Insider Patch Notes 2.4.1.4
Insider Update 2.4.1.4 is now live. Check out the new Adventure quick menu before heading to Larinna to set off and discover the secrets hidden within the Fog of the Damned.
As always, if you encounter any bugs, then please head to the
Sea of Thieves support site and let our Player Support team know.
Shrouded Islands
Introducing an early preview of ‘Shrouded Islands’ a Sea of Thieves Adventure, the first chapter of a new episodic approach to story-driven gameplay. For more on these exciting changes coming to the world, head to the latest
Developer update!
Adventure Quick Menu
- The quick menu now contains an Adventure Tab, giving players easy access to information on previous, active and upcoming Adventures.
- Players will find a summary of the previous events in the Adventures storyline, providing a recap as they prepare for the adventure ahead.
- When an Adventure becomes active, players can follow along with the story and track any Deeds and rewards available for progressing through the Adventure.
- Players can then see a sneak peek to the upcoming Adventure with a hint as to how the story may unfold, providing a countdown to the Adventure starting.
Ghostly Sea Forts
- While sailing across the seas, crews may spot the ghostly visage of Sea Forts from the Sea of the Damned beginning to take physical form in the Sea of Thieves.
Shrouded Islands
- The Soulflame Ritual encounter and Soulflame Captain have now been rebalanced for a variety of crew sizes.
Updates
Sunken Kingdom Treasury Balancing
- Raiding a Sunken Treasuries Vault, crews will now find two gold piles each with consistent gold rewards.
Known Issues
Radial Menus
- PC players are currently unable to use a mouse to select options within an open radial menu.
Adventure Quick Menu
- Artwork used within the Adventure UI is currently placeholder.
- UI elements can become stuck onscreen when changing between pages and navigating through Deeds.
Shrouded Islands
- When encountering Larinna, upon starting the Adventure her animations can snap abruptly between talking and idle.
- Ashen Lord encounters can occur on Shrouded Islands used by the Adventure.
Pirate Emporium
- The Pirate Emporium contains a range of placeholder artwork, imagery and text. The team are not currently looking for feedback on these clear placeholder areas of the experience.
Legend of the Veil
- Due to issues with game stability, the Legend of the Veil is temporarily unavailable for purchase from Larinna and the Pirate Lord.
Fixed Issues
General
- Coming into proximity of other ships on the server will now show their sails in the correct orientation and length.
- Players on PC are now able to set the resolution scaling below 75% and that setting now persists across sessions.
- The Dark Adventures Beard no longer clips into the players mouth when using a range of emotes.
- The Full Billow achievement can now be unlocked when completed the required criteria.
- ‘Dark Brethren’ - The water in the flume section now flows smoothly through the tunnel.
- Upon completion of the new Order of Souls Ghost Fleet Voyages, crews are rewarded with Ghostly Cannonball crates.
- The Legend of the Sunken Kingdom Voyage is once again available from Larinna.
Shrouded Islands
- When locating Belle, her lantern is now attached correctly to her hand.
- Raising a lantern to a lit brazier no longer displays a blank tooltip.
- Dialog subtitles shown when interacting with characters on the Adventure will now correctly show who is speaking.
- Approaching Belle on a Shrouded Island now begins appropriate audio.
- Player ships will now collide with Belle’s buoys found close to her location.
- The fog of the damned lingering on Shrouded Islands now appears correctly when entering and exciting caves and buildings.
- When engaging a Soulflame Captain, on teleporting their nameplate now moves with them to the new location.
- Visual effects around Golden Sands Outpost no longer disappear abruptly when navigating the island.
- Lit braziers will now remain lit when leaving and returning to the island.
- Golden Sands Outpost is no longer shown as a Merchant Trade Route location.
- Crews are prevented from arriving at Golden Sands Outpost when starting a new session using the ‘A Pirate’s Life’ option.
Pirate Emporium
- The Jack O’ Looter Ship Collection now uses appropriate artwork.
- The Mystical Macaques Emote Bundle is now priced correctly
- The Jack O' Looter Ship Bundle is now priced correctly
- Corrected the description text for Jack O' Looter Ship Collection.
- Corrected the description text for the Cutthroat Weapon Bundle.
Performance and Stability
- Server stability has been improved, reducing scenarios where crews are removed from a game session.
