Sea Of Thieves Update (February 6th) Patch Notes for Xbox One and PC

• Double-Gun Switching– The Flintlock, Blunderbuss and Eye of Reach have new wield animations and enforce a delay when equipping and switching between these weapons.

• Fluid Swordplay– Missing a Cutlass swing no longer slows player movement down, ensuring a more fluid swordplay experience.

• Eye of Reach Hipfire– Reduced accuracy when hipfiring the Eye of Reach. Under pressure you can still get lucky with a Hip-Fired Eye of Reach shot, however at mid to long range this is significantly reduced.

• Weapon Knockback– Flintlock & Eye of Reach shots will no longer apply knock back to enemies hit, Cutlass and Blunderbuss however will still retain their ability knock back players. Skeletons wielding Pistol, Blunderbuss & Eye of Reach have also had their ability to knockback players removed.

• Weapon Reload Improvements– Following the recent changes to the Eye of Reach, now both the Flintlock & Blunderbuss reload the moment the hammer is pulled. This allows players to sprint sooner when reloading without restarting the animation.

• Bullet Projectile Speed– Bullets fired from a Blunderbuss or Eye of Reach now travel faster through the air, providing more predictable accuracy at range.

• Weapon Damage Falloff– Bullet damage no longer decreases over distance.

• Eye of Reach Damage– Reduced Eye of Reach Damage by a small amount to ensure this weapon’s damage is balanced following the improvements to bullet speed and damage falloff.

• Game Repackaging–Sea of Thieveshas now been repackaged to give a smaller install size, leaving your device with some extra room! This means that you’ll need to reinstall the game for this update, at the new smaller size.

• New Player Onboarding- New pirates joiningSea of Thieveswill be greeted with a new onboarding flow, this now takes players through a range of new activities before leaving the Outpost – they even get some rewards for their troubles!

• Show Nameplates Above Other Crews- New settings option allows players to hide the nameplates of any non-crew members they meet, reducing the opportunity for Stream Sniping.

• Keybinding for ‘Toggle HUD’– Players can now assign a keybind for the Toggle HUD option to give you fast access to remove the UI for those beautiful screenshots. The FPS, Ping & Player Chat indicators are also correctly hidden when activating.

• Ocean Crawler Cannons- Improved the layout of the Ocean Crawler Cannons to improve the Line of Sight while using in combat.

• Floating Treasure– Significantly increased the speed that treasure floats to the surface after being released in deep water.

• What’s that Whisper?– You can now hear stationary Bounty skulls when they’re close by.

• A Ghost on the Waves– Rumours of a pale beast in the waves have been circulating heavily, with sightings becomes slightly more frequent as it’s grown in its infamy.

• Calming the Kraken– The Kraken has learnt to pick on someone her own size and will now take it easier on Sloops.

• Message in a Bottle Cargo Runs– Cargo Runs can now be found inside Messages in a Bottle.

• Skeleton Ship Encounter Range– Skelly Ships will wait until you’re further away before they consider returning to the depths.

• Cannonball Impact Audio– Cannonballs hitting rock and wood now sound even better. You’ll also be able to hear the difference between a cannonball hitting you above or below deck.

• Particle Quality Slider– Players can control particle quality using a new slider in the Video settings (Windows 10).

• Triple Buffering– Windows 10 players can now benefit from the wonders of triple buffering, now included in your video options.

• Island Shadows- When set to Legendary or Mythical settings, Islands now cast a shadow on the ocean.

• Company Reputation– Entering each of the company commendation screen now plays a sound effect that’s relevant to the company.

• Did you hear that?– Barrels and rowboats now make a noise when you hit them with your ship.

• Kitchen Delivery– The shipwrights have fitted new Stoves and Roasting Pans to Sloop, Brig and Galleons. We weren’t expecting delivery so soon, who signed for this order?

• Streamlined Hulls– The shipwrights have been busy streamlining the hulls on the Sloop, Brig & Galleons. They all now have strange cutouts near the bow, they’ve said this is more streamlined – we’re yet to be convinced…

• Fortress Under Construction– We’ve seen the skeletons have been constructing a new Fort inside the Devil’s Roar. You can visit Molten Sands Fortress, however due to challenging conditions this Fort is still under construction and isn’t active, yet…

Gameplay

• Emoting while picking up a chest no longer causes the chest to disappear into the body.
• After being drowned by a Kraken, Players returning from the Ferry Of The Damned should no longer have their camera locked in position.
• The Recent Players list now correctly updates when you see another player in the world.
• Treasure onboard a rowboat that is subsequently destroyed while on land can still be collected by players.
• Players affected by snake venom can now correctly interact with barrels.
• Removed chest hiding spot on Galleon’s outer left-hand side of the hull.
• Players can now light the lantern in the Galleon’s brig.
• Rowboats can now be rowed slowly in Kraken Ink.
• Pigs can now be fed correctly after Migrating with the Ship.
• Snakes inside baskets should now correctly agitate and attack players after migrating with your ship.
• Snakes now correctly take damage from being shot in the head.

Sound & Visuals

• Resolved rendering issues on NVidia GPU’s when High Model Quality was selected.
• Voice Chat no longer queues up during the load screen and playback on first entry into the game.
• Resolved issue with hair clipping through the Ghost Jacket.
• Adjusted Skelly Fort wave horn volume.
• When a storm covers an island, bells inside buildings no longer sound like they are affected by storm conditions.
• Rum bottle crates now playing appropriate smash SFX.
• Snakes placed in basket no longer clip through the bottom of the basket.

UI

• All NPCs now use the same consistent interaction button.
• Using Resource Crates should no longer cause other game tooltips to show the incorrect button prompt.
• After handing in a chest, bringing up the pirate chat radial will provide the correct phrase options.
• Fixed inconsistent layouts in Map Radial icons.
• Resolved issue navigating a 2-page Barrel inventory with a mouse.
• Pirate Chat messages should no longer appear in the incorrect order in the Chat Window.
• Slider settings can no longer be set to an unsupported value.
• French text has been corrected for Shrouded Spoils Commendations.
• Russian captain names are now in Russian.

Enviroment

• There are no longer floating rocks by Devil’s Ridge.
• Prevented players from getting underneath Lone Cove Island.
• Removed the chance for players to get stuck inside Gold Hoarder’s flagpole at Outposts.
• Removed the chance for players to get stuck in the branches of the withered tree on Morrow’s Peak Outpost.
• Reduced chance for items dropped into moving bushes to be seen floating in the air.
• Eruption VFX and/or super-heated water effects no longer appear intermittently after server migrations.
• Removed hole in textures on Snake Island.
• Torches should no longer have missing VFX.