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manifest date: 2022-02-25 10:16:21 UTC

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# Insider Patch Notes 2.4.2.6

Insider Update 2.4.2.6 is now live. With bug fixes and improvements to the latest Adventure and Sea Forts experience arriving in our next retail update, grab your crew and jump into this build to help give feedback to the team!

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.

## Adventures

**‘Forts of the Forgotten’**

* The Phantom Jailor encounter has been rebalanced, the Jailor should now perform the teleport heavy attack less frequently and now moves slower around the area during combat.

## Sea Forts

**Sea Fort Balancing**

* Sea Fort Captains will now dynamically change their health based on the size of the crew starting the Fort Encounter, providing a suitable difficulty to all crew sizes.
* Crews may now find Gunpowder Barrels when exploring the Sea Forts.
* Players searching the various hiding spots around the Fort will now find the hidden Storeroom Key unlocking access to the Upper Storage Room with additional rewards inside.

## Season Six

**Season Six Emissary Ledger Rewards**

* Representing the Gold Hoarders in their Emissary Ledger can now earn players the Tribute Peak Blunderbuss and Eye of Reach.
* Players seeking out the secrets of the Order of Souls can earn the Relic of Darkness Blunderbuss and Eye of Reach through their Ledger performance.
* The Merchant Alliance honour their high-performing Ledger representatives with the Merchant Ambassador Blunderbuss and Eye of Reach.
* Flying the flag of The Reaper’s Bones and earning a high rank in their Ledger can earn players the Masked Renegade Blunderbuss and Eye of Reach.
* Legendary pirates representing Athena’s Fortune in their Ledger can earn the Magpie’s Glory Cannons, Sails and Flag to show their allegiance to the Pirate Lord.

**Season Six Progression**

* Insiders logging in after update 2.4.2.6 will find all previous progress through Season Six now reset. However, Insiders now have a Renown accelerator applied, increasing the Renown earned to progress players much faster through this Season in order to gain the rewards for testing.

## Known Issues

**Legend of the Veil Voyage**

* Due to a progression blocking issue, the Legend of the Veil Voyage has been disabled in this Insiders update.

**Forts of the Forgotten**

* After speaking with Belle and heading to the Sea Fort for the encounter, players will currently not find the Phantom Jailor on the docks. To make the Phantom Jailor arrive, all players must visit the Ferry of the Damned (feel free to be creative) and subsequently return. 
* After returning the Enchanted Vessel to Belle, players are not offered the [Complete Adventure] dialogue option. If players wait for two minutes after handing in the Vessel, this option should then become available. 
* Within the Adventure menu, the Forts of the Forgotten tab shows a range of Deeds for progressing the new Adventure – these however are currently work in progress and the team are not looking for feedback.

**Sea Forts**

* The Sea Forts continue to be in an early stage of development, and the environmental geometry is still considered work in progress. Players may therefore discover invisible walls and uneven flooring while navigating the Forts, and a range of mechanisms may not yet be functional. Phantoms encountered during the encounter can also move between floors and can become stuck in the environment during combat.

**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. 
* The Islehopper Outlaw and Spring Blossom Cannon Flares are using work in progress visual effects and are not representative of the final design.

**Dialogue**

* Larinna has no dialogue options when the Forts of the Forgotten Adventure is not active.

## Fixed Issues

**General**

* Players who have been vomited on twice are no longer immune to fire damage.
* The ‘A Rare Delicacy’ and ‘Night Bite’ achievements should now unlock when completing the require criteria.
* When using Let Games Read To Me, the start screen should now be fully narrated.

**Forts of the Forgotten**

* Crews locating Belle and freeing prisoners will now find the associated Deeds now complete within the Adventure menu.
* Collecting the Jailor’s keys now plays the appropriate audio effects.
* Players searching Old Brimstone Fort during the Adventure will now find markings around the Enchantment Vessel within the Sea Fort Cells.
* Players can no longer complete the tale by simply interacting back and forth with Belle and Larinna.
* Belle’s subtitles during dialogue now correctly identifies her as the one who is speaking.
* The Phantom Jailer now wields the correct cutlass during his encounter with players.
* Players earning the Freer of Forgotten Forts title will now find the correct icon when selecting it within the Vanity Chest.
* Players are no longer able to browse Larinna’s store while on a custom server.

