Sea of Thieves Season 15 introduces another weapon called the Hunting Spear, described in the game as a fearsome throwing weapon designed for hunting all kinds of wild beasts. The Hunting Spear is also a versatile weapon with many uses across the waves and is capable of inflicting damage against other players, PVE enemies, and even other ships. If you're eager to get your pirate hooks onto a Spear to test your mettle against the game's various sea monsters, creatures, and more, you might be wondering how to get the Hunting Spear in Sea of Thieves and where it can be found in the open world.
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Once you've got hold of a Hunting Spear, you might also wonder how you can best use it as a throwable weapon that you can also shoot out of cannons. Here's a rundown on where to find this classic hunting weapon and what you can do with it.
How to Get the Hunting Spear in Sea of Thieves
Unfortunately, you cannot equip the Hunting Spear from the Armory on your ship, so it must be brought or discovered elsewhere. To get a Hunting Spear in Sea of Thieves, you only need to visit the Hunter's Call Representative at any Outpost or Seapost, where you can buy them from the Hunter's Call Company Shop in the Resources menu.
It costs 250 gold for one Hunting Spear, or you can buy a maximum of five at each Outpost or Seapost, with a cooldown in place before each Company Shop restocks. However, you can only pick up and carry one Hunting Spear at a time, so you'll need to buy and transport each one to your ship individually.
Additionally, there are other ways to get hold of Hunting Spears in Sea of Thieves beyond purchasing one. The Hunting Spear also operates similarly to the Trident of Dark Tides, which you can find by chance while exploring the open world. Some of the best locations to find Hunting Spears in the open world include:
- Inside shipwrecks.
- On the shorelines of island beaches.
- As loot from defeating the Kraken, Megalodons, and Skeleton Ships.
It's worth noting that Hunting Spears can be sold as a piece of treasure for around 87 gold. However, like other types of treasure in the game, this means they will be lost when diving to your destination, so you will need to sail to locations on the map when you have Hunting Spears aboard to avoid losing them.
How to Use the Hunting Spear in Sea of Thieves
There are several uses for the Hunting Spear in Sea of Thieves as a throwable weapon that you can launch at other players, PVE enemies, and even other ships when fired out of a cannon, as outlined below:
How to Throw the Hunting Spear
You can throw the Hunting Spear at other players, PVE enemies, and certain wild creatures and sea monsters, including the Kraken, Sharks, and all types of Megalodons in Sea of Thieves, such as the Feared Redmaw and Barnacled Dread. It's also possible to throw the Hunting Spear at long and short distances, giving you plenty of choice as to how you want to use it.
To throw the Hunting Spear at another player or PVE enemy in Sea of Thieves, hold down the left trigger to raise and aim it (if playing on Xbox) and press the right trigger to throw it, as pictured above. You can also hold down the right trigger to charge up and throw the Hunting Spear further when released.
Throwing a Hunting Spear at a charging Megalodon in Sea of Thieves can also stop it in its tracks before it takes a bite out of your ship and even defeat a shark in a single shot when charged up. The Hunting Spear also gets stuck inside solid surfaces such as wooden structures in the environment. Similar to when using Throwing Knives in Sea of Thieves, other players can also pick up a Hunting Spear you've thrown and use it against you.
If you hit another player with the Hunting Spear, you can deal approximately 75 damage, but it will disappear on contact. If you miss your shot, you can pick up the Hunting Spear to try again.
Shooting the Hunting Spear from Cannons
In addition to throwing Hunting Spears, you can load them into cannons to pierce holes in other ships when fired. It also gives enemy players more work to do, as they must pull the Spear out of the hole it makes before they can begin to repair it.
Pulling the Spear out also makes a bigger hole that lets in more water, adding to the overall repair time, so shooting them from cannons can be an effective strategy in naval combat. Firing a Hunting Spear from a cannon also boosts its power, enabling you to dish out more damage and even one-shot-kill certain enemies, such as when firing at enemies on land from your ship.
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OpenCritic Reviews
- Top Critic Avg: 69 /100 Critics Rec: 37%
- Released
- March 20, 2018
- ESRB
- T for Teen: Crude Humor, Use of Alcohol, Violence
- Developer(s)
- Rare
- Publisher(s)
- Microsoft Game Studios
- Engine
- Unreal Engine 4
- Multiplayer
- Online Multiplayer, Online Co-Op
- Cross-Platform Play
- PC, PS5, Xbox One & Xbox Series X|S
- Genre(s)
- Adventure