Insider Patch Notes 2.0.13.8
Insider Update 2.0.13.8 now live, as we approach our April update our feature set is now restricted to those we intend to ship in our next update. While Ghost Ships and Tall Tale checkpoints no longer playable, please help test out our Trading Company Emissaries feature set; choose your company and head to the voting table to represent before out onto the seas!
If you do encounter any bugs, then please head to the
Sea of Thieves support site and let our Player Support team know.
Updates
- Emissary Grade 5 Voyages – Trading Company Representatives will now offer players a high value voyage if they reach Emissary Grade 5 in Gold Hoarders, Order of Souls or the Merchant Alliance during a session.
- Emissary Grade Progression – Due to your feedback we have rebalanced how quickly players can increase their Emissary Grade; it should now progress at a slower rate.
- Reviving Audio – There have been new audio effects added that will play when a player is downed, and their ghost emerges from their body.
Known Issues
- Treasure Artifacts and Mermaid Gems - There is an issue preventing a several items from being cashed in at Trading Company vendors. Treasure artifacts and relics cannot be sold to Gold Hoarders vendors, while Mermaid Gems cannot be sold to Gold Hoarders, Order of Souls or the Merchant Alliance vendors. The Reaper’s Bones is unaffected by this issue.
- Skulls - There is an issue preventing a several items from being cashed in at Trading Company vendors. Currently it is not possible for players to cash in Disgraced Bounty Skull, Foul Bounty Skull, Hateful Bounty Skull and Villainous Bounty Skulls at Order of Souls vendors.
- Reaper’s Bones Popups – When handing in some Items to the Reaper’s Bones there will be incorrect or missing popups.
- Merchant Alliance – There is an issue preventing several items from being cashed in at Trading Company vendors. Currently it is not possible for players to cash in Fruit Crates, Wood Crates, Cannonball Crates, Snake Baskets, Pig Crates and Chicken Crates at the Merchant Alliance vendors.
- Reaper’s Bones Commendations – The Reaper's Bones commendations are not being ticked when completed
- Reviving – After being revived anything below the waistline of the players pirate can have the ghost shader applied to it, this can be the entire body if the player uses a laying down emote.
Fixed Issues
General
- Players are now able to interact with Cosmetic Customisation chests on their ships and at Outposts.
- When approaching Smuggler's Bay, the island will now load in more smoothly when approaching and not cause a potential hitch on lower spec machines.
- On Molten Sands Fortress it is no longer possible to clip through a rock and lose the fort key.
- You are now able to hand another player the Crate of Precious Gemstones.
- There is no longer a delay of activity icons appearing and disappearing.
- When accessing the Pirate Emporium at an outpost there will now be previews shown for all emotes.
- You are now able to talk to all Company NPCs.
- Items placed in a Collectors Chest no longer become invisible.
- Emoting in the Maiden Voyage no longer causes your camera height to go down to feet height.
- Some shovels handle lengths have been changed to help with the “Balancing” Emote.
- The Gold Hoarder skull now awards XP when handed in to the Order of Souls, as well as contributing to the Order of Souls Emissary Ledger.
- Skeleton Bounties from the Order of Souls voyages currently do not spawn on islands after starting the voyage, the bounty map is also blank.
Trading Company Emissary
- Joining a crew that is already an active Emissary will no longer prevent the joining player from voting to lower the Emissary Flag.
- The Emissary meter HUD no longer remains after lowering the flag.
- Athena’s Fortune and Gold Hoarder Emissary voyages now have the correct banners.
Cosmetic items sold by the Servant of the Flame now show the correct pricings.
Combat
- When striking with a Cutlass from block, repeatedly striking will no longer sometimes cause a strike to not show the cutlass swing animation in first person.
- While charging a heavy strike, receiving damage from any source will now correctly cancel the heavy strike and not result in animation and player movement issues.
- On Xbox, tapping RT while wielding a sword will no longer cause you to sword lunge but rather sword strike.
Reviving
- When waiting to be revived there is no longer a gap between your ghost and the astral cord.
- After being revived your Pirate will do the third person Get Up animation even if you died wielding an item.
- The astral cord will no longer go through your ghost but will now be attached to your ghost as it floats up.
Tall Tales
- ‘Revenge of the Morningstar’ – The Morningstar uniform will now be properly aligned in the Collector's Chest.
