What the biggest myth in Sea Of Thieves you've heard? Post it below! Remember, we stream live every Saturday at 10AM PST, 1PM EST, 6PM GMT+1 here on RUclips and over at twitch.tv/jonbardcore Hope to see you there!
The damage difference between the stronghold keg and the Athena keg is blast radius. The Athena keg will kill the entire crew on a galleon but the stronghold keg will not carry its kill damage as far.
I got it a few years ago, the big shark had its own music, the music he plays in its respective section of the video. A grand version of Summon the Megaladon. I found it around N21. Though be warned I posted it in the official discord and told by pirates that it’s fake and just “propaganda by rare” lol. Happy hunting mates
11:52 "Don't overextend yourself trying to catch this particular Meg." This is terrible advice. Everybody knows that the true way to get the Shrouded Ghost to spawn is to embark on a clearly doomed voyage that will deplete your fortune, drive you insane, and eventually kill you. You literally just have to lose your mind (and a leg) and go completely wacko with your lust for revenge. IT WORKED FOR AHAB, IT CAN WORK FOR ME
"embark on a clearly doomed voyage that will deplete your fortune, drive you insane, and eventually kill you" Wait... Was the shrouded ghost just Moby-Dick all this time?
It's not a myth, it's a reality: Telling your friend to log in to play to get a quick achievement, a 20 minute adventure. From the moment those words were mentioned you have just condemned that expedition to the most cursed and chaotic of your entire life. On that journey alone you will manage to find a valuable treasure that you will want to sell only to be followed by constant megalodors, pirate ships, the event of the fleet of leaving by surprise in the place you were sailing, a obligatory visit of the kraken and of course the sweatiest of the streamers connecting on your server to record troll videos for his youtube channel.
One time I logged in to customize my reaper ship' trinkets and then log. Buy then I saw a level five reaper pulling up to reapers hideout, and I wasn't far away at plunder. So I threw up my reaper flag and sailed over, hoping to have a quick round of PVP and fully expecting my solo brig to sink with zero loot. The level 5 reapers decided to run. So I chased them to the edge of the map. We ended up in an alliance stacking FOTD. "It's just 20 minutes bro."
Myth: if you just sail away from the spire before taking out the mermaid statues during the final Pirates Life Tall Tale you’ll have a permanent Jack Sparrow on your cannons who has perfect aim
The Shrouded Ghost, in terms of myth and player stories, feels very much like one of those actual tall tales: a yarn that sailors young and old would enjoy spinning during the historical Age of Exploration. The thing about the Shrouded Ghost is that, in actuality, she ain't no tall tale. You can fight her. Most pirates don't get to see her with their own eyes, even after thousands of hours of playtime. But, you can fight her. Damn, that's awesome!
My ships whole backstory is about the shroud. My Papa and i sailed on a ship called the bear and the bird, named after me and my Papa respectively. One day i was sleeping below deck and i hear Papa scream so i ran upstairs only to see my father disappearing into the maw of a pure white shadow. I swear, it was a spectre the size of me whole ship.. with glowing red eyes. I fell hit my head and woke up on lonely isle with no ship, no Papa, no leg, no GROG and a headache that could kill a kraken.. and i never saw me papa ever again. I swear to glitterbeard i will get revenge on this "ghost" even if it kills me😆
I've never heard of that "reaper charge" thing but now I want it in the game, that's such a cool idea to fend people off and increase its value. Also, FINALLY someone else confirms that the Athena keg is identical to the Stronghold one, SO MANY people think the Athena one is better. They are literally re-skins, they even have the same sell value! The only difference is the faction they go to.
My family and I decided that there is a single person at Rare with hundreds of monitors watching every player on Sea of Thieves. and once a day they choose a person at random and press one button. That button is solely for spawning the Shrouded Ghost. One time on one person's game, once a day.
We told a new crew that they need to play call of the meg for half hour straight while burning shark meat on the fryer to call in a meg. The bastards did it, a meg spawned and they said "we will definitely do this every time" and i just.. i couldnt believe it 😂
A common one is that you have to sell all the crates full, but the fireworks crate and bait crate sell for the same amount EMPTY! So you can keep the loot if your into fishing and fireworks.
Here's a few myths. Chest of Rage: You can put this on a barrel in the lowest deck, have a little bit of water in the lower deck, and it won't set anything on the ship on fire. But will set the player on fire. Also the fire would release any harpoon if they're shot out and attached to something else. Cursed cannonballs are guaranteed on cannon rowboats found in random locations. Spamming Block and ringing the ships bell will give a good sound effect that amplifies everything around the player.
@JonBardcore It can be useful if you need to reset a glitched pirate but don't want to exit the game/alt f4. Like when there was that mast bug in hourglass.
The Chest of Rage one is true, however it does cause the water to boil, making the deck it is on unsafe to traverse. That and the water level has to be quite significant. It's ultimately not as helpful as just one player with a bucket keeping an eye on it unless if you're a solo slooper and even then it's risky.
@reonthornton685 that's what putting it on a barrel is for. If it's on a barrel (not the deck), and the deck has some water on it (enough to mostly cover the bed on a sloop) it won't boil the water and won't damage anything. But if you stand by harpoon/cannon when it goes off it'll make you catch fire
The one that I heard about the ghost is that it only spawns once 100 other megs have been killed on the server. After the 100th kill, the ghost instantly spawns on a random ship in the server, even if that means that a ship gets meg'd twice in a row
This is a myth. The alliance discords regularly run what's known as a Meg Hunt weekend where they have a full server and boats. During this time per encounter timer, which is roughly around 40-60 min you will get a meg spawn, per ship in the IMMEDIATE vicinity. What this means is you will have back to back spawns of 4-5 megs or one for every crew present. They do this until sever dies or interest wanes or the time period hits. They've definitely killed 100 megs in a "day" and it does not guarantee a shrouded ghost. It is rumored however that the drop rate is less than 1%. Now this may have changed when they redesigned the world event timer to throw people off of tracking Karen. I haven't participated in one in a very long time, but this is how it worked last year or so ago.
