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manifest date: 2019-09-17 00:00:00 UTC

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# Insider Patch Notes 2.0.7.1

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  2.0.7.1

Insider Update 2.0.7.1 is now live! With Smuggler’s Fortune and our recent release of the Pirate Emporium out in Retail, it’s time to start giving some insight into what we are working on next...

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 our Player Support team know.

## Fort of the Damned

* **Old Boot Fort…** – A mist begins to creep onto the Sea of Thieves, amongst the eerie atmosphere pirates have noticed strange rituals going on at Old Boot Fort. The fort as we knew it is no more, an evil ritual has now permanently transformed it into the Fort of the Damned! While this event is not yet ready for Insider testing, feel free to look around – if you dare!
* **Skeleton Captain Sightings** – After some bug fixing, reports from across the Sea of Thieves once again tell of Skeleton Captains being sighted across islands. These Skeleton Captains now drop a Villainous Skull on defeat in addition to a ‘Skeleton’s Order’ map pinpointing the location of a buried stash. These stashes provide a range of high value rewards, including a guaranteed Ritual Skull and even a strong chance of digging up a Reaper’s Chest!
* **Mysterious Goings-On at Castaway Isle** – Following a lucrative month shepherding Rag & Bone Crates, Stitcher Jim has been spotted on Castaway Isle.

## Pets

* **They must be hungry!** – When offering food out to your pet (or even someone else’s), they will now quickly nom away the treat. They must be hungry?
* **Showing Off** – When holding a pet, selecting to ‘show’ them will now offer a range of actions they can perform!
* **Perch Points** – Pets can now be perched on specific points within taverns.  
* **Pirate Emporium Preview** – The monkeys are now much happier and look less bored when viewed in the preview window of the Pirate Emporium. The Parrots now also look much more excited and will dance when previewed.

## Updates

* **New Arena Locations!** – 6 new contest Locations have been added to the Arena! Each Contest location has 2 variations, these new contests feature chests on outposts for players to find and cash in, along with even more daring vendor ship locations.
* **Skeleton Ship Battles** – The previous Skeleton Ship battles found around the outskirts of the map have now been removed. These have been replaced with two more central ship battles placed near the middle of the world making them more accessible with much less sailing distance. These new Skeleton Ship battles have had their duration reduced and now also spawn resource crates, enabling crews to quickly grab resources to bring back to their ship and continue the battle.
* **Hunter’s Ship** – The Outpost Shipwrights now stock the remaining ship cosmetics to complete the Hunter’s Ship Set. Players will find that the Hunter Cannons, Capstan and Wheel are now available for purchase.
* **More Banjos!** – The Outpost equipment stores now stock a wide range of banjos; purchase your favourite before strumming away with your crew.
* **More Feminine Clothing Options** – The Outpost clothing stores now stock a range of new dresses, skirts, leggings and shirts suited to female pirates. However as with all clothing on the Sea of Thieves everyone is free to dress however they please. Does your pirate look fetching in that crop-top? Rock it!
* **Change of Underwear?** – All pirates now have the ability to change the colour of their underwear through a new tab in the Clothing Chest.
* **Sword Bunny Hopping** – Following a dodge whilst blocking with the sword, your subsequent jumps will be limited to half height for a short time to prevent rapid dodge bunny hopping during sword combat.
* **Actions through Sprint** – Holding an action such as aim or block, the action will be re-triggered if the player initiates a sprint and keeps the action button held. Example:  players taking aim then sprinting will find that when they exit sprint with the button held their character will re-aim where previously would require a release then a press of aim once again.
* **‘Smile, you son of a…’ **- Defeating a Shark by detonating a Gunpowder Keg in its vicinity will now earn the player the ‘Smile, you son of a…’ Achievement.
* **Resolution Scaling** – A new video option has been added for PC players. This will dictate what percentage of your current resolution that the game will render at. E.g. if a player sets this to 200% and their current resolution is 1920x1080, then the game will render at 3840x2160 (4K). Settings higher than 100% will negatively affect performance but will improve graphical quality. Settings lower than 100% may improve performance but lessen graphical quality.

