Making money in Sea Of Thieves is vital. Luckily there are some easy ways to get gold quickly. One of the main aspects of being a true pirate is the love for gold. Every pirate wants it and when it comes to Sea of Thieves, every pirate needs it. From cosmetics to pets to weapons, most elements of this open-world game require money. The only issue is it can be incredibly tedious to get hold of.
Sea Of Thieves: The Best Emissaries
Emissary flags can be the difference in getting great loot while growing a reputation and becoming a Pirate Legend, but what are the best flags?
So, if a player is looking for a new cannon or a new peg-leg then they often need upwards of a million gold. Gathering this amount of money can seem relatively daunting and time-consuming. However, with certain tips, tricks, and battles, any player will be able to get some treasure that will happily grant them the gold to make them feel like a pirate.
Updated June 4th, 2024, by Gemma Johnson: As players might expect from any pirate experience, Sea of Thieves is a sandbox adventure game that lets players acquire gold, and lots of it. There are numerous ways to make money in Sea of Thieves as the vital principle of any wannabe pirate. However, there are undoubtedly better and faster ways to earn gold in Sea of Thieves over others, with some methods carrying greater risks. Some of the best ways to make money in Sea of Thieves revolve around activities like becoming an Emissary and stacking treasure. Players looking to make the most money in Sea of Thieves will need to weigh up the risks of each option as the game continues to evolve and give players more tools to help them on their journey to gold and glory. This article adds two new modern methods for earning gold in Sea of Thieves, in line with the game's current meta.
Seek The Skull Of Siren Song
High Risk, Large Gold Reward
While sometimes challenging to obtain through Sea of Thieves' PVP, the Skull of Siren Song is worth a whopping 50,000 Gold when cashed in with Captain Briggsy, and doesn't lose its value when used as a weapon. However, when no one else is taking part, it's a way to make a decent amount of money in one go.
It can take time to retrieve the key and chest, so it’s not necessarily the fastest or safest method with the added risk of other pirates getting involved, effectively making the player a target, and sailing a slow-moving ship with the skull on board. However, players can quickly start the voyage from the note pinned to their ship's mast, and the large reward is often be worth the risk.
Stack And Sell Valuable Athena's Treasure
Get More Gold From High-Value Treasure Like The Chest Of Legends
Players who have reached Pirate Legend status can take advantage by seeking out high-value treasures such as Athena's Fortune Treasure. This includes high-value Athena Chests such as the Chest of Legends, worth up to 11,000 gold at base value, and the Ashen Chest of Legends, worth up to 15,000 gold. Some Athena Relics are fairly valuable, but players can also look out for Cursed Treasure Chests through Athena voyages like the Chest of Everlasting Sorrow, worth around 7,000 gold. Of course, like other types of treasure, their value increases substantially when sailing with a high Emissary grade.
Sea Of Thieves: Best Weapons, Ranked
The combat in Sea of Thieves can seem simple but it actually carries many nuances and each weapon has a learning curve, but which ones are the best?
Players should be aware that the Chest of Legends sometimes moves locations, with it currently residing with the Fleet of Fortune instead of its usual Fort vault location.
Emissary Flag
A Fast Track Way To Making More Money
Emissary Flags aren't exactly a new addition to Sea of Thieves but give big rewards. However, some players are hesitant to use them due to the idea that the crew becomes a bit of a target after sailing around with a grade five flag.
Any player who wants to make money in Sea of Thieves should always have an Emissary Flag up when completing voyages or tasks for the various Trading Companies in Sea of Thieves. The flag grade increases quickly for a bigger, multiplicative reward on loot when sold back to the Trading Company represented. The bonuses are as follows:
Grade 1 | 0 Bonus |
Grade 2 | 33% bonus on gold and reputation |
Grade 3 | 67% bonus on gold and reputation |
Grade 4 | 100% bonus on gold and reputation |
Grade 5 | 150% bonus on gold and reputation |
These are the best Trading Companies to represent are:
- Gold Hoarders
- Reapers (although this will leave the ship marked on the map)
- Merchants Alliance
- Order Of Souls
Stealing Emissary Flags & Captain Log Books
Get More Gold From The Reapers
If a player's a bit of a chaotic pirate, they can steal a flag from an unsuspecting ship when sunk and sell it to the Servant of the Flame at the Reaper's Hideout. Doing this grants them a relatively good reward depending on the grade of the flag. It's best to do this with a high-grade flag on the ship so all the stolen loot will get a hefty bonus.
Sea of Thieves' Captaincy update from Season 7 also enables players to sell Captain's Log Books to the Reapers, so it's worth keeping an eye on the waters for the floating books of captained ships plus rogue loot, as some can be highly valuable.
Gold Hoarder Vaults
A Massive Treasure Hoard For Maximum Profits
One of the best quests to complete for fast gold is the Gold Hoarder's vault voyage with the Gold Hoarder's Emissary Flag raised.
