If you listen very carefully, you can just about hear the sound of carols floating on the wind, which must mean we’re officially out of spooky season! Before we roll right into the Festival of Giving, however, we have one final order of business: filling you in on everything you might have missed during October. It was a surprisingly packed schedule last month, so let’s not delay…
Content Update
Our October monthly update marked the arrival of Act 3 of Season 17 and the introduction of Reaper Fortresses! These give pirates a chance to take on upgraded Skeleton Forts alongside a wave of Phantom assailants and, if they’re lucky, sail away with a highly lucrative Mega Stash. Particularly fortunate pirates could even snag a Mega Stash during the doubled rewards of Ghoul & Glory Weekend, raking in more gold than they knew what to do with.
Outside the game, the official soundtrack expanded once again. This time we added in the dramatic ‘Forts of the Flame’ track to accompany you as you delved into the chaos of a Reaper Fortress. For pirates looking for a slightly different experience during their sail, October also saw the addition of some new Season 17-themed challenge prompts to the Compass of Chaos. The new entries bring the total number of possible prompts to more than 300, so there’s always something new to try. Give it a spin!
News and Features
There was quite a lot of news to keep up with during October, but we kicked things off as always with This Month in Sea of Thieves. From there it was a brief hop to announcing the categories for this Season’s Style of Thieves contest (and later the winners!), before unveiling the victors in the first of two #SoTShot rounds, focused on Movie Moments. Sticking with the theme of spotlighting community achievement, the latest, well, Spotlight, took aim at Makakar, another member of our Stream Team!
Alongside Act 3, October’s monthly update saw the introduction of our previously announced Second Chance Policy, so it seemed like the right time to gather up all the pertinent details into a news article. With those questions answered, we also shared the results of Season 16’s Big Listen survey, before rounding off the month with a Community Hub update and the second #SoTShot category, Haunted Hulls. All those spooky ships! Terrifying.
Videos and Streams
The October video schedule kicked off with a rapid one-two of Sea of Thieves News and a Content Update video, just in time for the start of Act 3. Those were followed by the expected Developer Update, but from there we broke from our usual planning to bring you a couple of unexpected treats.
The first was a Community team stream hosted by our very own Jo, grilling Creative Director Mike Chapman and Production Director Drew Stevens about the current state of the game and its future, all while they were busy Heisting at Royal Crest Fortress. Even more community questions were answered a week later in the official Season 17 Podcast, before finally, a second late-breaking Developer Update revealed some changes to our schedule for Season 18 – which will now be kicking off in December.
And that’s all we have for you this time, folks! November is shaping up to be a slightly quieter month than October’s wild ways, but we’ll be back in a month with all the highlights nonetheless. Until then, find us in all the usual places including Twitter/X, Bluesky, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Threads and Twitch, our Forums and Discord server. Drop us a message if you have any feedback you’d like to share – otherwise, you have one more month to raid those Reaper Fortresses and earn your Seasonal rewards, so get sailing!
Previously in 2025:
Sea of Thieves Round-Up: September 2025
Sea of Thieves Round-Up: August 2025
Sea of Thieves Round-Up: July 2025
Sea of Thieves Round-Up: June 2025
Sea of Thieves Round-Up: May 2025
Sea of Thieves Round-Up: April 2025
Sea of Thieves Round-Up: March 2025
Sea of Thieves Round-Up: February 2025
Sea of Thieves Round-Up: January 2025
Continue reading...
Content Update
Our October monthly update marked the arrival of Act 3 of Season 17 and the introduction of Reaper Fortresses! These give pirates a chance to take on upgraded Skeleton Forts alongside a wave of Phantom assailants and, if they’re lucky, sail away with a highly lucrative Mega Stash. Particularly fortunate pirates could even snag a Mega Stash during the doubled rewards of Ghoul & Glory Weekend, raking in more gold than they knew what to do with.
Outside the game, the official soundtrack expanded once again. This time we added in the dramatic ‘Forts of the Flame’ track to accompany you as you delved into the chaos of a Reaper Fortress. For pirates looking for a slightly different experience during their sail, October also saw the addition of some new Season 17-themed challenge prompts to the Compass of Chaos. The new entries bring the total number of possible prompts to more than 300, so there’s always something new to try. Give it a spin!
There was quite a lot of news to keep up with during October, but we kicked things off as always with This Month in Sea of Thieves. From there it was a brief hop to announcing the categories for this Season’s Style of Thieves contest (and later the winners!), before unveiling the victors in the first of two #SoTShot rounds, focused on Movie Moments. Sticking with the theme of spotlighting community achievement, the latest, well, Spotlight, took aim at Makakar, another member of our Stream Team!
Alongside Act 3, October’s monthly update saw the introduction of our previously announced Second Chance Policy, so it seemed like the right time to gather up all the pertinent details into a news article. With those questions answered, we also shared the results of Season 16’s Big Listen survey, before rounding off the month with a Community Hub update and the second #SoTShot category, Haunted Hulls. All those spooky ships! Terrifying.
Videos and Streams
The October video schedule kicked off with a rapid one-two of Sea of Thieves News and a Content Update video, just in time for the start of Act 3. Those were followed by the expected Developer Update, but from there we broke from our usual planning to bring you a couple of unexpected treats.
The first was a Community team stream hosted by our very own Jo, grilling Creative Director Mike Chapman and Production Director Drew Stevens about the current state of the game and its future, all while they were busy Heisting at Royal Crest Fortress. Even more community questions were answered a week later in the official Season 17 Podcast, before finally, a second late-breaking Developer Update revealed some changes to our schedule for Season 18 – which will now be kicking off in December.
Previously in 2025:
Sea of Thieves Round-Up: September 2025
Sea of Thieves Round-Up: August 2025
Sea of Thieves Round-Up: July 2025
Sea of Thieves Round-Up: June 2025
Sea of Thieves Round-Up: May 2025
Sea of Thieves Round-Up: April 2025
Sea of Thieves Round-Up: March 2025
Sea of Thieves Round-Up: February 2025
Sea of Thieves Round-Up: January 2025
Continue reading...