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manifest date: 2019-03-22 00:00:00 UTC

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# Insider Patch Notes 1.4.5.1

Find out about Insider update 1.4.5.1 where you can get preview exciting new features coming with the Anniversary Update and beyond. Read on to find out what's in store!

## Insider Patch Notes - Update 1.4.5.1

We're sure you'd love to get early access to Arena whenever you jump into and Insider session. Good news! Now you can, this build introduces the ability to play both Adventure mode and The Arena mode as you please.

We've also dropped several improvements into this build for features across both modes. As always make sure to 
[feedback on your experience](https://www.seaofthieves.com/forum/category/93/insider-feedback-focus) with this build.

## Pets!

Although still in their early stages, we now have some early variants of Pets available to purchase and test. Pick your favourite to share your adventures with!

* **Pets in shops** – There are now 5 colour variations of Monkeys and Parrots that you can purchase from Duke.
* **Pet customisation** - You can find pet customisation chests on all outposts in placeholder locations.

## Tall Tales

* **Animated Page Turning** - When reading through a Quest Book, players will now actually turn the pages!
* **Tall Tales: The Cursed Rogue** – Reactivated this Tall Tale for our Insiders! This Tale follows the legend of a Skeleton Lord who was once a humble treasure seeker like yourself. Can you solve the puzzles left behind and track down this elusive character? Head to Madame Olive at Plunder Outpost to find a new Tale book placed beside her.
* **Tall Tales: The Legendary Storyteller** – Reactivated this Tall Tale for our Insiders! This Tale follows the doodlings of a young girl, regaled with stories from a Legendary pirate. Head to Tasha at Ancient Spire Outpost to find a new Tale book placed beside her to begin her story.
* **Morningstar Outfit** – During the Revenge of the Morningstar, players will be required to don the Crew of the Morningstar outfit to progress. Players are no longer granted a placeholder item and will need to equip the full outfit to proceed!

## Harpoons!

Feel like spearheading this new feature? Good news, we’ve added a couple of improvements to the Harpoons for you to try out.

* **Feel the impact** – We’ve added more tactility to using harpoons. You’ll now feel a rumble when a Harpoon impacts and a camera shake when redocking the harpoon projectile.
* **Spools of war** – The spool of the harpoon launcher now rotates with the movement of the rope.

## Updates!

* **Environment Sword Comboing** - When striking with your sword, hitting the environment will no longer trigger a 3-hit combo chain.
* **Something on the Horizon** - You may notice a mysterious landmass beyond the Devil’s Shroud. A new island or something more sinister, perhaps?
* **Feeling chatty?** – You will hear new dialogue lines when interacting with specific characters.
* **Merging Reward Notifications** - When cashing in multiple treasure at once, UI toast popups will now combine the rewards and show a single popup rather than queuing them individually

