One of the joys ofSea of Thievesis how it replicates the childhood fantasy of being a pirate, being able to sail the seaswhile solving riddles to locate buried lootand treasure. It’s fair to say that developer Rare is quite skilled at crafting its in-game scavenger hunts, and now it turns out it’s just as good at making them in real-life too.
Back in November, a father by the name of Trent tweeted at the official accounts for Rare andSea of Thieves, asking if they could help him make a similar treasure hunt for his six-year old son, who is a massive fan of the game, to the point where he apparently goes looking for treasure whenever they take a hike.
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Speaking with GamesRadar, due to the lockdown brought about by the coronavirus pandemic, Trent’s son was isolated from his friends and could only really spend time with other kids online via virtual schooling. Trent had already bought a treasure box to bury but wished for assistance with coming up with the riddles to lead to it, similar toSea of Thieves.
More recently, it transpired that Rare did get back to him and the studio’s own Gregg Mayles and Mike Chapman came up with some riddles based on locations around Trent and his son’s home in Madison, Wisconsin. Trent sent information about the locations to them and they sent back not just a box of riddles to hide at each step of the hunt but also loot for Trent’s son.
Specifically, it was a goodies bag containing a special edition Xbox controller, a beanie, a pirate mug, theSea of Thievesrole-playing game (not to be confused withthe Monopoly setRare is selling on its website), and a signed letter from Mayles and Chapman. Judging by the video shared online, Trent’s son seems more than happy with how it turned out.
Recently, Rare has been making some major changes to the game itself. The main one being thenew seasonal content structure, which works similarly to games likeFortniteandApex Legends, where each season has 100 levels of progression to play through, which will unlock more content like cosmetics and such. The first season kicked off only last week.
Rare has alsoremoved voice and text chat from the game’s multiplayer Arena modedue to a rise in toxic behavior. Rare hopes that its removal will help prevent such toxicity, though players that are part of the same crew can still communicate with each other.
Sea of Thievesis available on PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
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