Insider Patch Notes 2.4.0.3
Insider Update 2.4.0.3 is now live. Continue to head to the Pirate Legend Hideout to pick up the Legend of the Veil Voyage, then 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
Voyage Access
- Players will no longer need to be Pirate Legends to acquire the Legend of the Veil Voyage and can now purchase the Voyage from Larinna’s Shop.
The availability of this voyage from Larinna is temporary, to enable wider Insider testing coverage.
Haunted Forts
- Smaller Fort emplacements now emerge closer to the main Haunted Fort.
Updates
Storm Effects
- While traversing in a storm, the strong undercurrent in open seas requires players to fight the wheel to keep it straight. When approaching an island or shipwreck however, crews will now find that the undercurrent is softer and no longer causes the wheel to spin erratically from the force of the waves.
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.
- Some of the voice lines in the Pirate Lord’s voiceover cut off early.
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.
Incorrect Poses in Sitting Positions
- Players may find that some pirates adopt an incorrect hand position when sitting in various places around the world. These pirates should rest with their hands on their knees but may appear to hold their hands in the air.
Unable to start Custom Servers
- Players are unable to start a custom server session.
Cannon Firing Effects
- The recoil animation does not always play when firing a ship’s cannon.
Fixed Issues
General
- Items fired from ship cannons should now have appropriate visual effects such as Cannon Flare when fired.
- Players harpooned from the water while moving towards the ship should no longer experience a black screen.
- When returning to the ship from the Ferry of the Damned, a docked Rowboat should now show the ropes holding the rowboat correctly.
- When equipping the Party Boat Cannons on a Brigantine, players fired from the cannons should now travel the intended direction when fired at all angles.
Rats on Ships
- Rats should still be present on a player’s ship that has water in it, even after the player leaves their ship and returns.
Fireworks
- Fireworks should no longer work whilst in the Tunnels of the Damned, and any activated prior to entering will automatically be cancelled.
Sunken Kingdom
- Players should still be able to open the Captain's Quarters from Lost Shipments Voyage shipwreck after storing the key in a Sunken Merfolk Statue.
- In Siren Treasuries, the Vault Master should no longer reappear after it is defeated if the player is subsequently killed and returns from the Ferry.
Tall Tale
- ‘The Sunken Pearl’ – Text within the Tall Tale should now be localised in non-English languages. Players should now get a banner notification in the language their game is set to informing them if they have failed the Silver Blade battle.
- ‘The Sunken Pearl’ – Visual effects should no longer be missing from the smaller Air Giving Plants.
Performance and Stability
- Further improvements made to server performance, reducing latency, lag spikes, rubberbanding and server correction during gameplay.
- Optimised how emergent island threats move and attack, to improve responsiveness.
- Improved server stability when players are transferring items from storage crates while exiting the game.
- The Server should no longer crash when a player force closes game while interacting with the Tavern Board and then another player interacts with a board.
