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manifest date: 2023-11-14 10:05:17 UTC

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# Insider Patch Notes 2.9.1.1

Insider Update 2.9.1.1 is now live. With November’s build now being prepared for release, Insiders will begin to see new features to test in today’s Insider update. New Distinction Rings are available to examine for the Athena’s Fortune Trading Company, and players can take on special Voyages as part of Season Eleven. There will also be a new audio accessibility feature to trial and Pop-Up Plunder returns for another test. Head to the Forums to check the test slot times for this feature.

As always, if you encounter any bugs, please head to the 
[Sea of Thieves support site](https://support.seaofthieves.com/hc/en-gb) and let our Player Support team know.

## Sea of Thieves On-Demand

**Quest Table Special Voyages **

* Insiders will now be able to access the new Special Voyages tab from the Quest Table. Voyages available in this new tab within this build are the ‘Legend of the Sunken Kingdom’, ‘A Random Voyage’ and ‘A Random Tall Tale’. More will be added in future builds.

**Athena’s Fortune Distinction Rings **

* In this Insider build, players will be able to earn and test Distinction Rings for the Athena’s Fortune Trading Company for the first time. These rings will be available for purchase from a placeholder vendor at Plunder Outpost, which is placed near the current Trading Company vendors, for the placeholder price of 1 gold.

*For testing purposes, players will be boosted to level 100 in each relevant Trading Company in order for them to test the distinction system and the Athena’s Fortune Distinction Rings that will be purchasable from the placeholder vendor.*

## Live Events

**Pop-Up Plunder **

* 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 and hands it in, it’s gone! Head to the Forums to see when testing for this feature will occur.

## Updates

**Sail Visibility Changes **

* A range of sails have been identified that provide an unintended visibility advantage over other sail designs. These sails have now been brought to a consistent visibility level with our other designs, ensuring players have a vast set of customisation options for their ship and aren’t encouraged to use specific sails in order to gain an advantage. 
* As part of this Insiders build, the following sails have been updated: Dark Adventurer, Lunar Festival & Collector’s, Kraken, Ghost, Guardian Ghost, Magpie’s Glory, Nightshine Parrot, Ghost Captain, Blighted & Collector’s, Shrouded Ghost & Collector’s, Thriving Wild Rose, Sea of Champions and Collector’s Dark Warsmith.

## Accessibility

**Aiming Accessibility Improvements **

* Players using the Aim Assist Audio Accessibility option will now find that the audio cues when aiming at a target are much clearer, with different audio effects for horizontal and vertical positioning to help improve accuracy when aiming at targets.

## Known Issues

**Gameplay**

* Players will be unable to interact with any characters at Company Shops at Outposts. This affects Merchant Alliance, Gold Hoarders, and Order of Souls vendors. Shipwrights and Sovereign sellers are unaffected, and players can still interact with the Placeholder vendor at Plunder Outpost in order to test Athena's Fortune Distinction rings.

**Sea of Thieves On-Demand **

* **'The Journey to Mêlée Island’** - Players can become stuck in the Tunnel of the Damned when diving to ‘The Journey to Mêlée Island’ Tall Tale via the Quest Table. 
* All Tall Tales appear locked in the Quest Table’s menus, despite being available at their respective Quest Book locations.  
* Selling a chest and then interacting with the merchant immediately afterwards can cause players to disconnect from their session.

## Fixed Issues

**Gameplay **

* ‘The Lair of LeChuck’ - Players are no longer able to lose the Navigator’s head after dying. The item will reappear in an easy to reach location. 
* All World Events and Voyages should now unlock correctly after meeting the requirements. 
* The Pirate Lord dialogue sequence no longer resets after a second player joins the game.

**The Skull of Siren Song **

* Players will no longer be awarded a small amount of Guild Reputation when completing the Skull of Siren Song competitive voyage.

**Safer Seas **

* Pirates can no longer purchase Pirate Legend Voyages in Safer Seas. 
* Invites sent to players now reference the correct game mode.

