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manifest date: 2020-02-04 00:00:00 UTC

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# Insider Patch Notes 2.0.11.5

Insiders Update 2.0.11.5 is now live. With updates to the upcoming Crews of Rage, improvements to the Heart of Fire Tall Tale and balancing changes to weapons there’s plenty to get your teeth into!

If you do encounter any bugs, then please head to the 
[Sea of Thieves support site](https://support.seaofthieves.com/hc/en-gb) and let our Player Support team know.

## Crews of Rage

* **Pirate Legend Shopkeeper Exclusives** – Pirate Legends can now purchase a range of new hair and beards from the Athena's Fortune Shopkeeper under the Parrot, Kraken and Ocean Crawler family of cosmetic sets.
* **Chest of Rage Balancing** – Once a Chest of Rage becomes enraged to the point of steaming; a further hit will cause it to immediately explode. There is also now a delay before an enraged Chest of Rage begins to boil surrounding water.

## Heart of Fire

* **Devil’s Thirst Catacombs** – On arriving at the Catacombs, crews now can choose either the left or right doors and tackle a different trap-laden path run. On retrieving the Chest of Rage, the exit path has now also been laced with traps to challenge players as they try to escape!
* **Tallulah at the Charred Parrot** - When players interact with Tallulah the tavern keeper at the Charred Parrot, they will now hear new audio dialogue from her.
* **Heart of Fire Commendations** – New Commendations have been added charting players progress as they work to halt the dark ritual. By progressing through these Commendations, players can earn new rewards: The Ashen Dragon Hull and the Ashen Dragon Lantern.
* **Heart of Fire Achievements** – New Xbox achievements can be unlocked by progressing through the Heart of Fire in-game Commendations. A total of 40 gamerscore is available to earn from this update, and these achievements will remain in the game indefinitely.

Heart of Fire [10G]

TBD [30G]

## Updates

* **Ship Map Navigation** – Player can now zoom the ship map in much further to see closer into each island.
* **Blunderbomb Balancing** – The damage inflicted by a Blunderbomb has been reduced, a direct impact will no longer cause a player to lose full health.
* **Blunderbomb Visuals** – Improved visuals for the Blunderbomb’s explosion effects.
* **Chainshot Balancing** – Following Insider feedback, the Chain Shot has been altered to now have a shorter maximum range than a cannonball, with improved aiming accuracy to previous versions.

## Fixed Issues

**General**

* Players are once again able to interact with the top food barrel on the Brigantine.
* Performing a block-sword lunge animation no longer pops when bringing the sword back.
* Players hiding inside shops, taverns and caves should no longer be targeted by lightning strikes!
* Improved brightness of certain islands displayed on the World Map to improve visibility.
* Stopped players gamertags from showing through a ship’s hull if both players are swimming underwater around the underside of a ship.
* Resolved an issue causing ocean audio to play incorrectly at Liar's Backbone.
* Players can now see cutscenes being played on the outpost even when they look away from the NPC.
* Both Wearyball and Jigball Cursed Cannonballs now affect players when hit.

**Crews of Rage**

* Ambush skeletons spawned when digging up treasures now spawn promptly (like an ambush...)
* On the Legendary Bounty of Rage, Skeleton Captains will now spawn ensuring players can progress through the voyage.
* Attempting to sell a Firebomb crate now displays the correct popup.
* When a crew member digs up a Firebomb Crate, the toast message is now shown to the other crew members.
* Digging up a Firebomb crate it is now correctly visible on the first dig.
* Corrected pricing of Deep Ocean Crawler items within the Black Market.
* Completing the Tome of Resurrection IV now correctly unlocks the Ashen Wheel cosmetic.
* The Raging Fire Voyages now use the correct voyage model.
* Revised the ‘Talk to Duke’ prompt to ensure you are closer to him before speaking.
* Resolved a range of placeholder commendation icons.
* Ambient Skeletons within the Devil’s Roar will now all be Ashen Skeletons.
* After completing the voyage for a specific region they now unlock their associated Commendation.

