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manifest date: 2019-07-02 00:00:00 UTC

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# Insider Patch Notes 2.0.4.2

The latest Insider build is here! We’ve got new features, new fixes and new things for you to test. Full patch notes are below. Enjoy!

## Insider Patch Notes - Update  2.0.4.2

Insider Update 2.0.4.2 is now live! This update addresses some key feedback and bug fixes to some of our previously released features. Black Powder Stashes is still our main focus for this release, so visit Duke in your local Outpost Tavern to find a range of voyages on offer and tackle the new explosive Black Powder Runs.

To find out which features have landed in previous Insider updates, head to the 
[Insider News Archive](https://www.seaofthieves.com/insider/news)!

If you do encounter any bugs, then please head to the 
[Sea of Thieves support site](https://support.seaofthieves.com/hc/en-gb) and let the Customer Support team know.

## Black Powder Stashes

* **Voyage Pricing** – All Black Powder Voyages now cost doubloons to purchase, however they’ll continue to be infinitely repeatable once completed. Reaper’s Black Powder Runs cost 10 doubloons each, while the Black Powder Smugglers Runs cost 5 doubloons each.****
* **Mermaid Gem Balancing** – Following Insider feedback, the unlock requirements for Mermaid Gem related commendations have been rebalanced. When handing in Mermaid Gems to each company, players will be required to hand in 20 (previously 30) to unlock a company’s commendation.****
* **Gunpowder Keg Balancing** – Following Insider feedback, the unlock requirements for gunpowder keg related commendations have been rebalanced. When handing in gunpowder kegs to each company, players will be required to hand in 20 (previously 10) to unlock a company’s commendation.****
* **Mysterious Stranger Gunpowder Delivery** – The Mysterious Stranger will now only accept Stronghold Gunpowder Kegs from Pirate Legends.
* **Skeleton Ambush** – Crews will find that Skeletons are now more defensive of their stashes! Digging up Gunpowder Kegs now have an increased chance of being ambushed!

## Updates

* **All Tall Tales Unlocked (Insiders Only)** – To facilitate testing across all our Tall Tales, Insiders have had all restrictions removed and are able to access any Tale. 
* **‘The Shores of Gold’ Gold Hoarder 3-Person Balancing** – Following Insider Feedback, engaging the Gold Hoarder in a 3-person crew now spawns fewer skeletons during the encounter. 
* **‘The Shores of Gold’ Gold Hoarder Encounter** – Players engaging in the final encounter will now be given more time to complete the battle before the encounter times out. 
* **Tall Tales ‘*Fate of the Morningstar*’ New Puzzle Locations** – The *Fate of the Morningstar *Tall Tale has had a new island setup for a more varied experience each playthrough. 
* **Skeleton Ship’s Cursed Cannonballs** – When engaging a Skeleton Ship, the frequency in which they fire Cursed Cannonballs has been reduced. 
* **Escaping a Skeleton Ship** – When chased by an emergent Skeleton Ship, crews no longer need to put as much distance between them before the Skeleton Ship decides to let you escape. 
* **Outpost Tavern Audio** – Tavern ambient audio experience has been enhanced to be more interesting for players. 
* **Audio during Pirate Selection** – The ambient audio experience has been enchanced when selecting a new pirate.
* **Hunter's Call Rewards** – We've listened to the feedback and whilst rewards are still increased compared to the general release version, they are now lower than in our previous Insider build (2.0.4.1). The rewards for meat however remain the same as in our previous Insider build (2.0.4.1).