The 24 Rarest Items In Sea Of Thieves (& How To Get Them)
Sea of Thieves is full of amazing and unique items players can get their hands on. Here's how you can find the rarest among them.
Together, the crew sails the seas and deciphers clues in search of a hidden vault. The voyage includes intense map reading and puzzles topped off with a frantic stripping of the vault before the door shuts. It's a fun voyage to complete and gives the crew a few good emissary grades depending on the length of the job plus a plethora of chests, ornate treasures, and gold for their time.
Lost Shipment Voyages
Gain Stacks Of Sunken Treasure And Merchant Manifests
Lost shipment voyages while representing the Merchant's Alliance are the perfect way to make a lot of money relatively quickly. It's almost a guarantee that one go at this voyage will give the crew a grade-five flag and a multitude of treasures to sell after.
Grab the Merchant Alliance Emissary Flag and accept the lost shipment voyage quest. It takes the player along a puzzle-solving journey to find the sunken ship packed with lost treasures. After finding the Captain's Key and the Manifest, players will find a tidy sum of treasure to sell. Make sure to pick up and sell the Manifest to the Merchant's alliance last, before the flag, because that brings in a tidy sum.
PVP And PVE Pickings
Stack Treasure For More Gold Through PVP Or PVE Ship Battles
Of course, nothing says grabbing a lot of loot like taking it off another player's ship. It's high-risk, but more often than not, yields a high reward if the correct ship is selected and the crew is strong and organized enough to do some quick and devastating damage. It's something that will be risky, but any ship with an Emissary Flag, especially Reapers, will be worth a considerable amount in gold, and will increase the crew's reputation dramatically. Just remember that the crew will probably have a bit of a chip on their shoulder for the rest of the game, so keep an eye out and sell up quickly.
There's also gold to earn by seeking out and sinking PVE pirate ships randomly or through Trading Company voyages, with often higher value treasure items to cash in, like Skeleton Captain Chests or ghostly treasure items, which tend to be worth more money.
Skeleton Forts For A Bountiful Reward
Earn More Money Through Some Of The Highest Value Loot
Along with a multitude of different Sea of Thieves world events, forts are a great way to get some gold while straying away from the quests and voyages, such as the Fort of Fortune, which is often challenging. Simply head towards the floating green skulls in the sky and the ship should sail near a skeleton fort. Orange means someone is already fighting them.
12 Secrets In Sea Of Thieves Most Players Still Haven't Found
Rare's Sea of Thieves has been out for a while, but there are plenty of secrets and treasures that many pirates have yet to discover.
Skeleton forts require the crew to defeat waves of skeletons including bosses. It's a real challenge but once that wave has been completed, along with the skulls some skeletons drop, there will be a valuable vault for the crew to loot. Just watch out for other players trying to get involved.
Sea Forts For Fast Gold
One Of The Fastest Ways To Make Money In Sea Of Thieves
One of the fastest ways to earn gold is to complete 1 or more of the 6 Sea of ThievesSea Fort raids added to the game in Season 6. These forts are particularly helpful for solo players as they are short and not too challenging. They give players a sizable ghostly treasure haul behind 2 locked doors, including randomized chests and skulls, albeit not as much treasure as found in Gold Hoarder vaults.
It's worth players raising an Emissary Flag such as the Gold Hoarder's or Order of Souls Flag and completing multiple forts in a single session for maximum, quick loot.
Siren Treasuries
Stack Treasure Underwater Away From Other Players
Sometimes overlooked by players, Siren Treasuries are a pretty quick way of earning up to approximately 20 items of treasure, including the Chest of Ancient Tributes, which has a decent price tag for a chest.
There are 3 Treasuries in total, including Sea of Thieves' Treasury of Secret Wilds, so it's worth teaming up in a crew to sail to each one for a quick haul to battle the waves of enemies, remembering the difficulty adjusts according to crew size. Siren Shrines are often a bit more challenging and time-consuming in comparison, so players who are short on time may find the Treasuries preferable.
Seek Reaper's Bounty Treasure
Get And Sell High-Value Reaper Chests
One of the most valuable items in the game is the Reaper's Bounty Treasure Chest, which can be worth a massive 10,000 gold coins or more when sold at the Reaper's Hideout, with sailing as a Reaper Emissary at a high grade increasing its value.
It's risky business possessing a Reaper's Chest in Sea of Thieves, as players' location becomes visible to others on the map, so players are likely to become a magnet for PVP attacks. It's also a game of chance whether a Reaper's Chest spawns. Despite this, the reward can be worth the risks.
Sea of Thieves
- Platform(s)
- Xbox Series X , Xbox Series S , Xbox One , PC
- Released
- March 20, 2018
- Developer(s)
- Rare
- Publisher(s)
- Microsoft Game Studios
- Genre(s)
- Adventure
