Captaincy
Captain is a player status achieved by purchasing, owning and sailing upon your own ship. Being a Captain brings a number of perks.
Ship owning
Ship purchasing
Any player can purchase their own Sloop, Brigantine or Galleon from the main menu for a cost of 250,000 
for a Sloop, 375,000 for a Brigantine or 500,000 for a Galleon. When sailing upon this ship, the owner will become a Captain.
Before you can buy a second ship of the same type as one you already own, you must first earn a Legendary Ship Title for that ship. A Legendary Ship Title is earned for a Captained ship by having it reach Class 50 in any ship Alignment.
Ship naming
Players can choose a name for their Captained ship when they first purchase it. Their chosen name will be used to identify the ship and will appear on the Ship's Crest in-game. A ship's name can be changed from the main menu after having purchased a Ship Renaming Deed for 499 
from the Pirate Emporium.
A ship's name must abide by the following requirements.
- Must be between 1 and 20 characters long.
- Cannot contain numbers.
- Cannot start or end with a space.
- Cannot use certain special characters.
Ship stocking
Captains or their crew can choose to purchase a preset number of specific resources from the Shipwright Shop, which will automatically populate the ship's Resource Barrels.
| Supply | Cost | Resourses | Quantity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wood Supply | 2,500
|
Wooden Plank | 30 |
| Cannonball Supply | 3,500
|
Cannonball | 30 |
| Throwables Supply | 2,500
|
Firebomb | 5 |
| Blunderbomb | 5 | ||
| Fruit Supply | 3,500
|
Coconut | 12 |
| Pomegranate | 8 | ||
| Mango | 6 | ||
| Pineapple | 4 | ||
| Meat Provisions | 1,725
|
Chicken (uncooked) | 4 |
| Pork (uncooked) | 4 | ||
| Snake (uncooked) | 4 | ||
| Shark (uncooked) | 3 | ||
| Bait Supply | 3,500
|
Grubs | 10 |
| Leeches | 10 | ||
| Earthworms | 10 |
Ship restoration
Unlike regular ships, Captained ships will retain battle scars between sessions, keeping scuffs, repaired holes and repaired ship parts for purely cosmetic purposes, having no negative effect on gameplay.
Damages to Captained ships, cosmetic on not, can be removed by the Shipwright or in the "My Ships" tab on the main menu for a small gold fee while the ship is near.
Each time a hole location is damaged, starting from 100 , the restoration cost will increment by 50 until a maximum of 450 per hole location is reached. This applies no matter if the hole is currently damaged, or already repaired with wooden planks. Other forms of damages are listed below.
| Damage | Cost |
|---|---|
| Single damage to wheel, capstan or mast | 100
|
| Single repaired damage to wheel, capstan or mast | 75
|
| Fully damaged mast | 1,000
|
| Fire or charring | 100
|
| Water in hull | 1 - 2,000 depending on water level
|
Ship Decoration
Captains can purchase and own additional customisation parts to equip to their owned ships.
- Ship's Crest - Displays the ship's name.
- Captain's Table
- Captain's Drapes
- Captain's Bed
- Captain's Rugs
- Captain's Chair (Galleon only)
- Captain's Chandelier (Galleon only)
- Captain's Curtains (Galleon only)
- Ship's Banners - Seen by other crews when they view your ship.
- Captain's Logbook - Keeps a record of your ship and crew history.
- Ship Title - Appears on your Ship Banner.
Ship saving
Previously, Captains can save cosmetic changes to their owned ships from the Ship Customisation Chest for a small gold fee. Now, the cost of cosmetic changes to their captained ships is now free. Once an item is saved to the ship, it will be equipped by default even between game sessions. The following is a list of costs to save each item prior to the removal of the gold fee.
- Figurehead - 7,500
- Hull - 7,500
- Sails - 7,500
- Wheel - 5,000
- Cannons - 5,000
- Cannon Flare - 2,500
- Capstan - 5,000
- Captain's Table - 2,500
- Captain's Drapes - 2,500
- Captain's Bed - 2,500
- Captain's Rugs - 2,500
- Captain's Chair - 2,500
- Captain's Chandelier - 2,500
- Captain's Curtains - 2,500
- Ship's Crest - 7,500
- Captain's Logbook - 5,000
- Ship's Banner - free
- Ship's Title - free
Trinkets and Flags are saved to the ship automatically.
Cosmetic damage in the forms of scuffs, scars, and repaired damages, as well as Map Table markers, are also retained by Captained ships between sessions.
Trinkets
Trinkets are decorative items that can be placed in specific locations on a Captained ship by the owner or permission allowed crewmate of said ship. They come in two types, Trophies and Ornaments.
Trophies are earned through leveling certain Pirate Milestones and then purchasing for gold from the Shipwright Shop. Trophy bases can be leveled up through four stages depending on the corresponding Milestone Class reached.
Ornaments are purely decorative models which can be purchased at any time from the Shipwright Shop for gold. Each Ornament can be placed up to five times in different locations on a single Captained ship.
Captaincy tutorial
After players purchase their first ship, the Pirate Lord will take them on a tour of the new features available to them as a Captain. Each new ship purchased after this will have a shortened naming ceremony.