## Fixed Issues

**General**

* Aiming or blocking shortly after sprinting will now correctly aim the weapon.
* Attempting to block following a sprint will correctly initiate block, and other players will see them blocking.
* Campfires have now been returned to Sailor’s Bounty.
* Emergent Skeletons can no longer be respawned on the same island following their defeat.
* The hands on the Ocean Crawler Pocket Watch no longer clip with the watch.
* When equipping a dress, the players trousers or shirt are no longer hidden.
* Resolved incorrect rendering when leaving the caves on Sailor’s Bounty.
* Players can no longer leave the Ferry of the Damned without passing through the door.
* Players standing in a certain location on the galleon will no longer be pushed through the hull.
* Items held in players hands should no longer begin to jitter the further they are away from the centre of the map.
* Purchasing a Letter of Recommendation, the shop item now automatically locks without refreshing the screen.
* Players who are in a limping state prior to server migration no longer become stuck in that state after arriving on the new server.
* Players should no longer experience incorrect collision around the gate house cannons on Lost Gold Fort.
* Players can no longer pass through geometry and get underneath the island on Marauder’s Arch.
* Players can no longer pass through geometry and get underneath the island on Smuggler’s Bay.
* Players should no longer become stuck between trees on Shores of Gold.
* The ‘Make Friends’ Emote once again allows players to become friends.
* Resolved scenarios where tooltips could display the incorrect yellow highlighted words.
* Water leaking VFX now play in correct hole locations on the middle deck of the galleon.
* Replenishing the ammo of a stowed weapon will now correctly refresh the ammo counter.

**Pirate Emporium**

* Ancient Skeletons footsteps are now distinctly heard when spawning alongside many other skeletons.
* Players can no longer cause the purchase Ancient Coins screen to stay onscreen by leaving the Pirate Emporium.
* Places where [Q] and [E] are used as button prompts can now also be clicked with a mouse.
* While the game is open, purchasing Ancient Coins from the Xbox or Microsoft Store now correctly refreshes your game wallet.

**Pets**

* Improved pet navigation on Old Faithful.
* Improved pet navigation on Shores of Gold.
* Improved pet navigation on Plunder Outpost.
* The Pet Chest ‘unequip’ option now correctly shows a preview of the animal.
* Dropping a Pet in the Sea Dogs Tavern hot tub no longer causes it to fall through the floor.
* Pets should no longer walk off the side of jetties when turning around.
* Playing an instrument then switching to an emote will now correctly cause your pet to switch to an emote reaction.
* Pets viewed in the Pet Chest should no longer briefly t-pose when selected.

**Arena**

* Joining an Adventure session through receiving an invite while in an Arena lobby will no longer play the incorrect intro sequence.

## Known Issues

* **Localisation for the Smuggler’s Fortune Update** – Localisation is currently incomplete for the Smuggler’s Fortune and Pirate Emporium features in this update.
* **Tall Tales Commendations Showing as Incomplete** – Some players may find that after completing Shores of Gold Commendations and receiving their rewards, the Commendation still shows as incomplete.

Preview

Insider Patch Notes 2.0.7.1

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 2.0.7.1

Insider Update 2.0.7.1 is now live! With Smuggler’s Fortune and our recent release of the Pirate Emporium out in Retail, it’s time to start giving some insight into what we are working on next...

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

Fort of the Damned

Old Boot Fort… – A mist begins to creep onto the Sea of Thieves, amongst the eerie atmosphere pirates have noticed strange rituals going on at Old Boot Fort. The fort as we knew it is no more, an evil ritual has now permanently transformed it into the Fort of the Damned! While this event is not yet ready for Insider testing, feel free to look around – if you dare!
Skeleton Captain Sightings – After some bug fixing, reports from across the Sea of Thieves once again tell of Skeleton Captains being sighted across islands. These Skeleton Captains now drop a Villainous Skull on defeat in addition to a ‘Skeleton’s Order’ map pinpointing the location of a buried stash. These stashes provide a range of high value rewards, including a guaranteed Ritual Skull and even a strong chance of digging up a Reaper’s Chest!
Mysterious Goings-On at Castaway Isle – Following a lucrative month shepherding Rag & Bone Crates, Stitcher Jim has been spotted on Castaway Isle.

Pets

They must be hungry! – When offering food out to your pet (or even someone else’s), they will now quickly nom away the treat. They must be hungry?
Showing Off – When holding a pet, selecting to ‘show’ them will now offer a range of actions they can perform!
Perch Points – Pets can now be perched on specific points within taverns.
Pirate Emporium Preview – The monkeys are now much happier and look less bored when viewed in the preview window of the Pirate Emporium. The Parrots now also look much more excited and will dance when previewed.

