Sea Of Thieves' The Shrouded Deep Event May Summon Its Most Elusive Creature

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Sea of Thieves is going deep for its third limited-time Adventure. And by deep, we mean both literally--as the new story chapter is called The Shrouded Deep--and figuratively, as it looks poised to pull from Sea of Thieves lore and its earliest live events alike. Unless an agonizing bait-and-switch is afoot, The Shrouded Deep may bring players face to face with the ever-elusive Shrouded Ghost, the game's most hard-to-find sea monster.

In the four years since Sea of Thieves debuted, very few players have ever summoned this particular megalodon, the rarest of the game's five giant sharks. Megalodons come upon players randomly while they're at sea and each has its own unique behaviors, with some even behaving passively unless fired upon. But the Shrouded Ghost's pale white skin and peachy fin is a sight remarkably few have ever seen, like the world's most at-large shiny Pokemon.

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While Rare has not shared specific numbers regarding just how rare the Shrouded Ghost is, some in-game stats tell the tale for us. On the Sea of Thieves forums, the recurring Guess for Gold competition features trivia questions about the game. In August of 2019, the question revolved around the total number of Shrouded Ghosts that were killed in a 24-hour period. The correct answer was 11.

To put that total in context, on a different day a few months later, a question asked how many total megalodons were killed in a 24-hour period. The answer then was over