely blow up first video I watch from you and its just straight to the point and it's great

[@An0neem00se]

Great Video and thanks for taking the time to categorise everything !

[@eskimogold3430]

That was a very useful video, even for me, who's been playing for quite a while. Thanks.

[@SaitamaStand]

W dude this help me progress so much man thank you genuinely

[@dylanoarkie4674]

just got this in my recommended. awsome vid!

[@ThatCoolGuy]

Dude, I've been trying to figure out why I'm a lightning rod for years! That makes so much sense with the sword. Thanks!

[@arpallo]

Thaks helped me a lot. Well made quality videos like these are what we need.

[@TheWitherMaster]

I'm glad you found it helpful!

[@KirasNote22]

Quality tips with a good tempo. Well done!

[@DavidLilley]

Congrats on the 5k and thanks for the tips. Definitely learned some helpful things.

[@-JackK2412]

Just started playing and watched this video. Very informative and useful advice (certainly for a new player). Overall awesome video, liked and subbed ✌🏻

[@-JackK2412]

As a new player, how do I acquire one of the resource storage chests? I need that method in my life lol

[@TheWitherMaster]

I'm glad it was helpful! And for the Storage Crates they can be purchased from any Merchant Alliance representative (the ones with the blue of yellow cloths on the docks of outposts) for 5000 gold, or they can be found washes up on the shores of most islands

[@-JackK2412]

@@TheWitherMaster Awesome, thanks again! Been playing with a friend and doing relatively well in trying to save for my first ship. The only issue I have is sailing solo... Get caught out by players a fair bit as I get tunnel vision digging for my quests etc lol 😆. All in all enjoying it though 👌🏻

[@YaBoyTimmy]

Great video thanks dude!

[@_fire_fox_1152]

Great video overall, the only one though that REALLY surprised me was tip #44 👍

[@daanharms1933]

Even though I have a lot of hours in the game, this vid still gave me a few tips! Amazing!

[@_UpxnNxReturn_]

#73 19:45 u can put the chest of rage ontop of one of the barrels and do the water method. It won’t go up a deck or boil the water.

[@JoNathonll2289]

My 9 year old son and I just started playing SOT together this video will be extremely helpful.

[@ViottWatches]

This is awesome, do you guys still play?

[@janosnagy1916]

I'm here watching this 10 months after release. He grew 7k Subs under 10 months? Well done man, keep up the grind!

[@Blu3r4bb1tking]

Yo bro nice vid! as an experienced player these would have been nice 3 years ago 😂 but great video, hope ur channel does well ❤

[@e-games8035]

this video was actually really usefull. i only have like 50 hrs in the game so im pretty new so thanx

[@TheWitherMaster]

I'm glad it was helpful!

[@luis3299]

Love your Videos Keep the good work up

[@TheWitherMaster]

Thanks! Will do!

[@HY115.]

Im two levels away in merchants before im pirate legend and theres so much in here i did not know great video

[@rogueparticle2829]

I like the harpoon row boat tips! 👍

[@metrixon11]

what a great video, thanks

[@lochlainrex5764]

Thanks that was really helpful 🙂

[@kalebjenkins2163]

Almost 1k hours with max reps, pretty good tips and a few new ones I didn't know about

[@_TheRandomChannel]

Great video, earned a sub

[@legion1te]

#29 (8:19) was simi useful to me as I had never timed them. Other than that, I knew everything. But I appreciate this video for those who don't know much with SoT.

[@scricks2102]

I’ve been playing SOT for a while, and still didn’t know about the infinite Run thing, thanks

[@andrewbruch5643]

Thankyou for this 🙏🏽

[@revivetosurvive3169]

thank you these are some rly useful tips !

[@devinwest1358]

Super excited for sea of thieves coming to ps5 this helps a lot thanks

[@gergogyorfi8619]

great video!

[@berghwilliam]

You can also cancel the meg by shooting it with a blunder at the last second, pretty useful if you don't have time to reload the cannon.

[@WingCross]

Dont know if this one was put out yet, but after killing an ashen lord, the skull they drop can be used as a flamethrower when holding and pressing your "shoot" button. The skull is pretty easy to identify since its alot larger and has a sort of breathing audio I think (plus it's got a fire effect inside of it)

[@stolenspace4932]

But the more you use it the cheaper it becomes. So it’s a double edged sword

[@ZacVaper]

@@stolenspace4932 Tru dat

[@perhaps88]

decreases the value by A LOT tho

[@darindeyoe1817]

Thank you for the tips. Fairly new to the game and even tips from other players was not as informative as this. Fortune to you!

