Insider Update 3.3.0.4 is now live. In this update, players can take part in testing the second part of our newly adapted Festival of Fishing, as well as provide further feedback on new features for Season 16.
As always, if you encounter any bugs, please head to the Sea of Thieves support site and let our Player Support team know.
Reaper Cannon of Rage
The cannon will no longer generate heat from damage while packed away.
While deploying a cannon in water will continue to cool it during use, the amount of cooling has now been reduced.
Lizards
Bats
Ancient Megalodons
Festival of Fishing
Time-Limited Voyage: Play through Merrick's Delicious Recipe during Festival of Fishing and make the most of that fish multiplier!
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.
Reaper Cannon of Rage
The cannon model and audio and visual effects are all considered placeholder in this early preview and feedback is not required at this time.
Direct shots from a cannonball on a deployed Reaper Cannon will not currently trigger overheat, however this is intended.
Zones on the ship that block cannon placement are no longer working, allowing players to place cannons in unwanted areas.
Hunting Spear
Charging a throw may cause player animations to break for those observing.
Dropping a spear while aiming can cause the players field of view to remain changed.
Hunting spears will intersect with the pirate while hanging.
Wild Seas
Gameplay
Players grappling to a ship’s ladder should no longer find themselves appearing in a different location.
Players can no longer grapple treasure through the open storeroom windows on Sea Forts.
Tall Tale items from within the Sea of the Damned can no longer be brought back to the Sea of Thieves.
Skeleton Mercenaries
Skeleton Mercenaries are no longer duplicated when leaving the area of the bone pile and returning.
Skeleton Mercenaries should now be removed consistently removed when leaving an island.
Players can no longer give throwing knives to Skeleton Mercenaries
Wild Boar
Boars should no longer knockback the player when the player touches the boar and should only apply knock back when the boar is charging
Boars and their wallows should now appear on Shark Bait Cove when crews are assigned a Hunting Voyage on the island.
Hunting Spear
Wild Seas
The fishing spot at Isle of Last Words is now further away from the shore, allowing players to fish successfully when on the Voyage.
Hunter’s Call items being sold to the Reaper’s Bones no longer increases progress of Call of the Hunter Commendations.
Ancient Megalodons now progress the Who Needs a Bigger Boat Commendation.
Visual and Audio
The sword is now visible when performing the Swashbuckling Story Emote.
The pig pet's shadow is no longer missing from first-person view while holding the pet.
Seagulls no longer appear next to ships whilst the ship is in a storm.
Fishing spot visual effects should no longer appear inside of the ship’s hull if the ship stops on the fishing spot.
Browsing disguises in the Vanity Chest now shows the pirate correctly in the preview.