Same. I'll repair it either at the shipwright, or before a session-even if it only has one hole. It's nice starting out pristine, and the cost is very low.
I'm really glad you're making videos again! I've been getting back into the game after a lengthy break, thanks to the introduction of crossplay with PS5. I've got a swabbie friend of my own I'm helping to become a Pirate Legend and, though this experience has been making my age as a pirate more and more apparent (ow, my poor back), I've never been happier playing Sea of Thieves! I'm going to make a point of recommending your channel to my friend, because I think your newest videos have been really informative, and great for a new pirate. Cheers, Bardcore!
Myth I heard in regards to Shrouded Ghost: If you have Bananas on your ship, the Shrounded will never spawn on you, ever. This is only believed true because a friend of a friend mentioned this, removed the Bananas from their ship, and had that Meg spawn on them. Most certainly a myth, and spits in the face of our Banana Loving Bardcore.
I spawned into SoT for the first time in two years two days ago. Coming up on an outpost I had the Shrouded Ghost spawn on me, and then immediately despawn because I was sailing toward the Outpost and got too close. This is the only time I've ever seen it.
The biggest myth of Sea of Thieves is the "quick 20 min adventure"".... its never quick, it will not take less than 2h. Once your in, theres no scape, shit will happen and the game will eat your time.
10:17 Actually There Is A Way To Spawn One But You Need Merrick’s Drum (Only Obtained From The Hungering Deep) And Pretty Sure There’s A Cooldown For When You Can Spawn A Meg
@@JonBardcore Ah Ok. But I Think My Drum Is Good At Summoning Skelly Ships 💀 Seriously I’ve Been Playing The Shanty And 4 Megs Have Spawned And There’s Been Like 6 Skelly Ships. One Time I Know I Summoned Smth Because We Got A Meg AND A Skelly Ship 💀
The only time this is true is with bottles of rum that you get during merchant trade goods voyages. Any other piece of loot is safe to jump around at will!
@@keilafleischbein59 No, the only thing that can ever be devalued by what you do to it are the merchant items, such as not letting it touch water or not moving it around much, that being the cloth and the rum bottles, everything else cannot be devalued by any outward forces. No matter what
I once had the shrouded ghost spawn, not on me, but on a newbie ship I was pursuing, they sunk, it despawned, they had no idea what had just spawned on them.
The "repair ship" option is really only useful for gallons, as you could have open holes on the second floor that you don't have wood/don't want to spend time fixing, so a quick "fix" button push and she's all new! Wouldn't want to go into battle with a deck full of holes, just asking to be sank.
I defeated the shrouded before Emissaries were made into the game. He’s right, it’s just pure luck. I was a solo sloop, hardly any loot and clear skies. My biggest SoT flex to this day.
Part of the Myth of the Shrouded Ghost is due to the fact there was an event that you had to collect a bunch if things to call it and fight it. But after that event the ability to spawn it was removed
Yeah, I have 2000 hours in the game, and I have never once seen that Shrouded Ghost Meg. I've not ever heard any of these myths that you mention, except for I have heard the charging reaper treasure myth, and I knew that it was just a myth. Especially after I tried it once.
It does make a difference it resets all your holes. If you have a tier 3 hole and repair it with a plank as soon as it gets hit again it’s still a tier 3 hole unless you actually pay to repair the ship.
@@theikon8172 Nope, a tier 3 (actually tier 5/5, or 100%) hole, once patched, is still fully repaired. It could become a tier 1 (20%) trickle if "reopened" with a weak impact. Logic suggests the holes stay the same size, but they don't. Repaired is repaired; it just doesn't look pretty.
Myth: the playerbase will equally use all of the provided social features in the game roughly equally, and NOT treat it like a cod lobby where “Thieving” is understood to mean “always kill on site with no mic.”
I've got a buddy who is dead set on believing repairing your ship at the shipwright helps with durability. I've sent him links to videos proving him wrong with visual evidence. He just says "you can't believe everything on the internet 😏". He had a full blown 30 minute discussion in the SoT discord, where everyone was telling him he's wrong, and he just laughs that all these people don't know what they're talking about. Oh well. Not my gold being wasted.
as someone who spent lot of time fishing in isolated part of the map I can confirm.... things will keep spawning at you even if you're doing nothing.... Too much sometimes >.>
Nearby is relative, could be a couple of islands away could be more. But in the meantime, you'll have sold the loot you have on your ship (hopefully) which was the reason for sinking them to begin with
Kraken used to always spawn between world events, but does not anymore. Now it can happen at any time. So that also means that Kraken is now more rare than it used to be.
Well, it happened to us twice that the chest of sorrow started crying, my teammate played becalmed to it, and it stopped instantly. I've never heard about this myth before, it just happened. Now, it might have been just two very well timed coincidence, but i'm not convinced...
So if you leave the chest of sorrows on the very very front of the ship will it be fine or is it just a “if it’s on your ship it will flood regardless of location” type of thing?
It is now that last one. ORIGINALLY if it was on areas not considered THE SHIP, it would not fill it with water but that was like Year 1 possibly week 1. There also used to be one where if you put it on the rowboat, even if it was hooked, it wouldn't fill with water but they fixed that one too. I do wonder when they are going to fix the ladder one.
with the repair thing I normally don't buy it but one time my ship got so burned that it was actually difficult to sea billow deck (this is a galleon) and I was forced to spend 11,000 on repairs
i have 124 hours on SoT i recently saw the shrouded ghost but Rare desiced to deny me the satisfaction by sending 3 player ships and a ghost patrol i sunk everyone sunk and the shrouded ghost got away
Don't holes in the ship hull have different sizes? There's a small hole at first and then the more times the same spot is hit, the bigger the hole gets. And bigger holes take longer to repair with a plank. So repairing your ship in the shipwright from time to time actually matters.
@@JonBardcore The video also suggests that spending gold to repair your ship is a waste of money. It is not. When you're in a fight and have a lot of holes, the time to fix each of them can make a huge difference. Especially when you're solo. So while you definitely shouldn't pay for restoring every little scratch, it's good to do so when your ship has a lot of bruises.
