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manifest date: 2021-09-03 09:00:59 UTC

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# Insider Patch Notes 2.2.1.6

Insider Update 2.2.1.6 is now live. Check out your inventory for the ‘Legend of the Sunken Kingdom’ Voyage and discover treasures hidden beneath the waves! Head to the Events tab to take part in the Fury of the Damned event and see what Season Four has to offer.

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.

## Season Four

**Daily Refreshing Trials**

* Season Four contains a refreshed set of Trials for new players and experienced pirates alike, new this Season will introduce refreshing weekly and monthly Trials serving as new goals for crews to tackle.

*For this Insider’s Build the team will be testing the process for delivering new Trials to players within Insiders. Starting on the 3rd of September, each day will refresh the Weekly Trials available in an accelerated fashion. Head to the *
[*feedback thread*](https://www.seaofthieves.com/community/forums/post/1584460)
* for more information!*

**Season Four Rewards**

* Progressing through Season Four will reward pirates with the Wicked Web clothing set, unique Season Four specials along with time-limited Siren’s Wrath collectibles.
* Existing Pirate Legends or those who earn this lofty title during Season Four will be able to unlock Cursed Adventurer Cutlass and Wanda’s Spyglass.
* Completing certain Tiers within the Season will award a unique Title that shows your success for all to see!

**Season Four Plunder Pass**

* Purchase the latest Plunder Pass to add 11 never-before-seen rewards to the pool available to earn by climbing the levels of Seasonal progression, along with Ancient Coin drops at each Tier.
* The Season Four Plunder Pass is fully stocked with early access items. It unlocks access to items from the new Jack O' Looter ship set, matching Costume and a full selection of weapons!
* The Season Four Plunder Pass is available to purchase through the Pirate Log, Pirate Emporium, Microsoft Store or Steam Item Store.

**Season Four Emissary Ledger Rewards**

* Representing the Gold Hoarders well in their Ledger can now earn players the Tribute Peak Capstan, Flag and Sails.
* Players seeking out the secrets of the Order of Souls can earn the Relic of Darkness Capstan, Flag and Sails from their Ledger performance.
* The Merchant Alliance honour their high-performing Ledger representatives with the Merchant Ambassador Capstan, Flag and Sails.
* Flying the flag of The Reaper’s Bones and earning a high rank in their Ledger can earn players the Masked Renegade Capstan, Flag and Sails.
* Legendary pirates representing Athena’s Fortune in their Ledger can earn the Magpie’s Glory Capstan and Wheel to show their allegiance to the Pirate Lord.

## Gameplay Improvements

**Improved Cannon Aiming**

* When using a cannon, players can now hold ‘Right Mouse Button’ or ‘LT’ on controller to focus their aim by zooming in on their target.

## Known Issues

**Sunken Kingdom**

* Larinna does not currently offer crews the Legend of the Sunken Kingdom Voyage when meeting the necessary conditions.
* **‘Legend of the Sunken Kingdom’** Voyage – Storing a Voyage item in a Sunken Merfolk Statue such as the Gold Hoarder Medallion, Forbidden Key or Forbidden Chest will instantly fail the Voyage.
* **‘Legend of the Sunken Kingdom’** Voyage – Another crew reading the last Journal completed the Voyage for other nearby crews.
* **‘Legend of the Sunken Kingdom’ **Voyage – Holding the Mysterious Ancient Key and looking at the Forbidden Chest can cause performance issues.
* Within the Treasuries, Sirens can despawn after a player dies or is in the air lock room and won't respawn until they backtrack, then go towards the event room again.
* When returning to an in-progress Treasury event room, the Treasury will have reset but previous AI will remain.
* Attempting to return to a Treasury from the Ferry of the Damned after dying causes the client to crash.
* The Sunken Merfolk will not spawn if a player’s ship is above a Shrine or Treasury.
* **‘Shrine of Tribute’** – The large statue doesn't reset when the Shrine resets, meaning Sirens will not spawn and players can swim straight into the Vault.
* **‘Shrine of Ancient Tears’** – If a player migrates after lighting the beacons within the Shrine and returning to their ship, returning to the Shrine will show the beacons have remained lit.
* **‘Shrine of Hungering’** – The geyser will no longer work after the Shrine has reset.
* **‘Shrine of Hungering’** – When retrieving loot from the Merfolk Treasure Statues within the Shrine of the Hungering, the loot can spawn in the terrain and be irretrievable or disappear.

