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# Insider Patch Notes 2.3.2.1

Insider Update 2.3.2.1 is now live. Check out what Season Five has to offer and start earning new cosmetics to deck out your Pirate ready for the holiday season! Head to the Events tab to take part in the Festival of Giving event and share your loot with others across the seas before sailing off to find buried treasure or leave behind treasure for other Pirates to discover.

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.

## Season Five

**Season Five Progression and Rewards**

* Progressing through Season Five will reward pirates with the Bell Brigade clothing set, unique Season Five specials along with time-limited Ancient Gold collectibles. 
* Existing Pirate Legends or those who earn this lofty title during Season Five will be able to unlock Merrick’s Tankard and Captain Grimm’s Jacket. 
* Completing certain Tiers within the Season will award a unique Title that shows your success for all to see!

**Season Five Plunder Pass**

* Season Five’s Plunder Pass is a generous holiday special to coincide with the season of giving! Purchase the Plunder Pass to add a boat load of never-before-seen rewards, all available to earn by climbing the levels of Seasonal progression. 
* To show our generosity, players can earn the full Boreal Aurora Ship Collection along with collector’s variants and even flop on the beach with the Sand Angel emote. 
* If this wintery ship collection hasn’t caught your eye, Plunder Pass purchasers can access the Creeping Cold Costume which visually upgrades as players progress through the Season. Fear not – Players who are unable to fully upgrade the costume before the Season ends will be able to continue upgrading the costume through in-game activities in the following season! 
* Along with a wealth of new cosmetic rewards for this time-limited holiday offer, Plunder Pass purchasers can now earn additional Ancient Coins in Season Five – with players now able to earn 1000 Ancient Coins in total by reaching the end of the Season! 
* The Season Five Plunder Pass will be available to purchase through the Pirate Log, Pirate Emporium, Microsoft Store or Steam Item Store.

**Season Five Trials and Deeds**

* Season Five continues to offer a refreshed set of Trials for new players and experienced pirates alike, providing Weekly, Monthly and even Season-wide goals for players looking to explore the vast world of Sea of Thieves. 
* This Season includes a range of new Trials for players looking to engage with Buried Treasures, from crews burying treasure on islands and posting to the Quest boards to create content for others, through to those sneaky pirates looking to snatch Map bundles from unsuspecting crews – there are plenty of ways to earn renown in Season Five.

** Season Five Emissary Ledger**

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

## Game Events

As the end of another year approaches, the Outposts have been dressed in jolly decorations: it's time to deck the Hulls with the Festival of Giving!

Pl
**undered Presents (December 13th – December 27th) **

* To kick off the Festival of Giving in style - Plundered Presents is back! Each day during the event, players will be able to gift loot to other crews and be awarded 5000 Gold per item for the first 5 treasure items sold by other crews per day. 
* Players can collect the free Event flag from Larinna to show their intent to share while out travelling the seas. Sharing your treasure with others will earn players the Progressing as well as being able to earn the Wreath of Winter Bucket, Makeup and Tattoo! 
* For those looking for some festive spice on the seas, Larinna has also brought back the Powder and Arms stash voyages, Pirate Legends will be able to purchase the Legend Voyage for 50 Doubloons. These voyages will direct your crew to a different region in of the Seas to recover a buried stash of armaments to prepare your crews for an explosive encounter!

**Gilded Voyages**

* As is customary at this time of year, Larinna is offering players a special gilded gift. Players are now treated to a new purchase experience, ensuring crews select their preferred Gilded Voyage as remember - pirates can choose only one!

## Buried Treasures

**Buried Treasures Commendations and Rewards**

* Within the Bilge Rats Reputation tab, new Commendations have been added for players seeking to explore the rich experiences added in this Buried Treasures update! Completing these Commendations will unlock access to new cosmetic sets held in the Outpost stores! 
* The Outpost shipwrights, along with the clothing and weapon shops, now offer the Bilge Rats ‘Party Boat’ cosmetics for purchase. Players must progress through Buried Treasure Commendations to unlock access to this set. 
* The Midnight Blades Clothing set is now available in the Outpost Clothing Shops for gold, locked behind the Buried Treasures Commendations. 
* To celebrate in true Bilge Rats fashion, all players now have access to two new Shanties, the Ballad of the Mer and Infernal Galop (CanCan)!