**Sea Forts**

* When revisiting a Sea Fort which was previously active, players will now find that all the mechanisms are now correctly reset.
* Players should no longer find floor textures covering parts of the environment dressing.
* Standing in various locations on the stairs and Rowboat docks should no longer cause players to become safe teleported.
* The Phantom Captain appearing at the end of the encounter should no longer be using a skeleton model.
* When opening doors on Sea Forts, the doors should no longer intersect with the surrounding environment.
* Bells found on the top of each Sea Fort now have the correct model and can be interacted with.
* When digging around the Sea Forts, each surface should now cause an appropriate failed dig audio effect.
* While exploring the docks, the various ropes and rigging should no longer shift position when viewed at different distances.
* Players can now sit on the throne at all Sea Fort locations.
* Players using the Sea Fort Cannons should now appear correct when viewed by others.
* Each Sea Fort now has appropriate banners, seen when approaching.
* Players should no longer find overlapping sleeping interactions on the Fort beds.
* At Old Brinestone and Ancient Gold Fortresses there should now be visible pulley ropes within the Treasury and dock areas.
* At the Imperial Crown Fortress, players can no longer see through holes in the dock walls.
* At Traitors Fate, the wall of kegs can no longer be walked through
* A range of environment dressing has been added to the Royal Crest Fortress.
* The Royal Crest Fortress no longer has large holes in the walls and overlapping floors.

**Season Six**

* Players should now find their hands animate correctly while using the Spring Blossom Capstan.

**Closing the Arena**

* Players having unlocked the Legendary Sea Dog Commendation will now find this correctly counted towards the overall Athena's Fortune Commendation total.
* When highlighting the Maiden Voyage button on the front-end, pressing down will no longer shift focus to the left.

**Visual and Audio**
****

* **‘The Sunken Pearl’** - The stone face waterfalls no longer have water visual effects pouring out of the side of the statues.

**Environment**

* When exploring the various Outpost Taverns, grass should no longer be seen mysteriously poking through the floor and walls.
* Players should no longer become stuck inside ruined trees on both Morrow's Peak Outpost or Ashen Reaches.
* Players opening Glitterbeard’s hideout should no longer be snagged by the environment when moving inside.
* Swimming at various locations at Golden Sands should no longer cause players to intersect with geometry and become flung into the air.
* **‘Captains of the Damned’** – Players can no longer become trapped between roots of a tree in the bayou.
* **‘Dark Brethren’** – Players can no longer avoid the battle with the Ocean Crawlers by navigating over the coral structures in Chapter 4.

Performance and Stability

* Server stability has been improved, reducing scenarios where crews are removed from a game session.

Preview

Insider Patch Notes 2.4.2.6

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

Adventures

‘Forts of the Forgotten’

The Phantom Jailor encounter has been rebalanced, the Jailor should now perform the teleport heavy attack less frequently and now moves slower around the area during combat.

Sea Forts

Sea Fort Balancing

Sea Fort Captains will now dynamically change their health based on the size of the crew starting the Fort Encounter, providing a suitable difficulty to all crew sizes.
Crews may now find Gunpowder Barrels when exploring the Sea Forts.
Players searching the various hiding spots around the Fort will now find the hidden Storeroom Key unlocking access to the Upper Storage Room with additional rewards inside.

Season Six

Season Six Emissary Ledger Rewards

Representing the Gold Hoarders in their Emissary Ledger can now earn players the Tribute Peak Blunderbuss and Eye of Reach.
Players seeking out the secrets of the Order of Souls can earn the Relic of Darkness Blunderbuss and Eye of Reach through their Ledger performance.
The Merchant Alliance honour their high-performing Ledger representatives with the Merchant Ambassador Blunderbuss and Eye of Reach.
Flying the flag of The Reaper’s Bones and earning a high rank in their Ledger can earn players the Masked Renegade Blunderbuss and Eye of Reach.
Legendary pirates representing Athena’s Fortune in their Ledger can earn the Magpie’s Glory Cannons, Sails and Flag to show their allegiance to the Pirate Lord.

Season Six Progression

Insiders logging in after update 2.4.2.6 will find all previous progress through Season Six now reset. However, Insiders now have a Renown accelerator applied, increasing the Renown earned to progress players much faster through this Season in order to gain the rewards for testing.

Known Issues

Legend of the Veil Voyage

Due to a progression blocking issue, the Legend of the Veil Voyage has been disabled in this Insiders update.

