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Smugglers’ Tide: Act 2
New blood brings new opportunities as The Smugglers’ League settle into the shadows of the Sea of Thieves! To learn more about this Season’s headline features, head over to our dedicated {LINK REMOVED}Season 17 page.
The Smugglers’ Heist
For the duration of Act 2, a daring Heist at Royal Crest Fortress will regularly be available via a note pinned to the ship’s mast, allowing all crews to join The Smugglers’ League in their task.
Once the Heist has begun, crews will need to follow directions to retrieve a key from a Smuggler contact and then set sail to Royal Crest Fortress in search of a precious painting.
Players must stick to instructions sent by The Smugglers’ League to ensure the correct painting is retrieved. There are many decoy paintings which can also be found and sold, but only the target painting will allow you to become the victor of the Heist!
Crews that hold the target painting should be ready to fend off Ocean Crawler ambushes while aboard their ship. Other crews can also join in the Heist at any stage, so be prepared to use any means necessary to get the painting safely back to the designated Smugglers’ Hideout.
Successful crews will earn a hoard of 175,000 gold for returning the correct painting, while Guilds will receive a significant bonus to their Guild Reputation!
Smugglers’ Tide: Act 2 Rewards
Crews taking on the Heist at Royal Crest Fortress can unlock the Royal Crest Fortress Plans and Royal Crest Fortress Blueprints Trinkets to commemorate their daring accomplishments.
Smugglers’ Route Run Balancing
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The frequency of Phantom encounters while taking part in a Smugglers’ Route Run Voyage has now been reduced.
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Gameplay Improvements
Improved Field of View
Players can now extend their field of view above the previous limit up to 110, providing a range of wider view options.
To give players more control over their field of view experience, the graphics settings now provide individual field of view override settings for areas where players dock to an object such as the ship’s wheel, Rowboat or ladders.
Cinematic Banner Improvements
The cinematic banners shown on the HUD have been extended to provide support for a reduced banner option that retains visibility of the player’s health and ammunition during gameplay.
Players can navigate to the HUD Settings and switch between Full (default) or Reduced Lower Banner Style.
Underwater Animation Improvements
Players swimming in water and making quick changes to their pitch and rotation will now find their pirate moves more smoothly when viewed by others.
These changes aim to reduce the impact of players making fast movements with their mouse or controller to avoid damage during gunplay while underwater.
Ashen Skull of the Banished
The Ashen Search for Ancient Secrets Voyage in The Devil’s Roar now rewards players with the new Ashen Skull of the Banished, replacing the Skull of the Banished on this Voyage.
Ashen Chest of Bones
The Ashen Followers of the Flame Voyage now rewards players with an Ashen Chest of Bones, offering higher value than the Chest of Bones.
The Ashen Chest of Bones retains the same number of charges as a Reaper’s Chest, but will not reinforce crews with Order of Bone and Blade Captains.
Displaying Trophy Tiers
Captains who have earned multiple tiers of a Trophy are now able to decorate their ship with all previous tiers when interacting with a Trinket location.
Skull of Siren Sorrow
Players are now able to sprint when holding the Skull of Siren Sorrow.
Sunken Merfolk Statues
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Merfolk Statues found within the Sunken Kingdom will now only store treasure that can be discovered while exploring the various Shrines and Treasuries, and Trading Company items recovered during Raid Voyages.
Pirate Emporium
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 {LINK REMOVED}Pirate Emporium to browse and buy the latest additions!
New Items – Now in Stock!
Pirate Pugilist Ship Collection and Ship’s Crest
Pirate Pugilist Weapon Bundle
Pirate Pugilist Clothing Bundle
Pirate Pugilist Speaking Trumpet
One-Two Punch Emote (free!)
Inner Sanctum Weapon Bundle
Inner Sanctum Ship Collection (returning from Season 14 Plunder Pass)
Inner Sanctum Clothing Bundle (returning from Season 14 Plunder Pass)
Firestarter Variety Ship Bundle (mixed bundle of existing items)
Pirate Emporium Special Items Tab
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A Special Items tab has been added to the navigation menu within the Pirate Emporium, providing access to items such as the Pirate Deed, Renaming Deed and Pirate Appearance Potion.
Outpost Cosmetics
New Outpost Stock!
The shipwrights have restocked with the new Russet Resolute Hull, Sails and Flag.
The Outpost shops now offer Lucky Rover equipment and instruments.
The shipwrights have expanded to supply Ship’s Crests for purchase, and Pirate Legends can access the Sovereign Ship’s Crest previously available during Season Ten.
