Skull & Bones is a tactical action game set in an open world environment and played from a third-person perspective.[2][3] Players take control of a customizable pirate captain,[4][5] and may choose to sail the Indian Ocean by themselves and set off on a single-player campaign, or accumulate up to five other players to ally or engage in combat with in Disputed Waters.[6][7][8][9] Wind positioning can be assessed to gain an advantage in battle. Players may collect additional ships throughout the game, such as sloops-of-war, frigates and brigantines, whose weapons include mortars, broadside cannons, and rockets. Ships can be charged into with brute force and boarded. The rate of inflicted damage is gauged by the health bar. A core component is the multiplayer mode Loot Hunt, where two groups of players are challenged in treasure hunting to further accumulate their riches. Each given ship's crow's nest is scalable for use as a lookout point,[2][9][10] and spyglasses can be availed of as well.[5] Microtransactions will be an added feature in the game.
