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How to increase Emissary Grade in Sea of Thieves

Become an Emissary for the Trading Companies.
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There’s a new system called Emissary in Sea of Thieves. You can become an Emissary to any of the available trading companies in the game. To become an Emissary, you need first to reach level 15 with their trading company, promote yourself three times, and then purchase their flag for 20,000 gold coins. After you’re an Emissary for a trading company, you now have access to increasing your Emissary Grade with them.

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Emissary Grade is a way to increase your standing with a trading company at a quicker rate than you normally would. You can see the Emissary Grade meter at the bottom right of your screen. The actions you do in the game need to benefit the company you work for at that time. For example, if you work for the Gold Hoarders, you need to profit them by locating specific treasures chests to place on your ship and complete voyages on their behalf to further increase your Emissary Grade. You lose your Emissary Grade progress if you lower your Emissary flag on your ship or you sink.

Each of the trading companies has different methods available for you to increase your Emissary grade.

Increasing Gold Hoarder Emissary Grade

  • Participating in Gold Hoarder treasure voyages
  • Placing Gold Hoarder treasures on your ship
  • Completing ridding steps from riddle quests
  • Successfully finishing a riddle quest
  • Finishing an X Marks the spot quest
  • Defeating Emissaries from the Reaper’s Bones trading company
  • Defeating a Skeleton Fort, Kraken, Megalodon, or Skeleton ships

Increasing Order of Souls Emissary Grade

  • Participating in Order of Souls treasure voyages
  • Placing Order of Souls treasures on your ship
  • Defeating Skeleton Captains from Bounty quests
  • Taking out emergent Skeleton Captains
  • Defeating Emissaries from the Reaper’s Bones trading company
  • Defeating a Skeleton Fort, Kraken, Megalodon, or Skeleton ships

Increasing Merchant Alliance Emissary Grade

  • Participating in Merchant Alliance treasure voyages
  • Placing Merchant Alliance treasures on your ship
  • Capturing any of the animals
  • Having captured animals on your ship
  • Successfully complete a cargo run and deliver the crate
  • Defeating Emissaries from the Reaper’s Bones trading company
  • Defeating a Skeleton Fort, Kraken, Megalodon, or Skeleton ships

Increasing Athena’s Fortune Emissary Grade

  • Participating in Athena’s Fortune treasure voyages
  • Placing Athena’s Fortune treasures on your ship
  • Pick up a voyage for the Chest of Legends
  • Have a Chest of Legends on your ship
  • Completing any Athena’s Voyage quests (maximum of eight per voyage)
  • Successfully complete riddle steps and the quest for Athena’s Voyage
  • Finish any X Marks the Spot quests for Athena’s Voyage
  • Defeating Emissaries from the Reaper’s Bones trading company
  • Defeating a Skeleton Fort, Kraken, Megalodon, or Skeleton ships

Increasing Repear’s Bones Emissary Grade

  • Pick up any Trading Company’s treasures, emergent treasures, or stolen treasures during your voyages.
  • Defeating other Emissary players during your voyage.

As your grade grows, you gain a multiplier bonus. The bonuses give you additional rewards for continually completing tasks for the trading company. The multiplier increases the gold and reputation you receive, providing you with more of an incentive to continue working with them. These are the multipliers for each grade level:

  • Grade 1 = 1.25 multiplier (125 percent of normal value)
  • Grade 2 = 1.5 multiplier (150 percent of normal value)
  • Grade 3 = 1.75 multiplier (175 percent of normal value)
  • Grade 4 = 2 multiplier (200 percent of normal value)
  • Grade 5 = 2.5 multiplier (250 percent of normal value)

All trading companies need to be wary of players who are Emissaries of The Reaper’s Bones company, as they are out to take out anyone on the high seas. To increase your chances of survival, try working together with other Emissary players to fight them back.


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