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manifest date: 2022-07-22 09:14:27 UTC

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# Insider Patch Notes 2.5.3.9

Insider Update 2.5.3.9 is now live. A new Technical Test has arrived in the Sea of Thieves and we need Insider’s help to test it all out and then let us know how it went. Just head to Plunder Valley and speak to Belle to begin.

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

An early preview of a future Adventure has arrived for initial Insider testing, requiring players to revisit the Siren Shrines to collect various items.

**Shrines Adventure Technical Test**

* To begin this Adventure head to Plunder Valley and locate Belle on the east side of the island. Players will be provided with a checklist of items which need to be acquired and returned to Belle to complete the Adventure.

## Known Issues

**Captains of Adventure**

* Captain’s Voyages cannot currently be started from the Captain’s table.
* Starting the tutorial, then leaving and starting a new session can sometimes cause the tutorial to not progress correctly.
* When enabling the ‘Replace Gamertags’ option, the Captain’s Gamertag and ship name can still appear in a range of locations.

**Shrines Adventure Technical Test**

* Players who complete the checklist from Belle may not receive a closing cutscene informing them that they have completed the Adventure.

## Fixed Issues

**Gameplay**

* While progressing a Lost Shipment Voyage and being directed to Serik, players will now find the correct dialogue option to progress the Voyage.

**Captains of Adventure **

* Joining a server on a Captained Ship no longer stops players equipping any unlocked rewards for that ship.
* Stocks and Voyages can now be can now be repurchased from the Stock and Voyages Shop.
* The renaming status now updates immediately if players buy a Ship Renaming Deed in the front-end.
* The Ship Banner radius has now been made larger.
* The 'Ashen dragon Captains curtains' preview now displays the correct image and colours.
* Entering the Ship’s log for the first time will no longer then highlight the wrong section.
* Red text will no longer appear when purchasing Chairs, Chandeliers and Curtains.
* When selecting a locked item within the Shipwright Decoration Menu, players will now hear the locked special effect noise.
* Crewmates can now raise an Alliance flag when Captain’s permissions are set to prevent crewmates making changes to the Ship.
* Crewmates can no longer unequip Ship Titles are set to prevent crewmates making changes to the ship.
* The Ship’s Log now contains previously missing audio.
* Reverting to a saved loadout now reverts livery cosmetics and Captaincy cosmetics at the same time.
* Gold is now deducted from players wallets after the confirmation screen if the purchase fails and then players will be notified of no cost.
* The Shipwright restoration text shows no longer displays unneeded text.
* The Sovereign hand-in tooltips now show the intended text.
* All Captaincy ship customisations now have the correct unlock criteria in their descriptions in the chest. 
* The 'Times Died' Milestone has now been renamed to 'Trips to the Ferry of the Damned' and the associated Trinkets unlock description has been updated to match.
* When launching the game, players should no longer experience the “Captain My Own Ship” option showing an infinite loading wheel.

**Captains of Adventure - Captain’s Voyages**

* Spelling mistakes on the Order of Souls Commission Bundle has been corrected. 
* The Captain’s Bookcase now displays the total stored number of Captain’s Voyages.
* When players discard a Captains Voyage it will now update immediately within their inventory. 
* Voyages within the Captain’s Bookcase now persist between sessions.
* Singular Captain’s Voyages will no longer be sent to the players quest tab.
* Voyage complete notification banners are no longer missing when completing non-Mercenary Voyages.

**Captains of Adventure - Achievements **

* 'A Professional Pirate' Achievement now unlocks when players earn a Legendary Pirate Title.
* 'A Seasoned Ship' Achievement now unlocks when players earn a Legendary Ship Title.
* 'The Art Collector' Achievement no longer unlocks when players place three Trinkets down at the same time instead of fifteen.
* Completing a Captain's Voyage now updates the stat for the 'A Veteran Voyager' Achievement.

