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Rare announced on Th that it will shut downwards Sea of Thieves' competitive Arena mode on March 10. The company cited the style's depression population every bit a key cistron in deciding to shutter it. "Equally we've shared before, merely 2% of our players' time is spent in The Arena on a consistent basis," said the visitor in a blog mail elaborating on the conclusion.

Rare too stated that despite catastrophe active development on the mode in Dec 2022, updates to the residue of the game had adversely affected The Arena. The developer claimed this resulted in the mode requiring a hefty corporeality of ongoing evolution just to proceed it running, which ultimately proved to exist another factor in the decision to shut it down.

The visitor said that fans of The Arena who have at least reached Sea Dogs rank v in the competitive manner would receive exclusive, unreleased Loonshit ship cosmetics to use in Sea of Thieves' Chance style following The Arena'south closure. Those who take reached Bounding main Dogs rank fifty will besides receive The Good Boy ship cosmetics.

However, if y'all have yet to reach these ranks, you lot're out of luck, as Rare stated that the cutoff point to exist eligible to earn these cosmetics was Thursday, January 27 — the same day the blog was published. "[These rewards] are to bear witness our gratitude to anybody who has supported and enjoyed The Arena upwardly to this point," the company said.

The closure of The Arena was announced as office of the Ocean of Thieves 2022 preview event, which also offered a first await at the game'due south Shrouded Islands event. The company likewise released a content roadmap for the twelvemonth, which revealed that four seasons' worth of content would striking the game throughout 2022.