What is the best island to find chickens in Sea of Thieves?

@commanderad most big islands have wild life even small islands can have life but bigger the island the more chance of life

I've marked the animals I've currently found on my printable black and white map, that's not necessarily the case. Smuggler's Bay is big, but has no spawns. Where as the Crooked Masts has both pigs and snakes. Size isn't the indicator. It honestly seems like they've randomly said "yeah, pigs here!"

The animals are randomized. But there are islands where animals can spawn. Which animals depend on the randomizer. Although some thematisation indicates for pigs, chickens or snakes.

For the explosive barrels and sea bottles, they appear random everywhere.

Chicken Island, Snake Island are most notorious for finding such animals. But are you always going to sail to these islands.

The list is a very good idea, but I think it should have a percentage with a chance of finding some sort of animal spawn there. There are islands with no animals at all, so these will always be 0%. Snake Islands, probably has 100% snakes, although I can't even confirm that.

Chickens are one of the small animals you can find on the many islands in Sea of Thieves. They don’t serve too much purpose on your ship, other than to cluck and make small noises from inside their cage, but they can be traded with the Merchant alliance to increase your reputation with them. You might even run into a daily event quest where you need to capture a few chickens and turn them in.

All islands with chickens

These are all of the confirmed islands you can visit in Sea of Thieves that have been confirmed to have chickens on them and their coordinates on the map.

  • Barnacle Bay (O15 and O16)
  • Cannon Cove (F10 and G10)
  • Crook’s Hollow (M16)
  • Marauder’s Arch (Q3)
  • Mermaid’s Hideaway (B13 and C13)
  • Old Faithful Isle (M4 and N4)
  • Scurvy Isley (K4)
  • Shipwreck Bay (M10)
  • The Crooked Masts (O11)
  • Thieves’ Haven (L20 and M20)
  • Tri-Rock Isle (R10)
  • Twin Groves (H11)
  • Wanderers Refuge (F12 and F13)

If you want to explore the best cluster of islands to capture chickens, we recommend investigating the Scury Isley, Old Faithful Isle, and Marauder’s Arch. Alternatively, you can visit Shipwreck Bay, The Crooked Masts, and Tri-Rock Isle. These two areas are islands that are fairly close to each other and are an easy way to swing through these locations to grab what chickens you can and then return to a nearby outpost.

How to catch chickens and find chicken coops

You won’t be able to directly deliver a chicken to any of the Merchant Alliance representatives on outposts without a chicken coop. You can grab a chicken coop on an outpost before heading out, or you might find yourself lucky and discover one while you’re out sailing. If you want to receive a chicken coop from a Merchant Alliance representative, you have to purchase a Merchant Voyage that requires you to deliver chickens to them.

Once you have the coop, all you have to do is approach the animal while you have the cage in your hand. After a little bit, and attempting to click the interact button while close to the animal, it will be inside the chicken coop. Make sure to place the chicken at a secure location inside your ship to make sure they’re protected, and you can deliver them to the nearest Merchant Alliance representative at any of the outposts. You can encounter four chicken variations, and they all have a different price attached to them for turning them with a merchant voyage and when you turn them in without one.

Chickens are passive Creatures in Sea of Thieves which can be found on Islands. They can be captured in Chicken Coops to sell to the Merchant Alliance , especially at the request of their Trade Good Ledgers. As of the Anniversary Update, Chickens can now be killed for meat, which can be sold to The Hunter's Call. Their type does not affect the meat dropped.

Contents

Types of Chickens[]

There are four varieties of Chickens, each with its own price of Gold.

A Chicken is worth 10x more Gold when commissioned through the Merchant Alliance voyages.

TypeNo VoyageMerchant VoyageWhite Feathered Chicken~ 10 
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~ 100 
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Red Speckled Chicken~ 30 
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~ 300 
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Black Plumed Chicken~ 70 
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~ 700 
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Golden Chicken~ 150 
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~ 1,500 
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Locations[]

  • Cannon Cove
  • Mermaid's Hideaway
  • Rapier Cay
  • Sailor's Bounty
  • Salty Sands
  • Sea Dog's Rest
  • Smugglers' Bay
  • Twin Groves
  • Wanderers Refuge

  • Barnacle Cay
  • Chicken Isle
  • Crook's Hollow
  • Discovery Ridge
  • Mutineer Rock
  • Old Salts Atoll
  • Plunder Valley
  • Shark Bait Cove
  • Thieves' Haven
  • Black Water Enclave
  • Marauder's Arch
  • Old Faithful Isle
  • Scurvy Isley
  • Shipwreck Bay
  • The Crooked Masts
  • Tri-Rock Isle
  • Chicken Meat[]

    When a chicken is killed it drops Chicken, which can be cooked and sold to The Hunter's Call.

    Prices[]

    • Raw: Cannot be sold.
    • Under-cooked: 40 
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    • Cooked: 45 
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    • Burnt:
      What is the best island to find chickens in Sea of Thieves?

    Trivia[]

    The Chicken's appearance may have been inspired by the real life Leghorn Chicken.

    Patch history[]

    • 2.3.2 (November 11, 2021)
      • When caging Chickens, leaving them on an island and returning from some distance away should no longer cause them to change colour.
    • 2.0 (April 30, 2019)
      • Chickens now all drop Raw Meat.
    • 1.1.7 (July 19, 2018)
      • Caged Chickens no longer get the cannonball impact decal applied to them if dropped on to one.
    • 1.0.8 (May 23, 2018)
      • Distressed Chickens - The unsettling sound of a squawking chicken whilst caged is now... more bearable.
      • Chicken movement should no longer appear jittery.
    • First Release (March 20, 2018)
      • Introduced.

    Where is the best place to find chickens in Sea of Thieves?

    Chickens can be found on nearly all islands in Sea of Thieves, but your best chances will be to visit the larger islands. Small islands don't have a lot of landmass, which means not many animals can spawn there.

    What island has the most chickens Sea of Thieves?

    Sea of Thieves chicken locations.
    Barnacle Cay..
    Black Water Enclave..
    Boulder Cay..
    Cannon Cove..
    Chicken Isle..
    Crook's Hollow..
    Crooked Masts..
    Discovery Ridge..

    Are chickens on every island Sea of Thieves?

    For that you'll need to get cozy with the Sea of Thieves animals, including pigs, chickens, and even bitey snakes. They don't all appear on every island though, so use our guide to ensure you don't waste a minute sailing and snatching up the animals.

    Where are the chicken coops in Sea of Thieves?

    A crew can pick up a set amount of Chicken Coops from any Merchant Alliance Representative at Outposts if they pick up a Merchant Voyage that requires the delivery of Chicken. The number of Chicken Coops is equal to the number of requested Chicken on the Trade Good Ledger.