Rune tablets and teasers

This is a collection of Rune tablets and teasers that have been appearing in-game and online through official Sea of Thieves social media accounts as lead-up to future Sea of Thieves content.

It began as a cryptic message on Twitter that has been incrementally translated thanks to the clues provided by these teasers and tablets. Meanwhile in game, players can speak to Duke who has been searching islands, conducting his own investigation relating to these same runes.

Lore
Feeling the call of adventure burning within him, Duke has set off on a quest to investigate and make sense of the changes happening across the seas.

He was first encountered on Mermaid's Hideaway searching for a treasure told of in legends that he believed would help him find the answers he was after. However, during the next encounter with Duke on Kraken's Fall, he explains that his treasure hunt proved fruitless.

Despite the initial outcome, his search proved useful in other ways. Through his searching of other islands, Duke stumbled upon proper clues to what's going on, setting him on a new quest after something more valuable than treasure - the truth.

Discovering that the clues are in the Skeleton language, Duke begins to suspect that the Skeletons are following him and, just like Duke, are also on a search for something.

Stone tablets
The clues found by Duke are stone tablets with Skeleton Runes carved into them; many of these tablets also have etched words (presumed to be left by Duke) that provide possible translations. When spoken to, Duke will offer hints to where the three most recently discovered tablets may be found. There are also some tablets which he does not mention and do not have etched translations, presumably due to not having been found by Duke.

The found stone tablets locations and their runes are:

Social media teasers
Rare has also taken to offering further Rune teasers and various clues posted across several of their official social Sea of Thieves media platforms.

Some of these teasers have been in the form of Skeleton Runes on pages of parchment, while others have been clues through images with hidden runes that hint to their translations based on the context of the image or accompanying text.