Sea of Thieves Update: Major Fixes for Season 15 Issues Released Today!

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For about a week now, the exciting adventures offered by Sea of Thieves Season 15: Wild Things have been unfolding across the game’s vast oceans for pirates worldwide. This season primarily revolves around The Hunter’s Call Trading Company, with players earning their favor by completing tasks, which in turn rewards them with unique items tailored to their pirate and ship.

Just like any update for video games, minor glitches might have slipped through unnoticed. Fortunately, Rare is addressing these issues with a brand-new Sea of Thieves update available today.

In simpler terms, the latest “Hotfix 3.3.0.1” for “Sea of Thieves” brings essential changes that enhance your pirate adventure, particularly with the Hunter’s Call faction. The adjustments to reputation progression ensure a smooth climb through the ranks as intended. Players may find themselves promoted in their next gaming session due to these corrections. Additionally, this update includes optimizations for Quest Table Voyage Cooldowns, along with numerous fixes scattered across the game.

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Great news for all Sea of Thieves players! You won’t need to hold off during any maintenance period to experience the latest updates. Just download the 1GB update, and start enjoying the improvements right away! For those interested in the specific details, here are the patch notes for the hotfix: [provide the full patch notes]

Sea of Thieves Update Hotfix 3.3.0.1 Patch Notes

Wild Seas

This update rectifies several problems found after Season 15’s release, particularly focusing on those exploiting ways to advance faster in The Hunter’s Call than planned. For details about our actions, check out the most recent Season 15 State of Play Forum post.

The Hunter’s Call Trading Company

  • Following review, the team has identified that the reputation required for each rank was set higher than intended, slowing progress through The Hunter’s Call at higher ranks. The requirements for each rank have been corrected and players will now progress at the intended pace.
  • Due to this change, players who have made progress since Season 15’s launch may find they move up to the next Hunter’s Call rank upon starting their next session. We will continue to monitor player progress and may make further adjustments if required.
  • Crews cashing in their hunting hauls to The Hunter’s Call representatives at Outposts and Seaposts will now find they provide the same payout as the Sovereigns, ensuring that Captains can use these conveniently located services.

Updates

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Quest Table Voyage Cooldowns

  • Crews who start and cancel the same Voyage repeatedly in a short space of time will now find that the Voyage is placed on cooldown and cannot be voted on for a short duration.
  • The following Voyages have had this initial cooldown applied: Medley of Gold Hoarders, Executive’s Lost Shipment, Ashen Executive’s Lost Shipment, Ashen Captain’s Treasure Vault, Bounty for a Skeleton Lord, Legendary Search for Cursed Treasure.
  • The recently introduced Pirate’s Fishing Map and Hunter’s Fishing Map for The Hunter’s Call have also had a cooldown applied to prevent crews from forcing the island location and gaining reputation at an accelerated rate.

Fixed Issues

Gameplay

  • Players lobbing throwables above or below deck across all ship types should no longer find they explode on contact with invisible surfaces.
  • Addressing the above issue has meant that a previous fix to throwables interacting with the rear hull of the Galleon (3.3.0) has been reverted to prevent further impact. This issue will be addressed in a future update.

Fishing Voyages

  • Crews should no longer find themselves able to catch more Treasured Fish than intended on a single Voyage.

The Hunter’s Call Trading Company

  • Players will now find Crates of Rare Fish Scales when taking on Raid Voyages for The Hunter’s Call.
  • Players will now find that any Treasured Fish sold will be tracked correctly towards The Gold Seeker Pirate Milestone.
  • Players will now find that Voyages completed for The Hunter’s Call will be tracked correctly towards The Voyager Pirate Milestone.
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Visual and Audio

  • Players equipping The Hunter’s Call Emissary Costume will now find that any masks are hidden to prevent visual distortion of their pirate’s face.
  • Pirates of all body sizes should now find that the following scars display correctly when equipped: Flameheart’s Revenge Scar, Fates of Fortune Scar and Shadow Tide Scar.

Performance and Stability

  • Further improvements have been made to game stability to reduce scenarios where players unexpectedly exit the game or become disconnected from their session. (Released previously as part of an interim hotfix.)

Known Issues

To discover the latest details about problems in Sea of Thieves that are being monitored and their current status, feel free to visit our Known Issues support page article instead.

Full Release Notes

In these updates, we’ve included a fix (hotfix). For comprehensive information about the latest game features that have been introduced, please refer to the release notes from our most recent content upgrade.

Download and Installation

Download Size:

  • Steam: 1 GB

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2025-02-27 19:13