Sea of Thieves Runs Into Day 2 Issues With Reputation, Gold, And Equipment

By Ford James ·

Sea of Thieves hasn't had the best of launches. In day 2 since the game's release, Rare is now working on fixing an issue with missing gold, items and achievements.

Sea of Thieves Runs Into Day 2 Issues With Reputation, Gold, And Equipment

Sea of Thieves launched this week, but it hasn’t been smooth sailing for the hotly anticipated pirate adventure. Some players were completely unable to log-in yesterday, and for those that managed it, many have suffered from a bug causing their hard-earned treasure and reputation to vanish.

Hey, pirates! We're aware some players are experiencing issues with gold and reputation upon logging in or turning in items. We're currently investigating and working on a fix! The gold and reputation rewards should merely be delayed. More information: https://t.co/obgvC7AgSN

— Sea of Thieves (@SeaOfThieves) March 20, 2018

In a recent support post on the Sea of Thieves official website, Rare have stated that players loading into the game with no items, clothing or gold is a known issue and is currently being worked on. They’ve also advised that the only current fix is to exit back to the main menu, then search for a game again in matchmaking, and that it may take a few tries to get your equipment back.

Reddit user /u/OhLookItsJake thinks that the issue may be down to players changing servers to play the game early before changing back once the game launched in their region. Scouring the official forums and subreddit shows that these bugs aren’t few and far between either, plenty of players are suffering from them and some are resigning to not playing the game until it's fixed. Other interesting bugs include players appearances changing and having to relog after buying an item for it to show up.

Sea of Thieves is beautifully stylistic with a lot to do, but there's most certainly work to be done to make the game more seamless.
Sea of Thieves is beautifully stylistic with a lot to do, but there's most certainly work to be done to make the game more seamless.

On a similar note, some players are noticing a lack of gold or reputation reward upon completing a quest. Rare claims this is an issue of delay and that the rewards aren’t gone entirely, while the issue of missing achievements appears to have the same problem. This is the only official word from Rare though, and the exact cause of the issues, while speculated upon, is still unknown.

This isn’t ideal for the well hyped pirating title, and it comes alongside some disappointing discoveries about a certain monster. Could the Sea of Thieves ship have a leak before it’s even left the port?