Forts of the Forgotten

After speaking with Belle and heading to the Sea Fort for the encounter, players will currently not find the Phantom Jailor on the docks. To make the Phantom Jailor arrive, all players must visit the Ferry of the Damned (feel free to be creative) and subsequently return.
After returning the Enchanted Vessel to Belle, players are not offered the [Complete Adventure] dialogue option. If players wait for two minutes after handing in the Vessel, this option should then become available.
Within the Adventure menu, the Forts of the Forgotten tab shows a range of Deeds for progressing the new Adventure – these however are currently work in progress and the team are not looking for feedback.

Sea Forts

The Sea Forts continue to be in an early stage of development, and the environmental geometry is still considered work in progress. Players may therefore discover invisible walls and uneven flooring while navigating the Forts, and a range of mechanisms may not yet be functional. Phantoms encountered during the encounter can also move between floors and can become stuck in the environment during combat.

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.
The Islehopper Outlaw and Spring Blossom Cannon Flares are using work in progress visual effects and are not representative of the final design.

Dialogue

Larinna has no dialogue options when the Forts of the Forgotten Adventure is not active.

Fixed Issues

General

Players who have been vomited on twice are no longer immune to fire damage.
The ‘A Rare Delicacy’ and ‘Night Bite’ achievements should now unlock when completing the require criteria.
When using Let Games Read To Me, the start screen should now be fully narrated.

Forts of the Forgotten

Crews locating Belle and freeing prisoners will now find the associated Deeds now complete within the Adventure menu.
Collecting the Jailor’s keys now plays the appropriate audio effects.
Players searching Old Brimstone Fort during the Adventure will now find markings around the Enchantment Vessel within the Sea Fort Cells.
Players can no longer complete the tale by simply interacting back and forth with Belle and Larinna.
Belle’s subtitles during dialogue now correctly identifies her as the one who is speaking.
The Phantom Jailer now wields the correct cutlass during his encounter with players.
Players earning the Freer of Forgotten Forts title will now find the correct icon when selecting it within the Vanity Chest.
Players are no longer able to browse Larinna’s store while on a custom server.

Sea Forts

When revisiting a Sea Fort which was previously active, players will now find that all the mechanisms are now correctly reset.
Players should no longer find floor textures covering parts of the environment dressing.
Standing in various locations on the stairs and Rowboat docks should no longer cause players to become safe teleported.
The Phantom Captain appearing at the end of the encounter should no longer be using a skeleton model.
When opening doors on Sea Forts, the doors should no longer intersect with the surrounding environment.
Bells found on the top of each Sea Fort now have the correct model and can be interacted with.
When digging around the Sea Forts, each surface should now cause an appropriate failed dig audio effect.
While exploring the docks, the various ropes and rigging should no longer shift position when viewed at different distances.
Players can now sit on the throne at all Sea Fort locations.
Players using the Sea Fort Cannons should now appear correct when viewed by others.
Each Sea Fort now has appropriate banners, seen when approaching.
Players should no longer find overlapping sleeping interactions on the Fort beds.
At Old Brinestone and Ancient Gold Fortresses there should now be visible pulley ropes within the Treasury and dock areas.
At the Imperial Crown Fortress, players can no longer see through holes in the dock walls.
At Traitors Fate, the wall of kegs can no longer be walked through
A range of environment dressing has been added to the Royal Crest Fortress.
The Royal Crest Fortress no longer has large holes in the walls and overlapping floors.

Season Six

Players should now find their hands animate correctly while using the Spring Blossom Capstan.

Closing the Arena

Players having unlocked the Legendary Sea Dog Commendation will now find this correctly counted towards the overall Athena's Fortune Commendation total.
When highlighting the Maiden Voyage button on the front-end, pressing down will no longer shift focus to the left.

Visual and Audio

‘The Sunken Pearl’ - The stone face waterfalls no longer have water visual effects pouring out of the side of the statues.

Environment

When exploring the various Outpost Taverns, grass should no longer be seen mysteriously poking through the floor and walls.
Players should no longer become stuck inside ruined trees on both Morrow's Peak Outpost or Ashen Reaches.
Players opening Glitterbeard’s hideout should no longer be snagged by the environment when moving inside.
Swimming at various locations at Golden Sands should no longer cause players to intersect with geometry and become flung into the air.
‘Captains of the Damned’ – Players can no longer become trapped between roots of a tree in the bayou.
‘Dark Brethren’ – Players can no longer avoid the battle with the Ocean Crawlers by navigating over the coral structures in Chapter 4.

Performance and Stability

Server stability has been improved, reducing scenarios where crews are removed from a game session.