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manifest date: 2021-08-27 09:12:17 UTC

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# Insider Patch Notes 2.2.1.4

Insider Update 2.2.1.4 is now live. The Sunken Kingdom has been reopened, venture deep beneath the waves to discover the hidden secrets in each of the Siren Shrines and tackle the rebalanced encounters in the Siren Treasuries. For those pirates seeking sneak peek at our next event, head to the events menu for more on Fury of the Damned!

We will continue to monitor bug reports from this build, so please continue to report any critical bugs you encounter by heading to the 
[Sea of Thieves Support site](https://support.seaofthieves.com/hc/en-gb) and letting our Player Support team know.

## Sunken Kingdom

**Siren Shrines**

* The ‘Shrine of Hungering’ and ‘Shrine of Flooded Embrace’ in The Wilds, ‘Shrine of Ocean’s Fortune’ and ‘Shrine of the Coral Tomb’ in the Shores of Plenty and ‘Shrine of Ancient Tears’ and ‘Shrine of Tribute’ in the Ancient Isles have now all been reopened, allowing crews to return to all Shrines within the Sunken Kingdom.

**Siren Treasuries**

* The ‘Treasury of the Sunken Shores’ in the Shores of Plenty, ‘Treasury of the Secret Wilds’ in the Wilds and ‘Treasury of the Lost Ancients’ in the Ancient Isles have now all been reopened, allowing crews to face off against the deadly threats within.
* The waves of enemy threats encountered in a Sire Treasury has now been reduced to provide a shorter duration combat encounter.

**Sunken Kingdom Commendations & Rewards**

* Within the Bilge Rats Reputation Tab, a range of new Commendations have been added for crews seeking the waterlogged riches of the Sunken Kingdom. Completing these Commendations will unlock access to the remaining coral-encrusted items of the Sunken Sorrow Ship and weapon sets currently held in the Outpost stores.

**Mysteries of the Sunken Kingdom**

* Scattered throughout the Siren Shrines, explorers will uncover journals written by intrepid adventurers seeking the mysteries of the Sunken Kingdom. Rumor has it that pirates who possess the knowledge of the sorrowful secrets hidden beneath the waves can seek an even greater prize, showing their time spent below the surface…

**Sunken Kingdom Achievements **

New Xbox and Steam achievements can be unlocked by progressing through the new in-game Commendations. A total of 200 Gamerscore is available to earn from this update, and these achievements will remain in the game indefinitely.

* The Mystery of The Shrine of Hungering [10G]
* The Mystery of The Shrine of Flooded Embrace [10G]
* The Mystery of The Shrine of Ocean's Fortune [10G]
* The Mystery of The Shrine of the Coral Tomb [10G]
* The Mystery of The Shrine of Ancient Tears [10G]
* The Mystery of The Shrine of Tribute [10G]
* Marauder of The Sunken Kingdom [10G]
* Seeker of the Sea [30G]
* Legend of the Sunken Kingdom [100G]

## Game Events

**Fury of the Damned**

* Sea of Thieves’ annual event in honour of the Ferryman is back! This year’s event runs across four weeks, with each themed week requiring crews to tackle different actions to earn their Bilge Rats Favour with crews sailing in an alliance earning bonus Favour throughout the event!
* Each week will unlock a new reward for players to earn from the Wicked Web Blunderbuss, Tankard and Cannon.
* Larinna is also challenging crews with a ‘Destroy the Damned’ community challenge, tasking the Sea of Thieves community to destroy skeletons across the world. Should the community reach the halfway mark they’ll earn the Wicked Web Figurehead, however smashing enough skeletons to complete the community challenge will earn all players the Wicked Web Collector’s Figurehead and Destroyer of the Damned Title!
* Week “TBC” is active for this Insider’s build.

## Season Four

**Season Four Daily Deeds**

* Daily Deeds have been revamped, serving players tasks across three categories; Swift Deeds tackled in 5-10 minutes, Standard Deeds taking 20 minutes and Legendary Deeds exclusive for Pirate Legends taking 30 minutes.
* Swift and Standard Deeds now award Seasonal Renown on completion, while the Legendary Deeds grant Athena’s Fortune Reputation!

## Updates

**Rowboat Docking**

* When docking a Rowboat to a ship, they will now keep their orientation when docked. To change the direction, simply face the Rowboat the intended direction before docking it to the ship.

**Cannon Rowboat Balancing**

* Ghost ships will now only target Cannon Rowboats when crew members are actively manning the vessel.

