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Captain McGuffin
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Captain of the Plundering Phoenix | Boatswain ⭐| 🔍 Head of the Forensics Department at Ancient Isles University | Guardian member at Sea of Thieves Portugal | Profile pic by BigKitt10

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As for the Smugglers' representatives' dialogues, since they are surprisingly fully voiced, we decided to incentivize pirates to go check on each NPC by themselves (and you have no reason to, since they are seasonal deeds as well!)
"Cipher of Stealth" trinket, featuring the unmistakably logo of the Smugglers' League. You earn this trinket by completing all 19 deeds of this season Act 1, which includes talking with all the Smugglers NPCs.
August 15, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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We are currently unaware if these shiplogs devise any secret meaning, especially as it points out certain locations...

Time will tell if more Chronicles will show up in future updates or relate to the story at large.
2nd Chronicle of The Sapphire Steel "It's waterlogged, so only some of it can be read..." "... pick up instructions - or cargo - for the onwards journey." "Their favourite pick up was a stop at a fine Seapost far to the south..."
August 15, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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Finally, the Chronicles of The Sapphire Steel revealed the ship used the Merchant Emissary Flag to cover their intentions and picked up their contraband on the Finest Trading Post 👀

Read the next tweet for the rest!
1st Chronicle of The Sapphire Steel "It's waterlogged, so only some of it can be read..." "... always flew the Emissary Flag of the Merchant Alliance. Just an innocent trading ship. Or so it seemed!" "She was actually smuggling illicit contraband hidden among her legitimate cargo!"
August 15, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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2nd Chronicle of The Wolf in Winter "It's waterlogged, so only some of it can be read..." "...sometimes she'd lower her sails and weigh anchor right among a load of wrecked ships." "This was around one of the islands to the north-east, pretending to be one of them! Hiding 'till danger passed..."
August 15, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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In the Chronicles of The Wolf in Winter we can read how her captain passed through a storm by sailing next to islands and camouflaged their ship around a bunch of shipwrecks.

Read rest in the next tweet!
1st Chronicle of the Wolf in Winter "It's waterlogged, so only some of it can be read..." "... storm made difficult to glimpse. But her captain knew that mooring by an island would keep his ship safe." "Staying close to shore meant the tempest was less fierce..."
August 15, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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2nd Chronicle of The Shadow Current "It's waterlogged, so only some of it can be read..." "... if a crew sampled too much of their liquid cargo they might forget to extinguish their lights!" "Then they could be tracked. And this one was tracked to the far north-east..."
August 15, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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The Chronicles of The Shadow Current informs us how its careless crew amidst enjoying too much of their rum, forgot to extinguish their lights, leading them to be tracked by others.

What fate befell upon them?

Read rest in the next tweet!
1st Chronicle of The Shadow Current "It's waterlogged, so only some of it can be read..." "... said a black ship is hard to spot sometimes - especially at night." "Running with no lights is a good way to hide yourself out there in the darkness."
August 15, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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2nd Chronicle of The Gilded Fox "It's waterlogged, so only some of it can be read..." "... that vessel fought off two Galleons and then used the erupting volcanoes in that region to get away." "She left one sunk, and the other busy dealing with putting out fires..."
August 15, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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Incomplete shiplogs infamous Smugglers' ships. These "Fabled Four" Chronicles each tell us about dangerous adventures taken part by their crews.

The Chronicles of the Gilded Fox narrates their volcanic escape, as they evade ships carrying Black Powder.

Read rest in next tweet!
1st Chronicle of The Gilded Fox "It's waterlogged, so only some of it can be read..." "... but it's dangerous hauling Black Powder Barrels. They always kept them away from the main part of the ship." "Like in the crow's nest or the bowsprit - even towing them behind in a Rowboat..."
August 15, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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The Smugglers' League have made an explosive arrival, and with them a new unique style of storytelling.

Join us as we dwell on the 8 Chronicles scattered throughout caches and shipwrecks. Journals that double down as loot items (Perfect to read on the go!)

#SeaOfThieves
In-game screenshot of 4 small trinket ship models resting aboard a Captain's quarters. The yellow and orange model of The Gilded Fox, sporting the namesake animal on its sails. The dark tidal model of The Shadow Current. The striking blue splendor model of The Sapphire Steel with a blue saber on its sails. And the white familiar canine model of The Wolf in Winter, also with its namesake on the sails. All these trinkets can be earnable by finding and reading the Chronicles of each ship. Since they are loot items, they can't be found in permanent specific locations.
August 15, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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An exciting addition to the "University's Library" has arrived today.

Feel like I have been waiting years for this one. Congrats on the team

@seaofthieves.com @titanbooks.bsky.social @taskbaarchitect.com
Three fabled Skeleton Lords alongside minion skeletons present themselves on the explosive cover of the newest tome "Sea Of Thieves: The Art of Piracy"
May 23, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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Now this is what I'm talking about. Lore for the win!

And thank you for the shout out. Can't wait to see what is coming for us in terms of storytelling.
May 13, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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April 24, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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As a side note, we found every outpost rune, but we obviously didn't post every single one or we would be here all day.

