Sea of Thieves Release Notes - 2.4.2

✦AI summary1d

February's update introduces world changes including the ruin of Golden Sands Outpost, the removal of the Ghost Fleet World Event, various QoL improvements to UI and sailing, and several stability and bug fixes.

▲Buffs8

Ghost FleetGhost Fleet Voyages:Highest-ranking Order of Souls Ghost Fleet Voyages may now encounter the Burning Blade during the final wave.→Burning Blade
Ship's WheelCurrents near islands or shipwrecks are now less forceful, preventing the wheel from spinning erratically.Strong→Reduced
Combat
- Ranged Weapons:Sword or lightning attacks no longer cancel a player's aim when using ranged weapons.Canceled→Maintained
- Cannons:Visual effects for firing cannons now trigger immediately, removing perceived launch delay.Delayed→Immediate
UI & Quality of Life
- Instruments:Holding the secondary interact button now opens the Shanty Radial directly.Menu→Radial
- Shop:Added filters to browse all, owned, and unowned items in shops.→Added
- Vanity Chest:Increased emote equipment to 10 pages and filtered the radial to only show equipped pages.Limited→10
SystemImproved server migration success rate and overall stability to reduce session disconnects.Unstable→Improved

▼Nerfs1

CombatSkeleton Ships:Skeleton ships and island cannons now fire more consistently without long pauses.Inconsistent→Consistent

◆Other changes6

Golden Sands Outpost
- Golden Sands Outpost now lies in ruin and is no longer a starting point for new crews.Active→Ruined
- Crews will no longer be given Voyages to deliver to Golden Sands Outpost.Available→Removed
Ghost FleetThe Ghost Fleet World Event is no longer in rotation.World Event→Removed
Siren TreasuryVault Raid:Siren Treasury vaults now provide two gold piles with consistent rewards.Variable→2
Ship's WheelAdded 'Squeaky Wheel' setting to provide a distinctive sound every quarter-turn of the wheel.→Added
SystemAdded enhanced reporting to identify server performance issues affecting hit detection accuracy.Inconsistent→Investigating

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Golden Sands Outpost2 Ghost Fleet2 Siren Treasury1 Ship's Wheel2 Combat3 UI & Quality of Life3 System2

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