Sea of Thieves has just received its final monthly update of the year – titled the Festival of Giving – and it sees the ocean’s denizen getting firmly into the festive spirit with seasonally appropriate challenges, cosmetics, and more.
Alas, it’s the third monthly update in a row without any notable new feature additions, but it offer up another calendar of activities and rewards to keep pirates busy through the holiday season and into the new year while Rare finalises its recently announced battle pass.
Starting today, 9th December, players can embark on the 12 Deeds of Giving, a series of daily challenges very loosely inspired by the old classic Christmas ditty. A new challenge will be unlocked every 24 hours for the next 12 days (you can see them in-game and here), each bestowing a piece of the new Eastern Winds gear set upon players that complete them.
Concurrently, running from today until 30th December, pirates can earn Gold-Hoarder-themed cosmetics by handing treasure chests over to another crew (willingly or otherwise) and letting them turn them in at an outpost. The gifting crew will earn bonus gold for up to five chests a day when an opposing crew cashes them in.