Tunnels of the Damned

Tunnels of the Damned are used as a travel mechanic that transports players and their ship from one world to another. One of these large rocky arches can be found nearby to each Outpost. A crew's Emissary status, resources, Resource Crates and Storage Crates will remain through travel, however treasure and Trident of Dark Tides will not.

Usage

The Tunnels of the Damned are used during A Pirate's Life and Captains of the Damned of the A Pirate's Life collection of Tall Tales as well as the Hunter's Cry Adventure and The Legend of Monkey Island tall tales to transport crews and their ships to the Sea of the Damned. When returning through a Tunnel of the Damned back into The Sea of Thieves, the crew and ship will be placed within a server different from the one they originally began on.

While in the Sea of the Damned, cancelling the active Tall Tale will immediately eject the ship back through the tunnel into the Sea of Thieves.

Starting A Pirate's Life (Quest) takes 3:00 minutes to open the tunnel, starting Captains of the Damned takes 2:45 minutes but requires interacting with Gibbs before the tunnel can open. Starting from a checkpoint of either of these Tall Tales will open the tunnel immediately.
Although a ship won't lose their Emissary status when sailing into a Tunnel of the Damned, a copy of the Emissary Flag will be left at the entrance of the portal like any onboard Treasure would.
If a Player Pirate is carrying a Resource Crate or Storage Crate upon entering a Tunnel of the Damned, it will be lost.
It's occasionally possible to clip outside the invisible walls surrounding the ship with a Rowboat, by way of the "step into rowboat" prompt.

2.7.2 (January 19, 2023)
- Crews traversing the Tunnels of the Damned will no longer be targeted by the Kraken.

2.7.0.1 (December 9, 2022)
- Crews sailing through the Tunnels of the Damned as part of the Sea of Thieves: A Pirate’s Life Tall Tales will now be able to fire their cannons as normal upon arriving at their location.

2.7.0 (November 22, 2022)
- Players taking fatal damage aboard their ship shortly before entering the Tunnels of the Damned are now returned to life upon arrival in the Tunnels.
- Players drowning while entering the Tunnels of the Damned are now returned to life upon arrival in the Tunnels.

2.6.2 (September 29, 2022)
- Players passing through the Tunnels of the Damned should no longer have their Emote Radial reset.

2.6.1 (September 1, 2022)
- Players should no longer experience a delay when interacting with the Captain’s Logbook while travelling through the Tunnels of the Damned for the first time.

2.6.0 (August 4, 2022)
- Emissaries passing into a Tunnel of the Damned will once again drop a Broken Emissary Flag in the water upon leaving the server, although they will still retain the Emissary Flag attached to their ship.

2.4.1 (January 20, 2022)
- Fireworks should no longer work while in the Tunnels of the Damned, and any activated prior to entering will automatically be cancelled.
- Players should no longer be able to interacted with a docked Cannon Rowboat while travelling through the Tunnels of the Damned.
- Players can now freely move Emote and Sitting cameras without being affected by invisible walls while travelling through the Tunnels of the Damned.
- After passing through the Tunnels of the Damned, players performing their first emote will continue to see themselves clearly when adjusting the view.
- Ammo Pouches on a Harpoon should no longer be carried through the Tunnels of the Damned.

2.4.0 (December 2, 2021)
- When travelling through the Tunnels of the Damned on a Sloop, the ghosts on the lower deck can now be seen using the comfy mattress.
- Following navigation through the Tunnels of the Damned, ranged Weapons now correctly display their bullet trails.

2.2.1 (August 17, 2021)
- After leaving the Tunnels of the Damned as an active Emissary, a player’s ship will now release the correct Emissary Flag when eventually sunk.
- After passing through the Tunnels of the Damned, the first Emote a player uses on arrival at the new location should no longer make them appear invisible.
- While travelling through the Tunnels of the Damned, players should no longer be able to fall off their Brigantine by climbing into an attached Rowboat and jumping.
- During the return journey through the Tunnels of the Damned, the ghost pirates with a map and a shovel will have those items correctly in their hands.
- Resource Crates of the Damned should now retain their ghostly glow in the Tunnel of the Damned.