Insider Patch Notes 2.0.17.1
Insider Update 2.0.17.1 is now live! With our Ashen Winds build heading to retail, this build is being used to address bug fixes before we start to open up Insider testing on our August features.
If you encounter any bugs, then please head to the
Sea of Thieves support site and let our Player Support team know.
Updates
- Let Games Read to Me – Improvements have been made to the “Let Games Read to Me” option with screen and keybind settings narration.
- Skeleton Ship Balancing – Skeleton Ships will no longer be armed with Cursed Cannonballs. They will, however, still attack with cannonballs and firebombs.
- Reaper's Beacons - Both the Reaper's Chest and Reaper's Bounty use a new beacon effect which now persists even when the chest is moved. Expect rivals from across the seas to see the beacon high in the sky as you transport your cargo back to the Reaper's Hideout.
Known Issues
- Ship to Ship Combat – Cannonballs fired below the waterline or through a wave do not deal damage to the hull of rival ships on impact.
- Dogs – There are a range of animation issues related to dogs.
- Reapers Beacon – As these are very early visual effects the spiral effect, the visual effect at the top of Reaper’s Chest beacon moves faster as intended when on a ship, in water or in player's hands, causing the beacon to look jittery.
Fixed Issues
General
- The Athena’s Fortune Reputation page will no longer say you are Guardian of Athena's Fortune even at Rank 1. This title will now only appear when it is unlocked at Rank 10.
- Players will now safe teleport back to their ships when stuck in the environment on Ancient Spire Outpost.
- Choosing ‘Exit to desktop’ on Windows 10 during an active session will no longer keep your player slot active in the crew, now acting the same as exiting using ‘Leave Game’.
Ashen Lords
- Completing the Bilge Rats “Ashen Winds” Commendations will now award the player with Doubloons.
- Reputation page - only tabs that contain new commendations with have a “New” tag displayed on them.
- Players will now hear a vocal grunt from the Ashen Lords when they use their jumping lunge melee ability.
Tall Tales
- When activating the “The Cursed Rogue”, “The Legendary Storyteller”, “Fate of the Morningstar” and “Revenge of the Morningstar” Tall Tales, crews can now have an active voyage at the same time.
- In the “Heart of fire” Tall Tale players will no longer be able to fall through ground in Flameheart's Lair.
Accessibility
- The front-end menu buttons are now underlined in order to be more identifiable than the non-selected buttons for our partially sighted players.
- The “Change Keybind” prompt will now be narrated when selected with a mouse.
- When enabling “Let Game Read to Me” the screen narration will now narrate how many values are available and which number you are on.
