Sea of Thieves How to Solo the Skeleton Fleet

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  • Опубліковано 14 жов 2024
  • UPDATE: Rare has reverted the cloud back to the original white ship and removed the fire component of the battle. Otherwise the event has remain unchanged.
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  • @no_name4403
    @no_name4403 4 роки тому +483

    4:47 ITS THE FLYING DUTCHMEN!

  • @SakuraAdachi
    @SakuraAdachi 4 роки тому +423

    I did this with my friend in a sloop about a month ago, we ran out of cannons and had to scavenge their boat for more cannons, but we did it barely

    • @OldBuccaneer
      @OldBuccaneer  4 роки тому +41

      Awesome! Glad you survived. Exhilarating right!

    • @SakuraAdachi
      @SakuraAdachi 4 роки тому +5

      Old Buccaneer thanks!

    • @justinsanchez6255
      @justinsanchez6255 4 роки тому +9

      Me and my friend did the same except the Meg showed up and we died lol

    • @nikolaswohlfarth1511
      @nikolaswohlfarth1511 4 роки тому

      Me and my friends did a challenge to sink them with no cannonballs. It worked because we somehow got 6 stronghold gun powder barrels. I forget how. Because we did no fort

    • @captainez4387
      @captainez4387 4 роки тому

      Imperial Spy I did about the same thing

  • @Pleoxz
    @Pleoxz 4 роки тому +403

    Directions misunderstood: a kraken is hugging me to death

  • @babyyoda9407
    @babyyoda9407 4 роки тому +657

    I legit thought that was just a cloud

  • @paultech9385
    @paultech9385 4 роки тому +164

    That was awesome. My son and I are about 4 wks noobs. Learned some great tactics watching this video.

    • @OldBuccaneer
      @OldBuccaneer  4 роки тому +20

      Awesome I'm glad it was helpful for you and your boy! Welcome to SoT as well. I'm currently working on a Skull Fort tutorial as well, that should be super useful for new pirates. Hopefully it will help you guys too! Stay tuned for it in the near future.

    • @capz7463
      @capz7463 4 роки тому

      @Old Buccaneer with skeleton ships what I find hard is trying to steer, fire cannons, eat food, lag, fixing thousands of holes, bucket water out AND putting out fire especially when you weren't expecting them HOW DO YOU MAKE IT LOOK SO EASY???

    • @paultech9385
      @paultech9385 4 роки тому +1

      @@capz7463 stay in a turn, change sail heights and move your wheel across the center lock position. You can get them off balance for time to repair or finish sinking them.

    • @OldBuccaneer
      @OldBuccaneer  4 роки тому +1

      Lots and lots of practice. Also prioritizing what to do. It's just one of those things that comes with time

    • @capz7463
      @capz7463 4 роки тому

      Ok and thank you

  • @Wanderingwalker-ke6mg
    @Wanderingwalker-ke6mg 4 роки тому +75

    I’m sat here watching this and thinking “this guy must be high end with the clear voice and clear explanations” this was excellent quality mate,even me who doesn’t play the game feel like I have a shot at it 😂👍🏻

    • @OldBuccaneer
      @OldBuccaneer  4 роки тому +2

      Thanks, I really appreciate the compliment. I've been trying to put out higher quality videos and make improvements with each iteration.

    • @Snyde2011
      @Snyde2011 4 роки тому

      Jesus mate you need to get that frame rate figured out.

    • @volcana1029
      @volcana1029 4 роки тому

      @@Snyde2011 the framerate was fine.....

  • @reidrobertson8072
    @reidrobertson8072 4 роки тому +43

    I used to do this solo with stock supplies, haven’t done it since the fire update since I got my 500 but basically I ram one ship, shoot the second, bail on the rammed while I shoot. Did that every time and it worked, except for megs. I rarely repaired during the fight since the more water the faster you sink them

    • @OldBuccaneer
      @OldBuccaneer  4 роки тому +6

      Absolutely, ramming is a really good technique. I have sunk plenty of ships with just bailing. The fire addition actually makes the fight easier. Fire does very little damage so you repair less! Also you don't die instantly if a firebomb hits you in the face.

    • @captainggttv3243
      @captainggttv3243 4 роки тому +1

      You’re pretty stupid to go into a fleet with stock supplies

    • @reidrobertson8072
      @reidrobertson8072 4 роки тому +3

      Johnredcorn 1 well I sunk 200-300 ships doing it, so maybe you’re just bad if you cant

  • @Mini13
    @Mini13 4 роки тому +275

    Your actually a good youtuber I thought you would be more popular, I have also sent a request to be in your xbox club for sot. Have a good day
    Edit: Holy moly I have 59 likes okay.. Well everyone by now should sub to the old buccaneer because he deserves it

    • @OldBuccaneer
      @OldBuccaneer  4 роки тому +15

      Thanks, that's really great to hear! I try my best with the videos.

    • @WilliamMorelloDancer
      @WilliamMorelloDancer 4 роки тому +4

      What Xbox club?

