Hearing cannons fire outside of Pirate Legend Hideout

@vixiousone Probably people shooting your ship on the outpost you were on lol. As you can not access the PL hideout anywhere in the world but via the Outpost.

From what I understand, the hideout is a central location on the server much like the Ferry.

More than likely a few layers down from the main world. So it is possible a battle may be happening above you.

Before release, they said legends would be able to sail their ship out of the legend hideout. This has obviously changed but I believe the location of the hideout remained. Out of all the islands in the game I've came to the conclusion that the legend hideout is deep inside old faithful island. Someone had made a video about this a while back, and they pointed out an odd rock structure on the side of the island that didn't seem to fit. Either because it would disappear as people would sail out of the island or it was hastily placed later to fill the hole in the island that wasn't going to be used anymore.

I've heard cannon fire from the hideout before as well as some of my crewmates. Old faithful has cannons on the island as well as a cannon tower like the forts. It's possible they were firing at a nearby ship while you were in the hideout deep inside the island.

All of this is just speculation though. I have no real evidence to prove it's there.

@Shinten-Rai Haha, could be! But like @testakleze the developers was talking about being able to sail into the Pirate Legend Hideout. I think the place is still in the world but you cannot access it without going to a tavern at an outpost at the moment.

@testakleze @NunoAzuldimeter What I do know is that after i went out from the Hideout i went out of the tavern at Dagger Tooth Outpost, and there was actually a fort active and it was Old Boot Fort. I am definitely going to nearby islands and take a closer look.

It could be a bug or coincidence but if im not mistaken. One of the developers said just the other day that he was shocked that no one had found it yet(im not 100% sure).

Super interesting, tell me if you get more information!

And i just found this after writing the previous post:

Sea of Thieves - Legendary Hideout location on map uncovered!

Holy damn!

Oh snap. I didn't know any of that. I hadn't heard anything about it since that video I mentioned talking about old faithful but that was back in April I think. However I do know about the lightening strikes when someone joins the server and the fact that the ferry is under it. Seen both myself.

@testakleze I think this was the plan, back when they were saying it would take a long time for people to hit PL.

So PLs would be super rare, and seeing a ship burst out of the hideout would be an "Oh no, there's a PL on this server, better watch out!" moment.

That wouldn't really work these days with the number of PLs, there'd be a ship popping out of the hideout every few minutes, so it'd end up being a "yeah, whatever" sort of thing.

Perhaps it could be a reward for some as yet unknown, hard to acquire accolade. To really give the thing some impact and spectacle.

Yeah I heard it too yesterday. The hideout (like the Ferry of the Damned) is somehwhere on the same map. It wouldn't surprise me if it's actually in one of the rocks in the world, now the question remains which rock is it?

@hynieth Exactly what im thinking too. Would be awesome to find it!

the ferry and the hideout are both underneath that central rock formation,
that is also "the portal to SoT from the real world".

You can also hear cannon shots, when you are on the ferry.
Using a good headset you can clearly hear the cannon shots are above your position.

You can even see the actual ferry from above, when you go to that rock
and try to get that graphical glitch, where everything underwater is bright white
for a short time. (you get this when you switch between underwater and above water view)

Another easy way to confirm the location of both the ferry and the hideout:

1. wait for active skull fort (and remember where it is located)
2. go to the ferry or the hideout and then return
3. as soon as you are back out of the loading screen: look to the skull fort / cloud
   the cloud will still be looking away from you to the centre of the map
   because it is always looking at you, even when you are in the hideout or on the ferry
   You can actually see it slowly turning back to you after the loading screen

This works best if you enter the ferry/hideout from a position that is NOT in
line of sight with the centre of the map AND the skull cloud.

Try to make the skull cloud turn 90 degrees in relation to map centre and your
"after loading screen position" for best results.

edit: ferry of the damned location and how to find it:

Sea of Thieves | I Found the Ferry of the Damned !

just found another nice video that shows the exact location:
comparing this to the rock formation in the centre of the map
and you can see where you end up while being dead.

- YouTube

The PL Hideout is hidden in the rock at the center of the map.

@vixiousone Not by the PL Hideout but while on the ferry, I’m currently hearing cannons. Wonder where the ferry is technically located

@grizztoffsls Dude did you even bother to check how old this thread was before you posted?

@Deckhands