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Sea of ThievesSeason 14 gives players numerous ways to be sneaky, like crouching, shooting blowdarts with deadly effects, or creeping around while hidden inside barrels or chests. AlthoughSea of Thievespreviously introduced stealthy emotes like Chest Hide, learning how to hide in a barrel or chest disguise can help you get the edge over other pirates in a different and much sneakier way.
While the Barrel Disguise and Chest Hide emotes also disguise your pirate, they are stationary actions, and Chest Hide shows your pirate peeking out from within. In contrast, disguises let you completely conceal your pirate from other players and PVE enemies, allowing you to stealthily creep aroundSea of Thievesas a barrel or chest.
Additionally,Sea of ThievesSeason 14introduces several different chests and barrel disguises to unlock by completing Commendations, giving you even more ways to hide.
How To Disguise As Chests Or Barrels In Sea of Thieves
Of course, if you want to disguise yourself as a chest or barrel inSea of Thieves, you can’t just pick up any old one in the world and hide in it. To equip the barrel or chest disguise inSea of Thieves, you must firstselect it from the Vanity Chest, which you can find on your ship or outside the clothing store at any outpost. In the Vanity Chest menu, scroll to the right to locate theDisguisestab. Here, you can add theSailor’s ChestandBarrel Disguisesto yourDisguise Radial Wheel,which are disguises available to all players and haveno unlock requirements. However, you must complete specificSea of ThievesCommendations to unlock others. Click on each Disguise toassign it to a slot on your Disguise Radial wheel, which is a similar method to adding emotes like theSea of ThievesBarrel Disguise emote.
However, you can only activate a disguise whencrouching. To crouch inSea of Thieves, tap the right stick if playing on PlayStation or Xbox, or press Q on the keyboard if playing on a PC. Whencrouched, hold down on the D-pad or theleft shoulder buttontoopen theDisguise Radial Wheel, as pictured above. Click on your chosen Disguise to activate it, showing a short animation of your character hopping inside a barrel or chest, depending on which one you selected. Once disguised, you can freely walk around slowly while hidden inside a barrel or chest. When moving, your pirate’s feet are visible, but they vanish from view when standing still (as shown in the video below). This video also shows how to equip disguises via the Disguises Radial compared to the usual Equipment Radial menu for the Barrel Disguise and Chest Hide emotes.
Other players won’t see your name tag when you disguise yourself as a barrel or chest and will see the object’s standard action prompt instead, such as ‘Open Barrel.’ If you are trying to hide, be careful not to exit the disguise in any way, such as by jumping or canceling the action. Disguises also don’t work in water, where crouching isn’t possible. However, you can equip disguises to creep around ships or on land.
Unlockable Disguises In Sea Of Thieves
In addition to the Barrel and Sailor’s Chest disguises, there are currentlyeight disguisesto unlock inSea of Thieves, as listed below:
Whether you want to hide in wait at aSkeleton Camp, camouflage yourself among piles of treasure, or stealthily navigate another player’s ship, there are numerous Disguises to unlock to give you even more ways to make mischief through stealth inSea of Thieves.
You can equip disguises when playingSea of ThievesHigh Seas and Safer Seas. However, some Pirates of Mischief Commendations are only unlockable when playing the game in High Seas.
