Lantern
The Lantern is an Equipment item in Sea of Thieves that acts as a portable light source to illuminate the immediate area.
Usage
Every Player Pirate will receive a Lantern during their Maiden Voyage, which they can use at any time during their adventures on The Sea of Thieves. The Lantern can be accessed from the Equipment Radial Menu.
The Lantern can be lit and unlit with the Primary Use
Button. It can also be held higher with the Secondary Use
button to slightly intensify the lighting output or light other Lanterns. The Cosmetic design of the Player's Lantern can be switched at Equipment Chests. These designs can be purchased from Equipment Shops and only change the visual appearance of the Lantern. Players can check out their own Lantern in 3rd person view with the Lanterns High Emote, which is available for purchase from the Pirate Emporium for Ancient Coins.
The colour of the Lantern's Flame can be changed at the Well of Fates on the Ferry of the Damned when a player has died in a specific way. Players will have to raise their Lantern by the beacon to take a coloured flame. These coloured flames are called Flames of Fate. If Players raise their Lantern by another Lantern, they can ignite it with a coloured Flame of Fate, or pick a coloured Flame from it instead.
Lanterns can also be used to light Beacons on Large Islands, which can then be seen from afar on the Seas.
Players are required to raise their lit Lanterns to make Shadow Skeletons vulnerable to damage during night. Shadows of Fate Skeletons require a specific coloured Flame matching their colour to be made vulnerable to damage.
Some Riddle Map riddles require the player to raise their Lantern by a specific Landmark. Players need to stand still when performing this action.
Variants
All new players are equipped with a basic Sailor Lantern by default. Other versions are available for purchase from the Equipment Shop or Companies.
Image | Name | Source | Cost | Requires | Set | In-game description |
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Accomplished Kraken Lantern | Equipment Shop | 1,500 ![]() |
n/a | Accomplished | "Krakens aren't usually green, but this lantern will turn envious pirates a similar shade." | |
Admiral Lantern | Equipment Shop | 1,900 ![]() |
n/a | Admiral | "Things will shine as bright as your prospects when illuminating this splendid lantern." | |
Aristocrat Lantern | Equipment Shop | 15 ![]() |
n/a | Aristocrat | "An elegant lantern, perfect for poetry in the garden at midnight. Or pirate stuff, if you insist." | |
Azure Ocean Crawler Lantern | Equipment Shop | 2,650 ![]() |
Azure Ocean Crawler | "Some crabs are attracted to light, but they'll think twice if they see what your lantern's made of." | ||
Bilge Rat Lantern | Equipment Shop | 1,900 ![]() |
n/a | Bilge Rat | "Don't be too rough with it, or you might find yourself in a bit of a dark place." | |
Bone Crusher Lantern | Equipment Shop | 1,900 ![]() |
Bone Crusher | "A lantern for the truly macabre, this will light your way in the eeriest fashion." | ||
Castaway Bilge Rat Lantern | Equipment Shop | 1,900 ![]() |
n/a | Castaway Bilge Rat | "Don't be too rough with it, or you might find yourself in a bit of a dark place." | |
Ceremonial Admiral Lantern | Equipment Shop | 1,900 ![]() |
Ceremonial Admiral | "Things will shine as bright as your prospects when illuminating this splendid lantern." | ||
Cultured Aristocrat Lantern | Equipment Shop | 25,650 ![]() |
Cultured Aristocrat | "An elegant lantern, perfect for poetry in the garden at midnight. Or pirate stuff, if you insist." | ||
Dark Adventurers Lantern | Athena's Fortune Shop | 641,250 ![]() |
