Insider Update 3.6.1.1 is now live. This Insider update introduces improvements to Faction Battles, including Supply Crates for low-stocked crews and a shrinking battle arena, alongside performance improvements to the Legend of the Veil Voyage.
If you encounter any bugs while playing in Insiders, please head to the Sea of Thieves support site and report an issue with our Player Support team.
Shrinking Battle Bounds
During a Faction battle, the battle bounds will now shrink in size at set intervals during the encounter to discourage fleeing, encourage more exciting battles and ensure fights are brought to a climactic end.
The starting battle size remains unchanged, allowing crews the space to test their rivals. The area will then shrink twice during the battle, bringing crews together, before settling on an intense final area – where the only option is to fight to become the victor.
Crews will have eight minutes in the starting area, before the bounds begin to shrink. A further eight minutes of battle will then take place before the battle bounds close to the final area. All transitions will take place over two minutes and move gradually, allowing crews to reposition to their advantage.
Crews will be notified onscreen that the battle bounds are changing and can see the new area size on the Map Table and will hear music while the bounds are shrinking.
Faction Battle Supply Crates
When entering a Faction Battle, low-stocked ships will now be granted a Faction Supply Crate to help crews get straight into the fight with sufficient resources to be competitive in the encounter.
Upon diving to battle, the crew’s current supplies spread across any barrels, storage crates, player inventories and loaded cannons will be tallied against a minimum threshold. A Faction Supply Crate will then be provided containing a supply of resources for any item found under the threshold.
For more details on the resource thresholds for each item, head to the feedback thread for more information.
Self-Righting Ship Buoyancy
Performance Improvements - Legend of the Veil
Xbox Series S & X Dynamic Power States
Molten Sands Fortress Event
Players may appear invisible in third-person view after using a Mimic Dart on the Two-Faced Scoundrel and then being defeated.
The Eternal Guard may sometimes move around without appearing cloaked.
Gameplay
Players knocked away from a cannon by nearby splash damage should no longer find they are unable to move if attempting to re-grab onto the cannon quickly.
Treasure left floating near the Glorious Sea Dog Tavern either naturally or from the spoils of Skeleton Ships will now remain floating for a short time before sinking.
Ocean Crawlers can once again be encountered on larger islands.
Reaper’s Bones Emissary Grade progression has now been reduced to the intended amount when digging up treasure from Skeleton Orders.
Environment
A Mysterious Journal on Shark Bait Cove has been repositioned so it can always be interacted with.
The Rowboat docking prompt at Port Merrick now appears in the correct position.
'Heart of Fire' - The Chest of Rage now stays put when dropped while swimming through the underwater exit during this Tall Tale.
Visual and Audio
Continuous emotes now loop smoothly without stuttering.
The Eternal Guard’s hunting spear animation and throw now play more reliably.
Eternal Guard spawn voice lines now trigger consistently.
Character hand positions now appear correctly after using the Clothing Chest.
Weapon pose emotes now behave correctly with the False King’s Ransom Grapple Gun.
Female characters now hold the spyglass with proper hand alignment.
Background music now plays as expected during the Pirate Lord’s opening dialogue for Order of Souls and Merchant Alliance Tutorials.
Firebombs and Blunderbombs now display correctly at higher field-of-view settings.
User Interface
On PlayStation®5, Touchpad and Options button prompts now display correctly.
The Spatial Audio headphone selection screen no longer shows visual artefacts.
The Random Voyage option at the Quest Table is now always available to select.
Accessibility