**Outpost Signposts**

* Players can now interact with the various signposts found on Outposts. These signposts can now help identify where company representatives and even the dock can be found on the Outpost.

## Known Issues

**Sunken Kingdom**

* **‘Shrine of the Ancient Tears’** – Players cannot interact with some switches inside the dark corridor, due to the switches being out of reach.
* **‘Shrine of Hungering’** – After draining the water, the second set of statues only raises water level once instead of the full amount.
* **‘Shrine of Hungering’** – All Journals are missing at the Shrine of Hungering.
* Selling the Sapphire or Emerald Breath of the Sea to the Reaper’s Bones gives the incorrect gold value.
* There is fog inside the majority of Sunken Kingdom locations.

**Sunken Treasure Merfolk**

* Players no longer have the option to collect loot from the Treasure Merfolk Statue.
* When storing treasure with the Sunken Merfolk statues, upon returning to the surface and migrating servers the friendly Merfolk will not be present for crews to collect their treasure.
* After storing treasure with the Sunken Merfolk statues and using a statue to return to the ship, multiple Merfolk can surface.

**Fury of the Damned**

* Players will not receive Favour when completing Daily Deeds, taking a Flame of Fate from the Ferry of the Damned or handing in Fort Chests, Fort Skulls and Fort Crates.

**Pirate Emporium**

* There is a range of placeholder imagery and text throughout the Pirate Emporium.
* The ‘A Pirate’s Life’ Tab is empty in the Pirate Emporium.
* The Pistol and Eye of Reach emotes are missing weapons on some pirate types when preforming the Victorious Weapon Pose Emotes.
* The Golden Nile Cannon Flare is missing from September’s Pirate Emporium.
* The Eye of Reach will rubber band when performing the Eye of Reach Victorious Weapon Pose emote on some pirate types.

**Whispering Text Chat Range**

* When using the Speaking Trumpet to whisper, typing in text chat is currently unaffected and will still reach players at the original range. In future Insider builds, text chat range will also be reduced when whispering.

**Tunnels of the Damned**

* While travelling through the Tunnels of the Damned, losing your connection to the game and rejoining may cause visual issues, resulting in migration to the new area to fail and returning you to your starting location.

**Localisation**

* There is a range of missing localisation when setting the game language to Turkish.

**Deed Tracking**

* A range of Daily, Legendary, Monthly and Seasonal deeds are not tracking correctly for Season 4 and none are tracking correctly for the Sunken Kingdom.
* Completing commendations or unlocking Seasonal Progress will not reward players with gold or cosmetic items.

## Fixed Issues

**General**

* Attempting to purchase the Season Four Plunder Pass in local currency no longer causes ‘Counting Coins’ to be displayed without a purchase being made.
* Each company's Reputation pages should now correctly display the total number of titles that can be earned.
* Both the “Leave Game" and “Exit to Desktop" buttons should now work as intended at all times.
* The Sunken Kingdom blue mist VFX and shrine should no longer appear in Arena.

**Tall Tales **

* **‘Fate of the Morningstar’** – The Quest book now better supports Japanese localisation without some characters appearing cut off.
* **‘A Pirates Life’** – The Flying Dutchman is visible during whole scene, with all its VFX effects and Davy Jones' lines.
* **‘Lords of the Sea’** – Cancelling or failing the Tale should now cause the Spire and Siren Statues to despawn gradually.

**Pirate Emporium**

* The Bucket Prank emote should now animate correct when a bucket cosmetic is applied.
* The rear wheels on the Eternal Freedom Cannons should no longer clip into the ships deck.
* The Golden Nile Essential Ship Bundle should now show the intended price in Ancient Coins.
* Golden Nile Lantern should now be purchasable from the Pirate Emporium for Ancient Coins.
* The Victorious Blunderbuss emote shows should now show a Blunderbuss on the icon.
* Descriptions have been adjusted for the Cursed Ferryman Ship Bundle, Essential Ship Bundle and Davy Jones Costume.

**Sunken Kingdom**

* Selling Coral Skulls should now display the correct text on the notification. 
* A range of environment and collision issues have been fixed within the Shrines and Treasuries.
* The ambient fog should no longer disappear when the player is above the Shrine of Tribute or the Sunken Peal Tale location.
* The Treasure Merfolk should once again have a shell on their backs.
* **‘Shrine of the Flooded Embrace’** – Replaced all ‘Open Door’ references to ‘Push Door’.
* **‘Shrine of the Tribute’** – All loot within the Shrine should be able to be picked up.
* **‘Shrine of the Tribute’** & **‘Shrine of Hungering’** – Loot should now spawn correctly in the Vault and treasure room.
* **‘Shrine of the Tribute’** – The Breath of the Sea should no longer appear above the coral plinth in the Shrine of Tribute. 
* **'Shrine of the Hungering’** – After killing a shark in the first chamber of the Shrine, the shark meat should no longer float past the water level and should only float to the top of the water’s surface.

