Insider Patch Notes 2.9.2.4
Insider Update 2.9.2.4 is now live. In this Insider update, selected outposts on the Sea of Thieves map will now feature ziplines, providing players with the opportunity to test them out. Additionally, players can work to achieve a level 500 distinction with trading companies to test out the new Distinction system.
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
Distinctions
- Players can now progress through Trading Companies and gain Distinction levels through to levels 100, 200, 300, 400 and 500. At each 100 levels, a new distinction ring and title will become available from a placeholder vendor at Plunder Outpost, who is located near the current Trading Company vendors, for the placeholder price of 1 gold.
For testing purposes, players will be boosted to level 99 in each relevant Trading Company in order for them to test the Distinction system. Reputation gains have been massively accelerated for this test, so progressing to level 500 should occur much quicker than in the retail build.
Gameplay Improvements
Island Ziplines
- Island navigation is being improved with the addition of ziplines across a range of islands. In this initial insiders test Ancient Spire Outpost, Crooked Masts and Hidden Spring Keep have been updated.
Known Issues
Sea of Thieves On-Demand
- Some information pages are currently duplicated in the Discover tab.
Safer Seas
- There is currently no messaging on Company Cards to advise players that Reputation above level 40 is only available in High Seas.
- The front pages of Company shops do not show "Available in High Seas" below the Promotion or Emissary buttons at the moment.
- When a player’s next promotion is locked in Safer Seas, the right-hand tab doesn't currently show a message to advise that promotions above Level 40 are only available in High Seas.
Fixed Issues
Gameplay
- Completing an on-demand Shrine no longer causes the Voyage to disappear from the Captain's Table.
- Milestones are now able to be to be earnt by any member of the guild that takes out a guild owned ship – these activities will appear in the Guild Chronicles.
- It is no longer possible for two ships to dive to the same cargo run location.
- The pirate Lord no longer appears and reappears multiple times during the tutorial flow.
- The second outro sequence for completing the second Trading Company tutorial will now appear to players as intended.
- Special voyages can now be added to the light voyages list in the quest table UI.
- Completing Devil's Roar voyages for the Order of Souls now progresses the Mystic Devil’s Voyager commendation as intended.
- Players will no longer receive Order of Souls themed loot after diving to a Gold Hoarder World Event.
- 'The Lair of LeChuck’ - Front cannons on The Mad Monkey can no longer be moved too far left or right, which was causing a delay when moving them back in the opposite direction.
- 'The Lair of LeChuck’ - Head of the Navigator can now be taken from another player as intended.
- Images on discover tab tiles now appear with no distortion and fill the space as intended.
- Players will no longer find themselves surfacing too close to the island after choosing to dive to a Ghost Ship battle.
- Players will now earn Distinction Rings at the correct levels and will unlock the related rings at the correct times.
Environment
- Players can no longer cause more than one crate to appear at the Island upon cancelling the ‘Introduction to the Merchant Alliance’ Trading Company tutorial.
Visual and Audio
- 'The Lair of LeChuck’ - Liquids in the cooking pot now appear to drain correctly when collecting banana grease.
- 'The Lair of LeChuck’ - The banana Greece jar will now appear correctly after it has been used.
- The Pirate Lord’s ghostly aura will now appear correctly throughout the new Trading Company tutorials.
- The Snapping Shark and Shark Dance emotes now appear with different icons to avoid confusion.
- Music for on demand World Events now timed correctly and begins to play as expected.
- Icons for Tall Tales appearing in the captain's Table UI will now have locked overlays if the player is yet to unlock them, as intended.
Text and Localisation
- 'The Lair of LeChuck’ - The Pop-up notification which appears to players when the Chilled Banana Soup has been discovered or lost now mentions ‘Chilled Banana Soup’ instead of ‘Banana Grease’.
- The Pop-Up notification instructing players to take treasure to the gold order no longer has extra apostrophes.
- The Pirate Lord’s subtitles now match his voice lines and appear with the correct suffix at the hand-in point during the new Trading Company tutorials.
- Locked safer seas voyages are now showing the correct red warning text in the quest table UI.
- Subtitles which were previously missing have now been added to the gold hoarders company tutorial.
Performance and Stability
- Improved service stability to avoid instances of players being disconnected from their sessions.
