Sea of Thieves

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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 01/22/2026 12:05

January 22: Problems at Sea of Thieves

Sea of Thieves is having issues since 03:00 AM AEST. Are you also affected? Leave a message in the comments section!

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:

  • Lukathy95 Luke Morris (@Lukathy95) reported

    @CTMiniManiac @SeaOfThieves Is it? I've really had much issues... once you sink them you are usually quite close tbh

  • Dani3stars ♡ dani89 ♡ (@Dani3stars) reported

    @gutraas1 @SeaOfThieves Obviously a player skill issue...you just THOUGHT you had their masts down because your pirate is Loco. Obviously

  • qig377 Captain Julius Qigaster (@qig377) reported

    @AbadonSoT @SeaOfThieves There was definitely a glitch exploit that has to do with the 1st Disney tall tale, but what is it?

  • FrenziedRoach FrenziedRoach (@FrenziedRoach) reported

    @RequiemServer @SeaOfThieves Naw, I might be a coward and absolute *** when it comes to PvP - but you and anybody who utilizes your service is beyond pathetic.

  • DeviLynDanGer DevilynDanger (@DeviLynDanGer) reported

    @SeaOfThieves Um anyone else having the issue for the last hour that rep for Guardians of Fortune NOT counting? Help!

  • Sean_Amezcua Sean Amezcua (@Sean_Amezcua) reported

    @gutraas1 @SeaOfThieves Was this just a visual glitch? Like did they actually have all their masts up instantly or did it just load the visual damage improperly for a second?

  • brynbriar Lady Brinn (@brynbriar) reported

    @DrewHamley @SoT_Support @SeaOfThieves They are most certainly broken

  • InsomniacOnAcid 𝕯ᛜᛜᛗ ❄️👑 (@InsomniacOnAcid) reported

    @RequiemServer @SeaOfThieves aaah yes let me just pay for a lobby where you bullied out ppl so you can sell slots in the server that you run into **** from the amount of lag so i can level up my pvp faction

  • brian72856373 miexile (@brian72856373) reported

    @SeaOfThieves are you really not going to address the cheating problem in the game? many of us love this game but you are doing NOTHING to stop cheaters and thats just as bad as the cheaters.

  • DreadedDripp Dripp (@DreadedDripp) reported

    @creepycrutch Yeah they probably try and secure atleast 3-4 boats on same server by hopping, then just bully the rest of the boats into giving them up 🫣 Crazy that @SeaOfThieves & @RareLtd haven't had them shut down by a legal team yet, as they are charging for a service to their members 😬

  • BigKitt10 BigKitt10 Art (@BigKitt10) reported

    Anyone else having insta crash on SOT insider. Launch on steam, button changes to stop, no window opens, button goes back to play. #SeaOfThieves @SoT_Support Reinstalled twice and verified all files. No 🎲.

  • OhhDrZaius Dr. Zaius (@OhhDrZaius) reported

    @jerboiaSOT @SeaOfThieves Maybe your POV isn’t centered. One step left might fix that.

  • DayKahDos ⭐️boy Saka (@DayKahDos) reported

    @Lukathy95 @CTMiniManiac @SeaOfThieves Sometimes if you shoot out and camp em til they sink while leaving your ship in a hard turn it’s a problem. If they sink and your ship is at the opposite side of the circle you left it in.. it can take an extra handful of minutes to locate the barrels. Much needed change imo

  • TransMedicMain Abby (@TransMedicMain) reported

    @SamuelCFord1017 @SeaOfThieves i mean, if it was achieved organically and its just people actively trying to keep it an alliance server, eh, not my main issue if its free ig

  • Chance_SoT Chance (@Chance_SoT) reported

    going to be taking a little bit of a break from sot. Between burnout and hackers becoming more of an issue, it’s becoming increasingly harder to want to get on and play it. Hopefully these issues will be addressed soon, the game is just pretty boring right now. #SeaOfThieves

  • Cheerilee85 ✿ Sandra ✿ (@Cheerilee85) reported

    @jerboiaSOT @SeaOfThieves You're not centered, that's the problem lol

  • BilyJesusworth Billy Jesusworth (@BilyJesusworth) reported

    @itsmikewoods @SeaOfThieves Jump servers. Not too hard. Cross stamp is going to cause hella lag.

  • ERorofire Rorofire e (@ERorofire) reported

    @SeaOfThieves help I have the error Lavender Beard...

  • DredPirateDanku DredPirateDanku (@DredPirateDanku) reported

    @HitboTC @SeaOfThieves Swords at 20%. And fix block.

  • kimarisola Kimarisola (@kimarisola) reported

    @waumpers @CTMiniManiac @SeaOfThieves That might be the issue causing it, but my PC struggles to keep me at 90 fps. I need to upgrade, since I have to keep my settings so low in game

  • CaptMcGuffin Captain McGuffin (@CaptMcGuffin) reported

    Seems The PvP is broken and doesn't give ANY allegiance for losing.... So, yeah. Hope that problem is fixed soon or the mode will just die more #SeaOfThieves

  • fox47th VC Fox47th (@fox47th) reported

    @tfo12OFFICIAL @SeaOfThieves They have been around for some time and have been an issue with the community for being the toxic side of PvE.

  • tommycutlass Tommy Cutlass (@tommycutlass) reported

    @LucidGamesLtd @RareLtd @SeaOfThieves Rare hasn't historically brought in this much outside help, even before Microsoft. This is a tell-tale indication it's to solve or fix something that Rare can't. Considering Sea of Thieves' polished state, doesn't leave much to imagine the problem: melee combat. Nice sword emoji.

  • DMaxor1991 DarthMaxor (@DMaxor1991) reported

    @HitboTC @SeaOfThieves Just put sword back to 5 hits with no stun lock. Problem solved.

  • FerrymenPSY Ferrymen PSY (@FerrymenPSY) reported

    @jerboiaSOT @SeaOfThieves Oh no what are we gonna do, that's the prio fix to keep this game alive !!! @SoT_Support

  • SotArmory SoT_Armory (@SotArmory) reported

    Five matches and 3 sets of hackers. If they don’t try and fix this soon, I might have to stop playing for a while. @SeaOfThieves if you care even a slight amount about the life of your game, then you will get on this asap. #SeaOfThieves

  • SSJG_Andre DarthTroll (@SSJG_Andre) reported

    @gutraas1 @SeaOfThieves Crazy how the community just doesn’t want to believe in the cheater problem with videos like this being posted daily

  • JacobPlayz_ Jacob (@JacobPlayz_) reported

    @Chicken_in_hat @Primrose12345_ @SeaOfThieves Because in my personal opinion considering I am a double gunner, the sword is inefficient because its so easy to get one blundered trying to get close to a double gunner. Why cause problems over someones opinions? I complimented the double gunner and felt bad for the new player.

  • LQxgVwFo0vqgvCP αятεм (@LQxgVwFo0vqgvCP) reported

    @SeaOfThieves u mf fix ur game i farmed 6 hours straight and got no xp or gold out of the chest fix ur mf game

  • anchor_andy Anchor Andy (@anchor_andy) reported

    @SeaOfThieves @JoeNeate1 @keeyaaaa Any chance you guys are gonna fix the speed hacking 15 IQ cheaters or what ?