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manifest date: 2020-06-05 00:00:00 UTC

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# Insider Patch Notes 2.0.15.3

Insider Update 2.0.15.3 is now live! As we approach our June update, we have begun to restrict the feature set to those we intend to release in June. Ashen Lords and even the recent fixes to damaging players through the environment are now disabled as we focus on our next update.

Sail out on the seas and test your skills against the terrifying Ghost Ships, or head to the Pirate Emporium to check out new emotes and deck your pets out with the latest fashion on the seas!

If you 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.

## Ghost Ships

* **Ghost Ship Balancing **– We have reduced the chance Ghost ships have of hitting Sloops while in battle in order to make Ghost Ship encounters easier for solo players and small crews.
* **Wraith Cannonball Balancing** – Wraith cannonballs have had their damage reduced slightly when fired by Ghost Ships, and are less likely to damage wheels, capstans, and masts of player ships. Damage when fired by players remains unchanged. 
* **Storage Crate of the Damned **– The Resource Crate of the Damned has now become the Storage Crate of the Damned. The appearance of the crate has also changed to appear like a storage crate. Players will now be able to place any item they like inside this ghostly storage container. 
* **Order of Souls Voyage **– We have increased the chance of Ghost Ship Grunts dropping Storage Crates of the Damned during lower rank Order of Souls voyages to account for there being fewer grunt ships in each wave. 
* **Hunter of Damned Captains **– The ‘Hunter of Damned Skulls’ Commendation has been renamed to ‘Hunter of Damned Captains’ 
* **Flaming Phantom Cannonballs **– Flaming Phantom cannonballs no longer put holes in ships. 
* **Captain Flameheart **– Changes have been made to Flameheart’s dialogue. The rate at which he talks to the players during the encounter has been improved and will now be more consistent.
* **Dukes Black Market** – There is now a separate tab in Dukes Black Market for the Ghost Ship Voyages.

## Pirate Emporium

As spectral ships swarm the seas, summoned forth by an evil spirit, why not pop into the Pirate Emporium and defend yourself against the fleet with an angry Shark Dance... That’ll surely help?!

With the full release of the Blighted Ship Collection, new Collector’s pets, new hide emotes and even pet outfits, there’s sure to be something to tempt your coin.

* **Free Giveaway Emote **– You’ll find the new Shovel Skills emote available for free in the Pirate Emporium. Show us your skills! 
* **Blighted Ship Collection **–****With last month’s****Blighted Bonus****introducing this undead ship, you can now pick up the remaining items with the Blighted Ship Collection. A Blighted Ship Bundle is also on offer which includes all the regular ship cosmetics at a discount!
* **Gold Curse Collector’s Pets **– These pets were transformed into living treasure by touching, pecking or licking cursed gold!
* **Ghost Pet Outfits **– After reaching Athena’s Fortune 20, why not pick something up for your pet to celebrate the achievement? Ghost outfits are now available for all pets and breeds!
* **Bilge Rat Cat Outfits **– Is your feline-friend that bit more rough-and-ready, fearless, a Ragamuffin?! Then pick them up a Bilge Rat Outfit to finish that scruffy look.
* **Hide and Peek Bundle **– With four new hiding emotes, you’re armed with plenty of options for all your sneaky shenanigans with an emote even given away for FREE! When using these emotes, your gamertag and title will be hidden automatically for as long as you stay silent. However, should you speak up your gamertag and title will quickly reappear, so keep quiet to stay hidden!
* **Animal Dance Bundle **– Show off your animalistic moves! Join your cat or parrot in dance, wiggle those limbs like a squid or shake those fins like a…baby shark?

## Updates

* **Improved Narration **– When enabling ‘Let Games Read to Me’, the tutorial prompts are now narrated.
* **Interaction Audio **– Opening crates now makes a different sound compared to opening a barrel.

