How to Level up your Merchant (NEW Update) | Sea of Thieves
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- Leveling up your merchant using the new Season 11 MEchanics. Beyond level 75, unlock the Treasure fit for a King commendation.
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Will you be testing other companies’ raid voyages with their best voyage?
(Ex. Gold hoarder - vault, order of souls - ghost fleet voyage)
@@Zombiemain2 yes , everything is coming 🤗
i love your tutorials beacuse you go step by step like some youtubers just like do it too fast and dont explain
"Commodities. If you HATE yourself, do them on the side." Yes, I'm a Merchant, so by default I really do hate myself. Not as much as Hunter's Call grinders though. Fantastic video!
People really underestimate how OP commodity runs are when at grade 5. They're boring, yes, but the profit margin is insane
yeah but what people really underestimate is how useless gold actually is.
They don’t give a ton of rep so I’d really only recommend it if your destination has those commodities sought after.
@@uria2022exactly lmao
@@uria2022 I'm a completionist, so gold will always have value for me so long as there are cosmetics to buy. I've got everything except two pieces of the DA ship, and the magpie's fortune shipset. I keep putting that off because after grinding through hourglass to 100 for both factions, I'm not exactly eager to jump back in lol
@@uria2022it’s truly about the journey rather than the destination for the life of a pirate in 2024 🎉
Most unrealistic thing in this video is your menus loading instantly so you can check commendations 😅
Good catch, it's Edited out 🤣
OMG I didn't play SoT for quite a long time now and this video make me realize that the harpoon put crates directly on the boat now !! Best improvement ever !! I can go back to the game just for that ^^
Don't tell em about the storage crates and treasure chests they will shit themselves
In case you didn't see before stopping sot. Sovereign also has a harpoon, and you can harpoon all your treasures next to the hand in npc.
Yeah bro they added a lot of small QoL changes like this. Selling is equally fast - you harpoon it off your boat from the dock!!
I saw the new NPC with the harpoon but we still had to take the crate on the harpoon. Now it should be so fast !
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It's new yeah ...
Merchant alliance always felt for me like doing regular job
This game in general is tedious like a regular job. The core gameplay loop needs an overhaul in my opinion.
@@JonezBBQ What ? Are you comparing, finding treasure while reading maps or completing riddles, or even fighting skelly armies with basic FedEx mission ? What are you on ? xD
@@altorus127 I’m talking about how you do the same thing over and over again for hundreds of hours, all just for cosmetics. You spend more time sailing between islands than actually playing the game
@@altorus127we gonna ignore the search for the islands plus the time it takes to get there ? Atleast merchant quests give you directions along with some of the nicest (personally) cosmetics in the game
@@JonezBBQ Sailing is part of the gameplay and appeal? Seems like this isn't your game.
Really enjoyed the stream yesterday, excited for the Athena video. Thanks for helping us mate ❤️
A quick tip i can add phuzzy tested it today and got my merchant distinction today... instead of doing the ashen winds event they can just do a skelly fort it gives you twice the amount of rep than the ashen winds event if you are lvl 5 emissary
Yeah I been doing forts at 5 as well just sell and re dive
forts also take longer to do
Wouldn’t it be better to do flameheart for the better tier scroll?
@@TheSpirez tbh its too long to do and can be hard as a solo and you can easily get the fort done
@@TheSpirez middle tier scroll isnt better than the high tier scroll but its only like has a bit less than a quarter higher rep than the middle tier
Fastest rep is skelliefleet from beginning, grade 5 after 2 and no repair for skellies. Use 1 firebomb for the gally if solo. At least a lvl at grade 5. If u start sailing towards port Merrick while still doing the skelliefleet quest u save sailing time. I got from 52 to 61 in a litle less than hour of time
10:08 So you can't dive onto an active world event with someone there already but the game clearly does not take proximity to a not yet triggered event into account. So you can have other ships randomly appear right near you if you are near an event that has not been triggered. I knew Rare would find some way to screw that up.
Thanks Phuzzy mate. Merchants is the last one I need to become legendary. This has helped.
also, wreck birds are more dense and they fly in a circle, where supply are sparse and are more "random" in flight pattern
Good to know that the Merchant Emissary is still just Cargo Runs. I'm guessing it's the new Cargo Loot, but it's still a Cargo Run.