Preview

Insider Patch Notes 2.2.1.4

We will continue to monitor bug reports from this build, so please continue to report any critical bugs you encounter by heading to the Sea of Thieves Support site and letting our Player Support team know.

Sunken Kingdom

Siren Shrines

The ‘Shrine of Hungering’ and ‘Shrine of Flooded Embrace’ in The Wilds, ‘Shrine of Ocean’s Fortune’ and ‘Shrine of the Coral Tomb’ in the Shores of Plenty and ‘Shrine of Ancient Tears’ and ‘Shrine of Tribute’ in the Ancient Isles have now all been reopened, allowing crews to return to all Shrines within the Sunken Kingdom.

Siren Treasuries

The ‘Treasury of the Sunken Shores’ in the Shores of Plenty, ‘Treasury of the Secret Wilds’ in the Wilds and ‘Treasury of the Lost Ancients’ in the Ancient Isles have now all been reopened, allowing crews to face off against the deadly threats within.
The waves of enemy threats encountered in a Sire Treasury has now been reduced to provide a shorter duration combat encounter.

Sunken Kingdom Commendations & Rewards

Within the Bilge Rats Reputation Tab, a range of new Commendations have been added for crews seeking the waterlogged riches of the Sunken Kingdom. Completing these Commendations will unlock access to the remaining coral-encrusted items of the Sunken Sorrow Ship and weapon sets currently held in the Outpost stores.

Mysteries of the Sunken Kingdom

Scattered throughout the Siren Shrines, explorers will uncover journals written by intrepid adventurers seeking the mysteries of the Sunken Kingdom. Rumor has it that pirates who possess the knowledge of the sorrowful secrets hidden beneath the waves can seek an even greater prize, showing their time spent below the surface…

Sunken Kingdom Achievements

The Mystery of The Shrine of Hungering [10G]
The Mystery of The Shrine of Flooded Embrace [10G]
The Mystery of The Shrine of Ocean's Fortune [10G]
The Mystery of The Shrine of the Coral Tomb [10G]
The Mystery of The Shrine of Ancient Tears [10G]
The Mystery of The Shrine of Tribute [10G]
Marauder of The Sunken Kingdom [10G]
Seeker of the Sea [30G]
Legend of the Sunken Kingdom [100G]

Game Events

Fury of the Damned

Sea of Thieves’ annual event in honour of the Ferryman is back! This year’s event runs across four weeks, with each themed week requiring crews to tackle different actions to earn their Bilge Rats Favour with crews sailing in an alliance earning bonus Favour throughout the event!
Each week will unlock a new reward for players to earn from the Wicked Web Blunderbuss, Tankard and Cannon.
Larinna is also challenging crews with a ‘Destroy the Damned’ community challenge, tasking the Sea of Thieves community to destroy skeletons across the world. Should the community reach the halfway mark they’ll earn the Wicked Web Figurehead, however smashing enough skeletons to complete the community challenge will earn all players the Wicked Web Collector’s Figurehead and Destroyer of the Damned Title!
Week “TBC” is active for this Insider’s build.

Season Four

Season Four Daily Deeds

Daily Deeds have been revamped, serving players tasks across three categories; Swift Deeds tackled in 5-10 minutes, Standard Deeds taking 20 minutes and Legendary Deeds exclusive for Pirate Legends taking 30 minutes.
Swift and Standard Deeds now award Seasonal Renown on completion, while the Legendary Deeds grant Athena’s Fortune Reputation!

Updates

Rowboat Docking

When docking a Rowboat to a ship, they will now keep their orientation when docked. To change the direction, simply face the Rowboat the intended direction before docking it to the ship.

Cannon Rowboat Balancing

Ghost ships will now only target Cannon Rowboats when crew members are actively manning the vessel.

Outpost Signposts

Players can now interact with the various signposts found on Outposts. These signposts can now help identify where company representatives and even the dock can be found on the Outpost.

