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manifest date: 2022-08-19 09:24:01 UTC

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# Insider Patch Notes 2.6.0.6

Insider Update 2.6.0.6 is now live. A new adventure has landed on the Sea of Thieves! As always Larinna knows all, talk to her at any Outpost to hear what is next in store for daring and courageous pirates such as yourselves.

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

Even with Merrick now safe, Flameheart and the Reapers Bones’ presence and reach is becoming an ever-growing threat that preys on the Sea of Thieves. Belle calls for players’ help once more to venture deep below the waves in search for ancient mysteries.

**‘The Sirens’ Prize’**

* After speaking to Larinna at the Outpost, she’ll direct pirates to Plunder Valley where Belle awaits. Belle explains that her plan is to locate three different artifacts long lost within the Mermaid Shrines with the help of the Ancients.
* When exploring these locations players will have to scour, fight off enemies and sometimes solve puzzles to locate the missing artifacts. If players become stuck, they can always talk to their accompanying member of the Ancients who may offer an interesting insight.
* Once all the artifacts have been recovered, they must be returned to Belle at Plunder Valley where she will fuse all the artifacts together.
* It then becomes a race to the top of Plunder Valley to defend the Ancients performing the final ritual. After you fight off all the enemies including the Soulflame Captain and have spoken to the Ancient Priest, the Adventure will be complete.

**A Hunter’s Cry**

* With ‘A Hunter’s Cry’ live in retail, this Adventure has now been disabled in Insiders.

## Sea of Bones

**Skeleton Cosmetics**

* Within the Reaper’s Lair, worthy pirates can now speak to the Bonesmith and browse their wares. This new merchant will offer players access to a range of new skeleton cosmetics.
* Once purchased, these cosmetics can be equipped using the Ship’s Vanity Chest. First equip the Skeleton Curse, then equip the chosen Skeleton Cosmetic.

## Accessibility

**Tooltip Narration **

* Tooltips that appear onscreen when interacting with items across the experience can now be narrated, providing improved accessibility for those with low vision. 
* With text-to-speech narration already enabled, players can enable tooltip narration within the ‘Language Settings’ along with configuration options to allow players to define how much of the tooltip is narrated.

## Updates

**Hit Registration Networking Improvements**

* Networking improvements have been made to the location and timing of player shots, providing a small improvement to hit registration for ranged weapons when firing at players on islands.

## Known Issues

**Sirens' Prize **

* This is a very early end-to-end playable version of this Adventure’s player experience and therefore contains placeholder imagery and text that is not representative of the end Adventure. 
* If another crew on the server has started chapter three, Larinna will not offer the option to start the Adventure. If this occurs, go straight to Belle at Plunder Valley and you will be able to start the Adventure from chapter two. 
* If another crew on the same server triggers or completes chapter three, all players on the server will see the banners for Chapter start or completion. 
* Players will not receive the intended Memento and Title after progressing through the Adventure's Deeds and completing the Adventure. 
* Deeds will be unavailable to players and so therefore cannot be tracked also.

**Sea of Bones**

* Many of the new skeleton cosmetics will contain placeholder text and imagery.

**Tooltip Narration**

* When using this feature players may experience a lot of vocal feedback from the Tooltip narrator. We advise reducing your volume settings.

## Fixed Issues

**Gameplay**

* The Breath of the Sea can now be found on the plinth in the Shrine of the Coral Tomb.
* When Ashen Lords lunge at players their movements will now appear smoother.

**Sea of Bones**

* Players will no longer be set on fire in areas that don’t contain lava within the Reaper’s Hideout expansion.
* Players can no longer walk through certain environmental features of the Reaper’s Hideout expansion.
* Browsing clothing with the Skeleton Curse equipped within the cosmetic shops will no longer cause players to be unable to see the clothing previews incorrectly.
* Players will now appear near the Athena Fortune hideout if safe teleported whilst going under the bridge to a certain spot.
* Players will no longer be able to access certain out of bounds areas within the Athena’s Fortune hideout.