Honestly a shame how neglecter Merchant seems to be loot wise, but oh well
I just did one of these and the captains key worked but once the door opened… there was literally nothing inside it 😢
Can you do gold hoarders next? Specifically the most efficient/fastest voyages to get to grade 5 as solo
Emissary quest is good to do unless you get far islands because the crates have a “special delivery” label that you don’t get from regular cargo voyages and they are worth way more than normal cargo crate quests
The best for leveling merchant is probably just the ashen cargo run voyage once you hit level 5 emissary grade. You have to park at Roaring Traders. Then vote for the ashen cargo voyage for 4 cargo. Collect cargo and put it on the ship with the plants in the water. Then cancel voyage. Then you have to vote for that same voyage and cancel it again 6 times in a row. Every 7th voyage will be at Roaring Traders. Keep repeating this until you feel you have enough cargo on your ship. The delivery place will always be on Fetcher's Rest. As a solo I got from level 97 to level 105 (level 5 distinction 1) in like 1½-2 hours. I probably had like 50-60 cargo crates. With a bigger crew it can be optimized to be faster.
Another difference between shipwrecks and barrels in the water is the amount of seagulls flying above. Lots of them for a wreck, a few for barrels.
It’s the opposite…
Atleast when doing the voyage. There are a lot of seagulls above clues and barrels but a little amount above a shipwreck. By little I mean very little
@@jesseoppelaar9199 I could believe that, I'm referring to my experience in regular high seas sailing. I'll have to keep that in mind for when i start doing actual voyages
@@jesseoppelaar9199during shipwreck voyages there are a lot of seagulls above the first clue, everything else is small
There is an exception : if you encounter a large one at the last one, you are unlucky, it's a bugged shipwreck that didn't spawn with only the manifest floating at the surface.
The Brian's Bazzar -> Roaring Traders, or Morrows Peak -> Ashen Reach routes are better. They stay 100% in the roar (aka safer seas), shorter (easy keys), with very predictable shipwreck spawns. Some of these routes only come up in the medley voyage, so try different options to get the better routes. Plus quick jog to morrow's for your sells. Plus when running medely's often the cargo pickups are along the trade route... ez grade/rep you can double dip.
hey phuzzy, what is now the best way to make doubloons?
was waiting for your video to drop !!!
Gave it a try but totally forgot to grab the crates from the merchant at first. So didn't get grade 5 after my lost shipment run. Came back to outpost for it but needed only 2 out of 4 crates to reach my level 5.
So If you are short on money, just get the 2 cheapest crates, you will reach level 5 emissary.
The fastest way to level Merchant is Still FOTD stacks if you have a crew that can keep all the stronghold barrels.
It is so much faster than any of this honestly. But it’s harder and requires a really good crew.
i tried this so many times but whenever i open the door to the captain's quarters, there's no loot in there
When I do the lost shipment no loot spawns in the captains quarters
in this video, he explains that Galleon's Grave to Morrow's Peak has the shipwreck at U16. does anyone have the shipwreck spawn locations for each of the other three ashen lost shipment routes?
Might be late but : I did the "ashen lost shipment" 3 times and each time the captain's cabin was empty (using the key on the good ship and found the book on the shipwreck)... Does anyone have this bug ?
Yes, this happened to me more than once, I think it is a problem with the game.
Eh, to get to Grade 5, i'll stick to my regular Treasury + regular Lost Shipment combo, it gets you there just as fast, it gets you more gold & rep, and it often avoids the numerous glitches LS can incur when they finish in the Wilds. And if you take commodities with you, it's pretty lucrative.
commodity runs are Bae :P high Gold and medium exp for faction, but if u sail those and in between pick of all the wrecks u come across its insane ;P
Honestly as a solo I aggro the ashen lord on land, then swim to my ship. He just bugs out and stops attacking so I can just cannonball him to death lol. If he ever does that meteor thing it never even reaches me anyways so it's not a big deal.
how did u get that with hull
Personally idk how the heck rare decided that skelly fleets are easier than ghost fleets.
not easier but less time consuming. you can finish a skelly fleet much faster and its not even that hard
A skelly fleet solo or duo is insanely easy. Ghost fleets are only easier if you’re on the larger ships in my opinion. Rare always considers smaller crews first.
@Mr.Guybrush from my experience they're both super easy on a sloop. Ghost fleets you just gotta be a little more careful with because they can light you up if you position terribly.
Clocks are not a difficulty indicator.
@@proteuswest1084 SoT states that the ghost fleet was a harder world event, and as a result it gives the best Scroll (merchant exclusive treasure)
There is never any loot in my lost shipment voyage, I stopped doing them
I tried a raid yesterday as gold hoarder and you only get about half value for diving on the raids. Its not worth doing the raids because the loot doesn't add to the kingly loot achievement. I would have rather had the loot stay the same for the raid. 17k for diving vs 34k for sailing to a sea fort means diving is not worth it unless you're in the Roar.
Wait so you can't get the rare ashen voyage where you go back and forth with the two seaposts, so is the achievement for all the trading roots impossible now???
