Sea Of Thieves Crashes

Though the game continues to attract more curiosity due to epic ship battles, it’s pretty annoying for many that Sea of Thieves crashes for literally no reasons.

Sea Of Thieves, an adventure game meant to be played with friends, is widely popular for it’s concept. A vast ocean and islands full of new discoveries such as treasures and dangers, is filled with epic ship battles.

Download the Diagnostic

There are certain situations when missing entries in your registry and registry corruption causes this problem. Try running a registry scan to identify if there are any such issues.

1. Click the button below to download and install the Diagnostic
2. Perform a Registry scan and fix any problems detected.
3. Restart your computer.

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Minimum System Requirements

If you want to run Sea Of Thieves smoothly without crashes, you’ll need to check out if your computer meets the minimum system requirements.

• OS: Windows 10
• CPU: Intel Core i3 2115c 2.0 GHz/ AMD Athlon IIT X3 455
• Hard Disk Space: 9 GB
• Graphics Card: Nvidia GeForce GTX 660/ AMD Radeon HD 7850
• RAM: 4 GB

Override Scaling Mode

In computing, the override scaling mode enables new input to replace existing characters. Try activating this feature to fix Sea Of Thieves crashes.

1. Right-click on the Desktop, select Nvidia Control Panel.
2. Click Adjust desktop size and position.
3. Check-up the following boxes:
   • Override the scaling mode set by games and programs
   • Over-ride the scaling mode
   • Full-screen scaling mode
4. Click Apply, and then close the dialog box.

Prevent Antivirus Interference To Prevent Sea Of Thieves Crashes

At times, Antivirus programs wrongly identify core game files as malicious. Temporarily disabling your Antivirus during game-play may fix this problem.

For Comodo Antivirus

1. Open Comodo Antivirus, and go to the Settings.
2. Click Advanced Protection.
3. Click Miscellaneous.
4. Select the option named Don’t detect shellcode in these applications.
5. Browse and locate the following directory:
   • C:\Program files\WindowsApps\*.*
6. Save the changes.

Note: *.* represents All Files irrespective of their types

For Avast Antivirus

Open Avast Antivirus, click Menu on the top right and select Settings option.

1. Click the General tab.
2. Expand Exclusions.
3. Under File Paths tab, type the following directory:
   • C:\Program files\WindowsApps\*.*
4. Click Add, and then OK.

Switch To Full Screen

Some people reported that the game starts up and then crashes in the windowed mode. If you’re encountering problem playing the game in windowed mode, switch it to the full screen mode. If you’re facing problem with full screen, switch to the windowed mode.

1. Press Windows Key + X, select Control Panel.
2. Click Appearance and Personalization.
3. Click Adjust Screen Resolution.
4. Select a lower screen resolution, for example, 800*600.
5. Click OK.
6. Go back to the home of the Control Panel window.
7. Click Intel Graphics and Media icon.
8. Set the Scaling to Full Screen.
9. Click OK.
10. Now, change the original system resolution back to it’s previous value. (Refer Steps # 1-3)
11. Click OK.

Restore Default Configurations

Resetting in-game options might help. Rename the configuration file located in the application data directory.

1. Quit the game.
2. Open the Run dialog box using Windows Key + R.
3. Type AppData and click OK or hit ENTER.
4. Open the following directory:
   • …\Packages\Microsoft.SeaofThieves_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState\Athena\Saved\Config
5. Rename the UWP64 to UWP64_OLD