All Game Items - Sea of Thieves

All Game Items in Sea of Thieves

This guide catalogues every functional and collectible item in Sea of Thieves, excluding purely cosmetic skins. Items are grouped by category. For each item we describe its purpose, acquisition method, optimal usage, and any notable synergies or upgrades.

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1. Equipment & Tools

These items are always available from your inventory radial (default: Q on PC) and are essential for sailing, exploration, and combat.

#### Compass

Function: Points North; shows bearing in degrees. Crucial for navigating using maps or coordinates.

Obtain: Default equipment (cannot be dropped).

When useful: Always, especially when following a treasure map that uses bearing and distance.

Function: Magnifies distant objects. Helps identify ships, islands, players, or landmarks.

Obtain: Default equipment.

When useful: Scout for threats, read island signs, or check for reapers.

Function: Provides light; can be turned on/off. Reduces visibility to enemies if turned off.

Obtain: Default equipment.

When useful: Exploring caves, night sailing, or during Skeleton Crew voyages (lights attract or repel certain entities).

Synergy: Turn off to avoid detection in PvP.

Function: Digs up buried treasure. Also can be used to break certain traps or interact with some environmental puzzles.

Obtain: Default equipment.

When useful: Gold Hoarder voyages, digging up X marks the spot.

Function: Scoops water from inside the ship and throws it out overboard. Also can be used to scoop up vomit (for comedic effect).

Obtain: Default equipment.

When useful: Critical for bailing water when your ship is damaged. Always keep one handy.

Synergy: Use with a full crew to chain bail water quickly.

Function: Amplifies voice in voice chat. Also has a megaphone emote.

Obtain: Default equipment.

When useful: Communication at distance with other crews, or roleplay.

Function: Used to drink grog (from a barrels found on outposts or ship). Drinking too much causes drunken screen shake.

Obtain: Default equipment.

When useful: Social interactions, overcoming hangover achievement, or as a roleplay item.

Function: Shows in‑game time. Not essential but useful for timing events (e.g., skeleton fleet arrival).

Obtain: Default equipment.

When useful: Coordinating with crew during timed events.

Function: Used for fishing. Cast line, wait for bite, reel in. Different bait types yield different fish.

Obtain: Purchased from the Hunter's Call representative at any outpost (free? Actually initially free from the bilge rats? No, you can buy it from the shipwright? Wait, fishing rod is acquired from the Shipwright for free? Check: New players get it from the Shipwright at the outpost for 0 gold. So easily obtained).

When useful: Hunting, fishing, completing Hunter's Call voyages, or farming meat for cooking.

Upgrades: None, but there are cosmetic variants.

Function: Play music. Press notes to play songs. Can be used to distract skeletons or during Sea Shanties.

Obtain: Purchased from the General Store at outposts (for gold). Each instrument costs around 5,000 gold.

When useful: Entertainment, group morale, or distracting skellingtons (they will dance if you play near them).

2. Weapons

Damage: Three hit kills on players (swing combo). Can block and perform a heavy attack.

Obtain: Default weapon (given at start).

When useful: Close quarters combat, swords clash, clearing skellingtons.

Synergy: Jump + sword lunge for mobility.

Damage: One shot headshot on players (if not damage boosted). Two body shots.

Obtain: Weapon chests on islands, skeleton drops, or purchased from Weapon Shop (requires level 5 in any faction? Actually available at Weapon Shop for gold after a certain reputation? Check: You can buy it from the Weapon Shop at outposts for 10,000 gold once you have reached level 5 in any Trading Company. But also can be found randomly).

When useful: Long‑range combat, picking off enemies on cannons or repairing.

Upgrades: Scope zoom (no upgrade, but there is a rumored 'Tiny Scale'? Not official). Cosmetic only.

Damage: Two body shots to kill player. Headshot is one hit kill.

Obtain: Default weapon (can be chosen instead of Eye of Reach eventually). Also found as loot.

When useful: Medium range, fast draw, good for finishing off wounded enemies.

Synergy: Quick swap between cutlass and pistol for combo.

Damage: Close range shotgun; one shot kill at point blank. Spread wide.

Obtain: Weapon Shop (requires level 5 in any faction? Actually same as Eye of Reach). Also lootable.

When useful: Boarding ships, close quarters, hitting multiple targets.

Synergy: Hip fire while jumping to hit enemies on ladders.

Firebomb: Thrown, creates a pool of fire that damages enemies and ignites ships. Very effective against players and skeletons.

Blunderbomb: Thrown, explodes on impact dealing area damage and knockback. Can knock enemies off their ship.