**Fury of the Damned**

* Players will not receive Favour when completing Daily Deeds.
* Players will not receive rewards after the community goals are completed.
* There is placeholder artwork and text throughout the event.

**Season Four**

* A range of Daily, Legendary, Monthly and Seasonal Trials are not tracking correctly for Season Four and none are tracking correctly for the Sunken Kingdom.
* The Vulnerable Weapon Pose is not received when rank one is reached and the Jack O'Looter Costume is not received when reaching level 100 in the Season track after the Plunder Pass is purchased.

**Localisation**

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

**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.

## Fixed Issues

**General**

* The Maiden Voyage should now end after the Kraken destroys the enemy ship.
* The Swim Up setting is now referenced as Swim Up in the settings menu.
* When starting the Lost Shipments Voyage the first parchment players receive should now have text.
* Eating and throwing animations should now animate correctly when viewed from a first and third person point of view.
* When Disable Screen Shake is enabled players screen should no longer shake when struck by a player's sword.
* When spawning in at Golden Sands Outpost with a Brigantine, the ship should now spawn closer to the dock.
* The default key for ship direction narration is no longer E and has now been changed to the apostrophe key.

**A Pirates Life**

* **‘A Pirates Life’** – Releasing the Cursed Captain from his cage should no longer cause the server to crash.
* **‘Sunken Pearl’** – Players should no longer be able to skip the mechanisms in the Salvage Room by jumping on the coral.
* **‘A Pirates life’** & **‘Captains of the Sea’** – Players should now longer be able to vote on Voyages after transitioning through the Tunnels of the Damned.
* The toast for selling the Crate of the Dark Brethren references should now have the correct text.

**Sunken Kingdom**

* A range of environment and collision issues have been fixed within the Shrines and Treasuries.
* A range of commendation text has been updated and the Curse of Sunken Sorrow has been added to the Commendation page. 
* Glowing coral around the Treasuries should now correctly indicate if they are active or not.
* Players should now receive a toast notification when unlocking the Scar of the Sirens Wrath and The Curse of Sunken Sorrows.
* The Shrine of Hungering and Treasury of Sunken Shores should now be using the correct island audio sting and island banners when the island banner appears.
* The Coral Collectors Chest, Cursed Voyage Coin, Mythical Coral Relic, Breath of the Sea and Peculiar Coral Relic should now have correct text when the non-verbal radial is used.
* The Sunken Curse should now have its final Icon and unlock toast notification. 
* The Curse of Sunken Sorrow's icon should now be centred properly
* **‘Legend of the Sunken Kingdom’** – The Ocean Crawler ambush music should now stop playing after players defeat the Ocean Crawlers.
* **‘Legend of the Sunken Kingdom’** – The Voyage name in the start and end banners should now be correct.
* **‘Shrine of Ancient Tears‘** – Shrine progression should migrate along with players if migration takes place after completing the lighting and pressure plate puzzles.
* **‘Shrine of Ocean’s Fortune‘** – When reset, the Capstan near the top of the Shrine should now reset correctly.
* **‘Shrine of Flooded Embrace‘** – Sirens should now spawn more frequently in the Shrine of Flooded Embrace. 
* **‘Shrine of the Coral Tomb’** – There should now be a Siren window trigger on the exit of the Shrine of the Coral Tomb.

