Yeah I just tried that yesterday after I saw a few of you guys commented about it. Buying those extra crates is a nice way to get an early emissary boost for sure!

doing the commodoties, animals and cargo deliveries at once. doing three cargo deliveries in the Roar could be as profitable as 60K g extra, 3.5k/unit on max level

Lost shipment for grade 5 seems to be the play then you seem to just get 50k per surplus outpost

Oh for sure, there's definitely better ways to do it haha. Just wanted to see what the potential was for following the circuit exactly.

we did that but, once we 've completed a whole turn, we got back at our starting outpost. the starting npc didn't sell us any commodities as it was on a cooldown, we got bored and logged off. we got around 150k gold from playing 2 hours and doing a whole turn of outposts.

@@bdenix1997 The commodities respawn roughly every 2 hours. So if you're faster than that, you need to wait for respawn. We usually de-flag, do a shipwreck mission, then restart the route. Works out great.

@@bdenix1997 you can add a ton to your profits if you include sea forts into the circuit which increases total income and makes each trip take long enough to where you'll likely have went through the entire commodity cooldown by the time to arrive back at your starter outpost

The concept is pretty simple: buy crates at the first one/two outposts, fight some skeleton ships/complete forts/do other activities that boost your emissary flag level significantly, continue trading after you reach tier 3/4. Might actually level up all the way to tier 5. Rinse and repeat after you complete the circle. One more way is completing delivery voyages while sailing with purchased cargo. You won't get as much, as you would with tier 4/5 flag, but at least you'll get flag level points, so why not try, if it is close to your route? And, if I recall correctly, you can just cancel voyage without losing an ability to start it again, and just start another one (in case quest vendor will be too far away). Devil's roar deliveries are dope, btw, giving you 3.5k per item with maxed out emissary flag. 5 crates, delivered to a nearest isle = 17.5k of additional profit. Plus 35k for completing 2 emissary quests. Just try not to engage in ANY fights, while shipping rom - you are likely to regret it, especially if it's 50-70% of your quest cargo. It doesn't need to be hit directly to be damaged: one hit to your mast can be enough to damage rom crates, which are 3-7 meters away from it. And believe me, you don't want it to happen. Always hide silk under some cover (like captains quarters in the sloop, just make sure to place it right in the middle, near the map table, or it will be damaged by the water from the holes in the back of the ship). Seems like hits on the mast damage everything near it and on top of it, so hiding rom there wont be of much help. PROBABLY, you can leave rom crates near the silk in captains quarters in the sloop, and they will not be damaged, but I never tried. And don't forget to turn the lights off. You can also loot all barrels of plenty along the way, potentially getting some expensive fish for hunter's call rep and some coin, and also supplies to fill cannonball/wood/fruit crates (which cant be sold unless filled to the brim). Also you can find good Devil's roar cargo voyages among these barrels. Might also complete Order of Souls quests from the bottles, but they aren't really profitable, that is just for fun.

If I get to fight a ship it's always the merchants who always give the best fights fr fr

@@berry6473 lol I've never experienced that

Same brother. For me Sea of Thieves has always just been a 1700’s maritime merchant simulator lol.

Merchant Captain title here too

@@Craig_Tucker48 Cool, brother man

that's little cool actually in, immersive, plan your route accordingly

I used the Rare Thief interactive map lol. But Yeah they were broken when they first came out you were making like 250,000 gold per hour

That sounds pretty cool actually lol

I was wondering if a brig might be better. It probably all depends on if the wind is playing to your advantage during these runs too.

Rip golden sands

I honestly just ignored them for soooooo long myself haha. I should have given them more of a chance. And thanks!

I seriously just watched that spot 7 or 8 times trying to figure out what you were talking about because it didn't look like there was a cut, but then I saw the number of crates on the dock change next time I dropped one off. I didn't even mean for that to happen 😂 Funny how that works.

@@Trunath oh wow that’s even more epic man ahaha

Thanks!

People were actually mad that they fixed something this rediculously broken.

Why mad. It was no fun mate.... Like no fun at all you'd realize if you make that much coin in such a time with whole crew for eating out of the nose as in do nothing much. Nah man. Buy all you want in the game, unlock 🔓 it all and there's nothing left to not know and be excited about. Nothing actually earned.... Just some coin that has lost density.

