In case you’ve been making an attempt to affix an open crew after the April 25, 2024 replace for 2018’s Sea of Thieves, you should have been met with frustration. As of proper now, open crew matchmaking isn’t working, and the event crew is conscious of it.

The builders have said that the open crew matchmaking will probably be mounted and working once more with the April 30, 2024 patch. This implies when Season 12 drops, Sea of Thieves’ open crews must be out there once more.

This additionally implies that should you purchased Sea of Thieves premium model on PS5 as a way to get the 5 day Early Entry, then Open Crew received’t be out there till it totally launches on April 30. It’s a fairly large bummer for anybody who paid further on PS5 and doesn’t have a pre-existing group to crew up with.

Nonetheless, PVP matchmaking and personal crew ought to nonetheless be out there. You’ll nonetheless be capable of battle towards different ships and might nonetheless play with associates, however the drop-in crew system is non-functional for the following few days.

To reiterate, Open Crew matchmaking is at present down. It must be mounted and re-enabled for the April 30, 2024 Season 12 replace.