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manifest date: 2022-03-18 10:06:34 UTC

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# Insider Patch Notes 2.5.0.4

Insider Update 2.5.0.4 is now live! Help test out new quality of life improvements with new map zoom and harpoon assist features before diving back into the Legend of the Veil Voyage – now improved with new feedback, balancing and a range of bug fixes.

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

**Voyage Reward Balancing**

* The Athena’s Fortune rewards and Reputation earned from the various quests during the Legend of the Veil Voyage have now been reduced to better match the reward levels earned by Pirate Legends across both new and existing experiences. 
* Each Quest now offers an Athena’s Fortune treasure item to collect on completion, while the Haunted Fort encounter at the end of the Voyage also uncovers the fabled Chest of Legends.

**Haunted Fort Feedback**

* Improved atmospherics around the Haunted Fort to improve the range that players can see the Forts on approach in addition to ensuring players can see the emplacements and ramparts needing to be destroyed once in the encounter.
* Haunted Forts now have a calm water zone around them, preventing large waves during the battle.
* Upon attacking the Haunted Fort, a range of feedback has now been added for the crew’s actions, including screen shake and the explosive knockback when destroying emplacements.
* On destroying the Haunted Fort, the treasure is now placed in the intended locations across the ramparts and can be located by a ghostly swirling effect.

## Pirate Emporium

**Blighted Cannon Flare**

* A Cannon Flare is now available for a fan favourite Pirate Emporium ship set – check out the ominous orange light fired with the new Blighted Cannon Flare.

## Outpost Cosmetics

**Nightfall Hunter Clothing Set**

* The Outpost clothing shops now stock the Nightfall Hunter clothing set, available to purchase for gold after earning the Commendation.

## Gameplay Improvements

**Map Zoom**

* Players can now zoom in on any handheld map or quest book. Whilst holding the map to your face, clicking the right stick on controller or middle mouse on PC will now zoom and improve visibility of those hard to spot landmarks.

**Improved Harpoon Aim Assist**

* Harpoons now have an improved aim assist when launching at treasure, making players more likely to snag the treasure being aimed at instead of hitting the nearby sand!

## Accessibility

**Fish Name Narration**

* Players using “Let Games Read To Me” while fishing will now find the name of a fish is narrated as it surfaces. While this is enabled by default, this specific narration can be disabled using “Narrate Fish Nameplates” in the in-game language settings.

## Updates

**Thai Language Support **

* Sea of Thieves now supports Thai localisation across the entire game. Players can now select Thai from the in-game language setting.

## Known Issues

**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**

* New Commendations for progressing the Legend of the Veil Voyage are visible in the Athena’s fortune Reputation Tab. However, they are not currently unlocked when completing the necessary criteria.
* Crews progressing through the Legend of the Veil Voyage at the same time on a server can cause a scenario where two Shipwreck Graveyard sites can be generated in the same location.
* 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 progress on the Voyage.
* Crews migrating servers during the Voyage can cause various issues preventing progress.

## Fixed Issues

**General**

* The Sea Dogs Reptation Tab will now show for players who have at least one fully completed Commendation at any grade.

**Pirate Emporium**

* Players using the Lodestar or Barrel Bombardier ship wheels should no longer see their hands intersect with the wheel when turning.

* The Barrel Bombardier Cannon Flare is now a more representative visual effect for the intended design.
* Replaced a range of placeholder imagery and iconography within the Pirate Emporium.

**Legend of the Veil Voyage**

* The Pirate Lord now stays attached to the players ship during the intro and outro cutscenes.

* Improved visual and audio effects for the Pirate Lord cutscenes.
* Sudds has moved to a new location Devil’s Thirst to better match the quest page description.
* Added additional digging locations for lying maps to all islands.
* Amended typos and font sizes in quest book pages to improve readability.

**Legend of the Veil – Haunted Islands**

* Allied Ancients during the ritual encounter will now attack the Phantom Captain as intended.
* New lore images added to Haunted Island quest pages.

**Legend of the Veil – Shipwreck Graveyard**

* Players can no longer swim behind the wooden barricade on the Galleon to bypass the experience.
* Treasure located in the corners of sunken ships can now be picked up by players.
* Migrating across servers after collecting the key should no longer cause the shipwrecks to be missing on the new server.

**Legend of the Veil – Haunted Forts**

* Players can now transfer resources out of the Storage Crates of the Damned.
* The Haunted fort is now destroyed once crews have destroyed all the Fort’s ramparts.
* After destroying the Haunted Fort, the Athena’s Fortune rewards now appear for collection and no longer float above the floor.
* Phantom cannoneers once again appear to defend the Fort when sieged. 
* Destroying a rampart will now destroy any Phantoms still active on it.

* Players are prevented from swimming under the Fort to see inside.
* After a Fort emplacement is destroyed, all geometry, collision and visual effects are now removed.
* Fort emplacements and ramparts hit with cannon fire now display ghostly visual effects.
* Players are now shown more clearly the location of the final Veil Stone after destroying the Fort.
* Improved the Tornado visual effects when viewed at close range.

* The ‘Tower Defense’ Commendation will now unlock when completing the necessary criteria.

**Environment**

* Players should no longer find an invisible object at the centre of the world that damages player ships.
* ‘Captains of the Damned’ - Players should no longer fall through the floor when moving through the corridor from the armoury to the well.

