The game offers an open crew option for players looking to find crewmates, although this can often result in being paired with inexperienced or trolling players.

So if no one's around to play or players are just looking to sail the seas solo for a while, a Sloop is definitely the ship to go for. The Sloop is manageable as a solo player, and although PvP may be a struggle at first, the PvE elements are all doable alone.

Related: All Microsoft Xbox Consoles, Ranked Worst To Best Players should always choose the ship that is closest to the number of players they have in their group. As the ships grow in size, so too does the level of teamwork required in order to properly sail them. That means it's always best to be playing with at least 1 other player, and the maximum size a group can be is 4 players. Above that there's a 3-player ship called a Brigantine, and then there's a 4-player ship called a Galleon. Sea of Thieves is, first and foremost, a multiplayer game, and because of that the smallest ship available is a 2-player ship called the Sloop.