How to Customize Ships in Sea of Thieves

A group of ships in Sea of Thieves, each with colorful flags and vessel designs.
Credit: Rare/Microsoft Studios

A group of ships in Sea of Thieves, each with colorful flags and vessel designs.
Credit: Rare/Microsoft Studios

Looking to sail the high seas in style? By learning how to customize ships in Sea of Thieves, you can give your vessel a bit of personal flair.

You’ll be spending a lot of time on ships in Sea of Thieves, so you might as well decorate them the way you like. After all, the whole point of searching for treasure is to be able to afford nice things.

Once you’re satisfied with how your ship works in Sea of Thieves, feel free to check out some of our other guides on the game. We can show you how to get the Adventurer’s Eve commendation or help you solve the Crook’s Hollow riddle.

The shipwright's shop in Sea of Thieves, with the vendor standing behind a desk in a cluttered wooden building.
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Credit: Rare/Microsoft Studios

How to Customize Sea of Thieves Ships

To customize your ship in Sea of Thieves, you’ll need to go to the Shipwright and interact with the Customization Chest placed beside the NPC. Once you do that, you’ll be able to change the appearance of your vessel’s components like its hull and its sails.

You can give your ship even more of a personal touch by decorating its interior with trinkets. To do this, you’ll need to be the captain and interact with the Customization Chest again or explore the inside of your ship. Spots that can be decorated will give you a prompt to place trinkets.

You can purchase ship components and trinkets from the Emporium, Trading Company vendors, and the shipwright. Apart from the trinkets that are purchasable from NPCs, you can also decorate the inside of your ship with trophies obtained from certain achievements. So, you'll come across new customization items quite regularly, though you can specifically hunt down ones you like if the are an achievement reward. There’s no limit to how many trinkets you can have, but buying these decorative items could end up costing you a lot of Gold.

And that’s our guide on how to customize your ship in Sea of Thieves. For more on the action-adventure game, you can check out our guides on how to get Ancient Coins or how to do Tall Tales in Order.