Sea of Thieves

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Sea of Thieves is a shared world action-adventure video game developed by Rare and published by Microsoft Studios for Windows 10 and Xbox. The game allows players to take the role of a pirate, sailing the seas of a fantastical world either solo or as part of a crew of up to four players featuring both co-operative and player versus player combat.

Problems in the last 24 hours

The graph below depicts the number of Sea of Thieves reports received over the last 24 hours by time of day. When the number of reports exceeds the baseline, represented by the red line, an outage is determined.

Sea of Thieves Outage Chart 01/02/2026 07:50

January 02: Problems at Sea of Thieves

Sea of Thieves is having issues since 07:20 AM EST. Are you also affected? Leave a message in the comments section!

Most Reported Problems

The following are the most recent problems reported by Sea of Thieves users through our website.

  1. Sign in (60%)

    Sign in (60%)

  2. Online Play (20%)

    Online Play (20%)

  3. Matchmaking (7%)

    Matchmaking (7%)

  4. Glitches (7%)

    Glitches (7%)

  5. Game Crash (7%)

    Game Crash (7%)

Live Outage Map

The most recent Sea of Thieves outage reports came from the following cities:

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City Problem Type Report Time
United StatesMadison Sign in
United StatesSavannah Game Crash
ArgentinaPuerto Madryn Sign in
United StatesWinnetka Online Play
United StatesZanesville Sign in
FranceLons-le-Saunier Online Play
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Sea of Thieves Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • cwsAhShen cwsAhShen (@cwsAhShen) reported

    @SeaOfThieves fix your game 💀 sea of thieves more like sea of hackers 💀

  • TYLV13 𝐓𝐘🜏🃏 (@TYLV13) reported

    @ChrisNollner @SeaOfThieves Yeah I’ve been dealing with this issue too

  • Akedo Akedo (@Akedo) reported

    @SeaOfThieves Enjoying update so Far.. Except,.. Please Fix Ship Presets not Saving after each game.. So, I have Lost More Money than I have Made recently(will wait to save until fixed..) but lost a Lot of Money Already... Thanks.

  • CromwellKeegan Captain Blackbeard19 (@CromwellKeegan) reported

    @ThumperBoyAD @SeaOfThieves Are you xbox one pc or xbox series x because if you own an xbox one and playing sot I think the issues you're having is because the developers are slowly upgrading the game to xbox series x meaning someday people who have xbox one won't be able to play sot

  • Gawlf Fredo Mulo (@Gawlf) reported

    @JoysawSoT @DeadeyeDavid20 @SeaOfThieves Why is that a "problem"? Milestones were created exactly with that in mind: to be things you unlock while you play normally and that will reflect your playstyle. They're not supposed to be a grind at all.

  • Nemesis2K ꩜ Dreamcast Forever (@Nemesis2K) reported

    @YooKaydw @SeaOfThieves @Captain_Falcore Its a funny video.. but this is actually a real problem.

  • ConfettiGrunt ConfettiGrunt (@ConfettiGrunt) reported

    @SeaOfThieves @SoT_Support love these 15 sec respond time as I sit on a black screen and here my ship and crew getting destroyed but unable to do anything. This has been an issue for awhile and it's not my internet because I'm not lagging while playing I can still hear. So WTF

  • BrionnePerson Alley (@BrionnePerson) reported

    @KeithandMovies @SeaOfThieves And? Again, since it doesn’t seem to be getting through your brain. It’s not their problem, somebody like you was the one that ruined it, not a community manager

  • ImoutoLight ImoutoLight (@ImoutoLight) reported

    @HLariash @SeaOfThieves I never figured out how to do that glitch lol

  • CromwellKeegan Captain Blackbeard19 (@CromwellKeegan) reported

    @ThumperBoyAD @SeaOfThieves I noticed when I had an xbox one and upgraded to xbox series x I barely have issues anymore with sot

  • RusslanKitty Russian Kitty (@RusslanKitty) reported

    @SeaOfThieves The game was so broken yesterday

  • Spindles88 Dan Collins (@Spindles88) reported

    @SeaOfThieves Can’t even purchase any ship. Receiving no help to fix this. Completly broken as per usual!