## Known Issues

* **Shanty Selection **– Musical instruments will not work in the Maiden Voyage.
* **Reviving** – Killing a player at the earliest point of them being vulnerable after revival and then reviving them again will cause their animations/camera to get stuck.
* **Emotes** – Jumping out of an emote and trying to emote again will not allow you to emote.
* **Radial Keybinds **– When a radial is open, you cannot select an option using the number keys.
* **Non-verbal Radial** – Pet names appear as [0] when quick selecting a non-verbal comms phrase.
* **Ghost Ships** – The commendation for selling the Captain Skull of the Damned refers to them as Ghost Captain Skulls.
* **Storage Crate of the Damned** – The Storage Crate of the Damned will still have the Resource Crate of the Damned non-verbal text.

## Fixed Issues

**General**

* The correct cloud markers will now be present for Skeleton Ship battles and Skeleton Forts.
* The Servant of the Flame at the Reaper’s Hideout will now allow players to interact with them and sell items when standing at all angles around the NPC.
* Umbra will no longer give out Order of Souls level 5 emissary quests.
* When Speech-to-Text is enabled, using a Speaking Trumpet to project your voice over a greater distance will now also ensure that speech converted to text is also shown over that distance.
* receiving a notification through steam now triggers a sound in-game.
* There has been Improvements made to the logon response times for repeated attempts. 
* The "View Gamercard" option in crew management has now returned for Xbox and PC platforms, however, has now been removed for Steam.

**Combat**

* Improvements to hit registration when shooting at players that are using static interaction points around the world. These static interaction points include ladders & cannons found on Islands in addition to those on the Arena Vendor Ship.
* When engaging in Sword Combat, attacking a player and landing the first hit will now prevent the rival player from attacking back, ensuring they are unable to attack through your 3-hit combo. The rival player will still be able to swiftly block your attacks however, so prepare for the counterattack!

**Ghost Ships**

* Ghost Ship voyages will now show as being purchasable from the Order of Souls vendor menu.
* Skeletons manning the island cannon will now only shoot the aggressive ghost ships when they target an AI Ship. 
* Ghost ship rewards now have improved visual effects when on a moving ship. 
* Flameheart's skull cloud is higher on Shipwreck Bay.

**Non-Verbal Radials**

* Equipping and switching items when using the non-verbal radial will now display the correct text.
* The emote radial should no longer appear blank when joining a server.
* Quickly switching equipment then bringing up the non-verbal radial will now show the contextual communication options.

Preview

Insider Patch Notes 2.0.15.3

Sail out on the seas and test your skills against the terrifying Ghost Ships, or head to the Pirate Emporium to check out new emotes and deck your pets out with the latest fashion on the seas!

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

Ghost Ships

*Ghost Ship Balancing *– We have reduced the chance Ghost ships have of hitting Sloops while in battle in order to make Ghost Ship encounters easier for solo players and small crews.
Wraith Cannonball Balancing – Wraith cannonballs have had their damage reduced slightly when fired by Ghost Ships, and are less likely to damage wheels, capstans, and masts of player ships. Damage when fired by players remains unchanged.
*Storage Crate of the Damned *– The Resource Crate of the Damned has now become the Storage Crate of the Damned. The appearance of the crate has also changed to appear like a storage crate. Players will now be able to place any item they like inside this ghostly storage container.
*Order of Souls Voyage *– We have increased the chance of Ghost Ship Grunts dropping Storage Crates of the Damned during lower rank Order of Souls voyages to account for there being fewer grunt ships in each wave.
*Hunter of Damned Captains *– The ‘Hunter of Damned Skulls’ Commendation has been renamed to ‘Hunter of Damned Captains’
*Flaming Phantom Cannonballs *– Flaming Phantom cannonballs no longer put holes in ships.
*Captain Flameheart *– Changes have been made to Flameheart’s dialogue. The rate at which he talks to the players during the encounter has been improved and will now be more consistent.
Dukes Black Market – There is now a separate tab in Dukes Black Market for the Ghost Ship Voyages.

Pirate Emporium

As spectral ships swarm the seas, summoned forth by an evil spirit, why not pop into the Pirate Emporium and defend yourself against the fleet with an angry Shark Dance... That’ll surely help?!

