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manifest date: 2020-12-15 10:04:14 UTC

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# Insider Patch Notes 2.0.20.3

Insider Update 2.0.20.3 is now live! Head out onto the seas, follow clues to discover a wrecked Merchant’s vessel and look out for barrels and bottles floating in the sea!

As always, 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.

## Wrecks of the Lost

**Lost Shipment Clues**

* Clues found beyond the first ‘Barrels of Plenty’ clue can now sometimes be floating bottles found in the sea.

## Updates

**Arena Communication**

* To create a more welcoming experience, when joining the Arena, player communication between crews is now restricted.
* During both the Arena Tavern and active Arena Gameplay, cross-crew voice chat and cross-crew text chat are now restricted, leaving Non-Verbal as the only cross-crew communication option.
* Crews will continue to be able to communicate within their own crew using all available communication options.

## Known Issues

**Lost Shipment Clues**

* There is a chance that when players receive their first clue from a floating barrel, they will be directed straight to the Merchant Shipwreck rather than the next clue site. 
* The first clue the player is given can have the wrong coordinates. 
* Clues can be removed from the quest radial after a player dies. 
* No clue will spawn when starting the Galleon's Grave to Spoils of Plenty Seapost route.
* The clue bottle can spawn in an incorrect location and float up into the sky, eventually disappearing because the Voyage to not be completable.
* Debris at island clue sites will float away into the sky.
* Clues can sometimes fail to spawn at island clue sites.

**Lost Shipments Voyage**

* The Lost Shipments Voyages do not currently support server migration and can cause instability for crews. 
* Voyages have a chance to automatically complete when started. If this happens, please try again away from an Outpost or try again in another location. 
* There will be an incorrect pop-up shown when handing in a manifest.

**Lost Shipments Shipwreck**

* Sea clues have a chance to spawn on top of shipwrecks.
* The Merchant Captains found in shipwrecks can spawn under the floor or in the walls of the shipwreck causing them to not be interactable.
* Shipwrecks can sometimes spawn underneath islands or rocks.

**Seasons**

* Steam & Microsoft Store versions of the game do not currently display Renown notifications when completing actions. Xbox is unaffected by this issue and will receive Renown notifications.
* Seasons continues to use a range of wireframe assets and placeholder visuals.
* The amount of Renown players earn by performing actions along with the Renown requirements for each level are purely for testing purposes.
* Trials currently indicate they award a level of Renown on completion; this is placeholder and not final balancing.
* When earning Renown, some notifications may appear twice or appear blank.
* When making progress through a Deed, no supporting text will be shown on the notification to indicate which is being progressed.
* The following Trials are unable to be completed: * Merchant I* Explorer 1* Bounty Hunter 1* Master Sailor* Story Seeker I* The Bilge Rat I* Worshiper of Fire 1* Voyager 1

## Fixed Issues

**General**

* On the Shores of Gold, players should no longer get stuck and safe teleported on a broken staircase after exiting the Gold Hoarder throne room.
* The Frozen Horizon and the Nightshine Parrot wheels have been reworked to make it more obvious when the player is sailing straight.
* Players should no longer be able to fall or see through the environment on Shark Bait Cove.
* Approaching a lit beacon with an unraised lit lantern should no longer trigger an empty tooltip to appear.
* During the Ghost Ship encounter, Captain Ghost Ships should now use portals to spawn and teleport.

**Merchant Voyage**

* Players should now receive a clue after talking to Penelope at Krakens Fall.
* Clues found floating in the sea should no longer be floating above the water.
* Loot should no longer spawn under the feet of NPC at NOC clue sites and should be spread around the feet of the NPC.
* The islands on the trade route map should now display the correct island images.
* The server should no longer crash when starting a Voyage.

**Performance and Stability**

* Further improvements to server performance reducing latency during gameplay.

Preview

Insider Patch Notes 2.0.20.3

Insider Update 2.0.20.3 is now live! Head out onto the seas, follow clues to discover a wrecked Merchant’s vessel and look out for barrels and bottles floating in the sea!

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

Wrecks of the Lost

Lost Shipment Clues

Clues found beyond the first ‘Barrels of Plenty’ clue can now sometimes be floating bottles found in the sea.

Updates

Arena Communication

To create a more welcoming experience, when joining the Arena, player communication between crews is now restricted.
During both the Arena Tavern and active Arena Gameplay, cross-crew voice chat and cross-crew text chat are now restricted, leaving Non-Verbal as the only cross-crew communication option.
Crews will continue to be able to communicate within their own crew using all available communication options.

Known Issues

Lost Shipment Clues

There is a chance that when players receive their first clue from a floating barrel, they will be directed straight to the Merchant Shipwreck rather than the next clue site.
The first clue the player is given can have the wrong coordinates.
Clues can be removed from the quest radial after a player dies.
No clue will spawn when starting the Galleon's Grave to Spoils of Plenty Seapost route.
The clue bottle can spawn in an incorrect location and float up into the sky, eventually disappearing because the Voyage to not be completable.
Debris at island clue sites will float away into the sky.
Clues can sometimes fail to spawn at island clue sites.

Lost Shipments Voyage

The Lost Shipments Voyages do not currently support server migration and can cause instability for crews.
Voyages have a chance to automatically complete when started. If this happens, please try again away from an Outpost or try again in another location.
There will be an incorrect pop-up shown when handing in a manifest.

Lost Shipments Shipwreck

Sea clues have a chance to spawn on top of shipwrecks.
The Merchant Captains found in shipwrecks can spawn under the floor or in the walls of the shipwreck causing them to not be interactable.
Shipwrecks can sometimes spawn underneath islands or rocks.

Seasons

Steam & Microsoft Store versions of the game do not currently display Renown notifications when completing actions. Xbox is unaffected by this issue and will receive Renown notifications.
Seasons continues to use a range of wireframe assets and placeholder visuals.
The amount of Renown players earn by performing actions along with the Renown requirements for each level are purely for testing purposes.
Trials currently indicate they award a level of Renown on completion; this is placeholder and not final balancing.
When earning Renown, some notifications may appear twice or appear blank.
When making progress through a Deed, no supporting text will be shown on the notification to indicate which is being progressed.
The following Trials are unable to be completed: * Merchant I* Explorer 1* Bounty Hunter 1* Master Sailor* Story Seeker I* The Bilge Rat I* Worshiper of Fire 1* Voyager 1

Fixed Issues

General

On the Shores of Gold, players should no longer get stuck and safe teleported on a broken staircase after exiting the Gold Hoarder throne room.
The Frozen Horizon and the Nightshine Parrot wheels have been reworked to make it more obvious when the player is sailing straight.
Players should no longer be able to fall or see through the environment on Shark Bait Cove.
Approaching a lit beacon with an unraised lit lantern should no longer trigger an empty tooltip to appear.
During the Ghost Ship encounter, Captain Ghost Ships should now use portals to spawn and teleport.

Merchant Voyage

Players should now receive a clue after talking to Penelope at Krakens Fall.
Clues found floating in the sea should no longer be floating above the water.
Loot should no longer spawn under the feet of NPC at NOC clue sites and should be spread around the feet of the NPC.
The islands on the trade route map should now display the correct island images.
The server should no longer crash when starting a Voyage.

Performance and Stability

Further improvements to server performance reducing latency during gameplay.