Sea of Thieves' Buried Treasure has been one of the most fan-requested features, and it's arrived alongside Map Packs and the Quest Board. There are even two new endorsements up for grabs with these Season 5 additions.
But how do you bury your own treasure in Sea of Thieves? What are Buried Treasure Map Bundles? And how does the Quest Board work? This SoT guide will tell you everything you need to know!
How to bury treasure in Sea of Thieves
Burying treasure in Sea of Thieves is easy. First, you will need to collect loot. It can be almost anything, from treasure chests to skulls, item boxes, kegs, and even chickens in coops (don't worry, they'll be fine!). Truly, your buried treasure can be anything you want it to be!
Place the object you want to bury on some dirt and get out your shovel. Press the "secondary use" button - usually associated with the left trigger on a controller and RMB on a mouse - to start scooping up dirt.
Do a little shoveling and your buried treasure will disappear below the surface, with nothing but slightly disturbed earth to indicate its location.
Custom Buried Treasure Maps and Map Sets Explained
Once you've completely buried the treasure in the dirt, a custom map will appear in your inventory, with an X marking the spot. If you bury more items on an island, more Xs will appear, up to 10 per map. You can also bury items on other islands and each island will generate its own map.
Buried Treasure Maps will also appear on your ship's Voyage Table as a set of maps. Be careful with this physical representation of your cards: card sets can be stolen by other crews. They can be snatched straight from the table, and if your ship sinks, decks of cards will float to the surface, ready to be grabbed by whoever reaches them first.
As a well-to-do pirate, you'll want to take care of your cards and decks of cards, and keep an eye out for opportunities to steal new ones from other players.
How to use the Sea of Thieves quest board for buried treasure
Sure, stashing loot as buried treasure is a fun part of the Sea of Thieves experience, but we all know sharing is caring. This is where the quest board comes in. Once you've created treasure maps, you can return to an outpost or sea post and find the quest board near the docks. Interact with it and go to the My Maps section. Every shareable treasure map you have will be displayed here, and you can select which maps to post.
Showing a map makes it available for other pirates to find on the quest board. If another crew takes your map and finds the treasure, you will receive a full share of fame and reputation. Even better, it can happen anytime, even when you're offline.
Don't be surprised to drop a few cards and come back a few days later to see a message telling you about the fame you've earned from buried treasure. If a crew never takes your map, you will eventually gain reputation and fame for posting it, but a lesser amount than if a crew found it.
You can also take other player-created maps from the quest board. These will be listed in the Quest Table section. Buried treasure maps are generally divided into caches and treasures, with treasures having more loot. Still, you won't know the type or amount of buried treasure in advance, so it's a bit of a gamble. This can be a mountain of valuable loot, random fruit, or event casks placed as traps.
You can discard buried treasure maps that don't interest you, but keep in mind that you are limited to five quest board maps per day. Beggars cannot choose.
Buried Treasure is a great new addition to Sea of Thieves. It's a perfect thematic fit and can be a great strategic move to gain fame and reputation. But don't forget, there's plenty more to do once you've buried and uncovered the loot to your heart's content. You can search for hidden journals in a mermaid sanctuary or embark on the journey of the sunken kingdom. For those, and all things Sea of Thieves, be sure to check out our dedicated SoT guides hub.
