Emissary Flags

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Disambig.svg This article is about the Emissary Flags on the Ships. For Treasure Item, see Broken Emissary Flags.

Emissary Licences are special purchases in Sea of Thieves that unlock the player's ability to initiate the voting process for raising Emissary Flags to their ship, and sail as a Trading Company Emissary. Only one player per crew is required to have purchased a licence from a Company Shop in order to begin a vote at the Company's Emissary Table to raise flag, provided that the crew's ship is nearby.

Mechanics

In order to be able to raise an Emissary Flag, a player must first own an Emissary Licence, costing 20,000 Gold (free for Guilds) and requiring at least level 15 for most Trading Companies except Athena's Fortune which requires Pirate Legend and the Reaper's Bones which have no level requirements for purchase. Once a licence is purchased, the player may vote to raise the Emissary Flag at the Company's Emissary Table when their ship is nearby. Only one player in a crew is required to own a licence in order to begin a vote for the crew at the Emissary Table. A crew can only represent one Company at a time. An Emissary status, Flag and Grade progress can be lost by being sunk or scuttling the ship.

Once a crew has voted to represent a Trading Company as an Emissary, the Emissary Flags will be hoisted. A ship will have two Emissary Flags, a large flag at the rear of the ship and a pennant at the top-most point of the main mast, above where regular Flags are equipped. These two flags change to represent the current Emissary Grade of a crew as they complete tasks for the Trading Company. The pennant atop the main mast will also grow in size with each grade, making it increasingly visible to other ships at sea. When an Emissary ship is viewed with a Spyglass, a short tune will play to indicate an Emissary ship has been spotted.

As crews progress into higher Grades, the Emissary Flag will become valuable as Company Representatives will reward the crew with gold and Reputation when they vote to lower any Emissary Flag higher than Grade 1. Other crews will take interest in another crew's Emissary Flag as when an Emissary Ship sinks, the Graded Broken Emissary Flag can be sold by another crew to The Servant of the Flame on The Reaper's Hideout for Reaper's Bones Reputation and gold with values depending on the Grade. If the Flag is sold by the crew who lost it, they will only gain a mere 1 Gold.

A ship sailing with the Reaper's Bones Emissary Flag will be marked on the Map Table for all crews to see, similar to the Flag Of The Reaper's Mark. At Reaper's Bones Emissary Grade V, the ship's crew can see shadows of all other Company Emissary ships on the Map Table.

List of Emissary Licences

The following table lists all of the Emissary Licences with their costs, requirements and descriptions:

Trading Company Flag Cost Sold By Requirement Description
Gold Hoarders Gold Hoarders Emissary Licence 20,000 Gold Gold Hoarders Rank 15:
Gold Swabbie Promotion 		Set sail for the glittering horizon, earning more coin and treasured reputation as an Emissary of the illustrious Gold Hoarders.
Order of Souls Order of Souls Emissary Licence 20,000 Gold Order of Souls Rank 15:
Mystic Apprentice Promotion 		Sail forth and seek fallen souls as one of our mystical Emissaries. Your service will be rewarded with more gold and reputation.
Merchant Alliance Merchant Alliance Emissary Licence 20,000 Gold Merchant Alliance Rank 15:
Merchant Cadet Promotion 		Acquire our Emissary Flag and perform a valued duty, increasing your standing and gold as a representative of the Merchant Alliance.
Hunter's Call Hunter's Call Emissary Licence 20,000 Gold The Hunter's Call Rank 15:
Tempered Hunter Promotion 		Purchase your Emissary Licence and join The Hunter's Call.
Athena's Fortune Athena's Fortune Emissary Licence 20,000 Gold Pirate Lord
(Athena's Fortune Hideout) 		Pirate Legend Title The glory of the pirate's life in the Sea of Thieves shines bright by representing Athena's Fortune, earning more gold and reputation with the blessing of the Pirate Lord himself.
Reaper's Bones Reaper's Bones Emissary Licence 20,000 Gold The Servant of the Flame
(The Reaper’s Hideout) 		n/a An eternity on the waves awaits, with more gold and reputation as a servant Emissary of the Reaper's Bones.
Guilds Guild Emissary Licence Free n/a n/a n/a

Returning an Emissary Flag

The Following Table lists the Gold Reward for retrieving your own Company's Emissary Ship by voting to lower it at the Company's Emissary Table. Player Crews will also get increasing amounts of Reputation with the return of the Flag.

Retrieved Emissary Flag Value Chart
Grade I II III IV V
Gold Reward 0 Gold 750 Gold 1,750 Gold 3,000 Gold 5,000 Gold

Broken Emissary Flags

Broken Emissary Flags are Treasure items retrieved from a sunken Emissary Ship and can only be sold to The Servant of the Flame at The Reaper's Hideout or the Caged Skeleton at any Outpost for Gold and Reputation. Selling your own Broken Emissary Flag (marked as "Yours") is only worth 1 Gold. The following table lists the values of any broken emissary flags.

Flag Type Base Gold Value Base Emissary Value
Your Crew's Broken Emissary Flag (Any Grade) 1 Gold 1
Broken Emissary Flag (Grade I) 1,600 - 2,400 Gold 6000
Broken Emissary Flag (Grade II) 3,500 - 4,900 Gold 12000
Broken Emissary Flag (Grade III) 5,500 - 6,500 Gold 18000
Broken Emissary Flag (Grade IV) 7,600 - 8,500 Gold 24000
Broken Emissary Flag (Grade V) 9,500 - 10,500 Gold 30000

Trivia

  • The Shop icons for Emissary Flags are identical to the Trading Company Set Flags and not indicative of the Emissary Flags in-game.
  • Sea Dogs and The Hunter's Call (prior to 3.3.0) have no Emissary System.

Gallery

Patch history

  • 2.5.3 (June 26, 2022)
    • Emissary Flags and Tunnels of the Damned - Following the discovery of a gameplay exploit, active Emissaries passing into a Tunnel of the Damned will no longer drop a broken Emissary Flag upon leaving the server. This is a temporary mitigation which will be replaced by a permanent fix in a future update.
  • 2.0.14 (April 22, 2020)
    • Introduced.
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