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manifest date: 2021-01-15 09:48:12 UTC

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# Insider Patch Notes 2.0.20.9

Insider Update 2.0.20.9 is now live! Head out onto the seas and keep an eye out for the Seagulls circling clues to find the sunken Merchant Ships.

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.

## Lost Shipments Voyage

**Voyage Availability**

* While Larinna offers players an introductory Lost Shipments Voyage for free this update, the Merchant Alliance now offer a range of Lost Shipment Voyages.
* Head to your local Merchant Alliance trader to source a Lost Shipment’s Voyage aligned to your Merchant Alliance Reputation.

**Merchant Alliance Emissary**

* Progressing through the Lost Shipment Voyage when representing as a Merchant Emissary can now advance Merchant Emissary Grade.

## Seasons

**Seasons Balancing**

* Actions such as bringing treasure onboard, killing Skeletons and discovering emergent treasure now award Renown to you and your crew when performed.

**Seasons Rewards**

* The distribution of all Seasons Rewards across all Tiers have been rebalanced.
* The Pirate Legend Curse has been revised to better fit female pirates, accommodating the position of the chest wrap.

## Known Issues

**Lost Shipment Clues**

* Showing the clue to another player will not display correctly to the other player and will cut off the text. 
* Sea clues can spawn inside sea rocks.
* A sea clue can fail to spawn a clue and will only spawn loot and debris.
* Barrel clues can give blank clues.
* The Trade Route can backtrack when a sea clue follows a sea clue.
* Sea Clues can sink before the player finds them.
* NPC clues do not give the NPC name only the island they are located on.

**Lost Shipments Voyage **

* The shipwreck does not appear on the new server if a crew migrates with an active Voyage.
* The 'Wreckless Pursuit' and 'Many, Many Manifests' Achievements do not unlock.
* Islands do not fit on the map for the Marauder's Arch to Dagger Tooth, in both directions, Trade Routes.

**Lost Shipments Shipwreck**

* There is a chance the shipwreck can fail to spawn.
* Shipwrecks can sometimes spawn underneath islands or rocks.
* Regular shipwrecks found emergently out in the world, currently use the Merchant hull livery when discovered.

**Plunder Pass**

* After currency is removed when purchasing the Plunder Pass, the Plunder Pass rewards can remain locked.

**Pirate Emporium**

* There is a range of placeholder imagery and text in the Pirate Emporium.

**Champions of Souls**

* The Champions of Souls Event uses a range of placeholder visuals.

**Localisation**

* The Plunder Pass is missing localisation in the Polish, Spanish, and Italian builds.
* There is missing translation of the Champions of Souls Event in non-english languages.

**Larinna’s Black Market**

* The “Letter of Recommendation” and “Gold Pouches” are not locked after purchase.

**Seasons **

* The Shroudbreaker Scar is currently being reworked and is not functional once earned through the Season rewards.
* After returning from the Ferry of the Damned, ‘Island Visit’ notifications will continue to be displayed for the same island.
* When browsing the Seasons Quick Menu, the Seasons can sometimes display ‘Seasons Unavailable’. This can be resolved by leaving and returning to the game.
* When reaching Level 100 within a Season, players can become unable to access the Season Quick Menu.

*The following Trials currently have Deeds which prevent the Trial from being completed:*

* Seasoned Cook
* Expert Scorcher
* Deadly Mercenary

## Fixed Issues

**General**

* During Fort of the Damned, Graymarrow should no longer get stuck on the surrounding environment.
* Sound should no longer become distorted and increase in volume when a player surfaces from water or is briefly submerged by a wave.
* Island banners should now have appropriate iconography in the Ancient Isles and Shores of Plenty.

**Merchant Voyage**

* Players should now be able to sell the Captain's Key to the merchant NPCs.
* Islands should now fit on the map for the Golden Sands to Dagger Tooth, in both directions, Trade Routes.
* Circle maps should now show the final icon image in the maps radial.
* Seagulls should now be seen flying above the Shipwrecks.
* The Voyage card for the Lost shipments Voyage when purchased from Larinna should no longer show as cargo runs.
* The toast and sting when selling the Captain's Key to the Reaper's company should now be Reapers themed.
* Players dying should no longer removed the clue from the quest radial.

**Seasons**

* Replaced Placeholder Seasons artwork with final imagery.
* Trials of Combat: Deadly Mercenary – Each land-based Skeleton Lord defeated now progresses the Deed.
* Trials of Adventure: Novice Voyager – The Gold Hoarder Tutorial & Athena’s Fortune Voyages now progress the Voyage purchase deed.
* While inside the Maiden Voyage, the Plunder Pass can now only be purchased once.

**Pirate Emporium**

* The Lunar Festival Ship Bundle, Weapon Bundle, Lunar Festival, Costume, Assorted Emote Collection, Pet Collection and Pirate Appearance potion now have the final and intended icons.
* The Vigilant Weapon Pose emote should now play correctly.
* The Bonecrusher Pet outfits should now be present in January emporium.
* The final artwork for front end tile is now present.
* The Reaper's Heart Weapon Bundle and Cronch Weapon Bundle should now be showing as for sale in the pirate tab when the January Sale promotion is active.
* The Plunder Pass should only be able to be bought once per Season.
* The Dark Warsmith Blunderbuss stock should no longer obscure players vision when aiming down sights.

**Dark Adventurer**

* The Dark Adventurer’s Pistol has had its ‘gem-sights’ and position reworked to provide more accurate aiming.
* Looking up and down when holding the Dark Adventurer’s Lantern should no longer cause the handle to appear to detach.
* The Dark Adventurer’s Concertina should no longer have some texture clipping when being played.