    • @OldBuccaneer
      @OldBuccaneer  4 роки тому +9

      "the pirates hideaway"

    • @Red-pv7kx
      @Red-pv7kx 4 роки тому +2

      Old Buccaneer May I join?

    • @Red-pv7kx
      @Red-pv7kx 4 роки тому +2

      Old Buccaneer I’m new and I’m on PC. Could really do with a crew rn.

  • @ramgoat7882
    @ramgoat7882 4 роки тому +61

    How do you only have 130 subscribers?!?! This is the first video of your’s I’ve seen and it’s better than most bigger channels. I am seriously impressed.

    • @OldBuccaneer
      @OldBuccaneer  4 роки тому +1

      Thanks for the compliment. Not sure why I don't have more subscribers. The mysteries of UA-cam! I'm glad you enjoyed my video. If there are any topics you would like to see let me know 😀

    • @highflyinryan76weezer25
      @highflyinryan76weezer25 4 роки тому

      @@OldBuccaneer Well, you have one more now.

    • @OldBuccaneer
      @OldBuccaneer  4 роки тому +2

      @@highflyinryan76weezer25 nice! Thanks!

    • @kingdomofbricks702
      @kingdomofbricks702 4 роки тому

      @@OldBuccaneer yeah, we've been trying to grow too but with not much luck unfortunately. But I sure can help you! You have great content! Better than most other youtubers! I subbed

    • @John-lo5mk
      @John-lo5mk 4 роки тому +1

      I subscribed for this very reason. He didn’t waste time with any useless filler and the tips were actually good!

  • @matthewmemer9403
    @matthewmemer9403 3 роки тому +8

    7:49 amazing transition!

  • @OldBuccaneer
    @OldBuccaneer  4 роки тому +23

    I hope you enjoy todays video on How to Solo the Skeleton Fleet. If you are looking for more Tips & Tricks videos check out my playlist. Its full of good stuff! tiny.cc/SoT_Tips
    I also want to point out some other great tips that I missed in this video:
    @MEGA Flop reminds us to not have kegs in your crowsnest as any fire will cause them to explode. A very good point!

    • @yungcoop2071
      @yungcoop2071 4 роки тому +1

      how did you get the ships sunk and pirates killed in your bottom left HUD

    • @hashishbrillo3068
      @hashishbrillo3068 4 роки тому

      My meta for soloing these is loot your spawn outpost and then find the floating barrels below the buzzards that are always in the skelly fleet area which give good resources, you need about 130 cannonballs and 40 wood to be comfortable, I raise sails and sit still aswell, it sounds crazy but it makes things more manageable. the first 2 waves of ships wont shoot you as much where the final wave can almost be unbearable. Hit lower deck holes and you can sink galions in 10 perfect lower deck cannon shots. Sloops tend to shoot more cannonballs where the galions shoot more fire.

  • @blazematte5099
    @blazematte5099 4 роки тому +147

    I did solo this one time before and i had 0 cannonballs left and it was the 2 last galleons left to kill but they crashed into eachother and both sunk lmao

    • @OldBuccaneer
      @OldBuccaneer  4 роки тому +13

      Nice! Gotta Love when that happens

    • @jacksonshover2775
      @jacksonshover2775 4 роки тому +2

      Ran out of cannonballs yesterday. Ended up four of us pouring water to get it to sink. We were in a galleon and had wasted half our shots on a brig we had fake alliances with

    • @sansthefunnyskeleton8818
      @sansthefunnyskeleton8818 3 роки тому +1

      Pro gamer move right there

    • @lordkodie923
      @lordkodie923 3 роки тому

      The Meg will actually aggro the skeleton ships

    • @blazematte5099
      @blazematte5099 3 роки тому

      @@lordkodie923 I made this comment 1 year ago geez I miss SoT

  • @soggytatty3845
    @soggytatty3845 4 роки тому +23

    You've helped me loads whilst I've been playing this. Would love to sail with you sometime.
    I'm surprised you're not more popular than you already are mate, you've got great content!

    • @OldBuccaneer
      @OldBuccaneer  4 роки тому +7

      Thank you very much! I play fairly often. Just send me a DM when you see me online and we can sail together

  • @normannolan7114
    @normannolan7114 4 роки тому

    Been helpful a lot, no bs, no unnecessary talking, straight experiences. Enjoyed the video very much.

  • @uncrumbledcooke623
    @uncrumbledcooke623 4 роки тому +23

    I find fighting any ai enemy, kraken, sharks, skeletons etc. Defence is just as important as offence. Don’t be afraid to get off your cannons to bail or board the ship. Keep calm and carry on

  • @xAllSystemsReadyx
    @xAllSystemsReadyx 3 роки тому +1

    Very good advice, I been playing since day 1 and tried for the first time to fight in this event Failed like you said I did exactly what you said most player don't do. Bring enough resources and when I realized this I had to bail ASAP. Now watching this and taking your advice I should be able to do a lot better this time around. Got my sub and cant wait to check out your other videos...

