The Bilge Rats are back with their monthly pirate festival, the Bilge Rats Weekender! During the Bilge Rats Weekender, you can earn Doubloons, participate in a returning Live Event, complete Challenges, embark on lucrative Smugglers’ League Voyages, and enjoy dazzling firework displays at decorated Outposts across the Sea of Thieves!
When is the Bilge Rats Weekender active?
The Bilge Rats Weekender Event runs from Friday, October 16th, 10am UTC to Monday, October 19th, 10am UTC, giving everyone three days to partake in the festivities and earn Doubloons!
You can earn Doubloons outside of a Bilge Rats Weekender by selling Reaper’s Chests and progressing your Renown Level. However, you’ll find many more opportunities to earn them during the Weekender itself.
How to earn Doubloons
During the Bilge Rats Weekender, you can earn Doubloons from:
- Selling Bilge Rats Doubloon Crates (200 Doubloons per crate)
- Selling Secret Shipment Crates (25 Doubloons per crate)
- Completing a Bilge Rats Challenge (325 Doubloons)
- Returning Live Events (300 Doubloons)
- Selling Reaper Chests (20 Doubloons per chest – available any time)
- Leveling up Renown in a Season Pass (maximum of 425 Doubloons – available any time)
While most of the ways you can earn Doubloons can only happen during a Bilge Rats Weekender, you can sell Reaper Chests and level up your Renown any time while sailing the sea. It’s also no longer possible to convert Doubloons to Gold through Larinna.
Doubloon Wallet Cap
To ensure pirates don’t hoard piles of Doubloons, you can hold no more than 4,000 Doubloons in your wallet at any time.
It is important to note that the cap is not on how many Doubloons you can earn, just how many you can hold at a time. So you can reach the 4,000 Doubloon cap, purchase cosmetics from Larinna or Duke with Doubloons, and then earn more Doubloons until you reach 4,000 again.
Just make sure you spend your Doubloons if you reach the limit before earning any more, as you won’t receive them in your wallet.
Smugglers' Doubloon Run Voyage
During the Bilge Rats Weekender, you can complete two Limited Voyages for Doubloons.
The first Voyage is the Smugglers’ Doubloon Run that will have you smuggling a Bilge Rats Doubloon Crate along the Smugglers’ Route. You’ll need to collect the crate from a Smugglers’ League representative and successfully deliver it to another while fending off any Skeleton Ships or rival crews looking to take the crate for themselves! Selling the crate will reward you with 200 Doubloons.
While you can share the Voyage amongst your crew, you’ll only receive 200 Doubloons for the first five crates you sell that came from a Voyage started by your crew. After that, you will sell them for Gold. However, you can continue to earn Doubloons from crates you steal from other crews, regardless of how many you’ve sold.
You can find a complete guide for the Smugglers’ Doubloon Run here!
Recovery of a Secret Shipment Voyage
The second Voyage is the Recovery of a Secret Shipment that will have you recovering a Secret Shipment Crate from the locked Captain’s Cabin of a Smugglers’ Shipwreck. To acquire the key to the cabin, you’ll need to defeat waves of Sirens guarding the shipwreck. Once you collect the crate, you can sell it to any Smugglers’ League representative for a unique cosmetic from a previous Season and 25 Doubloons.
Just like the Bilge Rats Doubloon Crate, you’ll only receive Doubloons for the first five crates you sell that come from your crew’s Voyage. You’ll need to acquire more crates from other crews to earn more Doubloons.
If you need help finding the shipwreck, check out our dedicated guide here!
Like other Bilge Rats Weekender activities, you can only start the Limited Voyages on the High Seas. You also only have five of each, so make sure you start them when you have time to complete them.
Bilge Rats Challenges
Upon setting sail during the Bilge Rats Weekender, you will automatically receive a Bilge Rats Challenges Quest with five Challenges you can complete for Doubloons.
You only need to complete each Bilge Rats Challenge once, and you can complete them in any order. You also don’t need to finish them all in one sailing session.
However, similar to other Bilge Rats Weekender activities, you can only work on the Challenges while sailing the High Seas.
Once you complete a Challenge, you will cross it off the Quest, receive a completion notification, and earn 65 Doubloons. So, if you can complete all five Challenges, you will earn a total of 325 Doubloons!