**Guilds **

* The Guild Invite emote will now update to reflect player’s ‘Hide Guild Names from Me’ settings.

**Environment **

* Players are now able to board the Headless Monkey Ship in the second and third Legend of Monkey Island Tall Tales. 
* Players joining a crew or respawning within the Legend of Monkey Island Tall Tales will now spawn in the correct locations near their last point of interest. 
* 'The Journey to Mêlée Island’ - After completing the Tall Tale, the Scumm Bar door will remain open as intended. 
* 'The Quest for Guybrush’ - Players can no longer collide with LeChuck in the Tunnel of the Damned cutscene leading to Mêlée Island in the second Legend of Monkey Island Tall Tale. 
* 'The Quest for Guybrush’ - When entering the Tunnel of the Damned cutscene on a brigantine, LeChuck and Bob no longer appear inside the capstan. 
* ‘The Quest for Guybrush’ - Players can now interact with the bonfire at Lookout Point from any direction with the required potion wielded. 
* ‘The Lair of LeChuck’ - The log on Herman's trap will now behave correctly, both before and after the trap has been activated. 
* ‘The Lair of LeChuck’ - The banana and bottle that falls out of Herman's pockets as he is shaken will no longer disappear and change position briefly after landing.

**Visual and Audio **

* ‘The Lair of LeChuck’ - Visual improvements have been added to effects after LeChuck’s ship is defeated in the catacombs and the cave in is triggered. 
* ‘The Journey to Mêlée Island’ - The Mêlée Shopkeeper’s greeting will now only repeat once all players have left the shop instead of sometimes repeating when a player is already in the shop. 
* ‘The Quest for Guybrush’ - Stan's dialogue lines telling the player to go and see Meathook will now be repeatable until the player has spoken to Meathook. 
* ‘The Journey to Mêlée Island’ - During Guybrush's intro cutscene, the player’s Meet and Greet ticket is now removed from their inventory with no notification. 
* 'The Journey to Mêlée Island’ - One of the Men of Low Moral Fibre’s hands no longer appears to be floating when asleep. 
* ‘The Journey to Mêlée Island’ - All candles at Lookout Point are now properly lit as intended. 
* The Merchant Alliance clock trinket now appears at the correct size.

**Text and Localisation **

* Text on title page of the ‘Lair of LeChuck’ Quest Book no longer overlaps when Thai is the selected language. 
* ‘The Lair of LeChuck’ - Captain Kate Capsize’s audio now matches the subtitles.

Preview

Insider Patch Notes 2.9.1.1

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

Sea of Thieves On-Demand

*Quest Table Special Voyages *

Insiders will now be able to access the new Special Voyages tab from the Quest Table. Voyages available in this new tab within this build are the ‘Legend of the Sunken Kingdom’, ‘A Random Voyage’ and ‘A Random Tall Tale’. More will be added in future builds.

*Athena’s Fortune Distinction Rings *

In this Insider build, players will be able to earn and test Distinction Rings for the Athena’s Fortune Trading Company for the first time. These rings will be available for purchase from a placeholder vendor at Plunder Outpost, which is placed near the current Trading Company vendors, for the placeholder price of 1 gold.

For testing purposes, players will be boosted to level 100 in each relevant Trading Company in order for them to test the distinction system and the Athena’s Fortune Distinction Rings that will be purchasable from the placeholder vendor.

Live Events

*Pop-Up Plunder *

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 and hands it in, it’s gone! Head to the Forums to see when testing for this feature will occur.

Updates

*Sail Visibility Changes *

A range of sails have been identified that provide an unintended visibility advantage over other sail designs. These sails have now been brought to a consistent visibility level with our other designs, ensuring players have a vast set of customisation options for their ship and aren’t encouraged to use specific sails in order to gain an advantage.
As part of this Insiders build, the following sails have been updated: Dark Adventurer, Lunar Festival & Collector’s, Kraken, Ghost, Guardian Ghost, Magpie’s Glory, Nightshine Parrot, Ghost Captain, Blighted & Collector’s, Shrouded Ghost & Collector’s, Thriving Wild Rose, Sea of Champions and Collector’s Dark Warsmith.

