As we stroll gamely into month two of Sea of Thieves’ extremely long-delayed Season 10, Rare has announced that the second of its three big tentpole features – the new PvP-focused Skull of the Siren Song voyage – will arrive next Thursday, 16th November.
The Skull of the Siren Song provides a more action-orientated addition to Rare’s piratical multiplayer adventure following the introduction of Guilds last month, essentially unfolding as an opt-in server-wide race to find the titular jewel-encrusted treasure.
Crews can choose to join the new voyage whenever a ghostly note randomly appears on their ship’s mast during play. Once a sufficient number of teams are signed up, Captain Briggsy materialises to hand them all two maps – one pointing to a chest containing the fabled skull, the other to the key required to open it – whereupon a messy dash to retrieve them both ensues. But there’s a little more mischief still to come once the cursed skull has been found: the ship attempting to transport it will have its speed significantly reduced, meaning it’s likely to change hands a number of times before one dedicated crew manages to cash it in at an outpost.
As detailed in Rare’s latest developer video, next week’s update will also include adjustments to make Guild progress a little less of a grind, a redesigned hit marker and a new kill marker, new outpost cosmetics, and new premium cosmetics in the Pirate Emporium – which is having a Black Friday sale from 24th November to 4th December.