**Captains of Adventure**

* As Captains set sail in a new gameplay session, they will now find that the ship’s history in the Captain’s Logbook shows correct values for ‘Days at Sea’.
* Scrolls on Captain’s Bookcases will no longer disappear from view after migrating across servers.
* If a Captain leaves the game, one of the crew members will no longer show as the Captain in the Logbook.
* The Sea Forts Conquered Ship Milestone will no longer progress more than intended when multiple crewmates are in the session.
* Completing Skelton Forts will no longer incorrectly update the Fort of the Damned completed Milestones.
* Completing the Legendary Storyteller Tall Tale will now update the correct Milestones.
* Mermaids should no longer appear near the Sovereign huts at Plunder and Sanctuary Outposts when players approach the edge of the Island.
* After an un-Captained ship sinks and is recovered, the Ship Customisation Chest and Flagbox will no longer show saved icons from the previous Captained session.
* Value of treasure shared on the Quest Board Milestone now updates for all crewmates.

**Pirate Emporium**

* Many items in the Emporium have now been updated to show the correct artwork.
* Pirates thumbs no longer hovers when using the Mandrake Blunderbuss.
* The Collector’s Mandrake Sails now should be displaying the icons within the Emporium.

**Environment**

* Players should no longer become stuck when between two palm trees at Ancient Spire Outpost.
* Players will no longer become buffered when exploring around trees at Old Brimstone Fortress.
* Players can now access and ascend the stairs to the deck below on sloops without issue.
* There will no longer be any unexpected water within the tunnels at Sunken Grove.

**Visual and Audio**

* When speaking to Catherine at Three Paces East Seapost, her dialogue now displays correctly.
* Completely repairing the Party Boat Wheel will no longer make the repairs appear to the opposite side that was fixed.
* The voting knife no longer floats above the Captain’s Table.
* Stones within the Siren’s Shrine whilst playing the Sunken Pearl Tall Tale will no longer change shape and level of detail at a distance.
* Visuals around player ship’s cabins has been improved.

**Accessibility**

* The screen narration feature now narrates the ‘Name your Ship’ menu as intended.
* The screen narration feature now narrates the ‘Rename your Ship’ menu.
* The screen narration feature now narrates the ‘PgUp and PgDn’ options twice on Captaincy Ship Selection and Purchase screens.

**Performance and Stability**

* Improved server stability to reduce scenarios where crews are removed from a game session.

Preview

Insider Patch Notes 2.6.0.6

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

‘The Sirens’ Prize’

After speaking to Larinna at the Outpost, she’ll direct pirates to Plunder Valley where Belle awaits. Belle explains that her plan is to locate three different artifacts long lost within the Mermaid Shrines with the help of the Ancients.
When exploring these locations players will have to scour, fight off enemies and sometimes solve puzzles to locate the missing artifacts. If players become stuck, they can always talk to their accompanying member of the Ancients who may offer an interesting insight.
Once all the artifacts have been recovered, they must be returned to Belle at Plunder Valley where she will fuse all the artifacts together.
It then becomes a race to the top of Plunder Valley to defend the Ancients performing the final ritual. After you fight off all the enemies including the Soulflame Captain and have spoken to the Ancient Priest, the Adventure will be complete.

A Hunter’s Cry

With ‘A Hunter’s Cry’ live in retail, this Adventure has now been disabled in Insiders.

Sea of Bones

Skeleton Cosmetics

Within the Reaper’s Lair, worthy pirates can now speak to the Bonesmith and browse their wares. This new merchant will offer players access to a range of new skeleton cosmetics.
Once purchased, these cosmetics can be equipped using the Ship’s Vanity Chest. First equip the Skeleton Curse, then equip the chosen Skeleton Cosmetic.

Accessibility

*Tooltip Narration *

Tooltips that appear onscreen when interacting with items across the experience can now be narrated, providing improved accessibility for those with low vision.
With text-to-speech narration already enabled, players can enable tooltip narration within the ‘Language Settings’ along with configuration options to allow players to define how much of the tooltip is narrated.

