How to buy and customize ships in Sea of Thieves

The newest season of Sea of Thieves is here to take you back to your favorite swashbuckling adventure world. And whether that means you're checking out the series for the first time or you're having trouble remembering everything from the last time you played, you're probably aware that you'll need a ship to find a transport your booty around. Here's how to get a ship in Sea of Thieves as well as customize it to your liking.

Difficulty

Moderate

Duration

20 minutes

What You Need

Xbox or PC
250,000 to 500,000 gold in Sea of Thieves

How to buy a ship in Sea of Thieves

Buying your ship or ships comes first. Initially, you can only own one of each of the Sloop-, Brigantine-, and Galleon-class ships. These are sailed by crews of up to two, three, and four respectively, so which vessel you purchase first will depend on the size of your typical group. The ships aren’t cheap, ranging from 250,000 gold for the sloop up to a whopping 500,000 for the galleon. New pirates may need to spend some time at sea before being able to drop that kind of coin.

Step 1: Launch Sea of Thieves and advance past the opening cinematic to the main menu. From here, select the Play option.

Step 2: Next, select either Adventure or A pirate’s life to reach the ship-selection screen.

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Step 3: Choose My ships from the center of the screen.

Step 4: Select Purchase ship.

Step 5: Choose which type of ship you wish to buy.

Step 6: Name your ship. Note the name has to be fewer than 20 characters, cannot begin or end with a space, and cannot contain numbers or certain special characters. Also, certain inappropriate or offensive words are illegal — this is a family-friendly game of murder and robbery upon the sea!

Step 7: Confirm the purchase, and the ship is yours! Now, any time you log in, you can launch this or any other purchased ships.