@@explosivebarrelgamers Can confirm this. Helmsman accidentally clipped the dock while we had planked up battle damage from a naval battle with skeletons and a kraken. Some serious bad luck. One of the patched large holes at the front was now a small hole.
@@explosivebarrelgamers Yes. Once a hole is fixed, that section of the hull has full integrity, as it if was never damaged. Paying for repairs is strictly cosmetic. I still do it periodically or before a session, because I like my ship to look pristine for a little while.
Omg I totally perked up at the "song to stop the crying chest" part, and was like "WHAT?!" But then you totally brought me back to reality. Shame, that would be cool.
Im pretty sure there is a difference between athena kegs and gunpowder kegs, not woth the amount of holes they create but with the range of the explosion. Ive always heard that they will both create the same amount of holes but the athena kegs explosion radius is so large that it will almost certainly kill everyone on the ship no matter where you are.
While I had a camera on the ship for the viewpoint you saw in the video, I had Bardcore placing the keg and trying to flee before it exploded. With each keg, he was just a few feet short of the stairs to top deck and both explosions basically caused the same health damage. Neither killed him.
Ive got around 10mil, which isnt the most but its enough that fixing my ship and buying supplies isnt even noticeable lol. I imagine its the same for many
The shrowdbreaker from the tall tales let’s you exit the other world boundaries and not just to get to the shores of gold (if you play ‘maiden voyage’ on a ghost hurdy gurdy)
A question about how you said a kracken only spawns during the world event being active, but didnt they make it so it can spawn at any time in season 10?
I thought the difference between athena kegs and mega kegs was that the athene has higher damage output against players, with potentially slower damage falloff and more range. Never tested it myself, just heared it a couple times from others.
Negative. While there was a camera trained on the ship, I had a second avatar actually placing the kegs and trying to escape the blast. In both cases, they reached the middle deck just a few feet from stairs. Explosion hits, they take like 60% damage.
(Unless im wrong) Repairing at the shipright will make a difference in sinking speed. This is bc of the tier of the hole, if you have a tier 3 hole, a plank wont change the tier and will be just as dangerous when the plank is broken.
I love your videos and I’m glad you are back One thing I’ve seen people debate is a myth or not is the kraken I know it used to spawn when there was no other world events active but during season 9 the trailer showed a kraken and a world event happening at the same time. Plenty of players swear up and down that they got krakened while there was an active skeleton fleet. So I was wondering if the kraken was moved from world events to emergent encounters. Or is it a myth and bunch of people misremembering?
Great video! I have another myth to check, but not sure how can I accomplish that. There's a myth about magma rocks in the Devil's Roar. The brighter they get - the closer the eruption is. I feel like that's a myth, but a lot of my friends believe it. Same for the event clouds. P.S. I'm already waiting for the next part, cause I'm pretty sure there's a lot more myths to check
Thanks for the compliment! Sorry though, I'm not understanding the ask about rocks. You said brighter the rock the closer the eruption? If you can see the rock, you're pretty close to the eruption anyway right?
@@JonBardcore you know, like. If the shiny rocks are not so shiny, then you have plenty of time. But if they are all yellow and bright, then soon the volcano will erupt
I think i've tested the world event myth. If the eyes of a SKELETON Fort flicker red, it's beeing contested. if the flackering is green, then not. Same for the SKELETON Fleet, just that the flickering is where the cannons are, cuz the ships obviously don't have eyes...
Personally I like the damage on ships. Its her scars of battle. Let her wear them with pride of getting our of your voyage in one piece. As an imperial merchant. All that matters is the Quota and the order to be delivered
I wish people would just engage common sense, especially about myths of spawning. If all spawns were controllable then you'd simply pick the highest reward with the lowest risk balance and just keep creaming in the cash! Spawning in video games is designed to be mostly random, that's what gives games their challenge and entertainment, the unexpected challanges and making snap decisions on risk assessment, do I take the risk for the reward or cut my loses and run and you only get a few moments to decide so time pressure is added.
I joined when it dropped on PS5 ans this video is a HUUUUUGE help. I only solo sloop (I played offline games exclusively up till now) so thank you for this video. Other sources weren't accurate.
Yeah. Repairing a level 3 hole with a plank doesn't *fix* it back to level 1. I only *patches* the level 3. When that hole pops again, it'll be level three again. There is actual value to using the shipwright to repair. He made his own myth :(
@@JonBardcore I have a question I just thought of regarding Ancient Skellies, since after 220 hours I've still never seen one. If you defeat one, does your whole crew get Ancient Coins? Also, if you're in an Allliance, do the other crews get 50%?
No you don't need to get as low as possible on your ladder with the crying chest, just press F, it doesn't matter where are you on the ladder. Another mistake, Krakens CAN spawn even with world events, If I remember correctly Rare changed her to spawn even with WE in Season 9
Repairing your ship IS worth it. It's makes a *massive* difference. The size of the holes all over your ship never get smaller, only bigger with each successive hit if it does enough damage. A ship full of very large holes fills up much faster than a ship filled with small holes. Repair your ships often.
This is a complete myth. A 100% damage hole that's planked is functionally fully repaired. A weak impact like Chainshot will still only cause a 20% hole to that spot. Repair services are _strictly_ cosmetic only.
@@ryo-kai8587 This is demonstrably not true. From testing to documentation to wiki. While repaired, the hole is 100% repaired. But when that hole receives additional damage there is absolute math going on to determine whether that whole will increase in size or not.
@@austinno.1 I literally just went into the game and tested it myself. 2 cannonballs to the same spot. Gaping hole. Repaired it, one chainshot to the same spot. Tiny hole. End of story.
@@ryo-kai8587 Your anecdotal, tiny sample size is not indicative of game mechanics. Every given shot has a random chance to increase the size of an existing hole and one shot on a new panel can form a max size hole. Test harder. Other people have shown this to be true
6:38 although the athena keg is exactly the same as the stronghold keg, i still call it a gigakeg over a megakeg because it just FEELS more powerful. yes i know i'm wrong. yes it's entirely placebo effect. no i don't care.