  • @platinum7359
    @platinum7359 4 роки тому +15

    Great video! I need to show my friends this because they refuse to collect any supplies what so ever.

    • @OldBuccaneer
      @OldBuccaneer  4 роки тому +1

      Yea, you need supplies. Its a must

    • @Roschu2000
      @Roschu2000 4 роки тому

      @@OldBuccaneer no you don't lol; you can grab them from the skeleton ships or just go without and just shoot every ship once and then ram/bail onto them

  • @bigchungusisreal3144
    @bigchungusisreal3144 4 роки тому +15

    Everybody gansta until the skeleton ships start flying in the air .
    me: What is this sorcery?!?!

  • @Vortex4K
    @Vortex4K 4 роки тому +27

    Please do more "How to solo (insert here)" videos! I really like them!

    • @OldBuccaneer
      @OldBuccaneer  4 роки тому +2

      Thanks! I have a couple in the works right now. Just trying to collect appropriate footage

    • @Vortex4K
      @Vortex4K 4 роки тому +2

      @@OldBuccaneer YES! Can't wait for them to post!

  • @Souljaman2006
    @Souljaman2006 4 роки тому

    Myself and 3 of my friends just bought this game half priced last night. I have been watching videos all day waiting for them to get off work to play, and ran across this one. Great video man, I think this is gonna be fun once we learn what we are doing.

    • @OldBuccaneer
      @OldBuccaneer  4 роки тому

      Awesome! I'm excited to see new sailors in the seas. Let me know how your first day goes

    • @Souljaman2006
      @Souljaman2006 4 роки тому

      @@OldBuccaneer The money spent on this turned into a great buy. We had a ball. It started off expectantly slow, but worth the time. To make a long story short, it ended with us dying because someone detonated a gunpowder keg on our rowboat...over a guinea pig! Very entertaining..

  • @mulletmcnugget
    @mulletmcnugget 4 роки тому +5

    I've been known to hop onto the Skelly Ships when they ram to grab extra cannonballs when we've run out. If you kill the Skelly Captain's ship before the other one you can sometimes harpoon the booty on onboard between fighting.

    • @OldBuccaneer
      @OldBuccaneer  4 роки тому +1

      Oh yes, absolutely board if you have a teammate. It's a great way to stock up on resources

  • @jaredfrye5371
    @jaredfrye5371 4 роки тому

    Excellent video. Most youtubers play so much that they are gods in PVP or boarding or whatever and their how-to stuff basically just says "git gud". I like that you speak from a perspective of someone that knows 3v1 solo sloop vs brig is not winnable for most of us unless they royally screw up. Thanks!. Subbed.

    • @OldBuccaneer
      @OldBuccaneer  4 роки тому

      Thanks Jared! I really appreciate the thoughtful compliment. I feel it's only fair to show both the accomplishments you can achieve as well as the failures. No one is perfect, not even the other 'youtubers'. They just don't show their screw ups. 😉

  • @moistymangus8649
    @moistymangus8649 4 роки тому +3

    You forgot about the DR. The first one I ever did was there and the volcanoes played a huge part in the outcome. Once, both my friend and I died, when we got back we were one bucket away from sinking.

    • @OldBuccaneer
      @OldBuccaneer  4 роки тому +3

      You are correct. I did have a small segment about the DR but removed it, I felt the video was pretty long as is. TBH, both the DR skeleton fleet and the ashen fort just aren't worth the extra effort. You get the same treasure but have to sail 2x as far and deal with volcanoes. If they were double treasure, then that would be absolutely worth it.

  • @dracostrife6024
    @dracostrife6024 4 роки тому +6

    Wow! Your tutorial was actually really solid! Clear, precise and a little bit of cheeky! You Sir have earned yourself a sub! Also, in my own testing, I’ve found that Skelly ships can’t handle storms. Since they can’t empty water, they sink. 😜

    • @OldBuccaneer
      @OldBuccaneer  4 роки тому +1

      Thank you very much for the compliment. You are also 100% correct. Storms are another great way to sink ships. I should have mentioned that

  • @arthurmorgan3398
    @arthurmorgan3398 4 роки тому +1

    This video is great! You deserve more attention, because your content is better than most big channels

    • @OldBuccaneer
      @OldBuccaneer  4 роки тому

      Thanks, for the kind words. FYI I had 70 subs last week so I'm feeling very appreciated right now

    • @arthurmorgan3398
      @arthurmorgan3398 4 роки тому

      @Old Buccaneer your welcome, mate! Keep it up!