Dark Adventurers | "Even the darkest of souls sometimes need to light their way in the dead of night." | ||
Dawn Hunter Lantern | Equipment Shop | 25,650 ![]() |
Dawn Hunter | "You spend a lot of time in darkness, so this may come in handy." | ||
Deep Ocean Crawler Lantern | Equipment Shop | 17,100 ![]() |
n/a | Deep Ocean Crawler | "Some crabs are attracted to light, but they'll think twice if they see what your lantern's made of." | |
Eastern Winds Jade Lantern | Equipment Shop | 25,650 ![]() |
Eastern Winds Jade | "The jade dragons on its handle are just one of the many ways this lantern exudes quality." | ||
Eastern Winds Sapphire Lantern | Twitch Drops | n/a
|
n/a | Eastern Winds Sapphire | "The golden dragons on its handle are just one of the many ways this lantern exudes quality." | |
Esteemed Souls Lantern | Order of Souls | 2,800 ![]() |
Order of Souls | "This highly respected souls of esteemed pirates ignites this shadow banishing lantern." | ||
Fallen Sea Dog Lantern | Who Killed DeMarco? | n/a
|
n/a | Standalone Cosmetics | "A lantern found in a sunken chest near Sea Dog's Rest. Surprisingly, it still works..." | |
Fearless Bone Crusher Lantern | Equipment Shop | 15 ![]() |
n/a | Fearless Bone Crusher | "A lantern for the truly macabre, this will light your way in the eeriest fashion." | |
Festival of the Damned Lantern | Duke | 10 ![]() |
n/a | Festival of the Damned | "A lantern from the Ferry of the Damned, lighting the way through the darkness of death itself." | |
Firefly Lantern | Season Four | n/a
|
n/a | Standalone Cosmetics | "Gazing into the flickering flames of this lantern will fill even the rowdiest rogues with a deep sense of serenity." | |
Forsaken Ashes Lantern | Equipment Shop | 2,650 ![]() |
Forsaken Ashes | "Let this light shine as surely as the flames of a forge." | ||
Frostbite Lantern | Equipment Shop | 25,650 ![]() |
Frostbite | "Should you have highly flammable fur so close to a flame? Probably not, but you're not going to let that stop you." | ||
Frozen Horizon Lantern | Pirate Emporium | 249 ![]() |
n/a | Frozen Horizon | "Despite the raging flame inside, this icy lantern never melts." | |
Ghost Lantern | Athena's Fortune Shop | 13,500 ![]() |
Ghost | "Stand on a distant, foggy cliff with this haunting lantern held high and start a few ghost stories." | ||
Gilded Phoenix Lantern | Twitch Drops | n/a
|
n/a | Gilded Phoenix | "With this gleaming golden lantern, your light will truly shine like a phoenix." | |
Glorious Sea Dog Lantern | Equipment Shop | 2,650 ![]() |
n/a | Glorious Sea Dog | "A useful tool, but also a great way to accidently get spotted by your rivals." | |
Gold Hoarders Lantern | Equipment Shop | 25,650 ![]() |
Gold Hoarders | "A sturdy light for when the situation demands you must burn up all of that expensive lantern oil." | ||
Golden Nile Lantern | Pirate Emporium | 249 ![]() |
n/a | Golden Nile | "With an exposed flame burning at its core, this ornate lantern is best handled with great care." | |
Grand Admiral Lantern | Equipment Shop | 1,900 ![]() |
n/a | Grand Admiral | "Things will shine as bright as your prospects when illuminating this splendid lantern." | |
Guardian Ghost Lantern | Athena's Fortune Shop | 13,500 ![]() |
Guardian Ghost | "Stand on a distant, foggy cliff with this haunting lantern held high and start a few ghost stories" | ||
Hunter Lantern | Equipment Shop | 1,900 ![]() |
n/a | Hunter | "You spend a lot of time in darkness, so this may come in handy." | |
Imperial Sovereign Lantern | Equipment Shop | 1,900 ![]() |
n/a | Imperial Sovereign | "Hard to tell which shines brighter, its light or the distasteful excess of gold." | |
Inky Kraken Lantern | Equipment Shop | 17,100 ![]() |