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What the biggest myth in Sea Of Thieves you've heard? Post it below! Remember, we stream live every Saturday at 10AM PST, 1PM EST, 6PM GMT+1 here on RUclips and over at twitch.tv/jonbardcore Hope to see you there!
The damage difference between the stronghold keg and the Athena keg is blast radius. The Athena keg will kill the entire crew on a galleon but the stronghold keg will not carry its kill damage as far.
The shrouded ghost only spawns if Rare deems you worthy and pushes the big red "SHROUDED GHOST" button whilst they watch you
I WANNA BE WORTHY SO BAD
I swear they removed it and just want to watch us squirm like the sick RNG gods they are.
I got it a few years ago, the big shark had its own music, the music he plays in its respective section of the video. A grand version of Summon the Megaladon.
I found it around N21. Though be warned I posted it in the official discord and told by pirates that it’s fake and just “propaganda by rare” lol.
Happy hunting mates
Only time I've seen the shrouded ghosts the servers shut down and had issues for like 6 hours
@@gtx_snake2774 this is exactly why I always say, if you think you saw it, you didn't. It is so impossible to miss.
Every time my captain ship takes damage, I simply delete it and purchase a new one 👍
Understandable, totally legit.
Truly an entrepreneur 😂
Pure profit
I do that when I see another ship..better to not chance it.
Honestly real
My favorite myth is that there is a "secret tavern" underneath all the outposts, thats just outrageous!
who’s gonna tell him
That myth sounds more like a legend...
@@ryo-kai8587 some silly pirate legend yea
Think it needed a song? I dunno, something about drunk sailors
@@ryo-kai8587 Such myths like that, need their own song, don't you think?
11:52 "Don't overextend yourself trying to catch this particular Meg."
This is terrible advice. Everybody knows that the true way to get the Shrouded Ghost to spawn is to embark on a clearly doomed voyage that will deplete your fortune, drive you insane, and eventually kill you. You literally just have to lose your mind (and a leg) and go completely wacko with your lust for revenge.
IT WORKED FOR AHAB, IT CAN WORK FOR ME
LOL. To be fair, I have totally spent HOURS sitting waiting for that damn timer to go off and hoping its the ONE.
"embark on a clearly doomed voyage that will deplete your fortune, drive you insane, and eventually kill you"
Wait... Was the shrouded ghost just Moby-Dick all this time?
@@MrMordethrhedan always has been
It's not a myth, it's a reality:
Telling your friend to log in to play to get a quick achievement, a 20 minute adventure. From the moment those words were mentioned you have just condemned that expedition to the most cursed and chaotic of your entire life. On that journey alone you will manage to find a valuable treasure that you will want to sell only to be followed by constant megalodors, pirate ships, the event of the fleet of leaving by surprise in the place you were sailing, a obligatory visit of the kraken and of course the sweatiest of the streamers connecting on your server to record troll videos for his youtube channel.
I have absolutely fallen for the "It'll be a short voyage, no biggie" line one too many times for my own good.
One time I logged in to customize my reaper ship' trinkets and then log. Buy then I saw a level five reaper pulling up to reapers hideout, and I wasn't far away at plunder. So I threw up my reaper flag and sailed over, hoping to have a quick round of PVP and fully expecting my solo brig to sink with zero loot.
The level 5 reapers decided to run. So I chased them to the edge of the map. We ended up in an alliance stacking FOTD.
"It's just 20 minutes bro."
Myth: if you just sail away from the spire before taking out the mermaid statues during the final Pirates Life Tall Tale you’ll have a permanent Jack Sparrow on your cannons who has perfect aim
OMG I never even thought of this one. 🤣
You dont bc he cowers in fear around everything except for the tall tale
@@IronGiant131 well that's still having a permanent Jack Sparrow. He just doesn't help out.
The Shrouded Ghost, in terms of myth and player stories, feels very much like one of those actual tall tales: a yarn that sailors young and old would enjoy spinning during the historical Age of Exploration.
The thing about the Shrouded Ghost is that, in actuality, she ain't no tall tale. You can fight her. Most pirates don't get to see her with their own eyes, even after thousands of hours of playtime. But, you can fight her.
Damn, that's awesome!
One day I';ll see her too!
My ships whole backstory is about the shroud.
My Papa and i sailed on a ship called the bear and the bird, named after me and my Papa respectively.
One day i was sleeping below deck and i hear Papa scream so i ran upstairs only to see my father disappearing into the maw of a pure white shadow. I swear, it was a spectre the size of me whole ship.. with glowing red eyes.
I fell hit my head and woke up on lonely isle with no ship, no Papa, no leg, no GROG and a headache that could kill a kraken.. and i never saw me papa ever again.
I swear to glitterbeard i will get revenge on this "ghost" even if it kills me😆
...and here I am 220 hours in, just hoping I eventually find my first Ancient Skelly
I've never heard of that "reaper charge" thing but now I want it in the game, that's such a cool idea to fend people off and increase its value.
Also, FINALLY someone else confirms that the Athena keg is identical to the Stronghold one, SO MANY people think the Athena one is better. They are literally re-skins, they even have the same sell value! The only difference is the faction they go to.
Just imagine, red smoke and electricity charging up all your treasure. 🌩️
My family and I decided that there is a single person at Rare with hundreds of monitors watching every player on Sea of Thieves. and once a day they choose a person at random and press one button. That button is solely for spawning the Shrouded Ghost. One time on one person's game, once a day.
LOLOL, that's what Barn X is for! :O
We told a new crew that they need to play call of the meg for half hour straight while burning shark meat on the fryer to call in a meg.
The bastards did it, a meg spawned and they said "we will definitely do this every time" and i just.. i couldnt believe it 😂
You're definitely part of the problem. 🤣
You should have sent them snipe hunting too.
A common one is that you have to sell all the crates full, but the fireworks crate and bait crate sell for the same amount EMPTY! So you can keep the loot if your into fishing and fireworks.
