{"id":86529,"date":"2025-09-11T03:21:28","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T03:21:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/sea-of-thieves-season-one-kicks-off-this-week\/"},"modified":"2025-09-11T03:21:28","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T03:21:28","slug":"sea-of-thieves-season-one-kicks-off-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/sea-of-thieves-season-one-kicks-off-this-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Sea Of Thieves Season One Kicks Off This Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/sea-of-thieves-season-one-kicks-off-this-week.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" alt=\"\" typeof=\"Image\" class=\"image-style-body-default\" \/> <\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/2021\/01\/26\/sea-of-thieves-season-one-kicks-off-this-week\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to watch embedded media<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span><span>Rare announced seasonal progression\u00a0was coming to Sea of Thieves during a big <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/2020\/12\/02\/sea-of-thieves-introducing-seasons-in-2021\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">December update<\/a>, and now we\u2019re on the cusp of it\u00a0kicking off. Season One\u00a0sets sail on\u00a0January 28, and for the next three months, players can engage in new activities to earn exclusive rewards, both free and paid.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span><span>Rare also released a helpful\u00a0primer video detailing exactly how seasons to give players a (peg) leg up before the festivities begin.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>Seasons introduce\u00a0Renown, a new progression currency that is earned by simply engaging in existing activities, such as sailing and combat. Over 100 levels of Renown await eager explorers, each containing its own rewards including\u00a0gold and cosmetics.\u00a0Trials offer a faster, more focused method of earning Renown by presenting specific goals (like\u00a0setting a skeleton on fire) for players to pursue. Seasons last three months and feature<\/span><\/span><span><span>\u00a0daily events, new\u00a0feats, as well as regular quality-of-life improvements. All of this is free to players. For high-rolling pirates, t<\/span><\/span><span><span>he paid Plunder Pass grants 11 exclusive Pirate Emporium items, which\u00a0remain exclusive until that season ends. Then, those items will be available for purchase separately.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>Sea of Thieves has come a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/2020\/06\/30\/i-didnt-like-sea-of-thieves-in-2018-its-now-my-familys-favorite-game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">long way <\/a>since its shaky launch in 2018, and adopting the popular season model feels like the next logical step. When done right, seasons have proven to be a compelling hook that keep players engaged with a game, so here&#8217;s hoping Rare can knock this out of the park. For more on Sea of Thieves (and context for how far it&#8217;s really come) check out our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/games\/sea_of_thieves\/b\/xboxone\/archive\/2018\/03\/23\/game-informer-sea-of-thieves-xbox-one-review.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">review<\/a>\u00a0of the game from its launch.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/2021\/01\/26\/sea-of-thieves-season-one-kicks-off-this-week\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Click here to watch embedded media Rare announced seasonal progression\u00a0was coming to Sea of Thieves during a big December update, and now we\u2019re on the cusp of it\u00a0kicking off. Season One\u00a0sets sail on\u00a0January 28, and for the next three months, players can engage in new activities to earn exclusive rewards, both free and paid.\u00a0Rare also released a helpful\u00a0primer video detailing exactly how seasons to give players a (peg) leg up before the festivities begin.\u00a0 Seasons introduce\u00a0Renown, a new progression currency that is earned by simply engaging in existing activities, such as sailing and combat. Over 100 levels of Renown await eager explorers, each containing its own rewards including\u00a0gold and cosmetics.\u00a0Trials offer a faster, more focused method of earning Renown by presenting specific goals (like\u00a0setting a&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/sea-of-thieves-season-one-kicks-off-this-week\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":86530,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-86529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-game-informer"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Sea Of Thieves Season One Kicks Off This Week | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" 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