Following last week’s Sea of Thieves Season 4 teaser, Rare has provided a more substantial run-down of features pirates will be able to plunge into starting this Thursday, 23rd September.
Sea of Thieves’ fourth season is all about expansion, but rather than out – as was the case when the Devil’s Shroud parted to grant access to the fiery Devil’s Roar back in 2018 – we’re going down, with new areas of the Sirens’ vast underwater kingdom opening up all over the map, including six new Siren Shrines and a number of Siren Treasuries.
The former, as presented in the Season 4 trailer at least, appear to be more substantial dungeon-style activities, each promising “unique challenges and threats”, as well as plunder for those able to solve their mysteries.
Siren Treasuries, meanwhile, are wave-based challenges that sound a lot like Skeleton Fort events, albeit underwater – rewarding lucrative new coral-encrusted treasure to those players that manage to fend off waves of Ocean Crawlers and Sirens.
There’s also a third (although less clearly defined in the trailer) underwater activity unlocked by finding special new Coral Message in a Bottle quests that point to additional pockets of deep sea real estate, rewarding a new “rare and valuable” item known as the Breath of the Sea.