Oooooh that's a good one! Save your bait and fireworks!
Here's a few myths.
Chest of Rage: You can put this on a barrel in the lowest deck, have a little bit of water in the lower deck, and it won't set anything on the ship on fire. But will set the player on fire.
Also the fire would release any harpoon if they're shot out and attached to something else.
Cursed cannonballs are guaranteed on cannon rowboats found in random locations.
Spamming Block and ringing the ships bell will give a good sound effect that amplifies everything around the player.
Man, you were so good till the very end. Why you gotta be pirate troll lol?
@JonBardcore It can be useful if you need to reset a glitched pirate but don't want to exit the game/alt f4. Like when there was that mast bug in hourglass.
The Chest of Rage one is true, however it does cause the water to boil, making the deck it is on unsafe to traverse.
That and the water level has to be quite significant.
It's ultimately not as helpful as just one player with a bucket keeping an eye on it unless if you're a solo slooper and even then it's risky.
@reonthornton685 that's what putting it on a barrel is for. If it's on a barrel (not the deck), and the deck has some water on it (enough to mostly cover the bed on a sloop) it won't boil the water and won't damage anything. But if you stand by harpoon/cannon when it goes off it'll make you catch fire
@@kalvinchester4068 This is correct.
The one that I heard about the ghost is that it only spawns once 100 other megs have been killed on the server. After the 100th kill, the ghost instantly spawns on a random ship in the server, even if that means that a ship gets meg'd twice in a row
Added to the list of Shrouded myths!
This is a myth. The alliance discords regularly run what's known as a Meg Hunt weekend where they have a full server and boats. During this time per encounter timer, which is roughly around 40-60 min you will get a meg spawn, per ship in the IMMEDIATE vicinity. What this means is you will have back to back spawns of 4-5 megs or one for every crew present. They do this until sever dies or interest wanes or the time period hits. They've definitely killed 100 megs in a "day" and it does not guarantee a shrouded ghost. It is rumored however that the drop rate is less than 1%.
Now this may have changed when they redesigned the world event timer to throw people off of tracking Karen. I haven't participated in one in a very long time, but this is how it worked last year or so ago.
How To Get A Fake Shrouded Ghost: Go Into The Fog And Get A Shadowmaw Seriously It Looks Just Like A Shrouded Ghost But With Pupils
I still need a few Shadowmaws for my commendations!
@@JonBardcore Ok
I always repair my ship when it takes quite a bit of damage after a session. I like it to look better and I'm willing to spend a little gold on it.
Same. I'll repair it either at the shipwright, or before a session-even if it only has one hole. It's nice starting out pristine, and the cost is very low.
I'm really glad you're making videos again! I've been getting back into the game after a lengthy break, thanks to the introduction of crossplay with PS5. I've got a swabbie friend of my own I'm helping to become a Pirate Legend and, though this experience has been making my age as a pirate more and more apparent (ow, my poor back), I've never been happier playing Sea of Thieves! I'm going to make a point of recommending your channel to my friend, because I think your newest videos have been really informative, and great for a new pirate. Cheers, Bardcore!
My crew has a track record of hearing the meg music start and shouting "SHARK!" - followed by ", don't care" and ignoring it.
My go-to line is "You're not the one I want." and then moving on
@@JonBardcore”this is not the -droid- meg we are looking for”
Our signature phrase for any non ghost is "boring".
Myth I heard in regards to Shrouded Ghost:
If you have Bananas on your ship, the Shrounded will never spawn on you, ever. This is only believed true because a friend of a friend mentioned this, removed the Bananas from their ship, and had that Meg spawn on them.
Most certainly a myth, and spits in the face of our Banana Loving Bardcore.
How dare such utter blasphemy be uttered!
@@JonBardcore as a Fellow banana Eater i Agree! i would've gotten the shrouded ghost a long time ago if that was the case.
I spawned into SoT for the first time in two years two days ago.
Coming up on an outpost I had the Shrouded Ghost spawn on me, and then immediately despawn because I was sailing toward the Outpost and got too close.
This is the only time I've ever seen it.
The biggest myth of Sea of Thieves is the "quick 20 min adventure"".... its never quick, it will not take less than 2h. Once your in, theres no scape, shit will happen and the game will eat your time.
10:17 Actually There Is A Way To Spawn One But You Need Merrick’s Drum (Only Obtained From The Hungering Deep) And Pretty Sure There’s A Cooldown For When You Can Spawn A Meg
Nope. Not even the power of Merrick is on a player's side when trying to get a meg.
@@JonBardcore Ah Ok. But I Think My Drum Is Good At Summoning Skelly Ships 💀 Seriously I’ve Been Playing The Shanty And 4 Megs Have Spawned And There’s Been Like 6 Skelly Ships. One Time I Know I Summoned Smth Because We Got A Meg AND A Skelly Ship 💀
You are right, the shrouded ghost isnt a myth.
Its a Lie.
One day we'll see those white fins... one day.
@@JonBardcoreMore like a night in yer dreams lad
Its real Its in commendations
I remember I was told by another crew that jumping with loot makes the value less. I still don't know if this is true?
The only time this is true is with bottles of rum that you get during merchant trade goods voyages. Any other piece of loot is safe to jump around at will!
What about the chest of a thousand frogs? I always thought it devalued if you jumped/"tripped" while carrying it
@@keilafleischbein59 No, the only thing that can ever be devalued by what you do to it are the merchant items, such as not letting it touch water or not moving it around much, that being the cloth and the rum bottles, everything else cannot be devalued by any outward forces. No matter what
Nope! The only piece of loot that loses value when jumping is rum bottles. So any other piece of loot, jump as you please!
@@hubertthefish9101 the plants too. Gotta water them or else they will be described as "parched"
6:20 "the damage is the exact same" but the mast fell, didn't it? That's definitely more damage.
Masts fell on both ships, just an editing quirk.
