Sea of Thieves "Can't play multiplayer due to privacy settings" issue

Hi there,

We're sorry to hear about this situation. Unfortunately, this final beta ended earlier this morning and is no longer available. The next time this game will be available to be played will be when the game title launches. Happy gaming!

Hello Frederik,

We understand that you're attempting to play the Sea of Thieves multiplayer, but you're hindered by having to adjust some account settings involving multiplayer.

Please review our troubleshoot changing online safety or privacy settings on Xbox One support article directed
at helping with these settings.

Try following this and let us know if this works.

Best wishes!

Sea Of Thieves Xbox One Audio Chat
On Xbox One, this Sea of
Thieves error has plenty of solutions. However, the first thing that Rare recommends is to try to reconnect the device, whether that be a headset or the Kinect.

Players must also ensure that the device is not muted. For Kinect, there's a "Kinect mic for chat" option in the Settings menu while it is connected to the console. This must be set to On to activate the microphone.

Like in Windows 10, the privacy settings must allow voice communication and allow Sea of Thieves to access the microphone. For the first setting, players must go to "Settings" > "Account" > "Privacy
and online safety" > "Xbox Live privacy" > "Communication and multiplayer" > "Voice, text, invites."

To allow the game to access the microphone, players must choose "App privacy" after "Privacy and online safety." From there, the "Microphone" setting can be adjusted.

Rare also acknowledges the issue wherein players join a Party Chat, but they cannot communicate.

"Players who don't accept the invite or join the crew late are not automatically added, so they may believe that their chat isn't working and their crew is silent," says Rare.

The solution is to try the steps outlined above.

Following these steps should take care of the Sea of Thieves voice chat issue on the Xbox
One. If there are still problems, players are encouraged to report it to Rare.

Sea Of Thieves Xbox One Audio Chat
On Xbox One, this Sea of
Thieves error has plenty of solutions. However, the first thing that Rare recommends is to try to reconnect the device, whether that be a headset or the Kinect.

Players must also ensure that the device is not muted. For Kinect, there's a "Kinect mic for chat" option in the Settings menu while it is connected to the console. This must be set to On to activate the microphone.

Like in Windows 10, the privacy settings must allow voice communication and allow Sea of Thieves to access the microphone. For the first setting, players must go to "Settings" > "Account" > "Privacy
and online safety" > "Xbox Live privacy" > "Communication and multiplayer" > "Voice, text, invites."

To allow the game to access the microphone, players must choose "App privacy" after "Privacy and online safety." From there, the "Microphone" setting can be adjusted.

Rare also acknowledges the issue wherein players join a Party Chat, but they cannot communicate.

"Players who don't accept the invite or join the crew late are not automatically added, so they may believe that their chat isn't working and their crew is silent," says Rare.

The solution is to try the steps outlined above.

Following these steps should take care of the Sea of Thieves voice chat issue on the Xbox
One. If there are still problems, players are encouraged to report it to Rare.

Is there a guide like this for PC?

Sea of thieves decided to uninstall itself for some reason over night, making it so that I cant play Sea of Thieves today due to the long download time.

If I buy Sea of Thieves on Steam, can I play with the same account as on the xbox app version? That way I wont need to deal with the Xbox app or its version of Sea of Thieves.