New Feature Idea: Hire a Musician Onboard the Ship

@lucascroko

Love the idea, so hard a a solo to play and sail for any significant amount of time. I'd suggest doing something a bit easier as it's more likely to be entertained if we don't make that much work for the Devs.

How about a working music box, like the ones in the Taverns (except better sound quality)? Either work it as a ship trinket or a item in the world to find, like the stool.

Fair Seas!

A music box trinket for each shanty would be cool IMO.

@lucascroko music box would be sick, having a guy kinda just feels like having the Skyrim house bard

@lucascroko said in New Feature Idea: Hire a Musician Onboard the Ship:

One of the most iconic parts of Sea of Thieves is the music – it brings life to every adventure and makes sailing feel special. With that in mind, here’s an idea to make voyages even more immersive: adding a hired musician who plays aboard the ship.

Here’s how it could work:

Each ship would have a fixed instrument, placed near the wheel (or another fitting spot).

By interacting with it, players could hire a musician NPC to play music while sailing.

The crew could choose which shanty the musician plays (from the existing in-game songs).

Players would also have the option to tell the musician to stop or start playing again at any time.

This feature would bring more atmosphere and life to the ship, especially during long stretches of sailing when the crew is busy with navigation or adjusting sails. It would feel like having a true “pirate bard” aboard, keeping the spirit of adventure alive at sea.

No idea why you think the helm would love having music played next to them all the time. Also there's zero reason to develop or even have this (don't fix what isn't broke) when we can play our own instruments.

I have a favorite shanty, but if it's being played next to me all the damn time because a crew is trolling, it'll get old very fast.