Reaper's Chest
The Reaper's Chest is a Reaper's Bones Treasure in Sea of Thieves. The chest is cursed with the Reaper's Mark, allowing it to be tracked on a Map Table by other crews.
Cursed Effects
The Reaper's Chest is cursed with the Reaper's Mark, causing its location to be tracked on a Map Table indicated by a red Reaper's Mark map marker. If the Reaper's Chest spawns on a shipwreck or is dug up, it will emit a swirling beacon of Red and Green light. This beacon will persist even after it is picked up and will follow it wherever it goes. The high value and visibility of the Reaper's Chest will make players transporting them easy targets.
Where to find
The Reaper's Chest can be found from the following sources:
- Random chance to spawn in Shipwrecks
- 0-2 in a completed Fort of the Damned Vault (either Reaper's Chests or Reaper's Bounties)
- Possible reward for various time-limited Mercenary Voyages
- Possible reward from X marks the Spot variants of Skeleton's Orders.
Rewards
Reaper's Chests can be sold to The Servant of the Flame at The Reaper's Hideout for Doubloons and Reaper's Bones Reputation and Emissary Value (if sailing as a Reaper's Bones Emissary). Reaper's Chests offer higher Reputation gains for Reaper's Bones Emissaries than other Treasure.
The following is the reward chart for the sold Reaper's Chest:
| Emissary Grade | Doubloons | Emissary Value |
|---|---|---|
| No Emissary | 25 
|
0 |
| I | 25
|
10800 |
| II | 33
|
14364 |
| III | 41
|
18036 |
| IV | 50
|
21600 |
| V | 62
|
27000 |
Notes
- Picking up and placing a Reaper's Chest on a Ship for the first time gives Emissary Grade Reputation to Emissary Ships representing the Reaper's Bones.
- A Reaper's Chest emits a White Glint from a distance.
- Reaper's Chest can be caught with a Harpoon.
- A Reaper's Chest gives off a low and ominous burning sound.
- There have to be at least 3 Crews in a server for a Reaper's Chest to have a chance to spawn at a shipwreck.
- A Reaper's Chest may spawn inside a random Shipwreck every hour after the server start time. This is a good indicator of global Barrels respawns as well that replenish their contents every 30 minutes. The Chest will despawn with the Shipwreck if they haven't been interacted with for more than a few hours.
- It is possible to find more than one Reaper's Chest in a single Shipwreck.
- Up to 5 Reaper's Chests have been spotted to spawn at the same time.
- Burying a Reaper's Chest will hide its location on the map table.
Trivia
- The Reaper's Chest shares a similar model to the Box of Wondrous Secrets.
- An opened Reaper's Chest could be found on The Reaper's Hideout before the Reaper's Bones Company moved in.
- The Reaper's Chests came out with the Dark Relics (Content Update) and could initially only be sold to Duke as Bilge Rats Treasure in Taverns. With the release of the Reaper's Bounty, the Chests were no longer interesting to Duke and could only be sold to the Masked Stranger at The Reaper's Hideout before the Reaper's Bones set up shop.
Commendations
| Commendations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Image | Commendation | Requirements | Rewards |
 | Following the Call | Sell 50 Reaper's Chests while flying the Reaper's Bones Emissary Flag. High Seas only
| n/a |
 | Plundered Prizes | Sell 600 of any Trading Company items while flying the Reaper's Bones Emissary Flag. High Seas only
|  Unlocks the Dawn Hunter instruments for purchase at Grade I, the Dawn Hunter equipment for purchase at Grade II, the Dawn Hunter clothing and vanity for purchase at Grade III, the Dawn Hunter weapons for purchase at Grade IV, the Dawn Hunter ship set for purchase at Grade V. |
 | Fearless Reaper | Sell 320 of any Trading Company items while flying a Grade 5 Reaper's Bones Emissary Flag. High Seas only
| n/a |
 | Cursed Cargo | Sell a Reaper's Chest. High Seas only | +10 |
 | Reaping Rewards | Sell 3 Reaper's Chests. High Seas only | +25 |
 | Risking It All | Sell 5 Reaper's Chests. High Seas only | +50  Rewards the Death Defier Title. |
 | Reaper's Riches | Hand in Reaper's Chests or Reaper's Bounties to The Reaper's Bones. High Seas only
| Unlocks Fates of Fortune Cutlass and Pistol for purchase at Grade I, the Fates of Fortune Eyepatch, Hook, Pegleg, and Tattoo for purchase at Grade II, the Fates of Fortune Blunderbuss, and Eye of Reach for purchase at Grade III, the Fates of Fortune Banjo, and Drum for purchase at Grade IV, the Fates of Fortune Hurdy-Gurdy, Concertina, and Scar for purchase at Grade V, the Regal Fortune Cutlass, Pistol and Double Barrel Pistol for purchase at Grade VI. |
Pirate Chat
Here is the Pirate Chat Wheel of the Chest:
Gallery
The initial version of the Reaper's Chest without the red glow.
The initial version of the light plume of the Reaper's Chest was muted compared to the revised one.
Reddit user Rachindrater's lucky crew finding 3 Reaper's Chests in one Shipwreck.
When sunlight shines through the light pillar, a green and red strobe effect can be seen.
TPC Community crew "The Blackwater Buccaneers" with 12 Reapers Chests.
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Patch history
- 2.10.3 (April 25, 2024)
- Crews chasing down the tell-tale beacon of the Reaper's Chest or Reaper's Bounty can earn the next Grade of the Reaper's Riches Commendation, and start unlocking access to the Fates of Fortune Banjo and Drum.
- 2.8.0 (March 16, 2023)
- The beacon visible from across the seas that highlights a Reaper's Chest or Reaper's Bounty will now stay visible even when the chest is collected by players – no more hiding! Pirates can now use the beacon along with the Ship's Map table icon to track this valuable cargo being transported by rival crews.
- With these chests now much more visible when being transported, there is an additional reward for crews who successfully hand them in. Crews will now progress the Reaper's Riches Commendation and start unlocking access to the Fates of Fortune weapon set!
- 2.3.1 (October 14, 2021)
- The Reaper's Chest can no longer be stored inside Sunken Merfolk Statues.
- 2.0.14 (April 22, 2020)
- (Undocumented) Decreased Doubloon reward from 30 to 25 .
- Changed cash-in location from the Masked Stranger to The Servant of the Flame at The Reaper's Hideout.
- (Undocumented) Decreased Doubloon reward from 30
- 2.0.11 (January 15, 2020)
- Increased Doubloon reward from 25 to 30 .
- Changed cash-in location from Duke to the Masked Stranger at The Reaper's Hideout.
- Increased Doubloon reward from 25
- 2.0.8 (October 16, 2019)
- Increased Doubloon reward from 15 to 25 .
- Added as a possible reward from Fort of the Damned.
- Added as a possible reward from Skeleton's Orders.
- Increased Doubloon reward from 15
- 2.0.7 (September 11, 2019)
- Added smoky visual effect.
- Modified light pillar effect to improve visibility at all times of day/night.
- Corrected grammar issues on non-verbal messages.
- 2.0.6 (August 14, 2019)
- Introduced.
