Insider Patch Notes 2.4.0.2
Insider Update 2.4.0.2 is now live. The Legend of the Veil Voyage is back! Head to the Pirate Legend Hideout to discover a new Voyage and set sail to discover Haunted Forts.
As always, if you encounter any bugs, then please head to the
Sea of Thieves support site and let our Player Support team know.
Legend of the Veil
Haunted Island Quest
- The levers found on the Ancient Statues have now been removed and players will now only need to light the brazier on each statue.
Haunted Forts
- The locations of Haunted Forts have now been relocated to more appropriate locations in the Sea of Thieves to ensure these Forts aren’t too close to existing islands.
- Crew’s engaging with a Haunted Fort will now encounter three Ghost Ships defending each emplacement, reinforcements will be called once defeated – take out the emplacement!
- Destroying Haunted Fort emplacements should now reward players with a Storage Crate of the Damned.
Locating Belle
- Players will now be able to hear Belle as she speaks to them.
Voyage Rewards
- Treasure earned by players during this Voyage should now be exclusively for Athena’s Fortune reputation.
Updates
Spatial Audio Support
- Players on Xbox Series X and Series S can now enable Spatial Audio within their platform settings and experience full immersive surround and elevation audio for headphones.
- To enable Spatial Audio head to the Xbox Platform Settings > All Settings > Display & Sound > Audio Output > Headset Format.
Lunar Festival Costume
- The Lunar Festival Costume when equipped now includes a new emote to celebrate the new year!
Known Issues
Legend of the Veil
- The Legend of Veil is currently in a very early stage of development, and therefore contains a range of prototype artwork, animations, UI, cutscenes and assets throughout the experience. The team are not currently looking for feedback on these clear placeholder areas of the experience.
- Veil Stones slotted into the Veil of the Ancients can become invisible after a player’s death or disconnect. This is visual only and does not affect the ability to complete or make progress on the Voyage.
- Starting the Shores of Gold Tall Tale will cancel the Legend of the Veil Voyage if the Voyage is active.
- Crews migrating servers during the Voyage can cause various issues preventing progress.
Legend of the Veil – Haunted Islands
- Picking up a Flames of Fate will override the Enchanted Lantern.
- When progressing a Haunted Island quest, the placeholder friendly Golden Skeletons are currently able to be damaged and killed by players.
- If the whole crew dies during the Haunted Islands encounter, the quest module will be completed.
- Phantoms do not spawn after lighting the central beacon on the Haunted Islands.
- Phantoms and Ancient Skeletons do not spawn on Haunted Islands after solo crew players die and respawn.
Legend of the Veil – Haunted Forts
- Phantom cannoneers on the Haunted Forts do not currently fire at player ships.
Fixed Issues
General
- On Shark Bait Cove, players should no longer be launched into the air when going between two rocks on south-eastern side of the Island.
- Players should now be able to see visual effects when another play is hitting the wood placed in campfire.
- When attacking various surfaces with a sword, other players will now see and hear the visual and audio effects.
Legend of the Veil
- A player’s lantern should no longer auto-equip when another player collects the Enchanted Lantern from Belle.
- Players should now receive a notification when the defeated Phantom Captain drops a map.
- When a Haunted Fort’s ramparts are destroyed the Cannons should no longer be suspended in air and should instead sink with the fort.
- The Haunted Fort Quest Book, picture maps, lying maps and zoom maps have had text updated to ensure the text is more accurate, understandable and representable of the final text.
- The instructions to find Sudds should now be clear when reading the picture or zoom maps.
Performance and Stability
- Improved and optimised client performance.