  • @wingdings4708
    @wingdings4708 4 роки тому +3

    One time I was on a galleon with some friends and we did not come prepared. Everyone had run out of cannonballs. So what happened was that at any time at least one of us was steering and putting out fires while the other three would steal the skeletons cannonballs and be attacking their gunners. I was left on the Ship and while I was repairing and the Ship got caught between two rocks. The skeleton ship was also stuck and another rock blocked them from firing, but we had a straight shot. Eventually they got unstuck and our ship just randomly turned upside down and respawned at an island near by. When we got there we sank the Ship and then another two spawned and got stuck in the exact same place. And With our newly stocked ship we weighed anchor right next to them and fired at them while they were at the rocks. They mostly used only firebombs but hit the bottom deck which we purposefully left a bit full. So eventually we sunk them and the last ship spawned and somehow with a combination of boarding and firing cannons we sunk it even though our anchor was weighed and they were circling us.

  • @somerandomdudefes31
    @somerandomdudefes31 4 роки тому +1

    Great content. I feel like you hadn't quite found yourself as a narrator when you made this video, but it sounded like you were getting close. Good tips, good demonstrations of the tips, and great video. Subbed.

  • @cdawg270
    @cdawg270 4 роки тому +13

    Can we blow this guys channel up this was a very good vid better than other ones from more popular UA-camrs good job dude

  • @callumharvey2004
    @callumharvey2004 4 роки тому +1

    This really helped I accidentally went into a fleet and used this advice and easily beat them, the rock tactic and the bail onto they’re ship tactic really helped thanks!

    • @OldBuccaneer
      @OldBuccaneer  4 роки тому +1

      you're welcome

    • @callumharvey2004
      @callumharvey2004 4 роки тому

      Old Buccaneer I have a question, are chainshots and blunderbombs effective agains fleets?

    • @OldBuccaneer
      @OldBuccaneer  4 роки тому +1

      Chainshots do nothing, blunderbombs will kill skeles and push the ship around a little. Generally I just saved them for player ships. Same with firebombs

    • @callumharvey2004
      @callumharvey2004 4 роки тому

      Old Buccaneer ok thanks a lot!

  • @cursedaegg
    @cursedaegg 4 роки тому +4

    My Galleon crew had just defeated two Ghost-Galleons, we had about 4 Ritual Skulls and like 6 Skeleton Captain Chests.
    Coming up to an outpost, the water goes black and an enemy Ghost-Galleon spawns and sinks our ship.
    😎

    • @lukastroutman4600
      @lukastroutman4600 4 роки тому +1

      MorphikNull me and two friends did the fort of the damned, and fought off two sloops, a brig, two skeleton sloops, a megalodon (which glitched onto the island for some reason), and then as we were heading to sell a skeleton galleon showed up and i had to constantly bail as we had no wood left

  • @amymaynard3394
    @amymaynard3394 4 роки тому +2

    Thank you for this, very cool! My husband and I play a lot together so I'm showing him this video, we can beat the fleet but it takes forever, these tips and tricks will help a lot! 👏👏👏

  • @kushkong1339
    @kushkong1339 4 роки тому +3

    is that pirates killed ships sunk counter in the game and how do you use it? also good video

    • @OldBuccaneer
      @OldBuccaneer  4 роки тому

      It's an overlay I created when recording with streamlabs. I have the counters increment from hotkeys

  • @charlesg4066
    @charlesg4066 4 роки тому +1

    For gunpowder barrels, instead of swimming to their ship you can drop it off the back and shoot it when they get near it

    • @OldBuccaneer
      @OldBuccaneer  4 роки тому +1

      True you can also do that if they are chasing you

  • @cdawg270
    @cdawg270 4 роки тому +6

    You should make a vid on how to steal athenas from fort or the damned and show some tuck spots on the island

    • @OldBuccaneer
      @OldBuccaneer  4 роки тому +1

      I've been waiting for that opportunity actually.. I Really want a FotD steal!

  • @CaptainThunder-Crash
    @CaptainThunder-Crash 4 роки тому +1

    Great vid and thanks for the tips. Just be mindful of the kraken after the battle finishes. When there's no fleet or fort cloud in the sky the kraken is active.

    • @OldBuccaneer
      @OldBuccaneer  4 роки тому +2

      Agreed.. in fact that happened to me last night after finishing the fleet. I had the kraken, a Meg and another skeleton sloop attack. Getting all the treasure was a little stressful

  • @streettracer5367
    @streettracer5367 4 роки тому +7

    Just do these tactics with a friend and you’re golden.

  • @Blizzardman1998
    @Blizzardman1998 4 роки тому +1

    Earned a sub. I play solo a lot and just got in the game. And not a lot of youtubers help out with solo players.

    • @OldBuccaneer
      @OldBuccaneer  4 роки тому +1

      My pleasure. I couldn't agree more. That's why I started making more solo vids. I have a couple good ones on the way

  • @steledographics
    @steledographics 4 роки тому +3

    I already have my friend!! I beat 3 gallons and 1 sloop. I let the megalodon do some of the work for me!
    My driving drove them so crazy that they were shooting each others ships!

  • @EvilRavick
    @EvilRavick 4 роки тому

    Never played this game and probably not going to, but here I am watching this whole thing through. Good video bud.👍

  • @TheCartoonLover23
    @TheCartoonLover23 4 роки тому +5

    Lol I just did this about 4 days ago. Coincidence? I think not! Great vid!