## Fixed Issues

_General_

* Pirate Hideout audio reveal now plays at the correct location at Sanctuary Outpost. 
* Floating meat from Megalodons, sharks & Krakens now will bounce off your ship if sailed through. 
* The Spartan cannons’ flint is now correctly oriented. 
* Players should no longer become stuck between two palm trees on Marauder’s Arch 
* Players should no longer become stuck when navigating the stern of a sunken shipwreck. 
* Certain wooden barrels found around outposts in The Wilds no longer have corrupt textures. 
* Lanterns hanged around Mermaid’s Hideaway are now correctly attached to their posts. 
* Removed a misplaced crate on Sunken Grove. 
* Mutineer Rock is now better identified on the ship’s map and correctly matches players’ X Marks the Spot maps. 
* Equipping the Obsidian Hull Livery no longer overrides the base figurehead colour. 
* Revised the description of the ‘Legendary Treasure Hunter’ title, to correctly identify the unlock criteria.     **Black Powder Stashes       **
* Corrected typo in ‘Legendary Eastward Black Powder Reaper’ title 
* ‘Bang for your Buck’ will now unlock after handing in 10 gunpowder kegs to the Merchant Alliance. 
* The ‘Athena's Black Powder Smuggler's Run’ now uses a red voyage scroll when placed on the Captain’s Table. 
* Players will now receive an appropriate pop-up message when handing gunpowder kegs into trading companies. 
* The ‘Inevitable Reaper Flag’ now shows the correct iconography in Duke’s Shop 
* Added ‘New’ tag to Mercenary Voyages tab in the Reputation Page. 
* The ‘Legendary Eastward Black Powder Reaper’ and ‘Legendary Westward Black Powder Reaper’ Titles now have appropriate icons in the Vanity Chest once unlocked. 
* Cashing in Mermaid Gems to trading companies now plays an appropriate sound effect. 
* Cashing in gunpowder kegs to the Order of Souls will no longer contribute towards the ‘More Munitions for the Mystics’ commendation.     **Arena       **
* Leaving the Arena while the contest start music is playing will no longer cause the music to continue to play on the front end. 
* All crew join and leave pop-up messages now use the correct colours for each crew. 
* Resolved a issue with the level of detail on some dressing items in the Arena Hand in locations. ****Tall Tales - Shores of Gold         ****
* Players who are joined by friends who have progressed further in the Tales will now correctly be able to vote on that Tale to begin. Crew members will always be able to vote on the latest Tall Tale unlocked by any member of the crew.

## Known Issues

* **Picking up Washed up Mermaid Gems – **Players****may find they are unable to pick-up washed-up Mermaid Gems found on beaches.
* **NPC’s Reaction to Players – **When approaching an NPC, they will no longer react to the presence of the player and play their animation.
* **Speech to Text Accessibility – **With Speech to Text enabled, when communicating from PC to Xbox the receiving player will be unable to hear the message.
* **‘Stars of a Thief’ Totem** – after placing the Star Jewels in the statue to retrieve the totem, leaving the area and returning will cause the statue to close and the totem to be lost

Preview

Insider Patch Notes 2.0.4.2

The latest Insider build is here! We’ve got new features, new fixes and new things for you to test. Full patch notes are below. Enjoy!

Insider Patch Notes - Update 2.0.4.2

To find out which features have landed in previous Insider updates, head to the Insider News Archive!

If you do encounter any bugs, then please head to the Sea of Thieves support site and let the Customer Support team know.

Black Powder Stashes

Voyage Pricing – All Black Powder Voyages now cost doubloons to purchase, however they’ll continue to be infinitely repeatable once completed. Reaper’s Black Powder Runs cost 10 doubloons each, while the Black Powder Smugglers Runs cost 5 doubloons each.****
Mermaid Gem Balancing – Following Insider feedback, the unlock requirements for Mermaid Gem related commendations have been rebalanced. When handing in Mermaid Gems to each company, players will be required to hand in 20 (previously 30) to unlock a company’s commendation.****
Gunpowder Keg Balancing – Following Insider feedback, the unlock requirements for gunpowder keg related commendations have been rebalanced. When handing in gunpowder kegs to each company, players will be required to hand in 20 (previously 10) to unlock a company’s commendation.****
Mysterious Stranger Gunpowder Delivery – The Mysterious Stranger will now only accept Stronghold Gunpowder Kegs from Pirate Legends.
Skeleton Ambush – Crews will find that Skeletons are now more defensive of their stashes! Digging up Gunpowder Kegs now have an increased chance of being ambushed!

