Shanties

This article is about music players may play in-game using equipped instruments. For other music, see Soundtrack and other music.

Shanties are pieces of music which players may perform using any of the available instruments.

Mechanics

Players may play any random playable Shanty using the instrument of their choice.

To select a specific Shanty, equip the instrument of choice and press / or open the Equipment Radial Menu, then navigate to the Shanties list by pressing R /.

After selecting a Shanty, the first player to begin playing an instrument will become the lead and begin to play the main melody of the chosen shanty. After this, any player who uses their instrument will join the shanty as a backing instrument, while playing the song with noticeably fewer notes, no matter which shanty is selected.

Various player states change how the shanty is heard, this includes being under the effects of Grog, which will result in the shanties playing out of tune. Other states that alter the shanty include being underwater, or being in the Ferry of the Damned.

Players can play shanties to charm and pacify snakes to avoid being poisoned while exploring or while capturing and transporting them in Snake Baskets.

List of Shanties

The following is a list of Shanties players may perform:

Image	Name	Source	Requires
	1812	Default item	n/a
	Ballad Of The Mer	Default item	n/a
	Becalmed	Default item	n/a
	Bosun Bill	Default item	n/a
	Grogg Mayles	Default item	n/a
	Happy Birthday	Default item	n/a
	Infernal Galop	Default item	n/a
	Jolly Good Fellow	Default item	n/a
	Maiden Voyage	Default item	n/a
	Monkey Island Shanty	The Lair of LeChuck	Legend of Monkey Island Legendary Commendation: Complete all Commendations for The Legend of Monkey Island Tall Tales.
	Ride of the Valkyries	Default item	n/a
	Row Row Row Your Boat	Default item	n/a
	Seek the Dead	Default item	n/a
	Stitcher's Sorrow	Default item	n/a
	Summon the Beast	The Quest for Guybrush	n/a
	Summon the Megalodon	Default item	n/a
	We Shall Sail Together	Mysterious Stranger	Pirate Legend Obtained from the Mysterious Stranger after reaching Level 50 in any three Trading Companies. 150
	Who Shall Not Be Returning	Default item	n/a
	Yo Ho (A Pirate's Life)	Lords of the Sea	A Pirate's Life For Me Complete all commendations for the 'Sea of Thieves: A Pirate's Life' Tall Tales.

See also

• Soundtrack and other music

Trivia

• It is revealed in the Tales from the Sea of Thieves book that "Becalmed" was composed by the crew of the Silver Blade as they drifted aimlessly at sea. Its lyrics were documented by Captain Flameheart Junior in the same book.
  • This would later be mentioned in a Trivia Tuesday tweet by the official Sea of Thieves twitter account.

Gallery

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  Lyrics to Bosun Bill
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  Lyrics to Grogg Mayles

Patch history

• 2.0 (April 30, 2019)
  • Shanties now play as expected when played during a server migration.

• 1.4.0 (November 28, 2018)
  • The "We Shall Sail Together" music is no longer missing from multiple Hideout entrances.

• 1.1.2 (June 13, 2018)
  • Added "Summon the Megalodon" as a permanent shanty.

• 1.1.0 (May 29, 2018)
  • Added "Summon the Megalodon" as a quest item to play during The Hungering Deep.