Sea of Thieves’ sixth season of content material could be effectively reaching its finish level, however developer Uncommon nonetheless has a little bit one thing up is sleeve earlier than Season 7 arrives, and it is now inviting clue hunters to get caught into a brand new “multi-channel narrative expertise” it is calling Mysteries.

Mysteries had been initially mentioned again in January, when Uncommon laid out its plans for Sea of Thieves in 2022. The large gambit this yr, in case you’re unaware, is an ongoing, season-spanning narrative that can progress throughout month-to-month in-game story episodes often called Adventures.

It is a promising concept that to date would not actually appear to have discovered its footing, with Seas of Thieves’ preliminary set of Adventures having felt decidedly undercooked, each by way of their challenges and narrative presentation. However with three Adventures now underneath its belt, Uncommon is able to launch the opposite main element of 2022’s bold narrative plans: Mysteries.

Mysteries are one thing like facet tales that play out in parallel with Sea of Thieves’ foremost overarching plot. Not like Adventures, although, that are tied to main sport updates, Mysteries will progress dynamically over time.

Precisely how Mysteries will manifest on the earth, how gamers will be capable of work together with them, and the way progress shall be triggered remains to be a little bit unclear, with Uncommon remaining somewhat coy by way of specifics. It does say, nonetheless, that Mysteries have been designed to interact the efforts of the entire Sea of Thieves neighborhood, and can play out by way of a mix of in-game puzzle-solving and sleuthing round different Sea of Thieves channels.

Issues kick off with a standard homicide thriller on the waves, and pirates would possibly be capable of uncover a number of clues to get issues began in Uncommon’s introductory video above.

Sea of Thieves hasn’t seen a lot in the way in which of actually substantial additions since final September’s Sunken Kingdom replace, and Adventures to date have not completed a lot to fill the content material void. Hopefully, then, with the third piece of its narrative puzzle now in place, Uncommon will lastly discover its rhythm and begin to ship a 2022 value elevating anchor for.