Official announcement for Sea of Thieves from Xbox Game Studios, published on Steam on October 2, 2026.
Have you ever looked at your ship’s sails and thought “those would be 100% better with a reference to our crew’s inside joke about Flameheart having a puppy called Hot Dog”? Of course you have, and now’s your chance to prove it!
Our first ever Sail Design Competition is your invitation to sketch and share your dream set of sheets, with the potential for them to be added to Sea of Thieves, and other pirates’ customisation chests, as part of our ninth anniversary celebrations next March.
From now until October 23rd, pirates of all artistic ability are invited to use the template below (which you can (https://rare-assets.azureedge.net/assets/d7/a6/d7a655cb-f265-4ab2-99cb-4caae9befc23.jpg?n=Sail_Design_Competition_Template.jpg)), or whatever tools and canvas they have to hand, to draw their own set of sails (sticking to the number of sheets and relative size you’d see on a Sea of Thieves Galleon – make sure every sail is visible)!
Once you have your sketch, enter by simply posting your piece to Twitter/X, Bluesky, Instagram, TikTok or Threads with the tag #SoTSailDesignComp, or sharing your image in the dedicated #sot-sail-design-comp channel on the official Sea of Thieves Discord server.
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*From all the entries posted to social channels, an internal team of artists at Rare will choose their three favourites that they feel stand out in terms of creativity and originality, but are also designs they feel would be a good fit to be spotted on the horizon when sailing the Sea of Thieves.
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