@@Ifyoudontknownowyounowneega I agree. Crews of four were making millions an hour. People just wanted an easy way out of grinding and when it was removed they all got mad on Twitter.

I was Order of Souls for the longest, only because I liked their active gameplay. But now that I've gotten back into the game, I much prefer the Merchant Alliance as well. The trade routes are very easy to do and are low risk with high reward.

Noooo haha. Just little ol' me

Really makes me wish player trading was a thing. I fear Reapers, I wish I could give them some gold to leave me be lol

@@Opunaat the stupid thing ab them is the fact that they would make so much more gold if they just allied with you instead of griefing

or do lost shipment beforehand

Try to avoid the dangerous water zones on the map, that should help with creatures and skeleton ships

Thanks! I appreciate the kind words!

That's what everyone keeps saying haha. They must have been crazy back in the day! Also, thanks!

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Why wouldn’t you just put it there in the first place?

I can't either 😂 That was the first thing I thought when I saw them

Yeah going around the map in a circle is definitely a better choice than crossing over the map a bunch of times haha. Never considered pairing a lost shipment voyage with them though, that could be interesting!

@@Trunath Yeah, it works pretty well usually. Plus it'll give you something else to do while sailing from point A - B. It may not make as much money as a Fort of the damned but it's sure as shit a lot less risky. It's how i grind for my money. To cut down on time you can just do the lost shipments until you find the cabin key and then immediately sail for the lost shipments destination, the ship is ALWAYS sunk nearby.

Yeah I found that out after I finished this video haha. That's definitely the better way to do things as long as you have the time to dedicate to it. Pretty crazy how much you can earn doing these kinds of runs.

Hey! I think it was actually the Season 5 Creeping Cold outfit. Unfortunately I don’t there’s a way to get it anymore 🙁

@@Trunath Thank you for the information. maybe they might bring stuff back somewhere down the line.

Yeah I wondered if that'd be the more practical way to do it.

That’s a lot of money just to get Emlvl up. That’s like 30ish K. I always like to do a lost shipment. Takes around 45-60 minutes solo, and gets you lvl 5 ‘Em and around 60-70k and ofc you buy commodities while doing this whest

Definitely more optimal ways of doing it! Just wanted to see what it would be like if someone followed Mermaid's Lullaby routes exactly

no people cant see you with merchant emissary only with reaper emissary

There's definitely better ways to start this kind of session off, like beginning with a Lost Shipment voyage to quickly bump your Emissary grade, so I would make sure you do something like that when you start your trade routes so you can do it from one outpost to another at the start. I can't say for certain since I was level 75 when I did this, so I'm not sure what kind of reputation gains you can make from it, but I'd imagine they're pretty good based on the gold you can make.

I believe it's shared! So if I was playing with you, and you bought the crates at an outpost, then I wouldn't be able to buy them for us at that outpost too (at least not until the timer refreshes for them, which I think is around 2 real-world hours or 5 in-game days)

Actually now that I think about it, if you stacked them for a little while and sold during Gold Rush time you could probably make a pretty nice profit off of them

@@Trunath you can, back when they came out you could make over 17k per crate depending on the crate without even being on gold rush hour… you missed out man it was crazy

I actually didn't run a single one of these until after I was 75, so I can't say for certain haha. I'd imagine the algorithm that determines how much rep you gain for each item is somehow related to the amount of money it's worth, so I could see these being worth it as long as you're keeping a good pace. You'd just miss out potential commendations from not doing the other Merchant voyages is all.

@@Trunath yeah I'm just trying to make up the last 13 lvls or so, so I can make PL before next season Incase there really is an update to the system. I'm worried they might raise the requirement since it's supposedly to easy to reach now according to some. Thanks for the info!

I did them the first day, and it is not a lie.

Do the rep gains for it seem good? People keep asking but I can never confirm since I was maxed out before I started playing around with trade routes.

@@Trunath the rep gains are slow per island but for the time it takes to stack and the ease I think it’s worth it I got from level 45-67 yesterday and it got me to PL

Yeeeah I found that out shortly after uploading this video 😂 I'm considering doing a part 2 of doing it a more efficient way