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The Seeker of Pirate Plunder Commendation in Sea of Thieves requires you to uncover valuable treasures buried past other pirate crews. At that place are 5 Grades to this Commendation, and you lot tin run into your progress anytime past finding the Pirate Log in your menu, choosing Reputation, Bilge Rats, so Buried Treasures. You'll come across the Commendation in the middle of the top row on the first page. Here's how y'all can complete Seeker of Pirate Plunder.

Grab Treasure Stash Maps

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Head over to a Quest Board located on any Outpost. From hither, you tin can accept five maps per in-game day, so either choose the islands closest to you, or choose the ones with more treasure. Maps that say "Hoard" in the title instead of "Stash" point to islands with more buried treasure on them. Once you've acquired your Treasure Stash maps, you lot can check them out by opening the Equipment Radial and hit the Quests prompt. Find and mark the islands at the Map Tabular array on your ship, chart a class, and gear up sail.

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Dig Upwardly Treasure

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To terminate out the Seeker of Pirate Plunder Commendation, travel to each island featured in the Treasure Stash maps you lot grabbed, notice the spots marked with an "10," and dig up the treasure buried at that place. Each time y'all dig up an detail, you'll get progress toward the Seeker of Pirate Plunder Citation. If you run out of treasure and maps before completing Grade V, repeat these steps by returning to any Outpost and grabbing more maps.

An of import notation: you can too easily complete the Hider of Secret Treasures Commendation at the same time you complete Seeker of Pirate Plunder. Once you dig up a piece of buried treasure, simply hold Left Trigger (LT) to rebury the item (pick information technology up and move information technology somewhere else if yous demand to). You'll need to concur LT over again every fourth dimension the burial blitheness completes. Practise this until the item is completely cached, and you'll get progress toward Hider of Secret Treasures. Dig the item back upwardly if you withal want to continue it and sell it.