Sea of Thieves Season 14 Launches with Stealth Features and Delayed Updates

As promised by Rare last week, the highly anticipated Sea of Thieves Season 14 content update is officially live, inviting pirates from all corners of the seas to explore a plethora of new stealth and mischief-oriented features. While the majority of the previously announced enhancements have made it into the multiplayer adventure, a couple of elements have been temporarily sidelined.

Among the standout additions in this update is the impressive new grapple gun, a valuable tool that empowers pirate crews to snag distant objects and effortlessly traverse large gaps. However, players will need to forfeit one of their weapon slots to utilize this handy device.

This update also introduces the blowpipe, equipped with a variety of darts. This stealthy weapon features an assortment of options including explosive black powder darts, time-delayed poison darts, and even lure darts that glimmer enticingly like treasure, luring AI enemies toward them. Additionally, Rare has hinted at an upcoming type of ammunition known as the Mimic dart, which promises a disguising effect and will be released later in the season.

Advancing on the theme of stealth, the ability to crouch has now been incorporated into Sea of Thieves. When players adopt this new stance, their names will be concealed, allowing for better evasion. This crouching functionality can also be tactically employed during combat to dodge incoming fire and should help mitigate knock-back damage.

While in a crouched position, players can also access the newly introduced disguise menu. This feature lets them transform into chests and barrels typically found in the environment, paving the way for myriad sneaky strategies. Furthermore, players can cook and consume a new food item called Merfruit, which temporarily wards off friendly Merfolk vigilant to take pirates back to their ships—another clever way to maintain stealth.

Regarding the features that have been deferred, players will have to wait for Traps and ledge hanging, which (despite their earlier reveal in the announcement trailer) will be released at a later time. Rare made this decision due to significant player-impact issues discovered during the final testing phase before the launch.

In addition to these features, players can expect a range of new cosmetic items for acquisition and purchase, commendations to chase, and a robust battle pass as part of this season. Full details, along with an extensive list of bug fixes, can be found in the patch notes here.

Sea of Thieves Season 14 is now accessible on PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox Cloud Play, Game Pass, and PlayStation 5.

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