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How Long Will Sea Of Thieves Be Down? – Server Status

Learn how to check the server status of Sea of Thieves, and see how long maintenance will be.

Sea of Thieves is a swashbuckling adventure that takes place out on the open seas. Multiple players can share the same world, so there’s a good chance you’ll encounter another player while out sailing. Being always online is a part of Sea of Thieves’ core game play, but that also means that the servers can go down sometimes. You probably want to know about the server status, so today, we’ll answer the question: How long will Sea of Thieves be down?

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How to Check Sea of Thieves Server Status

Thankfully, it’s very easy to check the current status of Sea of Thieves’ servers. All you need to do is head to the official Sea of Thieves Game Status website, and it’ll tell you if the game’s servers are currently down.

For detailed info, head on over to the official Sea of Thieves Twitter account. The official account for Sea of Thieves will post constant updates about server status if there is planned or emergency maintenance, and it’ll also notify you when the servers come back up.

In today’s instance (November 3), Sea of Thieves went down during the middle of the night, at around 2 AM PST. The reason for this server maintenance is that a major content update was coming: The resurrection of Flameheart versus the redemption of Pendragon!

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Return of the Damned, the latest limited-time adventure for Sea of Thieves, will have players decide the outcome of the story. Capture Sea Forts and collect Dark Relics to make your voice heard. Who will win? Make sure to complete as many objectives as you can to leverage points towards your chosen side!

For the game’s planned maintenance, it usually takes about 1-2 hours for the servers to come back. Surely enough, for the Return of the Damned event, the maintenance only lasted about two hours. Pirates were eager to get back into the game to get started on the new event.

That concludes our guide on how to verify how long Sea of Thieves will be down. If you have any other questions, let us know in the comments below!

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Jeremy Kanjanapangka
Jeremy is a Content Writer for Touch, Tap, Play, and has been writing in the games journalism industry for almost a decade now. With a degree in English and a passion for games, he loves to talk and write about all kinds of games. While you can find him covering the latest and greatest games, there is a special place in his heart for RPGs, action-adventure games, fighting games, and anything Nintendo related.