Insider Patch Notes 3.0.1.5
Insider Update 3.0.1.5 is now live. Insiders are encouraged to continue testing the Burning Blade World Event and providing feedback on the new stock added to the Pirate Emporium and Outpost shops in the previous Insider update.
As always, if you encounter any bugs, please head to the
Sea of Thieves support site and let our Player Support team know.
Gameplay Improvements
A suite of speed balancing improvements have been made across the Sloop, Brigantine and Galleon to rebalance the ship types and place more emphasis on ship direction and sail management during naval encounters.
Rebalanced Ship Scenarios
- In a straight Tailwind scenario, the Galleon with its three sails angled to the wind will now gain the advantage, followed by the Brigantine then Sloop.
- In a straight Headwind, the Sloop will have less wind resistance from its single sail and will be at an advantage over the Brigantine and then the slower Galleon.
- Sidewind and Crosswind scenarios will also now favour the Galleon when all sails are catching the maximum amount of wind. Galleon crews who mismanage the wind however will suffer the largest penalty.
Headwind Sails
- Ships heading into a direct Headwind will now be required to angle the sails to reduce the wind resistance and maintain their speed, sailing with sails flat into the wind will no longer be optimal.
Known Issues
Steam
- Players on the Steam version of Insiders will currently encounter a game crash when launching the game.
Skeleton Camps
- Lighting underground in Skeleton Camps is affected by the time of day on the surface.
- Climbing the ladder on the tower at the Skeleton Camp at Lookout Point causes the player to be teleported back to their ship.
The Burning Blade of Souls Sword
- The glow in the hilt of the sword currently becomes detached when bobbing up and down in the water.
- The sword will sometimes merge through the bell on the Burning Blade and will not activate the ringing sound.
Fixed Issues
Gameplay
- When starting an Ashen Emissary Voyage as an Athena’s Fortune Emissary, the island chosen for the ‘X marks the spot’ map will no longer be situated outside of the Devil’s Roar.
Skeleton Camps
- Ashen Devout Skeletons at Skeleton Camps will no longer attack crews who are pledged to the Burning Blade.
- Pirates will remain in the correct position after letting go of the wheel in Skeleton Camp Temples.
Burning Blade
- Shooting the Burning Blade when you are crewing it no longer counts towards the 'Skeleton Ship Hit with Cannonballs' Renown action.
- Players should no longer experience an Allmondbeard error or an unexpected game closure when captaining the Burning Blade.
- When picking up the Obsidian Ashen Winds Skull, players will no longer see a tutorial prompt for the Horn of Fair Winds.
Pirate Emporium
- The Painted Cat is now listed at the correct price.
- The Pet Protector Wheel wood colour has been updated to match other items in the set.
- The Pet Protector Cannons on a Brigantine have been updated to appear consistent with other ship types.
- The tree and sack now move together at the correct speed when the Tiny Tree Emote is performed.
- The scratches on the Pet Protector Cannons are now properly aligned.
- The texture on Pet Protector Hull is now properly aligned.
The Dire Dark Warsmith Flag is now visible when equipped on Brigantine.
The Dire Dark Warsmith Collector's Figurehead now features the correct item name and description.
The names and descriptions for the new Ocean Crawler Heavy Swords have been updated and no longer contain placeholder markers.
Environment
- Players will now consistently be able to pick up and take things from a Collector's Chest inside the Shrine of Ocean's Fortune.
- ‘The Quest for Guybrush’ - Trees will no longer appear to levitate above rock structures in this Tall Tale.
- Players will no longer fall underneath the map in certain areas of the Athena’s Fortune hideout.
- The torch on the highest floor of the fort at Hidden Spring Keep will no longer appear to float midair.
- Players will no longer appear to float when standing on the pier at Dagger Tooth Outpost.
- The cannons on the north side of Kraken Watchtower are now visible.
Visual and Audio
- Crews defeated in a Faction battle will now experience a smooth transition into and out of the tunnels.
- Battle music during Faction battles will now continue to be heard after a player has died and returned from the Ferry of the Damned.
- PC players using AMD GPUs and DirectX12 should now consistently see visual effects from Fireworks when fired.
- The Sting Tide Cannons will now appear at the correct visual quality when the player gets close to them.
- Lesedi's Spyglass will no longer change into another spyglass when the player dies or restarts their play session with the item equipped.
Text and Localisation
- ‘The Legend of Monkey Island’ - The localisation of ‘Sword Master’ has been updated to follow the correct terminology in the Korean Language translation.
Performance and Stability
- Players will no longer receive a Longbeard error and become disconnected when a member of the crew disconnects.
Improvements to memory management to reduce scenarios where players may experience a sudden disconnection on lower performance PC and Console hardware.
Sea of Thieves on Steam will no longer unexpectedly close if the game is started on an HDR screen then dragged to an SDR screen during startup.
