A new skull is available in Sea of Thieves called the Ashen Wind Skull. You can receive it by defeating one of the new Ashen Lords who have been summoned by order of Captain Flameheart. After defeating one of the Four Ashen Lords, you will receive this skull, which is the only way to get it. You can choose to sell the skull or use it as a unique new weapon on board your ship, but it comes at a cost.
Where to find the Ashen Winds skull
The Ashen Wind Skull is from the Ash Lords, which you can find near the massive, rotating red tornadoes surrounding the large islands of Sea of Thieves. Here are the large available islands that you can find in the game:
- Cannon Cove
- Devil’s Ridge
- La chute de Kraken
- Marauder's Arch
- Mermaid hideaway
- Shipwreck Bay
- Refuge of the vagabonds
When you approach the place with a red tornado, you have to fight one of the four Ashen Lords. They have a variety of fire-based attacks that you and your crew will need to take on. Each of the Lords fights the same, but they have different taunts and dialogues during their encounter. After defeating them, you gain an Ashen Winds Skull, who can choose to sell it or use it as a weapon.
Ashen Winds skull price and how to use it as a weapon
The simple choice of what to do with the Ashen Wind Skull is to sell it to the Order of Souls merchant at one of the outposts or to the Flame Servant at Grim Reaper's Hideout. The standard price for the Ashen Winds skull would be 7500 gold, or 2000 gold from a depleted skull if you used it as a flamethrower.
To use the skull as a flamethrower, just hold it down and use the left mouse button or the RT button on your controller. The skull projects flames in front of it, damaging structures, skeletons, and other players. The Ashen Winds skull doesn't do much damage, but it catches everything on fire, causing a lot of mayhem. The more you use it, the crystals around the skill will start to fade, decreasing its value until nothing is left.
There is a tradeoff to using the skull like this, but it's a fun idea for players to think about adding the skull to their ship to use as a last minute weapon to protect the ship from other players.
