Insider Patch Notes 2.6.0.8
Insider Update 2.6.0.8 is now live. As we now reach our last build before the August update, the listed Known Issues will continue to be worked on ahead of this release. In the meantime, ‘The Sirens’ Prize’ adventure is still available for players to take part in, just head to any Outpost and chat to Larinna to get started.
As always, if you encounter any bugs, then please head to the
Sea of Thieves support site and let our Player Support team know.
'The Sirens' Prize'
Adventure Length
- The experience within the Shrine of Ancient Tears has been reduced in length. Crews will now find the required quest items sooner when progressing through the Shrine.
Shrine Encounter Balancing
- The encounters within the Shrine of Ocean’s Fortune and Shrine of Ancient Tears have been improved for solo crews.
Soulflame Captain Balancing
- The Soulflame Captain now summons Phantoms to help protect him from the surrounding Ancients.
- The Soulflame Captain encounter has been rebalanced, with the Captain now taking additional damage from players but reduced damage from Ancient Warriors.
Lore Tablet Discovery
- Following Insider feedback on the difficulty of locating lore tablets, the instructions given by the Shrine Priests now better directs players to the right locations.
Updates
Feed the Pigs!
- The amount of time until pigs become hungry and subsequently perish if not fed has been increased.
Known Issues
The Siren’s Prize
- This is a very early end-to-end playable version of this Adventure and therefore contains placeholder imagery and text that is not representative of the end Adventure.
- If two crews visit the same Shrine and attempt to hand in that Shrine’s ancient treasure, they may find that they are unable to hand it in to the attending Ancient.
- Players who delete their pirate and start again with a new one may find they are unable to progress the Adventure after collecting all three ancient treasures.
Fixed Issues
The Sirens Prize
- All members of the crew are now able to start the Adventure from Larinna.
- When handing a treasure to an Ancient Priests, they now react to players.
- When speaking to Belle, only a single voice over can now be heard.
- Crews are now given the correct information when speaking to the Ancient Priest within the Shrine of Ancient Tears.
- Larinna’s opening dialogue is now correct and correctly references Captains.
- Visual effects now appear when the Ritual Priest appears and disappears.
- The Ancient Priest within the Shrine of Tribute now allows crews to cancel the Adventure.
- Starting chapter three now displays the appropriate banners.
- Chapter three can now end if not completed in enough time.
- The Adventure Deeds for reading tablets now progress while reading the books within the Shrines.
- The Soulflame Captain now consistently appears during the encounter to attack crews.
- Crews can now progress past chapter one if another crew on the server is on chapter three.
- Multiple crews progressing through the Adventure together can now hand in treasures when needed.
- Players reaching the Voice of the Ancients’ treasure will now find it firmly placed in the environment.
- The Ancient Guards are now placed on the ground.
- Corrected typo on Belle's note.
- Players can no longer intersect with Belle.
- Players can no longer sell treasure to Belle.
- Belle now displays the correct dialog during chapter one.
- Player’s will now be shown the correct notifications when handing in the treasures during chapter two.
- After completing chapter two, Belle now offers the correct dialogue to continue the Adventure.
- After completing the Adventure, Belle now only allows crews to restart the experience.
Captains of Adventure
- Ship names using special characters now display the correct capitalisation on ship announcement banners.
- The wall Trinket spot on the lower deck of the Galleon no longer overlaps with a hull damage point.
- Captains selecting the Pirate's Life option from the front-end will now arrive near the Castaway.
- Athena Fortune treasure can now be consistently recovered from a Commission of Ashen Fortune Voyage.
- The ‘Skeletons Vanquished by Crew’ Milestones now progress as expected.
Pirate Emporium
- The Ruby Splashtail Fishing Rod icon now uses the correct resolution.
- The Collector’s Mandrake Figurehead now animates smoothly across all supported consoles.
- A range of items have had placeholder descriptions replaced with final copy.
- The Collector’s Mandrake Sails now display the correct artwork within the ship’s tab.
- The Admiral Weapon Pose and Axe Trick emotes will now be narrated when enabled in settings.
- The Personal Growth Emote performed while wearing the Mandrake Costume will now be narrated when enabled in settings.
Environment
- Players should no longer become stuck on palm trees near the Order of Souls tent on Morrow’s Peak.
Visual and Audio
- After migrating across servers, players should no longer be briefly displayed with an incorrect gamertag.
