Islands

Islands
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Type	Location

Islands are land locations that serve as some of the most common destinations for Quests and World Events.

List of regional islands

There are 74 charted islands found across the named regions of The Sea of Thieves split across 25 large islands, 39 small islands, and 10 Skeleton Forts.

This does not include Sea Forts, Seaposts, Outposts, or Siren Shrines / Treasuries as these are not classified as Islands within the Master Explorer seasonal trial.

Large Islands

Large Islands are significant landmasses consisting of hills, caves, and the ruins of old settlements.

Riddle Maps are exclusive to these islands due to their size and vast selection of unique landmarks.

Map	Name	Grid	Region	Chickens	Pigs	Snakes
	Cannon Cove	G-10	The Shores of Plenty	✔	✔
	Crescent Isle	B-9	The Shores of Plenty		✔	✔
	Lone Cove	H-6	The Shores of Plenty		✔	✔
	Mermaid's Hideaway	B-13	The Shores of Plenty	✔	✔
	Sailor's Bounty	C-4	The Shores of Plenty	✔	✔
	Smugglers' Bay	F-3	The Shores of Plenty	✔		✔
	Wanderers Refuge	F-12	The Shores of Plenty	✔		✔
	Crook's Hollow	M-16	The Ancient Isles	✔		✔
	Devil's Ridge	P-19	The Ancient Isles		✔	✔
	Discovery Ridge	E-17	The Ancient Isles	✔		✔
	Plunder Valley	G-16	The Ancient Isles	✔	✔
	Shark Bait Cove	H-19	The Ancient Isles	✔	✔
	Snake Island	K-16	The Ancient Isles		✔	✔
	Thieves' Haven	L-20	The Ancient Isles	✔	✔
	Kraken's Fall	R-12	The Wilds		✔	✔
	Marauder's Arch	Q-3	The Wilds	✔		✔
	Old Faithful Isle	M-4	The Wilds	✔	✔
	Shipwreck Bay	M-10	The Wilds	✔	✔
	The Crooked Masts	O-11	The Wilds	✔		✔
	The Sunken Grove	P-7	The Wilds		✔	✔
	Ashen Reaches	V-23	The Devil's Roar
	Fetcher's Rest	V-12	The Devil's Roar
	Flintlock Peninsula	W-14	The Devil's Roar
	Ruby's Fall	Y-16	The Devil's Roar
	The Devil's Thirst	W-21	The Devil's Roar

Small Islands

Small Islands are much smaller landmasses that are not large enough to have the landmarks for Riddle Maps. However, they can still hold a fair share of secrets, and plenty of treasure, and host a variety of enemies.

Map	Name	Grid	Region	Chickens	Pigs	Snakes
	Boulder Cay	G-5	The Shores of Plenty		✔
	Lagoon of Whispers	D-12	The Shores of Plenty			✔
	Lonely Isle	G-8	The Shores of Plenty			✔
	Picaroon Palms	I-4	The Shores of Plenty			✔
	Rapier Cay	D-8	The Shores of Plenty	✔
	Rum Runner Isle	H-9	The Shores of Plenty		✔
	Salty Sands	G-3	The Shores of Plenty	✔
	Sandy Shallows	D-5	The Shores of Plenty		✔
	Sea Dog's Rest	C-11	The Shores of Plenty		✔
	Twin Groves	H-11	The Shores of Plenty	✔
	Barnacle Cay	O-15	The Ancient Isles	✔
	Booty Isle	K-20	The Ancient Isles			✔
	Castaway Isle	K-14	The Ancient Isles	✔
	Chicken Isle	I-16	The Ancient Isles	✔
	Cutlass Cay	M-18	The Ancient Isles			✔
	Fools Lagoon	I-14	The Ancient Isles		✔
	Lookout Point	I-20	The Ancient Isles		✔
	Mutineer Rock	N-19	The Ancient Isles	✔
	Old Salts Atoll	F-18	The Ancient Isles	✔
	Paradise Spring	L-17	The Ancient Isles		✔
	Black Sand Atoll	O-3	The Wilds			✔
	Black Water Enclave	R-5	The Wilds	✔
	Blind Man's Lagoon	N-6	The Wilds		✔
	Isle of Last Words	O-9	The Wilds			✔
	Liar's Backbone	S-11	The Wilds			✔
	Plunderer's Plight	Q-6	The Wilds		✔
	Scurvy Isley	K-4	The Wilds	✔
	Shark Tooth Key	P-13	The Wilds		✔
	Shiver Retreat	Q-11	The Wilds		✔
	Tri-Rock Isle	R-10	The Wilds	✔
	Brimstone Rock	X-18	The Devil's Roar
	Cinder Islet	U-14	The Devil's Roar
	Cursewater Shores	Y-13	The Devil's Roar
	Flame's End	V-19	The Devil's Roar
	The Forsaken Brink	U-16	The Devil's Roar
	Glowstone Cay	Z-18	The Devil's Roar
	Magma's Tide	Y-20	The Devil's Roar
	Roaring Sands	U-21	The Devil's Roar
	Scorched Pass	X-11	The Devil's Roar