The weaponsmith in the Pirate Legend Hideout now stocks the Legendary Fortune Double Barrel Pistol, Grapple Gun, Blowpipe, Throwing Knives, Heavy Sword and Rapier. These weapons are all available for purchase upon reaching Pirate Legend status.
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Players who previously purchased the Legendary Throwing Knives, Heavy Sword or Rapier from the Pirate Legend Hideout will find these items have been replaced in their Armoury with the corrected Legendary Fortune colour scheme.
Updates
Performance Improvements
Optimisations made to the loading of environment assets should now provide a more stable framerate for players residing on the Ferry of the Damned while their ship is still moving through the world.
Performance Counters
Players on console now have the ability to display their ping in the top corner of the screen. This can be enabled from within the Video Settings.
Players on PC can now choose to display ping only, without displaying their FPS at the same time.
Text Chat in Game Options
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Players can now summon the text chat window from the Game Options menu, providing easy access to chat and freeing up a keybind. Players on console or handheld devices will find the Virtual Keyboard is shown when the chat window opens.
Fixed Issues
Gameplay
After being revived, players should find their health bar is now consistently displayed when not at full health.
Players wearing the Skeleton Curse are now able to equip disguises from the Vanity Chest.
During an Hourglass streak, crews who become matched again with the same rival within a session will now consistently earn a win towards their streak.
Crews choosing to leave treasure behind at sea when diving to a Faction Battle will now find that if their dive fails or is cancelled, the treasure they left behind is now floating nearby and no longer becomes stuck within the ship.
Rum Crates of all varieties are now properly damaged by Gunpowder Barrels.
When rowing towards a location where a Rowboat can be docked, the interaction now consistently displays at a range where the Rowboat can be attached.
Tapping to aim down sights with the Eye of Reach no longer causes the screen to blur before the weapon is scoped.
Bounty Voyages from a Message in a Bottle will now more appropriately scale their difficulty level based on the size of the crew.
Crews digging up a stolen treasure buried by another crew should now consistently gain the Commendation progress when selling the item. This addresses the following Commendations: Taker of Stolen Stock, Bony Bandit, Bountiful Giving, Charitable Giving, Ritual Recovery and Legendary Thief.
Players interacting twice with a ship’s cannon while holding an item will no longer find the item is held floating nearby.
Crews pledging to the Guardians of Fortune or Servants of the Flame and remaining on the sea should no longer be able to increase their ship’s Treasure Grade when recovering the same item onto their ship repeatedly.
Ancient Skeletons defeated by skeletons allied to the crew now consistently award Ancient Coins to the members of the crew.
Crews are no longer able to gain additional Gunpowder Barrels from Skeleton Camps.
Crews are no longer able to encounter multiple Skeleton Captains or Ashen Guardians at the same Skeleton Camp.
Players moving across a tightrope should now consistently appear in the correct position to other players.
‘Shores of Gold’ – Players dying within the Devil’s Shroud during this Tall Tale should now return from the Ferry of the Damned with their equipment and resources intact.
Smugglers’ Tide
The following Commendations can now be progressed consistently when performing the required criteria: Revered Rum Runner, Fine Art Felon and Super Smuggler. Players with prior progress may remain temporarily blocked as the team works behind the scenes to sync their progress.
The Skull of Siren Sorrow now sinks after the correct amount of time when left floating on the sea.
The Deed to Sink a Smuggling Skeleton Ship with a Black Powder Barrel now progresses consistently.
Smuggler characters can no longer be interacted with from behind or while airborne.
Players wearing the Black Powder Barrel Disguise now show a tooltip to others to inspect The Smugglers’ League mark, to ensure a more effective disguise.
Players will no longer progress the Chest Buster Commendation when being forced out of the Black Powder Barrel Disguise.
A range of island improvements have been made to Smugglers’ Hideout locations, addressing visual issues and ensuring traps trigger consistently.
Skeletons can no longer walk through items or walls in Smugglers’ Hideouts.
Enemy Phantoms will no longer appear inside Smugglers’ Hideouts.
Smugglers’ Treasure found washed up will now direct players to the correct location of The Smugglers’ League.
The ship’s map should now consistently show the Smugglers’ Route Run path when switching between Safer Seas and High Seas sessions.
Crews should now be awarded progress towards the Storm Sale Commendation when handing in a Horn of Fair Winds to The Smugglers’ League.
