Snake

Snake
Details
Type	Creature
Behaviour	Hostile (Pacified by music)
Location	Various Islands

Snakes are Creatures in Sea of Thieves. They are sometimes requested by the Merchant Alliance. When a pirate gets near a snake, it will start hissing. If a pirate stays near the snake, it will attack them with a spray of venom. They can be caught in baskets. Snakes can be charmed if a pirate plays music near them, causing them to sway, cease hissing, and not attack. Be aware that snakes can still attack the player while in their baskets, especially while being carried unless the snake is currently charmed. As of the Anniversary Update, snakes can be killed for snake meat and sold to the Hunter's Call or eaten.

It is strongly advised to keep snakes away from other creatures that have been captured, as the snake can kill them if nearby and agitated. It should also be noted that snakes can be used as traps, placing them near loot on the ship to help fight against hostile pirates looking to "inherit" some loot.

Types of Snake

There are four varieties of Snake, each with its own price of Gold.

A Snake is worth 10x more Gold when commissioned by Merchant Alliance voyages.

Type	No Voyage	Merchant Voyage
Red Striped Snake	10 - 30	100 - 300
Blue Dappled Snake	30 - 70	300 - 700
Black Scaled Snake	70 - 150	700 - 1,500
Golden Snake	150 - 300	1,500 - 3,000

Locations

• Smuggler's Bay
• Sandy Shallows
• Picaroon Palms
• Lone Cove
• Lonely Isle
• Crescent Isle
• Lagoon of Whispers
• Wanderers Refuge

• Discovery Ridge
• Castaway Isle
• Snake Island
• Crook's Hollow
• Cutlass Cay
• Booty Isle
• Devil's Ridge

• Marauder's Arch
• Black Sand Atoll
• The Sunken Grove
• Isle of Last Words
• The Crooked Masts
• Liar's Backbone
• Kraken's Fall

Meat

When a snake is killed it drops a piece of Snake meat, which can be cooked and sold to The Hunter's Call or to the Sovereigns for a lesser price.

Meat prices (Snake) (+50% when selling directly to The Hunter's Call)
	Raw	Under-cooked	Cooked	Burnt
Sovereigns	n/a	40	45	5
Hunter's Call (with +50% bonus applied)	n/a	60	68	8

Trivia

• The Snake's appearance may have been inspired by the real-life Spitting cobra.

Patch history

• 2.8.6 (September 28, 2023)
  • Charmed Snakes will no longer appear to turn away from the player.

• 2.5.1 (April 7, 2022)
  • Snakes have been demoted from Sea Fort Captain status and now award the correct Seasonal Renown.

• 2.3.2 (November 11, 2021)
  • When caging Snakes, leaving them on an island and returning from some distance away should no longer cause them to change colour.

• 2.2.0 (June 22, 2021)
  • When a player is affected by snake venom, it will now display the full-screen visual effect.

• 2.0.12 (February 19, 2020)
  • Snakes will once again attack players when placed down while inside a basket.

• 2.0.8 (October 16, 2019)
  • Selling a snake to the Merchant Alliance now correctly removes the snake audio effects from the world.

• 2.0 (April 30, 2019)
  • Snakes now all drop Raw Meat.

• 1.4.3 (February 6, 2019)
  • Snakes inside baskets should now correctly agitate and attack players after migrating with your ship.
  • Snakes now correctly take damage from being shot in the head.
  • Snakes placed in a basket no longer clip through the bottom of the basket.

• 1.4.0 (November 28, 2018)
  • Snakes in baskets can no longer attack players through the decks of ships.
  • Upon charming and killing a snake, the hissing noise will no longer persist in that location.

• 1.1.4 (June 28, 2018)
  • Being poisoned by a snake no longer shows the VFX a second time.

• 1.0.1 (March 27, 2018)
  • Snakes will now behave correctly, turning to face the player when agitated.

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

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