Skeleton Forts

Main article: Skeleton Fort

Skeleton Forts are islands fortified with structures built by skeleton forces. These locations can host the Skeleton Fort or Fort of Fortune raid style world events, while the more unique Fort of the Damned raid hosted solely at the Fort of the Damned island. Most regions have three Skeleton Forts, while The Devil's Roar has only one, and The Ancient Isles has two Forts plus the Fort of the Damned which was previously a regular Skeleton Fort known as Old Boot Fort.

• Animals are not found on Skeleton Forts.
• Skeleton Forts are not targets for most traditional Voyages, with exception of Lost Shipments.
• They do not spawn most random treasure, or Cursed Mermaid Statues.

Map	Name	Grid	Region
	Keel Haul Fort	C-6	The Shores of Plenty
	Hidden Spring Keep	I-8	The Shores of Plenty
	Sailor's Knot Stronghold	E-14	The Shores of Plenty
	Lost Gold Fort	H-17	The Ancient Isles
	Fort of the Damned (previously Old Boot Fort)	L-14	The Ancient Isles
	The Crow's Nest Fortress	O-17	The Ancient Isles
	Skull Keep	P-9	The Wilds
	Kraken Watchtower	L-6	The Wilds
	Shark Fin Camp	P-5	The Wilds
	Molten Sands Fortress	Z-11	The Devil's Roar

List of uncharted & other islands

Main article: Uncharted Islands

These islands either don't belong to any major region or don't appear on the ship's Map Table, either because they are uncharted, or exist outside the Sea of Thieves.

Map	Name	Grid	Region	Notes
	The Reaper's Hideout	I-12	No associated region	Base of operations for the  Reaper's Bones.
	"Uncharted Island (K-9)" (No official name)	K-9	The Shores of Plenty	The island also sits atop a cave system containing a Skeleton Throne. A Coral Inu can be found on the island's beach.
	"Uncharted Island (N-13)" (No official name)	N-13	The Wilds	Known for its coral reefs, Ancient underwater cave, and the Magpie's Wing shipwreck.
	"Uncharted Island (K-11)" (no official name)	K-11	No associated region	Location of The Glorious Sea Dog, tavern and former home to the  Sea Dogs.
	Tribute Peak	Y-3	The Devil's Shroud	Also known as "The Shores of Gold". Mysterious uncharted island hidden in The Devil's Shroud, found east of  The Wilds.
	Old Sailor Isle	n/a	Outside The Sea of Thieves	An island located in the world beyond The Devil's Shroud. Visited during the  Maiden Voyage.

See also

Other notable locations:

• Outposts
• Seaposts
• Sea Forts
• Siren Treasuries
• Siren Shrines

Patch history

• 2.6.3.1 (November 3, 2022)
  • Players should now hear the appropriate waterfall sounds when exploring various islands.

• 2.0.10 (December 11, 2019)
  • Added Old Sailor Isle.

• 2.0.14 (April 22, 2020)
  • Added The Reaper's Hideout to the Map Table.

• 2.0.8 (October 16, 2019)
  • Renamed Old Boot Fort to Fort of the Damned.

• 2.0 (April 30, 2019)
  • Added Tribute Peak and The Glorious Sea Dog.

• 1.4.3 (February 6, 2019)
  • Added Molten Sands Fortress.

• 1.3.0 (September 27, 2018)
  • Added The Devil's Roar region with 14 island locations.

• 1.1.2 (June 13, 2018)
  • Further improvements to load times and streaming of islands.

• 1.1.1 (June 5, 2018)
  • Further improvements to frame rate when streaming islands.

• 1.0.8 (May 23, 2018)
  • Frame rates while streaming islands have been improved.

• 1.0.4 (April 18, 2018)
  • Increased quality of island rendering at a distance when using the spyglass on all quality settings on both platforms.

• 1.0.1 (March 27, 2018)
  • Lighting has been tweaked in order to improve performance on multiple islands.
  • Sizeable framerate improvements when traversing large islands.

• First Release (March 20, 2018)
  • Introduced.