Insider Update 3.4.1.5 is now live. This update introduces Smuggler Wrecks and Caches packed with high-value loot, the competitive Smugglers’ Heist Voyage, and new shorter Athena’s Fortune Legendary Searches.
As always, if you encounter any bugs, please head to the Sea of Thieves support site and let our Player Support team know.
Smuggler Wrecks
Crews setting sail may now discover Smuggler Wrecks, smuggling vessels sunk while transporting their precious cargo. While these wrecks are rarer than traditional shipwrecks, their rewards are worth the detour!
Smuggler Wrecks contain an assortment of high-value treasure like unique ship journals that can be returned to the Smugglers’ League, and an assortment of weapons including devastating Black Powder Barrels. Reaper’s Chests and Bounties will continue to be found in these new wrecks.
Pirates diving down to a Smuggler Wreck will find handy air bubbles throughout the ship to help them while exploring.
Smuggler Caches
Smugglers’ Heist Voyage
Arriving mid-Season during Smugglers’ Tide, this is a new competitive Voyage pitting crews against each other in a heist at Royal Crest Fortress.
After starting the Voyage from their ship’s mast, crews will be tasked with retrieving the Fortress Key from a Smuggler contact, then setting sail to take on the Fort and steal a precious painting by any means necessary!
Athena’s Fortune Legendary Searches
Ahead of their live release, the Athena’s Fortune Legendary Search Voyages return for Insider testing.
Athena’s Fortune now offer three new Voyages that provide a short, on-demand option to earn Athena’s Fortune reputation. These new Legendary Searches can be selected from the Quest Table: A Legendary Treasure Map Search, A Legendary Riddle Quest Search and A Legendary Skeleton Bounty Search.
As these Voyages are a shorter experience and therefore have less risk than the existing Athena’s Fortune experiences, they will provide reduced rewards in comparison to their riskier counterparts.
Pirate Profiles
Selecting a pirate in the carousel may cause the game to hitch.
Players may receive an error when using a ‘suggested purchases’ pop-up notification for the first time.
After purchasing a Pirate Deed or Appearance Potion for the first time, players may be unable to buy another through the upsell flow until re-entering a session or restarting the game.
Gameplay
Followers of the Flame Voyage
Loot from the Followers of the Flame Voyage will no longer appear underneath buried skeletons.
The lantern flame now updates promptly when equipped during the Voyage.
Pirate Profiles
Purchasing the Pirate Deed Bundle now correctly shows the individual items as owned.
Quickly switching slots in the Pirate Tab no longer causes the game to freeze.
Buying a single Pirate Deed on PlayStation®5 no longer causes a crash when accessing the Pirate Tab.
Environment
‘A Pirate’s Life’ – Players can no longer use the Grapple Gun to leave the map in this Tall Tale.
Players can no longer get stuck in the puzzle wall at the Shores of Gold when using the Grapple Gun.
Visual and Audio
Sealed and active Reaper’s Chests now emit a bone-rattling sound.
Order of Bone and Blade Skeletons no longer snap into a T-pose if knocked back while holding a shovel or loot.
Tall grass now properly animates around skeleton bone piles.
The Bosun Brewmaster Wheel is now correctly gripped by the player’s hands.
The arrow on the Bosun Brewmaster Cannon now stays in the correct place when rotating.
The Bosun Brewmaster Capstan no longer warps when the player moves away.
The Bosun Brewmaster Ship’s Crest no longer shakes based on camera distance.
Ship names now display correctly on the Bosun Brewmaster Ship’s Crest.
The digging icon now disappears quickly when Order of Bone and Blade Skeletons finish digging.
Text on the Bosun Brewmaster Ship’s Crest now matches the brightness of other Crests.
Vegetation near the Pillars on Ancient Dig Voyages no longer clips through the base.
The Bosun Brewmaster Collector’s Sails now display the correct preview.
Skeletons hit by geysers while holding a shovel will no longer freeze in a strange pose.
