The Orb of Secrets is a highly sought-after relic in the Sea of Thieves. Crews of the Burning Blade seek the orb to acquire its Ancient Knowledge. However, pirates not pledged to Captain Flameheart desire the orb for the large sum of Gold they’ll receive for selling it.
What is an Orb of Secrets?
The Orb of Secrets is an ancient artifact that holds Ancient knowledge. If you are sailing as the crew of the Burning Blade, you can complete a Ritual and add the Ancient Knowledge from the Orb of Secrets to the value of the Burning Blade.
However, if you are not sailing as the crew of the Burning Blade, you can stop the Ritual and pick up the Orb of Secrets like a piece of treasure to sell to a Trading Company. The Orb of Secrets is worth 20,000 Gold. The Trading Companies that accept the Orb of Secrets are the Gold Hoarders, Order of Souls, Merchant Alliance, and Reaper’s Bones. Unfortunately, the Pirate Lord does not wish to acquire the orbs, so you can’t sell it to the Mysterious Stranger.
If you manage to sell 30 orbs, you will unlock the ‘Orber of Souls’ commendation.
Since you can pick it up and put it down like treasure, you can also steal it from other pirates. You’ll want to watch for pirates going and leaving Skeleton Camps, as they probably have one of these valuable orbs aboard.

Where can you find an Orb of Secrets?
You can only find the Orb of Secrets inside the Temple Crypts of Ancient Temples below Skeleton Camps. However, the Temple Crypts that hold the Orb of Secrets are locked. To open them, you must complete the Constellation Puzzle that protects the orb.
To complete the puzzle, you must find and draw three Constellations. You are looking for the Constellations on the three Spinning Stones above the crypt door.
Once you complete the Constellation Puzzle, you’ll gain access to the Temple Crypt and dispatch waves of Obsidian Skeletons before gaining access.
The Orb of Secrets is inside the Temple Crypt, sitting on an altar.
You must sail to Skeleton Camps to get the Orb of Secrets. Diving to them will reward you with Trading Company treasure like other Trading Company Raid Voyages.

2 thoughts on “How to get the Orb of Secrets in Sea of Thieves”
FYI…I boarded flamehrart’s ship and took out the captain…and he dropped an orb of secrets.
What?! Really? That’s awesome!