Sailors Bounty Sea Of Thieves

When starting off in Sea of Thieves, you'll be dropped straight in and left to work out the nuts. With a send, a trusty crew and an body of water of treasure to explore, y'all're on your way to becoming a pirate legend in no time. Simply even for the most skilled pirates, the journey won't be easy – a boxing is always on the horizon.

Before taking to the seas, you lot'll need to choose the best weapons for the job. The game offers a range of weapons for new players, with dozens more to unlock, provided y'all know where to detect them. Here'south what you lot need to know about acquiring and equipping new weapons in Sea of Thieves for Xbox One and Windows x.

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How to modify weapons in Ocean of Thieves

After starting time selecting your character and dropping into the game's world, every pirate is equipped with a trusty cutlass and flintlock pistol. These weapons occupy your two dedicated weapon slots, accessible by tapping "Y" on your controller, or "ane" and "two" on your PC keyboard.

Various other weapons are available at the showtime of your pirate career but must be manually equipped to exist accessed. To equip new weapons, players must visit an "Armory" chiffonier, found across various locations in the game'southward world. These cabinets provide access to your weapon collection, including all future purchases.

For new players, this cabinet volition contain two additional weapons, the "Blunderbuss," a short-range cannon comparable to a shotgun, and the "Heart of Reach," a scoped long-range burglarize. These two weapons can be swapped out for your cutlass or flintlock pistol, without prerequisites to unlock them. Here's how:

Navigate to an Armory chiffonier. (These can be found on the rear lower deck of sloops, the front eye deck of galleons, or exterior of an outpost'due south gun vendor.)
Press X to open the Armory.
Printing LB and RB to navigate through weapon category tabs.
Use the correct thumbstick to move your cursor over a new weapon.
Printing A to equip a weapon.
Choose the slot the new weapon should make full.

Afterward confirming the switch, your 2 weapon slots will now contain your chosen weapons. To rework your weapon choices, only return to the Armory chiffonier and select a weapon.

How to buy new weapons in Bounding main of Thieves

Beyond the weapons bachelor at the start of the game, collecting new weapons is a major pillar of the Ocean of Thieves experience. Currently, purchasing weapons from the gun vendor is the main way to obtain new firearms, using gold earned from quests.

Weapons that tin be purchased via the gunsmith are entirely cosmetic, meaning they have no direct effect on gameplay. Variants of each weapon offering a differing design from the standard "Crewman" design, providing a manner for yous to stand out on the battlefield. Here'south how to purchase new weapons:

Visit the gun vendor.
Press Ten to speak to the vendor.
Choose to scan the stock.
Use the correct thumbstick to move your cursor over a new weapon.
Printing A to choose a weapon.
Confirm your purchase.

Subsequently purchasing a new weapon, visit the armory details in the higher up steps to equip your weapon. Next fourth dimension yous play Sea of Thieves, your new weapons will remain equipped in your called slots.

Which weapons have you picked up so far in Sea of Thieves? Brand sure to drib into the comments and share your prized firearms.

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Matt Brownish is Windows Primal's Senior Games Editor, Xbox & PC, at Futurity. Post-obit over seven years of professional consumer technology and gaming coverage, he's focused on the world of Microsoft's gaming efforts. You tin follow him on Twitter @mattjbrown.