Updates

All Tall Tales Unlocked (Insiders Only) – To facilitate testing across all our Tall Tales, Insiders have had all restrictions removed and are able to access any Tale.
‘The Shores of Gold’ Gold Hoarder 3-Person Balancing – Following Insider Feedback, engaging the Gold Hoarder in a 3-person crew now spawns fewer skeletons during the encounter.
‘The Shores of Gold’ Gold Hoarder Encounter – Players engaging in the final encounter will now be given more time to complete the battle before the encounter times out.
Tall Tales ‘Fate of the Morningstar’ New Puzzle Locations – The *Fate of the Morningstar *Tall Tale has had a new island setup for a more varied experience each playthrough.
Skeleton Ship’s Cursed Cannonballs – When engaging a Skeleton Ship, the frequency in which they fire Cursed Cannonballs has been reduced.
Escaping a Skeleton Ship – When chased by an emergent Skeleton Ship, crews no longer need to put as much distance between them before the Skeleton Ship decides to let you escape.
Outpost Tavern Audio – Tavern ambient audio experience has been enhanced to be more interesting for players.
Audio during Pirate Selection – The ambient audio experience has been enchanced when selecting a new pirate.
Hunter's Call Rewards – We've listened to the feedback and whilst rewards are still increased compared to the general release version, they are now lower than in our previous Insider build (2.0.4.1). The rewards for meat however remain the same as in our previous Insider build (2.0.4.1).

Fixed Issues

General

Pirate Hideout audio reveal now plays at the correct location at Sanctuary Outpost.
Floating meat from Megalodons, sharks & Krakens now will bounce off your ship if sailed through.
The Spartan cannons’ flint is now correctly oriented.
Players should no longer become stuck between two palm trees on Marauder’s Arch
Players should no longer become stuck when navigating the stern of a sunken shipwreck.
Certain wooden barrels found around outposts in The Wilds no longer have corrupt textures.
Lanterns hanged around Mermaid’s Hideaway are now correctly attached to their posts.
Removed a misplaced crate on Sunken Grove.
Mutineer Rock is now better identified on the ship’s map and correctly matches players’ X Marks the Spot maps.
Equipping the Obsidian Hull Livery no longer overrides the base figurehead colour.
Revised the description of the ‘Legendary Treasure Hunter’ title, to correctly identify the unlock criteria. *Black Powder Stashes *
Corrected typo in ‘Legendary Eastward Black Powder Reaper’ title
‘Bang for your Buck’ will now unlock after handing in 10 gunpowder kegs to the Merchant Alliance.
The ‘Athena's Black Powder Smuggler's Run’ now uses a red voyage scroll when placed on the Captain’s Table.
Players will now receive an appropriate pop-up message when handing gunpowder kegs into trading companies.
The ‘Inevitable Reaper Flag’ now shows the correct iconography in Duke’s Shop
Added ‘New’ tag to Mercenary Voyages tab in the Reputation Page.
The ‘Legendary Eastward Black Powder Reaper’ and ‘Legendary Westward Black Powder Reaper’ Titles now have appropriate icons in the Vanity Chest once unlocked.
Cashing in Mermaid Gems to trading companies now plays an appropriate sound effect.
Cashing in gunpowder kegs to the Order of Souls will no longer contribute towards the ‘More Munitions for the Mystics’ commendation. *Arena *
Leaving the Arena while the contest start music is playing will no longer cause the music to continue to play on the front end.
All crew join and leave pop-up messages now use the correct colours for each crew.
Resolved a issue with the level of detail on some dressing items in the Arena Hand in locations. *Tall Tales - Shores of Gold *
Players who are joined by friends who have progressed further in the Tales will now correctly be able to vote on that Tale to begin. Crew members will always be able to vote on the latest Tall Tale unlocked by any member of the crew.

Known Issues

Picking up Washed up Mermaid Gems – **Players**may find they are unable to pick-up washed-up Mermaid Gems found on beaches.
**NPC’s Reaction to Players – **When approaching an NPC, they will no longer react to the presence of the player and play their animation.
**Speech to Text Accessibility – **With Speech to Text enabled, when communicating from PC to Xbox the receiving player will be unable to hear the message.
‘Stars of a Thief’ Totem – after placing the Star Jewels in the statue to retrieve the totem, leaving the area and returning will cause the statue to close and the totem to be lost