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@Zombiemain2

5 ай бұрын

Will you be testing other companies’ raid voyages with their best voyage? (Ex. Gold hoarder - vault, order of souls - ghost fleet voyage)

@PhuzzyBond

5 ай бұрын

@@Zombiemain2 yes , everything is coming 🤗

@benjilund4307

3 ай бұрын

i love your tutorials beacuse you go step by step like some youtubers just like do it too fast and dont explain

People really underestimate how OP commodity runs are when at grade 5. They're boring, yes, but the profit margin is insane

@uria2022

5 ай бұрын

yeah but what people really underestimate is how useless gold actually is.

@Mr.Guybrush

5 ай бұрын

They don’t give a ton of rep so I’d really only recommend it if your destination has those commodities sought after.

@simplecapt

5 ай бұрын

@@uria2022exactly lmao

@ixCGAMExi

5 ай бұрын

@@uria2022 I'm a completionist, so gold will always have value for me so long as there are cosmetics to buy. I've got everything except two pieces of the DA ship, and the magpie's fortune shipset. I keep putting that off because after grinding through hourglass to 100 for both factions, I'm not exactly eager to jump back in lol

@Bittamin

5 ай бұрын

@@uria2022it’s truly about the journey rather than the destination for the life of a pirate in 2024 🎉

Merchant alliance always felt for me like doing regular job

@JonezBBQ

5 ай бұрын

This game in general is tedious like a regular job. The core gameplay loop needs an overhaul in my opinion.

@altorus127

5 ай бұрын

@@JonezBBQ What ? Are you comparing, finding treasure while reading maps or completing riddles, or even fighting skelly armies with basic FedEx mission ? What are you on ? xD

@JonezBBQ

5 ай бұрын

@@altorus127 I’m talking about how you do the same thing over and over again for hundreds of hours, all just for cosmetics. You spend more time sailing between islands than actually playing the game

@Whiskers4169

5 ай бұрын

@@altorus127we gonna ignore the search for the islands plus the time it takes to get there ? Atleast merchant quests give you directions along with some of the nicest (personally) cosmetics in the game

@Thebassjunk

5 ай бұрын

@@JonezBBQ Sailing is part of the gameplay and appeal? Seems like this isn't your game.

"Commodities. If you HATE yourself, do them on the side." Yes, I'm a Merchant, so by default I really do hate myself. Not as much as Hunter's Call grinders though. Fantastic video!

Really enjoyed the stream yesterday, excited for the Athena video. Thanks for helping us mate ❤️

Most unrealistic thing in this video is your menus loading instantly so you can check commendations 😅

@PhuzzyBond

5 ай бұрын

Good catch, it's Edited out 🤣

was waiting for your video to drop !!!

OMG I didn't play SoT for quite a long time now and this video make me realize that the harpoon put crates directly on the boat now !! Best improvement ever !! I can go back to the game just for that ^^

@wesleyheath4524

5 ай бұрын

Don't tell em about the storage crates and treasure chests they will shit themselves

@iclicklike3397

5 ай бұрын

In case you didn't see before stopping sot. Sovereign also has a harpoon, and you can harpoon all your treasures next to the hand in npc.

@gartacusthebold715

5 ай бұрын

Yeah bro they added a lot of small QoL changes like this. Selling is equally fast - you harpoon it off your boat from the dock!!

@darkjul77

5 ай бұрын

I saw the new NPC with the harpoon but we still had to take the crate on the harpoon. Now it should be so fast ! @@iclicklike3397

@Nimoot

5 ай бұрын

It's new yeah ...

Really excited to see whats coming i just really recieved the blessing of athenas fortune and am stepping back into the PVE in the game.I really appreciate all that you do to help us with our grinds.

Thanks Phuzzy mate. Merchants is the last one I need to become legendary. This has helped.

Been waiting for this 🙌

I did a merchant skeleton fleet solo today and it was one sloop, and then the boss galleon. Now I swear that gally was tougher than usual but it was still only two ships. And all they drop is a couple tea crates, the diamonds, and the scroll so its a quick and easy collect too.

great videos for all of the factions!

Thank you Phuzzy for your hard work and dedication. I'm sure Rare look at this and buff the progression which I hope doesn't happen. I don't thing we need the game to be easier. Plus with the video of the #1 lost shipment route. It's always been a favorite of mine.