**Visual and Audio**

* Killing a small animal while they are running will no longer cause them to slide across the floor after dying.

**Performance and Stability**

* Improved server stability, reducing scenarios where crews are removed from a game session.

Preview

Insider Patch Notes 2.5.0.4

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 Reward Balancing

The Athena’s Fortune rewards and Reputation earned from the various quests during the Legend of the Veil Voyage have now been reduced to better match the reward levels earned by Pirate Legends across both new and existing experiences.
Each Quest now offers an Athena’s Fortune treasure item to collect on completion, while the Haunted Fort encounter at the end of the Voyage also uncovers the fabled Chest of Legends.

Haunted Fort Feedback

Improved atmospherics around the Haunted Fort to improve the range that players can see the Forts on approach in addition to ensuring players can see the emplacements and ramparts needing to be destroyed once in the encounter.
Haunted Forts now have a calm water zone around them, preventing large waves during the battle.
Upon attacking the Haunted Fort, a range of feedback has now been added for the crew’s actions, including screen shake and the explosive knockback when destroying emplacements.
On destroying the Haunted Fort, the treasure is now placed in the intended locations across the ramparts and can be located by a ghostly swirling effect.

Pirate Emporium

Blighted Cannon Flare

A Cannon Flare is now available for a fan favourite Pirate Emporium ship set – check out the ominous orange light fired with the new Blighted Cannon Flare.

Outpost Cosmetics

Nightfall Hunter Clothing Set

The Outpost clothing shops now stock the Nightfall Hunter clothing set, available to purchase for gold after earning the Commendation.

Gameplay Improvements

Map Zoom

Players can now zoom in on any handheld map or quest book. Whilst holding the map to your face, clicking the right stick on controller or middle mouse on PC will now zoom and improve visibility of those hard to spot landmarks.

Improved Harpoon Aim Assist

Harpoons now have an improved aim assist when launching at treasure, making players more likely to snag the treasure being aimed at instead of hitting the nearby sand!

Accessibility

Fish Name Narration

Players using “Let Games Read To Me” while fishing will now find the name of a fish is narrated as it surfaces. While this is enabled by default, this specific narration can be disabled using “Narrate Fish Nameplates” in the in-game language settings.

Updates

*Thai Language Support *

Sea of Thieves now supports Thai localisation across the entire game. Players can now select Thai from the in-game language setting.

Known Issues

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

New Commendations for progressing the Legend of the Veil Voyage are visible in the Athena’s fortune Reputation Tab. However, they are not currently unlocked when completing the necessary criteria.
Crews progressing through the Legend of the Veil Voyage at the same time on a server can cause a scenario where two Shipwreck Graveyard sites can be generated in the same location.
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 progress on the Voyage.
Crews migrating servers during the Voyage can cause various issues preventing progress.

Fixed Issues

General

The Sea Dogs Reptation Tab will now show for players who have at least one fully completed Commendation at any grade.

Pirate Emporium

Players using the Lodestar or Barrel Bombardier ship wheels should no longer see their hands intersect with the wheel when turning.
The Barrel Bombardier Cannon Flare is now a more representative visual effect for the intended design.
Replaced a range of placeholder imagery and iconography within the Pirate Emporium.

Legend of the Veil Voyage

The Pirate Lord now stays attached to the players ship during the intro and outro cutscenes.
Improved visual and audio effects for the Pirate Lord cutscenes.
Sudds has moved to a new location Devil’s Thirst to better match the quest page description.
Added additional digging locations for lying maps to all islands.
Amended typos and font sizes in quest book pages to improve readability.

Legend of the Veil – Haunted Islands

Allied Ancients during the ritual encounter will now attack the Phantom Captain as intended.
New lore images added to Haunted Island quest pages.

Legend of the Veil – Shipwreck Graveyard

Players can no longer swim behind the wooden barricade on the Galleon to bypass the experience.
Treasure located in the corners of sunken ships can now be picked up by players.
Migrating across servers after collecting the key should no longer cause the shipwrecks to be missing on the new server.

Legend of the Veil – Haunted Forts

Players can now transfer resources out of the Storage Crates of the Damned.
The Haunted fort is now destroyed once crews have destroyed all the Fort’s ramparts.
After destroying the Haunted Fort, the Athena’s Fortune rewards now appear for collection and no longer float above the floor.
Phantom cannoneers once again appear to defend the Fort when sieged.
Destroying a rampart will now destroy any Phantoms still active on it.
Players are prevented from swimming under the Fort to see inside.
After a Fort emplacement is destroyed, all geometry, collision and visual effects are now removed.
Fort emplacements and ramparts hit with cannon fire now display ghostly visual effects.
Players are now shown more clearly the location of the final Veil Stone after destroying the Fort.
Improved the Tornado visual effects when viewed at close range.
The ‘Tower Defense’ Commendation will now unlock when completing the necessary criteria.

Environment

Players should no longer find an invisible object at the centre of the world that damages player ships.
‘Captains of the Damned’ - Players should no longer fall through the floor when moving through the corridor from the armoury to the well.

Visual and Audio

Killing a small animal while they are running will no longer cause them to slide across the floor after dying.

Performance and Stability

Improved server stability, reducing scenarios where crews are removed from a game session.