With the full release of the Blighted Ship Collection, new Collector’s pets, new hide emotes and even pet outfits, there’s sure to be something to tempt your coin.

Free Giveaway Emote – You’ll find the new Shovel Skills emote available for free in the Pirate Emporium. Show us your skills!
Blighted Ship Collection **–With last month’sBlighted Bonus**introducing this undead ship, you can now pick up the remaining items with the Blighted Ship Collection. A Blighted Ship Bundle is also on offer which includes all the regular ship cosmetics at a discount!
*Gold Curse Collector’s Pets *– These pets were transformed into living treasure by touching, pecking or licking cursed gold!
*Ghost Pet Outfits *– After reaching Athena’s Fortune 20, why not pick something up for your pet to celebrate the achievement? Ghost outfits are now available for all pets and breeds!
*Bilge Rat Cat Outfits *– Is your feline-friend that bit more rough-and-ready, fearless, a Ragamuffin?! Then pick them up a Bilge Rat Outfit to finish that scruffy look.
Hide and Peek Bundle – With four new hiding emotes, you’re armed with plenty of options for all your sneaky shenanigans with an emote even given away for FREE! When using these emotes, your gamertag and title will be hidden automatically for as long as you stay silent. However, should you speak up your gamertag and title will quickly reappear, so keep quiet to stay hidden!
*Animal Dance Bundle *– Show off your animalistic moves! Join your cat or parrot in dance, wiggle those limbs like a squid or shake those fins like a…baby shark?

Updates

Improved Narration – When enabling ‘Let Games Read to Me’, the tutorial prompts are now narrated.
*Interaction Audio *– Opening crates now makes a different sound compared to opening a barrel.

Known Issues

*Shanty Selection *– Musical instruments will not work in the Maiden Voyage.
Reviving – Killing a player at the earliest point of them being vulnerable after revival and then reviving them again will cause their animations/camera to get stuck.
Emotes – Jumping out of an emote and trying to emote again will not allow you to emote.
*Radial Keybinds *– When a radial is open, you cannot select an option using the number keys.
Non-verbal Radial – Pet names appear as [0] when quick selecting a non-verbal comms phrase.
Ghost Ships – The commendation for selling the Captain Skull of the Damned refers to them as Ghost Captain Skulls.
Storage Crate of the Damned – The Storage Crate of the Damned will still have the Resource Crate of the Damned non-verbal text.

Fixed Issues

General

The correct cloud markers will now be present for Skeleton Ship battles and Skeleton Forts.
The Servant of the Flame at the Reaper’s Hideout will now allow players to interact with them and sell items when standing at all angles around the NPC.
Umbra will no longer give out Order of Souls level 5 emissary quests.
When Speech-to-Text is enabled, using a Speaking Trumpet to project your voice over a greater distance will now also ensure that speech converted to text is also shown over that distance.
receiving a notification through steam now triggers a sound in-game.
There has been Improvements made to the logon response times for repeated attempts.
The "View Gamercard" option in crew management has now returned for Xbox and PC platforms, however, has now been removed for Steam.

Combat

Improvements to hit registration when shooting at players that are using static interaction points around the world. These static interaction points include ladders & cannons found on Islands in addition to those on the Arena Vendor Ship.
When engaging in Sword Combat, attacking a player and landing the first hit will now prevent the rival player from attacking back, ensuring they are unable to attack through your 3-hit combo. The rival player will still be able to swiftly block your attacks however, so prepare for the counterattack!

Ghost Ships

Ghost Ship voyages will now show as being purchasable from the Order of Souls vendor menu.
Skeletons manning the island cannon will now only shoot the aggressive ghost ships when they target an AI Ship.
Ghost ship rewards now have improved visual effects when on a moving ship.
Flameheart's skull cloud is higher on Shipwreck Bay.

Non-Verbal Radials

Equipping and switching items when using the non-verbal radial will now display the correct text.
The emote radial should no longer appear blank when joining a server.
Quickly switching equipment then bringing up the non-verbal radial will now show the contextual communication options.