Sea of Thieves Release Notes - 3.3.2
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[h3]Wild Seas[/h3]
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Megalodon Hunting Voyage
[h3]Gameplay Improvements[/h3]
Addressing Movement Exploits
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[h3]Updates[/h3]
Enforcement Status
[h3]Fixed Issues[/h3]
Gameplay
[h3]Known Issues[/h3]
Ship Resources
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[h3]Download and Installation[/h3]
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[h3]Wild Seas[/h3]
Heed the call in Season 15, which brings a wealth of new incentives to The Hunter’s Call while introducing new wildlife both harmless and hostile. For an overview of the fierce features rolled out over the course of this Season, head to our dedicated Season 15 page!
Megalodon Hunting Voyage
- Crews can now take on a Voyage to track an enraged Megalodon that has been wreaking havoc across the seas, leaving vessels destroyed in its wake. This Voyage can be started from the Quest Table upon reaching rank 20 with The Hunter’s Call.
- While hunters will need a keen eye to track the Megalodon by the debris left behind, they'll also be provided with a handy tool: the Shrouded Glass. This enchanted spyglass is capable of showing the trail left by the enraged beast to aid in pursuit.
- Wild boars now inhabit some islands across the seas. Found in small packs on islands, boars will flee when approached, leaving a trail of hoofprints and fruit. Be warned: while they may appear skittish, they will charge when provoked and can restore health by eating nearby fruit.
- Players can hunt wild boars in addition to the larger Grand Boar of the pack. While hunting, all boars reward the crew with meat, while the tougher Grand Boar leaves behind the Boar Tusk – a new treasure item that can be sold to The Hunter’s Call.
- Crews looking for loot can sneakily follow boars to their wallows, where treasure they’ve gathered can be retrieved.
- Crews can also be tasked with hunting a fierce Grand Boar in A Pirate’s Boar Hunt, a new on-demand Voyage from The Hunter’s Call available upon reaching rank 15.
- Hunting spears are now considered a resource when brought aboard the ship, and will remain when diving to a Voyage or Faction battle, or when travelling through the Tunnels of the Damned.
- A thrown hunting spear now deals increased damage to players, resulting in a one-hit kill on a player at full health.
- Hunting spears thrown or fired at creatures now deal additional damage to their target. When used to strike Megalodons or Ancient Megalodons, they now deal even more damage.
- Hunting spears fired into a ship’s hull now let in an increased water flow while they remain stuck in place.
- Hunting spears lodged in a ship’s hull now require more effort to remove, increasing the time taken to dislodge them.
- Emergent encounters with Kraken and Megalodon now reward crews with additional treasure items when defeated, including a greater chance of items for The Hunter’s Call.
- Encounters with an emergent Megalodon will now pose a greater challenge, with Megalodons acting more aggressively towards nearby vessels.
- Kraken encounters can now occur on a server alongside some other World Events such as Skeleton Forts. While the frequency of Kraken encounters will remain the same following this change, it allows other World Events to cycle more frequently.
- With the introduction of wild boars and new Hunting Voyages, new Commendations have been added within the Reputation tab to challenge aspiring hunters.
- Players can unlock the Jagged Jaws Throwing Knives after completing all hunting spear Commendations, and unlock the Wild Seas Curse upon completing all Wild Seas Commendations.
[h3]Gameplay Improvements[/h3]
Addressing Movement Exploits
- Players finding ways for their pirate to become stuck inside moving parts of the ship or island lifts will no longer find that they are ejected through the air at abnormal speed. They will still be bumped out of the pinch point, but should no longer be able to gain a tactical advantage from this scenario.
[h3]Pirate Emporium[/h3]
Show off your personal style with purchases from the Pirate Emporium! Pick up exclusive cosmetics such as ship liveries, costumes, weapons, pets and emotes using your Ancient Coins, purchasable with real money. Head to the Pirate Emporium to browse and buy the latest additions!
New Items – Now in Stock!
- Skin Scriber Ship Collection and Ship’s Crest
- Skin Scriber Costume Bundle
- Skin Scriber Weapon Bundle
- Skin Scriber Compass
- Waltzing Worm Emote Bundle
- Relaxed Sit Emote (free!)
[h3]Outpost Cosmetics [/h3]
New Outpost Stock!
- The Outpost shipwrights now have the Blue Resolute Hull, Sails and Flag available for purchase.
[h3]Updates[/h3]
Enforcement Status
- Sea of Thieves has introduced a new enforcement policy, giving players more information when we take action against their account and providing an opportunity to change their ways. For more on why we’ve introduced this new policy, see this article: Sea of Thieves Enforcement Policy Update.
- Players who are currently suspended or banned from Sea of Thieves will now be shown their account status when attempting to log in to the game. This shows any current enforcement, time remaining for players temporarily suspended and a QR code directing players to the Sea of Thieves website where they can view further information.
- Players navigating to the Sea of Thieves website will now also see their account status, along with the number of points currently on their account.
- Improvements have been made behind the scenes to further protect our players, including creators, well-known community members and anyone who is vulnerable, by disrupting techniques used by people with malicious intent to search for specific players on the seas.
- Further detection improvements continue to roll out behind the scenes targeting players who evade game bans to regain access to Sea of Thieves. These improvements will continue to be deployed in phases to systematically crack down on banned players and prevent them from returning to the seas.
