Insider Patch Notes 2.8.1.9
Insider Update 2.8.1.9 is now live. Rowboat fans will be delighted this insider update as we bring new exciting options to the Sea of Thieves as part of the ‘Guilds of Gold’ Season. Captains will now be able to save any docked rowboat to their beloved vessel ready for their next session. As well as this we will also be adding a variety of newly themed rowboats for players to find out in the world, keep your eyes peeled on the horizons and you may just spot them all.
As always, if you encounter any bugs, then please head to the
Sea of Thieves support site and let our Player Support team know.
Gameplay Improvements
*Saving Rowboats *
- Ever find a really cool rowboat out in the wild during your Sea of Thieves session and wished you could keep it for your next session? Well now you can! Docking a rowboat to a captained ship will now save said rowboat to your ship upon logging out. When you hop back into a session the rowboat you saved docked to your ship will be ready and waiting for you to set sail.
*Rowboat Liveries *
- Along with now being able to save a rowboat to your ship, players also have the chance to spot different variations of rowboats washed up at sea. Players can discover the Azure Scout, Flaming Jackal, Golden Chaser, Lucky Rover, Regal Hound and The Good Boy Liveries.
Accessibility
*Riddle Map Narration *
- Players who are playing through a riddle and have the ‘text to speech’ option enabled in their settings menu will now have the text on the riddle map narrated back to them when holding the parchment.
Known Issues
*Guilds of Gold *
- The Guilds menu currently contains placeholder text and imagery, players cannot interact with the Guilds feature set outside of these menus at the moment.
- Players cannot currently invite other members to their Guild or join a game as part of a Guild.
- When creating a Guild some players may see a screen saying that their Guild has been successfully created even when it has actually failed to create the Guild.
- Players are currently unable to navigate to the Guild Invites button when using a controller.
- Currently some players ships will not show their saved customisations on the ship preview page within the Guilds menu.
- If a player has two of the same ship type, the second will override the first's customisations with its own on the ship preview page within the Guilds menu.
*‘A Dark Deception’ *
- The Final Cutscene of the adventure currently will not play as intended when players interact with the Pirate Lord.
*Pirate Emporium *
- The Tia Dalma costume’s right arm will not change when a pirate curse is equipped.
Fixed Issues
*‘A Dark Deception’ *
- 'The Deceiver and Deceived' title memento no longer uses incorrect icon and preview in Larinna's shop.
- The Checkpoint to Resume is no longer on page two of Larinna's dialogue options.
- 'The Deceiver and Deceived' title memento no longer uses incorrect icon on mementos screen and notifications.
- The examine pocketwatch interaction prompt no longer only appears when the player is a good distance away from the pocketwatch.
*Captains of Adventure *
- Placing the Captain's Logbook in a Collectors Chest no longer forces it to lose its cover customisation.
- The "Taker of Stolen Stock" Commendation now progresses when commodities are sold to sovereigns.
*Pirate Emporium *
- The tankard Emotes now have sound effects when performed.
- The Freebie Roosting Rogue emote now has sound effects when performed.
- The Pirates Life Costume Emotes have now have sound effects when performed.
*Performance and Stability *
- Xbox One / Xbox One S players should no longer experience low performance for the Season 8 video, within the front end that leads to freezing or a black screen.
