If you’re like me and tried hopping into a rousing game of Sea of Thieves only to encounter the infamous Lavenderbeard error at the Start menu, you’re probably frustrated and wondering what’s preventing you from living your best pirate life. Here’s what the Lavenderbeard error code means in Sea of Thieves, what causes it, and what you can do to fix it.
What does the Lavenderbeard error mean in Sea of Thieves?
Errors in Sea of Thieves are thematically named after beards, andeach beard corresponds to a different error. The Lavenderbeard error in SoT reads as follows: “The Sea of Thieves Services are temporarily unavailable. Please try again. (Lavenderbeard).”
Related:Sea of Thieves Server Status & Outages – Is Sea of Thieves down?
What causes the Lavenderbeard error in Sea of Thieves?
According to aSea of Thieves support page, Lavenderbeard can occur for a number of reasons, which include the following:
At the time of writing, it seems like the Lavenderbeard error is being caused by a larger Xbox network outage that is affecting Xbox Live Core Services along with Social and Gaming.
How to fix the Lavenderbeard error in Sea of Thieves
There are a number of solutions you’re able to use to try to fix the Lavenderbeard error and access the Sea of Thieves servers. Note, however, that a solution will only work if you’re fixing the problem that’s occurring, and Lavenderbeard has multiple potential causes. You must isolate what the current problem is.
If none of the solutions above work for you, you may always try to contactXbox Support on Xor submit a support ticket withSea of Thieves Support. This has worked for me in the past when I’ve experienced issues that I couldn’t resolve on my own.
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