If you’re a Sea of Thieves player, then you might have come across an error saying, ‘The Sea of Thieves services are temporarily unavailable. Please try again. (Lavenderbeard)’when you attempt to start the game. This is a common error in Sea of Thieves and may be caused by multiple reasons.
It mostly occurs when your system cannot communicate with the game’s server properly. However, there are also cases of this error occurring if you have a proxy server or if your Firewall is blocking access to the game.
How to Fix “Sea of Thieves Services are Temporarily Unavailable”
The first thing you need to do when you get this error checks if the game servers are down. If there is nothing wrong with the servers, you may try relaunching the game and see if you can play the game without an error.
However, in case the error still persists, you may try these methods to solve it.
Disable Your Proxy Server
If you are connected to some proxy server, it might prevent you from properly establishing the connection with the game servers. So disabling proxy servers might be able to fix your problem.
Launch Sea of Thieves and see if the error is gone. Also, if you have any VPN enabled, try disabling them. If it still shows the error, try moving on to the next method.
Allow Sea of Thieves Through Your Windows Firewall
Your Windows Firewall might also be blocking the game from accessing its servers. It is very important to ensure that both Steam and Sea of Thieves are allowed through your Firewall.
To allow your game through the Windows Firewall:
Now, launch the game and see if you may play it without any error. If you can still see the error, try the next method.
Relogging Into Your XBOX Live Account
you may also get this error if you have recently changed your Microsoft account password or if the servers cannot establish a connection between your game and your account.
To fix this, you may sign-out from your XBOX account then log back in again.