## Insider Features Still Active

* **Tall Tales: Revenge of the Morningstar** – This Tale follows the last known whereabouts of a crew lost at sea, can you trace their steps? Head to Sandra at Dagger Tooth Outpost to find a new Tale book placed on her table.
* **Harpoon Players –** Latching onto a crewmate or rival player with the harpoon now retracts them back to your ship.
* **Harpoon Retraction Speed –** Reduced the speed in which harpoons can retract once latched on. 
* **Pets on Ships!** – After some training, pets will now follow you onto your ship and can path around the decks. 
* **Tall Tales: The Cursed Rogue** – This Tale follows the legend of a Skeleton Lord who was once a humble treasure seeker like yourself. Can you solve the puzzles left behind and track down this elusive character? Head to Madame Olive at Plunder Outpost to find a new Tale book placed beside her. 
* **Voyage Voting** - With the introduction of Tall Tales, crews can venture out with both a current Voyage and a Tall Tale active at the same time. Once started these can be found and cancelled from the Captain's Table. 
* **Pet Movement & Interaction** – Pets will follow your pirate as they traverse the world. You can of course pick up yours or another pet you find out in the world for a closer inspection, but stay away from the cannons… 
* **Pet’s Reacting to their Owners** – You’ll quickly find that pets will react to certain actions performed by players, they currently only have a few abilities trained – but looking forward to growing this in coming builds. 
* **Harpoon** - After all the waiting, the Shipwrights have finally delivered the Harpoons we ordered! Each Ship now has two Harpoons fitted in the recesses on the bow; latch onto rival crews in the heat of battle or onto the environment for some advanced sailing tactics. This initial build delivers the base functionality, reeling-in objects coming soon! 
* **Harpoon Spinners** – Harpoons now have spinners attached to better visualise the spooling and reeling of the rope. 
* **Harpoon Audio** – Attached various Harpoon audio effects to improve the player feedback when using the Harpoon. 
* **Ship Damage - Hull Holes** - When targeting shots into your enemy’s hull, repeated shots in the same place will now grow the size of the damage holes. These new holes vary in size and increase the rate in which your ship fills with water and takes longer to repair! 
* **Ship Damage - Collapse the Mast** - Landing a clutch shot on an enemies Mast will now drop the mast onto the deck of the ship, slowing their speed. Your enemies will need to both raise the mast and patch it with wood to secure it back in place. 
* **Ship Damage - Drop the Anchor** - Targeting a shot onto the Capstan will drop the anchor and damage the Capstan pegs. Your enemy will need to repair their capstan pegs to retain its original raising speed. 
* **Ship Damage - Disable the Wheel** - Targeting an enemy’s wheel will destroy pegs within the wheel, reducing the effectiveness in turning the Ship. Your enemy will need to repair their Ship wheel pegs to retain its original turning rate. 
* **Shop Browsing** - Finding a specific category of item is now much easier in the shop, filters have been added to all shops. 
* **PC High Dynamic Range** - Support for HDR compatible Screens on PC. Players can access a 'HDR Calibration' page with Settings to calibrate the Brightness of the display.

## Fixed Issues

**_General_**

* Players are no longer switched to walking when swimming underwater on Crescent Isle
*  Resolved a client crash when selecting food items while fishing
*  Improved server stability when pets are docking to areas on the ship
*  Resolved visual issues with Bone Crusher Cannons
*  Corrected terminology on Treacherous Sea Dog Commendation
*  Resolved rendering issues inside the Sailor's Bounty Cave system
*  Resolved an issue when using the Quick Inventory menu to swap to an item of food would remove the previously wielded item from your item radial
*  Resolved an issue when using the Quick Inventory menu to swap to an item of food would completeley disable your fishing rod
*  Resolved issue where players could get stuck on Morrow's Peak Outpost
*  Resolved issue where players could get stuck on Thieves Haven
*  Resolved issue where players could get stuck on Wanderer's Refuge
*  Prevented players from hiding underneath ramp on Molten Sands Fortress
*  Improved tooltips when trying to collect a freshly caught fish from your rod while you have a full inventory
*  Resolved Pet Spawning issues at Plunder Outpost
*  Resolved issue where Non-Verbal phrases would be automatically selected without the player choosing them
*  Resolved collision issues on Boulder Cay preventing players from swimming through Shipwreck
*  Resolved issue causing the harpoon to stretch to infinity when latching onto a mermaid statue before it's destruction
*  Prevented ships from being dragged underwater when reeling into deep sand
*  Resolved floating torch on Crooks Hollow
*  Resolved floating lantern on Crooks Hollow
*  Improved responsiveness when docking to a harpoon allowing players to aim sooner
*  When reeling in a harpoon, holding down the button will not force the subsequent fire to automatically reel
*  Resolved visual issues with Glorious Sea Dog Capstan
*  Resolved a server stability issue with the Revenge of the Morningstar Tale

## Known Issues

**_General_**

* **Extended Black Screen on Loading** - There is a chance that players may be held indefinitely on the Black Loading Screen with Spinner when returning from the Ghost Ship.
* **Sword Combo using the Environment** - When attacking a player against a wall, you will no longer trigger the 3-hit combo when hitting the player and the wall simultaneously.
* **Revenge of the Morningstar Jacket** – During the Revenge of the Morningstar Tale, players will collect an outfit from the collector’s chest. In this build this is presented as an ‘Admiral Jacket’ in the players Clothing Chest – this will be replaced by the full Morningstar outfit in an upcoming build.
* **Questbook Page Turning** - When using rebound Q, E, Left D-Pad or Right D-Pad buttons, you are unable to turn pages on a Tall Tales Quest Book. To workaround this please reset your keys to default.

