Sea of Thieves Emissaries of Fortune: Wednesday Bonus Times and Rewards

Sea of Thieves Emissaries of Fortune runs each Wednesday, from 10am Wednesday to 10am Thursday UTC. In November, that is also 10am GMT in the UK. Raise an Emissary Flag for a participating Trading Company on High Seas and the event adds another boost to the rewards you earn while representing that company.

Just logging in on Wednesday doesn’t earn a bonus. Raise the flag for the company whose loot you’re collecting, build your Emissary Grade and sell during the event window. Be ready for Reaper crews hunting valuable Emissaries.

Sea of Thieves Emissaries of Fortune: weekly dates and UK times

Rare’s November schedule confirms a 24-hour window every Wednesday. For the rest of November 2026, the scheduled windows are 18–19 November and 25–26 November, beginning and ending at 10am GMT. The 11–12 November window has already finished. Rare’s Events Hub also confirms the 10am UTC start for Sea of Thieves Emissaries of Fortune.

The bonus continues into Thursday morning: a sale at 9:30am GMT on Thursday falls inside the window, but a sale after 10am does not. Check the live Events screen for changes.

How to join Sea of Thieves Emissaries of Fortune on High Seas

Start a High Seas session and go to the Emissary Table for the Trading Company you want to represent. If your pirate is eligible to fly its flag, vote with your crew to raise it. If you have never served as an Emissary for that company, check the company’s licence requirements first. Then play the voyages, world events or other activities that generate loot relevant to your chosen company.

Your Emissary Grade rises when you carry out qualifying activities. Higher grades normally mean stronger company payouts, and Sea of Thieves Emissaries of Fortune adds an event bonus on top of the regular Emissary system. The flag doesn’t pay anything by itself; you still have to bring in loot and sell it.

For a straightforward session, choose a company, raise its flag before collecting most of your loot, gather items it will buy and return to a suitable seller while the bonus window is active. Your precise earnings depend on what you sell and the Grade you’ve reached, not on a fixed guaranteed amount for logging in.

Does the Wednesday boost stack with Emissary Grade?

Yes. Rare describes the weekly bonus as an additional reward multiplier tied to Emissary Grades, rather than a replacement for the ordinary Emissary payout. That makes raising your Grade valuable, but it also raises the stakes if you carry treasure around for too long. You do not need to sail at Grade V for every minute of the event to take part.

Rare’s November schedule doesn’t give a fixed percentage for every Grade and company. Check the reward information in game rather than working from a multiplier quoted for an earlier event.

Keeping your bonus loot safe from Reapers

An Emissary Flag marks you as a Trading Company crew and can make you attractive to players who hunt flags. Take a look at the ship’s map and surrounding horizon, especially before stacking several voyages’ worth of treasure. If another crew is closing in, selling a smaller haul safely may be better than gambling everything on a longer run.

Cash in with the right company rather than sailing around until the event timer expires. A high-grade flag does not protect your cargo. When you are finished, consider lowering the flag through its table, provided it is safe to return to an Outpost.

Emissaries of Fortune versus Fight Nights and the Fishing Weekender

Wednesday is the Trading Company earnings event. Tuesday’s Fight Nights is for crews fighting Faction Battles with the Hourglass of Fate, with increased Allegiance and gold rather than an Emissary-focused payday. During the 13–16 November Bilge Rats Weekender, Hunter’s Call also offers temporary flag and fishing bonuses, but that is a separate limited-time event.

Choose the event that fits your goal: Sea of Thieves Emissaries of Fortune for Trading Company sales, Fight Nights for Hourglass Allegiance or the Festival of Fishing for Hunter’s Call rewards. They’re different bonuses, so one doesn’t replace the others.

Sea of Thieves Emissaries of Fortune: common questions

Do you get a reward for simply logging in? No. Raise an eligible company’s flag and earn rewards through normal play during the Wednesday window.

What if you’re in another time zone? The start is 10:00 UTC Wednesday and the end is 10:00 UTC Thursday. November UK time is the same as UTC. Elsewhere, convert those times into your local zone.

What if the event isn’t showing? Check you’re in High Seas, that the correct weekly window is active and that you are looking at the in-game Events information. Rare can change its calendar, so use that live panel for any last-minute exceptions.

Pick your company before leaving port, raise its flag and sell the loot you’ve collected before the Thursday 10am GMT cutoff. There is little point holding out for one last voyage if it means missing the bonus entirely.

Official source: Rare’s official Events Hub.