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# Insider Patch Notes 2.0.9.1

Insider Update 2.0.9.1 is now live, with changes to our upcoming Festival of Giving update as well as some combat balances and other tweaking across the board. 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.

## Insider Patch Notes - Update  2.0.9.1

## Festival of Giving

* **What Uncharted Reef?** – The uncharted reef located at I12 has now been claimed by a mysterious group calling themselves ‘The Reapers’…
* **Skeleton Lord Balancing** – The Helmsmann, The Duchess and the Two-Faced Scoundrel can no longer be knocked back in combat. These Skeleton Lords have not yet received their full balance pass yet so expect further updates in a future Insiders build.

## Maiden Voyage

* **Maiden Voyage New Player Flow** – As a new player, after selecting a pirate you are directed to complete the Maiden Voyage before being granted access to both Adventure and Arena modes. This does not prevent players from accepting a friend’s invite and joining another crew’s session, however on return to the main menu they are once again directed to the Maiden Voyage.
* **Maiden Voyage Existing Player Flow** – Players with existing pirates are notified by a popup informing them of the Maiden Voyage when navigating through the main menu. Should players dismiss this popup, they can always enter the Maiden Voyage from the button on the main menu.

## Fire

This Insiders build introduces the first set of a range of combat balancing improvements focussed around Sword Combat. 
[Head to the latest Developer Update](https://www.seaofthieves.com/forum/topic/103661/combat-sword-combat-balancing-improvements) to learn more about the updates incoming.

* **Sword Wield Timing** – On wielding a sword the player now has a brief delay before being able to strike. Revised animations have been added to better identify when the sword has reached its idle state and allow a player to perform a strike. This change has been made in order to prevent players from using a stow/unstow technique to attack players quicker than intended.

* **Missed Strike Cooldown** – When performing a sword strike and missing an opponent, players are no longer delayed from striking for an extended period.

## Updates

* **Fire Visual Effects** – Fire visual effects have been improved on HDR and high spec machines.
* **Selling Collector’s Chests** – All Collector’s Chests found across the world or discovered during Tall Tales can now be sold to the Gold Hoarders, Order of Souls or Merchant Alliance Trading Companies once they are empty. Crews are rewarded with Gold and Reputation for each chest cashed in!
* **New Perch Spots** – A range of perch spots have been added to the Outpost Taverns, the Pirate Legend Hideout and the Glorious Sea Dog Tavern, your pet can now rest their tired legs while you kick back!
* **Locking Tooltips into View** – An option has been added to Accessibility Settings - ‘Fixed position for interact prompts’. This allows any tooltips to become locked in a fixed spot on the players screen instead of moving when the player shifts their camera.

## Fixed Issues

**General**

* Resolved an issue causing players loadouts to become corrupted on loading into the game and immediately purchasing an item, causing your next visit to the Ferry of the Damned or restart of game to reset your loadout.
* The 'Allow Friends to Join Me' setting no longer prevents the sending of invites, it instead just prevents friends from joining your crew without an invite.
* The glow from Cursed Cannonballs no longer linger around the player when they stow the cannonball.
* *‘Shroudbreaker’* – Resolved missing localisation for collecting pages from the Ancient Chest.
* *‘Cursed Rogue’* - Cutscenes will now play for players when joining in progress.
* *‘Wild Rose’* - Cutscenes will now play for players leaving and re-joining the area.
* *‘Revenge of the Morningstar’* - Cutscenes will now play for players leaving and re-joining relevancy.
* *‘Shores of Gold’* - Cutscenes will now play for players leaving and re-joining relevancy.
* *‘Fate of the Morningstar’* – The Enchanted Lantern no longer takes the players Flame of Fate colour.
* Players can no longer the Merchant Alliance Letter of Recommendation multiple times.
* Emotes will now begin animating across all body types when triggered.
* Resolved textual issues on the Wailing Barnacle Spyglass and Forsaken Ashes Wheel.

**The Arena**

* Further reduced wait times in the Glorious Sea Dog Tavern.

**Pets**

* Pets can no longer be placed and retrieved from a cage when the cage is closed.

**Fort of the Damned**

* Fort of the Damned Vault door is now locked when migrating to a new server. If you migrate after opening the Fort of the Damned, the Vault continues to stay open on your new server allowing you to retrieve your rewards.

**Maiden Voyage**

* Players can no longer invite friends into their Maiden Voyage session
* Players can no longer join a player who is inside their Maiden Voyage session.
* Pirate Lord now appears consistently when starting the Voyage.
* Pirate Lord VFX now play consistently when starting the Voyage.
* Rowboats now consistently spawn for the Maiden Voyage island.
* The passageway campfire now has VFX when lit.
* Walking under the shipwreck now plays water SFX
* Players are no longer prompted to take cannonballs if they already have cannonballs in their inventory
* The Megalodon now swims naturally in the water when sailing through the Shroud.
* The Banjo in the item radial now shows the correct icon.
* Beach pebbles no longer pop when approached by a player.
* Regions no longer appear on the map table.

