The beta for Sea of Thieves happened recently, and to not many people’s surprise, dataminers got a hold of the game’s data. What perhaps was not expected is what they found hidden beneath the sea of code.
What Redditor m4rx hauled in from their dive into the Sea of Thieves data was pretty interesting. While many of the assets have yet to be decrypted, it turns out some the elements found were also present in the Pirate Legend video released previously by Rare. But there’s also quite a lot more.
A few things found in the datamining process include the Kraken. The data has animations for a Kraken holding the player, eating them, and spitting them out, and another action called ‘waterdunk’. These animations are written out, as opposed to being actually visible, but it could be a hint as to what we’ll see in the future.
Ship customization seems to be another thing unearthed by the data-pirates. The files found seem to imply the ability to customize a ship’s cannons, capstan (pirate talk for ‘anchor holder’), livery, mast, and the captain’s wheel. There are additional sections as well, listed under ‘Ship misc’ is a harpoon gun.
Other honorable mentions include the mention of mermaids being listed as enemies although they appear to be benevolent in the beta, and other fruits joining the banana as food available to players. The full list of data below also features new maps, landmark locations, NPCs and Shops that have not been seen before.
One caveat should be considered with this data dive. The assets pulled are not officially announced, and could, therefore, be cut content or take on a much different role in the final game, especially when a beta is usually never the same version of the game that’s released when a game is launched.
Sea of Thieves‘ closed beta, which has been extended from its original timeframe, is going on now and will end Wednesday, January 31.
Chests:
- Chest of Sorrow
- Common Chest
- Drunken Chest
- Legendary Chest
- Mythical Chest
- Rare Chest
- Shipwreck Common Chest
- Shipwreck Legendary Chest
- Shipwreck Mythical Chest
- Shipwreck Rate Chest
Companies:
- Gold Hoarders
- Merchant Alliance
- Order of Souls
Creatures:
- Bat
- Chicken
- Fishes
- Parrot
- Pig
- Seagull
- Shark
- Snake
Enemies:
- Kraken – (ship wrapping tentacles)
- Mermaids
- Skellies
Food:
- Banana
- Coconut
- Pineapple
- Pomegranate
- Rum
Maps:
- Blue Sea of Plenty
- Sea of the Damned (no other references?)
- The Wilds
- Wide Sea of Plunder
Landmark Locations:
Blue Sea of Plenty:
- Crescent Cove
- Crescent Island
- Lone Cove
- Mermaids Hideaway
- Sailors Bounty
- Smugglers Bay
- Wanderers Archipelago
The Wilds:
- Arches
- Cavern Isle
- Old Faithful
- Shipwreck Bay
- Three Peaks
Wide Sea of Plunder:
- Crooks Hollow
- Devils Ridge
- Discovery Ridge
- Plunder Valley
- Sharkbait Cove
- Snake Island
- Thieves Haven
NPCs:
- Belle
- Blind Bob
- Bounty Dealer
- Clothing Dealer
- Generic Shopkeeper
- Ghost Captain
- Gold Hoarder
- Innkeeper
- Innkeeper_hideout
- Merchant
- Nice Mermaid
- Order of Souls
- Pirate Lord
- Potion Seller
- Shipwright
- Weapon Dealer
Riddles:
- BountyLocation
- DigHole
- LookAtMap
- NonVagueNonUniqueLandmarks
- PlayInstrument
- RaiseLantern
Ship Customization:
- Cannon
- Capstan
- Livery
- Mast
- Wheel
Ship Misc:
- Harpoon Gun
Ship Figureheads:
- Angler Fish
- Banjo
- Dove
- Dragon
- jdark
- Lion
- Mermaid
- Parrot
- Poseidon
- Shark
- Skellylantern
- Skullhead
- Spinal
- Squid
- Swordfish
- Unicorn
- Zeus
Ship Cargo:
- Banana Crate
- Cannonball Crate
- Chicken Crate
- Gunpowder Crate
- Pig Container
- Snake Basket
- Wood Crate
Shops:
- Clothing Shop
- GH Company Equipment Shop
- MA Company Equipment Shop
- OOS Company Equipment Shop
- Saltys Equipment Shop
- Shadys Equipment Shop
Treasure Artifacts:
- Box (3 variants)
- Goblet (4 variants)
- Impressive (3 Variants)
- Vase (3 Variants)
Weapons:
- Blunderbuss
- Boarding Axe
- Cutlass
- Flintlock Pistol
- Heavy Sword
- Pistol
- Rapier
- Sniper Rile