**Buried Treasures Achievements**

* New Xbox and Steam achievements can be unlocked by progressing through the new in-game Commendations. A total of 300 gamerscore is available to earn from this update, and these achievements will remain in the game indefinitely.    * Stolen Secrets [10] * Who Needs a Bigger Boat? [15] * Night-Time Spectacular [15] * Tribute Seat [15] * Sleepover [15] * Critical Roll [20] * Hider of Secret Treasures [30] * Master Cartographer [30] * Seeker of Pirate Plunder [50] * Beholder of Buried Treasures [100]

**Burying Items Tutorial**

* Crews burying treasure and creating a Map Bundle for the first time will now be provided with a tutorial notification.

## Accessibility

**Enchanted Compass Support**

* Following on from Nautical Narration supporting players with compass navigation, players can now enable narration support for the Enchanted and Wayfinder Compasses. 
* With ‘Let Games Read to Me’ enabled, head to the Gameplay Settings to enable Enchanted Compass Proximity Announcer.

## Known Issues

**Burying Items**

* Items that are partially buried when a player dies cannot be fully buried unless they are fully dug back up again. 
* Players are not able to fully bury an item in Strange Shores during the A Pirates Life tall tale. 
* The deed for stealing a map bundle will tick up if a player picks up their own map bundle and place it on their table.

**Fireworks **

* Fireworks have a chance to not fire from a cannon. 
* Migrating across servers while a Firework’s fuse is lit causes it to be unusable when arriving on the new server. 
* Attempting to launch Fireworks in Tunnels of the Damned causes the fuse to light permanently. 
* When a Firework is held by a player, it is not shown in the correct position in the hand.

**Sitting & Sleeping**

* Players do not currently drown when sleeping underwater and are also not removed from a seating position when the ship sinks or catches on fire. 
* Standing up shortly after sleeping will cause the laying down animation to continue and the camera will be on the floor for a short time.

**Dice Emotes**

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

**Season Five**

* The commendation “Down with the Ship" will incorrectly count sitting on an enemy player’s ship. 
* Carafe’s are not counting for the Hider of Sizeable Stashes commendation unless a player buries 6 of them. 
* The 'Steal a map bundle as a reaper ...' emissary deed is not tracking when the player steals the item, but when it’s placed on their own voyage table. 
* The boreal Aurora Cannon Flare within the Plunder Pass is currently using a placeholder effect and is not representative of the final design.

**Festival of Giving **

There is placeholder imagery across the Festival of Giving Event. Navigating between pages in Larinna’s black Market while selecting a Gilded voyage can cause the purchase process to fail.

## Fixed Issues

**General **

* Ammo pouches dropped by emergent enemies upon death should no longer be out of alignment with the spike when harpooned. 
* ‘X’ Marks the Spot Treasure Maps will now show valid ‘X’ spots on Piccaroon Palms. 
* Players attempting to glitch through a ship’s hull from the water will now be safe-teleported away from the ship.
* Gilded Voyages are now only removed from players inventories once successfully begun. Any voyages failing to be created are now returned to the voyage inventory.

**Burying **

* The map bundles should now look correctly positioned in the player's hand in both first-person and third-person view. 
* The Coffer item no longer disappears into the sand prematurely when burying. 
* Storage crates can now be buried by players, and they should no longer disappear once being placed in the ground. 
* When approaching the portal to the Tunnels of the Damned, the toast should warn you that you will lose your maps, as well as booty.
* Items dug up from below ground will now have sand on them. 
* Items buried on Piccaroon Palms will now create Treasure Maps with valid ‘X’ spots. 
* Crews earning rewards from a Map posted to the Quest board will now see correct iconography on reward notifications.