Preview

Insider Patch Notes 1.4.5.1

Find out about Insider update 1.4.5.1 where you can get preview exciting new features coming with the Anniversary Update and beyond. Read on to find out what's in store!

Insider Patch Notes - Update 1.4.5.1

We've also dropped several improvements into this build for features across both modes. As always make sure to feedback on your experience with this build.

Pets!

Although still in their early stages, we now have some early variants of Pets available to purchase and test. Pick your favourite to share your adventures with!

Pets in shops – There are now 5 colour variations of Monkeys and Parrots that you can purchase from Duke.
Pet customisation - You can find pet customisation chests on all outposts in placeholder locations.

Tall Tales

Animated Page Turning - When reading through a Quest Book, players will now actually turn the pages!
Tall Tales: The Cursed Rogue – Reactivated this Tall Tale for our Insiders! This Tale follows the legend of a Skeleton Lord who was once a humble treasure seeker like yourself. Can you solve the puzzles left behind and track down this elusive character? Head to Madame Olive at Plunder Outpost to find a new Tale book placed beside her.
Tall Tales: The Legendary Storyteller – Reactivated this Tall Tale for our Insiders! This Tale follows the doodlings of a young girl, regaled with stories from a Legendary pirate. Head to Tasha at Ancient Spire Outpost to find a new Tale book placed beside her to begin her story.
Morningstar Outfit – During the Revenge of the Morningstar, players will be required to don the Crew of the Morningstar outfit to progress. Players are no longer granted a placeholder item and will need to equip the full outfit to proceed!

Harpoons!

Feel like spearheading this new feature? Good news, we’ve added a couple of improvements to the Harpoons for you to try out.

Feel the impact – We’ve added more tactility to using harpoons. You’ll now feel a rumble when a Harpoon impacts and a camera shake when redocking the harpoon projectile.
Spools of war – The spool of the harpoon launcher now rotates with the movement of the rope.

Updates!

Environment Sword Comboing - When striking with your sword, hitting the environment will no longer trigger a 3-hit combo chain.
Something on the Horizon - You may notice a mysterious landmass beyond the Devil’s Shroud. A new island or something more sinister, perhaps?
Feeling chatty? – You will hear new dialogue lines when interacting with specific characters.
Merging Reward Notifications - When cashing in multiple treasure at once, UI toast popups will now combine the rewards and show a single popup rather than queuing them individually

