Insider Patch Notes 3.3.2.4

Insider Update 3.3.2.4 is now live. Insiders can now test the new Followers of the Flame Voyage for The Reaper’s Bones and trial the upcoming Seasonal rewards 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.

Reapers Rising

Followers of the Flame Voyage

• A new Reaper’s Bones Voyage is available in this build, tasking players with resurrecting lost skeletons using the Follower’s Flame Lantern and sealing a Chest of Bones through a special ritual, which can then be used to summon a helpful skeleton crew. 

• During this Voyage, a Reaper’s Mark will appear on the map, marking any crew taking part for rival crews to hunt down before the coveted Chest of Bones can be sold to The Reaper’s Bones. 

Reaper Cannon of Rage Balancing

• Following Insider Feedback, the Reaper Cannon of Rage explosion damage has now been balanced for each ship type. The resulting explosion continues to deal critical damage, however it now provides a more balanced experience across the Sloop, Brigantine and Galleon.

• The Cannon’s cooldown has been slowed, reducing the number of shots that can be fired in a barrage before it overheats, thereby reducing the weapon’s damage output.

• The amount of cooldown received from bailing water over a heated Cannon has been reduced.

• The Cannon is now much more durable and can receive 200 damage (up from 100) before exploding.

Season 16 Rewards & Plunder Pass

• Progressing through the 100 levels of Renown in Season 16 will reward players with the Boneward Blade Clothing Set and unique Season 16 rewards, alongside time-limited Bone and Blade collectibles. 

• Pick up the latest Plunder Pass to gain access to a plethora of additional unlockable cosmetics from the Oyster’s Prize Collection, including a ship set with Collector’s items and a selection of themed clothing, all available to earn by raising your Renown.

Renown progress has been artificially boosted in this Insider build to assist with testing.

Season 16 Guild Ledger Rewards

• Season 16's Guild Ledger now includes the ‘Blade to the Bone’ ornament and the ‘Forbidden Knowledge’ animated painting.

Insiders will be automatically granted these items for testing. Players will need to join the server on a Captained or Guild-affiliated ship in order to receive the items.

Season 15: Wild Seas

Wild Boar Balancing

• Damage dealt by wild boars has been reduced from 35 to 15 for their ram attack and from 45 to 25 for their melee attack.

Wild Seas Commendation Balancing

• Commendations tasking crews with the delivery of Pristine Tusks, Scales and Teeth have been rebalanced to require fewer items to unlock. While Grades 1-3 remain unchanged, Grade 4 now requires 15 (down from 25) and Grade 5 requires 20 (down from 50).

• The following Commendations have been rebalanced: Master Hunter of the Savage Boar, Master Hunter of the Pristine Maw and Master Hunter of Pristine Megalodon Spoils.

Outpost Stock

New Items – In Stock Now!

• Party Boat Throwing Knives

• Party Boat Double Barrel Pistol

• Party Boat Grapple Gun

• Party Boat Blowpipe

Pirate Emporium

New Items – In Stock Now!

• Lamplighter Ship Set, Including: Collector’s Figurehead, Collector’s Sails, Figurehead, Sails, Flag, Hull, Capstan, Wheel, Cannons, Cannon Flare and Ship’s Crest.

• Lamplighter Weapons Set, Including: Cutlass, Pistol, Blunderbuss, Eye of Reach, Throwing Knives, Double Barrel Pistol, Grapple Gun and Blowpipe.

• Lamplighter Costume, including the Idle Illumination Costume Emote.

• Lamplighter Lantern.

• Reaper’s Heart Toucan.

• Dark Warsmith Cabin Bundle, Including: Captain’s Table, Chair, Rugs, Curtains, Bed, Chandelier and Drapes.

• Sting Tide Eye of Reach – FREE!

Updates

Geofencing Technical Test – Part Two

• Insiders who purchased the Progress Pride Flag in the previous Insider build should attempt to equip it to their ship. In allowed regions, the item should function as expected, and in countries where the flag is restricted, the item may appear unavailable or be unequippable.