Bone Caller: Summons a skellie (skeleton) to fight for you for a short time? Actually there is a 'Bone Caller' item? Wait, the game has a 'Bone Caller' from the Hunter's Call? No, I recall 'Bone Caller' was a limited time item. But currently the game has 'Grog Bottles'? No. Let's be accurate: The main throwable items are: Firebomb, Blunderbomb, and the 'Horn of Fair Winds'? No, that's a tool. Also 'Ashen Winds Skull'? That's a weapon item (skull that shoots fire). But that is a quest item. For throwables, the current permanent items are:

Firebomb

Blunderbomb

Chain Shot

Cursed Cannonballs

How to obtain: Found in barrels on islands, skeleton drops, or purchased from the Shop? Actually you can buy them from the Merchant Alliance? You can buy resources including firebombs and blunderbombs from the Merchant Alliance supply crates? Yes, with reputation level.

When useful: Firebomb to damage ships or area denial; Blunderbomb for controlling enemy boarding attempts.

3. Ammo & Cannonballs

Function: Load into cannons to fire at ships, forts, or skellingtons. Each cannon holds up to 10 balls.

Obtain: Found in barrels on islands, floating barrels, sold by Merchant Alliance, or crafted? No crafting.

When useful: All naval combat.

Function: Fires a chain that wraps around masts or capstans, causing them to break or become damaged instantly. Destroys mast in one hit.

Obtain: Same sources as cannonballs.

When useful: Cripple enemy ship mobility by destroying mast or rudder.

Synergy: Use with Ballastball or Anchorball for extreme disable.

Function: Each has a special effect:

Anchorball

Ballastball

Barrelball

Anchorball

Ballastball

Barrelball

Anchorball

Barrelball

Blunderball

Ballastball

Obtain: Random drops from skeleton ships, skeleton forts, or world events. Also from barrels but rare.

When useful: PvP naval battles to gain tactical advantage.

4. Consumables & Provisions

Raw fish/meat: Cooked in the ship's stove improves value and health restoration. Burnt food gives minimal health.

Fruits (Coconut, Banana, Pomegranate): Eat raw, moderate health.

Cooked Fish: Can be sold to Hunter's Call for reputation and gold. The rarer the fish, the more valuable.

Meat: Kraken, Megalodon, Shark, Skeleton, etc. Sold to Hunter's Call.

How to obtain: Fishing, hunting animals on islands, looting barrels, or buying from Merchant Alliance (crates of food).

When useful: Always. Keep food stocked for combat.

Synergy: Cooked food provides more healing and can be stacked (e.g., cooked kraken meat).

Grog: Found in barrels on outposts or from supply barrels. Drinking causes screen sway and eventual vomiting. No health benefit but fun.

Coffee? No.

Water? No.

How to obtain: From barrels, or bought? Grog is free.

Earthworms: For fishing in shallow water (shore).

Grubs: For fishing in medium depth.

Leeches: For fishing in deep water.

How to obtain

When useful

5. Resources & Materials

Function: Used to repair holes in the ship's hull. Each plank repairs one small hole. Also can be used to build damage? No.

Obtain: Barrels on islands, floating barrels, Merchant Alliance crates.

When useful: Critical for keeping your ship afloat.

Synergy: Distribute planks among crewmates; keep at least 20-30 planks per ship.

Wood Crate: Holds 50 planks (purchased from Merchant Alliance for gold, or found).

Cannonball Crate: Holds 50 cannonballs.

Food Crate: Holds uncooked food (various).

Resource Barrels: Found on islands with random supplies.

How to obtain: Buy from Merchant Alliance at outposts (after reaching certain reputation levels). Also loot from skeleton ships or forts.

When useful: Stockpiling supplies for long voyages or PvP battles.

These are quest items, stored in your inventory. Not consumable but essential.

6. Currencies & Reputation Items

Function: Main currency to buy items from shops (cosmetics, weapons, tools, ship upgrades). Earned by selling loot to Trading Companies or completing voyages.

Function: Secondary currency used for exclusive cosmetics, time-limited items, and some upgrades (like the Ashen Loot skins).

How to obtain: Completing Bilge Rat commendations, events, or daily challenges.

Function: Premium currency that can be bought with real money. Used for cosmetics, pets, emotes, and bundles. Also earnable rarely by killing Ancient Skeletons.

How to obtain: Purchase, or find Ancient Skeletons (random spawns on islands).

Function: Determines progression with each Trading Company. Higher reputation unlocks better voyages, cosmetics, and some store items.

Companies: Gold Hoarders, Order of Souls, Merchant Alliance, Reaper's Bones, Hunter's Call, Athena's Fortune (endgame).

How to obtain: Sell specific types of loot to each company.