n/a | Inky Kraken | "A lantern made from a real Kraken's eye, or so you tell the new pirates..." | |
Kraken Lantern | Equipment Shop | 2,650 ![]() |
n/a | Kraken | "A lantern made from a real Kraken's eye, or so you tell the new pirates..." | |
Lantern of Courage | Summer of Sea of Thieves | n/a
|
n/a | Courage | "Let your courage shine like this lantern for other to follow! Besides, the dark is scary." | |
Lantern of the Ashen Dragon | Equipment Shop | 2,650 ![]() |
n/a | Ashen Dragon | "Is it your imagination, or does this lantern house a glimmer of dragon fire?" | |
Lantern of the Bristling Barnacle | Equipment Shop | 25,650 ![]() |
Bristling Barnacle | "Lights up even the dingiest shipwrecks, perfect for some fast looting." | ||
Lantern of the Damned | Equipment Shop | 14,250 ![]() |
Damned | "This lantern has lit the way through the darkness of the grave and beyond." | ||
Lantern of the Silent Barnacle | Equipment Shop | 25,650 ![]() |
The Silent Barnacle | "Lights up even the dingiest shipwrecks, perfect for some fast looting." | ||
Lantern of The Wailing Barnacle | Equipment Shop | 15 ![]() |
n/a | Wailing Barnacle | "Lights up even the dingiest shipwrecks, perfect for some fast looting." | |
Legendary Lantern | Athena's Fortune Shop | 2,650 ![]() |
Legendary | "The lantern of a fine corsair, shines a beam through the night air." | ||
Lunar Festival Lantern | Pirate Emporium | 249 ![]() |
n/a | Lunar Festival | "This lantern shines with a hopeful light, ready to face the new year." | |
Measly Souls Lantern | Order of Souls | 700 ![]() |
Order of Souls | "The spirits of measly Skeletons illuminate the first of our mysterious lanterns." | ||
Mercenary Lantern | Equipment Shop | 15 ![]() |
n/a | Mercenary | "Let's face it; you do your best work at night, so this lantern will prove useful." | |
Nightshine Parrot Lantern | Equipment Shop | 17,100 ![]() |
n/a | Nightshine Parrot | "When you look this amazing, it pays to bring your own lighting!" | |
Notable Souls Lantern | Order of Souls | 1,400 ![]() |
Order of Souls | "Shining forth from this spectral lantern are the essence of notable Skeletons." | ||
Notorious Souls Lantern | Order of Souls | 3,500 ![]() |
Order of Souls | "Only our most notorious Skeleton souls were used to light this most enigmatic lantern." | ||
Obsidian Lantern | Equipment Chest | n/a
|
n/a | Black Dog | "Illuminate the night, without spoiling your sombre look." | |
Ocean Crawler Lantern | Equipment Shop | 2,650 ![]() |
n/a | Ocean Crawler | "Some crabs are attracted to light, but they'll think twice if they see what your lantern's made of." | |
Parrot Lantern | Equipment Shop | 2,650 ![]() |
n/a | Parrot | "When you look this amazing, it pays to bring your own lighting!" | |
Prehistoric Plunderer Lantern | Pirate Emporium | 249 ![]() |
n/a | Prehistoric Plunderer | "It's amazing to think the tiny creature encased in this lantern evolves into a mighty Megalodon. Truly, life finds a way." | |
Renowned Souls Lantern | Order of Souls | 2,100 ![]() |
Order of Souls | "Lift the gloom with a lantern infused with the vitality of renowned Skeletons." | ||
Rogue Sea Dog Lantern | Equipment Shop | 1,900 ![]() |
Rogue Sea Dog | "Built to last, a heave duty lantern that won't go out even when dropped from the crow's nest." | ||
Royal Sovereign Lantern | Equipment Shop | 1,900 ![]() |
Royal Sovereign | "Hard to tell which shines brighter, its light or the distasteful excess of gold." | ||
Ruffian Sea Dog Lantern | Equipment Shop | 1,900 ![]() |
n/a | Ruffian Sea Dog | "Built to last, a heave duty lantern that won't go out even when dropped from the crow's nest." | |
Sailor Lantern | Equipment Chest | n/a
|