[h3]Fixed Issues[/h3]
Gameplay
- An issue causing all tutorial notifications to be reshown to players has now been resolved. Players who have previously completed the criteria for clearing a tutorial will no longer be shown these in future sessions.
- Players using the blowpipe should now only be shown the dart switch tutorial until the action is performed, or until the tutorial is shown three times which will hide it for future sessions.
- ‘The Legend of Monkey Island’ – Players should no longer be able to leave their Sloop or Brigantine and return to the islands in these Tall Tales while travelling through the Tunnels of the Damned.
- The Lightbearer Pistol has had its aiming improved to ensure shots now align with the tip of the iron sights.
- Seagulls appearing alongside vessels sailing the seas will now consistently follow the ship for a short while before moving on.
- Players on PC should no longer find their DirectX Shader Cache becomes stuck in size, leading to client performance issues.
- Further improvements have been made to game stability to reduce scenarios where players unexpectedly exit the game or become disconnected from their session.
- Players who purchased the Premium Edition of the game should now find the intended Dire Dark Warsmith items in their various Customisation Chests.
- Hunter’s Call resources can now be picked up later if they were bought in a previous session and not collected.
- The Merchant Alliance no longer sell or buy Bait Crates and have passed responsibility to The Hunter’s Call, preventing players from purchasing and then reselling crates on the same island.
- The Hunter’s Call Voyage tab now displays icons for all related Voyages.
- The Hunter’s Call motto has been updated on the Quest Table.
- Players can no longer interact with a ship’s ladder while throwing to duplicate their stock of hunting spears.
- Aiming the hunting spear while sprinting will now apply the intended movement slowdown.
- Hunting spears fired into damaged areas of a ship will consistently display the correct water effects and sounds.
- Spears fired from island cannons should no longer become stuck in the surrounding environment.
- Attempting to pick up items from a Collector’s Chest while holding a hunting spear will no longer cause the item to disappear.
- Hunting Spears can now be sold to The Reaper’s Bones.
- Spears dropped on the ship no longer trigger the ‘Treasure Aboard Ship’ notification.
- The audio effects for removing a spear from a ship’s hull now loops as intended when cancelling and quickly restarting the action.
- Releasing or cancelling a spear throw when entering the water now consistently shows the intended throw animations.
- Pirates aiming a spear and jumping into deep water will now continue to appear aiming.
- Hunting spears now produce a splash visual effect when thrown into the water.
- If a player dies while holding a caught fish, Treasured Fish now drop on the ground, while regular fish are added to the player’s inventory if space is available.
- Fish still on a fishing rod no longer disappear should the player die.
- Frenzy fishing spots should no longer be seen inside the ship when anchoring nearby.
- Crews engaging an Ancient Megalodon will now consistently hear the appropriate encounter music.
- Crews will now progress the Helm of Sea Beast Battles Commendation when defeating Ancient Megalodons.
- Chests placed on the lifts at Skeleton Camps will now rest properly and not appear to be floating.
- ‘The Lair of LeChuck’ – Players should no longer be able to get underneath the island at various locations.
- ‘Captains of the Damned’ – Players are now prevented from using a Grapple Gun to reach unintended areas of the environment.
- The Regal Duke Flag now displays correctly when equipped on a Brigantine.
- Pigs wearing outfits now appear correctly when viewed at all distances.
- During the Maiden Voyage, the Pirate Lord now appears at the intended brightness when arriving on the player’s ship.
- Players equipping the Weighty Lower Body parts of the Skeleton Curse should now appear correctly when performing emotes.
- Defeating any island animal will now consistently show the appropriate death animation.
- The ship’s lantern near the wheel continues to emit light when moving to various locations around the stern.
- Firing the Radiant Comet Blunderbuss no longer allows players to see through the stock during the weapon’s recoil.
- The Magpie’s Glory Pocket Watch thumbnail now displays the dial in the correct orientation.
- Players’ hands no longer intersect with the Beachcomber’s Bounty Wheel when sailing.
- Players performing the Cut the Cake Emote can no longer push the camera inside the barrel.
- The Fates of Fortune Eye of Reach scope now appears correctly while reloading.
- Pirates of all body sizes now grip the Lucky Hand Double Barrel Pistol correctly.
- Improvements have been made to the Fishing Voyage Map to address overlapping text across a range of languages.
- The Sovereigns’ tutorial now provides accurate information about the value of selling food at Seaposts.
- ‘The Journey to Mêlée Island’ – French text in the Quest Book for this Tall Tale now displays correctly without overlapping.
- ‘The Journey to Mêlée Island’ – Overlapping text issues in Stan’s Sales Ledger have been resolved.
- ‘The Quest for Guybrush’ – Text within the Quest Book has been improved to address overlapping text in Japanese, Russian and Polish.
- ‘The Lair of LeChuck’ – Text within the Quest Book has been improved to address overlapping text for Simplified and Traditional Chinese, Thai, French and Italian languages.
[h3]Known Issues[/h3]
Ship Resources
- Resource Barrels released from a sunken vessel will no longer float to the surface and will currently remain underwater. However, the resources can still be retrieved from these barrels while underwater.
To learn more about known issues in Sea of Thieves currently being tracked and their status, head over to our Known Issues support site article.
[h3]Download and Installation[/h3]
Download Size:
- Steam: 2.2 GB
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