**Localisation**

* There has been an increase of font size in Korean, Chinese dialects and with punctuation to improve readability.

Preview

Insider Patch Notes 2.0.20.9

Insider Update 2.0.20.9 is now live! Head out onto the seas and keep an eye out for the Seagulls circling clues to find the sunken Merchant Ships.

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

Lost Shipments Voyage

Voyage Availability

While Larinna offers players an introductory Lost Shipments Voyage for free this update, the Merchant Alliance now offer a range of Lost Shipment Voyages.
Head to your local Merchant Alliance trader to source a Lost Shipment’s Voyage aligned to your Merchant Alliance Reputation.

Merchant Alliance Emissary

Progressing through the Lost Shipment Voyage when representing as a Merchant Emissary can now advance Merchant Emissary Grade.

Seasons

Seasons Balancing

Actions such as bringing treasure onboard, killing Skeletons and discovering emergent treasure now award Renown to you and your crew when performed.

Seasons Rewards

The distribution of all Seasons Rewards across all Tiers have been rebalanced.
The Pirate Legend Curse has been revised to better fit female pirates, accommodating the position of the chest wrap.

Known Issues

Lost Shipment Clues

Showing the clue to another player will not display correctly to the other player and will cut off the text.
Sea clues can spawn inside sea rocks.
A sea clue can fail to spawn a clue and will only spawn loot and debris.
Barrel clues can give blank clues.
The Trade Route can backtrack when a sea clue follows a sea clue.
Sea Clues can sink before the player finds them.
NPC clues do not give the NPC name only the island they are located on.

*Lost Shipments Voyage *

The shipwreck does not appear on the new server if a crew migrates with an active Voyage.
The 'Wreckless Pursuit' and 'Many, Many Manifests' Achievements do not unlock.
Islands do not fit on the map for the Marauder's Arch to Dagger Tooth, in both directions, Trade Routes.

Lost Shipments Shipwreck

There is a chance the shipwreck can fail to spawn.
Shipwrecks can sometimes spawn underneath islands or rocks.
Regular shipwrecks found emergently out in the world, currently use the Merchant hull livery when discovered.

Plunder Pass

After currency is removed when purchasing the Plunder Pass, the Plunder Pass rewards can remain locked.

Pirate Emporium

There is a range of placeholder imagery and text in the Pirate Emporium.

Champions of Souls

The Champions of Souls Event uses a range of placeholder visuals.

Localisation

The Plunder Pass is missing localisation in the Polish, Spanish, and Italian builds.
There is missing translation of the Champions of Souls Event in non-english languages.

Larinna’s Black Market

The “Letter of Recommendation” and “Gold Pouches” are not locked after purchase.

*Seasons *

The Shroudbreaker Scar is currently being reworked and is not functional once earned through the Season rewards.
After returning from the Ferry of the Damned, ‘Island Visit’ notifications will continue to be displayed for the same island.
When browsing the Seasons Quick Menu, the Seasons can sometimes display ‘Seasons Unavailable’. This can be resolved by leaving and returning to the game.
When reaching Level 100 within a Season, players can become unable to access the Season Quick Menu.

The following Trials currently have Deeds which prevent the Trial from being completed:

Seasoned Cook
Expert Scorcher
Deadly Mercenary

Fixed Issues

General

During Fort of the Damned, Graymarrow should no longer get stuck on the surrounding environment.
Sound should no longer become distorted and increase in volume when a player surfaces from water or is briefly submerged by a wave.
Island banners should now have appropriate iconography in the Ancient Isles and Shores of Plenty.

Merchant Voyage

Players should now be able to sell the Captain's Key to the merchant NPCs.
Islands should now fit on the map for the Golden Sands to Dagger Tooth, in both directions, Trade Routes.
Circle maps should now show the final icon image in the maps radial.
Seagulls should now be seen flying above the Shipwrecks.
The Voyage card for the Lost shipments Voyage when purchased from Larinna should no longer show as cargo runs.
The toast and sting when selling the Captain's Key to the Reaper's company should now be Reapers themed.
Players dying should no longer removed the clue from the quest radial.

Seasons

Replaced Placeholder Seasons artwork with final imagery.
Trials of Combat: Deadly Mercenary – Each land-based Skeleton Lord defeated now progresses the Deed.
Trials of Adventure: Novice Voyager – The Gold Hoarder Tutorial & Athena’s Fortune Voyages now progress the Voyage purchase deed.
While inside the Maiden Voyage, the Plunder Pass can now only be purchased once.

Pirate Emporium

The Lunar Festival Ship Bundle, Weapon Bundle, Lunar Festival, Costume, Assorted Emote Collection, Pet Collection and Pirate Appearance potion now have the final and intended icons.
The Vigilant Weapon Pose emote should now play correctly.
The Bonecrusher Pet outfits should now be present in January emporium.
The final artwork for front end tile is now present.
The Reaper's Heart Weapon Bundle and Cronch Weapon Bundle should now be showing as for sale in the pirate tab when the January Sale promotion is active.
The Plunder Pass should only be able to be bought once per Season.
The Dark Warsmith Blunderbuss stock should no longer obscure players vision when aiming down sights.

Dark Adventurer

The Dark Adventurer’s Pistol has had its ‘gem-sights’ and position reworked to provide more accurate aiming.
Looking up and down when holding the Dark Adventurer’s Lantern should no longer cause the handle to appear to detach.
The Dark Adventurer’s Concertina should no longer have some texture clipping when being played.

Localisation

There has been an increase of font size in Korean, Chinese dialects and with punctuation to improve readability.