With pet monkeys, birds, and cats, already a part of Sea of Thieves (available to purchase from the in-game Pirate Emporium), it's time for dogs to be added. Coming as part of the next monthly update called Vault of the Ancients, arriving September 9.

Which features a new addition that lives up to its title with new Gold Hoarder missions that will lead you to hidden treasure vaults full of, well, the shiny stuff. And puzzles and challenges and secret loot. Which you can see at the 2:30 mark in the following Sea of Thieves developer video below.



The treasure vaults look very cool and with the times element to see how much loot you can get out will no doubt add a bit of tension and push your pirate greed to the absolute limit.

Back to dogs, as with other pets you'll be able to interact with your canine friend, scratch their itch and play them a tune. What would be cool is an option to play fetch with one of the bones left over from Skeleton Lord. For fun.

Sea of Thieves: Vault of the Ancients arrives September 9 for Windows 10 and Xbox One and as part of Xbox Game Pass.