Forming a Crew & Inviting Friends

Assemble your Sea of Thieves crew. Learn how to invite friends, manage crew slots for Sloop, Brigantine, and Galleon, and communicate effectively.

Embarking on a pirate adventure is often best shared with a trusted crew. Sea of Thieves offers robust features for forming your party, inviting friends, and ensuring you set sail with the right shipmates for your chosen voyage.

Whether you're playing on PC or console, the process of gathering your crew is straightforward. From the main menu, you can easily create a party, send out invitations, and manage your crew members before diving into the game world. Effective crew formation is the first step to a successful and enjoyable pirate experience.

Starting a New Session

When you launch Sea of Thieves, you'll be presented with the main menu. From here, you can choose to start a new adventure or join an existing one.

• Start New Adventure: This option allows you to begin a fresh session. You'll be prompted to select your ship type (Sloop, Brigantine, or Galleon), which determines the maximum crew size.
• Join Friends: If your friends are already in a game session, you can select this option to see who is online and available to join.

Creating and Managing Your Crew

Once you've selected your ship, you'll enter the pre-game lobby or the ship itself, depending on your chosen mode. This is where you'll assemble your crew.

• Invite Friends: On the crew management screen, you'll see an option to invite friends. This will bring up your platform's friends list (Xbox, Steam, etc.). Select the friends you wish to invite and send them an invitation.
• Accepting Invitations: When a friend invites you to their crew, you'll receive a notification. Accept the invitation to join their session.
• Crew Slots: Each ship type has a limited number of crew slots:
  • Sloop: 1-2 players
  • Brigantine: 2-3 players
  • Galleon: 3-4 players
• Promoting and Demoting: As the party leader, you can promote other players to be the captain of the ship or demote them. This is useful for coordinating roles.
• Removing Players: You also have the ability to remove players from your crew if necessary.

Communication and Coordination

Effective communication is paramount for a successful pirate crew. Utilize the in-game voice chat or a third-party communication service to coordinate your actions.

• Voice Chat: Sea of Thieves features built-in proximity and crew voice chat. Ensure your microphone is set up correctly.
• Emotes and Sals: While not a substitute for voice chat, emotes and ship signals can be used for quick, non-verbal communication.

Important Considerations for Tall Tales

When undertaking Tall Tales, Quest Items are crucial for progression. Stealing or losing these items can cause a Tall Tale to fail. Therefore, it's considered bad form to intentionally hinder another crew's Tall Tale progress by stealing their unique quest items.

Forming a reliable crew and communicating effectively will significantly enhance your Sea of Thieves experience, turning challenging voyages into memorable adventures.