Question about sharks etc

[Masquerade]

so I'm terrified of of the sea and things. as a kid I had to get my dad to do any underwater section in tomb raider etc.
I know about the megolodon but are there regular sharks and things in this? jumping from my ship and swimming to an island is making me so scared I'm gonna get eaten but I'd like to know if theres nothing to worry about

[Eshman]

Um, yes there are regular sharks, skeleton & ghost ships/fleet, different types of megalodon, kraken, and several types of sirens. There are also different world events which may spawn variations of the previous mentioned and this obviously doesn't include anything land-based. If you are hydrophobic or easily motion sick this may not be the game for you but there are others in the community that deal with motion sickness by playing in windowed mode and setting the viewable distance to max. It helps to remember it's just a game after all (and a pretty entertaining one at that--there's always something to do).

Reference: https://seaofthieves.fandom.com/wiki/Enemies <-Obviously not an exhaustive list & may be a bit dated since it can be edited.

[Keyrala]

I'm also scared of deep water, i almost drowned in real life multiple times and inhaled many sea water, the day i finally learned to swim i had a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ thing following me. It was like a huge jelly fish or something and never bothered with the sea again.
I have other strange events that happened in the sea to me but i had no explanation for them.

I guess this is why i have anxiety in deep water related stuff, including games.

Right now the game has some issue with sharks that apparently they will spawn more often than what they should, but they don't make weird noises when trying to bite you like in tomb raider.
But sometimes they can spawn right on you, literally you can be swimming and you feel like something is slighty pushing you to the side, it's a shark that spawned from inside you like in an alien movie.
You can also have sirens.

Anyway after a while you get used to this, especially when you realize how easy is to kill a shark even with a sword, you only need to learn an easy pattern then you will jump into them for free meat.

There is the megalodon but it won't attack you even if you jump on it with a sword, but gotta be careful it's usually being followed by normal sharks.

The kraken is literally the second easiest enemy in the game.

Don't be afraid to do the under water shrines or arenas, you can't drown and you rarelly get attacked by sharks down there, except in the shrine of hungering or whatever, that one is literally shark themed.

[Masquerade]

Автор сообщения: Keyrala

I'm also scared of deep water, i almost drowned in real life multiple times and inhaled many sea water, the day i finally learned to swim i had a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ thing following me. It was like a huge jelly fish or something and never bothered with the sea again.
I have other strange events that happened in the sea to me but i had no explanation for them.

I guess this is why i have anxiety in deep water related stuff, including games.

Right now the game has some issue with sharks that apparently they will spawn more often than what they should, but they don't make weird noises when trying to bite you like in tomb raider.
But sometimes they can spawn right on you, literally you can be swimming and you feel like something is slighty pushing you to the side, it's a shark that spawned from inside you like in an alien movie.
You can also have sirens.

Anyway after a while you get used to this, especially when you realize how easy is to kill a shark even with a sword, you only need to learn an easy pattern then you will jump into them for free meat.

There is the megalodon but it won't attack you even if you jump on it with a sword, but gotta be careful it's usually being followed by normal sharks.

The kraken is literally the second easiest enemy in the game.

Don't be afraid to do the under water shrines or arenas, you can't drown and you rarelly get attacked by sharks down there, except in the shrine of hungering or whatever, that one is literally shark themed.

for me its when I'm in the depths and you just see black all around you it's horrible

[rad_knight]

they exist, but they're not really that much of a threat 99% of the time. they're pretty easy to kill and unless you park super far away from an island there's like 0 chance they even hit you once if you're just swimming to or from an island

[Keyrala]

Автор сообщения: Masquerade

Автор сообщения: Keyrala

I'm also scared of deep water, i almost drowned in real life multiple times and inhaled many sea water, the day i finally learned to swim i had a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ thing following me. It was like a huge jelly fish or something and never bothered with the sea again.
I have other strange events that happened in the sea to me but i had no explanation for them.

I guess this is why i have anxiety in deep water related stuff, including games.

Right now the game has some issue with sharks that apparently they will spawn more often than what they should, but they don't make weird noises when trying to bite you like in tomb raider.
But sometimes they can spawn right on you, literally you can be swimming and you feel like something is slighty pushing you to the side, it's a shark that spawned from inside you like in an alien movie.
You can also have sirens.

Anyway after a while you get used to this, especially when you realize how easy is to kill a shark even with a sword, you only need to learn an easy pattern then you will jump into them for free meat.

There is the megalodon but it won't attack you even if you jump on it with a sword, but gotta be careful it's usually being followed by normal sharks.

The kraken is literally the second easiest enemy in the game.

Don't be afraid to do the under water shrines or arenas, you can't drown and you rarelly get attacked by sharks down there, except in the shrine of hungering or whatever, that one is literally shark themed.

for me its when I'm in the depths and you just see black all around you it's horrible

In this game you don't get darker waters when deep.
There are some areas where the water gets "darker" as in brownish.
But that's like the area not the deep, and you can still see althought when you're in deep sea you see no bottom unless you're around some under water temple or arena.

You only get pitch black water when the kraken is there, but there is nothing anyway no sharks or anything so you can just swimp up and swim back to your ship if you happen to be knocked off the ship.
Kraken can't attack you if you're swimming but if you swim under the water you take damage over time.

Actually there is a tall tale where everything is really dark but it's only for a few minutes and there is nothing that can harm you down there.


Just to make it clear, nope you will never be attacked in complete dark water.
I don't think they can spawn during the pitch black from the kraken, at least i never had that happen to me in about 1800 hours.

Also sharks can't attack you if you're on a rowboat. So if you still that scared you can use a rowboat to get into the island and to go back to your ship, until you get used to the game.

[UTMaster]

Автор сообщения: Masquerade

jumping from my ship and swimming to an island is making me so scared I'm gonna get eaten but I'd like to know if theres nothing to worry about

Here's a trick to get to an island, enemy ship, etc. without touching water, aim your cannon, climb in the cannon, and fire yourself to your destination. It's faster and more fun than swimming, just be warned that you might take some damage when you land.

[Rhingeim]

Megs and Kraken will not hunt you when you're close to island. Regular sharks are easy enough to kill, they give you a loooot of time to react if spotted.

[CostlySpider]

There are sharks, but they are like cartoony. They do not look like real ones at all. No reason to be scared of them It would be like if you are afraid of say coyotes, fine, but is that going to make you afraid of Wyle E Coyote.

[Masquerade]

Автор сообщения: CostlySpider

There are sharks, but they are like cartoony. They do not look like real ones at all. No reason to be scared of them It would be like if you are afraid of say coyotes, fine, but is that going to make you afraid of Wyle E Coyote.

Yeah I've seen a few now. I get a min panic but it's nothing like subnautica levels lol