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manifest date: 2021-10-29 09:05:18 UTC

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# Insider Patch Notes 2.3.1.6

Insider Update 2.3.1.6 is now live. Light up the skies and send signals across the seas with Signal Flares found in barrels across the world! Use other pirate’s treasure maps to discover hidden riches and after a day of plundering, head to the Tavern, take a seat and grab some grog with your crew.

As always, if you 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.

## Gameplay Improvements

**Signal Flares**

* When a Signal Flare is fired, it can now be seen by other players at a significantly greater distance.
* Players will now find a stock of white Signal Flares alongside the red Flares in the ship’s cannonball barrels. Signal Flares can now also be found in barrels across the world.

**Fireworks**

* The Merchant Alliance have now revised the prices for their Fireworks, charging the intended amount for all Regular crates, including the Bilge Rat Celebration Firework crate!
* All Firework Crates can now be found washed up on islands across the Sea of Thieves, as well as being purchasable from the Merchant Alliance. 
* New Fireworks and new colours are now available with 59 different designs!
* Fireworks that explode near other players will now disorientate them with a blinding effect.

**Quest Board**

* When a server shuts down with undiscovered maps posted on the Quest Board, crews are now rewarded with a smaller amount of Renown and Reputation than a fully completed map as compensation for their efforts.
* Players digging up treasure from a shared map will now be awarded with Seasonal Renown.

**Sitting**

* Players can now sit in a range of new locations. Pirate Legends can take a break in the Legends Hideout, Daring Reapers can lie in wait at the Reaper’s Hideout, Glorious Sea Dogs can perch outside the Sea Dog’s Tavern, and everyone can enjoy the view at Old Sailor’s Isle.

**Moving Resources Between Barrels and Crates**

* Players can now quickly transfer resources between multiple Storage Crates in addition to quicker transfer between storage crates and the Rowboat’s chest.

## Updates

**Stools**

* Following initial Insider bug reports, the emergent discovery of Stools has been temporarily disabled to allow further work to take place to address the feedback on this feature. Thank you all for sharing your feedback!

## Known Issues

**Dice Emotes**

* Trying to play dice emotes while already using one will not swap the emote.

**Burying Treasure**

* The map bundles look oddly positioned in the player's hand in both first-person and third-person view.
* Items that are partially buried when a player dies cannot be fully buried unless they are fully dug back up again.

**Fireworks**

* Fireworks do not damage Gunpowder Barrels.
* Fireworks have a chance to not fire from a cannon.
* Players are only able to buy one Bountiful Firework Crate per crew.
* Migrating across servers while a Firework’s fuse is lit causes it to be unusable when arriving on the new server.

**Sitting & Sleeping**

* Sitting or sleeping players appear unanimated for other players when approaching them from a distance or after joining their session while in progress.
* Players do not currently drown when sleeping underwater and are also not removed from a seating position when the ship sinks.
* Players taking damage while sitting in a spot can often be knocked in a different direction than where they started from.
* Taking damage from certain attacks such as fire, heavy sword strikes and Blunderbombs will not knock players out of the seated or sleeping positions.

**Transferring Resources**

* Taking and storing items from a Rowboat chest using a Storage Crate can cause items to be lost.

**Settings Menu Refresh**

* On Xbox, players are unable to reset the Video Settings page to default.

**Cannon Rowboat**

* Defeating emergent enemies or emergent enemy ships with the Cannon Rowboat does not progress the relevant Commendations.

**Player Input Handling**

* After travelling through the Tunnels of the Damned, players may be unable to open the Settings Menu or Pirate Log.

**Pirate Emporium**

* The Pirate Emporium is currently using a range of placeholder text and imagery.

## Fixed Issues

**General**

* When the Fort at Molten Sands becomes active, skeleton waves will now emerge from the ground together in groups.
* Graymarrow should no longer get stuck in a tree on the Fort of the Damned.
* Items placed in the Glorious Sea Dogs Tavern should be able to be picked back up.
* There should no longer be a floating rock on the North-West side of Kraken’s Watchtower.
* Outpost shop location banners should no longer repeatedly play if the player moves in and out of the zone.
* The Redcoat Grand Admiral Gloves image should now correctly represent the item.

**Quest Board**

* If multiple players try to take the same map from the Tavern Board, only the successful player will receive a success message and the map.
* Treasure items can now only provide a reward once, preventing players from burying, sharing and digging on repeat across multiple crews
* Stolen map bundles will now despawn when their owning crew leaves a session.

**Feast of Bounty**

* There should now be finalised imagery throughout the Feast of Bounty Event.

**Fireworks**

* The Humming Snakes visual effects have been updated to be more concentrated.

**Pirate Emporium**

* The Bookworm Emote bundle should now have the correct text.
* The Rogue Tinkerer Costume should now be in the 'Black Friday Costume Collection' once and the Lunar Festival Costume should also be present.
* Bear & Bird Cannon and Capstan were wrongly shown as being on sale and their correct prices should now be shown within the Pirate Emporium.
* The Versatile Weapon Pose previews have been adjusted for better visibility.

**A Pirates Life**

* ‘Captains of the Damned’ – There should no longer be invisible collision on the stairs in Isla Tesoro.
* ‘The Dark Brethren’ – Players should now be able to interact with the journal found next to chair in Dark Brethren’s meeting chamber.