No? He's doing the ashen one
@@macewindow149 no no the certain one with the two seaposts
@@SnakeLordProductions I know what one you're talking about, but you can likely just get that one by doing the regular one
I did ashen lost shipment 3 times in a row yesterday and each time the crates weren't in the room. Am I doing something wrong? It was plunder to morrow too
Ashen lost shipments are glitched best to just do the regular ones
Great guide / experiment and to see results.
11:41 do these always drop when you dive to him?? I did one day one of this season and was like, this is all he drops??? I searched everywhere - sky canon’d to see glints. Nothing.
Good luck have fun playing sea of thieves in the future Phuzz
Phuzzy looks really good in a hoodie!
I can never find the shipwreck just the logbook. And I’ve done several of these!
Lost shipment is the best way to lvl up merchant but since season 11.
they nerf it somehow. usually 1 voyage is enough to get you to grade 5 (you need to visit every clue to get all the loots)
Now, they barely get you to grade 3 or 4. My advice is to dive for skelly fort to get the scroll and get you to 3-ish THEN do lost shipment
Fort????? Fleet is 200 times faster and gives a scroll just as good
@@dogborf7909 that's true, but I played mostly solo and not good with the game so fort is more managable to me
Emissary grade increases were nerfed in general you used to be able to get grade 5 much faster
Buy the 5 different resource crates from the merchant for free emissary 2-and-a-bit before diving for the quest, should reach 5 easily in that case.
Love this. Although it is kinda lame that it’s still a grind. And I’m over here at level 80 guardians of fortune thinkin this was EASY ;-;
Can you make the same type of video for Athena?
Just do veils man
Thursday
We did the same and the ashen winds loot gives us a half lvl.. so its not worth it.. do a regular fort voyage instead :)
I sail Solo, So I just use an Ammo crate. Can sit in the water and just shoot him or her!
Hey,
Just discover you (thanks youtube recommandations), and i was wondering why do i only get half (a little bit more, but not that much) a level with ashen lords despite same loots an lower level (lvl 60 ATM)
Is it because of "Happy Hours"? Thought it was only for gold
Make sure you level up your emmisary flag to level 5 first
@@piotr78 yup, it was level 5
How do u find the key? Where did you get the clue? There is a lot of info that as a new player I need in order to do this.
Honestly lost and can't find the location of the key anywhere on the route.
While traveling on the route of a lost shipment voyage you need to look for birds. That’s where the first clue is. Then just follow the clues until you find the key
what if you are not level 15 yet? I find that you can only activate one mission at a time for merchant alliance it is soo slow!
Honestly? Probably be best to do other companies first, buy supplies and then sell them before you get off. It’ll give you rep as well as any other crates you might find in your endeavors, while also earning you gold because you are doing the other companies and passively getting merchants to 15 and then you can do the emmisary. Side note once per month you can buy a letter of recommendation from Larinna outside of taverns for doubloons that will earn you 1 rank up
does anyone know what ship cosmetics hes using?
Why am I suppose to buy resource crates?
Since when did levels to above 50?
Is reputation the same in solo mode?
Not even close. You can’t even get certain commendations in that mode. Not worth doing.
anyone know what ship haul he is using? is it goodboy or insider?
Shining Pegasus as far as I know
Tried to get some progress on merchant today... it's annoying boring
I love youre tips puzzy bond i am grinding merchant so thanks for the tip
Imagine working full-time as delivery service then hop on sea of thieves to do the same 😂
Do the fastest way to level Athena🎉
Thursday 🤗
I can't wait to try this out
yes you probably can
Dont skele Forts give a whole level and barely take over 10 minutes?
7:55 - this is “new” right?? I haven’t grinded in years.
I certainly don't remember it being like that
Hi phuzzy xD
Nice video but I think your underestimating solo players I did a fleet and completed it in 9 minutes and sold everything in 14 minutes and got a level and some change from it
all these updates but they basically said screw animals? they could have just lazily added new color chickens but basically everyone hated animals... and everyone hates cargo too but they doubled down on cargo trying to make people want to do it more. and the emissary quest now gives the amazing cargo so
U-16 R-10 Q-19 L-18
This is no longer viable. I did 3 in a row the capt room is empty no loot at all
Shipwrecks that don’t bug give you level 5
Science!
commodities "if you hate yourself"...dead lol
Why are you screaming sir!!?
There's a faster method, keep searching!
no one likes you
This update is nice and all, but the core gameplay loop is still incredibly tedious and boring in my opinion. I'm hoping that the future updates change this and add more variety to the game.
