Halloween and themed gaming events go hand in hand and us gamers are always craving a Halloween themed graveyard twist in our favourite games.
This time it’s fans of Sea’s turn to rejoice, so grab your tankard and fill it up high and raise a glass as the tradition of themed events comes to Sea of Thieves with its next monthly content update named Fort of the Damned.
Fort of the Damned is set to be a challenging event arriving on Wednesday October 16th, echoing last year’s hit Halloween themed Festival of the Damned. There are chilling times afoot, but in a gift of love and warmth to the soul, players of Sea of Thieves will get the chance to sail into October with there hearts warmed by the loving pets introduced in last month’s content update.
September saw Smuggler’s Fortune blast the doors open wide to the pirate emporium, thus allowing the sale of furry and feathered friends alike for sale for the very first time.
Ancient Coins (Sea of Thieves’ new premium currency) were spent in huge numbers with a huge 98% of people who used the currency picking up a pet. Parrots you would have thought would have been the first choice of many players, however monkeys surprisingly gave them a run for there money. But our love for Pirates and parrots made sure that with 52.4% of the sales, with the Parakeet the most popular pet breed overall, and the Blue Moon Parakeet the most popular of these; of the monkeys that were sold the White Beard Capuchin has been players top pick.
Of course, all this variety in pets is nothing compared to the variety in pet names, so if you’re curious about what most people are calling their Sea of Thieves parrots and monkeys, here’s the current combined top 10:
- Jack
- Rafiki
- Polly
- Blue
- Mango
- George
- Luna
- Steve
- Shadow
- Bob
Disney-inspired monkey names have naturally proven popular, with Rafiki in second place and Abu very narrowly missing the top 10. There have also been 177 Jack Sparrows and 120 Barbossas, inspired by Pirates of the Caribbean – in fact, fans with a good memory might wonder if a certain iconic line is the reason why Jack took the number one spot.
Names inspired by Sea of Thieves developers and Rare’s rich gaming history also surfaced quickly.
- 153 pets named Joe Neate
- 136 pets named Kazooie
- 70 pets called Antonio
- 70 pets called Donkey Kong
Names inspired by general pop culture proved similarly popular:
- 340 pets named Harambe (the gorilla)
- 248 pets named Winston (Overwatch)
- 233 pets named Marcel (Friends)
- 149 pets named Curious George (the character)
- 118 pets named Marty McFly (Back to the Future)
- 94 pets named Loki (Marvel’s Avengers/Norse mythology)
- 48 pets named Pidgey (Pokémon)
Fort of the Damned will be free for all players who bought Sea of Thieves on the Xbox One family of devices or via Windows 10 PC, and those with access to Xbox Game Pass. This update arrives on Wednesday October 16th and will bring new additions to the Pirate Emporium and Black Market too – pet fans should watch out for a spooky surprise!