Insider Patch Notes 2.9.1.4
Insider Update 2.9.1.4 is now live. New items can be obtained by progressing through the extended levels for each Trading Company, and players can test out our brand-new tutorial for the Merchant Alliance.
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
*Merchant Alliance Tutorial *
- In an update to the tutorial flow of the game, following the Maiden Voyage, pirates will be guided through a quest to collect animals on behalf of the Merchant Alliance.
*New Trading Company Cosmetics *
- New Trading Company cosmetics have been added to Outpost shops. Pirates can now unlock new items by progressing through the expanded levels for each Trading Company and purchasing all available promotions.
Known Issues
*Known Issues *
- Battle for the Sea of Thieves
- Players are currently unable to pledge allegiance to Factions using the Hourglass of Fate.
*Sea of Thieves On Demand *
- Special Voyages (ie. Random, Limited, Sunken Kingdom Voyages) currently cannot be added to the ‘Liked Voyages’ list.
- There are currently no subtitles for the Pirate Lord’s voice lines during the cutscene which plays just before completing the tutorial.
- Gold Pouches and the Fortress Store Room Key at Sea Forts will not currently appear in any of the Sea Forts upon completion.
Fixed Issues
*Gameplay *
- Pondies can no longer be caught at Port Merrick.
- 'The Quest for Guybrush’ - Players are no longer able to hit their way past the ‘Awaiting Retort’ phase of Insult Sword Fighting matches.
- The ‘Fearless Reaper’ and ‘Plundered Prizes’ Commendations now progress as expected when selling Dark Relics loot.
- Players are no longer able to re-bury a partially dug-up Skull of Siren Song Chest or Key item by placing another buryable item on top of the partially dug-up Chest/Key.
- 'The Lair of LeChuck’ - Dialogue explaining how to use the Root Beer cannonballs will now be played at the correct time as intended.
*Safer Seas *
- The Fort of Fortune will no longer appear for players in a Safer Seas session.
*Guilds *
- Players will now be able to apply cosmetics to ships they don’t own, even if the player who owns the ship does not have those cosmetics in their inventory.
*Environment *
- Players will no longer become stuck on palm tree near the Order of Souls tent on Morrow’s Peak Outpost.
- 'The Lair of LeChuck’ - The ladder on the Monkey Totem on Monkey Island is now climbable.
- 'Journey to Mêlée Island’ - The Clock Tower arm bone will now appear in the correct location for all players on a crew when one player has removed it.
*Visual and Audio *
- Pirates with a larger body type will no longer find their hands merging with shovels when they have the Greymarrow Curse equipped.
- The Gold Leaf Hook no longer appears to float through wooden planks.
- 'The Lair of LeChuck’ - The animation for LeChuck’s ship exploding will now play in full when triggered as intended.
- 'The Lair of LeChuck’ - Controller rumble will now occur for players using a controller during LeChuck’s final defeat cutscene.
- 'The Quest for Guybrush’ - Visual effects have been improved for the ‘Clearing the Fog’ sequence.
- Tabs in Trading Company shops at Outposts no longer seem to disappear when hovering over them quickly.
*Text and Localisation *
- Red text on locked Trading Company items now shows the correct reason for being locked.
*Performance and Stability *
- Improved server stability to avoid instances of players being disconnected from their session.