[@TheWitherMaster]

I'm so glad it was helpful! Fortune to you as well!

[@Doomblud]

I truly hope they fix being able to put stuff on your anchor, such a dumb fucking strat

[@bostonatack2829]

This really helped me out I just got sea of thieves yesterday

[@TheWitherMaster]

I'm glad!

[@2dogsgaming]

great vid thank you

[@kbuggy7480]

Great Vid!

[@TheWitherMaster]

Thank you!

[@ksemanr]

so many tips and I already knew it all

[@dannykemper4784]

Thank you for this video, I just got the game Yesterday so I am still bad but this helps a lot.

[@NemTheFemme]

25:02 in my experience, it is also possible to out-shoot the mermaid statue’s healing solo with an eye of reach if you park your ship next to it or bring an ammo crate with you, it just takes a really long time, though it can help finish the job if you happen to be low on/run out of food

[@ned_bayou]

the mermaid one really helped

[@Coemson]

Nice vid bro

[@AnthonyLorenzen]

Earned my sub with this video! Appreciate all the time and energy you put into this. Keep up the great work! #DeadMenTellNoTales haha

[@iamapain5001]

Tip 93 mermade states are best with the trident of dark tides they can kill a ruby statue with a bit over half the tridents power

[@andrewhaberberger4903]

Your subs have doubled since this video released good job

[@persiansot]

great tips

[@IronGrenden]

Bro me and some bois just started playing again and this will help us back into the grind momentum

[@acidicdiamond]

Nice video

[@greysontaylor6763]

This was a lot of help. I got this game a week ago, and I am trying to become a pirate legend in 10 days. So, these tips will help me finish the final stretch. Also, I subscribed and keep up the great videos!

[@chillintrav]

9 days later. Did you get PL?

[@greysontaylor6763]

@@chillintrav yes

[@helloitsme4718]

Also if you’re cooking fish/food and want to know if it’s done listen for the pops. It sizzles while cooking but once ready it’ll pop. I like listening better cause I stress and second guess if it looks done.

[@user-lc7wz7hj8f]

Great video

[@TheWitherMaster]

Thank you!

[@ExcludedYT]

you know what the best tip was tip 100 100% fr fr

[@teddymortensen9609]

the water trick does work for the chest of rage but be careful for how long you leave it there the water will start to boil at some point

[@squakers9950]

If you don't want to park your boat so the ladder is easily accessible, you can jump and use the harpoon to quickly board a ship. I have only done this on a sloop, and it takes a bit of practice, but it is way more effective than the ladder.

[@Lily.Hiragashi]

19:56 also if you have something with you like a supply crate, trinket chest etc. you can bury it and then use the map you just got showing where that buried item is to figure out where you are on the island

[@blindbobappreciator6765]

24:20 No cap you really have to read this journal

[@RAiNfORAiNbOW]

why

[@blindbobappreciator6765]

@@RAiNfORAiNbOW It’s the best journal in the game

[@Sea23807]

Congrats on the 5k the next is 10!

[@TheElementalMaster]

I'd like to add something to your list. When cooking food, if you're having trouble telling if it's done, listen for it "spitting". I've found it 99% effective in telling if something is cooked or not. You can generally hear it all over your ship, except the Crow's Nest.

[@Code_Exodus]

There is a lock position key for harpoons as well. For PC it's usually the R key.

[@davidselfdevelopment]

congrats!

[@legobeylov7470]

#55 now you can dive to a new server which is nice to server hop from events to the actual mission. Remember to sell all loot (not storage) beforehand

[@xDemolitionDx]

Im new to SOT. Thank you for the tips! I want to learn as much as I can. Just hard when your a SOLO. Alos, I play on XSX

[@TheWitherMaster]

I'm happy to help! And solo sloop is definitely Sea of Thieves' hard mode, if you wanted to play with a crew but you're having trouble finding one, I would recommend checking out the new-swabbie-lfc (looking for crew) chat in the official Sea of Thieves Discord, there's tons of other players there looking for new people to play with all the time!