  • BrionnePerson Alley (@BrionnePerson) reported

    @KeithandMovies @SeaOfThieves Again. How ******** is that their problem?

  • skybears Sky (@skybears) reported

    @SeaOfThieves I had a skeleton ship just sitting at an outpost at the dock and I am genuinely wondering if that was a glitch or that’s a thing now 💀 just trying to unload some loot and it was just sittin there. Never been more confused ngl.

  • InsaneSpyro Spyro_Devilwitch (@InsaneSpyro) reported

    @SeaOfThieves not that great to me honest for vets like me, just do everything all over again but even more of it rather than new content but more importantly save ship cosmetics, saves them then logs on the next day and there gone, so 30k down the drain please fix this issues

  • Tori_Rhea_Wats Tori Cochrane (@Tori_Rhea_Wats) reported

    @seanboisupreme @SeaOfThieves I'm having the exact same issue. I'm happy we're not alone

  • tr_marytweets MaryTweets (@tr_marytweets) reported

    PLEASE 👏FIX 👏SPAWN👏 RATES👏 OF👏 PVE 👏ON 👏ISLANDS #SeaOfThieves --sincerely a solo gold hoarder

  • InsipidGhost InsipidGhost🎮👻 (@InsipidGhost) reported

    @GPGBpod @SeaOfThieves I like it, but it's a huge problem for crews that milestones don't carry over. It causes competition between groups for which boat gets sailed. I hope somehow that gets changed so no one on a crew is shortchanged.

  • CrazyJuan77 Everything Everywhere All at Juan's (@CrazyJuan77) reported

    @Mankind__666 @K_Alex1 @SeaOfThieves Don't do this. Your experience is not his, and these tips are not a solution to his problem.

  • wasteman12341 Matty hymer (@wasteman12341) reported

    @SeaOfThieves my game keeps crashing. I played for 4 hours straight on a solo sloop just for my game to crash please fix

  • _GhostAdmiral Ghost Admiral (@_GhostAdmiral) reported

    (@SoT_Support) Anyone else encountering an issue where cosmetics are not saving after you pay gold? Or that cosmetics are not unlocking once you reach the required overall alignment class total? #SeaOfThieves #BeMoreCaptain

  • FooLKaleb KalebFooL (@FooLKaleb) reported

    @SeaOfThieves I'd love to play to check it out myself but for some reason I'm having wild controller issues that didn't exist before. Sensitivity constantly changing around and my weapon and other radials wont stay open when trying to open a map or change weapons...

  • J_F_T_Drawings Jake Thomson (@J_F_T_Drawings) reported

    @SeaOfThieves Having issues with money not loading when selling and I’m no longer gaining levels on the season pass :/

  • MartineXIII MartineXIII: Fan of Warrior of Light and Iron Man (@MartineXIII) reported

    @MeddlinMegs @kazrisk @SeaOfThieves Yep, I did. When I first did it, even when server swapping, it worked as normal. It was after I went to sleep and launched it again that I lost the saved ship. Thankfully it's listed in the known issues section, too.

  • L0RDD0WNING Lord Downing (@L0RDD0WNING) reported

    @SeaOfThieves Still an issue...

  • Vezzify Vez (@Vezzify) reported

    @SeaOfThieves The hats not working

  • Squidgames705 northstar viper (@Squidgames705) reported

    @SeaOfThieves why do I have to pay $5 to fix a typo on my ships name sure the typo is my fault but it’s unreasonable to have to pay $5 of real world currency to fix it/ change the name in my opinion it should just be 25000 to 50000 gold

  • Darth_Donuts Saint Pizat (@Darth_Donuts) reported

    @SeaOfThieves Fix. The. Ship. Customization. For. *****. Sake.

  • ThumperBoyAD 🇺🇸ThumperBoyAD🇺🇸 (@ThumperBoyAD) reported

    @RobNasty666 @SeaOfThieves Yeah mine hasn’t updated at all. I’ve seen a lot of complaints about this and it’s even been identified as a legit issue.

  • BrionnePerson Alley (@BrionnePerson) reported

    @KeithandMovies @SeaOfThieves And that’s their problem how?