@@JonBardcoreOhh ok
7:07 this was so funny to me. Just the burning ship in the background with your character was hilarious
I bet the misconception with the reapers bounty might have arose when someone sold one of them during gold rush
I once had the shrouded ghost spawn, not on me, but on a newbie ship I was pursuing, they sunk, it despawned, they had no idea what had just spawned on them.
NO SHOT, oof.
Very cool that you also give trivia facts alongside the main content, thanks!
No problem! Glad you enjoyed!
Some pirates believe that if they eat snake they are immune to snake venom. Pirates believe a lot of things.
Hahahaha, hadn't heard that one.
The "repair ship" option is really only useful for gallons, as you could have open holes on the second floor that you don't have wood/don't want to spend time fixing, so a quick "fix" button push and she's all new! Wouldn't want to go into battle with a deck full of holes, just asking to be sank.
That's fair, galleons do be getting a bit more holey than others
I use the shipwright a lot. Not because I thought it fully repaired my ship. I just want to look good while sailing.
I defeated the shrouded before Emissaries were made into the game. He’s right, it’s just pure luck. I was a solo sloop, hardly any loot and clear skies. My biggest SoT flex to this day.
Hahhah, do you keep the title on at all times?
Part of the Myth of the Shrouded Ghost is due to the fact there was an event that you had to collect a bunch if things to call it and fight it. But after that event the ability to spawn it was removed
Yeah, I have 2000 hours in the game, and I have never once seen that Shrouded Ghost Meg.
I've not ever heard any of these myths that you mention, except for I have heard the charging reaper treasure myth, and I knew that it was just a myth. Especially after I tried it once.
Did you at least get to see her during the limited time Shrouded Ghost adventure?
@@JonBardcore no. I do not know what you are talking about
Well i was wondering what had happened to you. Glad i found you again, and glad to see you having such passion with these videos!
I had a guy freak out on me because I was blowing off fireworks while sailing in open water and he thought it would call a Meg or Krak
I admit, I was using the shipwright all the time because I thought it made a difference...
You're not the only one! Just imagine all the gold that the Shipwright has swindled from unsuspecting pirates!
it DOES
i just like the look of a fixed ship
It does make a difference it resets all your holes. If you have a tier 3 hole and repair it with a plank as soon as it gets hit again it’s still a tier 3 hole unless you actually pay to repair the ship.
@@theikon8172 Nope, a tier 3 (actually tier 5/5, or 100%) hole, once patched, is still fully repaired. It could become a tier 1 (20%) trickle if "reopened" with a weak impact.
Logic suggests the holes stay the same size, but they don't. Repaired is repaired; it just doesn't look pretty.
Oh yeah you added the shrouded ghost!
I did! Cheers
ok the Athena keg one actually blew my mind. I have been playing this game since season 1 and I had always assumed the Athena kegs did more damage.
Yeah, shocks a lot of players!
Myth: the playerbase will equally use all of the provided social features in the game roughly equally, and NOT treat it like a cod lobby where “Thieving” is understood to mean “always kill on site with no mic.”
I've got a buddy who is dead set on believing repairing your ship at the shipwright helps with durability. I've sent him links to videos proving him wrong with visual evidence. He just says "you can't believe everything on the internet 😏". He had a full blown 30 minute discussion in the SoT discord, where everyone was telling him he's wrong, and he just laughs that all these people don't know what they're talking about. Oh well. Not my gold being wasted.
Hahahahahah, see and that's why I made this video.
as someone who spent lot of time fishing in isolated part of the map I can confirm.... things will keep spawning at you even if you're doing nothing.... Too much sometimes >.>
Hahahahah, love me some fishing though!
I used to think that damage was permanent on captained ships, so i just didn't use mine until I found out it's cosmetic
Attacking someone for no reason to “eliminate a threat” is silly to me they’ll just respawn nearby and now you have an enemy on the server
Nearby is relative, could be a couple of islands away could be more. But in the meantime, you'll have sold the loot you have on your ship (hopefully) which was the reason for sinking them to begin with
1/10 pirates will be friendly. The other 9/10 rather fight and harass you until BOTH ships sink than make peace/alliance with you.
3:16 sloop being the cheapest of the 3 to repair because of its size
I love my fully damaged hull with planed up holes everywhere and don't forget about the burn marks I love it! Gives my ship some asthetic
And the wood chips! Don't forget the wood chips!
You gotta love the friendly jab at Hitbo for tucking 👍
Kraken used to always spawn between world events, but does not anymore.
Now it can happen at any time.
So that also means that Kraken is now more rare than it used to be.
That is not the case. Players are referencing a video for the S9 trailer which showed kraken with world events but that was just Rare hype
I wish there was a ship milestone that kept track of how much gold I've wasted on repairs. It must be in the 1mil mark by now.
I’m most surprised by the Athena keg. Because I was certain it caused more damage even from experience.
And there will be a player on like 10 minutes in the game. That's spotted One. 12:20
FOR REAL 😭
I think the "Safe Harbor" myth is less of a actual myth versus a courtesy/honor thing, especially during the early days of the game
It's asked in the official SoT Discord at least once or twice a week no lie.
Well, it happened to us twice that the chest of sorrow started crying, my teammate played becalmed to it, and it stopped instantly. I've never heard about this myth before, it just happened. Now, it might have been just two very well timed coincidence, but i'm not convinced...
So if you leave the chest of sorrows on the very very front of the ship will it be fine or is it just a “if it’s on your ship it will flood regardless of location” type of thing?
If it's on the ship, you're going to take on water.
@@JonBardcoreDamn that sucks, thought it could be cheesed by just putting it over the water but ig they thought of that
It is now that last one. ORIGINALLY if it was on areas not considered THE SHIP, it would not fill it with water but that was like Year 1 possibly week 1. There also used to be one where if you put it on the rowboat, even if it was hooked, it wouldn't fill with water but they fixed that one too.
I do wonder when they are going to fix the ladder one.
with the repair thing I normally don't buy it but one time my ship got so burned that it was actually difficult to sea billow deck (this is a galleon) and I was forced to spend 11,000 on repairs
Myth that needs to be tested. Whenever I log in the game either gonna spawn a storm on me or a kraken right after I leave port
Hahahahah. Sometimes it does feel like that doesn't it
I use the repair ship option at the start of a session so that each session has a blank slate for which to paint my misadventures on.
