How to Find and Beat the Megalodon

The Megalodon is a boss-type sea creature that randomly attacks ships in Sea of Thieves. Learn where to find the Megalodon, how to beat it, see its drops, and all the Commendations you can get from it!

Where to Find the Megalodon

Appears Near Player Ships in the Open Seas

The Megalodon appears near player ships while sailing the open seas. They will usually announce their presence by breaching the water and swimming close to your ship.

The Megalodon encounter will begin once you hear a unique tense music, signifying that a Megalodon is near your ship. You can track where they are by looking out for their large dorsal fin while sailing.

All Megalodon Types

5 Different Megalodon Types

There are 5 different Megalodon types one can encounter in Sea of Thieves. These Megalodons will generally give the same rewards after defeating them but their encounter rates differ from each other with The Shrouded Ghost being the rarest one you can encounter.

How to Beat Megalodon

Tips for Beating the Megalodon
Drop Your Ship Anchor to Stay in One Position Use the Ship Cannon to Deal Damage Shoot Megalodon's Mouth When It is Charging Have Someone Use Guns to Deal Extra Damage

Drop Your Ship Anchor to Stay in One Position

The easiest way to fight a Megalodon is by dropping anchor to stop your ship from moving. Aside from preventing the Megalodon from despawning (if you run into named islands), this tactic also helps with the knockback effect of the Megalodon's bite.

By anchoring your ship, getting knocked off won't be too big of a deal since you'll be able to quickly swim back without having to worry about your ship running off. Being stationary also helps smaller crews, as they can focus on fighting and repairing instead of piloting.

Use the Ship Cannon to Deal Damage

The main method of fighting a Megalodon is using your ship cannons to shoot cannonballs at the Megalodon. The difficulty (HP) of the Megalodon will depend on what type of ship that a player has.

If you have a Sloop, it will take 10-13 cannonball hits to defeat a Megalodon. Meanwhile, it will take 15-18 cannonball hits if you have a Brigantine ship. Lastly, if you have a a Galleon, it will take 30-32 cannonball hits before taking down a Megalodon.

Shoot the Megalodon's Mouth While It's Charging

The Megalodon will try to bite your ship which can produce 1 to 5 ship holes depending on the ship size that you have. To prevent this, you can fire cannonball to the Megalodon's mouth to stop the bite attack. Be careful as being hit by the Megalodon's bite attack will knock you back.

It will take 2 cannonball hits if you're on a Sloop, 4 cannonball hits on a Brigantine and 6 cannonball hits if you are on a Galleon to prevent its bite attack.

Have Someone Use Guns to Deal Bonus Damage

If you have a crewmate with you, have them focus on using a Flintlock or Eye of Reach from a distance to deal damage or Blunderbuss when the Megalodon is near your ship. While this isn't much damage, it does help especially when the Megalodon is outside the range of your cannons.

Megalodon Drops and Rewards

Megalodon Meat and Random Treasures

The Megalodon will always drop 4 to 6 Megalodon Meat and around 5 to 12 random treasures. The treasures you get will be varying rarities of Bounty Skulls and Treasure Chests.

Megalodon Commendations

Shrouded Spoils

How to Get All Commendations

Athena's Fortune

The following commendations can only be unlocked once you reach the Pirate Legend status within Sea of Thieves:

How to Become a Pirate Legend

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