[@ophly8993]

19:48 It does work on brigs as well :)

[@headlessboogie]

You can also tell if you are in range of a volcanos in devils roar if the water is more white colored than usual

[@magicpyroninja]

Since you've hit the 5,000 Mark and you're doing 100 tips and tricks I will grade you harshly 👍

[@magicpyroninja]

The crew status tag and the fish name tag are automatically on you don't have to turn them on

[@magicpyroninja]

The kraken vacuuming attack if you attack the tentacle that's doing it you can get it to cancel it

[@magicpyroninja]

The skeletons on the ship will attack you on the ladder if they have guns doesn't happen very often but they do occasionally ladder guard

[@magicpyroninja]

Covering your capstan in loot is a double-edged sword cuz you can just as easily not catch it when they do manage to drop it on you. And if I see someone doing that I'll just kill them first and then drop the anchor

[@magicpyroninja]

If you want a portal hop properly you need to get yourself a saved checkpoint so that you don't have to wait 4 minutes for her to do a magic trick and open it for you you can open it on the fly and be gone as fast as possible

[@nicks3011]

Congrats on the 5k!! Well deserved

[@killfected7309]

You can also play music to an trapped snake and it will stop puking venom for a while

[@user-nu3xs9st8j]

with the sword lounge you can press block immediatly after and for some reason the exhausted animation is cancelled

[@Zlykin]

GOLD VAULTS: single chains are on pillar 2, double chaims are on pillar 3. That tip alone cut down my answer times by huge chunks. May your sails bring you fortune!

[@Ash_Marshall]

great video, very helpful, some tips I had to watch a couple of times because the mumble is strong with you.

[@gamingwithlacks]

I am kind of surprised at the amount of these tips I've managed to pick up on my own over my first 2 weeks of SoT

[@emraldxd6797]

For 24 if you hear a sorta ghosty sound followed by a horror crescendo, it also is a skelly ship. So have fun

[@DerpyDoesGames]

I managed to see a shrouded ghost within my first five hours of playing. But I didn’t know it was rare and just ran from the big shark

[@Blaze36312]

I'm sorry but I just don't believe that Shrouded ghost is the rarest thing in the game by far about a 0.00001% I think

[@magicpyroninja]

Ah the bunny rabbit cannons for those who hate peripheral vision when shooting at targets😅 0:35

[@cbdrawer9527]

For #47, a newer player, if not buying stuff from the Emporium, will usually have not default, but something cheap, usually to distinguish themselves, like a basic colored sail. People pretending to be new will have default ship cosmetics

[@tigresive9557]

so underrated. i subbed

[@jacko-lam2820]

Best youtuber for sot guides. Well deserved,10k next!

[@chrheca]

The difference between the T named characters is their gender. If you have a female name that starts with a T, like Tina, it's always a Tavern keep. If it's a male name, like Tim, it's a trinket vendor

[@matheushorstmann1816]

Another trick that I use when cooking anything is the sound it makes when its fully cooked. It makes a sound like pencil scribing on paper, its pretty noticeable.

[@TantePose]

Grats, fellow creator! Well deserved 😁

[@nesauk3835]

19:47 it works on all ship types, you can also put enough water so that it wouldn't even explode

[@justapotato4231]

if you do that then the water in the bottom of the ship can start to boil and hurt you whenever you go down there

[@nesauk3835]

@@justapotato4231 true

[@NorgeSquad]

@@justapotato4231 but if you put it on a barrel. Its harmless

[@mr.suppressor7750]

You can zoom in on maps by holding F while holding it up :)

[@nosoyagu9640]

I got a question, the key auto-move works for evade inactivity kick?

[@HalfWolf2]

I was lucky enough to end up getting an ancient skeleton after like 6 hours of total gameplay, luckily, he got stuck on a rock, huge boost towards me getting myself a nice pet and probably also the infinite depths weapon bundle

[@User74773]

I got the rarest tier of ancient skeleton in my first hour of playing, it gave around 500 ancient coins lol

[@magicpyroninja]

I found my lost shipments Captain's key about six feet up stuck in a tree on a small island

[@SethumM]

gg

[@mr.suppressor7750]

It takes about slightly less than 4 tridents to kill a Ashen Lord, but just grab 4 so you have some room to miss :)

[@ZacVaper]

That depends on how many are in your crew....

[@mr.suppressor7750]

yes this is for a 1-2 person sloop

[@beepduck]

listening to this video while playing sonic wave in geometry dash🔥🔥