# Sea of Thieves: 2026 Edition Sea of Thieves Release Notes - 3.6.2 - Product: Sea of Thieves: 2026 Edition (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/sea-of-thieves-2026-edition) - Vendor: Rare Ltd - Date: 2026-03-05 - Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1172620/view/520866219114365080 - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/sea-of-thieves-2026-edition/releases/2026-03-05-sea-of-thieves-release-notes-3.6.2 What's New is an index, not a publisher: every entry below links to the vendor's own release notes, which are the authoritative source. Entries are labelled where they are hand-curated sample data, pre-releases, or drawn from a secondary source such as a developer blog. Reuse: the summaries, labels and curation here are © What's New. Quote freely with attribution and a link back; wholesale republication of the corpus is not permitted — terms: https://whatsnew.fyi/terms. The vendors' own release notes remain their publishers'. --- - **added** — Ashen Garrisons, two new heavily fortified skeleton strongholds in The Devil's Roar with unique layouts, Treasuries, and Lighthouse Logs - **added** — Chest of Bones Mega Stash that replaces Ashen Garrison vault contents with significantly higher value treasure during Act 3 - **added** — New Adventures at Sea Commendations for Ashen Garrisons with rewards including Dark Skies ship set and weapons, Forsaken Ashes Makeup, The Ghostly Writer Painting, and Garrison Gatecrasher Title - **added** — Ashen Garrison Sails obtainable by completing Act 3 Deeds - **added** — Chest of Fortune returns to the Fort of Fortune Vault during Act 3 - **added** — Good Boy equipment, instruments and weapons available at Outpost stores for pirates who have found favour with the good boy - **changed** — Crews diving to an experience from the Quest Table can now emerge within sight of other ships on their new server - **changed** — Servers with low population now migrate crews more reactively and faster, no longer requiring ships to become stationary - **changed** — Message in a Bottle now more commonly contains green bottles with Quest Maps for Trading Companies, with Coral and Smuggler's variants becoming much rarer - **changed** — Ships that capsize now right themselves at sea and consistently return to an upright position to continue sailing - **changed** — Chest of Bones is no longer made visible to others on the ship's Map Table - **changed** — Gold Hoarders' Raid on a Sea Fort Voyage is now available at Company rank 15 instead of 25 - **changed** — Shipwrights have restocked with Teal Resolute Sails, Hull and Flag - **added** — Reaper's Heart Ship Collection, Reaper's Heart Costume with Fit of Passion Emote, and additional Reaper's Heart and Night Wulf weapons available in Pirate Emporium - **added** — Torch Trouper Emote available in Pirate Emporium - **added** — Bursting with Joy Emote available for free - **fixed** — Performance improvements made to the final chapter of the Legend of the Veil Voyage to prevent Ghost Garrison from causing client framerate issues - **fixed** — Improved framerate when opening Outpost shops and the Pirate Emporium - **fixed** — Optimised several existing Cannon Flares to improve game performance when fired ##### Secrets of the Banished: Act 3 Take on the Eternal Guard, raid Sanctuaries of the Banished and generally risk life and limb returning to The Devil's Roar! To learn more about this Season’s headline features, head over to our [dedicated Season 18 page](https://www.seaofthieves.com/season-18). **Ashen Garrisons** - Flameheart’s forces have constructed two new Ashen Garrisons deep within The Devil’s Roar. Crews are tasked with assaulting these heavily fortified skeleton strongholds to crack open the Treasuries and reap the rewards within. - Crews must navigate perilous waters and scale the outer walls to begin their assault, then battle across the ramparts, unlocking access to the Guardhouse before they can enter the central Garrison structure. - With the main door unlocked from within the Guardhouse, crews must then battle through waves of Flameheart’s forces defending the inner Garrison before dispatching the Custodian of the Treasury to unlock access to the Treasury and the riches held within. - Servant’s Oath Garrison and King’s Chalice Garrison have unique layouts, and crews can find new Lighthouse Logs held within lockboxes in each Garrison. - Crews can sail directly into The Devil’s Roar to assault these new Ashen Garrisons, or begin a Raid Voyage for their chosen Trading Company from the Quest Table and dive on demand to earn Company-specific rewards. **Chest of Bones Mega Stash** - For the duration of Act 3, Ashen Garrisons will have a chance for their Vaults to be boosted by a Chest of Bones Mega Stash, replacing the contents of the Treasury with an immense treasure pile of significantly higher value including a stash of Ashen Chests of Bones. - Both emergent Ashen Garrisons and on-demand Raid Voyages can result in a Mega Stash. However, the chance of this boost is much higher when encountering an emergent Ashen Garrison in the world. - Ashen Garrisons taken on in Safer Seas always provide the same treasure and will not be boosted by a Mega Stash. **Act 3 Commendations and Rewards** - Act 3 introduces new Adventures at Sea Commendations, challenging crews to take on the fearsome Ashen Garrisons. Completing these Commendations unlocks access to the Dark Skies ship set and weapons, Forsaken Ashes Makeup, ‘The Ghostly Writer’ Painting and Garrison Gatecrasher Title. - Crews completing Act 3’s Deeds can also earn the Ashen Garrison Sails to commemorate their feats. **Chest of Fortune** - During Act 3, the Chest of Fortune will return to the Fort of Fortune Vault. ##### Gameplay Improvements **Increasing Player Sightings on the Seas** - Crews diving to an experience from the Quest Table will now find they can emerge within sight of other ships on their new server. This allows servers more space to bring in crews and maintain the target of six ships on a server. - Servers that experience a low population for prolonged periods of time will now be more reactive in moving crews onto busier servers. Servers that recognise their low population can now migrate crews who are travelling across the seas at faster speeds and no longer have to wait for ships to become stationary, ensuring they can safely migrate all crews when required. - As part of this update, these changes to the experience will be monitored and tweaked where necessary in the live game. Players may therefore experience changes to these systems outside the usual game updates. **Message in a Bottle Balancing** - Crews discovering a washed-up Message in a Bottle should now more commonly locate green bottles containing Quest Maps for the various Trading Companies. Coral and Smuggler’s variants are now a much rarer find. **Self-Righting Ship Buoyancy** - Ships that capsize due to reckless behaviour by their Captain or through discovery of a rogue Black Powder Barrel will now right themselves at sea and consistently return to an upright position in order to continue sailing. **Chest of Bones Map Visibility** - The Chest of Bones is no longe _[Truncated at 4000 characters — full notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1172620/view/520866219114365080]_