Sea of Thieves developer Rare has officially launched Cursed Sails, the game’s second major content expansion. Much like the previously released Hungering Deep expansion, Cursed Sails is entirely free for all Sea of Thieves players, and those who hop in now can participate in a limited-time event that ties into what is perhaps the expansion’s biggest new feature: AI-controlled Skeleton Ships.
You can find the full release notes for the Cursed Sails expansion here. Along with the new Skeleton Ships, the expansion’s major highlights include the new Brigantine ship type that can be effectively piloted by a crew of three players, a new player alliances system that allows multiple player crews to work together in an official capacity, and a new limited-time story event which involves battling against the new skeleton threat and ultimately figuring out why the seas are suddenly populated with skeleton-crewed (literally) ships.
Other minor additions include several new cosmetic item sets (including a cool-looking Ghost Ship set that’s only available to Pirate Legend players), new hair style and hair dye options, new earnable commendations and Bilge Rat titles, and a game-wide price reduction for all shopkeeper goods that’s in effect for the entire duration of the Cursed Sails story event. Sadly, the expansion has also come with a new series of bugs and other issues, and while Rare sorts out the performance problems Skeleton Forts and the Kraken have been temporarily disabled.
Now that Cursed Sails is live, the next major expansion that Sea of Thieves players can look forward to is the Forsaken Shores expansion that’s set to arrive sometime in September. Among other things, Forsaken Shores will add in a fiery new region called Devil’s Roar, a region that will reportedly be made up of three smaller sub-regions.