3.8.2|Aug 20, 2026

Sea of Thieves Release Notes – 3.8.2

4/5 Significant

Custom Seas expands with the Seas of Sailor’s Grave battleground and powerful new sandbox commands, while Faction Battle winners now receive automatic ship repairs.

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Key Changes

1Ships are now fully repaired automatically upon winning a Faction Battle
2Added Seas of Sailor’s Grave as a new Legendary Location for Custom Seas
3New Custom Seas commands: Invulnerability, Ship Repair, and Hide Pirate
4Weapon Damage in Custom Seas can now be set to negative values to heal allies
5Big Ship, Little Ship event introduces Sloop-only matchmaking servers
6Silver Coin weapon set added to Outpost shops for gold
7Rowboat server limit increased to 24 with new Cannon and Harpoon variants
8Fixed a major bug where bailed water would incorrectly return to the ship
9Added PC Streaming Detection to automatically suggest Streamer Mode settings
10Stability improvements to resolve PS5 invite crashes and Glassbeard errors

All Changes

🛠️Custom Seas(22)

newSeas of Sailor’s Grave: Added Seas of Sailor’s Grave as a new Legendary Location for Last Ship Standing battles
newHide Pirate: Added Hide Pirate quick command to toggle player visibility
newInvulnerability: Added Invulnerability quick command for players
newShip Invulnerability: Added Ship Invulnerability quick command to prevent all ship damage
newRepair Ship: Added Repair Ship quick command to fully restore ship health
newReset Supplies: Added Reset Supplies command to restore ship barrels to starting loadouts
newDestroy Treasures: Added Destroy Treasures command to remove all items in a large area
buffRowboats: Players can now spawn Cannon, Harpoon, and Reaper’s Bones Rowboats
buffRowboats: Increased server limit for Rowboats to 24 active units
newOrder of Bone and Blade Skeletons: Added Order of Bone and Blade Skeletons to Spawn Creatures menu; can be allied after being downed and revived
newSkeleton Lords: Added The Mutinous Helmsman, The Two-Faced Scoundrel, and The Duchess to Skeleton Lord spawning
changeSpawn Creatures: Added nameplates to all creatures summoned via the Spawn Creatures menu
newSpawn Treasures: Added Tall Tales category to Spawn Treasures including Shores of Gold and Ashen Age items
newSpawn Treasures: Added Lighthouse Logs and Smugglers’ Heist Paintings to treasure spawning
newSkip Ferry of the Damned: Added Skip Ferry of the Damned switch to control respawn flow
newReviving: Added Reviving switch to toggle crewmate revival ability
newSkip Downed State: Added Skip Downed State switch for immediate respawning
newWeapon Damage: Added Weapon Damage control; negative values now allow weapons to heal players or creatures
newCustom Ship Supplies: Added Custom Ship Supplies for fine-grained control over starting barrel resources
newUnarmed Weapon Loadout: Added Unarmed weapon loadout override for primary or secondary slots
fixFree Camera: Free Camera settings are now saved between sessions
newJoin Code Protection: Added Join Code Protection to copy codes without revealing them on stream

⚔️Gameplay Improvements(2)

buffFaction Battles: Ships are now fully repaired automatically upon winning a Faction Battle
newStreamer Mode: Added PC Streaming Detection to notify players and suggest Streamer Mode settings

📅Events(4)

newBig Ship, Little Ship: Big Ship, Little Ship (Aug 20–24): Sloops matchmake exclusively with other Sloops
buffRenown Rally: Season 20 Renown Rally (Sep 4–7): All Renown earnings are doubled
changeBilge Rats Weekender: Bilge Rats Weekender (Sep 11–14): Ashen Expeditions return with quiet volcanoes and increased gold/rep
newBlack Market: Added 9 new cosmetic items to the Black Market and Smugglers’ Market for Doubloons

💰Outpost Cosmetics(2)

newSilver Coin Weapons: Added Silver Coin weapon set (8 weapons) available for gold at weaponsmiths
newCommunity Collaboration Set: Added Community Collaboration Hull, Sails, and Flag

💎Pirate Emporium(4)

newSunlit Sepulchre Set: Added Sunlit Sepulchre Ship Collection, Weapon Bundle, and Clothing
newGhostly Curse Fox: Added Ghostly Curse Fox pet for Pirate Legends
changeWing Flap Emote: Wing Flap Emote has returned as a free item
fixPirate Emporium: Optimized 'Browse All' view with image caching to reduce loading times

🐛Bug Fixes(12)

fixBailing: Fixed an issue where water bailed from a bucket would return to the ship after interacting with ship parts
fixGrapple Gun: Grapple Guns can no longer pull items through ship grates or the brig
fixShores of Gold: Fixed an exploit in 'Shores of Gold' allowing repeated Gold Hoarder battles via Grapple Gun
fixCannons: Fixed an issue preventing two pirates from occupying the same cannon simultaneously
fixCargo Runs: Merchant Cargo Runs now correctly progress Pirate and Ship Milestones
fixHunting Spear: Fixed Hunting Spear duplication exploit when loading into cannons
fixFire Damage: Fixed fire immunity bug when returning to High Seas from a Tall Tale
fixBlowpipe: Fixed Blowpipe reload animations and ammo indicators when switching dart types quickly
fixDiving: Crews diving to Voyages will no longer collide with sea rocks upon surfacing
fixStability: Fixed a crash occurring when joining a session via PS5 invite
fixStability: Resolved 'Glassbeard' errors when switching Pirate Profiles for Faction Battles
fixStability: Fixed indefinite 'Finding Crew Ledger' hang when joining a new session

Summary

Update 3.8.2 introduces a massive expansion to the Custom Seas sandbox, headlined by the Seas of Sailor’s Grave legendary location and a suite of new administrative tools including invulnerability, ship repair commands, and the ability to spawn Skeleton Lords. PvP players receive a significant quality-of-life buff with automatic ship repairs upon winning Faction Battles. The update also kicks off several limited-time events, including the Sloop-only matchmaking trial 'Big Ship, Little Ship,' and adds the Silver Coin weapon set to Outpost shops.

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