Fifth Anniversary Community Weekend
The Fifth Anniversary Community Weekend, also known as Anniversary Event Community Day, or simply Community Weekend, is a special 48-hour event for Season Nine to celebrate the Sea of Thieves Fifth Anniversary and the Sea of Thieves community. The event offers login rewards, increased Ancient Skeleton spawns, and a Community Emissary Grade multiplier on gold, reputation, Seasonal Renown and Allegiance that can be boosted up to a maximum of a 2.5x by the player community using the Twitter hashtag #SoTAnniversaryPromo.
It ran from March 25, 2023 (10:00 UTC) to March 27, 2023 (10:00 UTC).
Official summary
One of the most exciting events still to come in this anniversary month is our Community Weekend, taking place from March 25th-27th. It’s going to be a jam-packed weekend of gifts, on-sea action and an outrageous number of opportunities for loot – so to make sure you don’t miss any of the key information, we’re serving it up hot right here.
You might be thinking “hang on a second, aren’t these usually Community Days?” – and you’d be right, these types of events usually last for 24 hours and no longer. However, for this celebration we’re doubling down on the fun and offering players the opportunity to get involved across 48 hours. We’re incredibly excited to be bringing more players into this community celebration by including more social channels, and we can’t wait to see what sort of amazing content you all create across the web this time, not just on Twitter. Good times!
Rewards
Gold, reputation, Renown multiplier and Allegiance
All tweets made with the hashtag #SoTAnniversaryPromo over the duration of the community event were counted into the Community Emissary Grade, with more tweets resulting in a higher multiplier on gold, reputation, Seasonal Renown and Allegiance up to a maximum of a 2.5x until the end of the event.
Ancient Skeleton boost
Once the Community Emissary Grade hits the final rank, there will be a increase to the appearance of those Ancient Coin lugging Skeletons all across the Sea of Thieves. But they'll only be around for a limited time, once a cumulative total of 50 million Ancient Coins are rewarded to players- These skeletons will return to their earlier rare spawn rates.
The boosted appearance rate of Ancient Skeletons officially began at 15:32 UTC on March 25, 2023[1]. 40 million Ancient Coins had been claimed by 17:10 UTC on March 26[2], and at 19:30 UTC on March 26, 2023, it was announced that all 50 million Ancient Coins available for the event had been claimed[3].
Log-in Rewards
All players who enter a game session during the event are automatically gifted the following rewards.
| Image | Item | Description | Requirements |
|---|---|---|---|
 |
Gilded Flag of Fellowship | "A flag flown proudly by all pirates who participated in Sea of Thieves' fifth anniversary Community Weekend." | Logging into a game session during the event. |
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Baker's Barrel Disguise Emote | "The barrel is a lie." | Logging into a game session during the event. |
In addition, players will receive a special Legendary Search for the Skull of Destiny Voyage that can be used regardless of whether or not that player is a Pirate Legend.
Statistics
Over the course of the event and shortly after, Rare revealed a number of unique statistics regarding what had happened in the game over the course of the Community Weekend.
| Announcement Time (UTC) | Statistic | Value |
|---|---|---|
| March 25, 2023, 12:59 | Uses of the Dance Emote | 92,874[4] |
| March 26, 2023, 07:59 | Players Instantly Killed by Volcanic Debris | 13[5] |
| March 26, 2023, 23:24 | Number of Burnt Leeches Eaten | 1,441[6] |
| March 26, 2023, 23:24 | Number of Dogs Fired From Cannons | 59,354[6] |
| March 26, 2023, 23:24 | Number of Cats Fired From Cannons | 14,573[6] |
| March 26, 2023, 23:24 | Skeletons Killed | 34,616,171[6] |
| March 27, 2023, 10:18 | Bananas Eaten | 9,177,967[7] |
| March 27, 2023, 10:18 | Treasure Items Sold | 19,749,926[7] |
| March 27, 2023, 10:18 | Fort of the Damned Completions | 85,424[8] |
| March 27, 2023, 10:18 | Uses of the Baker's Barrel Disguise Emote | 186,567[8] |
| March 27, 2023, 10:18 | Number of Times Pirates Were Fired From Cannons | 3,831,026[8] |
| March 27, 2023, 10:18 | Grogs Drunk | 2,592,392[8] |
| March 27, 2023, 10:18 | Number of Burnt Leeches Eaten | 1,788[8] |
Emporium sale
Players swinging by the Pirate Emporium to spend their Ancient Coins will find they can get more for their money thanks to a huge Anniversary Sale running until March 28th. This sale includes some classic ship sets, costumes, weapons and Sea of Thieves: A Pirate's Life items – and visitors to the Emporium can also pick up a Down the Hatch Emote for free while the sale is live!
Merchandise sale
A celebratory sale is made available on the Sea of Thieves merchandise store for the duration of the event. All Sea of Thieves themed merchandise was discounted by 30% with the use of the promotional code SOTANNIVERSARYPROMO at checkout.
During the sale, a limited Community Weekend t-shirt and Flag are available for purchase.
The Fifth Anniversary's limited Community Weekend T-Shirt
The Fifth Anniversary's limited Community Weekend Physical Flag
Gallery
Promotional image.
Promotional image for Merchandise Sale.
Community Weekend Share Card.
Community Weekend Emissary Flag Grade Five.
Community Weekend Bingo.
Promotional image for the Baker's Barrel Disguise Emote rewarded during the event.
Promotional image for the Gilded Flag of Fellowship rewarded during the event.
Promotional image for the increased Ancient Skeleton spawn rates.
The note received by players in-game, during the Community Weekend.
External links
- Supersized Community Weekend Set for March 25th-27th, Sea of Thieves News
- Fifth Anniversary Community Weekend, SeaOfThieves.com Event Page
References
- ↑ Beginning of Increased Ancient Skeleton Appearances Announcement, @SeaOfThieves, Twitter, March 25, 2023.
- ↑ 40 Million Ancient Coins Announcement, @SeaOfThieves, Twitter, March 26, 2023.
- ↑ 50 Million Ancient Coin Announcement, @SeaOfThieves, Twitter, March 26, 2023.
- ↑ Uses of the Dance Emote, @SeaOfThieves, Twitter, March 25, 2023.
- ↑ Players killed by volcanic debris over Community Weekend, @SeaOfThieves, Twitter, March 26, 2023.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Community Weekend Fast Facts, @SeaOfThieves, Twitter, March 26, 2023.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Community Weekend Statistics, @SeaOfThieves, Twitter, March 27, 2023.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 More Community Weekend Statistics, @SeaOfThieves, Twitter, March 27, 2023.