*Insiders should check * the feedback thread

• to see whether their region has been placed on the blocked or allowed list. *

The development team have blocked a number of popular countries in this build for testing purposes. Please note that the countries listed above may not be blocked in the retail version of the game.

Network Performance Indicator

• The Network Performance Indicator has been reenabled, following adjustments to its sensitivity. The Indicator will now be shown when a ping reaches 200 rather than the previous threshold of 175.

Known Issues

Reaper’s Chest

• Skeletons summoned by a Reaper’s Chest do not currently travel with it when the ship migrates.

Followers of the Flame Voyage

• After finishing this Voyage, the Reaper Flag can remain stuck on players’ ships, preventing them from switching to a different flag. 

Reaper Cannon of Rage

• The Reaper Cannon of Rage can currently be fired through the back window of a Galleon.

• The Reaper Cannon of Rage may not deploy correctly when placed on a moving ship. 

• Players who join a session already in progress might not be able to see an already deployed Reaper Cannon of Rage. 

Fixed Issues

Gameplay

• Resource Barrels released from a sunken vessel will once again float to the surface and the resources can be consistently retrieved.

• Crews beginning a Faction battle will be unable to receive aid from other crew members who join after the battle has begun. Additional crew members will now be held on the Ferry of the Damned until the battle is complete.

• Ships will no longer find they can sometimes take damage from underwater rocks when surfacing from a dive in certain locations.  

• Detonating a skeleton holding a gunpowder barrel should now consistently cause nearby gunpowder barrels to explode.

Skeleton Mercenaries  

• Players can no longer give or take items from Skeleton Mercenaries during combat.  

• Skeleton Mercenaries now hold and retain items correctly even if the players give them the item while they're crouching.  

• Skeleton Mercenaries no longer duplicate after leaving and returning to an island.  

• Attempting to give a Skeleton Mercenary an invalid item now greys out the interaction tooltip.  

• Skeleton Mercenaries will no longer appear to slide if they're given commands while they're already moving.

• The shovel is no longer briefly visible inside the skeleton’s head during combat animations.  

• Overlapping grass no longer hides the crack in the ground where Skeleton Mercenaries should emerge.  

• Ancient Skulls now rest correctly in Skeleton Mercenaries hands regardless of any weapon they're carrying.  

• The tooltip on Skeleton Mercenary bone piles no longer appears to jitter when it's hovered over.  

• Emergent Skeleton Mercenaries now appear with their correct character models.  

• Skeleton Mercenaries now stop digging up grubs once the last grub had been destroyed.  

Reaper’s Chests  

• Skeleton Mercenaries guarding Reaper’s Chests no longer attack allied Obsidian Skeletons on the Burning Blade.  

• Pets no longer panic endlessly at allied skeletons on board or on islands.  

Ancient Megalodon  

• The Barnacled Dread no longer flees from an encounter when being struck by a Lure Dart.  

Reaper Cannon of Rage  

• Transition animations for the Reaper Cannon of Rage now play smoothly.  

Megalodon Hunting Voyage  

• Players with a high-resolution display should no longer find that using the Shrouded Glass creates a picture-in-picture effect.

Pirate Emporium  

• The King’s Ransom Grapple Gun is no longer shown as ‘On Sale’ and has returned to its correct price of 249 Ancient Coins.

Festival of Fishing  

• Starting Merrick's Recipe Request Voyage now shows only one map icon, as intended.  

Environment  

• A misaligned wall at Ancient Spire Outpost has been corrected.  

• Certain shop posts in Ancient Spire Outpost now rest properly on the ground.  

Visual and Audio  

• 'The Revenge of the Morningstar' - Quest items in this Tall Tale no longer vanish from the table when choosing 'Dive to Location.'  

• The Silent Barnacle Sails no longer have floating, misplaced parts.  

Accessibility  

• The 'Reduce hold to use item' setting now correctly affects how long players must wait to power up a Hunting Spear throw.  

Performance and Stability  

• Improved server stability to avoid instances where players are disconnected from their session.