Players should now consistently earn progress towards the Seeker of Smugglers’ Caches Commendation when locating Smugglers’ Caches on islands.
Smugglers’ Caches now remain buried when leaving and returning to islands.
Speaking with Lottie no longer causes her body to change shape.
Reapers Rising
Crews taking on a Voyage for The Reaper’s Bones will now find that joining and leaving an Alliance will retain their raised Reaper’s Bones Emissary Flag and Reaper’s Mark Flag.
Players should now find it easier to interact with a moving Skeleton Mercenary in order to give them an item to hold.
Items dropped onto the Ancient Pillars or Sarcophagus found during the Search for Ancient Secrets or Followers of the Flame Voyages are now placed safely away from the location instead of becoming stuck within them.
Skeletons can no longer walk through the Ancient Pillars or Sarcophagus found during the Search for Ancient Secrets Voyage.
Notifications shown during the Search for Ancient Secrets Voyage will now appear consistently.
Treasured Fish are now held correctly by Skeleton Mercenaries.
Showing a map to an allied skeleton now consistently results in the skeleton aiding the player to find the location.
Improvements have been made to readability for the Quest Maps during the Search for Ancient Secrets Voyage.
Crews digging up multiple Pillars in quick succession should no longer prevent Ancients from appearing.
The Order of Bone and Blade should now have no trouble in digging up the Sarcophagus during the Search for Ancient Secrets Voyage.
Visual and Audio
The Alabaster Wildcat now appears in the correct colour when summoned or viewed in the Pet Chest.
Various throwing knives have had their visual effects restored when performing melee attacks.
Emerging Phantoms and Ocean Crawlers are now accompanied by the intended music.
Voting daggers now sit correctly on the Quest Table when cancelling a Voyage.
Animals and skeletons will now move more smoothly when idling around islands.
Players opening and exiting a shop will no longer see their character become temporarily invisible.
Players equipping the Rare Regalia Hull will now find all areas of the ship are coloured consistently.
Environment
Players are no longer able to venture underneath Port Merrick by using the Cannon of Rage to fire themselves into the environment.
Improvements have been made to the environment in ‘The Journey to Mêlée Island’, ‘The Quest for Guybrush’ and ‘A Pirate’s Life’ Tall Tales to prevent players from using a Grapple Gun to leave the designated areas.
Players can no longer fall out of the environment by using a Grapple Gun to navigate within Ancient Vaults.
Barrels in Sea Forts can no longer be accessed through the ceiling.
‘The Lair of LeChuck’ – The area behind the Headless Monkey no longer contains hidden water that allows players to swim in mid-air.
User Interface
Emissary Ledgers should now consistently show the next unlockable reward when the Ledgers refresh each month.
Players are now prevented from purchasing Ship’s Crests and Banners within the Pirate Emporium if they do not yet own a Captained ship.
The Ghostly Curse Alsatian now requires Pirate Legend status to purchase within the Emporium.
The countdown shown in the Season overview now displays the time correctly.
The Last Played date now displays correctly for newly created pirates.
Pirate options can no longer be opened while a pirate is in the process of being deleted.
Pirate previews now display correctly after deleting a pirate.
Trading Company shops now require the correct promotion to be unlocked before a corresponding item can be purchased.
During the Tutorial Voyage for the Order of Souls, the destination island will no longer be obscured by notifications.
Text and Localisation
Players starting the Tutorial Voyage for the Merchant Alliance at Ancient Spire Outpost will now find the notifications refer to the correct islands during the Voyage.
The Merchant Alliance Tutorial Voyage now consistently shows the intended text on the quest parchment during the Voyage.
Players unlocking the All-seeing Commendation will now see the appropriate description in the Pirate Log.
Terminology for the Chest of Fortune has been improved when playing in Japanese to better differentiate the item from a Treasure Chest.
Following player feedback, the terminology used for Fight Nights has been improved when playing in Polish.
Various terminology improvements have been made for The Smugglers’ League in Russian and Spanish (Mexico) languages.
Performance and Stability
Crews on Safer Seas should no longer experience scenarios where their ship begins to lift into the air.
Wielding Treasure Maps no longer causes performance issues when the maps update.
Players on lower-spec hardware should no longer find the loading wheel stops animating for long periods of time.
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Further improvements have been made to game stability to reduce scenarios where players unexpectedly exit the game or become disconnected from their session.
Known Issues
To learn more about known issues in Sea of Thieves currently being tracked and their status, head over to our {LINK REMOVED}Known Issues support site article.