Insider Patch Notes 2.0.16.10
Insider Update 2.0.16.10 is now live! This Insider build will be our last prior to the Ashen Winds update on the 22nd July, so please continue to focus your testing efforts on the Ashen Lord encounter, while identifying any critical issues experienced in the wider game ahead of our release build.
If you encounter any bugs, then please head to the
Sea of Thieves support site and let our Player Support team know.
Ashen Lords
- Ashen Winds Skull – The Ashen Winds Skull will now set fire to ships faster. It will take 1 second instead of 3 to ignite ships.
- Ashen Lord – Fire rocks thrown by Ashen Lords will now also do damage to ships as well as cause them catch fire.
Updates
- Accessibility settings – Accessibility settings menu has a reset option to change all accessibility options back to their default values.
Known Issues
- Ashen Wind Skull VFX – When using the Ashen Winds Skull on a moving ship the visual effects are not appearing to fire from the correct position.
- Ashen Lord Encounter – Captain Grimm has no subtitles.
- Ashen Winds Commendations – Completing these Commendations will fail to award the player doubloons.
- Player Health UI – Players health bar will not appear on screen despite not being at full health, unless raising a radial menu.
Fixed Issues
General
- Improvements to hit registration for Chainshots, which will now hit ships masts more consistently when trying to take them down.
- The Kraken Cat outfits and now purchasable using Ancient Coins only.
- The “Sticky Radial Items” option description now correctly says right stick or right thumbstick.
- When using "Let Games Read to Me" after changing a keybind the narrator will read out that change and not the previously bound key.
- Improved Client Stability when returning to a ship where a player has simultaneously been revived.
- Emissary UI should always now display the correct information, even after raising a flag more than once in a session.
Communication
- When choosing the “Mute All Other Crews” option it will no longer affect crew mates.
- Improvements to In-Game Voice Chat to prevent crew members losing the ability to communicate during a session.
Ashen Winds
- Loot will now spawn consistently after defeating an Ashen lord.
- Ashen Winds commendations will now unlock when the requirements are met.
- Killing a player with the Ashen Winds Skull when representing the Reapers Bones Emissary will now grant Reapers Emissary reputation.
- The skull pile present during the opening ritual to an Ashen Lord encounter will no longer appear at an angle.
