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Sea Of Thieves explores the Sunken Kingdom in new season todayDarling it’s better down where it’s wetter
Darling it’s better down where it’s wetter
A Deep Dive into the Sunken Kingdom: Sea of Thieves Season FourWatch on YouTube
A Deep Dive into the Sunken Kingdom: Sea of Thieves Season Four
So, Shrines are the gentler addition for people who’d rather not fuss with the game’s still-really-quite-boring combat. Six different Shrines are scattered around the map and yup, they are helpfully marked. That’s good. Some are focused around solving puzzles or navigating the environment, though some will have fisticuffs.
“You’ve got these huge structures within the Sunken Kingdom, which you must go down and explore all the different nooks and crannies for hidden treasure and secrets,” senior environment artist James Crosbie explained. “This is going to be a real treat for those who are really interested in the lore and the untold stories of both the merfolk and the Ancients.”
Treasuries are the murder option, combat arenas to give seafolk a sound kicking then yoink their stuff. Treasuries will also always be marked on your map but are not always active. If a big purple swirly hangs over the waves above a Treasury, and the coral is lit up, you’ll be able to go in and give folks a good kicking. Kill them all and the vault opens for you to grab Coral Treasures.
“InA Pirate’s Lifewe created these two new awesome AI types in the Ocean Crawlers and the Sirens,” game designer Ryan Hall said. “And then this was a place where we could really show off those AI types in an arena-like environment.”
Other noteworthy additions include another 100 seasonal levels of rewards, an option to have the game narrate your compass direction when sailing or holding a compass, and an option to disable Disney’s copyrighted audio so Twitch doesn’t explode your stream. But more important than all that: it’s added a bind to swim directly upwards, which defaults to holding the space bar or the A button on a controller. As a pirate who gets extremely lost inside sunken shipwrecks, I am very grateful for this.
See theseason pageandrelease notesfor more on the newness.