**Captains of Adventure - Trinkets**

* The 'Recall and Place Trinket ' prompt within the Trinket Box has been updated to say ‘Recall Trinket’ to avoid confusion.
* Quickly removing and placing a Trinket no longer only saves the trinket where it was placed.

**Captains of Adventure – Captain Logbook**

* 'Gold Earned' now updates correctly in the current Voyage pages within the Captains Logbook.
* The Captain’s Logbook Ship and Crew pages will no longer be blank after migration.
* Migrating servers whilst looking at the Captain’s Logbook will longer cause players to be unable to back out of looking at the Logbook.
* Ships no longer only drop Noteworthy Captain’s Logbooks when a Captained Ship has been sunk.
* Pinned stats now appear more promptly within the Captain’s Logbook.
* All Milestones should now be able to be pinned within the Captain’s Logbook.
* Stats pinned within the Captain’s Logbook now show the total.
* Default player milestones will now be displayed when looking at the Captain’s Logbook.
* Players should now be able to look at the Captain’s Logbook after migrating servers whilst already looking at the logbook at the time of migration.
* Captain’s Logbooks that have been buried and then found now contain ship and player info as intended.

**Captains of Adventure - Tutorial**

* Audio now plays when you get a notification for boarding your ship.
* The Pirate Lord voice over can no longer be heard while the player is asleep in the Captain’s Cabin. 
* Checkpoints for the Captaincy tutorial now function correctly.
* Audio now plays during the ship naming ceremony.

**Pirate Emporium**

* When foxes display a scared reaction, their audio can now be heard.
* When foxes are angry, their reaction audio can now be heard.

**Environment**

* Player movement will no longer be buffeted when near the barrels and crates near the first floor of the Ancient Gold Fortress.

**Visual and Audio**

* The audio effect for turning off and on a lantern on a ship can now be heard.
* While progressing a Lost Shipment Voyage and being directed to Serik, players will now find the correct dialogue option to progress the Voyage.
* Players should no longer experience graphical issues when migrating through the Tunnels of the Damned.
* After changing a ship lantern to different Flame of Fate colour, the lighting audio effects can now be heard.

**Text and Localisation**

* The description of the 'Escape as Back' option has now been corrected to no longer included grammatical errors.

**Performance and Stability**

* Improvements to client stability, reducing scenarios where players experience a game crash.

Preview

Insider Patch Notes 2.5.3.9

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

An early preview of a future Adventure has arrived for initial Insider testing, requiring players to revisit the Siren Shrines to collect various items.

Shrines Adventure Technical Test

To begin this Adventure head to Plunder Valley and locate Belle on the east side of the island. Players will be provided with a checklist of items which need to be acquired and returned to Belle to complete the Adventure.

Known Issues

Captains of Adventure

Captain’s Voyages cannot currently be started from the Captain’s table.
Starting the tutorial, then leaving and starting a new session can sometimes cause the tutorial to not progress correctly.
When enabling the ‘Replace Gamertags’ option, the Captain’s Gamertag and ship name can still appear in a range of locations.

Shrines Adventure Technical Test

Players who complete the checklist from Belle may not receive a closing cutscene informing them that they have completed the Adventure.

Fixed Issues

Gameplay

While progressing a Lost Shipment Voyage and being directed to Serik, players will now find the correct dialogue option to progress the Voyage.

