Skull and Bones Open Beta start time and how to preload

Skull and Bones Open Beta global start times

• PST (US Pacific Time): 6 p.m. on February 7
• EST (US Eastern Time): 9 p.m. on February 7
• GMT (UK Time): 2 a.m. on February 8
• CET (Central Europe): 3 a.m. on February 8
• EET (Eastern Europe): 4 a.m. on February 8
• IST (India): 7:30 a.m. on February 8
• JST (Japan): 11 a.m. on February 8
• AEDT (Australia): 1 p.m. on February 8
• NZDT (New Zealand): 3 p.m. on February 8

How to Preload Skull and Bones Open Beta

There’s the option to preload Skull and Bones on your PC or console, so you can start playing as soon as the servers launch. Preloads for the Skull and Bones open beta are now live, so here’s how to install the game on your platform of choice.

Publisher Ubisoft has made a handy S&B Open Beta web page where you can check times in your time zone again, with links to download the game on every platform.

If you’re playing on PC via Ubisoft Connect, you will be greeted with a big Open Beta preload banner when you start Ubisoft’s game launcher.

On the Epic Games Store, you will find the open beta from Skull & Bones’ store page, where it’s listed as one of the game’s editions.

Xbox players should search for "Skull & Bones" in the console’s store and select the “Free” open beta option from the results.

Searching for "Skull & Bones" in the PlayStation Store on your PS4 or PS5 should take you directly to the Open Beta version, where you can download the game.

The download size of the Skull and Bones open beta is about 40-47 GB, depending on your platform.