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manifest date: 2021-12-17 10:18:55 UTC

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# Insider Patch Notes 2.4.0.6

Insider Update 2.4.0.6 is now live. As we begin to approach the end of the year and our team begins to take well deserved breaks for the holidays, our remaining builds will focus on bug fixes ahead of January’s update.

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.

## Legend of the Veil

**Haunted Island Ritual Encounter**

* On discovering the Ancient Ritual location, the mechanics of the phantom encounter have now been revised to provide a more challenging encounter for players where the number of Phantoms encountered is maintained throughout the battle. 
* While previously the encounter required crews to defeat a wave of Phantoms before uncovering subsequent waves, Crews will now find that when dispatching individual Phantoms, they will shortly be replaced by a new Phantom threat to take their place.

## Outpost Cosmetics

**Legacy Event Cosmetics**

* Previous rewards from the Fury of the Damned Event have now been added to the Outpost shops.
* The Wicked Web Tankard, Blunderbuss, Cannons, and both Figureheads now available in Outpost shops, locked behind the ‘Banishing the Damned’ and ‘Vanquishing the Damned’ Commendations.

**Redcoat Grand Admiral Set**

* The Redcoat Grand Admiral Clothing is now available in Outpost Clothing Shops for gold.

## Updates

**Optimising Server Performance using Player Limits**

* Sea of Thieves Servers are now able to optimise Server Performance by enforcing limits on what crew sizes are able to join a given server. This approach allows servers to maintain the designed number of ships to ensure encounter rates between players remains high, without negatively affecting performance. 
* For this Insiders Technical Test, all servers have been temporarily configured to support 6 Crews however with a limit of 16 players. When starting a session or migrating, servers will now actively manage this and fill with a mix of ships that meets both these new limits.

## Known Issues

**Pirate Emporium**

* When performing the Stargazing Emote from the Lodestar Costume, zooming in will move the camera to an incorrect position on the pirate.

**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 upon disconnecting. 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**

* Various statues are in the incorrect locations, in the water or in the air and cannot be interacted with. 
* 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.

**Cannon Firing Effects**

* The recoil animation does not always play when firing a ship’s cannon.

## Fixed Issues

**General **

* When browsing a Barrel or Crate with a Mouse & Keyboard, moving the mouse quickly between the crate and inventory should no longer cause the crate to lose mouse focus and become unresponsive. 
* Players can no longer maintain forward momentum by jumping immediately after landing when fired from a cannon. 
* When a rowboat storage chest becomes emptied the tooltip now updates to show ‘Empty’ without needing to open it.

**Pirate Emporium**

* The preview images shown when browsing the Pirate Emporium have now been corrected for the Lodestar Sails, Lodestar Collector’s Sails and Collector’s Lodestar Figurehead. 
* Icons have been added for the Something Stinks and Stargazing emotes in the Emote Radial. 
* When performing the Coin Toss emote with a Hook equipped, the coin now correctly rests on the hook.

**Legend of the Veil**

* Players meeting Sudds will now find him using appropriate lip-syncing during his interactions. 
* Players discovering Belle will now find her react to players as they approach. 
* Belle’s subtitles shown when speaking should now better match the timing of the voice over. 
* During the Haunted Islands encounter, the Ancient ritual and Veilstone handover now have initial animations.

**Visual & Audio**

* The Tattoo of Ancient Gold now appears correctly on a range of large pirate body shapes. 
* Players standing next to a fire onboard their ship will no longer see an extended distance through a fog bank.

**Buried Treasure**

* Burying a Broken Emissary Flag and digging it up will no longer cause it to lose its gold value when cashed into the Reaper’s Bones. 
* Digging up and quickly burying booby-trapped treasure should no longer cause any enemies to retreat back into the sand.

**Sitting **

* Players who are sleeping will now take damage from ranged weapon fire.

**Performance & Stability**

* Further improvements made to server performance, reducing latency during gameplay. Client stability has been improved, reducing scenarios where the title hangs during active gameplay.

Preview

Insider Patch Notes 2.4.0.6

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

Legend of the Veil

Haunted Island Ritual Encounter

On discovering the Ancient Ritual location, the mechanics of the phantom encounter have now been revised to provide a more challenging encounter for players where the number of Phantoms encountered is maintained throughout the battle.
While previously the encounter required crews to defeat a wave of Phantoms before uncovering subsequent waves, Crews will now find that when dispatching individual Phantoms, they will shortly be replaced by a new Phantom threat to take their place.

Outpost Cosmetics

Legacy Event Cosmetics

Previous rewards from the Fury of the Damned Event have now been added to the Outpost shops.
The Wicked Web Tankard, Blunderbuss, Cannons, and both Figureheads now available in Outpost shops, locked behind the ‘Banishing the Damned’ and ‘Vanquishing the Damned’ Commendations.

Redcoat Grand Admiral Set

The Redcoat Grand Admiral Clothing is now available in Outpost Clothing Shops for gold.

Updates

Optimising Server Performance using Player Limits

Sea of Thieves Servers are now able to optimise Server Performance by enforcing limits on what crew sizes are able to join a given server. This approach allows servers to maintain the designed number of ships to ensure encounter rates between players remains high, without negatively affecting performance.
For this Insiders Technical Test, all servers have been temporarily configured to support 6 Crews however with a limit of 16 players. When starting a session or migrating, servers will now actively manage this and fill with a mix of ships that meets both these new limits.

Known Issues

Pirate Emporium

When performing the Stargazing Emote from the Lodestar Costume, zooming in will move the camera to an incorrect position on the pirate.

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 upon disconnecting. 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

Various statues are in the incorrect locations, in the water or in the air and cannot be interacted with.
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.

Cannon Firing Effects

The recoil animation does not always play when firing a ship’s cannon.

Fixed Issues

*General *

When browsing a Barrel or Crate with a Mouse & Keyboard, moving the mouse quickly between the crate and inventory should no longer cause the crate to lose mouse focus and become unresponsive.
Players can no longer maintain forward momentum by jumping immediately after landing when fired from a cannon.
When a rowboat storage chest becomes emptied the tooltip now updates to show ‘Empty’ without needing to open it.

Pirate Emporium

The preview images shown when browsing the Pirate Emporium have now been corrected for the Lodestar Sails, Lodestar Collector’s Sails and Collector’s Lodestar Figurehead.
Icons have been added for the Something Stinks and Stargazing emotes in the Emote Radial.
When performing the Coin Toss emote with a Hook equipped, the coin now correctly rests on the hook.

Legend of the Veil

Players meeting Sudds will now find him using appropriate lip-syncing during his interactions.
Players discovering Belle will now find her react to players as they approach.
Belle’s subtitles shown when speaking should now better match the timing of the voice over.
During the Haunted Islands encounter, the Ancient ritual and Veilstone handover now have initial animations.

Visual & Audio

The Tattoo of Ancient Gold now appears correctly on a range of large pirate body shapes.
Players standing next to a fire onboard their ship will no longer see an extended distance through a fog bank.

Buried Treasure

Burying a Broken Emissary Flag and digging it up will no longer cause it to lose its gold value when cashed into the Reaper’s Bones.
Digging up and quickly burying booby-trapped treasure should no longer cause any enemies to retreat back into the sand.

*Sitting *

Players who are sleeping will now take damage from ranged weapon fire.

Performance & Stability

Further improvements made to server performance, reducing latency during gameplay. Client stability has been improved, reducing scenarios where the title hangs during active gameplay.