Imma be totally honest. Do raids and animal runs, they pay top dollar for reallg low effort
I did an animal run got 3 dif snakes, 4 dif pigs, 2 same chickens as requested and whilst sailing to the hand in point a lightning storm appeared overhead and lightning struck my boat and set fire to all 3 snakes, killing them and whilst I went back and tried to find all 3 snakes it wanted again I ran out of time and got next to nothing for my time.
how did you get so many animals in a big island quest??? you get like, 4 max@@jimbodee4043
If anybody use cheats to lvl up merchant im ok with it
I enjoy your contents Phuzz and I understand you need to find ideas to make new contents on... But being one of the most famous SoT streamers, I think it's very bad that you spread knowledge on how to "glitch" shortcuts, killing the real immersive experience of SoT, just to help people achieve something that is not important : cosmetics in a faster way.
Why? Don't you realize the power you have on SoT community? People are going to play the game in a wrong way, pursuing the non important and not living the real great moments of SoT, just cos they re grinding.
This reminds me of real life... Most people strongly pursue and dedicate their life on something, that is most of the time totally useless.
But then they realize too late, when they are too old!
Hello,
Thank you for the feedback 🙂 I'm not aware how is this glitching a shortcut?
Lost Shipments have always been broken in SoT since years, not all routes are guaranteed to work, some don't spawn ships and others don't spawn keys, so I filter out the broken parts so players can guarantee working mechanics as intended.
@@PhuzzyBond oh.. I just came back after playing S1 and 2, and had no idea there still is the bug. I remember that. Sorry then, I think I totally misunderstood what you're teaching here, was too early in the morning I guess!
@@emme6907 that's fine 🙂 I like feedback and always happy to listen , thank you
this is great thanks
such a dumb way to level, get better kid
Who are you to talk shit like that 💀💀💀
@@t1me130 someone higher level than you will ever be
You should look at executive cargo runs. Not as much per mission, but they are so fast when diving.
Do you keep your cargo when you dive or do you dive to the location you pick them up?
@@odyssey6963 You don't keep the cargo, but the dive sends you straight to the pickup location. Basically halves the journey time from the original, but you can't stack them.
Yes they are great, the goal was to choose a route that goes along with manifests while being maintenance free.
I still feel like spamming forts is the fastest to level
I finish this quest but when u open the captains shipwreck at the end I don’t get anything in the door
so i know this comment is unrelated with the video but Scroll of Uncharted Waters ? diving mechanics , new cosmetic art style (i know there's a new team working on them but still) , i am starting to believe that there is a map expansion coming
My merchant lady has a bug where I can’t pick up my purchased supplies, any way to fix it Phuzzy?
Instead of enjoying the new voyages it just seems that finding emergent skeleton captains, skeleton ships & wrecks is way better. I found like 4 tier S chests in one wreck yesterday & skeleton ships now seem to have as much as a fort at times. I used to do like an 8 trajectory between 2 islands & do ashen guardians, now instead of doing this for emergent skeletons seems alot better.
Can you level up Merchants without an emissary? I hate being a target to others, especially if there's reapers around
whats the name of the hull you were using during the voyages?
Shining Pegasus from the Pirate Emporium
That Hull is awesome Phuzzy, what one is that?
I'm sure you've heard it before....but glad you're safe.
I did a merchant skeleton fleet solo today and it was one sloop, and then the boss galleon. Now I swear that gally was tougher than usual but it was still only two ships. And all they drop is a couple tea crates, the diamonds, and the scroll so its a quick and easy collect too.
I did comodity with a level 5 Flag and It took me 3 Hours to reach naerly all outposts and I only made 150k Gold I think
Sounds long winded and not worth it, but you survived.
1st attempt: Supplies wouldn’t spawn in
2nd attempt: Thought I got lucky with supplies already on the outpost, but dived onto a reaper 5
3rd attempt : Storm and no captain key, but was able to get the manifest
4th : Completed in full, but only made a quarter of a level
Great vid but with my luck im sticking to other ways get the level up😂
They're likely wasn't not a key, you probably just missed it
Really excited to see whats coming i just really recieved the blessing of athenas fortune and am stepping back into the PVE in the game.I really appreciate all that you do to help us with our grinds.
No loot in captains quarters
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Mmh i'm farming merchant, and i'm doing only skelly event or ghost ship event, that give 1 level and half , for skelly, and 2 level and half , for ghost ships, after each event, this is much more xp and faster then doing ashen shipment , ofc is not easy for everybody to do this on solo sloop but there is some tips for beginners
Unfortunately, as far as I've seen, the crates of diamonds don't count for the treasure fit for a king. I turned it in and it didn't raise my commendation status
🙏🙏🙏
I'm disappointed the ashen shipment voyages still dont give ashen merchant loot
Help me! How to complete the commendation "Seeker of the Sea" :(( It's so hard
The only thing I hate about this gane is how useless gold actually is...
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