With every new Sea of Thieves season comes tons of new features and improvements to pre-existing ones! Whether you want to try out new voyages or sail through the Plunder Pass is entirely up to you. Regardless, there’s a lot to unpack here, so prepare for a wild ride. If you’d like to learn more, continue reading to find a comprehensive list of the Sea of Thieves Season 9 patch notes released today, July 23, 2025.
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Sea of Thieves Season 9: Full Patch Notes Listed
With a new season comes a ton of massive changes, ranging from various bug fixes to brand-new additions to the game. The update is massive, and the beefy patch notes released earlier today prove just how much new content is available to explore.
Rather than explaining that here, let’s just get right into the patch notes!
Chests of Fortune
Chest of Fortune
Reaper’s Chests
Chests of Fortune Achievements
World Events and Encounters
Fort of Fortune
Fort of the Damned
Skeleton Forts
Ashen Lords
Skeleton Fleet
Ghost Fleet Encounter Returns
Megalodon Encounters
Shipwreck Locations
Fog Locations
Expanding Captaincy
Search for the Skull of Destiny
The Legendary Search for Cursed Treasure
Black Powder Stashes
Expanded Company Voyages
Captain’s Logbook
Sovereign Expansion
Captain’s Supply and Voyage Shop Improvements
Milestone Notifications
Gameplay Improvements
Treasure in the Devil’s Shroud
Seagulls Above Sunken Treasure
Six Ships on the Horizon
Stashing Quests
Improved Collector’s Chest Selling
Musical Hit Audio Effects
Harpoon Improvements
Bait Crates
Fishing Bait Radial
Food Radial
Ship Scuttle Improvements
Trading Company Voyages
The Reaper’s Bones Outpost Representative
Selling Tridents of Dark Tides
Cursed Mermaid Statue Rewards
New Hunter’s Call Representative
Resource Container Limits
Brightness and Contrast Settings
Disable Trinket and Sitting Points
Starting Outpost Location
Barrels of Plenty Balancing
Chest of Sorrow Balancing
Skeleton Form Balancing
Season Nine
Season Nine Progression and Rewards
Season Nine Plunder Pass
Season Nine Emissary Ledger Rewards
Sea of Thieves’Fifth Anniversary
Twitch Drops
Pirate Emporium
Sea Serpent Ship Collection
Sea Serpent Costume
Sea Serpent Weapon Bundle
Sea Serpent Lantern
Lodestar Ship’s Crest
Gold Curse Barbary
Enigmatic Emote Bundle
Freebie Hearing Things Emote
Striking Serpent Bundle (Store Only)
Outpost Cosmetics
Gold Hoarders Cosmetics
Season One Legacy Cosmetics
Accessibility
Sailing Audio Accessibility Improvements
Fixed Issues
Battle for the Sea of Thieves
Environment
Visual and Audio
Text and Localisation
Performance and Stability
Known Issues
Pirate’s Log Season UI
Reduced Server Performance
Ranged and Melee Weapon Hit Detection
This last section marks the end of the Sea of Thieves Season 9 update released today. Be sure to check out theofficial release notesfor more information!
Sea of Thieves is available on PC, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S through itsofficial website.To learn more about the game, check outHow to Become a Pirate Legend in Sea of Thieves (2023).
Madison Benson
Madison was a staff writer at Prima Games who has played video games for over twenty years and written about them for over two years. Her love for video games started with turn-based strategy games like Heroes of Might and Magic and has since extended to casual farming sims, MMORPGs, and action-adventure RPGs.