**Arena**

* Updated the locked text of the Triumphant Speaking Trumpet to include the correct commendation required to unlock it. 
* The visual effects of a storm such as clouds and rain will no longer appear in a different location to the large storm waves and lightning.
* DeMarco has now remembered to remove the last remaining bit of Holiday Tavern Decoration.

**Heart of Fire**

* Improved interaction points for a range of lorebooks, ensuring all are interactable.
* The outer door on Devil’s Thirst now correctly resets once your crew leaves the area.
* When holding the Mysterious Key, it should no longer obscure the players vision.
* Improved the Devil’s Thirst entrance door to ensure it fits smoothly with the surrounding scenery.

**Pirate Emporium**

* After selecting a Reaper’s Heart Parrot or Monkey the 3D preview will now continue to function when browsing other items.
* The Outpost Pirate Emporium now contains the new Reaper’s Heart Pets.
* The newly placed Pirate Appearance Potion in the Outpost Store no longer overlaps with a Pet perch.

**Cats**

* Cat now smoothly transition to sitting and no longer walk on the spot.
* Improved cat animations when holding a cat that is vomiting.
* Resolved animation issues when showing cats while underwater.
* Cats now have little bubbles coming from their mouths when they are drowning – you monsters.

## Known Issues

* **Heart of Fire – Commendations** – While the new Tall Tale has its commendations visible in the Reputation Pane, these are not yet unlockable from progressing through the Tale.
* **Heart of Fire – Performance Impact** – While traversing Devil’s Thirst players may encounter performance drops.
* **Heart of Fire – Placeholder Assets** – The Heart of Fire Tall Tale currently shows a range of placeholder imagery.
* **Heart of Fire – Fire Traps** – Some fire traps will not correctly display when they are active, however still set players on fire.
* **Pirate Emporium – The Pirate Emporium contains Placeholder Content** – The Pirate Emporium has been opened up to Insiders for testing the Pirate Appearance Potion, however, also contains a range of placeholder content and imagery which is not expected to be tested at this time. Please hold back on feedback and bug reports for placeholder Pirate Emporium content.
* **Cosmetics - Equipped Cosmetics do not persist between sessions** – Some players may find that after equipping cosmetics then leaving the game, upon their return those cosmetics will no longer be equipped.

Preview

Insider Patch Notes 2.0.11.5

Insiders Update 2.0.11.5 is now live. With updates to the upcoming Crews of Rage, improvements to the Heart of Fire Tall Tale and balancing changes to weapons there’s plenty to get your teeth into!

If you do encounter any bugs, then please head to the Sea of Thieves support site and let our Player Support team know.

Crews of Rage

Pirate Legend Shopkeeper Exclusives – Pirate Legends can now purchase a range of new hair and beards from the Athena's Fortune Shopkeeper under the Parrot, Kraken and Ocean Crawler family of cosmetic sets.
Chest of Rage Balancing – Once a Chest of Rage becomes enraged to the point of steaming; a further hit will cause it to immediately explode. There is also now a delay before an enraged Chest of Rage begins to boil surrounding water.

Heart of Fire

Devil’s Thirst Catacombs – On arriving at the Catacombs, crews now can choose either the left or right doors and tackle a different trap-laden path run. On retrieving the Chest of Rage, the exit path has now also been laced with traps to challenge players as they try to escape!
Tallulah at the Charred Parrot - When players interact with Tallulah the tavern keeper at the Charred Parrot, they will now hear new audio dialogue from her.
Heart of Fire Commendations – New Commendations have been added charting players progress as they work to halt the dark ritual. By progressing through these Commendations, players can earn new rewards: The Ashen Dragon Hull and the Ashen Dragon Lantern.
Heart of Fire Achievements – New Xbox achievements can be unlocked by progressing through the Heart of Fire in-game Commendations. A total of 40 gamerscore is available to earn from this update, and these achievements will remain in the game indefinitely.