You should look at executive cargo runs. Not as much per mission, but they are so fast when diving.

@odyssey6963

5 ай бұрын

Do you keep your cargo when you dive or do you dive to the location you pick them up?

@mattevans4377

5 ай бұрын

@@odyssey6963 You don't keep the cargo, but the dive sends you straight to the pickup location. Basically halves the journey time from the original, but you can't stack them.

@PhuzzyBond

5 ай бұрын

Yes they are great, the goal was to choose a route that goes along with manifests while being maintenance free.

Great guide / experiment and to see results.

the way i’ve been waiting for this video lmao

also, wreck birds are more dense and they fly in a circle, where supply are sparse and are more "random" in flight pattern

Good luck have fun playing sea of thieves in the future Phuzz

Emissary quest is good to do unless you get far islands because the crates have a “special delivery” label that you don’t get from regular cargo voyages and they are worth way more than normal cargo crate quests

10:08 So you can't dive onto an active world event with someone there already but the game clearly does not take proximity to a not yet triggered event into account. So you can have other ships randomly appear right near you if you are near an event that has not been triggered. I knew Rare would find some way to screw that up.

Fastest rep is skelliefleet from beginning, grade 5 after 2 and no repair for skellies. Use 1 firebomb for the gally if solo. At least a lvl at grade 5. If u start sailing towards port Merrick while still doing the skelliefleet quest u save sailing time. I got from 52 to 61 in a litle less than hour of time

Good to know that the Merchant Emissary is still just Cargo Runs. I'm guessing it's the new Cargo Loot, but it's still a Cargo Run. Honestly a shame how neglecter Merchant seems to be loot wise, but oh well

So how do you do the black powder merchant commendation now since the qeusts that used to be able to contain reqeusts for them dont anymore (and animal qeusts have become even worse then they already were in general)

Phuzzy looks really good in a hoodie!

I'm sure you've heard it before....but glad you're safe.

I love youre tips puzzy bond i am grinding merchant so thanks for the tip

The Brian's Bazzar -> Roaring Traders, or Morrows Peak -> Ashen Reach routes are better. They stay 100% in the roar (aka safer seas), shorter (easy keys), with very predictable shipwreck spawns. Some of these routes only come up in the medley voyage, so try different options to get the better routes. Plus quick jog to morrow's for your sells. Plus when running medely's often the cargo pickups are along the trade route... ez grade/rep you can double dip.

Can you do gold hoarders next? Specifically the most efficient/fastest voyages to get to grade 5 as solo

The best for leveling merchant is probably just the ashen cargo run voyage once you hit level 5 emissary grade. You have to park at Roaring Traders. Then vote for the ashen cargo voyage for 4 cargo. Collect cargo and put it on the ship with the plants in the water. Then cancel voyage. Then you have to vote for that same voyage and cancel it again 6 times in a row. Every 7th voyage will be at Roaring Traders. Keep repeating this until you feel you have enough cargo on your ship. The delivery place will always be on Fetcher's Rest. As a solo I got from level 97 to level 105 (level 5 distinction 1) in like 1½-2 hours. I probably had like 50-60 cargo crates. With a bigger crew it can be optimized to be faster.

hey phuzzy, what is now the best way to make doubloons?

Instead of enjoying the new voyages it just seems that finding emergent skeleton captains, skeleton ships & wrecks is way better. I found like 4 tier S chests in one wreck yesterday & skeleton ships now seem to have as much as a fort at times. I used to do like an 8 trajectory between 2 islands & do ashen guardians, now instead of doing this for emergent skeletons seems alot better.

That Hull is awesome Phuzzy, what one is that?

Gave it a try but totally forgot to grab the crates from the merchant at first. So didn't get grade 5 after my lost shipment run. Came back to outpost for it but needed only 2 out of 4 crates to reach my level 5. So If you are short on money, just get the 2 cheapest crates, you will reach level 5 emissary.

A quick tip i can add phuzzy tested it today and got my merchant distinction today... instead of doing the ashen winds event they can just do a skelly fort it gives you twice the amount of rep than the ashen winds event if you are lvl 5 emissary

@Secretdawg925

5 ай бұрын

Yeah I been doing forts at 5 as well just sell and re dive

@ICoDaI

5 ай бұрын

forts also take longer to do

@TheSpirez

5 ай бұрын

Wouldn’t it be better to do flameheart for the better tier scroll?