Updates

Hit Registration Networking Improvements

Networking improvements have been made to the location and timing of player shots, providing a small improvement to hit registration for ranged weapons when firing at players on islands.

Known Issues

*Sirens' Prize *

This is a very early end-to-end playable version of this Adventure’s player experience and therefore contains placeholder imagery and text that is not representative of the end Adventure.
If another crew on the server has started chapter three, Larinna will not offer the option to start the Adventure. If this occurs, go straight to Belle at Plunder Valley and you will be able to start the Adventure from chapter two.
If another crew on the same server triggers or completes chapter three, all players on the server will see the banners for Chapter start or completion.
Players will not receive the intended Memento and Title after progressing through the Adventure's Deeds and completing the Adventure.
Deeds will be unavailable to players and so therefore cannot be tracked also.

Sea of Bones

Many of the new skeleton cosmetics will contain placeholder text and imagery.

Tooltip Narration

When using this feature players may experience a lot of vocal feedback from the Tooltip narrator. We advise reducing your volume settings.

Fixed Issues

Gameplay

The Breath of the Sea can now be found on the plinth in the Shrine of the Coral Tomb.
When Ashen Lords lunge at players their movements will now appear smoother.

Sea of Bones

Players will no longer be set on fire in areas that don’t contain lava within the Reaper’s Hideout expansion.
Players can no longer walk through certain environmental features of the Reaper’s Hideout expansion.
Browsing clothing with the Skeleton Curse equipped within the cosmetic shops will no longer cause players to be unable to see the clothing previews incorrectly.
Players will now appear near the Athena Fortune hideout if safe teleported whilst going under the bridge to a certain spot.
Players will no longer be able to access certain out of bounds areas within the Athena’s Fortune hideout.

Captains of Adventure

As Captains set sail in a new gameplay session, they will now find that the ship’s history in the Captain’s Logbook shows correct values for ‘Days at Sea’.
Scrolls on Captain’s Bookcases will no longer disappear from view after migrating across servers.
If a Captain leaves the game, one of the crew members will no longer show as the Captain in the Logbook.
The Sea Forts Conquered Ship Milestone will no longer progress more than intended when multiple crewmates are in the session.
Completing Skelton Forts will no longer incorrectly update the Fort of the Damned completed Milestones.
Completing the Legendary Storyteller Tall Tale will now update the correct Milestones.
Mermaids should no longer appear near the Sovereign huts at Plunder and Sanctuary Outposts when players approach the edge of the Island.
After an un-Captained ship sinks and is recovered, the Ship Customisation Chest and Flagbox will no longer show saved icons from the previous Captained session.
Value of treasure shared on the Quest Board Milestone now updates for all crewmates.

Pirate Emporium

Many items in the Emporium have now been updated to show the correct artwork.
Pirates thumbs no longer hovers when using the Mandrake Blunderbuss.
The Collector’s Mandrake Sails now should be displaying the icons within the Emporium.

Environment

Players should no longer become stuck when between two palm trees at Ancient Spire Outpost.
Players will no longer become buffered when exploring around trees at Old Brimstone Fortress.
Players can now access and ascend the stairs to the deck below on sloops without issue.
There will no longer be any unexpected water within the tunnels at Sunken Grove.

Visual and Audio

When speaking to Catherine at Three Paces East Seapost, her dialogue now displays correctly.
Completely repairing the Party Boat Wheel will no longer make the repairs appear to the opposite side that was fixed.
The voting knife no longer floats above the Captain’s Table.
Stones within the Siren’s Shrine whilst playing the Sunken Pearl Tall Tale will no longer change shape and level of detail at a distance.
Visuals around player ship’s cabins has been improved.

Accessibility

The screen narration feature now narrates the ‘Name your Ship’ menu as intended.
The screen narration feature now narrates the ‘Rename your Ship’ menu.
The screen narration feature now narrates the ‘PgUp and PgDn’ options twice on Captaincy Ship Selection and Purchase screens.

Performance and Stability

Improved server stability to reduce scenarios where crews are removed from a game session.