Captain McGuffin

Wait, this ain't a colouring book? Uh oh

Three fabled Skeleton Lords alongside minion skeletons present themselves on the explosive cover of the newest tome "Sea Of Thieves: The Art of Piracy"

An exciting addition to the "University's Library" has arrived today.

Feel like I have been waiting years for this one. Congrats on the team

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Olivia also nothing new to say, already checked her

Only one new dialogue?

Now this is what I'm talking about. Lore for the win!

And thank you for the shout out. Can't wait to see what is coming for us in terms of storytelling.

Larinna has new dialogue if you ask "What sort of danger?", something we missed in the first round due to the use of the same prompt.

Shout out to AshinyRayquaza for pointing it out in his video.

Unpaid interns attack again!

Maybe your father will finally stop being in a chair (we've said this how many times?)

Sample photo of the Scar of Cursed Bone taken my MasterAenox for the Sea of Thieves Wiki. Same rune as the rune messages.

As a side note, we found every outpost rune, but we obviously didn't post every single one or we would be here all day.

I have a theory that "Death to _____" may end with Flesh. I coin this theory!

Rumours of new rowboats roaming the seas, Special items that allows us to see the memories of megs, and other changes have spread in the halls of our institution.

We may have only touched a small part of an iceberg of new reveals. Show us what you found!

"In the War of the Flame for control of the Sea of Thieves, they will bring victory one step closer."

"Long have I waited for this moment and the time for action draws near."

In his speech, he gloats about the promising results of their assaults at the Ancient Temples, where they have amassed the important memories of the past.

He declared that his new elite crew will bring forth his victory in this War of Flame.

Yet, a king sits waiting for now.

"The actions of my Reapers at the Temple are bearing fruit."

"The Burning Blade delivers ever more Ancient memories to me every day."

"I am summoning my most elite skeletons, the Order of Bone and Blade, to carry out the next stage of my plans."

Meanwhile, as our Head of Forensics has gone to meet with Captain Flameheart, to teach him about the importance of respecting private property (apparently he was not liking the lecture), he has decided to finally share his future plans if you ask what's coming next to the seas.

"I must speak to Madame Olivia, the head of our Order, to seek her wisdom."

"I will not disguise the fact that this assault at the centre of Port Merrick has... unsettled me."

Olga shares her fear for such a personal and close attack at the heart of Port Merrick and she must converse with Madame Olivia about it.

Do be aware all previous runes we have shown are all translated in the ALT TEXT.

"As the dark deck predicted, the Order of Bone and Blade came."

"They are Captain Flameheart's new fearsome crew of dastardly skeletons"

"They do not care for the Sea of Thieves the way we do. They wish to make it their own!"

If we ask Madame Olga what has transpired here, she confirms it was the work of the nefarious new order.

This order is more than willing to see Flameheart's conquering dream come true. You can read her dialogue in this tweet and the next. ⬇️

A general shot of the state of the Order of Souls building at Port Merrick. Although Olga and most of the building is intact, the table which resided the obscure dark deck has been flipped and the cards spread, torn and stabbed. On the wall right next to the table are 3 stabbed cards featuring three runes. The same runes are red painted above each corresponding letter. The culprits have revealed themselves. They wait no longer. The Order of Bone and Blade is here.

A close up picture of the flipped card table, with all cards spread among the furniture and ground. Among them we see all past cards used for previous warnings like Ancient, Death and Resurrection.

However, the attack wasn't isolated on the outside of buildings.

After yesterday's tease video by
@seaofthieves.com, it seems the Order of Bone and Blade have grown tired of the Order of Souls attempts to uncover Flameheart's plan and have flipped over their Port Merrick's location.

Red painted Skeleton Tunes drawn at the side of the Tavern at Sanctuary Outpost. They can be partially translated to: GLORY TO (Old unknown rune that has been featured in multiple Reaper's Bones cosmetics and loot)

A lot of these runes are symbols known by the community for years, while others are yet to be deciphered. Although an act of ill-intent, the Reaper's may have given us keys to uncover more Skeleton Runes meanings, like this one.

Show us all the places you have encountered these.

Red painted skeleton runes, drawn on the side of a wall in a shopkeeper cabin at Morrow's Peak Outpost. Here's the translation of the runes we do know from left to right: DEATH TO (Unknown rune only featured before in the Scar of Cursed Bone)

Red painted Skeleton Runes drawn on the side of the wall of the tavern at Dagger Tooth Outpost. It can be translated from left to right to the Reaper's Bone famous motto: PIRATES FOR ALL ETERNITY.

Red painted Skeleton Runes drawn on the map of the Merchant's Alliance tent at Morrow's Peak Outpost. They can be translated to the same phrase we saw in the most recent cards: ORDER BONE BLADE

Red painted Skeleton Runes drawn on top of Merrick's Statue at Port Merrick. The runes can be translated to the self given name of the main perpetrator: KING FLAME HEART

THE REAPER'S HAVE TAKEN OVER! Today our researchers woke up to one new "crime" to add to Flameheart's followers - Vandalism.

Throughout all different outposts, Skeleton Runes have been inscribed with what we hope is only ink! Here are some examples.

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Order....Bone... Blade

Lore 👀

a sign that says ' pirate ' on it is on a ship Alt: a sign that says ' happy birthday' on it is on a ship

Happy Birthday SeaClues!

Hope you have an amazing day with an indigo themed cake

A cropped screenshot from a recent Sea of Thieves news video, where the signage on the entrance behind a pirate has been defaced with red paint of strange symbols.

A close up crop of the previously described image, showing the symbols can only be partially seen, with the only one visible being the skeleton rune for "Eternity".

ENHANCE!!
Surprised I haven't seen this mentioned, but noticed this going through today's SoT News video, some vandalism on Port Merrick 👀
#SeaOfThieves

How wasn't this spoiled in the podcast as well!?

No excuses. I was gay on time!

As already said in the latest Sea of Thieves Podcast episode, the dark deck is now fully displayed and reads "Order (of) Bone (and) Blade".

But what is so important about this order in a sea full of chaos? What is their connection with the Reapers

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THAT'S WHERE THEY'RE KEEPING THE DODOS!

@ is Skipper even on this app?

Look, on this economy... If I'm ever lucky to own a house, I'd do the same

Just watched Minecraft the movie. Not as bad as I was expected, but I sadly have to inform you they do use those say the name of the game/movie joke unironically

An image displaying three cards of a wicked dark deck upon a small table. Only one of these is flipped, revealing what rune experts have described as in the past as "vessel" or "gem" shaped.

"Cards showing the Skeletons Rune for 'Order'."

Better late than never. We have sent our student @barbossa5038.bsky.social to Port Merrick, to follow up on the rumours of our first flipped card.

More exciting, it has revealed the meaning of an old unknown rune featured in the Reaper's Bones - it's "Order".

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Hey @seaofthieves.com, I've managed to get SoT running on my Wii U. How impressive is that?
The system is modded and is running the software Moonlight, which allows a person to stream their PC onto it.
Go above and beyond for your gaming needs!
#BeMorePirate #SeaOfThieves #NintendoPleaseDon'tSueMe