@meljohnson7097

5 ай бұрын

@@TheSpirez tbh its too long to do and can be hard as a solo and you can easily get the fort done

@meljohnson7097

5 ай бұрын

@@TheSpirez middle tier scroll isnt better than the high tier scroll but its only like has a bit less than a quarter higher rep than the middle tier

Another difference between shipwrecks and barrels in the water is the amount of seagulls flying above. Lots of them for a wreck, a few for barrels.

@jesseoppelaar9199

5 ай бұрын

It’s the opposite… Atleast when doing the voyage. There are a lot of seagulls above clues and barrels but a little amount above a shipwreck. By little I mean very little

@AlternateFropile

5 ай бұрын

@@jesseoppelaar9199 I could believe that, I'm referring to my experience in regular high seas sailing. I'll have to keep that in mind for when i start doing actual voyages

@thomasb6434

5 ай бұрын

​@@jesseoppelaar9199during shipwreck voyages there are a lot of seagulls above the first clue, everything else is small There is an exception : if you encounter a large one at the last one, you are unlucky, it's a bugged shipwreck that didn't spawn with only the manifest floating at the surface.

Eh, to get to Grade 5, i'll stick to my regular Treasury + regular Lost Shipment combo, it gets you there just as fast, it gets you more gold & rep, and it often avoids the numerous glitches LS can incur when they finish in the Wilds. And if you take commodities with you, it's pretty lucrative.

The fastest way to level Merchant is Still FOTD stacks if you have a crew that can keep all the stronghold barrels. It is so much faster than any of this honestly. But it’s harder and requires a really good crew.

commodity runs are Bae :P high Gold and medium exp for faction, but if u sail those and in between pick of all the wrecks u come across its insane ;P

My merchant lady has a bug where I can’t pick up my purchased supplies, any way to fix it Phuzzy?

Love this. Although it is kinda lame that it’s still a grind. And I’m over here at level 80 guardians of fortune thinkin this was EASY ;-;

11:41 do these always drop when you dive to him?? I did one day one of this season and was like, this is all he drops??? I searched everywhere - sky canon’d to see glints. Nothing.

I can't wait to try this out

@chollie_6233

5 ай бұрын

yes you probably can

1st attempt: Supplies wouldn’t spawn in 2nd attempt: Thought I got lucky with supplies already on the outpost, but dived onto a reaper 5 3rd attempt : Storm and no captain key, but was able to get the manifest 4th : Completed in full, but only made a quarter of a level Great vid but with my luck im sticking to other ways get the level up😂

@macewindow149

5 ай бұрын

They're likely wasn't not a key, you probably just missed it

Hey just a heads up. I’ve run two from morrows peak to plunder outpost, and both times the ship glitched out and wasn’t there. Only the manifest was floating in the water. I can’t guarantee it will happen so you should prolly just go with it anyway since you can’t dive again right after surfacing

@BarelyThere703

5 ай бұрын

Remember you can sell the key. And also, I learned that if your in the middle of filling a barrel with a storage crate while the diving starting, it will automatically put everything in the barrel

what if you are not level 15 yet? I find that you can only activate one mission at a time for merchant alliance it is soo slow!

so i know this comment is unrelated with the video but Scroll of Uncharted Waters ? diving mechanics , new cosmetic art style (i know there's a new team working on them but still) , i am starting to believe that there is a map expansion coming

I can never find the shipwreck just the logbook. And I’ve done several of these!

I tried a raid yesterday as gold hoarder and you only get about half value for diving on the raids. Its not worth doing the raids because the loot doesn't add to the kingly loot achievement. I would have rather had the loot stay the same for the raid. 17k for diving vs 34k for sailing to a sea fort means diving is not worth it unless you're in the Roar.

Any chance we can get the locations for both routes so it's easy to head straight to sunken ship?

whats the name of the hull you were using during the voyages?

@PhuzzyBond

5 ай бұрын

Shining Pegasus from the Pirate Emporium

Mmh i'm farming merchant, and i'm doing only skelly event or ghost ship event, that give 1 level and half , for skelly, and 2 level and half , for ghost ships, after each event, this is much more xp and faster then doing ashen shipment , ofc is not easy for everybody to do this on solo sloop but there is some tips for beginners

I sail Solo, So I just use an Ammo crate. Can sit in the water and just shoot him or her!

