Insider Patch Notes 3.3.1.3

Insider Update 3.3.1.3 is now live. This update features further improvements to the Reaper’s Chest Skeletons and balancing of emergent sea encounters.

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

Reaper’s Chest Improvements

• Reaper’s Chest Skeletons are now stronger, with increased health and accuracy.

• The skeletons’ pathfinding has been improved, ensuring they can easily navigate the environment and follow the chest when carried.

• A Reaper’s Chest can now summon up to twelve skeletons, including a possible Skeleton Captain.

To facilitate Insider testing, two Reaper's Chests can be found inside the Outpost Tavern.

Outpost Stock

New Items – In Stock Now!

• Blue Resolute Ship Cosmetics: Hull, Flag and Sails.

Updates

Emergent Kraken & Megalodon Encounter Rewards

• Encounters with both an emergent Kraken and Megalodon now provide additional treasure items when defeated, with a greater chance of discovering items for the Hunter’s Call.

Emergent Megalodon Encounter Balancing

• Encounters with an emergent Megalodon will now pose a greater challenge, with each Megalodon acting more aggressively to nearby vessels.

Pirate Emporium

• The name of the Skin Scrawlers Set has been updated to Skin Scriber.

Network Connection Indicator

• Following Insider feedback, the network connection indicator has been temporarily disabled while further improvements are made to network sensitivity.

Known Issues

Reaper’s Chest

• Reaper’s Chest Skeletons do not currently migrate with the player’s ship and chest.

• Reaper’s Chest Skeletons may attack Burning Blade crew skeletons.

• Reaper’s Chest Skeletons can appear on the upper deck even when the Reaper’s Chest is below deck.

Reaper Cannon of Rage

• Overheating the Cannon of Rage with an explosive barrel can cause its glow to become extremely bright.  

• Exploding an explosive barrel next to a dormant Cannon of Rage turret prevents it from heating up and it stays dormant.  

• The Cannon of Rage’s overheating value can drop below zero.

Fixed Issues

Gameplay  

• Players can now interact with the "Exit to Desktop" button in the front-end menu when playing on Steam. 

Reaper Cannon of Rage  

• The Cannon of Rage no longer blocks the player's movement when placed.  

• The Cannon of Rage can now be redeployed after being placed and undeployed without needing to be picked up first.

Wild Boars  

• Boars defeated while they are charging will now fall naturally instead of sliding.  

• Projectiles will now consistently damage running boars.  

• The death animation for boars will play correctly in third-person view when they are defeated with a melee weapon. 

• Naturally occurring Grand Boars will now drop Pristine Tusks when killed.

Boar Hunting Voyage  

• Boars will now drop Grisly Boar Tusks when defeated during a Boar Hunting Voyage. 

• Boar footprints are now spaced more closely together.  

• The Grand Boar will return to its wallow less frequently.  

• Crouching will now keep players hidden from boars for longer.  

• Loot found in boar wallows will now appear in varied orientations, rather than all facing the same direction.  

• Emergent wallows will now disappear correctly and won’t remain on islands previously selected for Hunting Voyages.  

Skeleton Mercenaries  

• Revived Skeleton Mercenaries will now correctly change ownership to the crewmate who revives them.  

• Skeleton Mercenaries will no longer become stuck in rocks, preventing Voyage progression.  

• Skeleton Mercenaries will now follow the player who revived them more responsively when revived near multiple crew members.  

• Skeleton Mercenaries will now remain focused on leading the player instead of wandering for long periods if they can't find a path.  

• Skeleton Mercenaries will now switch their allegiance to whoever shows them the map, rather than only following one player.  

Hunting Spear  

• Aiming the hunting spear while sprinting will now apply the intended movement slowdown.  

• Hunting spears fired into damaged areas of a ship will now display the correct water effects and sound.  

• Repeatedly pressing the throw button will no longer cause the charge throw to become unresponsive when using the hunting spear.  

Environment  

• A misplaced lamp at Ancient Spire Outpost has been moved and will now appear to sit correctly.

• Chests placed on the elevator at Skeleton Camps will now rest properly instead of floating.  

Visual and Audio  

• Death animations for all passive fauna will now be visible to all players.  

• The Lightbearer Weapon Bundle artwork now displays correctly, ensuring the cutlass is fully visible.

• The Lightbearer Ship Bundle artwork in the Emporium now displays a clear image of the ship’s hull.  

• The Skin Scriber Compass will now appear correctly in the Emporium without distortion.  

• The Ships tab in the Pirate Emporium now displays correctly, with no empty gaps between tiles.  

• Currency icons will now display correctly in the Campaign Card Rewards view of the Pirate Log.  

• The Banana Banter Emote Bundle tile now displays its text banner correctly when hovered over.  

Text and Localisation  

• 'The Quest for Guybrush' - Overlapping text in Japanese, Russian and Turkish has been corrected in the Ledger Book for The Quest for Guybrush Tall Tale.

• 'The Journey to Mêlée Island' - French text in the Quest Book for The Journey to Mêlée Island Tall Tale now displays correctly without overlapping.  

• 'The Journey to Mêlée Island' - Overlapping text issues in Stan's Sales Ledger have been resolved.  

Performance and Stability  

• Improved stability to reduce crashes related to refresh rate calculations.