    • @OldBuccaneer
      @OldBuccaneer  4 роки тому

      Thanks! I appreciate the compliment

  • @RyeRob.
    @RyeRob. 4 роки тому

    This was really helpful. Didn't think of using the rocks like you did here, good stuff.

    • @OldBuccaneer
      @OldBuccaneer  4 роки тому

      Thanks I'm glad you found it helpful

  • @squidr.canady466
    @squidr.canady466 4 роки тому +6

    Today, I was going to the reapers bounty chest and all of a sudden I hear fight music and I look up 👁 👄 👁

  • @no-hr6rj
    @no-hr6rj 4 роки тому

    Hey Bucc! This is a fairly old video so you might know by now, but at around 3:30 when you switch projectiles you can actually hold Q and it brings up a radial instead of going into your inventory, Just thought I would let you know.

    • @OldBuccaneer
      @OldBuccaneer  4 роки тому

      Yep, thanks!! I still sometimes revert back to the old non wheel way. Just muscle memory. I think the radial wheel was still fairly new when I made this so I was still transitioning

  • @emblems9174
    @emblems9174 4 роки тому +3

    Yo do you have people you’d play with every day because me and my boy need a 3rd to run a brig with. If your down to join our crew(we make a lot of doe)

    • @OldBuccaneer
      @OldBuccaneer  4 роки тому +1

      I do have a regular group of people I play with, but I'm always up for playing with new crews. Send me a DM if you see me online. If I'm available I'll join you

  • @MellyXIV
    @MellyXIV 4 роки тому

    Just started playing yesterday. Bought an xbox just for this game. So confused but having fun. Im nowhere near ready to tackle this but it gave me alot of good tips! Ill make sure im stocked up at all times in case of emergencies

  • @zam1417
    @zam1417 4 роки тому +3

    If your in a sloop you have a small enough turning circle that you can just continually ram the boats.

  • @ryanhendrixson4898
    @ryanhendrixson4898 3 роки тому

    This is a fantastic guide with fantastic supplementary general strategic information.

  • @tjohn4569
    @tjohn4569 4 роки тому +3

    I’m a bit late but you’ve earned a sub

  • @DarkGrisnak
    @DarkGrisnak 4 роки тому

    Good advice here mate. Though, if you don't intend to do it alone, kegs are HIGHLY effective. keep them on the mast for no risk of explosion (honestly, I rarely if not never see skeleton boats use fire), go contact with a galleon and leave someone on it while you sail away and repair. If you put a powder keg just after the first stairs on a galleon, you literally one shot it. So you can avoid wasting dozens of canonballs. You can also kill the surface skeletons while the boat sinks, so it does not attack your ship.

    • @OldBuccaneer
      @OldBuccaneer  4 роки тому

      Rare removed the fire feel the skele ships. I'm not sure why. It is good for kegs though!

  • @agape-704
    @agape-704 4 роки тому +48

    Everytime i play sea of thieves is get realy drunk, fall off my ship, find an island, dig worms and eat them

    • @phiklechat
      @phiklechat 4 роки тому +10

      then you are one of the only randoms i am finding on public

    • @kylewetter
      @kylewetter 4 роки тому

      P. K. Same. . . 😑😑

    • @xiphosmaniac
      @xiphosmaniac 4 роки тому

      lmao you sound like the dude that i played with recently. Man was constantly cooking worms and eating them lol

    • @USBEN.
      @USBEN. 4 роки тому

      Bruh that's amazing playstyle.

  • @dino.mp4942
    @dino.mp4942 4 роки тому

    i know this is a old video but i just found out the skeleton fleet existed and it really helped me out. there are lots of cool stuff a small sloop can do

    • @OldBuccaneer
      @OldBuccaneer  4 роки тому

      Totally! The video is still valid. Only change is that they no longer shoot fire, and the cloud colour changed

  • @xiphosmaniac
    @xiphosmaniac 4 роки тому

    This was a great video bro, very clear points, easy to follow, and full of irony ("KEGS ARE BAD IT WONT WORK!" he says as he plants a keg on the galley and safely escapes lmao)

    • @OldBuccaneer
      @OldBuccaneer  4 роки тому

      Well, true, I did manage it that time, and it was done specifically for the video. But they are still a bad option for solo players. ;)

  • @ronnieanderson6853
    @ronnieanderson6853 4 роки тому +4

    I can't even find all the loot though. Guess I'll just mark the map where they sank

  • @rho-no5521
    @rho-no5521 4 роки тому +1

    Booooooom! Subbed and bought the game! I was worried about getting wrecked as a solo player. You showed me that I can handle fleets by myself with some planning

    • @OldBuccaneer
      @OldBuccaneer  4 роки тому

      Fantastic. Welcome to Sea of thieves. Look me up on Xbox, if I'm online I'll be happy to sail with you and answer questions you might have

    • @rho-no5521
      @rho-no5521 4 роки тому

      Old Buccaneer. That is awesome! I appreciate all the help. The game looks great so far. I’ll look you up once I get the basics down

    • @OldBuccaneer
      @OldBuccaneer  4 роки тому

      @@rho-no5521 sounds good

  • @highflyinryan76weezer25
    @highflyinryan76weezer25 4 роки тому +3

    Well shit, I didn't know you could fire firebombs out of the cannons.