Every pirate has the same Bilge Rats Challenges, so you can expect to run into other crews working on their Quest throughout the Bilge Rats Weekender.
If you need some guidance completing a Challenge, check out our Bilge Rats Challenges Guide for October 2026 here!
These Challenges will have you enjoying fireworks, hunting down sharks, and disguising yourself as other pirates.
Returning Live Events
During each Bilge Rats Weekender, a previous Live Event returns, allowing every pirate to experience it and, more importantly, earn Doubloons by participating.
This Bilge Rats Weekender will have you raiding Reaper Fortresses for the chance to find a Mega Stash inside their Vaults during the returning Reaper Fortress Mega Stashes Event!
During Reaper Fortress Mega Stashes, you can find a Mega Stash inside a Reaper Fortress Vault. The Mega Stash adds a significant amount of high-value treasure to the loot pile.
The Vault with Mega Stash treasure includes a long list of high-value loot, including three Chests of Fortune and a Chest of Legends!
You can also earn Doubloons for completing a related Event Goal. Conquering one Reaper Fortress during the Event will reward you with 300 Doubloons! You don’t have to complete a Reaper Fortress with a Mega Stash to achieve the Event Goal. Any Reaper Fortress will do.
Larina's Bilge Rats Black Market
At the center of every Bilge Rats Weekender is Larinna! During the Bilge Rats Weekender, you’ll find Larinna inside the Tavern, drinking Grog with the Tavernkeepers and sharing the locations for upcoming firework displays.
Most importantly, Larinna will be selling Seasonal and time-limited cosmetics in her Bilge Rats Black Market.
Each Bilge Rats Weekender, Larinna will add new cosmetics to her Black Market, growing her inventory over time. Just keep in mind that each cosmetic will only stick around for about a year before rotating out.
Larinna’s Black Market is open throughout the entire Season, not just during the Bilge Rats Weekender, allowing you to spend your Doubloons on cosmetics any time.
Once the Bilge Rats Weekender has ended, Larinna will return to her post outside the Tavern.
If you are curious about what she is selling, you can find out here!
Duke Smugglers' Market
Larinna isn’t the only pirate selling cosmetics for Doubloons! Having joined the Smugglers’ League, Duke has come into possession of some rare and exclusive cosmetics that he is selling in his Smugglers’ Market.
Unlike Larinna, Duke is always on the move. Each Bilge Rats Weekender, Duke will travel to a new location somewhere on the sea, so you’ll need to seek him out. The good news is that Duke is always around, even after the Weekender has ended, so you’ll have plenty of time to track him down and purchase the cosmetics in his Smugglers’ Market.
Each Bilge Rats Weekender, Duke will add a batch of cosmetics to the Smugglers’ Market, increasing his inventory over time. Just like Larinna’s Black Market, the oldest Season’s cosmetics will rotate out after one year, so each item will be available for approximately a year before it leaves the Smugglers’ Market.
Because Duke’s prices are significantly higher than Larinna’s, simply completing the Bilge Rats Weekender activities once won’t be enough to afford his wares. You’ll need to find additional ways to earn Doubloons, such as stealing Bilge Rats Doubloon Crates, finding Reaper Chests, progressing your Season Pass, or saving up across multiple Bilge Rats Weekenders.
Duke’s Smugglers’ Market is open throughout the entire Season, not just during the Bilge Rats Weekender, allowing you to spend your Doubloons on cosmetics any time.
Check out what Duke is selling on Cannon Cove here!
Bilge Rats Firework Display
It will be hard to miss that a Bilge Rats Weekender is underway as the Bilge Rats will decorate each Outpost and Seapost for the celebration. A dazzling Fireworks Display will also occur each night across different Outposts. The Fireworks Display lasts about three minutes and starts at 9pm (in-game time). You can speak with Larinna to find out which Outpost will have the next display.
You can add to the show by purchasing a Bilge Rats Fireworks Crate from Larinna.
The schedule for the Firework Display is as follows:
- Sanctuary Outpost
- Port Merrick Oupost
- Plunder Outpost
- Ancient Spire Outpost
- Dagger Tooth Outpost
- Galleon’s Grave Outpost