n/a | Sailor | "Lights up the dark, but also brings attention to the dullness of your lantern." | |
Sapphire Blade Lantern | Insider Programme | n/a
|
n/a | Sapphire Blade | "Pierce the gloom and light the way for those who follow you into darkness." | |
Scorched Forsaken Ashes Lantern | Equipment Shop | 2,650 ![]() |
Scorched Forsaken Ashes | "Let this light shine as surely as the flames of a forge." | ||
Scurvy Bilge Rat Lantern | Equipment Shop | 5,450 ![]() |
n/a | Scurvy Bilge Rat | "Don't be too rough with it, or you might find yourself in a bit of a dark place." | |
Sea Dog Lantern | Equipment Shop | 1,900 ![]() |
n/a | Sea Dog | "Built to last, a heave duty lantern that won't go out even when dropped from the crow's nest." | |
Sea Serpent Lantern | Pirate Emporium | 249 ![]() |
n/a | Sea Serpent | "Light your way with a flame stolen from the maw of an ancien beast." | |
Seared Forsaken Ashes Lantern | Equipment Shop | 2,650 ![]() |
Seared Forsaken Ashes | "Let this light shine as surely as the flames of a forge." | ||
Silver Blade Lantern | n/a
|
n/a | Silver Blade | "Pierce the gloom and light the way for those who follow you into darkness." | ||
Snowbound Ship Lantern | Season Five | n/a
|
n/a | Standalone Cosmetics | "Not only is this a fine tool to light your path, it houses a tiny ship traversing frozen wastes. So hypnotic…" | |
Snowburned Ship Lantern | Equipment Chest | n/a
|
n/a | Standalone Cosmetics | "Whether it depicts winter in The Devil's Roar or a ruby-red sunset, this makes the season feel a little more toasty." | |
Soulflame Lantern | Athena's Fortune Shop | 150,000 ![]() |
Soulflame | "This lantern seems to resemble the mask of a Soulfire Captain, but it couldn’t be - could it?" | ||
Sovereign Lantern | Equipment Shop | 1,900 ![]() |
n/a | Sovereign | "Hard to tell which shines brighter, its light or the distasteful excess of gold." | |
Sunshine Parrot Lantern | Equipment Shop | 25,650 ![]() |
Sunshine Parrot | "When you look this amazing, it pays to bring your own lighting!" | ||
The Killer Whale Lantern | The Hunter's Call | 1,400 ![]() |
The Killer Whale | "A lantern from The Killer Whale, a ship that never got lost. Eaten, yes, but not lost." | ||
The Servant's Lantern | Lost Sands | n/a
|
n/a | Servant of the Flame | "Shine light on dark conspiracies with this lantern, awarded to those who worked to shroud Golden Sands Outpost." | |
Thriving Wild Rose Lantern | Equipment Shop | 25,650 ![]() |
Thriving Wild Rose | "The light of this lantern glows as warmly as the light between George and Rose." | ||
Triumphant Sea Dog Lantern | Equipment Shop | 11,395 ![]() |
Triumphant Sea Dog | "A useful tool, but also a great way to accidently get spotted by your rivals." | ||
Twilight Hunter Lantern | Twitch Drops | n/a
|
n/a | Twilight Hunter | "You spend a lot of time in darkness, so this may come in handy." | |
Venomous Kraken Lantern | Equipment Shop | 25,650 ![]() |
Venomous Kraken | "A lantern made from a real Kraken's eye, or so you tell the new pirates…" | ||
Wild Rose Lantern | Equipment Shop | 15 ![]() |
n/a | Wild Rose | "The light of this lantern glows as warmly as the light between George and Rose." |
Pirate Chat
Here is the Pirate Chat Wheel for Lanterns:
Patch history
- 1.4.1 (December 12, 2018)
- Lanterns will no longer refresh the Flame of Fate colour when stowing and unstowing.
- 1.3.0 (September 27, 2018)
- Light emitted onto the sea from a lantern no longer causes a pixelated effect.
- 1.2.4 (August 30, 2018)
- Light It Up - Lanterns must now be lit in order to trigger riddle steps.
- 1.1.2 (June 13, 2018)
- Flame VFX on lanterns will now appear correctly.
- First Release (March 20, 2018)
- Introduced.