I have a theory that "Death to _____" may end with Flesh. I coin this theory!
Sample photo of the Scar of Cursed Bone taken my MasterAenox for the Sea of Thieves Wiki. Same rune as the rune messages.
April 24, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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In his speech, he gloats about the promising results of their assaults at the Ancient Temples, where they have amassed the important memories of the past.

He declared that his new elite crew will bring forth his victory in this War of Flame.

Yet, a king sits waiting for now.
"In the War of the Flame for control of the Sea of Thieves, they will bring victory one step closer." "Long have I waited for this moment and the time for action draws near."
April 24, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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Meanwhile, as our Head of Forensics has gone to meet with Captain Flameheart, to teach him about the importance of respecting private property (apparently he was not liking the lecture), he has decided to finally share his future plans if you ask what's coming next to the seas.
"The actions of my Reapers at the Temple are bearing fruit." "The Burning Blade delivers ever more Ancient memories to me every day." "I am summoning my most elite skeletons, the Order of Bone and Blade, to carry out the next stage of my plans."
April 24, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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Olga shares her fear for such a personal and close attack at the heart of Port Merrick and she must converse with Madame Olivia about it.

Do be aware all previous runes we have shown are all translated in the ALT TEXT.
"I must speak to Madame Olivia, the head of our Order, to seek her wisdom." "I will not disguise the fact that this assault at the centre of Port Merrick has... unsettled me."
April 24, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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If we ask Madame Olga what has transpired here, she confirms it was the work of the nefarious new order.

This order is more than willing to see Flameheart's conquering dream come true. You can read her dialogue in this tweet and the next. ⬇️
"As the dark deck predicted, the Order of Bone and Blade came." "They are Captain Flameheart's new fearsome crew of dastardly skeletons" "They do not care for the Sea of Thieves the way we do. They wish to make it their own!"
April 24, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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However, the attack wasn't isolated on the outside of buildings.

After yesterday's tease video by
@seaofthieves.com, it seems the Order of Bone and Blade have grown tired of the Order of Souls attempts to uncover Flameheart's plan and have flipped over their Port Merrick's location.
A general shot of the state of the Order of Souls building at Port Merrick. Although Olga and most of the building is intact, the table which resided the obscure dark deck has been flipped and the cards spread, torn and stabbed. On the wall right next to the table are 3 stabbed cards featuring three runes. The same runes are red painted above each corresponding letter. The culprits have revealed themselves. They wait no longer. The Order of Bone and Blade is here. A close up picture of the flipped card table, with all cards spread among the furniture and ground. Among them we see all past cards used for previous warnings like Ancient, Death and Resurrection.
April 24, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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A lot of these runes are symbols known by the community for years, while others are yet to be deciphered. Although an act of ill-intent, the Reaper's may have given us keys to uncover more Skeleton Runes meanings, like this one.

Show us all the places you have encountered these.
Red painted Skeleton Tunes drawn at the side of the Tavern at Sanctuary Outpost. They can be partially translated to: GLORY TO (Old unknown rune that has been featured in multiple Reaper's Bones cosmetics and loot)
April 24, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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THE REAPER'S HAVE TAKEN OVER! Today our researchers woke up to one new "crime" to add to Flameheart's followers - Vandalism.

Throughout all different outposts, Skeleton Runes have been inscribed with what we hope is only ink! Here are some examples.

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Red painted skeleton runes, drawn on the side of a wall in a shopkeeper cabin at Morrow's Peak Outpost. Here's the translation of the runes we do know from left to right: DEATH TO (Unknown rune only featured before in the Scar of Cursed Bone) Red painted Skeleton Runes drawn on the side of the wall of the tavern at Dagger Tooth Outpost. It can be translated from left to right to the Reaper's Bone famous motto: PIRATES FOR ALL ETERNITY. Red painted Skeleton Runes drawn on the map of the Merchant's Alliance tent at Morrow's Peak Outpost. They can be translated to the same phrase we saw in the most recent cards: ORDER BONE BLADE Red painted Skeleton Runes drawn on top of Merrick's Statue at Port Merrick. The runes can be translated to the self given name of the main perpetrator: KING FLAME HEART
April 24, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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As already said in the latest Sea of Thieves Podcast episode, the dark deck is now fully displayed and reads "Order (of) Bone (and) Blade".

But what is so important about this order in a sea full of chaos? What is their connection with the Reapers

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April 17, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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Better late than never. We have sent our student @barbossa5038.bsky.social to Port Merrick, to follow up on the rumours of our first flipped card.

More exciting, it has revealed the meaning of an old unknown rune featured in the Reaper's Bones - it's "Order".

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An image displaying three cards of a wicked dark deck upon a small table. Only one of these is flipped, revealing what rune experts have described as in the past as "vessel" or "gem" shaped. "Cards showing the Skeletons Rune for 'Order'."
April 3, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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Apparently different website regions are hidden and you have to search it. Here's an example of what my cart looks like on EU version
March 18, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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Nevermind, it's because stuff like this I miss the rarestore. Why does everything have to ship from the US now 😭

40 euros for a pack of cards is a crime.
Image of the checkout showing ordering the Sea of Thieves Playing Cards would be at least 40 euros ( 15 euros + shipping + taxes)
March 18, 2025 at 12:36 PM