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Sea of Thieves is getting the free ‘Cursed Sails’ update today, which will add Skeleton (NPC) Ships, a new three-player ship called the Brigantine and a new Alliance feature that lets players band together on the fly when needed.

Rare also announced that Sea of Thieves surpassed the milestone of five million players on PC and Xbox One.