*Captains of Adventure *

Joining a server on a Captained Ship no longer stops players equipping any unlocked rewards for that ship.
Stocks and Voyages can now be can now be repurchased from the Stock and Voyages Shop.
The renaming status now updates immediately if players buy a Ship Renaming Deed in the front-end.
The Ship Banner radius has now been made larger.
The 'Ashen dragon Captains curtains' preview now displays the correct image and colours.
Entering the Ship’s log for the first time will no longer then highlight the wrong section.
Red text will no longer appear when purchasing Chairs, Chandeliers and Curtains.
When selecting a locked item within the Shipwright Decoration Menu, players will now hear the locked special effect noise.
Crewmates can now raise an Alliance flag when Captain’s permissions are set to prevent crewmates making changes to the Ship.
Crewmates can no longer unequip Ship Titles are set to prevent crewmates making changes to the ship.
The Ship’s Log now contains previously missing audio.
Reverting to a saved loadout now reverts livery cosmetics and Captaincy cosmetics at the same time.
Gold is now deducted from players wallets after the confirmation screen if the purchase fails and then players will be notified of no cost.
The Shipwright restoration text shows no longer displays unneeded text.
The Sovereign hand-in tooltips now show the intended text.
All Captaincy ship customisations now have the correct unlock criteria in their descriptions in the chest.
The 'Times Died' Milestone has now been renamed to 'Trips to the Ferry of the Damned' and the associated Trinkets unlock description has been updated to match.
When launching the game, players should no longer experience the “Captain My Own Ship” option showing an infinite loading wheel.

Captains of Adventure - Captain’s Voyages

Spelling mistakes on the Order of Souls Commission Bundle has been corrected.
The Captain’s Bookcase now displays the total stored number of Captain’s Voyages.
When players discard a Captains Voyage it will now update immediately within their inventory.
Voyages within the Captain’s Bookcase now persist between sessions.
Singular Captain’s Voyages will no longer be sent to the players quest tab.
Voyage complete notification banners are no longer missing when completing non-Mercenary Voyages.

*Captains of Adventure - Achievements *

'A Professional Pirate' Achievement now unlocks when players earn a Legendary Pirate Title.
'A Seasoned Ship' Achievement now unlocks when players earn a Legendary Ship Title.
'The Art Collector' Achievement no longer unlocks when players place three Trinkets down at the same time instead of fifteen.
Completing a Captain's Voyage now updates the stat for the 'A Veteran Voyager' Achievement.

Captains of Adventure - Trinkets

The 'Recall and Place Trinket ' prompt within the Trinket Box has been updated to say ‘Recall Trinket’ to avoid confusion.
Quickly removing and placing a Trinket no longer only saves the trinket where it was placed.

Captains of Adventure – Captain Logbook

'Gold Earned' now updates correctly in the current Voyage pages within the Captains Logbook.
The Captain’s Logbook Ship and Crew pages will no longer be blank after migration.
Migrating servers whilst looking at the Captain’s Logbook will longer cause players to be unable to back out of looking at the Logbook.
Ships no longer only drop Noteworthy Captain’s Logbooks when a Captained Ship has been sunk.
Pinned stats now appear more promptly within the Captain’s Logbook.
All Milestones should now be able to be pinned within the Captain’s Logbook.
Stats pinned within the Captain’s Logbook now show the total.
Default player milestones will now be displayed when looking at the Captain’s Logbook.
Players should now be able to look at the Captain’s Logbook after migrating servers whilst already looking at the logbook at the time of migration.
Captain’s Logbooks that have been buried and then found now contain ship and player info as intended.

Captains of Adventure - Tutorial

Audio now plays when you get a notification for boarding your ship.
The Pirate Lord voice over can no longer be heard while the player is asleep in the Captain’s Cabin.
Checkpoints for the Captaincy tutorial now function correctly.
Audio now plays during the ship naming ceremony.

Pirate Emporium

When foxes display a scared reaction, their audio can now be heard.
When foxes are angry, their reaction audio can now be heard.

Environment

Player movement will no longer be buffeted when near the barrels and crates near the first floor of the Ancient Gold Fortress.

Visual and Audio

The audio effect for turning off and on a lantern on a ship can now be heard.
While progressing a Lost Shipment Voyage and being directed to Serik, players will now find the correct dialogue option to progress the Voyage.
Players should no longer experience graphical issues when migrating through the Tunnels of the Damned.
After changing a ship lantern to different Flame of Fate colour, the lighting audio effects can now be heard.

Text and Localisation

The description of the 'Escape as Back' option has now been corrected to no longer included grammatical errors.

Performance and Stability

Improvements to client stability, reducing scenarios where players experience a game crash.