Following investigation, the team found an issue causing crews to become stuck indefinitely in matchmaking tunnels, leading to excessive wait times when diving to Last Ship Standing. We've made improvements behind the scenes in the live game, but are watching the data in case more needs to be done.

The team are aware of an issue where the Bilge Rats Weekender challenge list appears to be empty - this is purely a visual bug and tasks can still be completed: see the image below for the list (it's the same for all players). This issue will not be fixed during this Event.

We are aware that the Obsidian Captain's Curtains, available through generous donations to Special Effect, are currently displaying the wrong design when applied to a ship. The team are aware and a fix will be rolled out as soon as possible.

The earlier issues with players experiencing Kiwibeard errors appear to be resolved and players should now be able to launch the game as normal. If you continue to experience any issues with launching the game, please raise a support request.

We are aware of some players experiencing Kiwibeards when launching the game. The team is investigating and we will post an update as soon as we have more information. Thank you for your patience.

The team are aware of a current issue with matchmaking. We are investigating and will update once it is resolved. Until then, please be aware that you could experience a delay accessing the game, and some players may be unable to get in. Thank you for your patience.

The team is aware that the Crasher of Caches Commendation is not tracking correctly for all pirates. The team is working on a fix, but please be advised that, for those affected, progress towards this Commendation may not be tracked until a fix has rolled out. More updates soon.

The team are aware of a current issue with matchmaking. We are investigating and will update once it is resolved. Until then, please be aware that you could experience a delay accessing the game, and some players may be unable to get in. Thank you for your patience.

After investigation, we can confirm that the Wrecker of Reaper Fortresses Commendation is not tracking correctly. The team is hard at work on a fix, but please be advised that progress towards this Commendation may not be tracked until the fix has rolled out. More updates soon.

The team are aware of a current issue with matchmaking. We are investigating and will update once it is resolved. Until then, please be aware that you could experience a delay accessing the game, and some players may be unable to get in. Thank you for your patience.

We're aware that some players are reporting gold and reputation gain not displaying correctly when cashing in loot along with reports of delays in gold, reputation and commendations being awarded. We are investigating and will update as soon as we have more information. Thank you for your patience!

The issues with Charcoalbeards, tunnel migration and matchmaking appear to be resolved. Players should be able to resume play as normal. If you continue to experience issues matchmaking or accessing the game, be sure to raise a support request.

We are aware of some players experiencing a Charcoalbeard error when joining a game and also are aware of a current issue with tunnel migrations and matchmaking. We are investigating and will update as soon as we have more information. Thank you for your patience while we resolve this.

The issues with Weaselbeards and Hazelnutbeards appear to be resolved and players should be able to resume play as normal. If you continue to experience any issues with getting into the game, be sure to raise a support request

We are aware of some players experiencing Weaselbeards and Hazelnutbeards. We are investigating and will update as soon as we have more information. Thank you for your patience while we resolve this.

Thank you, eagle-eyed pirates: we've adjusted the Season 17 Community Weekend Community Spirit Goal to the correct target of 100,000 World Events, and you should see this reflected in-game imminently!

The issues with rewards appear to be resolved and players should be able to receive them as normal. If you continue to experience any issues with getting into the game, be sure to raise a support request: support.seaofthieves.com

The team are aware of a current issue with matchmaking. We are investigating and will update once it is resolved. Until then, please be aware that you could experience a delay accessing the game, and some players may be unable to get in. Thank you for your patience.

We're aware that some players are reporting delays in receiving gold and reputation when cashing in loot. This is currently being investigated - expect an update from us as soon as we have more information. Thanks for your patience!

The issues with rewards appear to be resolved and players should be able to receive them as normal. If you continue to experience any issues with getting into the game, be sure to raise a support request: support.seaofthieves.com

We're aware that some players are reporting delays in receiving gold and reputation when cashing in loot. This is currently being investigated - expect an update from us as soon as we have more information. Thanks for your patience!

Investigation of players experiencing cyanbeard errors continues. Thank you for your patience while the xbox engineers work. bit.ly/4klvQmU

We are aware of some players occasionally experiencing Cyanbeard. We are investigating and will update as soon as we have more information. Thank you for your patience while we resolve this.

We are aware of some players experiencing a Marblebeard and Allmondbeard error(s) when joining a game. We are investigating and will update as soon as we have more information. Thank you for your patience while we resolve this.

We're aware that some players are receiving Bluebeard errors. This is happening when players are attempting to join crews on older servers. To mitigate this issue, we advise that you and your crew log out and log back into the game to start a new session.

The issues with logging in appear to be resolved and players should be able to join the game as normal. If you continue to experience any issues with getting into the game, be sure to raise a support request.