**Festival of Giving**

* Voyage iconography in Stitcher Jim’s shop now correctly shows regular and Pirate Legend Voyages.
* Gifts and Tomes of Power now have appropriate non-verbal phrases.
* Gifts can now be placed inside Collector’s Chests.
* Corrected textual issues across the event.
* The Ashen Skeleton Ship battles have been reintroduced.
* Ashen Guardians and Ashen Keymasters have been reintroduced.
* Stitcher Jim is now present on Morrow’s Peak Outpost.
* Revised text descriptions for Stonewall Imperial Sovereign Hook.
* Defeating a new Skeleton Lord now plays the death VFX at the correct time.
* Resolved texture issue in ‘The Duchess’ nameplate.
* Reduced the brightness of the star at the top of the ‘tree’.
* Popup toasts when digging up and handing in gifts now show appropriate iconography.
* Stitcher Jim as regained his voice and no longer sounds like Duke in disguise.

**Fire**

* Attempting to stow a firebomb while charging a throw will now correctly stow the firebomb and not prevent players from switching weapons.
* When throwing a firebomb, another player can no longer take it off you.
* Smoke VFX will no longer always render in front of fire VFX when the fire is closer to the player.
* Throwing a firebomb while held by a Kraken tentacle now works as expected.
* Firebombs no longer cause a ship or gunpowder keg to ignite when exploding underwater.
* Firebombs no longer set fire to players above water when exploding underwater.
* Rum crates, fauna and explosive barrels will now take damage if they are on the harpoon of a burning ship.
* Self-dousing yourself now consistently plays splash VFX.

## Known Issues

* **Gift Seeker Skeleton Lord Balancing** – When ambushed by a Skeleton Lord during the Gift Seeker Voyages, these Skeleton Lords have not yet been given a combat balancing pass. Expect a much easier encounter than planned as we work to balance these internally.
* **Maiden Voyage – Sailing Difficulty **– When sailing through the Devil’s Shroud as you head towards the Sea of Thieves, players can encounter large waves not intended for this initial onboarding sailing experience.
* **Maiden Voyage – Losing Your Ship** – On losing your ship during the Maiden Voyage it will not be respawned.  
* **Cosmetics Saving across Sessions** – Some players may find that after equipping cosmetics then leaving the game, on their return those cosmetics will no longer be equipped. *Some improvements have been made to this issue in November’s update, however the team are continuing to investigate.*
* **Tall Tales** – *‘Sailor of the Shores of Gold’* Title not unlocking – Some players may find that after having completed the ‘Seeker of Grand Adventure’ Commendation, they are not awarded the ‘Sailor of the Shores of Gold’ Title. *The team are continuing to investigate this issue.*

Preview

Insider Patch Notes 2.0.9.1

Insider Update 2.0.9.1 is now live, with changes to our upcoming Festival of Giving update as well as some combat balances and other tweaking across the board. If you do encounter any bugs, then please head to the Sea of Thieves support site and let our Player Support team know.

Insider Patch Notes - Update 2.0.9.1

Festival of Giving

What Uncharted Reef? – The uncharted reef located at I12 has now been claimed by a mysterious group calling themselves ‘The Reapers’…
Skeleton Lord Balancing – The Helmsmann, The Duchess and the Two-Faced Scoundrel can no longer be knocked back in combat. These Skeleton Lords have not yet received their full balance pass yet so expect further updates in a future Insiders build.

Maiden Voyage

Maiden Voyage New Player Flow – As a new player, after selecting a pirate you are directed to complete the Maiden Voyage before being granted access to both Adventure and Arena modes. This does not prevent players from accepting a friend’s invite and joining another crew’s session, however on return to the main menu they are once again directed to the Maiden Voyage.
Maiden Voyage Existing Player Flow – Players with existing pirates are notified by a popup informing them of the Maiden Voyage when navigating through the main menu. Should players dismiss this popup, they can always enter the Maiden Voyage from the button on the main menu.

Fire

This Insiders build introduces the first set of a range of combat balancing improvements focussed around Sword Combat. Head to the latest Developer Update to learn more about the updates incoming.

Sword Wield Timing – On wielding a sword the player now has a brief delay before being able to strike. Revised animations have been added to better identify when the sword has reached its idle state and allow a player to perform a strike. This change has been made in order to prevent players from using a stow/unstow technique to attack players quicker than intended.
Missed Strike Cooldown – When performing a sword strike and missing an opponent, players are no longer delayed from striking for an extended period.

Updates

Fire Visual Effects – Fire visual effects have been improved on HDR and high spec machines.
Selling Collector’s Chests – All Collector’s Chests found across the world or discovered during Tall Tales can now be sold to the Gold Hoarders, Order of Souls or Merchant Alliance Trading Companies once they are empty. Crews are rewarded with Gold and Reputation for each chest cashed in!
New Perch Spots – A range of perch spots have been added to the Outpost Taverns, the Pirate Legend Hideout and the Glorious Sea Dog Tavern, your pet can now rest their tired legs while you kick back!
Locking Tooltips into View – An option has been added to Accessibility Settings - ‘Fixed position for interact prompts’. This allows any tooltips to become locked in a fixed spot on the players screen instead of moving when the player shifts their camera.

