Insider Patch Notes 2.5.1.6
Insider Update 2.5.1.6 is now live. While the team works to prepare further features arriving in Season Seven with further fixes to existing features, please continue to test existing features and leave your feedback in the appropriate threads!
As always, if you encounter any bugs, then please head to the
Sea of Thieves support site and let our Player Support team know.
Known Issues
Trinket Saving
- After placing Trinkets on a Captain’s Ship, returning from the Ferry of the Damned, Athena’s Fortune Hideout or rejoining a session following a disconnection will cause all Trinkets to become invisible until they are re-placed.
Fishing
- After tiring out a fish while fishing, the fishing line continues to visually appear taught when it should display as loose indicating to the player that it is safe to reel in.
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.****
- When performing a Pocket Pet emote, the full range of actions are currently not being displayed.****
*Tall Tale Cutscenes *
- When playing through a Tall Tale, after interacting with a character and beginning a cutscene – moving away from that character a fair distance and returning will now cause the cutscene to stop and the character return to an idle state. The Tall Tale will continue to progress to the next chapter, however players will not visually see the cutscene take place.
Fixed Issues
Gameplay
- Phantom cannoneers on Sea Forts now fire at approaching player ships.
Captains of Adventure
- Players who have yet to become a captain and instead choose to sail as a crewmate aboard a Captain’s Ship will now find that after leaving the session and then choosing to sail as a captain, that the new Captain’s Ship will be a fresh ship and not suffer any persistent damage from previous sessions.
- After leaving a captained session and setting sail again on a non-captained ship of any type, players will now correctly start a fresh session.
Pirate Emporium
- While browsing the Pirate Emporium, small and medium sized buttons no longer display extended text descriptions. These descriptions can still be seen when selecting the item.
‘Shrouded Deep’
- When summoning the Shrouded Ghost in the final encounter, players should no longer find Belle and Merrick appear twice during the battle.
Legend of the Veil Voyage
- During a Haunted Fort encounter, players should no longer see subtitles without hearing voice overs.
- After destroying a Fort Emplacement, the explosion visual effects will now play out in the correct sequence.
- After destroying a Fort Emplacement, attempting to climb the ladders should no longer cause players to safe teleport.
- After destroying a Fort Emplacement, attempting to climb the ladders should no longer cause the player’s camera to point to the incorrect location.
- During a Puzzle Quest Map, retrieving gold from an Ancient Chest now displays the correct notification.
- Treasure hidden inside Collector’s Chests is now less predictable.
- Destroying Fort Emplacements and Forts will now trigger controller rumble.
Environment
- ‘Captains of the Damned’ – Players should no longer fall through the geometry while navigating through Isla Tesoro.
Visual and Audio
- When returning Ritual Skulls to Larinna, the correct Bilge Rats artwork is now used in notifications.
- Flocks of seagulls can once again be seen flying above sunken Shipwrecks.
- When attacking a Megalodon with a cannonball, the appropriate hit visual effects can now be seen.
- Portuguese language is now spelt correctly in the language settings.
