One week from today a new batch of Twitch Drops will be available, including a dashing drum! Tune in to any participating Sea of Thieves Partner or Affiliate Alliance stream for six hours to earn everything on the image below, between April 17th and 22nd (10am UTC).

A trailer eight years in the making! Enjoy a quickfire glimpse at some of the stories and shenanigans awaiting pirates who chart a course for the Sea of Thieves, all set to a rousing score that's sure to inspire even the surliest of old salts to answer the call to adventure.

From everything you need to know about this week's inaugural Bilge Rats Weekender to a range of imminent cosmetic items arriving at Outposts, the Emporium and through the magic of Twitch Drops, the latest episode of Sea of Thieves News is here to tell you all that and more!

Calling all pirates: we're hosting another test of our upcoming six-Sloop Last Ship Standing mode in the Insider build this Friday, April 17th! Join us from 3pm-10pm UTC to put the mode and its bespoke map through their paces! Not an Insider? Join here: seaofthieves.com/insider

Attending #TwitchCon Rotterdam next month? We are, and we're hosting a community meetup! On Saturday May 30th, from 11:15am-12:15pm CEST, head to Community Meetups Room 1 to meet fellow pirates, talk to members of our crew and maybe even swipe some swag...

Attention pirates! The Sea of Thieves servers will be taken offline tomorrow, April 16th, at approximately 9am UTC so we can hang the bunting and prepare the fireworks for the first Bilge Rats Weekender! Please plan your Voyages accordingly.

With tomorrow's update, your Doubloons (excluding any earned through Season 19 Renown) will be automatically converted to gold at a rate of 1 Doubloon to 500 gold. This will follow automatic purchase of any commemorative Doubloon Hoarder cosmetics covered by your Doubloon total.

This exchange rate was chosen as a match for the most generous one that players have historically been able to access (by purchasing Bilge Rat's Hoards with the maximum Community Weekend multiplier active). This way, all players receive the best value for their Doubloons!

A tad late on the announce here, but to confirm - players will be provided the most generous conversion rate for their Doubloons here at the point of the auto-convert taking place during tomorrow's update.

From improvements to Outpost cosmetics and some Community Direct clarifications to early details regarding an experiment we'll be conducting with Raid Voyages in Season 20, it must be time for a fresh Developer Update! Grab a snack and join Drew in the tavern when you're ready:

Pirates, this is your one hour-ish warning! Time to cash in your loot and drop anchor for a small while. The Sea of Thieves servers will be offline from approximately 9am UTC.

The Sea of Thieves servers are now offline in preparation for the inaugural Bilge Rats Weekender! Use this time to practise your 'oohs' and 'ahhs', and we'll tell you when the Firework Displays are ready for you to enjoy.

Our first ever Bilge Rats Weekender is live! Until April 20th (10am UTC), set out to tackle quirky Challenges, scrap over smuggling routes or reel in some fish, all in the pursuit of Doubloons to spend on various wares! Or just enjoy the fireworks, up to you.

For those eager to dig into all the details, the full release notes can be found at the following heading: seaofthieves.com/release-notes/…

Twitch Drops are live once more! Acquire Renown, gold, Voyages and cosmetics between now and April 22nd (10am UTC), just for watching a participating Sea of Thieves Partner or Affiliate Alliance stream! Earn everything on the image below over the course of six hours.

The team are aware of an issue where the Bilge Rats Weekender challenge list appears to be empty - this is purely a visual bug and tasks can still be completed: see the image below for the list (it's the same for all players). This issue will not be fixed during this Event, but

Please join us in congratulating Larinna for finally finding her way into the tavern.

How's your Bilge Rats Weekender been so far? What have your bought with your Doubloons?

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Thank you for joining us for the first Bilge Rats Weekender! Let us know how your festival went - we hope the silly shenanigans and clashes over crates have given you some fresh tales to tell. The Weekender is planned to return in June, and run monthly from then. Cheers!