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<h1>Patch Notes</h1>
<p>1.1.1</p>
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<p>Ahoy pirates!</p>

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<p>If you haven't yet spoken to 'Merry' Merrick and followed his riddles and rhymes to the hungering beast, you have another week to do so! Start your <em>Hungering Deep</em> journey here and check out the <a href="https://www.seaofthieves.com/the-hungering-deep">shiny items</a> that can still be earned!</p>

<p>Patch 1.1.1 also brings multiple fixes for known issues, as well as improvements to the recently introduced Open and Closed Crews.</p>
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<strong>Open/Closed Crew</strong> - You can now dynamically change whether your crew is Open or Closed while out on the seas. This option can be toggled from within the 'My Crew' menu. </li>

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<strong>Athena's Fortune Rewards</strong> - The chances of finding more valuable rewards have been increased. Pirate Legends and their crews can now expect to see higher rewards when embarking on their Athena's Fortune voyages. </li>
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<div id="performance-title" class="article__section-title article__block grid-item span-10 push-1"><h2 class="variant-small-caps align-center">Performance Improvements</h2></div>
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  <li>Further improvements to frame rate when streaming islands. </li>

  <li>Improvement to frame rate when player is walking or running. </li>

  <li>Multiple server and client crash fixes. 
    <br><em>Further improvements and optimisations for all platforms are ongoing</em>. </li>
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  <li>Washed-up items and messages in bottles have returned to the shorelines once more! </li>

  <li>Dropping Skeleton Fort keys in water will no longer prevent them from being picked up again. </li>

  <li>Athena's Fortune Bounty Quest skeletons will now correctly spawn on Thieves' Haven. 
    <br><em>If you encounter this issue, please submit a bug report to our <a href="https://support.seaofthieves.com/hc/en-gb/">Player Support Team</a> with as much detail as possible on your location.</em> </li>

  <li>Players can no longer be voted into the brig before fully spawning onto the server. </li>

  <li>After equipping a weapon from the armoury, aim sensitivity will no longer default to High the first time you aim down the sight. </li>

  <li>When switching between items and weapons, players will see fewer instances of default models appearing for a few seconds whilst the correct equipped model loads. </li>

  <li>Pricing of the rank 4 and 5 Gold Hoarders compasses are now correct. </li>

  <li>It is no longer possible to accidentally select a pirate whilst watching the intro animation. </li>

  <li>The icon for the Rotten Bilge Rat Shirt no longer appears low-quality. </li>

  <li>Player chat indicator can now be toggled from the front end settings menu and within the game. </li>

  <li>Ship lanterns will no longer appear to remain in an upright position, and now follow ship motions. </li>
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  <li>The option to lock FPS to 90 no longer appears. </li>

  <li>Some players travel in an unintended direction when fired from a cannon. </li>
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<p><strong>Download size:</strong> 

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<p>Xbox One: 1.64GB 
  <br>Xbox One X: 1.64GB 

  <br>Windows 10: 1.57GB</p>

<h5>XBOX INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS CAN BE FOUND <a href="https://support.seaofthieves.com/hc/en-gb/articles/360000697147-Sea-of-Thieves-Xbox-Install-Instructions"><strong>HERE</strong></a>.</h5>

<h5>PC INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS CAN BE FOUND <a href="https://support.seaofthieves.com/hc/en-gb/articles/360000707348-Sea-of-Thieves-PC-Install-Instructions"><strong>HERE</strong></a>.</h5>
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<div class="article__text-block article__block grid-item span-10 push-1"><div>You can discuss these patch notes on the Forums, <a href="https://www.seaofthieves.com/forum/category/60/release-notes-discussion" target="_blank"><strong>here</strong></a>. 

<p>You can leave your feedback on <em>The Hungering Deep</em> on the Forums, <a href="https://www.seaofthieves.com/forum/topic/60929/mega-thread-the-hungering-deep-campaign" target="_blank"><strong>here</strong></a>.</p>
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<p>Looking for new crewmates? We've got a bunch of places you can visit to seek out like-minded pirates, so sail on over to these official <em>Sea of Thieves</em> hangouts:</p>

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<a href="https://www.seaofthieves.com/forum/category/51/find-a-crew"><strong>Forums</strong></a> </li>

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<a href="https://account.xbox.com/clubs/profile?clubid=3379870152808573"><strong>Xbox Club</strong></a> </li>

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<a href="https://discord.gg/seaofthieves"><strong>Verified Discord</strong></a> </li>
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