The latest Sea of Thieves Adventure, A Dark Deception, has arrived. From now until July 6, you can jump into the limited-time story mission and earn a pair of cosmetics while embarking on a new chapter in the game’s lore. In A Dark Deception, players will be assisting The Pirate Lord in finding a stolen treasure of his, though some unfortunate twists are sure to happen on the way, as the name implies.
For this latest Adventure, you’ll earn two new cosmetics: Pendragon’s pocket watch and the “Deceiver and Deceived” player title–scroll to the end to get a peek at those. But as always, you’ll need to complete every one of the event’s Deeds, or challenges, in order to earn that second one. Simply finishing the questline will only earn you the fancy pocket watch. But don’t worry, we’ve already completed the whole adventure, which will take you an hour or two–maybe less with our guide and depending on how distracted you get.
Mind you that the next Adventure for Sea of Thieves is likely to be the first of three announced for the game’s exciting Monkey Island crossover. Unlike The Pirate’s Life crossover with Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean, The Legend of Monkey Island crossover will debut as limited-time Adventure-style missions. But in those cases, fear not, as the missions will eventually persist in the game permanently, which is a welcome but unique change to the usual Adventure structure.
Therefore, if you’re first seeking to finish off A Dark Deception, you’ll need to do it in the traditional sense: before the event disappears forever, taking the limited-time cosmetics with it. Here’s how to complete the full story, including completing all Deeds and earning both Mementos.
Note that this story event guide will necessarily contain spoilers, but we’ve written it in such a way that the reveals in our text should only arrive as you’re experiencing them for yourself in the game. Raise anchor and follow our trusty guide for A Dark Deception below.