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Among the roster of enemies in Sea Of Thieves are skeletons. Skeletons aren't a powerful enemy by themselves; withal, they become a unsafe threat to your pirate adventure when accompanied past a boss or transport.

Skeleton Ships come in many forms, including Skeleton Sloops, Skeleton Galleons, and Skeleton Fleets. Skeleton Fleets are the nearly powerful considering they consist of multiple boats that you lot have to fight simultaneously. Hither'due south a guide on how to defeat each blazon of Skeleton Ship and the loot you can earn from them.

How To Defeat Skeleton Ships

Beneath y'all can discover out the best strategy for fighting Skeleton Ships, as well as everything yous need to know most Skeleton Sloops and Galleons. Other than size, both types of Skeleton Ships fight similarly. Each Skeleton Ship has a captain that acts like a dominate; even so, yous don't have to defeat information technology to sink the gunkhole. Here's a guide where y'all can detect out how to defeat each type of skeletal enemy in Sea Of Thieves.

Skeleton Sloops

Skeleton sloop sailing in the ocean in Sea Of Thieves

Skeleton Sloops are the weakest type of Skeleton Transport. They only behave effectually five skeletons per send, and there are only two cannons bachelor for the skeletons to use. Although Skeleton Sloops are weaker than Skeleton Galleons, they tin can maneuver around the water easily due to their pocket-sized size.

Skeleton Galleons

Skeleton galleon sailing on the ocean in Sea Of Thieves

Skeleton Galleons frequently have over x skeletons each, making it difficult to stop the enemies from repairing holes. There are four cannons on the left and right sides of the ship, so it has a total of eight cannons. Luckily, it's easy to maneuver around a Skeleton Galleon, which allows y'all to hands line up your cannons with their boat.

How To Defeat Skeleton Ships

Similar to other ships, you need to utilise your cannons to shoot holes in the Skeleton Send, which will cause water to flood information technology, eventually sinking the boat. Some skeletons will bucket water out of the boat and repair the holes, so you demand to shoot the transport quickly. Make sure to stock up on cannonballs at an outpost or Skeleton Fort earlier attacking a Skeleton Ship.

The easiest boat you lot can utilise to defeat a Skeleton Transport is a Galleon since it has four cannons per side that yous can use to shoot at the enemy vessel. Still, all ship types work every bit long equally you tin can create holes faster than the skeletons can repair them.

The best way to defeat a unmarried Skeleton Ship is to shoot your harpoon at their boat, allowing you lot to pull your ship closer to the enemy vessel. In one case your boat is close to the Skeleton Ship, jump onto it and impale the skeletons repairing the holes in the bottom of their boat. This works all-time if you're on a Brigantine or Galleon since you'll have multiple other crewmates to tend to your ship while y'all fight Skeletons. Even so, it also works on a Sloop if your crewmate can multi-task repairing holes, steering the ship, and using the cannons.

Firebombs, Gunpowder Barrels, and Cursed Cannonballs are as well effective against Skeleton Ships if you lot take them on your transport or in your inventory.

How To Defend Against Skeleton Ships

Skeleton Ships primarily apply regular cannonballs to attack you, which will shoot holes in the bottom of your ship and can also impairment equipment such as the Ballast, Steering Wheel, and Masts. You need to use Wooden Planks to repair holes and damaged equipment.

Other than standard cannonballs, Skeleton Ships may set on yous with Firebombs and Cursed Cannonballs, making each battle unique. Skeletons on each ship can attack you with their sword or guns, so watch out for their attacks if you board a Skeleton Transport.

How To Defeat Skeleton Fleets

Skeleton fleet cloud in Sea Of Thieves

Skeleton Fleets consist of six ships in total, and two ships volition spawn throughout each of the 3 waves. The six ships can be either Skeleton Sloops or Skeleton Galleons, which is random. You can locate Skeleton Fleets by post-obit the gunkhole-shaped cloud in the sky; however, it won't always be agile. A picture of the cloud is above.

Although the strategies outlined above work on Skeleton Fleets, they're harder to defeat since you'll be fighting multiple boats at once. Information technology's much easier to defeat a Skeleton Armada if you marry with another ship, which you can do by raising the Alliance Flag through the box in the Crow's Nest while you're near some other player ship.

Other than forming an alliance, you tin also collect Gunpowder Barrels from Skeleton Forts and blow them up on the Skeleton Ships, which will weaken them significantly. It may exist easier to spring on the enemy ship and travel to the interior deck before blowing upward the Gunpowder Barrel, although jumping in the water works every bit well. Skeletons can explode a Gunpowder Barrel if they hit it with whatsoever of their weapons.

What Can Yous Earn From Skeleton Ships?

Selling skulls to the order of souls in Sea Of Thieves

Skeleton Ships drop multiple types of boodle when you defeat them. The loot will float in the water at the spot where the Skeleton Ship sank. Dissimilar voyages, they don't drop faction-specific items. Skeleton Ships driblet upwardly to 12 items that you tin can sell to the Gold Hoarders, Merchant Brotherhood, and Gild Of Souls representatives at outposts.

The possible types of loot include storage crates, chests, skulls, Merchant Alliance crates, bottle letters, artifacts, and mermaid gems. You may encounter other types of loot after defeating a Skeleton Ship, depending on future updates. You also earn Emissary reputation when you defeat a Skeleton Ship with an active Emissary Flag.

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