Rare's latest title, Sea of Thieves, lets you live out your pirate fantasy by captaining your own ship, sailing across the sea, and hunting down treasure. However, being a swashbuckler isn't nearly as exciting if you have to do it alone. Today, Microsoft and Rare announced a new "Friends Play Free" event that allows anyone who owns Sea of Thieves or subscribes to Xbox Game Pass to invite up to three friends to try the pirate game for a limited time.

You can get codes for your friends from February 6 to February 13. To make this event more exciting, Rare is running a limited-time quest to find the treasure of Rum Runner. Those who complete the quest will get special rewards. To get your friends' codes, head here.

If your friends play the game with you and decide to become permanent members of your crew, Sea of Thieves will be available at a 35 percent discount until February 27. In addition, the team teased that big Sea of Thieves news will hit on the one-year anniversary of its launch, March 20.