**Fireworks**

* Players and gunpowder kegs should now receive damage when hit by Fireworks. 
* Signal Flares fired into the sky will now cause Shadow Skeletons to become vulnerable. 
* Fireworks names should now contain the word "Firework" at the end, e.g. "Pig Firework" instead of just "Pig”. 
* The Banana firework now displays a simpler image when fired. 
* The Burning Blade and Reapers Mark fireworks should now use the same visual effects sizes as other Fireworks. Dice Emotes Players using a Dice Emote will now roll a random number.

**Sitting & Sleeping**

* Sitting or sleeping players should no longer appear unanimated for other players when approaching them from a distance or after joining their session while in progress. 
* Players being knocked out of a sitting spot either from damage, death or knockback etc will now be placed back in the correct location. 
* When sitting in a spot, switching to a remote camera should no longer cause the players view to stutter. 
* During the Captains of the Damned tall tale one of the stools in the Tavern of the Damned has been changed to no longer be interactable. 
* The 3rd person camera should zoom in to the correct position when sitting and switching to 3rd person camera. 
* Players should have to hold the interact button to sleep on the bed. 
* Players should now be able to hear a snoring sound while sleeping.

**Moving Resources Between Barrels and Crates**

* Taking Items from a Rowboat Chest using a Storage Crate should no longer result in those Items being lost. 
* Storing Items to a Rowboat Chest from a Storage Crate should no longer result in the number of items increasing.

**Visual and Audio**

* When using the reverse speaking trumpet, players configured for non-Directional in-game chat should now hear the reduced audio volume as expected. 
* Scrolls should now play paper audio effects when being raised, turned etc. 
* Water audio effects when the Kraken is leaving should no longer stop prematurely.

**Environment **

* Navigating up the wooden ramps on top of Thieves Haven should no longer cause the character to slide off. 
* Players should no longer be launched into the air by walking into a wooden gate on Sailors Knot Stronghold. 
* The Mysterious Stranger's Tankard should no longer become visible and floating mid-air when the player stands too close to him. 
* Static Lanterns on islands should no longer be playing the swinging animation.

**Performance & Stability**

* Changes to mouse position capture on xCloud to improve Touch Controls.

Preview

Insider Patch Notes 2.3.2.1

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

Season Five

Season Five Progression and Rewards

Progressing through Season Five will reward pirates with the Bell Brigade clothing set, unique Season Five specials along with time-limited Ancient Gold collectibles.
Existing Pirate Legends or those who earn this lofty title during Season Five will be able to unlock Merrick’s Tankard and Captain Grimm’s Jacket.
Completing certain Tiers within the Season will award a unique Title that shows your success for all to see!

Season Five Plunder Pass

Season Five’s Plunder Pass is a generous holiday special to coincide with the season of giving! Purchase the Plunder Pass to add a boat load of never-before-seen rewards, all available to earn by climbing the levels of Seasonal progression.
To show our generosity, players can earn the full Boreal Aurora Ship Collection along with collector’s variants and even flop on the beach with the Sand Angel emote.
If this wintery ship collection hasn’t caught your eye, Plunder Pass purchasers can access the Creeping Cold Costume which visually upgrades as players progress through the Season. Fear not – Players who are unable to fully upgrade the costume before the Season ends will be able to continue upgrading the costume through in-game activities in the following season!
Along with a wealth of new cosmetic rewards for this time-limited holiday offer, Plunder Pass purchasers can now earn additional Ancient Coins in Season Five – with players now able to earn 1000 Ancient Coins in total by reaching the end of the Season!
The Season Five Plunder Pass will be available to purchase through the Pirate Log, Pirate Emporium, Microsoft Store or Steam Item Store.

