Insider Patch Notes 2.10.1.2
Insider Update 2.10.1.2 is now live. In this Insider build, players are encouraged to provide us with feedback on upcoming features planned for the main game in the future.
As always, if you encounter any bugs, please head to the
Sea of Thieves support site and let our Player Support team know.
Updates
Harpoon Tightrope
- Following Insiders Feedback the experience of walking the tightrope has been rebalanced, allowing faster movement across the rope and a more forgiving experience when losing balance before falling off.
- Players will also now automatically hop off at the end of a tightrope.
Scattershot
- Iconography for the Scattershot is now shown in the Barrel and Inventory UI.
Known Issues
Game Update Size
- Players across Xbox Console and Microsoft Store PC are experiencing larger than intended download sizes for Insiders builds.
Trading Company Promotions
- Players can cause the title to freeze when purchasing Trading Company Promotions.
Harpoon Tightrope
- Players joining a game after a tightrope has been deployed will not see the text prompts which should be visible when interacting with Harpoon Tightropes.
Fixed Issues
*Gameplay *
- Players are now able to interact with the Shipwright when docked at the Sovereign Tent on Sanctuary Outpost, as intended.
- The correct loot will now be dropped from ships on Skeleton Fleet Voyages and after defeating an Athena's Fortune Ashen Lord.
- Players will no longer experience a Beanbeard error when diving for Voyages.
- Skulls, Vault Keys and Collector’s Chests buried in the caves of Smugglers’ Bay will now be correctly marked on treasure maps.
- Quest notes will now be removed from the player’s inventory at the correct time after completing a Coral Message in a Bottle Voyage.
- After losing a battle with an emergent Skeleton Ship or Megalodon, players will now receive a longer rest period before being attacked again.
- When playing on Xbox Series X with a 120Hz Screen that either does not support HDR or HDR has been disabled, the game settings menu no longer shows HDR Brightness and Contrast settings.
- Ammo pouches left onboard a sinking skeleton ship will now sink with the ship.
*Season 12 *
- Players will now see the correct text prompts when the Harpoon Tightrope is deployed at a sliding angle.
*Visual and Audio *
- Players using medium- and larger-build pirate avatars will no longer seem to float when sitting down on the back of a Sloop.
- Pirates’ fingers will no longer appear to merge into the strings of the Reaper's Heart Banjo.
- Repeatedly aiming down sights on certain Eye of Reach models will no longer cause the top horizontal pixel line on the screen to flicker.
- The Reaper’s Heart Tankard liquid will no longer appear to deplete before players have finished drinking the contents.
- Trade Route Maps for Lost Shipment Voyages are no longer displaying black squares over island icons.
- Players should now consistently see their Ship name adorned on their Ship’s crest when joining a session.
- Players diving to a Shrine on behalf of the Order of Souls or Merchant Alliance will no longer see Gold Hoarder themed UI when taking Gold from Collectors Chests.
*Text and Localisation *
- ‘The Legendary Storyteller’ - German translations are now present as intended.
- Pop-up notifications will now help guide players who attempt to sell an item to the wrong character, directing them to the correct one with more clarity.
*Performance and Stability *
- Xbox Series S players losing an hourglass battle will no longer experience an extended black screen when migrating to their new server.
- Improved server stability to avoid instances where players are disconnected from their session.
