Insider Patch Notes 2.0.17.4
Insider Update 2.0.17.4 is now live, with further updates to Skeleton Ship battles and improvements to accessibility features there’s plenty of adventures to be had on the seas!
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Skeleton Ships
Skeleton Ship Rewards
- Two Ashen Keys will now spawn as a guaranteed reward from the final captain ship during the encounter.
- The final Captain’s ship will now spawn 2 extra Skeleton Captains Chests and 2 extra Skeleton Captains Skulls. The Skeleton Captains Chests have also had their minimum cash in value increased.
- Each ship in the encounter is now guaranteed to drop at least one of each item to increase the gold value dramatically over the course of the encounter.
Skeleton Crew Balancing
- We have reduced the health of the skeleton crew manning the ships so they can be killed with a single pistol shot. This makes boarding the skeleton ship to defend holes a much more satisfying tactic.
Updates
Push to Talk Accessibility
- Sea of Thieves is continuing to improve accessibility by reducing “held” actions. Previously "Push to Talk" required the button to be held down. Players now have the option to turn Push to Talk off in its current implementation, as well as the option to toggle it on and off.
Dog Hangouts
- There is now a range of places where your precious pup can rest its little floofy head.
Known Issues
Pirate Emporium
- The Sea of Sands Crew costumes are not currently distributed to your crew’s clothing chests.
- There is currently placeholder art present across Emporium tabs.
- When accessing the Pirate Emporium from the front end the icon will be showing old content with August’s items active.
- The flag icon for the Sea of Sands is inconsistent with other flags.
Ashen Winds Skull
- The Ashen Bones and Captain of Ashen Bones Commendations do not tick up when killing Fort of the Damned skeletons with the Ashen Winds Skull.
Fixed Issues
General
- Servers should no longer crash when going through a Tall Tale.
- The Emissary UI will no longer persist after lowering an Emissary flag.
- Harpoons can no longer attach to mines dropped by Ghost Ships.
- Island banner overlays will now pop up when in range on Steam.
Accessibility
- When enabling the “Single Stick” Setting, there is now a description that will mention the auto-surface setting will be automatically enabled.
Pirate Emporium
- The “Dog Dance”, “Summer Reading” and “Banana Eyes” emotes now correctly animate on a range of pirate body types.
- The “Banana Eyes” banana slices will now be visible.
- Pirate's hand will no longer clips into Sea of Sands sniper rifle when reloading.
When firing the Sea of Sands Blunderbuss it will no longer clip into the camera.
The Sea of Sands ship cosmetics now have finalised description text in the Pirate Emporium and when viewed in the Shipwright cosmetic chest.
Ashen Lords
- The Ashen Lords will now animate smoother when switching between movement and attacks.