Season Five Trials and Deeds

Season Five continues to offer a refreshed set of Trials for new players and experienced pirates alike, providing Weekly, Monthly and even Season-wide goals for players looking to explore the vast world of Sea of Thieves.
This Season includes a range of new Trials for players looking to engage with Buried Treasures, from crews burying treasure on islands and posting to the Quest boards to create content for others, through to those sneaky pirates looking to snatch Map bundles from unsuspecting crews – there are plenty of ways to earn renown in Season Five.

Season Five Emissary Ledger

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

Game Events

As the end of another year approaches, the Outposts have been dressed in jolly decorations: it's time to deck the Hulls with the Festival of Giving!

Pl *undered Presents (December 13th – December 27th) *

To kick off the Festival of Giving in style - Plundered Presents is back! Each day during the event, players will be able to gift loot to other crews and be awarded 5000 Gold per item for the first 5 treasure items sold by other crews per day.
Players can collect the free Event flag from Larinna to show their intent to share while out travelling the seas. Sharing your treasure with others will earn players the Progressing as well as being able to earn the Wreath of Winter Bucket, Makeup and Tattoo!
For those looking for some festive spice on the seas, Larinna has also brought back the Powder and Arms stash voyages, Pirate Legends will be able to purchase the Legend Voyage for 50 Doubloons. These voyages will direct your crew to a different region in of the Seas to recover a buried stash of armaments to prepare your crews for an explosive encounter!

Gilded Voyages

As is customary at this time of year, Larinna is offering players a special gilded gift. Players are now treated to a new purchase experience, ensuring crews select their preferred Gilded Voyage as remember - pirates can choose only one!

Buried Treasures

Buried Treasures Commendations and Rewards

Within the Bilge Rats Reputation tab, new Commendations have been added for players seeking to explore the rich experiences added in this Buried Treasures update! Completing these Commendations will unlock access to new cosmetic sets held in the Outpost stores!
The Outpost shipwrights, along with the clothing and weapon shops, now offer the Bilge Rats ‘Party Boat’ cosmetics for purchase. Players must progress through Buried Treasure Commendations to unlock access to this set.
The Midnight Blades Clothing set is now available in the Outpost Clothing Shops for gold, locked behind the Buried Treasures Commendations.
To celebrate in true Bilge Rats fashion, all players now have access to two new Shanties, the Ballad of the Mer and Infernal Galop (CanCan)!

Buried Treasures Achievements

New Xbox and Steam achievements can be unlocked by progressing through the new in-game Commendations. A total of 300 gamerscore is available to earn from this update, and these achievements will remain in the game indefinitely. * Stolen Secrets [10] * Who Needs a Bigger Boat? [15] * Night-Time Spectacular [15] * Tribute Seat [15] * Sleepover [15] * Critical Roll [20] * Hider of Secret Treasures [30] * Master Cartographer [30] * Seeker of Pirate Plunder [50] * Beholder of Buried Treasures [100]

Burying Items Tutorial

Crews burying treasure and creating a Map Bundle for the first time will now be provided with a tutorial notification.

Accessibility

Enchanted Compass Support

Following on from Nautical Narration supporting players with compass navigation, players can now enable narration support for the Enchanted and Wayfinder Compasses.
With ‘Let Games Read to Me’ enabled, head to the Gameplay Settings to enable Enchanted Compass Proximity Announcer.

Known Issues

Burying Items

Items that are partially buried when a player dies cannot be fully buried unless they are fully dug back up again.
Players are not able to fully bury an item in Strange Shores during the A Pirates Life tall tale.
The deed for stealing a map bundle will tick up if a player picks up their own map bundle and place it on their table.

*Fireworks *

Fireworks have a chance to not fire from a cannon.
Migrating across servers while a Firework’s fuse is lit causes it to be unusable when arriving on the new server.
Attempting to launch Fireworks in Tunnels of the Damned causes the fuse to light permanently.
When a Firework is held by a player, it is not shown in the correct position in the hand.