Hahahah, you know what I respect this
i have 124 hours on SoT i recently saw the shrouded ghost but Rare desiced to deny me the satisfaction by sending 3 player ships and a ghost patrol i sunk everyone sunk and the shrouded ghost got away
I’m here to say the biggest myth is the shrouded ghost
One day Capt... one day... 😢
@@JonBardcore crazy to think that a ps5 player has probably gotten it already
Don't holes in the ship hull have different sizes? There's a small hole at first and then the more times the same spot is hit, the bigger the hole gets. And bigger holes take longer to repair with a plank. So repairing your ship in the shipwright from time to time actually matters.
Yes, holes take time to repair. But what I'm saying is that if you plank a hole there's in effect no hole there. So everything is reset.
@@JonBardcore The video also suggests that spending gold to repair your ship is a waste of money. It is not. When you're in a fight and have a lot of holes, the time to fix each of them can make a huge difference. Especially when you're solo. So while you definitely shouldn't pay for restoring every little scratch, it's good to do so when your ship has a lot of bruises.
@@JonBardcore so you’re telling me if I plank a tier 5 hole and that plank falls off I’m gonna be now planking up a tier 1 hole…? 🤔
@@explosivebarrelgamers Can confirm this. Helmsman accidentally clipped the dock while we had planked up battle damage from a naval battle with skeletons and a kraken. Some serious bad luck.
One of the patched large holes at the front was now a small hole.
@@explosivebarrelgamers Yes. Once a hole is fixed, that section of the hull has full integrity, as it if was never damaged. Paying for repairs is strictly cosmetic. I still do it periodically or before a session, because I like my ship to look pristine for a little while.
The editing and pacing of this video is phenomenal! It’s also very educational about the game!
You're amazing, thank you so much for the compliment!
Fact or Myth: It is cheaper to repair your ship at the main menu, rather than the Shipwright.
Ooooh, interesting one! Will test
I like how bro called out Hit and isn’t even wrong for it 🤣
Omg I totally perked up at the "song to stop the crying chest" part, and was like "WHAT?!" But then you totally brought me back to reality. Shame, that would be cool.
I know, and that's why that myth still persists today!
7:41 that looks like the same ship i lost at a sea fort
Aye, there's a bit of that ship everywhere
I thought that for the skelly fleet it would flash green but if someone gets within proximity and spawns a skelly ship then it flashes red
Nope! But you're not alone in thinking that
Im pretty sure there is a difference between athena kegs and gunpowder kegs, not woth the amount of holes they create but with the range of the explosion. Ive always heard that they will both create the same amount of holes but the athena kegs explosion radius is so large that it will almost certainly kill everyone on the ship no matter where you are.
While I had a camera on the ship for the viewpoint you saw in the video, I had Bardcore placing the keg and trying to flee before it exploded. With each keg, he was just a few feet short of the stairs to top deck and both explosions basically caused the same health damage. Neither killed him.
@@JonBardcore huh, I guess I was lied to lol
Ive got around 10mil, which isnt the most but its enough that fixing my ship and buying supplies isnt even noticeable lol. I imagine its the same for many
Boxy is to blame for the charging of Reaper chests. He does it to troll
I repair every session because what else am i gonna spend my millions of gold on when Rare isnt adding enough new gold shop items per season?
The shrowdbreaker from the tall tales let’s you exit the other world boundaries and not just to get to the shores of gold (if you play ‘maiden voyage’ on a ghost hurdy gurdy)
I have NEVER heard that myth before lol.
@@JonBardcore try it
If you are doing shore of gold tall tales, the 9th one, every time you finish and then go to sell, a meg spawns. Happened all 5 times I did the quest
I have an explanation for that in this video. Watch till the end. :)
I was told if you join a guild you will get a bunch of burning blades attack you at sea
I've played for a few months and saw the shrouded ghost once and when I saw it the captain of the ship didn't even want to fight it🙄
Then you say, "I'm TAKING OVER!" and you cannon that sucker!
@@JonBardcore lmfao
A question about how you said a kracken only spawns during the world event being active, but didnt they make it so it can spawn at any time in season 10?
Great question, they did show that in the video footage but to my knowledge kraken's are still in between world events only!
Might have been the Fort of the Damned cloud, but would need to review the Season Trailer to confirm.
@aidanjackson5084 I think it was the fotd but I believe there was also an ashen winds
@@JonBardcore thanks!
i was playing today and got attacked by a kraken with a world event cloud up
the kraken still spawns if theres a world event, i was fighting the burning blade while being attacked by a kraken
Not saying you're lying just I have *never* heard of this before.
I thought the difference between athena kegs and mega kegs was that the athene has higher damage output against players, with potentially slower damage falloff and more range. Never tested it myself, just heared it a couple times from others.
Negative. While there was a camera trained on the ship, I had a second avatar actually placing the kegs and trying to escape the blast. In both cases, they reached the middle deck just a few feet from stairs. Explosion hits, they take like 60% damage.
the kraken can spawn whilst world events are active now (I cant remember which season but it could for a while now)
I think what people are recalling here is the S9 Trailer that showed kraken with world events. That was just for dramatic flair lol.
@@JonBardcore no they said it in one of there developer blogs that they increased server performance allowing the kraken to spawn during a world event
(Unless im wrong) Repairing at the shipright will make a difference in sinking speed. This is bc of the tier of the hole, if you have a tier 3 hole, a plank wont change the tier and will be just as dangerous when the plank is broken.
You're absolutely right.
surprised you didnt cover "Wearing the skeleton/ghost cures is equal to there skill" in combat
Hahahah, maybe in a future myths video!
I love your videos and I’m glad you are back
One thing I’ve seen people debate is a myth or not is the kraken
I know it used to spawn when there was no other world events active but during season 9 the trailer showed a kraken and a world event happening at the same time. Plenty of players swear up and down that they got krakened while there was an active skeleton fleet. So I was wondering if the kraken was moved from world events to emergent encounters. Or is it a myth and bunch of people misremembering?
