Insider Patch Notes 3.3.0.2

Insider Update 3.3.0.1 is now live. New Pirate Milestones introduce four Trinkets, now available for testing. Fishing Maps, hunting spears, wild boars and lizards have all received improvements in this Insider update. Mega Stashes now feature reinforced Fort floors and more frequent Ashen rewards, and new Pirate Legend weapons are available for testing.

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

Reapers Rising

Skeleton Mercenaries

• The Order of Bone and Blade are Skeleton Mercenaries who can assist players with their quests on islands. Search large islands for the telltale bony arm sticking out of the ground and unearth the bone pile to revive a new ally.

• Players can collect multiple allies while searching islands, and may even uncover a Captain Mercenary, a more formidable defender. 

• Once revived, the Skeleton Mercenary will be indebted to the pirate, following them and assisting on their adventures on the island. These allies will help dig up treasure, carry loot, assist with quests and, of course, raise their cutlass in battle!

Wild Seas

Boar Hunting Voyage

• Crews can now hunt down a fierce Grand Boar in ‘A Pirate’s Boar Hunt’, a new on-demand Voyage from the Hunter’s Call. Players should track the boar and follow it to its wallow to uncover stolen Hunter’s Call treasure.

Lizards

• New lizards have been introduced to Salty Sands, Castaway Isle, Isle of Last Words, Scorched Pass, Booty Isle, Black Sands Atoll, Brimstone Rock and Roaring Sands. 

Wild Seas Commendations

• New Commendations have been added to Wild Seas, challenging pirates to use their hunting spear against a range of targets. These Commendations will be arriving in the Season 15 mid-season update.

Live Events

Festival of Fishing

The Festival of Fishing returns during Season 15, refreshed alongside the Hunter’s Call expansion. 

• Fish Multiplier: Fish items can be handed in for double gold and reputation.

• Event Goals: Complete Hunter's Call-themed Goals during the Festival of Fishing to earn gold and reputation. Completing all Goals grants players the ‘Fisher of Fortune’ Title.

• Free Emissary Flag: All players can fly the Hunter's Call Emissary Flag during the Event, even without owning it, to explore the new Emissary License.

• Raid Voyage: All players can play the Hunter's Call Raid Voyage, 'A Duel with an Ashen Lord,' during the event, regardless of reputation.

See the feedback thread in the Insider Forum Hub for information on how to take part in this live event test.

Gameplay Improvements

Grapple Gun Animations

• Players grappling to a location will now have a unique animation, showing their pirate flailing as they're pulled through the air. 

Updates

Insider Programme Rewards

• Following the initial change to the Insider weekly reward system, the team have reviewed the feedback and monitored play behaviour to ensure this is still rewarding Insider play at the desired levels.

• As part of this update, the amount of reputation required each week to unlock an Insider reward has now been reduced to better align with the typical earn rates for an hour of play in Insiders.

Known Issues

Hunting Spear

• Players may become unable to drop the hunting spear or interact with objects if they sprint immediately after throwing it.

• Hunting spears cannot currently be removed from a ship’s hull when lodged into a heavily damaged hole. 

Boar Hunting Voyage

• Diving to a Boar Hunt Voyage may result in a range of issues such as arriving at the wrong location, no boars or wallows appearing on the target island and the Quest Map may lose its text. It is advised to sail to these Voyages in this build.

• Boars and wallows do not disappear after completing or cancelling the Voyage.  

Skeleton Mercenaries

• Skeleton Mercenaries freeze if commanded to dig while carrying an item.  

• Players may need to leave and return for Skeleton Mercenaries hit reactions to update correctly.  

• Skeleton Mercenaries may sometimes use a fleeing animation randomly.  

• If killed while fleeing, Skeleton Mercenaries may start to revive themselves while still playing the flee animation.  

Fixed Issues

Wild Seas  

• The Hungering One Hunter’s Shirt no longer causes underwear to disappear when moving away from the player or using an emote.  

Wild Boars  

• Treasure found around boar wallows will now stay in place after being dug up.

• The Wild Boar Note now unfolds correctly when held by players.  

• Wild boar wallows and islands will only reset once all treasure has been dug up and every boar on the island has been defeated.  

• Controllers will now vibrate when a player is hit by a boar.  

• Wild boar bodies no longer appear to slide across the floor when defeated.  

• Wild boars now make ambient grunting sounds when being followed.  

• Wild boars now play their eating animation when fruit is dropped for them.  

Hunting Spears  

• Hunting spears fired from cannons now leave a visible trail behind them.  

• Removing a hunting spear from a hole now increases the hole to its maximum size.  

• Hunting spears can no longer be stored in cannons and used in unintended locations such as The Sea of the Damned and during Tall Tales.  

Fishing Voyages  

• The visual effects for fish now fade in and out smoothly when fish appear and flee.  

• Fishing frenzy effects now disappear as intended when a quest is completed.  

Megalodon Voyages  

• The Megalodon in this Voyage will now attempt to flee as intended, preventing players from defeating it too early.  

• The beacon is now present during the Megalodon Voyage.  

• The Megalodon note's icon now fills the circle correctly when highlighted.  

• The Megalodon will no longer get stuck on floating debris when charging at a ship.  

• Text on the Voyage Note now fits properly on the page and is no longer covered by the player's hand.  

Ancient Megalodons  

• Firing a Grapple Gun at a Barnacled Dread Megalodon will no longer cause it to attach to a point far away on the map.  

Visual and Audio  

• The Baleful Bloom Costume now fits properly on larger pirates and no longer merges through underwear.  

• Bats now play their intended sound effects when flying near the player.  

• Hairstyles now remain visible when wearing certain outfits.  

• Equipping the Party Boat Jacket and Gloves no longer causes visible seams to appear on the player's arms.  

• The medallion on the Carla Costume now sits correctly on all body types.  

Text and Localisation  

• ‘Three Paces East Seapost’ is now spelled correctly when playing in French, English, Spanish, Portugese, Italian and Polish.