How To Raise Emissary Flag

All About Emissaries in Sea of Thieves

Senior Designer Chris furnishes FAQs on Trading Company Emissaries and what's new for Flavor Two!

Chris 'Devil'south Kiss' Davies (Senior Designer)

Posted in: Full general Updates on 15 Apr 2021

Season Two brings a raft of new features to Sea of Thieves' Emissary system, first introduced in 2020'southward Ships of Fortune update. Emissary play allows pirates with sufficient reputation to stride up equally envoys for i or more than Trading Companies, flying their Flags and earning increased rewards for deportment that do good their current Company of choice. And then whether you're an experienced Emissary or have yet to pick up your Emissary Licence, we thought nosotros'd offer an overview and answer some of the most mutual questions!

What is an Emissary?

An official representative of i of the Trading Companies active on the Sea of Thieves. Your coiffure can choose to play as an Emissary of the Golden Hoarders, Merchant Alliance, Order of Souls, Athena'due south Fortune or The Reaper's Bones. By doing and so, you lot'll proudly hoist the sigil of that Visitor for all to see on the key mast and at the rear of your ship, and y'all'll be rewarded past the Visitor for your service while flying this special Emissary Flag.

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Who are The Reaper'south Bones?

A rebellious Trading Company comprised of those who believe themselves to exist at the top of the pirate food chain. They're on the chase for the most fearless pirates to undermine the other Trading Companies by stealing loot from under their noses and, in particular, to affirm their authorization over those Companies by targeting their Emissaries.

Because of this, representatives of The Reaper's Bones are non entirely welcome at the Outposts and take instead established themselves at The Reaper's Hideout, following extensive work to make information technology a lilliputian more… homely. All loot bound for The Reaper'due south Bones must be delivered to the Servant of the Flame who tin be found at the heart of The Reaper's Hideout.

How are Emissaries rewarded?

While sailing equally an Emissary, you are graded based on how well you're representing the Company. The Companies desire Emissaries to represent their values to the best of their ability, so embarking on Visitor Voyages to learn boodle (by honest or dishonest means), tackling the most dangerous threats on the seas and defending the Company'south honour will all raise your Emissary Grade.

The higher your Grade, the more gold and reputation you are awarded when you bring your booty of loot back to the Visitor vendor, so it pays to hold on to your spoils until you accomplish a higher Grade before you greenbacks it in to maximise your gains. Reach the highest Emissary Grade and the Company will reward you lot with a perk – namely, a quest that offering rich rewards that are piece of cake to claim.

How do I go an Emissary?

The Trading Companies won't let simply anyone correspond them on the seas. To seek out those who are worthy, the Gilded Hoarders, Merchant Alliance and Order of Souls crave players to accept earned three promotions with them, before request for a one-time donation of 20,000 aureate to purchase an Emissary Licence for that Company. When y'all're licensed, you'll be able to raise and lower the Emissary Flag by casting a crew vote at the Emissary Tabular array found at each Visitor's tent.

No rank or promotion barriers are in identify for Athena'south Fortune – they simply ask for the 20,000 gold donation from any Pirate Fable.

Condign an Emissary of The Reaper'south Basic simply requires a 20,000 gold donation from anyone who is able to discover them at The Reaper's Hideout.

Can I become an Emissary of more than one Trading Company?

Absolutely, as long as you lot meet any rank requirements stipulated by those Companies and have the aureate in your coffers to purchase each Emissary Licence. Nonetheless, yous tin only raise one Emissary Flag and actively serve one Visitor at a time.

Can I become an Emissary of The Hunter's Call or Sea Dogs?

At present, just the four Trading Companies on the Outposts and The Reaper's Bones are accepting Emissaries. As The Hunter'due south Call and the Loonshit-centric Body of water Dogs operate a little differently, they're waiting to run across how the whole Emissaries movement works out earlier making any plans of their own.

How can I turn a profit from Commodities and Trade Routes?

This is another perk of the Emissary life. The Merchant Alliance possess countless crates of unsorted Commodities that need distributing across the Outposts, allowing Company representatives to audit their contents and make them ready for sale. With their usual shipping methods disrupted, the Merchants volition now enlist their Emissaries to deliver Article Crates to the Outposts that need them the almost.