Yeah, that was just for the trailer in Season 9. Kraken is still only in between world events.
@@JonBardcore The clarification is much appreciated, wind in your sails JonBardcore ! 😁
Great video! I have another myth to check, but not sure how can I accomplish that. There's a myth about magma rocks in the Devil's Roar. The brighter they get - the closer the eruption is. I feel like that's a myth, but a lot of my friends believe it. Same for the event clouds.
P.S. I'm already waiting for the next part, cause I'm pretty sure there's a lot more myths to check
Thanks for the compliment! Sorry though, I'm not understanding the ask about rocks. You said brighter the rock the closer the eruption? If you can see the rock, you're pretty close to the eruption anyway right?
@@JonBardcore you know, like. If the shiny rocks are not so shiny, then you have plenty of time. But if they are all yellow and bright, then soon the volcano will erupt
@@JonBardcore those orange and yellow volcanic crystals , which are everywhere in devil's roar
I think i've tested the world event myth. If the eyes of a SKELETON Fort flicker red, it's beeing contested. if the flackering is green, then not. Same for the SKELETON Fleet, just that the flickering is where the cannons are, cuz the ships obviously don't have eyes...
99% sure that your eyes are playing tricks on you. 😁
So I never bothered with the megs after the Hungering One event; had I known I wouldn't have left the time the white one appeared.
Noooooooo, don't say such things
@JonBardcore Not even a few days after and I killed my first white meg. Lol
What about the explosion damage radius from the different kegs? Does Athena go farther?
Hmm, I'll have to test this one in the future but based off of what I experienced recording this video, I'd say same.
That last tip only applies if you beleive the shrouded ghost is real XD love the video sir I'm glad your back and I hope your doing well!
Thank you very much! Every day is a blessing.
Why your character randomly appearing and doing those random emotes is so funny 😂😂
Hey it's not random! There's a lot of work in that called timing! 🤣
@@JonBardcore yes they're perfect, those scenes make the video 10x better😂👌
the shrouded ghost spawned on me two times on the first day of playing the game lmao
Personally I like the damage on ships. Its her scars of battle. Let her wear them with pride of getting our of your voyage in one piece.
As an imperial merchant. All that matters is the Quota and the order to be delivered
I wish people would just engage common sense, especially about myths of spawning. If all spawns were controllable then you'd simply pick the highest reward with the lowest risk balance and just keep creaming in the cash! Spawning in video games is designed to be mostly random, that's what gives games their challenge and entertainment, the unexpected challanges and making snap decisions on risk assessment, do I take the risk for the reward or cut my loses and run and you only get a few moments to decide so time pressure is added.
No, for sure if I make my character dance while in the storm and on fire my Shrouded Ghost will spawn. 🤣
I proudly have the title "Hunter of the shrouded ghost"
Congrats! Do you wear it as a flex to those you meet?
@@JonBardcore I do my dude, that and the figurehead
I joined when it dropped on PS5 ans this video is a HUUUUUGE help. I only solo sloop (I played offline games exclusively up till now) so thank you for this video. Other sources weren't accurate.
Hey, glad to hear it and welcome to the seas!
The shipright actually repairs level 3 holes and makes them level 1
Yeah. Repairing a level 3 hole with a plank doesn't *fix* it back to level 1. I only *patches* the level 3. When that hole pops again, it'll be level three again. There is actual value to using the shipwright to repair. He made his own myth :(
@@FelicAstraal No it doesn't. A level 3 can downgrade to l1
The only thing I care about finding is those ancient Shelly’s
Man if only there was a way to get them to spawn... All the Emporium items!
@@JonBardcore if you have the time and will power you can sit on a island or fortress and wait.
@@JonBardcore I have a question I just thought of regarding Ancient Skellies, since after 220 hours I've still never seen one.
If you defeat one, does your whole crew get Ancient Coins? Also, if you're in an Allliance, do the other crews get 50%?
No you don't need to get as low as possible on your ladder with the crying chest, just press F, it doesn't matter where are you on the ladder.
Another mistake, Krakens CAN spawn even with world events, If I remember correctly Rare changed her to spawn even with WE in Season 9
I'll see you at the bottom of the sea soon enough. 😁
Repairing your ship IS worth it. It's makes a *massive* difference. The size of the holes all over your ship never get smaller, only bigger with each successive hit if it does enough damage. A ship full of very large holes fills up much faster than a ship filled with small holes.
Repair your ships often.
This is a complete myth. A 100% damage hole that's planked is functionally fully repaired. A weak impact like Chainshot will still only cause a 20% hole to that spot.
Repair services are _strictly_ cosmetic only.
@@ryo-kai8587 This is demonstrably not true. From testing to documentation to wiki. While repaired, the hole is 100% repaired. But when that hole receives additional damage there is absolute math going on to determine whether that whole will increase in size or not.
@@austinno.1 I literally just went into the game and tested it myself. 2 cannonballs to the same spot. Gaping hole.
Repaired it, one chainshot to the same spot. Tiny hole.
End of story.
@@ryo-kai8587 Your anecdotal, tiny sample size is not indicative of game mechanics. Every given shot has a random chance to increase the size of an existing hole and one shot on a new panel can form a max size hole.
Test harder. Other people have shown this to be true
@@austinno.1 I am completely done with your hardheaded stubbornness. Believe whatever you want
6:38 although the athena keg is exactly the same as the stronghold keg, i still call it a gigakeg over a megakeg because it just FEELS more powerful. yes i know i'm wrong. yes it's entirely placebo effect. no i don't care.
Great vid!! I have a myth/question. Can a rowboat help absorb damage if attached to your ship?
Rowboats can take a couple of hits on your stern that would have otherwise put holes directly on your ship! Otherwise, wouldn't matter.
Every Shilling of gold matters… has 10000 anchoring coins
Leave my Rare Bucks outta this! 🤣