Insider Patch Notes 2.9.2.9
Insider Update 2.9.2.9 is now live. Ahead of our January update, the features incorporated in this Insider build will align with those scheduled for release in the main version of the game this month. Insiders have a final opportunity to test Season 11's features before their release to the public.
As always, if you encounter any bugs, please head to the
Sea of Thieves support site and let our Player Support team know.
Known Issues
Trading Company Tutorials
- The Merchant Alliance Trading Company tutorial will falsely progress if the player places an empty chicken coop on the ship.
- The first outro sequence is currently played every time a tutorial is completed, regardless of the number of tutorials completed beforehand.
Sea of Thieves On-Demand
- When diving for an Order of Souls Medley Voyage, players may experience a blank Voyage sheet and a lack of ghost ships appearing.
- The Quest Table overlay remains on screen after starting a Tall Tale from the Quest Table.
Fixed Issues
Gameplay
- ‘Wild Rose’ - Items are now appearing correctly on the Quest Table for the second chapter of this Tall Tale.
- When diving for a Medley Voyage, the selected islands will no longer be too far apart from each other.
- The ‘Ashen Mariner of Guilds’ Commendation now increases as intended when completing an Ashen Quest.
- Trading Company tutorial steps now complete at the correct times as intended.
- Players who choose to dive to a Gold Hoarder World Event will now receive the correct loot.
- All Gold Hoarder loot earned at Siren Shrines can now be collected by the player, as intended.
- All outro sequences for the Gold Hoarder tutorial will now play at the correct times.
- The Pirate Lord will now appear at the correct times during Trading Company tutorials.
- The Quest Table tutorial will now play at the correct time and does not repeat.
- The Maiden Voyage Commendations page will unlock at the correct time.
- The Captaincy intro now progresses as intended.
- Players will now receive the correct Voyage rewards on completion of an Athena’s Fortune Voyage.
- The Merchant Alliance tutorial now progresses as intended and does not require the player to circle the island before receiving the next pop-up notification.
- Players will now be taken to the correct location to continue a Tall Tale after choosing this option from the Quest Table.
- All Voyages will now progress the relevant Captaincy quest stats, as intended.
- Individual loot will now be tracked in ‘The Gold Seeker’ Captaincy Milestones.
- The Chest of Fortune Skeleton Fleet can no longer be activated in the safer seas.
- Items that should be locked in Company Shops now appear with the Red Safer Seas icon when playing in Safer Seas.
- All prompts will now play at the correct times when playing through the Maiden Voyage tutorial.
- Players will now see an arrow that shows which info is showing in Discover Tab while the Discover Tab is not in focus.
Pirate Emporium
- The Collector’s Lunar Festival Dragon Figurehead eyes now appear as intended.
Environment
- ‘Shores of Gold’ - Players will no longer be able to walk through certain parts of the environment inside the cave.
- Players will now be able to pick up all Athena’s Fortune loot earned in the Coral Tomb Shrine.
- The barrel at the Shipwright Store on Port Merrick no longer appears to merge into the hanging platform.
- Athena’s Fortune loot will now appear to sit properly on the ground when placed in a Shrine.
Visual and Audio
- The Sweet Treat Capstan will now react properly to fog.
- All animations for characters at Outposts and Shops now play as intended.
- The Pirate Lord and all his intended animation effects now appear properly when he is on screen.
- 'Journey to Mêlée Island’ - Fog seen in the Mansion now behaves correctly throughout the location.
- ‘The Legend of Monkey Island’ - The books for the second and third Tall Tales no longer appear locked on screen after being unlocked by players.
- 'Fate of the Morningstar’ - The Ferryman and all his intended animation effects now appear properly when he is on screen.
- Company Shops no longer appear with any placeholder imagery.
- 'Captains of the Damned’ - The unlit candle in the left pirate's hand will now appear correctly on screen.
- All music now plays at the correct times when a player chooses to dive to a Sea Fort.
- Voyage card artwork now appears as intended when viewed via a Company Shop.
- Ghosts from a Ghost Ship battle will no longer appear floating above the water without any loot present below them.
Text and Localisation
- Longer landmark text will no longer overlap with the map visuals when on Bounty Quests.
- Text on the Gold Hoarders Emissary Compass now appears as intended.
- 'Fate of the Morningstar’ - The Ferryman's intended subtitles now appear properly when he is on screen.
- The Promotion page in Company Shops now always displays the correct text.
- Several text overlapping issues have been addressed in the Quest Table UI.
- The subtitles seen before selling the Skull in the Order of Souls tutorial now remain on screen for the correct amount of time.
- The Merchant Alliance tutorial no longer contains placeholder text.
Performance and Stability
- Players will no longer find themselves locked in place if they use the ‘View’ button when interacting with Quest Table.