Heart of Fire [10G]

TBD [30G]

Updates

Ship Map Navigation – Player can now zoom the ship map in much further to see closer into each island.
Blunderbomb Balancing – The damage inflicted by a Blunderbomb has been reduced, a direct impact will no longer cause a player to lose full health.
Blunderbomb Visuals – Improved visuals for the Blunderbomb’s explosion effects.
Chainshot Balancing – Following Insider feedback, the Chain Shot has been altered to now have a shorter maximum range than a cannonball, with improved aiming accuracy to previous versions.

Fixed Issues

General

Players are once again able to interact with the top food barrel on the Brigantine.
Performing a block-sword lunge animation no longer pops when bringing the sword back.
Players hiding inside shops, taverns and caves should no longer be targeted by lightning strikes!
Improved brightness of certain islands displayed on the World Map to improve visibility.
Stopped players gamertags from showing through a ship’s hull if both players are swimming underwater around the underside of a ship.
Resolved an issue causing ocean audio to play incorrectly at Liar's Backbone.
Players can now see cutscenes being played on the outpost even when they look away from the NPC.
Both Wearyball and Jigball Cursed Cannonballs now affect players when hit.

Crews of Rage

Ambush skeletons spawned when digging up treasures now spawn promptly (like an ambush...)
On the Legendary Bounty of Rage, Skeleton Captains will now spawn ensuring players can progress through the voyage.
Attempting to sell a Firebomb crate now displays the correct popup.
When a crew member digs up a Firebomb Crate, the toast message is now shown to the other crew members.
Digging up a Firebomb crate it is now correctly visible on the first dig.
Corrected pricing of Deep Ocean Crawler items within the Black Market.
Completing the Tome of Resurrection IV now correctly unlocks the Ashen Wheel cosmetic.
The Raging Fire Voyages now use the correct voyage model.
Revised the ‘Talk to Duke’ prompt to ensure you are closer to him before speaking.
Resolved a range of placeholder commendation icons.
Ambient Skeletons within the Devil’s Roar will now all be Ashen Skeletons.
After completing the voyage for a specific region they now unlock their associated Commendation.

Arena

Updated the locked text of the Triumphant Speaking Trumpet to include the correct commendation required to unlock it.
The visual effects of a storm such as clouds and rain will no longer appear in a different location to the large storm waves and lightning.
DeMarco has now remembered to remove the last remaining bit of Holiday Tavern Decoration.

Heart of Fire

Improved interaction points for a range of lorebooks, ensuring all are interactable.
The outer door on Devil’s Thirst now correctly resets once your crew leaves the area.
When holding the Mysterious Key, it should no longer obscure the players vision.
Improved the Devil’s Thirst entrance door to ensure it fits smoothly with the surrounding scenery.

Pirate Emporium

After selecting a Reaper’s Heart Parrot or Monkey the 3D preview will now continue to function when browsing other items.
The Outpost Pirate Emporium now contains the new Reaper’s Heart Pets.
The newly placed Pirate Appearance Potion in the Outpost Store no longer overlaps with a Pet perch.

Cats

Cat now smoothly transition to sitting and no longer walk on the spot.
Improved cat animations when holding a cat that is vomiting.
Resolved animation issues when showing cats while underwater.
Cats now have little bubbles coming from their mouths when they are drowning – you monsters.

Known Issues

Heart of Fire – Commendations – While the new Tall Tale has its commendations visible in the Reputation Pane, these are not yet unlockable from progressing through the Tale.
Heart of Fire – Performance Impact – While traversing Devil’s Thirst players may encounter performance drops.
Heart of Fire – Placeholder Assets – The Heart of Fire Tall Tale currently shows a range of placeholder imagery.
Heart of Fire – Fire Traps – Some fire traps will not correctly display when they are active, however still set players on fire.
Pirate Emporium – The Pirate Emporium contains Placeholder Content – The Pirate Emporium has been opened up to Insiders for testing the Pirate Appearance Potion, however, also contains a range of placeholder content and imagery which is not expected to be tested at this time. Please hold back on feedback and bug reports for placeholder Pirate Emporium content.
Cosmetics - Equipped Cosmetics do not persist between sessions – Some players may find that after equipping cosmetics then leaving the game, upon their return those cosmetics will no longer be equipped.