**Pirate Emporium**

* The freebie ‘Chef Kiss’ emote has been added to the Assorted Emotes Collection. 
* The ‘A Pirate’s Life’ Tab should no longer be empty in the Pirate Emporium.
* The Golden Nile Cannon Flare should now have the final background.

**Localisation**

* When setting the game language to Turkish players should now be able to access the What's New tab on the front-end.

**Performance & Stability**

* Leaving the game or returning to the main menu after aiming in with a cannon or being harpooned should no longer cause the client to crash.

Preview

Insider Patch Notes 2.2.1.6

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.

Season Four

Daily Refreshing Trials

Season Four contains a refreshed set of Trials for new players and experienced pirates alike, new this Season will introduce refreshing weekly and monthly Trials serving as new goals for crews to tackle.

for more information!*

Season Four Rewards

Progressing through Season Four will reward pirates with the Wicked Web clothing set, unique Season Four specials along with time-limited Siren’s Wrath collectibles.
Existing Pirate Legends or those who earn this lofty title during Season Four will be able to unlock Cursed Adventurer Cutlass and Wanda’s Spyglass.
Completing certain Tiers within the Season will award a unique Title that shows your success for all to see!

Season Four Plunder Pass

Purchase the latest Plunder Pass to add 11 never-before-seen rewards to the pool available to earn by climbing the levels of Seasonal progression, along with Ancient Coin drops at each Tier.
The Season Four Plunder Pass is fully stocked with early access items. It unlocks access to items from the new Jack O' Looter ship set, matching Costume and a full selection of weapons!
The Season Four Plunder Pass is available to purchase through the Pirate Log, Pirate Emporium, Microsoft Store or Steam Item Store.

Season Four Emissary Ledger Rewards

Representing the Gold Hoarders well in their Ledger can now earn players the Tribute Peak Capstan, Flag and Sails.
Players seeking out the secrets of the Order of Souls can earn the Relic of Darkness Capstan, Flag and Sails from their Ledger performance.
The Merchant Alliance honour their high-performing Ledger representatives with the Merchant Ambassador Capstan, Flag and Sails.
Flying the flag of The Reaper’s Bones and earning a high rank in their Ledger can earn players the Masked Renegade Capstan, Flag and Sails.
Legendary pirates representing Athena’s Fortune in their Ledger can earn the Magpie’s Glory Capstan and Wheel to show their allegiance to the Pirate Lord.

Gameplay Improvements

Improved Cannon Aiming

When using a cannon, players can now hold ‘Right Mouse Button’ or ‘LT’ on controller to focus their aim by zooming in on their target.

Known Issues

Sunken Kingdom

Larinna does not currently offer crews the Legend of the Sunken Kingdom Voyage when meeting the necessary conditions.
‘Legend of the Sunken Kingdom’ Voyage – Storing a Voyage item in a Sunken Merfolk Statue such as the Gold Hoarder Medallion, Forbidden Key or Forbidden Chest will instantly fail the Voyage.
‘Legend of the Sunken Kingdom’ Voyage – Another crew reading the last Journal completed the Voyage for other nearby crews.
**‘Legend of the Sunken Kingdom’ **Voyage – Holding the Mysterious Ancient Key and looking at the Forbidden Chest can cause performance issues.
Within the Treasuries, Sirens can despawn after a player dies or is in the air lock room and won't respawn until they backtrack, then go towards the event room again.
When returning to an in-progress Treasury event room, the Treasury will have reset but previous AI will remain.
Attempting to return to a Treasury from the Ferry of the Damned after dying causes the client to crash.
The Sunken Merfolk will not spawn if a player’s ship is above a Shrine or Treasury.
‘Shrine of Tribute’ – The large statue doesn't reset when the Shrine resets, meaning Sirens will not spawn and players can swim straight into the Vault.
‘Shrine of Ancient Tears’ – If a player migrates after lighting the beacons within the Shrine and returning to their ship, returning to the Shrine will show the beacons have remained lit.
‘Shrine of Hungering’ – The geyser will no longer work after the Shrine has reset.
‘Shrine of Hungering’ – When retrieving loot from the Merfolk Treasure Statues within the Shrine of the Hungering, the loot can spawn in the terrain and be irretrievable or disappear.

