Rare's 35th Anniversary
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Rare's 35th Anniversary is a 21 day long event held to celebrate Rare Ltd's 35 years as a game developer company.
Official summary
Celebrate Rare's 35th anniversary with a set of special challenges based on Easter eggs from legendary Rare games. Find these five connections in Sea of Thieves to earn the exclusive Rare Legend Figurehead!
Challenges
Running between August 4th 01:00am to August 25th: 12:59am UTC (2020), players have five challenges based on games from Rare's past that will each reward gold and Doubloons. Completing all the challenges will unlock the exclusive Rare Legend Figurehead.
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Visit Shipwreck Bay and interact with Blackwyche | Visit Shipwreck Bay and find the wreck of the Blackwyche to earn Doubloons and gold! | 3,500  7 
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Venture on Snake Island and find the painting of mighty toads | Visit Snake Island and find a painting of three mighty toads to earn Doubloons and gold! | 3,500 7
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Visit on Plunder Valley and seek the picturesque bear & bird duo | Visit Plunder Valley and find a depiction of a famous bear and bird to earn Doubloons and gold! | 3,500 7
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Stop by Thieves’ Haven and look for colourful animals at the top | Visit Thieves' Haven and seek out the colourful animals at the top to earn Doubloons and gold! | 3,500 7
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Sail through a storm at night with all your lanterns off for a Perfectly Dark moment on the seas! | Sail through a storm at night with all your lanterns off for a perfectly dark moment to earn Doubloons and gold! | 3,500 7
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Finish all five goals to get the final, shiniest reward | Complete all five Rare Anniversary goals for a shiny and special reward! | Rare Legend Figurehead |
Tips
- To complete the storm challenge, you must be inside of the storm at the in-game time of 03:00 AM.
Trivia
- Rare Ltd was founded in 1985 by brothers Tim and Chris Stamper.
- The Blackwyche on Shipwreck Bay is a reference to Blackwyche, a game developed by Ultimate Play the Game, the precursor company to what would became Rare Ltd.
- The toad painting on Snake Island is in honour of Battletoads.
- The animal painting on Thieves' Haven is in honour of Viva Pinata.
- The bear & bird painting on Plunder Valley is in honour of Banjo-Kazooie.
- The storm challenge is a reference to Perfect Dark.
- An easter egg painting for Perfect Dark exists on Discovery Ridge, but was not used for the event.
- The total amount of Doubloons earned through completing all five challenges is 35 , referencing the 35th Anniversary.