Catching chickens in Sea of Thieves is not that complicated. We show you where to find the chicken coop and how to use the cage.
Among the various quests in Sea of Thieves is the catching of pigs and chickens. The quest is available at the trading post, which sends you on a search for various chicken breeds. The feathered friends can appear on the different islands of the game and enjoy their life while clucking around. Until you, as a nasty pirate, catch them with a cage and profit from them.
We will show you how to find and catch the chickens here.
Finding Chickens in Sea of Thieves – Hope for Randomness
We would love to tell you an exact location where the chickens can be found, but we cannot. They spawn randomly somewhere on the islands, just like other animals.
There is no island that is guaranteed to have chickens in Sea of Thieves. According to player reports, the chance of finding chickens is higher on islands that offer much flat terrain, but these are just speculations so far.
Even on the island “Chicken Island”, there is no guarantee of having the namesake inhabitants. So you have to go island by island and keep an eye out for the chickens.
Getting a Chicken Coop – Here’s where to get the Chicken Coop
When you go searching for chickens for the first time, you will quickly notice a problem: How do you catch a chicken once you’ve found one?
To get a chicken coop, you first need to go to the trading post and accept a quest for chickens there. After that, head to your ship, where you propose this voyage. Once all crew members have agreed and the voyage is active, return to the trading post NPC.
There you will now be handed the chicken coops you need to catch the chickens. Remember that you often need several cages. You have to bring them individually from the NPC to the ship. Each coop can only hold one chicken.
Before the voyage was proposed and accepted by the crew, there is no chicken coop available from the NPC.
Now you are ready to hunt the wild chickens.
Catching Chickens in Sea of Thieves – How does it work?
Go to any island and keep an eye out for chickens. First, make sure by reading the map what kind of chicken you are supposed to catch. They come in different colors. Once you arrive on an island and have dropped anchor, it’s best to take a coop with you directly to save yourself a trip if you encounter chickens.
Found a chicken? Then rush after the animal with the coop in your hands. If you are close enough, a hint will appear in the game showing you which type of chicken is in front of you.
If you found the right chicken, you have to chase it for a few seconds while holding down the corresponding hotkey that is displayed to you in the game. On PC, this is the left mouse button (on the controller, probably A?). If you manage to keep the chicken closely followed for a few seconds while holding the hotkey, you will automatically catch it.
Once the chicken is in the coop, head back to the ship. But be careful: Don’t dive! The feathered creature struggles with that and sounds like it won’t be having fun for long. So keep it above water.
Once you’ve collected your delivery, make sure which outpost you need to take it to and that you really caught the right chickens. Both are written on the order paper. If a wrong chicken is in the cage, you can kill it with your weapons and look for a replacement.
Once you arrive at the correct outpost, you can sell the animals to the trading post NPC there.
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