Sitting & Sleeping

Players do not currently drown when sleeping underwater and are also not removed from a seating position when the ship sinks or catches on fire.
Standing up shortly after sleeping will cause the laying down animation to continue and the camera will be on the floor for a short time.

Dice Emotes

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

Season Five

The commendation “Down with the Ship" will incorrectly count sitting on an enemy player’s ship.
Carafe’s are not counting for the Hider of Sizeable Stashes commendation unless a player buries 6 of them.
The 'Steal a map bundle as a reaper ...' emissary deed is not tracking when the player steals the item, but when it’s placed on their own voyage table.
The boreal Aurora Cannon Flare within the Plunder Pass is currently using a placeholder effect and is not representative of the final design.

*Festival of Giving *

There is placeholder imagery across the Festival of Giving Event. Navigating between pages in Larinna’s black Market while selecting a Gilded voyage can cause the purchase process to fail.

Fixed Issues

*General *

Ammo pouches dropped by emergent enemies upon death should no longer be out of alignment with the spike when harpooned.
‘X’ Marks the Spot Treasure Maps will now show valid ‘X’ spots on Piccaroon Palms.
Players attempting to glitch through a ship’s hull from the water will now be safe-teleported away from the ship.
Gilded Voyages are now only removed from players inventories once successfully begun. Any voyages failing to be created are now returned to the voyage inventory.

*Burying *

The map bundles should now look correctly positioned in the player's hand in both first-person and third-person view.
The Coffer item no longer disappears into the sand prematurely when burying.
Storage crates can now be buried by players, and they should no longer disappear once being placed in the ground.
When approaching the portal to the Tunnels of the Damned, the toast should warn you that you will lose your maps, as well as booty.
Items dug up from below ground will now have sand on them.
Items buried on Piccaroon Palms will now create Treasure Maps with valid ‘X’ spots.
Crews earning rewards from a Map posted to the Quest board will now see correct iconography on reward notifications.

Fireworks

Players and gunpowder kegs should now receive damage when hit by Fireworks.
Signal Flares fired into the sky will now cause Shadow Skeletons to become vulnerable.
Fireworks names should now contain the word "Firework" at the end, e.g. "Pig Firework" instead of just "Pig”.
The Banana firework now displays a simpler image when fired.
The Burning Blade and Reapers Mark fireworks should now use the same visual effects sizes as other Fireworks. Dice Emotes Players using a Dice Emote will now roll a random number.

Sitting & Sleeping

Sitting or sleeping players should no longer appear unanimated for other players when approaching them from a distance or after joining their session while in progress.
Players being knocked out of a sitting spot either from damage, death or knockback etc will now be placed back in the correct location.
When sitting in a spot, switching to a remote camera should no longer cause the players view to stutter.
During the Captains of the Damned tall tale one of the stools in the Tavern of the Damned has been changed to no longer be interactable.
The 3rd person camera should zoom in to the correct position when sitting and switching to 3rd person camera.
Players should have to hold the interact button to sleep on the bed.
Players should now be able to hear a snoring sound while sleeping.

Moving Resources Between Barrels and Crates

Taking Items from a Rowboat Chest using a Storage Crate should no longer result in those Items being lost.
Storing Items to a Rowboat Chest from a Storage Crate should no longer result in the number of items increasing.

Visual and Audio

When using the reverse speaking trumpet, players configured for non-Directional in-game chat should now hear the reduced audio volume as expected.
Scrolls should now play paper audio effects when being raised, turned etc.
Water audio effects when the Kraken is leaving should no longer stop prematurely.

*Environment *

Navigating up the wooden ramps on top of Thieves Haven should no longer cause the character to slide off.
Players should no longer be launched into the air by walking into a wooden gate on Sailors Knot Stronghold.
The Mysterious Stranger's Tankard should no longer become visible and floating mid-air when the player stands too close to him.
Static Lanterns on islands should no longer be playing the swinging animation.

Performance & Stability

Changes to mouse position capture on xCloud to improve Touch Controls.