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Rare launched Sea of Thieves Season 21 on September 17, 2026, coinciding with a free play weekend and Talk Like a Pirate Day celebrations. The update introduces new social features, a refreshed season pass, and significant improvements to the Custom Seas mode, including a new layout saving system. A Microsoft Rewards sweepstakes offers a custom Xbox Series X as a top prize.
Sea of Thieves Season 20 adds Custom Seas, a private sandbox with creator tools to control spawns, time of day, weapon loadouts, and even enemy and treasure summons, supporting up to 24 players per crew. A Silver-based scoring system lets you set win conditions and rewards, while new game modes and a Free Camera enable cinematic viewing; a revamped Season Pass and events like Community Weekend and Bilge Rats Weekender complete the update.
Season 20 introduces Custom Seas, a standalone Sea of Thieves lobby mode for up to 24 players across six crews, plus a full toolkit (Free Cam, crew/ship customization, creature spawns, fast travel, item spawning, and a new Command Menu) to design and host user-made modes like team deathmatch, boat races, or monster hunts. Gold can’t be earned in Custom Seas, but silver is used for in-lobby scoring and a configurable scoreboard. Players can visit legendary locations (Old Sailor Isle, Tribute Peak, Glorious Sea Dog Taverns, Damned Sea Dog Tavern) and access the map via a Quick Command Menu (Free Cam, Fly, Quick Sail, Quick Spawn). The update also adds three new achievements and a host of lobby presets to jump-start creativity.