  • @spadyy3245
    @spadyy3245 3 роки тому

    the cannon transitions are amazing

  • @cosmicwhixps9251
    @cosmicwhixps9251 4 роки тому +3

    They need to add brig skelly ships

  • @marzta2966
    @marzta2966 3 роки тому +2

    what is that boat skin set? I really like it.

  • @tescobag5704
    @tescobag5704 4 роки тому

    Fought like my fifth fleet today with my buddys and we won for the first time. It's so awesome when you win

  • @xmshkx144
    @xmshkx144 4 роки тому

    My husband and i just did this with a normal fleet during the event, i couldnt believe we actually did it with the buff on the skelly sloops now. We ended up stopping at a fort, loading up, then grabbing 5 gun powder barrels, one for each ship. The sloops were done with zero cannon balls, the gallys were a little bit harder, we only took about 100 balls and 75 wood, and yes we cut it really really really close, ended up with 9 cannon balls and 3 wood, if someone decided to attack us after then we wouldve been screwed! 200+ balls and 100+ wood, and 75-80 pieces of fruit, thats about what you need for this challenge! It was really really worth it!

  • @calamarbronx83
    @calamarbronx83 4 роки тому +1

    If you're actually along in a sloop. Juat stay next to big rock. So when the skele ship goes around the rock, you have time to repair.

  • @dtfhhn
    @dtfhhn 4 роки тому +1

    These days I use Solo-Brig with only back sail against Skelly-Gallies. For the Sloops I basically pull up both or use only 1/4th of the back sail.
    Putting the back sail up and down its most of the time possible to out-maneauver the Skelly ships.
    Using the Brig gets also a 0:0 on the speed vs another brig and an advantage versus the other two player ships when dealing with them.
    Normally I loot twice at start and then later on the Skelly-Sloops or from the water.
    Sometimes a friend joins. Once I got a comment like "living on the edge" due to my looting situation. =)
    Sticking to the rocks, best in every situation. Keeps Skelly ships, Meggies and players away from you. Harpoons are underused by many players. The turning space of all ships is near 0 even wehen going full brig speed (well you got to be near a rock ofc).

  • @drift_god69
    @drift_god69 3 роки тому +1

    Thank you so much it helped me alot

  • @fleaninja1396
    @fleaninja1396 4 роки тому

    Nice vid. I solo most of the time and have sunk a good number of skeleton fleets. 1st time I soloed and ashen fleet was by accident, didn't realize I sailed to close to the area. But another tactic one can use when they're low on supplies is the ram and bail. Ram them head on, lock up with them, and bail water on their ship. Or as I like to call it the Greek way. Good vid though. I subbed.

    • @OldBuccaneer
      @OldBuccaneer  4 роки тому

      Thanks for the sub and I'm glad you enjoyed the video.

  • @Roze_aye
    @Roze_aye 8 місяців тому +1

    I went through and did a regular skeleton fleet by accident. My first one too, and I got MAD lucky!
    I was just doing a regular cargo run and then all of a sudden a message pops up saying "Battle for the Sea of Thieves"
    Confused as hell. I just prepared for battle I got a single sloop on wave 1 and 2. and a single Galleon on wave 3. If i had gotten 2 galleons at all during this event, I would have been done. because that one gall took a long time. Nearly ran out of Supplies, but ultimately it was def worth! got way more gold that what theose measly cargo runs were gonna give me

  • @beany4556
    @beany4556 3 роки тому

    When i did a skelly fleet, me and my friend has 172 cannonball and 104 wood, since it was 2 of us it was obviously a sloop, we had 51 wood at the end but at the very end we ran out of cannonballs, we resulted to harpooning the skelly captain and rammed him into rocks, that was the best thing to do in that situation, we won the battle by RAMMING THEM INTO ROCKS, that proves how effective that is

  • @Rasvation
    @Rasvation 4 роки тому +1

    Nice vid. How do you display those stats down to the left?

    • @OldBuccaneer
      @OldBuccaneer  4 роки тому

      The stats are an overlay I created for streamlabs. I increment the counters via hotkey

  • @adriansmith1824
    @adriansmith1824 4 роки тому

    Did it with a brig, no cannon balls but luckily had lots of planks. Let bottom deck have about 1/4 water, no need to worry about the fire and just jump ships when it gets close and steal their cannon balls, go back to your ship fire them and wait for them to stop firing back at you so you can jump ship again

  • @ci-phonic
    @ci-phonic 4 роки тому

    2 mates and i had a fun encounter with them once, 3 skeleton galleans, a kraken, 2 other player galleans, whilst on a brigate going to sell a reapers bounty. That was quite the experience
    also super helpful vid made perfectly!

