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manifest date: 2020-07-03 09:06:01 UTC

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# Insider Patch Notes 2.0.16.6

Insider Update 2.0.16.6 is now live - today we’ve got a whole host of ship set discounts over in the Pirate Emporium, as well as continued refinements to Ashen Lord encounters!

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.

## Ashen Lords

* **Ashen Lord Attacks **

* The Ashen Lord fire breath attack has had an increase in damage to players.
* Ashen Lords will now also use their cloud attack during phase one of the encounter.

* **Ashen Winds Skull**

* Using the Ashen Winds Skull’s attack on part of a ship for three seconds or longer now has a 100% chance of causing a fire.
* Player movement speed is no longer reduced when using the Ashen Winds Skull.

* **Ashen Lord Visibility **– The brightness and contrast of the Ashen Lord’s heart has been improved.
* **World Event Encounters** – The frequency of the Ashen Lord world encounters has been increased.

## Pirate Emporium

* **Sail? Sail… SALE! **– There are a range of ship set bundles that are now on sale in the Pirate Emporium.

## Updates

* **Speech-To-Text Override** – It is now possible to override the Xbox platform-level setting by enabling Speech-to-Text directly within Sea of Thieves’ Accessibility Settings.
* **Swapping between Emotes **– When performing an emote, it is now possible to access the emote selection radial and switch to another. 
* **Korean & Polish Support – **Korean and Polish localisation are now available across the entire game.****

## Known Issues

* **Front-end Menu Error - **Players will experience a error caused by hovering on the game front-end menu for too long. This error will also occur by going through to the Pirate Emporium. We advise that players select their mode of choice as quickly as possible and avoid going to the Pirate Emporium via the front-end menu altogether. 
* **Ashen Lord Encounter*** Firebomb attacks that successfully connect with an Ashen Lord will produce a hit market but will not deal damage. * The Chest of Rage does not deal damage. * Ashen Lord struggles to aim at players in shallow bodies of water. 
* **Ashen Winds Commendations** – Stats are not firing for the Ashen Winds commendations. 
* **Ashen Lord Rewards **– Killing an Ashen lord in an area that has no dig spots will prevent loot from spawning. 
* **Ashen Lord Audio**– No explosion audio when defeating the Ashen Lord. 
* **Ashen Lord Animation**– After dying and returning from the Ferry of the Damned, the Ashen Lord may not move or perform ability animations. 
* **Ashen Lord Skull Pile** – The skull pile can be at an angle when approaching the Ashen Lord encounter during the opening ritual. 
* **Shanty Selection** – Instruments may sometimes play silently. 
* **Pets** – Players’ screens may flash a black/red/blue/green colour for a moment when putting a pet into a cannon or taking it out. 
* **Voice Chat** – The “Mute all other crews” voice chat option can affect crew mates when playing on the windows store version of the game.

## Fixed Issues

**General**

* Players are now able to interact with the rear sail ropes on the Brigantine.
* If a player is on fire, they can now use the bucket with water to douse themselves consistently.
* When launching Sea of Thieves, the boot image is now using the latest Sea of Thieves artwork.
* When putting pets into a cannon they no longer clip through the cannons barrel and will appear in the cannon in the intended position. 
* Collision has been added to the wall on the right of the wooden walkway in the Pirate Legend Hideout.
* Ashen Key Masters will now spawn on islands emergently. 
* When Ghost ships are destroyed, they will now consistently show an implosion SFX when destroyed.
* The correct Athena’s Fortune commendations should now unlock when handing in common and uncommon Athena’s Fortune loot.

**Combat **

* Collision updated on the cluster of barrels and post in the centre of the Sloop’s lower deck, stopping melee attacks from going through. 
* The stacked barrels on the lower deck of the Galleon now have revised collision and block both projectile and melee attacks.
* The Ship’s Wheel now has revised collision and blocks melee attacks from reaching through.
* The Rear Hull of the Sloop around the hatch openings now has improved collision to block projectiles shooting through the hull.
* The rowboat now blocks melee attacks when being attacked from underneath.

**Ashen Lords**

* There is no longer a typo in the subtitles when Red Ruth says, 'Let's see how you handle this!'
* Warden Chi has found her voice and now has character voice overs.
* When loading into a server the Ashen Cloud will no longer appear at a wonky angle and will be visible to all players on that server.
* The Ashen Lord Encounter will now play the correct music track when a Lord enters their vulnerability state.
* When the Ashen Lord exits out of their final vulnerable state, they will no longer cast Worlds End instantly.
* The Ashen Winds loading screen now shows final artwork.
* Ashen Lord encounters should no longer spawn on islands that have an active Tall Tale encounter on them and Tall Tales should no longer select islands that have an active Ashen Lord Encounter on them.

**Ashen Winds Skull**

* The "Ashen Captain" commendation no longer has a typo in the description.
* The visual effects and animations of the Ashen Winds Skull have been improved.
* Using Primary Use in quick succession will no longer cause the game to disconnect with a Pythonbeard error.
* After the Ashen Winds Skull is depleted attempting to use the skull will still show animations.
* When placing an Ashen Winds Skull into a Collector’s Chest it no longer resets its level of charge.

**Pirate Emporium**

* The Bargain Pet Bundles now correctly show as time-limited for the duration of the Ashen Winds update.
* Final artwork has been added across the Emporium tabs.
* Ragamuffin type cats become will no longer become invisible when wearing Kraken Outfit.