Can you do a video covering how to level Athena’s in the new season?

@PhuzzyBond

5 ай бұрын

Thursday 🤗

Hi phuzzy xD

Unfortunately, as far as I've seen, the crates of diamonds don't count for the treasure fit for a king. I turned it in and it didn't raise my commendation status

Wait so you can't get the rare ashen voyage where you go back and forth with the two seaposts, so is the achievement for all the trading roots impossible now???

@macewindow149

5 ай бұрын

No? He's doing the ashen one

@SnakeLordProductions

5 ай бұрын

@@macewindow149 no no the certain one with the two seaposts

@macewindow149

5 ай бұрын

@@SnakeLordProductions I know what one you're talking about, but you can likely just get that one by doing the regular one

whats that ship hull

Hey, Just discover you (thanks youtube recommandations), and i was wondering why do i only get half (a little bit more, but not that much) a level with ashen lords despite same loots an lower level (lvl 60 ATM) Is it because of "Happy Hours"? Thought it was only for gold

@piotr78

4 ай бұрын

Make sure you level up your emmisary flag to level 5 first

@Araknidu92

4 ай бұрын

@@piotr78 yup, it was level 5

We did the same and the ashen winds loot gives us a half lvl.. so its not worth it.. do a regular fort voyage instead :)

9:30 does this work for 2 on a sloop or will he hit the sloop and not the brig for some reason?

@Championclips15

5 ай бұрын

It can work but it would be a lot harder to manage, it’s just better to do it with 3 on a brig because it kills him faster locking him in his hurt animation, and it allows for 1 person to repair and 2 to keep firing if he does hit the ship.

does anyone know what ship cosmetics hes using?

Lost shipment is the best way to lvl up merchant but since season 11. they nerf it somehow. usually 1 voyage is enough to get you to grade 5 (you need to visit every clue to get all the loots) Now, they barely get you to grade 3 or 4. My advice is to dive for skelly fort to get the scroll and get you to 3-ish THEN do lost shipment

@dogborf7909

5 ай бұрын

Fort????? Fleet is 200 times faster and gives a scroll just as good

@John-Salad

5 ай бұрын

@@dogborf7909 that's true, but I played mostly solo and not good with the game so fort is more managable to me

@calebvelez2057

5 ай бұрын

Emissary grade increases were nerfed in general you used to be able to get grade 5 much faster

@JoshMcB

5 ай бұрын

Buy the 5 different resource crates from the merchant for free emissary 2-and-a-bit before diving for the quest, should reach 5 easily in that case.

I still feel like spamming forts is the fastest to level

Personally idk how the heck rare decided that skelly fleets are easier than ghost fleets.

@neixgd

5 ай бұрын

not easier but less time consuming. you can finish a skelly fleet much faster and its not even that hard

@Mr.Guybrush

5 ай бұрын

A skelly fleet solo or duo is insanely easy. Ghost fleets are only easier if you’re on the larger ships in my opinion. Rare always considers smaller crews first.

@roberthill6738

5 ай бұрын

​@Mr.Guybrush from my experience they're both super easy on a sloop. Ghost fleets you just gotta be a little more careful with because they can light you up if you position terribly.

@proteuswest1084

5 ай бұрын

Clocks are not a difficulty indicator.

@mossy_2137

5 ай бұрын

@@proteuswest1084 SoT states that the ghost fleet was a harder world event, and as a result it gives the best Scroll (merchant exclusive treasure)

Science!

How do u find the key? Where did you get the clue? There is a lot of info that as a new player I need in order to do this.

@elevate313

4 ай бұрын

Honestly lost and can't find the location of the key anywhere on the route.

@borgthepig

4 ай бұрын

While traveling on the route of a lost shipment voyage you need to look for birds. That’s where the first clue is. Then just follow the clues until you find the key

Should you really be selling to the Sovereign if they take 15%? ... or do they only give you less Gold but you get the same Reputation as if you got the full amount from the different groups' vendor?

@PhuzzyBond

5 ай бұрын

I'm not aware of sovereigns taking 15%. But the reputation you get is the same . The only difference is Hunters Call, sovereigns give you less Gold but still same reputation for selling fish.

Can you make the same type of video for Athena?

@awilchesss4538

5 ай бұрын

Just do veils man

@PhuzzyBond

5 ай бұрын

Thursday

I'm disappointed the ashen shipment voyages still dont give ashen merchant loot

Why am I suppose to buy resource crates?