The team are aware of a current issue with matchmaking. We are investigating and will update once it is resolved. Until then, please be aware that you could experience a delay accessing the game, and some players may be unable to get in. Thank you for your patience.

Investigations into Hourglass migration issues are ongoing, and we will provide an update as soon as we can. We are also looking into reported concerns around diving to some Voyages, and advise for now that players sail rather than dive to any Limited Voyages currently available.

Alongside the temporary hold on diving via the War Map, the Kraken has been returned to its prior position in World Event rotation for now to mitigate spawn frequency issues. For more details, read this State of Play post on our official Forums: www.seaofthieves.com/community/fo...

Sea of Thieves is back online, but please note that use of the War Map for diving to Faction battles is temporarily disabled while we work on a solution for the long loading times. Until this is resolved, voting to dive to a battle will see players returned to an Outpost.

Apologies pirates, the Sea of Thieves servers have been taken offline for emergency maintenance to disable Hourglass dives and make further adjustments to the Kraken's spawn rate. We'll let you know as soon as it's safe to set sail again.

The team are aware of issues with load times when diving to activities, as well as supplies in jettisoned barrels sometimes being inaccessible following last week's update. We're aiming to deliver a hotfix this week covering these points and more, and will provide an update asap.

The issues with Lightbeigebeard appear to be resolved and players should be able to set sail as normal. If you continue to experience any issues with getting into the game, be sure to raise a support request: support.seaofthieves.com

We are aware of some players experiencing a Lightbeigebeard error when joining a game. We are investigating and will update as soon as we have more information. Thank you for your patience while we resolve this.

The team are aware of a current issue with matchmaking. We are investigating and will update once it is resolved. Until then, please be aware that you could experience delays or failures when diving to Voyages or engaging in Hourglass matchmaking. Thank you for your patience.

The team are aware that some permanently banned players were temporarily able to enter the game following today’s update. This was a byproduct of the changeover to our new enforcement tooling – these historical bans still apply and are now once again in effect.

We're aware that players are experiencing issues with diving to Voyages. If you're planning on doing the Mega Stashes event this weekend, please be aware that there may be longer wait times to dive to an active Fort, and we'd encourage players to find Forts organically to minimise disruption.

We're aware that some players are reporting delays in receiving gold and reputation when cashing in loot. This is currently being investigated - expect an update from us as soon as we have more information. Thanks for your patience.

The team are aware that some players are reporting delays in receiving gold and reputation when cashing in loot as well as a current issue with matchmaking. This is currently being investigated - expect an update from us as soon as we have more information. Thanks for your patience.

These issues appear to be resolved and players should now be able to sail as normal. We are aware that some players may not have received rewards while these issues were occurring and our team is continuing to investigate this.

While the team have seen some improvements to players being unable to access Sea of Thieves, we are still investigating reports. In-game players should relog if you are continuing to encounter any issues. Thank you for your patience.

The team are aware that players are reporting delays in receiving gold and reputation when cashing in loot as well as a current issue with matchmaking. We are investigating and will update once it is resolved. Please be aware that you could experience a delay accessing the game.

Please note that the work to adjust players’ Hunter's Call reputation levels following the changes made to last month's release is still ongoing, and not part of today's release as suggested by the latest Dev Update. We'll provide more news on this once we have an ETA.

We have been made aware of an issue around duplicating hunting spears. While investigations take place to fix this, please be aware that hunting spears will be temporarily adjusted to only grant minimal gold, reputation and renown when sold.

To address an exploit, the Anniversary Event's Ancient Coin reward has been disabled for new pirates and anyone who hasn't played Sea of Thieves since March 14th, 11am UTC. Once the Event has ended, we will apply this reward to all pirates who sailed between March 14th and 24th.

Season 15 Community Weekend login bonuses are no longer mistakenly being distributed early, and will be given out as intended during Community Weekend, from March 22nd-24th (11am UTC). We won't be removing them from pirates lucky enough to receive them early – happy anniversary!

While the team have seen some improvements to players being unable to access Sea of Thieves on the Xbox and Windows Store, we are still investigating reports. Thank you for your patience.

We are aware some players are currently unable to access Sea of Thieves on Xbox and Windows Store. The team are currently rectifying this issue and it should be resolved in the next few hours.

We're aware that some players are reporting issues receiving gold, reputation and Commendations, with possible further impacts to gameplay progression. Players encountering these issues are advised to start a new session while we continue our investigation. Thanks for your patience.

We are aware of exploits currently being used by some players to advance their Hunter’s Call reputation at an unfairly accelerated rate. Please be assured that we are working on resolutions for this to be implemented soon, which will impact players exhibiting this behaviour.