One of the highlights of Sea of Thieves Season 9 is the new Ashen Voyages, which guarantee pirates with sweet loot. While those who already have trading company reputation do not have a problem purchasing them from the shipwright, newer captains would have to grind first before they can get their hands on these voyages. To ensure that all captains can enjoy the new Ashen Voyages, the trading company reputation requirement has been removed in Update 2.8.1! Now, all captains can purchase these voyages from the shipwright as long as they have enough money!
Another thing worth mentioning in Update 2.8.1 is that the “Let Games Read to Me” feature now has an additional setting that allows pirates to adjust the speed of the narration to their liking.
Changelog
- The damage required to defeat Captain’s Ships and the Burning Blade during a Ghost Fleet encounter has now been reduced.
- The number of Wraith Cannonballs rewarded for completing the encounter has now been increased.
- Seagulls now appear over treasure dropped when defeating a Megalodon.
- Supply barrels jettisoned from a ship will no longer sink while players are nearby.
- Supply barrels harpooned onto a ship will no longer disappear when sailing away from the area where they were collected.
- Players are no longer able to bypass the purchase limit at the shipwright and retrieve multiple supplies.
- Crews are now granted the correct Emissary Grade progression when bringing treasure onto their ship using a harpoon.
- When taking part in a Skeleton Fleet battle, player ships in close proximity to each other will no longer prevent the fleet from appearing from the depths.
- Players discovering the Chest of Legends at the final dig site during a Search for Cursed Treasure will now find the Voyage completes as intended.
- Pirates are now prevented from retrieving multiple Voyages from a Mysterious Journal.
- A Pirate’s Life: Crews are now prevented from using the cage key on a nearby door, which would block them from being able to complete the Tall Tale.
- Revenge of the Morningstar: Crews are no longer rewarded when cashing in the Skull of Captain Douglas or Chalice of Resurrection.
- Crewmates who join during a battle and are held on the Ferry of the Damned are no longer awarded Allegiance when the battle ends.
- Players who lose a battle while on the Ferry of the Damned should no longer encounter the rare scenario where they appear beneath the waves after returning from the Ferry.
- Players on lower-spec hardware should no longer experience graphical issues or missing UI imagery after leaving a session and quickly joining a new session.
- After raising and lowering an Emissary Flag, bringing up a radial menu should no longer show an active Emissary.
- After switching categories within the shipwright’s Voyage shop, players making a purchase will no longer find the category is reset.
- Storage Crates for single resources such as Cannonball Crates no longer display additional UI elements within the storage limits space.
Sea of Thieves Update 2.8.1 is now available on Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, and PC