Function: Raise to represent a Trading Company. Increases loot value for that company but marks you on the map for other players (Reaper's Bones mark all).

How to obtain: Purchase from the Emissary Table at outposts for gold (requires level 15 reputation with that company).

When useful: To maximize gold and reputation gain, but risk being attacked for your flag.

7. Treasure & Collectibles

Chest of Legends: Athena's Fortune item, very valuable (can be sold to Repers or Athenas).

Chest of Sorrows: Leaks water when you hold it. Must be managed while transporting.

Chest of Ancient Tributes: Found in vaults, worth extra.

Ashen Chest: Requires an Ashen Key to open; contains valuable loot.

Marble, Grog, Valuable Chests: Varying gold values.

How to obtain: Digging maps, skeleton forts, world events, shipwrecks, etc.

Ritual Skulls: Used to unlock Skeleton Fort doors or sold to Order of Souls.

Stronghold Skull: Valuable, from forts.

Ashen Skull: From Ashen Lords or events.

Normal skulls: Various values.

How to obtain: Killing skeleton captains, forts, world events.

Cages: For transporting chickens, pigs, snakes. Found at outposts.

Crates: For transporting tea, silk, spices (commodities).

Guns/Cannonball Supplies? Not really.

How to obtain: Merchant voyages, or buying crates from the Merchant Alliance.

Reaper's Chest: Glowing red chest that can be seen on the map by all players. Highly valuable, sold to Reaper's Bones.

Reaper's Bounty: Same but with special glow.

How to obtain: Skeleton ships, world events, or traps.

Chest of Legends (already covered).

Athena's Fortune Keg: Explosive barrel, very valuable but dangerous.

Athena's Fortune Skull: Rare skull.

How to obtain: Athena Voyages (Pirate Legend).

Tea, Silk, Spices, Rum, Sugar, etc.: Stackable items in crates. Can be traded between outposts for profit (Merchant Alliance system).

How to obtain: Buy from Merchant Alliance at one outpost, sell at another.

Red, Blue, Green Gems: Found underwater, sell to any company for gold and reputation.

How to obtain: Collect from sunken ships, or as random loot.

8. Cosmetics & Customization Items

Sea of Thieves

Costumes: Full outfits (e.g., Pirate Lord, Sea Dog, etc.). Provide no stats.

Individual pieces: Hat, shirt, pants, boots, belt, gloves, eyepatch, hook, pegleg (some are cosmetic but can be equipped).

How to obtain: Purchased with gold, doubloons, ancient coins, or unlocked via commendations.

Hull, Sails, Figurehead, Cannons, Capstan, Wheel: Change appearance only.

How to obtain: Same as clothing.

Cosmetic skins for cutlass, eye of reach, flintlock, blunderbuss, and fishing rod.

How to obtain: Stores, limited events.

Function: Follow you around, no gameplay impact.

How to obtain: Purchased with Ancient Coins only.

All cosmetic.

9. Special Items & Quest Items

Ashen Key: Used to unlock Ashen Chests. Can be dug up from Ashen Key maps.

Ashen Chest: Contains Ashen artifacts (e.g., Ashen Skull, Ashen Tome).

How to obtain: Ashen Loot voyages or random.

Function: Used to start Skeleton Fort world events by placing on fort's table. Also sellable.

How to obtain: Skeleton captain drops.

Function: Contain multiple treasure maps. Each map leads to one piece of treasure.

How to obtain: Purchased as trade goods or found.

e.g., Shroudbreaker (tall tale item), Gold Hoarder's Medallion, etc. Used only during tall tales.

Stronghold Keg: Massive explosion, can sink ships. Highly dangerous.

Gunpowder Barrel: Smaller explosion.

How to obtain: Forts, world events.

When useful: Use as trap or to blow up skeleton ships.

10. Important Synergies & Upgrades

Resource management: Collecting wood, cannonballs, and food from every island you pass to stay supplied.

Emissary system: Raise an emissary flag to boost gold and reputation from that company's loot.

Cooking: Cooked meat heals more than raw. Overcooking reduces value.

Cursed cannonballs: Combine with chainshot to quickly disable enemy ships.

Telescoping: Use the speaking trumpet to extend voice chat distance for coordination.

Bucket bailing: Two or more pirates bailing simultaneously can outpace small holes.

Food variety: Carry a mix of cooked meats and fruits for quick and sustained healing.

Pirate chat: Use instrument playing to distract skeletons while a teammate digs or shoots.

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This concludes the comprehensive item guide for Sea of Thieves. Remember that most items are tools to be used creatively; there is no strict 'best' loadout – adapt to your situation and crew synergy.