The Five key points (UPDATED- SIX KEY POINTS!) are listed here, with more detail below if you need it:

Anniversary Stream on March 20th at 5pm GMT with Special Guest Burnie Burns (co-founder of Rooster Teeth and the Red vs Blue Halo machinima)

MIXPOT REWARD: Spinal Figurehead!

Play during Anniversary Weekend (Thu-Sun)

REWARD: Celebratory exclusive Eye of Reach cosmetic

FREE PLAY DAYS: March 18th-23rd, Xbox Live subscribers can download and play the game for free

March 18th-23rd, Xbox Live subscribers can download and play the game for free 3 Week Long Anniversary “Event” launching March 20th, celebrating the Hungering Deep, Cursed Sails, and Forsaken Shores events of the past, allowing a chance for new players to earn SOME of the past cosmetics from those events! Details coming soon!

launching March 20th, celebrating the Hungering Deep, Cursed Sails, and Forsaken Shores events of the past, allowing a chance for new players to from those events! Details coming soon! Game Pass Ultimate Perks launch TODAY- anyone who is subscribed to Game Pass Ultimate can get Ori and the Will of the Wisps themed ship cosmetics, from now until May 18th!

cosmetics, from now until May 18th! Starting [edited] APRIL 3rd, Bleeding Edge themed ship cosmetics will be available as rewards for a week long mini-event of three challenges- tracked online similar to last month’s Hunter’s Haul event. Details coming soon!

Anniversary Stream- Mixpot rewards

This Friday, March 20th at 5pm GMT (and usually running ~2 hours), Sea of Thieves will be streaming from their official mixer channel, and you can earn the Spinal Figurehead.

Simply tune into the stream at https://mixer.com/seaofthieves during that time, and make sure you’re logged into Mixer with your Microsoft account. This should automatically be credited for the reward, but it may take up to one week before you see it arrive in-game.

Play this weekend, earn an Eye of Reach

If you log in and play Sea of Thieves this weekend (from now until 6:59am GMT March 23rd) will be credited with a celebratory new Eye of Reach cosmetic.

FREE PLAY DAYS

From March 18th through March 23rd, any Xbox Live subscriber can download and play Sea of Thieves FOR FREE. Now is the time to introduce your friends that are on the fence (or on the… dock?) and show them why you love Sea of Thieves!

Anniversary Mini-Event launches March 20th

Starting March 20th and running for THREE WEEKS, mini in-game events will be happening in game that will take players through a “truncated tour” of the past Hungering Deep, Cursed Sails, and Forsaken Shores events, allowing players to earn some (but not all) of the limited time cosmetics from those Year 1 updates.

Check out our full breakdown here!

Game Pass Ultimate Perks- Ori themed Ship Set!

Starting today, subscribers to Xbox’s “Game Pass Ultimate” service will begin receiving special perks (DLC/in game content) for a variety of games — including Sea of Thieves!

For fans of Ori and the Blind Forest, and Ori and the Will of the Wisps, the new “Ancestral Ship Set” pays tribute to that series with a gorgeous new ship livery!

To find available perks, existing Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers should visit the Xbox Game Pass tab on console, the Xbox (beta) app on Windows 10, or the Xbox Game Pass mobile app

For more about Game Pass Ultimate Perks, click here, and if you aren’t yet subscribed you can get your first month for just $1 here.

UPDATED: Bleeding Edge themed challenge coming April 3rd!

Starting April 3rd and through a week, pirates will be challenged with three objectives, each tied to unlocking a piece of a Bleeding Edge inspired ship cosmetic set! This includes the Sail, Flag, and Hull. Similar to the Hunter’s Haul event last month, you’ll be able to track your progress in the challenges on the Sea of Thieves website- we’ll update with more info on what the challenges entail closer to this promotions launch!

[This information has been edited- originally it was advertised that the Bleeding Edge event would begin March 30th, but it was changed to April 3rd]