The challenge here is that you are in charge of the wheel once you take control of the ship, meaning you are wholly reliant on your mates to check the map in the middle deck of the ship (that would be below deck, down the first set of stairs) to ensure your heading is correct. Other important components would be once you’re behind the wheel of the ship. Once you get your sails to the right trim, press B on your controller or F on your keyboard to let go and see if you can help tend to other parts of the ship (making sure your cannons are loaded, heading in the right direction, stocking up on bananas).
On PC these are tied to the W, A, S, D keys when you’re interacting with the rope. You can interact with the sail line with X on your controller (F on the keyboard), and then your controller’s left analog stick will shift to managing the angle and trim of the sails, helping to capture the most amount of wind. If you’re taking care of your sails, congrats! It’s the lifeblood of your ship.
Sea of Thieves also fully supports text to speech (and speech to text), giving you plenty of options to make your voice heard. Who has the wheel? Who’s sitting in the crow’s nest? Who’s managing the sails? These are all vital roles to get your ship sailing and making sure you have a crew who knows these roles and excels at them will only increase your chance of success - also be sure to speak up either verbally, through text chat, or Pirate Chat if there’s a role on the ship you really, really want. One of the first things to settle on once you’re on board with your crew is the important role you will play. You might be behind the wheel, or calling out directions from the cabin, or running over the top deck loading cannons and trimming the sails (and if you’re at the helm of your own little ship, it’ll be up to you to manage every component). While onboard, your role will be dependent on the rest of the crew (and how many more folks are on board). Traversing the wide-open ocean is a pretty important element to the game. Stop Interacting/Stow Item/Drop Chest: B.See below for the complete list of commands while On Land. Oh, and it wouldn’t hurt to make sure you’re counting your paces correctly. That means communication, map consulting, clue finding, and lots of digging.
Lastly, the main reason for you to set foot on land is looking for some of that buried treasure - depending on the difficulty or vagueness of the riddle to track it down, you will likely need full team cooperation to track it down. You can cycle through your weapons on your controller with the Y button, and the 1 & 2 keys and the Mouse Wheel serve this function for keyboard and mouse gamers. Controller players can also map items to spare buttons on the controller banana on left D-Pad anyone?Ĭombat is also a vital component that will happen on land as you match swords with skeletons or fire your pistol at rival pirates. Speaking of items and keyboard and mouse players, not only will be able to pull up an item radial, but you’ll also be able to quickly select them across the number keys from 1 to 0, letting you quickly whip out that banana, shovel, or trusty tankard. Or bring up the Item Radial on your controller with LB, or Q on the keyboard for PC players. Make sure you look at the bottom of your screen to see which physical item you currently have equipped. While on land (and on ship), your Primary Use functionality may change depending on what you have equipped, say a pistol or Spyglass - if you have a pistol, you’ll fire a shot Spyglass, you’ll raise up to your eye. And it should also be noted that PC players can play with a controller as well, switching between that and keyboard and mouse on the fly. The other element to consider while on land is interacting and coordinating with your fellow mates, which is a little different depending on if you’re playing on keyboard and mouse or controller (for an in-depth look on that, we recommend checking out the Communication section later in this feature).
To help, we’ve put together a one-stop guide that covers all the controls for Sea of Thieves on both Xbox One and Windows 10.Īs you find yourself romping among the islands and looking for treasure, the controls are primarily designed for you to have quick access to some of your most-needed abilities, like interacting with objects, cycling weapons, and movement.
And as much fun as we’re looking to have, there are a few things we’ll need to remember as we’re running around looking for buried treasure, navigating giant swells on the high seas, and matching swords against skeletons and fellow pirates. Sea of Thieves is just days away from us hitting the high seas of adventure on Xbox One and Windows 10.