**Accessibility**

* With the Single Stick Setting activated climbing up or down a ladder and jumping off it will no longer cause your camera to get stuck looking up or down.
* When enabling “Let Games Read to Me” changing the key bindings in the setting will now be read correctly by the narrator.
* The narrator will now describe the correct number of items within a menu.

Preview

Insider Patch Notes 2.0.16.6

Insider Update 2.0.16.6 is now live - today we’ve got a whole host of ship set discounts over in the Pirate Emporium, as well as continued refinements to Ashen Lord encounters!

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 Lord Attacks *
The Ashen Lord fire breath attack has had an increase in damage to players.
Ashen Lords will now also use their cloud attack during phase one of the encounter.
Ashen Winds Skull
Using the Ashen Winds Skull’s attack on part of a ship for three seconds or longer now has a 100% chance of causing a fire.
Player movement speed is no longer reduced when using the Ashen Winds Skull.
*Ashen Lord Visibility *– The brightness and contrast of the Ashen Lord’s heart has been improved.
World Event Encounters – The frequency of the Ashen Lord world encounters has been increased.

Pirate Emporium

*Sail? Sail… SALE! *– There are a range of ship set bundles that are now on sale in the Pirate Emporium.

Updates

Speech-To-Text Override – It is now possible to override the Xbox platform-level setting by enabling Speech-to-Text directly within Sea of Thieves’ Accessibility Settings.
*Swapping between Emotes *– When performing an emote, it is now possible to access the emote selection radial and switch to another.
Korean & Polish Support – **Korean and Polish localisation are now available across the entire game.**

Known Issues

**Front-end Menu Error - **Players will experience a error caused by hovering on the game front-end menu for too long. This error will also occur by going through to the Pirate Emporium. We advise that players select their mode of choice as quickly as possible and avoid going to the Pirate Emporium via the front-end menu altogether.
Ashen Lord Encounter* Firebomb attacks that successfully connect with an Ashen Lord will produce a hit market but will not deal damage. * The Chest of Rage does not deal damage. * Ashen Lord struggles to aim at players in shallow bodies of water.
Ashen Winds Commendations – Stats are not firing for the Ashen Winds commendations.
*Ashen Lord Rewards *– Killing an Ashen lord in an area that has no dig spots will prevent loot from spawning.
Ashen Lord Audio– No explosion audio when defeating the Ashen Lord.
Ashen Lord Animation– After dying and returning from the Ferry of the Damned, the Ashen Lord may not move or perform ability animations.
Ashen Lord Skull Pile – The skull pile can be at an angle when approaching the Ashen Lord encounter during the opening ritual.
Shanty Selection – Instruments may sometimes play silently.
Pets – Players’ screens may flash a black/red/blue/green colour for a moment when putting a pet into a cannon or taking it out.
Voice Chat – The “Mute all other crews” voice chat option can affect crew mates when playing on the windows store version of the game.

Fixed Issues

General

Players are now able to interact with the rear sail ropes on the Brigantine.
If a player is on fire, they can now use the bucket with water to douse themselves consistently.
When launching Sea of Thieves, the boot image is now using the latest Sea of Thieves artwork.
When putting pets into a cannon they no longer clip through the cannons barrel and will appear in the cannon in the intended position.
Collision has been added to the wall on the right of the wooden walkway in the Pirate Legend Hideout.
Ashen Key Masters will now spawn on islands emergently.
When Ghost ships are destroyed, they will now consistently show an implosion SFX when destroyed.
The correct Athena’s Fortune commendations should now unlock when handing in common and uncommon Athena’s Fortune loot.

*Combat *

Collision updated on the cluster of barrels and post in the centre of the Sloop’s lower deck, stopping melee attacks from going through.
The stacked barrels on the lower deck of the Galleon now have revised collision and block both projectile and melee attacks.
The Ship’s Wheel now has revised collision and blocks melee attacks from reaching through.
The Rear Hull of the Sloop around the hatch openings now has improved collision to block projectiles shooting through the hull.
The rowboat now blocks melee attacks when being attacked from underneath.

Ashen Lords

There is no longer a typo in the subtitles when Red Ruth says, 'Let's see how you handle this!'
Warden Chi has found her voice and now has character voice overs.
When loading into a server the Ashen Cloud will no longer appear at a wonky angle and will be visible to all players on that server.
The Ashen Lord Encounter will now play the correct music track when a Lord enters their vulnerability state.
When the Ashen Lord exits out of their final vulnerable state, they will no longer cast Worlds End instantly.
The Ashen Winds loading screen now shows final artwork.
Ashen Lord encounters should no longer spawn on islands that have an active Tall Tale encounter on them and Tall Tales should no longer select islands that have an active Ashen Lord Encounter on them.

Ashen Winds Skull

The "Ashen Captain" commendation no longer has a typo in the description.
The visual effects and animations of the Ashen Winds Skull have been improved.
Using Primary Use in quick succession will no longer cause the game to disconnect with a Pythonbeard error.
After the Ashen Winds Skull is depleted attempting to use the skull will still show animations.
When placing an Ashen Winds Skull into a Collector’s Chest it no longer resets its level of charge.

Pirate Emporium

The Bargain Pet Bundles now correctly show as time-limited for the duration of the Ashen Winds update.
Final artwork has been added across the Emporium tabs.
Ragamuffin type cats become will no longer become invisible when wearing Kraken Outfit.

Accessibility

With the Single Stick Setting activated climbing up or down a ladder and jumping off it will no longer cause your camera to get stuck looking up or down.
When enabling “Let Games Read to Me” changing the key bindings in the setting will now be read correctly by the narrator.
The narrator will now describe the correct number of items within a menu.