Accessibility

*Aiming Accessibility Improvements *

Players using the Aim Assist Audio Accessibility option will now find that the audio cues when aiming at a target are much clearer, with different audio effects for horizontal and vertical positioning to help improve accuracy when aiming at targets.

Known Issues

Gameplay

Players will be unable to interact with any characters at Company Shops at Outposts. This affects Merchant Alliance, Gold Hoarders, and Order of Souls vendors. Shipwrights and Sovereign sellers are unaffected, and players can still interact with the Placeholder vendor at Plunder Outpost in order to test Athena's Fortune Distinction rings.

*Sea of Thieves On-Demand *

'The Journey to Mêlée Island’ - Players can become stuck in the Tunnel of the Damned when diving to ‘The Journey to Mêlée Island’ Tall Tale via the Quest Table.
All Tall Tales appear locked in the Quest Table’s menus, despite being available at their respective Quest Book locations.
Selling a chest and then interacting with the merchant immediately afterwards can cause players to disconnect from their session.

Fixed Issues

*Gameplay *

‘The Lair of LeChuck’ - Players are no longer able to lose the Navigator’s head after dying. The item will reappear in an easy to reach location.
All World Events and Voyages should now unlock correctly after meeting the requirements.
The Pirate Lord dialogue sequence no longer resets after a second player joins the game.

*The Skull of Siren Song *

Players will no longer be awarded a small amount of Guild Reputation when completing the Skull of Siren Song competitive voyage.

*Safer Seas *

Pirates can no longer purchase Pirate Legend Voyages in Safer Seas.
Invites sent to players now reference the correct game mode.

*Guilds *

The Guild Invite emote will now update to reflect player’s ‘Hide Guild Names from Me’ settings.

*Environment *

Players are now able to board the Headless Monkey Ship in the second and third Legend of Monkey Island Tall Tales.
Players joining a crew or respawning within the Legend of Monkey Island Tall Tales will now spawn in the correct locations near their last point of interest.
'The Journey to Mêlée Island’ - After completing the Tall Tale, the Scumm Bar door will remain open as intended.
'The Quest for Guybrush’ - Players can no longer collide with LeChuck in the Tunnel of the Damned cutscene leading to Mêlée Island in the second Legend of Monkey Island Tall Tale.
'The Quest for Guybrush’ - When entering the Tunnel of the Damned cutscene on a brigantine, LeChuck and Bob no longer appear inside the capstan.
‘The Quest for Guybrush’ - Players can now interact with the bonfire at Lookout Point from any direction with the required potion wielded.
‘The Lair of LeChuck’ - The log on Herman's trap will now behave correctly, both before and after the trap has been activated.
‘The Lair of LeChuck’ - The banana and bottle that falls out of Herman's pockets as he is shaken will no longer disappear and change position briefly after landing.

*Visual and Audio *

‘The Lair of LeChuck’ - Visual improvements have been added to effects after LeChuck’s ship is defeated in the catacombs and the cave in is triggered.
‘The Journey to Mêlée Island’ - The Mêlée Shopkeeper’s greeting will now only repeat once all players have left the shop instead of sometimes repeating when a player is already in the shop.
‘The Quest for Guybrush’ - Stan's dialogue lines telling the player to go and see Meathook will now be repeatable until the player has spoken to Meathook.
‘The Journey to Mêlée Island’ - During Guybrush's intro cutscene, the player’s Meet and Greet ticket is now removed from their inventory with no notification.
'The Journey to Mêlée Island’ - One of the Men of Low Moral Fibre’s hands no longer appears to be floating when asleep.
‘The Journey to Mêlée Island’ - All candles at Lookout Point are now properly lit as intended.
The Merchant Alliance clock trinket now appears at the correct size.

*Text and Localisation *

Text on title page of the ‘Lair of LeChuck’ Quest Book no longer overlaps when Thai is the selected language.
‘The Lair of LeChuck’ - Captain Kate Capsize’s audio now matches the subtitles.