Insider Features Still Active

Tall Tales: Revenge of the Morningstar – This Tale follows the last known whereabouts of a crew lost at sea, can you trace their steps? Head to Sandra at Dagger Tooth Outpost to find a new Tale book placed on her table.
Harpoon Players – Latching onto a crewmate or rival player with the harpoon now retracts them back to your ship.
Harpoon Retraction Speed – Reduced the speed in which harpoons can retract once latched on.
Pets on Ships! – After some training, pets will now follow you onto your ship and can path around the decks.
Tall Tales: The Cursed Rogue – This Tale follows the legend of a Skeleton Lord who was once a humble treasure seeker like yourself. Can you solve the puzzles left behind and track down this elusive character? Head to Madame Olive at Plunder Outpost to find a new Tale book placed beside her.
Voyage Voting - With the introduction of Tall Tales, crews can venture out with both a current Voyage and a Tall Tale active at the same time. Once started these can be found and cancelled from the Captain's Table.
Pet Movement & Interaction – Pets will follow your pirate as they traverse the world. You can of course pick up yours or another pet you find out in the world for a closer inspection, but stay away from the cannons…
Pet’s Reacting to their Owners – You’ll quickly find that pets will react to certain actions performed by players, they currently only have a few abilities trained – but looking forward to growing this in coming builds.
Harpoon - After all the waiting, the Shipwrights have finally delivered the Harpoons we ordered! Each Ship now has two Harpoons fitted in the recesses on the bow; latch onto rival crews in the heat of battle or onto the environment for some advanced sailing tactics. This initial build delivers the base functionality, reeling-in objects coming soon!
Harpoon Spinners – Harpoons now have spinners attached to better visualise the spooling and reeling of the rope.
Harpoon Audio – Attached various Harpoon audio effects to improve the player feedback when using the Harpoon.
Ship Damage - Hull Holes - When targeting shots into your enemy’s hull, repeated shots in the same place will now grow the size of the damage holes. These new holes vary in size and increase the rate in which your ship fills with water and takes longer to repair!
Ship Damage - Collapse the Mast - Landing a clutch shot on an enemies Mast will now drop the mast onto the deck of the ship, slowing their speed. Your enemies will need to both raise the mast and patch it with wood to secure it back in place.
Ship Damage - Drop the Anchor - Targeting a shot onto the Capstan will drop the anchor and damage the Capstan pegs. Your enemy will need to repair their capstan pegs to retain its original raising speed.
Ship Damage - Disable the Wheel - Targeting an enemy’s wheel will destroy pegs within the wheel, reducing the effectiveness in turning the Ship. Your enemy will need to repair their Ship wheel pegs to retain its original turning rate.
Shop Browsing - Finding a specific category of item is now much easier in the shop, filters have been added to all shops.
PC High Dynamic Range - Support for HDR compatible Screens on PC. Players can access a 'HDR Calibration' page with Settings to calibrate the Brightness of the display.

Fixed Issues

General

Players are no longer switched to walking when swimming underwater on Crescent Isle
Resolved a client crash when selecting food items while fishing
Improved server stability when pets are docking to areas on the ship
Resolved visual issues with Bone Crusher Cannons
Corrected terminology on Treacherous Sea Dog Commendation
Resolved rendering issues inside the Sailor's Bounty Cave system
Resolved an issue when using the Quick Inventory menu to swap to an item of food would remove the previously wielded item from your item radial
Resolved an issue when using the Quick Inventory menu to swap to an item of food would completeley disable your fishing rod
Resolved issue where players could get stuck on Morrow's Peak Outpost
Resolved issue where players could get stuck on Thieves Haven
Resolved issue where players could get stuck on Wanderer's Refuge
Prevented players from hiding underneath ramp on Molten Sands Fortress
Improved tooltips when trying to collect a freshly caught fish from your rod while you have a full inventory
Resolved Pet Spawning issues at Plunder Outpost
Resolved issue where Non-Verbal phrases would be automatically selected without the player choosing them
Resolved collision issues on Boulder Cay preventing players from swimming through Shipwreck
Resolved issue causing the harpoon to stretch to infinity when latching onto a mermaid statue before it's destruction
Prevented ships from being dragged underwater when reeling into deep sand
Resolved floating torch on Crooks Hollow
Resolved floating lantern on Crooks Hollow
Improved responsiveness when docking to a harpoon allowing players to aim sooner
When reeling in a harpoon, holding down the button will not force the subsequent fire to automatically reel
Resolved visual issues with Glorious Sea Dog Capstan
Resolved a server stability issue with the Revenge of the Morningstar Tale

Known Issues

General

Extended Black Screen on Loading - There is a chance that players may be held indefinitely on the Black Loading Screen with Spinner when returning from the Ghost Ship.
Sword Combo using the Environment - When attacking a player against a wall, you will no longer trigger the 3-hit combo when hitting the player and the wall simultaneously.
Revenge of the Morningstar Jacket – During the Revenge of the Morningstar Tale, players will collect an outfit from the collector’s chest. In this build this is presented as an ‘Admiral Jacket’ in the players Clothing Chest – this will be replaced by the full Morningstar outfit in an upcoming build.
Questbook Page Turning - When using rebound Q, E, Left D-Pad or Right D-Pad buttons, you are unable to turn pages on a Tall Tales Quest Book. To workaround this please reset your keys to default.