Fury of the Damned

Players will not receive Favour when completing Daily Deeds.
Players will not receive rewards after the community goals are completed.
There is placeholder artwork and text throughout the event.

Season Four

A range of Daily, Legendary, Monthly and Seasonal Trials are not tracking correctly for Season Four and none are tracking correctly for the Sunken Kingdom.
The Vulnerable Weapon Pose is not received when rank one is reached and the Jack O'Looter Costume is not received when reaching level 100 in the Season track after the Plunder Pass is purchased.

Localisation

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

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.

Fixed Issues

General

The Maiden Voyage should now end after the Kraken destroys the enemy ship.
The Swim Up setting is now referenced as Swim Up in the settings menu.
When starting the Lost Shipments Voyage the first parchment players receive should now have text.
Eating and throwing animations should now animate correctly when viewed from a first and third person point of view.
When Disable Screen Shake is enabled players screen should no longer shake when struck by a player's sword.
When spawning in at Golden Sands Outpost with a Brigantine, the ship should now spawn closer to the dock.
The default key for ship direction narration is no longer E and has now been changed to the apostrophe key.

A Pirates Life

‘A Pirates Life’ – Releasing the Cursed Captain from his cage should no longer cause the server to crash.
‘Sunken Pearl’ – Players should no longer be able to skip the mechanisms in the Salvage Room by jumping on the coral.
‘A Pirates life’ & ‘Captains of the Sea’ – Players should now longer be able to vote on Voyages after transitioning through the Tunnels of the Damned.
The toast for selling the Crate of the Dark Brethren references should now have the correct text.

Sunken Kingdom

A range of environment and collision issues have been fixed within the Shrines and Treasuries.
A range of commendation text has been updated and the Curse of Sunken Sorrow has been added to the Commendation page.
Glowing coral around the Treasuries should now correctly indicate if they are active or not.
Players should now receive a toast notification when unlocking the Scar of the Sirens Wrath and The Curse of Sunken Sorrows.
The Shrine of Hungering and Treasury of Sunken Shores should now be using the correct island audio sting and island banners when the island banner appears.
The Coral Collectors Chest, Cursed Voyage Coin, Mythical Coral Relic, Breath of the Sea and Peculiar Coral Relic should now have correct text when the non-verbal radial is used.
The Sunken Curse should now have its final Icon and unlock toast notification.
The Curse of Sunken Sorrow's icon should now be centred properly
‘Legend of the Sunken Kingdom’ – The Ocean Crawler ambush music should now stop playing after players defeat the Ocean Crawlers.
‘Legend of the Sunken Kingdom’ – The Voyage name in the start and end banners should now be correct.
‘Shrine of Ancient Tears‘ – Shrine progression should migrate along with players if migration takes place after completing the lighting and pressure plate puzzles.
‘Shrine of Ocean’s Fortune‘ – When reset, the Capstan near the top of the Shrine should now reset correctly.
‘Shrine of Flooded Embrace‘ – Sirens should now spawn more frequently in the Shrine of Flooded Embrace.
‘Shrine of the Coral Tomb’ – There should now be a Siren window trigger on the exit of the Shrine of the Coral Tomb.

Pirate Emporium

The freebie ‘Chef Kiss’ emote has been added to the Assorted Emotes Collection.
The ‘A Pirate’s Life’ Tab should no longer be empty in the Pirate Emporium.
The Golden Nile Cannon Flare should now have the final background.

Localisation

When setting the game language to Turkish players should now be able to access the What's New tab on the front-end.

Performance & Stability

Leaving the game or returning to the main menu after aiming in with a cannon or being harpooned should no longer cause the client to crash.