  • @brittanydipasquale4434
    @brittanydipasquale4434 4 роки тому

    This ends up to be the most helpful video for fleets

  • @narcisogregorio5932
    @narcisogregorio5932 4 роки тому +1

    This actually helped thank you! Just joined your clan btw

    • @OldBuccaneer
      @OldBuccaneer  4 роки тому +1

      Thanks. Glad this was helpful for you

  • @Jonas_Fox
    @Jonas_Fox 3 роки тому

    Super-useful advice. Thanks a million.

  • @rawnaldoph
    @rawnaldoph 4 роки тому

    really helpful video thank you , may i ask how did you add the counter on the bottom left?

    • @OldBuccaneer
      @OldBuccaneer  4 роки тому

      Thanks! The counter is an overlay I created when I stream or record

    • @rawnaldoph
      @rawnaldoph 4 роки тому

      @@OldBuccaneer oh quite neat :D

  • @mranimish3720
    @mranimish3720 4 роки тому

    I just saw your one video and i am assured i can solo this game with your guide. Just bought the game and waiting for it to download!

    • @OldBuccaneer
      @OldBuccaneer  4 роки тому

      Awesome!! Let me know how it goes!

    • @mranimish3720
      @mranimish3720 4 роки тому

      @@OldBuccaneer its pretty bad i keep crashing my ship into rocks and while i repair it goes and crashed into another and draining out water. You make playing solo look sooo easy

  • @ghxstyyy4405
    @ghxstyyy4405 4 роки тому

    That “bye bye” at 9:52 made me laugh harder than I should’ve

  • @willhunnisett6139
    @willhunnisett6139 4 роки тому

    Nice vids dude, very clear and concise

  • @ShoegazeLovr
    @ShoegazeLovr 4 роки тому

    Hi I’m still pretty new to sea of thieves and ur channel love ur vids btw what is the boat things like cannons and sails you use

    • @OldBuccaneer
      @OldBuccaneer  4 роки тому

      Thanks Ninja! I hope my videos help. I tend to change up my ship a lot but most of my videos use the inky kraken set or the Athena's ghost set

    • @ShoegazeLovr
      @ShoegazeLovr 4 роки тому

      Old Buccaneer thanks for telling me and replying

  • @kiss_of_kill
    @kiss_of_kill 4 роки тому +13

    Hold down Q key (Item Radial) to select cursed cannons/firebombs etc Dont open your inventory to select it.

  • @robertmoog3
    @robertmoog3 4 роки тому

    The best trick I found to get this done is to hang around the edges of the encounter and try to get one ship stuck chasing you in a loop. With a little practice, you can get it so that you can shoot the skele ships and they can't get the angle to hit you back while chasing

  • @loganstone2862
    @loganstone2862 4 роки тому +1

    Hey buccaneer! How exactly do you engage the skeleton fleet? Do you have to go to a specific part on the map to activate it or is it random? Thanks

    • @OldBuccaneer
      @OldBuccaneer  4 роки тому

      The cloud is random, but when it's active you only need to sail over to it. There are a couple locations it can happen. Mostly in the center of the sea of thieves and one location in devil's roar

    • @loganstone2862
      @loganstone2862 4 роки тому +1

      Old Buccaneer awesome thank you! You best believe I’ll be sailing into the horizon now :))

  • @millertimeast
    @millertimeast 4 роки тому +2

    Great vid dude! Would love to sail the seas with ya!

  • @zanewright2763
    @zanewright2763 4 роки тому

    Fire can be useful if you shoot the cannons although it will be put out I find that it can take them long enough to repair your ship or put holes I the other ship

  • @samyfkihi8783
    @samyfkihi8783 4 роки тому

    super video
    are you using obs ? if you using cans you please explain me how did you get the kill counter

    • @OldBuccaneer
      @OldBuccaneer  4 роки тому

      I'm using streamlabs, which is essentially OBS. I think I'll put together a video on it. You and several people have asked me how to do the overlays

  • @DEMIURGEtv
    @DEMIURGEtv 2 роки тому

    nice video! how you turn on showing stats in left bottom corner?

  • @penguinsociety704
    @penguinsociety704 3 роки тому +1

    What are the ship cosmetic that he's using at 0:47?

  • @dustin8420
    @dustin8420 9 місяців тому

    Pepper that lower deck with cannons and then harpoon to pull up right next to the gallion. The cannons sit up so high they very rarely get the right waves to get a shot off. Then I just hop on their ship and fire bomb the mid and upper deck. They can't put out fires or bucket water out. Plus the fire spreads from one skelly to another just like with players when they get too close to eachother, which happens a lot. I'm a little over a month in and just solo'd the ghost ship event for the first time yesterday. Pretty stressful solo and I had some real noobie moments smacking into rocks the ghost ships don't have to worry about but it's great practice for managing repairs and angle and position relative to the fleet.
    A month ago the skelly sloop sank me... and I yelled at their ship as mine sank because I thought it was a player. lol

  • @DrDevon23
    @DrDevon23 4 роки тому +1

    Thanks for the great video this helps out so much.

