On Not Spending Fortunes On Clothes
In the Sea of Thieves, the number one goal is to get a fuckton of gold. Gold is the be-all-and-end-all of the seas, you need it for almost everything in the Sea of Thieves. And, most importantly, you need gold to buy clothes. After all, the second biggest goal in the Sea of Thieves is to look fucking awesome, to be the pirate with the most drip.
However, clothes and gear can get pretty expensive. There’s clothing you can buy that easily hits the millions of gold, particularly the Dark Adventurer sets, and stuff from the Gold Hoarders. If you look in any of the standard clothing stores, all of them start off with things that cost about 1000 gold, but the price quickly spirals upwards, and you have items that cost anywhere from 25k gold, all the way to about half a million. If you go to the Pirates’ Hideout and speak to the guy there, you are presented with clothes in the millions of gold range.
Meanwhile, some of the best pirate clothing is actually free. Each season has a season pass with which you can unlock new clothing. And some of this clothing is really nice, like the Chef’s Shirt, which fits nicely with pretty much any open jacket. The season pass for season nine also features a set of rings, the first of their kind, and all you need to do is reach level 70 on the pass. Which is pretty easy to do if you play regularly. Those rings are part of my getup now.
On top of that, there are looks for everything, from your weapons to your, uh, watch. Equipment comes in a myriad of different styles, the same way clothes do. But frankly, I don’t really care about equipment too much. I just use whatever I like the look of, because most equipment is hidden most of the time. Currently, I am using some of the eastern dragon stuff for normal equipment. My weapons though, I use the kebab rapier and the ghost Blunderbuss or Eye of Reach, because I like the look of them.
And then there’s decorating your ship. Ships are also pretty damn expensive to decorate, as there is, well, lots of stuff to decorate. The hull of your ship can easily cost 100K for something that actually looks good. It also costs a small fortune to save your cosmetics to your ship, but that does mean you only need to equip it once and forget about it. I currently use the Hunter set, because it’s rather muted and not too in-your-face. Not that I see my ship very much.
To make matters worse, the best sails in the game cost a good 8 million coins. The Dark Adventurer sails are cut in a certain way at the bottom that makes it easier to see what’s directly in front of you. Most sails leave you blind, but the upside down V cut gives you more space to see. I’d call it the only pay-to-win item in the game, but the difference honestly isn’t that great. Plus, it means you have to make everything match the grey, black and red of the sails. And the rest of the Dark Adventurer set is massively expensive.
Finally, we have trinkets. I don’t really care for trinkets on my ship, mostly because I never use it – I’m always sailing on the ship of someone else. But damn are trinkets expensive. My good buddy and pirate legend Bacxaber has bankrupted himself on numerous occasions by buying upgraded trinkets for his ship, Stormcloud. Granted, his ship is absolutely gorgeous, but the amount he’s spent on trinkets alone is insane.
Meanwhile, what do I do? I just buy cheap stuff and somehow manage to make myself look cool. My default getup is the same one I made when I first got started in Sea of Thieves, and I look perfectly dandy. Sure, you can spend millions making yourself look cool, but the real drip comes from just trying things out, even if they are cheap or free.