Since when did levels to above 50?

W

Help me! How to complete the commendation "Seeker of the Sea" :(( It's so hard

anyone know what ship haul he is using? is it goodboy or insider?

@TheOneTrueLeo

5 ай бұрын

Shining Pegasus as far as I know

Is reputation the same in solo mode?

@mr.snawley

2 ай бұрын

Not even close. You can’t even get certain commendations in that mode. Not worth doing.

Tried to get some progress on merchant today... it's annoying boring

Shipwrecks that don’t bug give you level 5

Yeah i stick to burning blade raide it is way better

Nice video but I think your underestimating solo players I did a fleet and completed it in 9 minutes and sold everything in 14 minutes and got a level and some change from it

I did ashen lord and got nothing but the skull ??

@PhuzzyBond

5 ай бұрын

Items are very scattered around the area where you defeated him.

I did comodity with a level 5 Flag and It took me 3 Hours to reach naerly all outposts and I only made 150k Gold I think

@jimbodee4043

5 ай бұрын

Sounds long winded and not worth it, but you survived.

dont you need to be high level already in merchant just to do this kind of voyage? Im trying to rep up im like level 20 or something

@PhuzzyBond

4 ай бұрын

Yes level 25

@mikehunt9884

4 ай бұрын

@@PhuzzyBond damn i just made it to 25 gonna give this a try now

So, I stopped doing lost shipments when they first came out because 70% of the time, the key straight up doesn’t spawn. I did three of them today and on two of them the key didn’t spawn, and on the third the shipwreck (exactly where it should be, as predicted by Phuzzy) was a regular shipwreck and not my lost shipment wreck with no other birds or wrecks anywhere along the path, so the key that DID spawn couldn’t be used. This has been an issue for years now and the sole reason I quit doing these voyages. Glad to see that hasn’t changed. 🙄 (For the record, imo, you’re far better off just doing raids and skipping this tedious bugged nonsense. Raids are WAY more fun and consistently spawn in the loot it’s supposed to have)

@piotr78

4 ай бұрын

The key can be underneath the sand or inside a plant etc on islands. I haven't had issues with keys not appearing, the shipwreck not appearing has happened a lot though

@borgthepig

4 ай бұрын

@@piotr78the shipwreck might not spawn because of interference like another crew close by, an existing shipwreck in the area, or an island. I hope they fix it but it might be a difficult bug to fix

@piotr78

4 ай бұрын

@@borgthepigyea its been in the game for ages so either they don't care or its hard to fix, im gonna go with the latter :)

I think I left those there possibly

Do the fastest way to level Athena🎉

@PhuzzyBond

5 ай бұрын

Thursday 🤗

Can you do the order on next?

@PhuzzyBond

5 ай бұрын

Tuesday 🤗

@timbot87

5 ай бұрын

Did you already post the Gold hoarders video you mentioned in this video? I absolutely love your guides and they have REALLY helped me improve my Sea of Thieves experience. You and Jackie make some great content and I thank you for the literal hours and days you spent making this content for us! @@PhuzzyBond

Dont skele Forts give a whole level and barely take over 10 minutes?

all these updates but they basically said screw animals? they could have just lazily added new color chickens but basically everyone hated animals... and everyone hates cargo too but they doubled down on cargo trying to make people want to do it more. and the emissary quest now gives the amazing cargo so

7:55 - this is “new” right?? I haven’t grinded in years.

@piotr78

4 ай бұрын

I certainly don't remember it being like that

U-16 R-10 Q-19 L-18

commodities "if you hate yourself"...dead lol

Hi

@PhuzzyBond

5 ай бұрын

hello :)

Tried doing this, first lost shipment, a brig stole my shipwreck. Second lost shipment a level 5 reaper dived into my server and chased me before I got to the shipwreck. Fuck my life.

@dinonuggs_1521

14 күн бұрын

Dam

What gold hoarder video?

@PhuzzyBond

5 ай бұрын

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Why are you screaming sir!!?

The only thing I hate about this gane is how useless gold actually is...

There's a faster method, keep searching!

@Brreeze

5 ай бұрын

no one likes you

Cargo stacking is better….

This update is nice and all, but the core gameplay loop is still incredibly tedious and boring in my opinion. I'm hoping that the future updates change this and add more variety to the game.