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Sea of Thieves is a shared world action-adventure video game developed by Rare and published by Microsoft Studios for Windows 10 and Xbox. The game allows players to take the role of a pirate, sailing the seas of a fantastical world either solo or as part of a crew of up to four players featuring both co-operative and player versus player combat.

Problems in the last 24 hours

The graph below depicts the number of Sea of Thieves reports received over the last 24 hours by time of day. When the number of reports exceeds the baseline, represented by the red line, an outage is determined.

Sea of Thieves Outage Chart 01/26/2026 01:20

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Most Reported Problems

The following are the most recent problems reported by Sea of Thieves users through our website.

  1. Sign in (60%)

    Sign in (60%)

  2. Online Play (20%)

    Online Play (20%)

  3. Matchmaking (7%)

    Matchmaking (7%)

  4. Glitches (7%)

    Glitches (7%)

  5. Game Crash (7%)

    Game Crash (7%)

Live Outage Map

The most recent Sea of Thieves outage reports came from the following cities:

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City Problem Type Report Time
United StatesChambersburg Matchmaking
United StatesMadison Sign in
United StatesSavannah Game Crash
ArgentinaPuerto Madryn Sign in
United StatesWinnetka Online Play
United StatesZanesville Sign in
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Sea of Thieves Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • BoydHynds Big D (@BoydHynds) reported

    @SeaOfThieves Are the xbox servers down

  • JoshVernon14 Joshyboi42🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈 (@JoshVernon14) reported

    @SeaOfThieves are you looking to resolve the issue that is people can't get into the game?

  • OccitanyGaster Occitany (@OccitanyGaster) reported

    @MattWilliamson9 @SeaOfThieves chill dude. This morning it was fine. Right now the servers have problems

  • Alexthealex6 Xander (@Alexthealex6) reported

    @SoT_Support @SeaOfThieves Can we just agree that these are the best developers because when something is wrong there instantly informing us and trying to fix it

  • So_F0xxy So_Foxxy (@So_F0xxy) reported

    @SeaOfThieves fix the game pleaseeee v.v i want to playyyyyyyy

  • HarborneAdam Adam Harborne (@HarborneAdam) reported

    @SeaOfThieves are the servers down?

  • JosMartMfk José Martins (@JosMartMfk) reported

    @SoT_Support @SeaOfThieves just fix this trash...lag is real...tired of this

  • ItsSkullss Skulls 🦉 (@ItsSkullss) reported

    @SeaOfThieves Why can galleons out run sloops? Its so unfair for us single players who want to play the game. Fix your damn game. SO unbalanced.

  • Trent405miers Trent (@Trent405miers) reported

    @SeaOfThieves @StrangeStudios_ Are the servers down right now? Can’t join my friend says they are but I haven’t seen anything updated

  • TheDarkJudge D (@TheDarkJudge) reported

    Safe to say @SeaOfThieves is a glitch fest at the moment. Constant lagging and getting stuck

  • aDreamingNomad DreamingNomad (@aDreamingNomad) reported

    @SoT_Support @SeaOfThieves We received no gold for our items cashed in on Monday night... Is that a known issue? As it was happening for the whole crew I assumed it was just delayed but the gold never changed yesterday...

  • Jess30520793 Jess (@Jess30520793) reported

    @SeaOfThieves @aBoonBag @Shiro4Vanguard Is sea of thieves server down right now?

  • imdxrm Dxrm (@imdxrm) reported

    @Prain36797070 @SeaOfThieves Same issues for me

  • toriegolden *torie* (@toriegolden) reported

    @Prain36797070 @SeaOfThieves Me and my friends are having same issue

  • HarborneAdam Adam Harborne (@HarborneAdam) reported

    @SeaOfThieves strawberrybeard error! What's this. I play every day an now I can't get on atal

  • theAlanAffect theAlanAffect (@theAlanAffect) reported

    @SoT_Support Hey @RareLtd @SeaOfThieves - I’ve been playing this game almost daily since day one. All of these issues in the last month are making me lose confidence in this game. This isn’t good just before the launch of the Plunder Pass. Especially delayed rewards.

  • VortexZdane Vortex (@VortexZdane) reported

    @SeaOfThieves @EvilEggTV @RareLtd Why my sea of thieves stuck at loading screen? Anyone have same issue with me?

  • jaybaz30 Jay (@jaybaz30) reported

    @SeaOfThieves is there maintenance today? Continually getting "strawberrybeard" errors which is getting boring now

  • moonlitius Moonlitius (@moonlitius) reported

    @SeaOfThieves “Can’t login”

  • waldioderwat Waldioderwat (@waldioderwat) reported

    @SeaOfThieves Server Maintence or Server Down EU ?

  • Alexthealex6 Xander (@Alexthealex6) reported

    @SeaOfThieves anyway to fix being stuck on reporting for duty.

  • _hyphyr . (@_hyphyr) reported

    @SeaOfThieves I keep getting a strawberry beard error so I uninstalled and reinstalled the game and the error os still appearing. How do I fix this on xbox?

  • Noobface Gnoob (@Noobface) reported

    @SoT_Support @SeaOfThieves What do I do about the Redbeard error?

  • FranckClow ClowRead13 (@FranckClow) reported

    Hi @SeaOfThieves, i'm in trouble. I have Strawberrybeard error when I try to log in, and I really don't know why... I played... 3 hours ago without a problem, and I tried 2 minutes ago and I have this problem. Do you have an idea ?

  • Osian19349957 Osian (@Osian19349957) reported

    @SeaOfThieves I’m getting a issue where I can’t load on (strawberry beard)

  • Legendowski9 weffler (@Legendowski9) reported

    @SeaOfThieves having some issues loading into game, permanantly staying on "reporting for duty"

  • ShelbyL23124081 Shelly Louise (@ShelbyL23124081) reported

    @SoT_Support @SeaOfThieves I keep being randomly Dc'd. It happened alot last night while I was sailing it got frustrating quickly because it always happened while I was fighting other ships, any idea on a fix for this because I know its not my end. Its server lag...

  • rogerchappe Roger Chappe (@rogerchappe) reported

    @SeaOfThieves What's with the Strawberrybeard error that has appeared today and unable to get past, is there an issue?

  • MiKEY_2187 Mikey (@MiKEY_2187) reported

    @SoT_Support @SeaOfThieves Is anyone else having screen tearing issues on the series X?

  • Firesnapper Paul Dennis (@Firesnapper) reported

    @SeaOfThieves @RareLtd Is there an issue with SOT servers at the moment??