Insider Patch Notes 2.5.3.5
Insider Update 2.5.3.5 is now live. With great power also comes the great responsibility of learning how to be a great captain, luckily for players the Pirate Lord is willing to share some of his tips and tricks through the new Captaincy tutorials.
As always, if you encounter any bugs, then please head to the
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Captains of Adventure
Captains of Adventure Tutorials
- Players becoming a captain for the first time will now experience a series of tutorials, delivered by the Pirate Lord when arriving at the Outpost. Once completed this tutorial will not be shown for subsequent ship purchases.
- Selecting ‘Info and Tips’ within the options menu will now present players with a set of written tutorials on everything you need to know about Captaincy.
Trinkets
- Captains are once again able to place Trinkets around their ship!
- When players explore Outpost taverns, they will now find Trinket points allowing them to place their prized trophies for all to see!
Known Issues
Captains of Adventure
- The ship’s log has currently been disabled due to an issue leading to server instability.
- When launching the game, players may experience the “Captain My Own Ship” option showing an infinite loading wheel. As a workaround, players should exit and return to the game.
- Captains may see the prompt "To purchase this item you must own a Captain's Ship" when trying to purchase ship crests or renaming Deeds at the Pirate Emporium, even though they are a captain.
- Trinket nudging does not currently work onboard a Sloop.
Sea of The Damned Adventure Technical Test
- Insiders seeking to participate in this Technical Test again within the same session will not be offered the option from Larinna. To gain access to the Adventure Technical Test again, simply leave the game and start a new session.
Fixed Issues
Gameplay
- Player’s Cosmetic and Vanity Chests now once again sort owned cosmetics by the date they were added to the game.
Legend of the Veil Voyage
- Crews defeating the Soulflame Captain during a Haunted Islands encounter will now be awarded the correct number of rewards and gain the intended Emissary Grade Progression when representing as an Emissary.
Captains of Adventure
- When harpooning loot from a ship onto the Sovereign Hut, the harpoon will no longer attach to the ship instead of picking up loot.
- Crewmates from an un-captained crew will no longer experience incorrect dialogue when speaking to Sovereign Barnaby.
- When a storm passes over the Sovereign Hut, it will no longer rain inside the tent.
- The book on the table to the left within the Sovereigns hut will no longer be floating in mid-air.
- If the captain leaves the crew and the ship sinks then respawns, Captaincy customisations now revert to the default selection.
- Backing out of the “Confirm Your Session Setup” screen will no longer take players to the screen.
- Captained ship names will no longer remain after the ship has been de-captained, sunk and then respawned.
- Season Seven loading screens should now be present.
- The Ship Crest customisations will now be in the decorations tab.
Captains of Adventure - Trinkets
- Interacting with the Trinket box no longer causes server instability.
- Trinkets put down by one player can no longer be moved by another player placing the same Trinket in another spot.
- Trinkets within the Trinket box should no longer display any negative values.
- Players should no longer be able to interact with the Trinket mount point above the bed on Galleons through the other side of the wall.
- Certain Trinkets will no longer spin in place when being adjusted due to nudging.
- The max Trinket limit now only counts per player and not the entire crew.
- Placed Trinkets now persist when migrating between servers.
- Trophies in the shipwright shop now show players the previous tiers they need to buy the next one up.
Captains of Adventure - Captains Log
- The notification for selling the Captain’s Log now uses final imagery.
- Players should no longer experience not being able to interact with the Captain’s Log after server migration.
- Captain’s Logs now sit correctly when placed within collector’s chest.
- The Captain’s Log will no longer appear to be open when on players back as they climb a ladder.
- Players can no longer open the equipment dial whilst looking at the Captain’s Log.
- When selling the Captains Log to the Reapers, it will now reward the correct amount based on the ship’s ‘Days at Sea’.
Sea of the Damned Adventure Technical Test
- Players will no longer find their clothing and vanity items removed when traveling through the Tunnels of the Damned as part of the Adventure.
Pirate Emporium
- Players will no longer experience an infinite loading screen when trying to access the Pirate Emporium.
- The Selfie emote previews now look more central.
- When performing the Wall Press emote, it should no longer allow a player to move forward into the surrounding environment.
Text & Localisation
- Order of Souls and weaponsmiths should now all have the correct dialogue options when interacted with.