Head to the Merchant Alliance station at any Outpost to view their Commodity Inventory – this will inform yous which Commodities are in surplus and which are sought-after at Outposts in each region. Purchasing stock and taking it to where it'due south near in demand volition prove to exist highly assisting, especially if you've reached a high Emissary Grade.

How do I raise my Emissary Grade for the Trading Companies?

For the most part, just serve your Company! Embarking on Company Voyages is the most straightforward way, and progressing through these Voyages volition see your Course increase consistently. Acquiring treasures desired past the Company you represent and bringing these treasures to your ship will also help to enhance your Form.

Tackling the most dangerous threats on the seas while representing a Trading Company is also appreciated: defeating Forts, Skeleton Ships, Megalodons and the Kraken will all give your Emissary Class a heave.

Finally, defending the Company against those who serve The Reaper's Bones volition also advance your Emissary Grade.

How exercise I raise my Emissary Form for The Reaper'south Bones?

Again, by serving them. Acquiring boodle and bringing it to your ship will meet your Emissary Grade advance, especially if you've stolen that boodle from someone else – but to a higher place all else, the Reapers desire their representatives to assert dominance over other Emissaries on the seas. This fifty-fifty includes other Reaper's Bones Emissaries. It'south a dog-swallow-dog earth, and The Reaper'south Bones are seeking to reward the meridian dogs. Defeating Emissaries in pirate-to-pirate gainsay will raise your Emissary Grade, as will retrieving Emissary Flags. So sink Emissary Ships to cause their flag to break away, assuasive you to pick upwards this trophy of your victory to bring back to The Reaper's Hideout.

What are the risks involved in playing as an Emissary?

By hoisting an Emissary Flag and staking your allegiance to a Company, y'all make yourself a target, non just to those serving The Reaper's Bones only to anyone with a mind to steal the loot you've been accumulating to raise your Emissary Form. Non only that, your Grade is visible on your Emissary Flag – the higher your grade, the more than yous're worth to The Reaper's Bones, and the more loot yous've likely accumulated to get there. If you're sailing the seas as a high-grade Emissary, you should exist doubly alert to other crews on the horizon, particularly if you choose to take on more visible threats such every bit Forts and Skeleton Ship battles.

Choosing to ally yourself with The Reaper's Bones presents its own ready of challenges, as any Reaper Emissaries will have their current position marked on other ships' maps.

What exercise I go for reaching the highest Emissary Grade?

Reaching the highest Emissary Form for the Gold Hoarders, Merchant Alliance, Lodge of Souls or Athena'south Fortune volition grant yous a special Gilded Emissary Quest. Caput dorsum to whatsoever Outpost and speak to the Company vendor there to accept your Emissary Quest, which volition send you immediately back out to sea to recall a sizeable haul of high-value boodle.

Attain the highest Emissary Grade for The Reaper's Basic and y'all'll be granted the ability to spy the locations of all active Emissaries on your ship's map tabular array.

Does my Emissary Grade persist between sessions?

No. Every time you raise your Emissary Flag to set sail as an Emissary, you must build up your Emissary Grade from its starting signal. If your send sinks, your Emissary Flag will break abroad. This requires you to render to an Emissary Table, enhance some other Emissary Flag and build up your Emissary Grade once more.

What are Emissary Ledgers and how practise they work?

Each Trading Company keeps runway of its Emissaries' operation in a monthly Ledger, incentivising the well-nigh productive among them with rewards at the stop of the calendar month. If y'all're upwards to date with each Visitor's Ledger rewards, don't worry – additional rewards volition exist introduced for each Trading Company at the start of every Flavour, meaning that you lot'll always have a reason to proceed to represent each Company on the seas. Yous can check your own standing in the Ledgers and read a Ledger-specific FAQ by logging in to the Ocean of Thieves website and visiting the dedicated Ledgers page.

Is at that place a way to lower my Emissary Flag?

Yeah. Return to the Emissary Table for your Company and yous can cast a coiffure vote to lower your Emissary Flag. Based on the Emissary Form you reached, the Company will reward you lot with additional gold and reputation for ending your Emissary session successfully in this way.

Happy sailing!