Sea of Thieves is letting friends play free for a week, starting tomorrow

Rare has announced that, for a limited time, existing Sea of Thieves players can invite their friends to download and experience the piratical multiplayer adventure for free.

The promotion, which runs from tomorrow, February 6th, to February 13th, enables anyone that owns Sea of Thieves on Xbox One or PC, or that has played the game through a current Xbox Game Pass subscription, to acquire up to three free codes from the official website. Friends that receive these codes can, in turn, download and play the game (an Xbox Live membership is required on console, Microsoft notes) for the duration of the event. Additionally, players that redeem their codes can take advantage of a 35% discount on Sea of Thieves, on either PC or Xbox One, until February 27th.

To coincide with the Sea of Friends promotion (sadly not its official name), Rare will be implementing so-called Mercenary Voyages. These can be acquired by speaking with Duke at any outpost tavern and will, over time, introduce new gameplay twists that encourage different player behaviour. The first of these, available tomorrow, is described as an "essential mix of quintessential Sea of Thieves activities", and is designed to ease new players into the game.

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