Fixed Issues

General

Resolved an issue causing players loadouts to become corrupted on loading into the game and immediately purchasing an item, causing your next visit to the Ferry of the Damned or restart of game to reset your loadout.
The 'Allow Friends to Join Me' setting no longer prevents the sending of invites, it instead just prevents friends from joining your crew without an invite.
The glow from Cursed Cannonballs no longer linger around the player when they stow the cannonball.
‘Shroudbreaker’ – Resolved missing localisation for collecting pages from the Ancient Chest.
‘Cursed Rogue’ - Cutscenes will now play for players when joining in progress.
‘Wild Rose’ - Cutscenes will now play for players leaving and re-joining the area.
‘Revenge of the Morningstar’ - Cutscenes will now play for players leaving and re-joining relevancy.
‘Shores of Gold’ - Cutscenes will now play for players leaving and re-joining relevancy.
‘Fate of the Morningstar’ – The Enchanted Lantern no longer takes the players Flame of Fate colour.
Players can no longer the Merchant Alliance Letter of Recommendation multiple times.
Emotes will now begin animating across all body types when triggered.
Resolved textual issues on the Wailing Barnacle Spyglass and Forsaken Ashes Wheel.

The Arena

Further reduced wait times in the Glorious Sea Dog Tavern.

Pets

Pets can no longer be placed and retrieved from a cage when the cage is closed.

Fort of the Damned

Fort of the Damned Vault door is now locked when migrating to a new server. If you migrate after opening the Fort of the Damned, the Vault continues to stay open on your new server allowing you to retrieve your rewards.

Maiden Voyage

Players can no longer invite friends into their Maiden Voyage session
Players can no longer join a player who is inside their Maiden Voyage session.
Pirate Lord now appears consistently when starting the Voyage.
Pirate Lord VFX now play consistently when starting the Voyage.
Rowboats now consistently spawn for the Maiden Voyage island.
The passageway campfire now has VFX when lit.
Walking under the shipwreck now plays water SFX
Players are no longer prompted to take cannonballs if they already have cannonballs in their inventory
The Megalodon now swims naturally in the water when sailing through the Shroud.
The Banjo in the item radial now shows the correct icon.
Beach pebbles no longer pop when approached by a player.
Regions no longer appear on the map table.

Festival of Giving

Voyage iconography in Stitcher Jim’s shop now correctly shows regular and Pirate Legend Voyages.
Gifts and Tomes of Power now have appropriate non-verbal phrases.
Gifts can now be placed inside Collector’s Chests.
Corrected textual issues across the event.
The Ashen Skeleton Ship battles have been reintroduced.
Ashen Guardians and Ashen Keymasters have been reintroduced.
Stitcher Jim is now present on Morrow’s Peak Outpost.
Revised text descriptions for Stonewall Imperial Sovereign Hook.
Defeating a new Skeleton Lord now plays the death VFX at the correct time.
Resolved texture issue in ‘The Duchess’ nameplate.
Reduced the brightness of the star at the top of the ‘tree’.
Popup toasts when digging up and handing in gifts now show appropriate iconography.
Stitcher Jim as regained his voice and no longer sounds like Duke in disguise.

Fire

Attempting to stow a firebomb while charging a throw will now correctly stow the firebomb and not prevent players from switching weapons.
When throwing a firebomb, another player can no longer take it off you.
Smoke VFX will no longer always render in front of fire VFX when the fire is closer to the player.
Throwing a firebomb while held by a Kraken tentacle now works as expected.
Firebombs no longer cause a ship or gunpowder keg to ignite when exploding underwater.
Firebombs no longer set fire to players above water when exploding underwater.
Rum crates, fauna and explosive barrels will now take damage if they are on the harpoon of a burning ship.
Self-dousing yourself now consistently plays splash VFX.

Known Issues

Gift Seeker Skeleton Lord Balancing – When ambushed by a Skeleton Lord during the Gift Seeker Voyages, these Skeleton Lords have not yet been given a combat balancing pass. Expect a much easier encounter than planned as we work to balance these internally.
*Maiden Voyage – Sailing Difficulty *– When sailing through the Devil’s Shroud as you head towards the Sea of Thieves, players can encounter large waves not intended for this initial onboarding sailing experience.
Maiden Voyage – Losing Your Ship – On losing your ship during the Maiden Voyage it will not be respawned.
Cosmetics Saving across Sessions – Some players may find that after equipping cosmetics then leaving the game, on their return those cosmetics will no longer be equipped. Some improvements have been made to this issue in November’s update, however the team are continuing to investigate.
Tall Tales – ‘Sailor of the Shores of Gold’ Title not unlocking – Some players may find that after having completed the ‘Seeker of Grand Adventure’ Commendation, they are not awarded the ‘Sailor of the Shores of Gold’ Title. The team are continuing to investigate this issue.