  • @rob_olmstead
    @rob_olmstead 4 роки тому +1

    Does the captain ship have all the loot you showed in the end of the video or do I have to pick the treasure from the other skeleton ships?

    • @OldBuccaneer
      @OldBuccaneer  4 роки тому

      Captain ship has all the good loot. Other ships drop loot, but it's junky in comparison. That why I just let it sink

    • @rob_olmstead
      @rob_olmstead 4 роки тому

      @@OldBuccaneer another great tip. Thanks.

  • @itsdabugs6141
    @itsdabugs6141 4 роки тому

    I'm new to SoT, and i'm very determined to take out a skeleton fleet, not solo, but with another friend. But this was a really good guide that i will sure follow. But with a friend, could one be on the ship at all times and one going kamikaze with a barrel on the skeleton ship while the other continues fire? Would one be able to probably take a rowboat to get loot so you don't waste? Any recomendations with 2 ppl?

    • @OldBuccaneer
      @OldBuccaneer  4 роки тому

      With 2 people it opens up a lot of options. The skele ships no longer shoot fire after the last update, so having barrels in your crows nest is possible. Those are very effective. The best part of having a teammate is that one person is always in control of the ship and another is doing damage or repairing. It makes the skele ships far easier.

  • @captainharris8980
    @captainharris8980 3 роки тому

    I actually did this a few hours ago (this morning) using all the tactics in this video, but without watching the video. I used the rocks, brought lots of canon balls and wood, and sank every wave. I didn't think I could do it. It was kind of cool to be able to. I disagree about the fire bombs. Enough of them will put a skele ship on the defensive.

  • @NARUTOUZUMAKI-mp5nr
    @NARUTOUZUMAKI-mp5nr 3 роки тому

    Thankyou for the tips they helped me get lots of loot bc I’m new

  • @TheSaucyP
    @TheSaucyP 4 роки тому

    Just a question, when soloing the skeleton fleet, how do you retrieve your loot? It takes ages to come afloat and by then you have other two ships shooting at you. Great video!

    • @OldBuccaneer
      @OldBuccaneer  4 роки тому +1

      I only grab loot from the captain. The other ships drop pretty meh stuff so I let it sinksick

    • @TheSaucyP
      @TheSaucyP 4 роки тому

      @@OldBuccaneer but you wait for the loot coming up floating or you grab stepping on their ship?

  • @jayjbarreto
    @jayjbarreto 4 роки тому +1

    Thank you! Super helpful!

  • @hughmungus8320
    @hughmungus8320 4 роки тому +1

    I’ve never done one so I might look stupid, but how do you find the loot in the water

    • @OldBuccaneer
      @OldBuccaneer  4 роки тому +1

      Generally as soon as the ship sinks Ill pull out my compass and look at the heading. Then anchor, repair and get the ship ready. By that point the loot has floated to the surface (it can take 15-20 seconds). With the heading, and the loot glowing in the water its usually pretty easy to see.

    • @hughmungus8320
      @hughmungus8320 4 роки тому

      👌🏻 thanks!

  • @imcipe
    @imcipe 4 роки тому

    I like that kill count overlay, any chance you would share?

  • @thedemonunderyourbed3587
    @thedemonunderyourbed3587 4 роки тому +1

    I find the best way to deal with skeleton ships is aiming for their cannons to kill the skeletons then aim for holes

  • @OT5Productions
    @OT5Productions 4 роки тому

    Legit video. Thanks.
    How did you get the stats to show on your screen?

    • @OldBuccaneer
      @OldBuccaneer  4 роки тому +2

      It's a steam overlay I created

    • @OT5Productions
      @OT5Productions 4 роки тому

      Old Buccaneer darn it. Where did you find those stats at? Or you somehow keeping track yourself?

    • @OldBuccaneer
      @OldBuccaneer  4 роки тому +1

      @@OT5Productions I keep track of it myself. I have hotkeys that increment a counter and save it to a text file. The text file is then read into my streaming software. Its not 100% correct, I sometimes forget to mark stuff. But its pretty close.

  • @aydenspedden7805
    @aydenspedden7805 4 роки тому +1

    This was super helpful. Thanks 🙏

  • @daryl1241
    @daryl1241 4 роки тому +1

    Bro, how did you activate those stats?
    (Pirates killed and ships sunk)
    Is it a mod?

    • @OldBuccaneer
      @OldBuccaneer  4 роки тому

      It's an overlay I created when I stream or record.

    • @daryl1241
      @daryl1241 4 роки тому

      @@OldBuccaneer ok, thanks!

  • @PunchThePillow
    @PunchThePillow 4 роки тому +2

    What’s the bottom left stats and how do you get it?

    • @OldBuccaneer
      @OldBuccaneer  4 роки тому +1

      The stats are an overlay I created for Streamlabs. I increment the kills/sinks with hotkeys