**Performance and Stability**

* Improvements to server performance reducing latency, lag spikes, ‘rubberbanding’ and server correction during gameplay.
* Server stability has been improved, reducing scenarios where crews are removed from a game session.
* Client stability has been improved, reducing scenarios where players experience a game crash.

Preview

Insider Patch Notes 2.3.1.6

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

Gameplay Improvements

Signal Flares

When a Signal Flare is fired, it can now be seen by other players at a significantly greater distance.
Players will now find a stock of white Signal Flares alongside the red Flares in the ship’s cannonball barrels. Signal Flares can now also be found in barrels across the world.

Fireworks

The Merchant Alliance have now revised the prices for their Fireworks, charging the intended amount for all Regular crates, including the Bilge Rat Celebration Firework crate!
All Firework Crates can now be found washed up on islands across the Sea of Thieves, as well as being purchasable from the Merchant Alliance.
New Fireworks and new colours are now available with 59 different designs!
Fireworks that explode near other players will now disorientate them with a blinding effect.

Quest Board

When a server shuts down with undiscovered maps posted on the Quest Board, crews are now rewarded with a smaller amount of Renown and Reputation than a fully completed map as compensation for their efforts.
Players digging up treasure from a shared map will now be awarded with Seasonal Renown.

Sitting

Players can now sit in a range of new locations. Pirate Legends can take a break in the Legends Hideout, Daring Reapers can lie in wait at the Reaper’s Hideout, Glorious Sea Dogs can perch outside the Sea Dog’s Tavern, and everyone can enjoy the view at Old Sailor’s Isle.

Moving Resources Between Barrels and Crates

Players can now quickly transfer resources between multiple Storage Crates in addition to quicker transfer between storage crates and the Rowboat’s chest.

Updates

Stools

Following initial Insider bug reports, the emergent discovery of Stools has been temporarily disabled to allow further work to take place to address the feedback on this feature. Thank you all for sharing your feedback!

Known Issues

Dice Emotes

Trying to play dice emotes while already using one will not swap the emote.

Burying Treasure

The map bundles look oddly positioned in the player's hand in both first-person and third-person view.
Items that are partially buried when a player dies cannot be fully buried unless they are fully dug back up again.

Fireworks

Fireworks do not damage Gunpowder Barrels.
Fireworks have a chance to not fire from a cannon.
Players are only able to buy one Bountiful Firework Crate per crew.
Migrating across servers while a Firework’s fuse is lit causes it to be unusable when arriving on the new server.

Sitting & Sleeping

Sitting or sleeping players appear unanimated for other players when approaching them from a distance or after joining their session while in progress.
Players do not currently drown when sleeping underwater and are also not removed from a seating position when the ship sinks.
Players taking damage while sitting in a spot can often be knocked in a different direction than where they started from.
Taking damage from certain attacks such as fire, heavy sword strikes and Blunderbombs will not knock players out of the seated or sleeping positions.

Transferring Resources

Taking and storing items from a Rowboat chest using a Storage Crate can cause items to be lost.

Settings Menu Refresh

On Xbox, players are unable to reset the Video Settings page to default.

Cannon Rowboat

Defeating emergent enemies or emergent enemy ships with the Cannon Rowboat does not progress the relevant Commendations.

Player Input Handling

After travelling through the Tunnels of the Damned, players may be unable to open the Settings Menu or Pirate Log.

Pirate Emporium

The Pirate Emporium is currently using a range of placeholder text and imagery.

Fixed Issues

General

When the Fort at Molten Sands becomes active, skeleton waves will now emerge from the ground together in groups.
Graymarrow should no longer get stuck in a tree on the Fort of the Damned.
Items placed in the Glorious Sea Dogs Tavern should be able to be picked back up.
There should no longer be a floating rock on the North-West side of Kraken’s Watchtower.
Outpost shop location banners should no longer repeatedly play if the player moves in and out of the zone.
The Redcoat Grand Admiral Gloves image should now correctly represent the item.

Quest Board

If multiple players try to take the same map from the Tavern Board, only the successful player will receive a success message and the map.
Treasure items can now only provide a reward once, preventing players from burying, sharing and digging on repeat across multiple crews
Stolen map bundles will now despawn when their owning crew leaves a session.

Feast of Bounty

There should now be finalised imagery throughout the Feast of Bounty Event.

Fireworks

The Humming Snakes visual effects have been updated to be more concentrated.

Pirate Emporium

The Bookworm Emote bundle should now have the correct text.
The Rogue Tinkerer Costume should now be in the 'Black Friday Costume Collection' once and the Lunar Festival Costume should also be present.
Bear & Bird Cannon and Capstan were wrongly shown as being on sale and their correct prices should now be shown within the Pirate Emporium.
The Versatile Weapon Pose previews have been adjusted for better visibility.

A Pirates Life

‘Captains of the Damned’ – There should no longer be invisible collision on the stairs in Isla Tesoro.
‘The Dark Brethren’ – Players should now be able to interact with the journal found next to chair in Dark Brethren’s meeting chamber.

Performance and Stability

Improvements to server performance reducing latency, lag spikes, ‘rubberbanding’ and server correction during gameplay.
Server stability has been improved, reducing scenarios where crews are removed from a game session.
Client stability has been improved, reducing scenarios where players experience a game crash.