Updates

New Arena Locations! – 6 new contest Locations have been added to the Arena! Each Contest location has 2 variations, these new contests feature chests on outposts for players to find and cash in, along with even more daring vendor ship locations.
Skeleton Ship Battles – The previous Skeleton Ship battles found around the outskirts of the map have now been removed. These have been replaced with two more central ship battles placed near the middle of the world making them more accessible with much less sailing distance. These new Skeleton Ship battles have had their duration reduced and now also spawn resource crates, enabling crews to quickly grab resources to bring back to their ship and continue the battle.
Hunter’s Ship – The Outpost Shipwrights now stock the remaining ship cosmetics to complete the Hunter’s Ship Set. Players will find that the Hunter Cannons, Capstan and Wheel are now available for purchase.
More Banjos! – The Outpost equipment stores now stock a wide range of banjos; purchase your favourite before strumming away with your crew.
More Feminine Clothing Options – The Outpost clothing stores now stock a range of new dresses, skirts, leggings and shirts suited to female pirates. However as with all clothing on the Sea of Thieves everyone is free to dress however they please. Does your pirate look fetching in that crop-top? Rock it!
Change of Underwear? – All pirates now have the ability to change the colour of their underwear through a new tab in the Clothing Chest.
Sword Bunny Hopping – Following a dodge whilst blocking with the sword, your subsequent jumps will be limited to half height for a short time to prevent rapid dodge bunny hopping during sword combat.
Actions through Sprint – Holding an action such as aim or block, the action will be re-triggered if the player initiates a sprint and keeps the action button held. Example: players taking aim then sprinting will find that when they exit sprint with the button held their character will re-aim where previously would require a release then a press of aim once again.
*‘Smile, you son of a…’ *- Defeating a Shark by detonating a Gunpowder Keg in its vicinity will now earn the player the ‘Smile, you son of a…’ Achievement.
Resolution Scaling – A new video option has been added for PC players. This will dictate what percentage of your current resolution that the game will render at. E.g. if a player sets this to 200% and their current resolution is 1920x1080, then the game will render at 3840x2160 (4K). Settings higher than 100% will negatively affect performance but will improve graphical quality. Settings lower than 100% may improve performance but lessen graphical quality.

Fixed Issues

General

Aiming or blocking shortly after sprinting will now correctly aim the weapon.
Attempting to block following a sprint will correctly initiate block, and other players will see them blocking.
Campfires have now been returned to Sailor’s Bounty.
Emergent Skeletons can no longer be respawned on the same island following their defeat.
The hands on the Ocean Crawler Pocket Watch no longer clip with the watch.
When equipping a dress, the players trousers or shirt are no longer hidden.
Resolved incorrect rendering when leaving the caves on Sailor’s Bounty.
Players can no longer leave the Ferry of the Damned without passing through the door.
Players standing in a certain location on the galleon will no longer be pushed through the hull.
Items held in players hands should no longer begin to jitter the further they are away from the centre of the map.
Purchasing a Letter of Recommendation, the shop item now automatically locks without refreshing the screen.
Players who are in a limping state prior to server migration no longer become stuck in that state after arriving on the new server.
Players should no longer experience incorrect collision around the gate house cannons on Lost Gold Fort.
Players can no longer pass through geometry and get underneath the island on Marauder’s Arch.
Players can no longer pass through geometry and get underneath the island on Smuggler’s Bay.
Players should no longer become stuck between trees on Shores of Gold.
The ‘Make Friends’ Emote once again allows players to become friends.
Resolved scenarios where tooltips could display the incorrect yellow highlighted words.
Water leaking VFX now play in correct hole locations on the middle deck of the galleon.
Replenishing the ammo of a stowed weapon will now correctly refresh the ammo counter.

Pirate Emporium

Ancient Skeletons footsteps are now distinctly heard when spawning alongside many other skeletons.
Players can no longer cause the purchase Ancient Coins screen to stay onscreen by leaving the Pirate Emporium.
Places where [Q] and [E] are used as button prompts can now also be clicked with a mouse.
While the game is open, purchasing Ancient Coins from the Xbox or Microsoft Store now correctly refreshes your game wallet.

Pets

Improved pet navigation on Old Faithful.
Improved pet navigation on Shores of Gold.
Improved pet navigation on Plunder Outpost.
The Pet Chest ‘unequip’ option now correctly shows a preview of the animal.
Dropping a Pet in the Sea Dogs Tavern hot tub no longer causes it to fall through the floor.
Pets should no longer walk off the side of jetties when turning around.
Playing an instrument then switching to an emote will now correctly cause your pet to switch to an emote reaction.
Pets viewed in the Pet Chest should no longer briefly t-pose when selected.

Arena

Joining an Adventure session through receiving an invite while in an Arena lobby will no longer play the incorrect intro sequence.

Known Issues

Localisation for the Smuggler’s Fortune Update – Localisation is currently incomplete for the Smuggler’s Fortune and Pirate Emporium features in this update.
Tall Tales Commendations Showing as Incomplete – Some players may find that after completing Shores of Gold Commendations and receiving their rewards, the Commendation still shows as incomplete.