Sea Of Thieves was originally an Xbox One game released in 2018. Though information technology is at present also available on PC, the majority of the players yous'll run into in-game are panel players. Your friends probably play the game on console because information technology was released there first, just don't sweat information technology. You're still able to add them with an Xbox business relationship and play together.

There's a Windows 10 Xbox application that allows you to access some games from your Xbox business relationship and to group upwardly with panel players. Even if you lot're a PC gamer and don't own a console, you can make an Xbox business relationship and play crossplay games with friends using this application.

Add Each Other With Your Xbox Accounts

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The first affair you lot need to do is to create an Xbox account if you don't already take one. If you have a Microsoft account already, this should be easy. Use this to sign in to the Windows Xbox awarding.

If yous don't already take the application installed, you have to go to the Microsoft Store and search Xbox and Xbox Game Bar. This tin exist done with the Windows search engine on your taskbar. Open the application or use the shortcut keys to open the Xbox Game Bar (Windows icon + Thousand).

Using the shortcut method to open the application, the Xbox Social tab will already be on the screen. All you accept to practice is insert the username of the person you desire to add, like in the photograph above, and follow them. Opening the awarding unremarkably, y'all accept to click Social at the summit of the screen beside Game Pass. The console player can also add your username from their console. After this, you should be able to meet each other as added friends.

The Xbox Game Bar is more than efficient while actively playing a game since it'due south a shortcut overlay, instead of tabbing out into a whole other window using the normal Xbox awarding.

Use The Xbox Awarding To Invite Friends

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Once y'all're friends, all yous have to do is right-click on your friend'southward username, press Game and then Invite To Game or Join Game. Yous can as well join parties and vocalisation calls using the Xbox application instead of resorting to the in-game voice chat and not being able to use Discord together. You do this past pressing Party and then Invite To Party.

Use Sea Of Thieves To Invite

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After you add together them using the Xbox application, you don't have to continue using information technology other than to text message your friend. By adding them with your Xbox Microsoft account, Sea Of Thieves will automatically annals them into a friends list.

When starting the game and waiting in a lobby, there'due south an Invite Friends selection at the bottom of the screen. Usually, this list only shows your Steam friends. By linking your Xbox account and calculation your friends onto it, Sea Of Thieves will show both Steam and Xbox friends akin. This makes it easy to crossplay invite without hassle.

Moving Your Copy of Sea Of Thieves From Panel To PC (Or Vice Versa)

Because you can link your Xbox account to a figurer, this ways you can transfer some of your Xbox games to your PC also. Games that are eligible for a second free copy on PC or Xbox need to say they support "Xbox Play Anywhere" on them and be a digital copy. You must also have the latest updates for Windows 10 and your Xbox.

Sea Of Thieves has Xbox Play Anywhere support.

One time yous have all the latest updates and have purchased a digital game that supports Xbox Play Anywhere, the game should instantly exist available in your library on the Windows Xbox application or on your console, one time you log in. This works whether you purchase the game from your console or from the Windows 10 Microsoft Store.

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