If player is not Pirate Legend
If player is Pirate Legend
Captain's Voyages
(Defunct as of 2.10.0)
Captain's Voyages were more compact versions of regular Trading Company Voyages, but were only available to Captains and their crews. They could be purchased from the Shipwright Shop at any Outpost and allowed players to choose from a variety of quest types, and a mix of shorter or more time-consuming Voyages. 50 of each could be stored in a Captained ship's on-board Voyage Storage, and could be voted upon from the ship's Voyage Table.
Milestones
Milestones are infinitely repeatable deeds that have progression tied to the player's pirate, as well as a set for each of a Captain's owned ships. Completing a Milestone's requirement a certain number of times, increases the Class for that Milestone by one. Class can increase infinitely, but cosmetic rewards may be tied to certain Class levels for a specific Milestone.
Sovereigns
Sovereigns are NPCs who will take treasure from Captains and their crew, and distribute it among the Outpost Trading Companies for you as a quicker way to sell treasure for the same reward. They can be found in a Sovereign Hut on the far side dock of every Outpost.
Captaincy settings
There are three settings found under Settings > HUD > Nameplates that change some Captaincy behaviours.
Hide Ship Names From Me is an option that changes all displayed Captained Ship names to a name from a pre-existing list when turned on.
Hide My Gamertag on Banners is an option that changes your Gamertag on the banner that pops up on screen when a Player Spyglasses your Ship to a name from a pre-existing list when turned on.
Hide My Ship Name From Others changes your Ship's name to that of one from a pre-existing list for all Players when turned on.
The possible replacement Ship names are as follows:
- Blubber's Bane
- Carpe Diem
- Clara's Call
- Dampbeard's Hauler
- Flotsam's Folly
- Mariah's Raven
- The Dusty Deck
- The Emerald Eye
- The Flying Hell
- The Forsaken Serpent
- The Foul Eel
- The Indefatigable
- The Leaky Beacon
- The Rugged Rapier
- The Sly Goose
- The Soggy Rotter
- The Warmaker's Woe
- The Wealthy Witch
Patch history
- 2.7.1 (December 15, 2022)
- Captains restocking at the shipwright will find the throwables supply now contains fewer throwables and has been reduced in price accordingly.
- 2.7.0 (November 22, 2022)
- When leaving and returning to the ship during the Trinket section of the Captaincy tutorial, the Pirate Lord will now be present during his voiceover.
- 2.6.3 (October 20, 2022)
- Players who start a solo Captained session should no longer see a notification that the Captain has left.
- Players swapping Trinkets in quick succession will now find the correct Trinkets remain applied when starting the next game session.
- Players discarding Captain’s Voyages in quick succession will now find the correct Voyages in the Captain’s Bookshelf when starting the next game session.
- Players enabling ‘Replace Gamertag on Ship’s Banners’ will now find this setting persists across sessions.
- Players enabling ‘Replace Ship Names’ will now find all ship names are replaced when browsing owned ships in the Ship’s Log.
- A customized Captain’s Logbook will now retain its customization when dropped on the ground.
- The Ancient Chain ornament no longer moves strangely when the ship is moving.
- When clicking on locked Captaincy items in the Ship Customisation Chest and Flag Box, players will now hear the correct audio effects.
- Filtering by ‘Items I Own’ in any customization shop no longer causes the supply and Voyage shops to appear empty.
- Crews returning to the Sea of Thieves after visiting the Sea of the Damned should no longer see the Ship’s Crest visual effects replay.
- The ‘Info & Tips’ button can now be found when first interacting with the Ship Customisation Chest.
- 2.6.2 (September 29, 2022)
- The first Captained ship to join a server should now consistently retain previously saved ship decorations.
- Saving a customization to a Captained ship should now consistently ensure that the item is equipped in the next session.
- In the Shipwright Shop, Voyages will now appear locked and unavailable for purchase if the Ship does not have enough space to store them.
- After migrating servers, players should now consistently see all purchased Captain's Voyages on their Captain's Bookshelf.
- Captain's Logbook customizations should no longer reset after server migration.
- Crews will no longer be offered the option to restore their ship at a Shipwright if their ship is already in pristine condition.
- Crews defeating Gold Skeletons, Plant Skeletons, and Shadow Skeletons will now progress the expected Milestones.
- Trinkets now have a small chance to be nudged if they are submerged in water.
- Players who skip the Captaincy tutorial 10 times will no longer be shown the tutorial in their next session.
- Milestones related to Tall Tale completion will now progress as intended on larger crews.
- Within the Captain's Logbook, Quests Completed in the current Voyage will now progress as intended on larger crews.
- When purchasing a Trinket tier, players no longer have to close and reopen the Shipwright's Shop to purchase the next tier.
- Retrieved Captain's Logbooks will now advise players to take them to The Reaper’s Hideout to sell them.
- Realigning Trinkets will now cause controllers to vibrate.
- The Scorched Forsaken Ashes and Silent Barnacle tables, chairs, curtains and chandeliers now use the correct colours and match the rest of the items in their sets.
- The text within the Captain’s Logbook regarding pets has now been corrected.
- 2.6.0.1 (August 18, 2022)
- Captains can now consistently discard Voyages from the Captain’s Bookshelf.
- 2.6.0 (August 4, 2022)
- Introduced.