Insider Patch Notes 2.8.5.2

Insider Update 2.8.5.2 is now live. Pop-up Plunder returns within this Insiders update, featuring two locations for players to scavenge and find loot to claim victory! Snap-happy players will also get the chance to grab a few screenshots in front of a new Community Day photo wall, which will appear at various locations across the Sea of Thieves. 

As always, if you encounter any bugs, please head to the Sea of Thieves support site and let our Player Support team know.

Events

Pop-Up Plunder

• Pop-Up Plunder is back! As a refresher, Pop-Up Plunder creates treasure spots at specific locations across all active servers for a limited time, however treasure can only be dug up once per server - once a crew discovers the treasure on that server it’s gone!
• For this Insiders test, treasure spots will be active for one hour at a time at specific timeframes at two locations: the Sunken Grove and Plunder Valley. Head to the forums for more details! Uncovering one of these test spots will reward a selection of potential treasures. 

Picture Wall

• Players will now find a photo wall at various locations, for them to take some snaps of themselves and their fellow crewmates! The full list of locations can be found in the forums.

Gameplay Improvements

Retaining Supplies Following Disconnection

• Players who are offered the chance to rejoin a session after being disconnected from the game due to a sudden exit, game crash or network issue will now find that the supplies in their inventory are retained, allowing them to pick up exactly where they left off.

Gunpowder ‘Donations’

• Crews who sneak onboard a rival ship and place a Gunpowder Barrel will no longer cause a ‘Treasure Donated’ notification to be shown to the rival crew. Consider a more thoughtful ‘donation’ next time!

Known Issues

‘The Quest for Guybrush’

• Players do not trigger the circus intro dialogue when approaching the tent from the side, blocking further progress until they exit the tent.
• Currently only a single player in the crew is awarded the ‘Mêlée Island Spectacular’ Commendation on unlocking.
• Stan’s wardrobe won’t be pushed into the water if the player attempts to do it after handing in the Idol of Many Hands.
• The sequence where the fog clears will not begin when players pour the elixir onto the fire.
• Players are unable to jump or run after moving down the mountain while the fog clears.
• Guybrush is currently missing his voiceover in the end cutscene.
• Corina will not animate whilst making the Mojo Elixir of Unclouded Mind.

Insult Sword Fighting

• Invited/returning players are locked outside Smirk's house if they join while a player is taking part in the Insult Sword Fighting tutorial.

Pop-up Plunder

• Migrating between servers doesn't clear out Pop-Up Plunder Quest Notes.
• Small chance of treasure/geysers spawning beneath the Picture Walls.
• ‘Pop-Up Plunder has appeared’ toast appears for everyone on a server when someone joins.

Fixed Issues

‘The Quest for Guybrush’

• The UI card has now has the correct art present when looking at the Quest book next to Captain Kate.

• Any Checkpoint that contains the completion of the Trial of Treasure Huntery will now contain the full pages for the trial in the Quest book.

• During Insult Sword Fighting, the "Line Used" non-verbal text is no longer displaying long strings of text. 

• Carla no longer has dialogue present for an action the player hasn't performed yet.

• In the Mojo Elixir of Unclouded Mind sequence, some of the visual effects no longer use placeholder textures.

• Crew Members will now receive the pop-up of which Insult/Retort is being used during Insult Sword Fighting.

• There is no longer a missing texture around the main street when taking part in the Trial of Thievery.

• Stans's interaction prompt is no longer positioned at the door and not on him. 

• The Mermaid smoke signal is no longer visible through Corina’s Portal for the Trial of Treasure Huntery.

• Captain Smirk now hands players a map correctly.

• Stan is now being animated correctly when speaking to him at the end of the tale. 

• Voice-over is no longer muffled when opening dialog with Stan at the ships.

• The ‘Sword Master’ commendation is now tracking the right number of insults/retorts. 

• There is no longer a quill present in Stan’s chest.

• Players can now take the medallion from Carla.

• There is no longer an inkwell present on the bookshelf in the Mansion. 

• All the smoke now clears around the mountain after players have started the fog clearing sequence.

• The interaction prompt for picking up The Beast now uses the correct text.

• Stan's 'Steal Key' dialogue will now only play when players attempt to steal the key. 

• There are now sound effects for Meathook when giving the player the bill of sale.

• Stan's apparition no longer loops outside of Captain Smirk’s house. 

• Player's feet no longer go through the ground when sitting on Carla’s house memoir spot. 

• The medallion is no longer facing away from the player when placed down.

Sea of Thieves: On Demand

• If players return from a Tale based in the Sea of the Damned or Mêlée Island, the ‘Propose Dive’ prompt will now respond to players' input.
• Wayfinder chests now contain Season 11 specific loot.
• Selling the Dark Relics from the Nightmare Bounty no longer updates the 'Sell Bounty Skulls' deed.

Guilds of Gold

• Once a fellow crew member has been in a session, the player’s Guild Level will now show in the Frontend.
• When highlighting options with a mouse in the Guild Settings, an extra separate box will no longer appear above the selections.
• When switching between Guilds, the narration is no longer cut off when reading the name of the Guild to narrate other options.
• When "Narrate Change Only" is enabled, switching to the next Guild the text on the Guild Member and Guild Ships buttons are now narrated as intended.
• When creating a Guild, after each section is filled out the menu will move along to the next section.
• When viewing the player’s ship chronicles, they can now scroll the page with a controller or keyboard.