Known Issues

Sunken Kingdom

‘Shrine of the Ancient Tears’ – Players cannot interact with some switches inside the dark corridor, due to the switches being out of reach.
‘Shrine of Hungering’ – After draining the water, the second set of statues only raises water level once instead of the full amount.
‘Shrine of Hungering’ – All Journals are missing at the Shrine of Hungering.
Selling the Sapphire or Emerald Breath of the Sea to the Reaper’s Bones gives the incorrect gold value.
There is fog inside the majority of Sunken Kingdom locations.

Sunken Treasure Merfolk

Players no longer have the option to collect loot from the Treasure Merfolk Statue.
When storing treasure with the Sunken Merfolk statues, upon returning to the surface and migrating servers the friendly Merfolk will not be present for crews to collect their treasure.
After storing treasure with the Sunken Merfolk statues and using a statue to return to the ship, multiple Merfolk can surface.

Fury of the Damned

Players will not receive Favour when completing Daily Deeds, taking a Flame of Fate from the Ferry of the Damned or handing in Fort Chests, Fort Skulls and Fort Crates.

Pirate Emporium

There is a range of placeholder imagery and text throughout the Pirate Emporium.
The ‘A Pirate’s Life’ Tab is empty in the Pirate Emporium.
The Pistol and Eye of Reach emotes are missing weapons on some pirate types when preforming the Victorious Weapon Pose Emotes.
The Golden Nile Cannon Flare is missing from September’s Pirate Emporium.
The Eye of Reach will rubber band when performing the Eye of Reach Victorious Weapon Pose emote on some pirate types.

Whispering Text Chat Range

When using the Speaking Trumpet to whisper, typing in text chat is currently unaffected and will still reach players at the original range. In future Insider builds, text chat range will also be reduced when whispering.

Tunnels of the Damned

While travelling through the Tunnels of the Damned, losing your connection to the game and rejoining may cause visual issues, resulting in migration to the new area to fail and returning you to your starting location.

Localisation

There is a range of missing localisation when setting the game language to Turkish.

Deed Tracking

A range of Daily, Legendary, Monthly and Seasonal deeds are not tracking correctly for Season 4 and none are tracking correctly for the Sunken Kingdom.
Completing commendations or unlocking Seasonal Progress will not reward players with gold or cosmetic items.

Fixed Issues

General

Attempting to purchase the Season Four Plunder Pass in local currency no longer causes ‘Counting Coins’ to be displayed without a purchase being made.
Each company's Reputation pages should now correctly display the total number of titles that can be earned.
Both the “Leave Game" and “Exit to Desktop" buttons should now work as intended at all times.
The Sunken Kingdom blue mist VFX and shrine should no longer appear in Arena.

Tall Tales

‘Fate of the Morningstar’ – The Quest book now better supports Japanese localisation without some characters appearing cut off.
‘A Pirates Life’ – The Flying Dutchman is visible during whole scene, with all its VFX effects and Davy Jones' lines.
‘Lords of the Sea’ – Cancelling or failing the Tale should now cause the Spire and Siren Statues to despawn gradually.

Pirate Emporium

The Bucket Prank emote should now animate correct when a bucket cosmetic is applied.
The rear wheels on the Eternal Freedom Cannons should no longer clip into the ships deck.
The Golden Nile Essential Ship Bundle should now show the intended price in Ancient Coins.
Golden Nile Lantern should now be purchasable from the Pirate Emporium for Ancient Coins.
The Victorious Blunderbuss emote shows should now show a Blunderbuss on the icon.
Descriptions have been adjusted for the Cursed Ferryman Ship Bundle, Essential Ship Bundle and Davy Jones Costume.

Sunken Kingdom

Selling Coral Skulls should now display the correct text on the notification.
A range of environment and collision issues have been fixed within the Shrines and Treasuries.
The ambient fog should no longer disappear when the player is above the Shrine of Tribute or the Sunken Peal Tale location.
The Treasure Merfolk should once again have a shell on their backs.
‘Shrine of the Flooded Embrace’ – Replaced all ‘Open Door’ references to ‘Push Door’.
‘Shrine of the Tribute’ – All loot within the Shrine should be able to be picked up.
‘Shrine of the Tribute’ & ‘Shrine of Hungering’ – Loot should now spawn correctly in the Vault and treasure room.
‘Shrine of the Tribute’ – The Breath of the Sea should no longer appear above the coral plinth in the Shrine of Tribute.
'Shrine of the Hungering’ – After killing a shark in the first chamber of the Shrine, the shark meat should no longer float past the water level and should only float to the top of the water’s surface.