Sea of Thieves is getting a huge update for PC and Xbox today, March 27, with the number 1.0.1. We will show you what issues are being fixed.
During the maintenance on March 27, the Sea of Thieves developers will provide a massive update for the community. It is the first update after release and is as big as the entire game. The focus is on performance improvements and bug fixes.
Sea of Thieves Patch Notes 1.0.1 – Download Size
The servers of Sea of Thieves are currently unreachable and are expected to remain down until 3:00 PM due to planned maintenance. Nevertheless, you can already download the patch that will be available to you after the maintenance.
Players with poor internet will have to be strong now, as the patch is huge. The developers faced the choice of reducing the size of the update in the coming days. However, this would delay the update. So, they decided to release the update now, so players can benefit from improved performance and bug fixes sooner. Therefore, you will have to download several gigabytes now.
- Update size on PC: 19.53GB
- Update size on Xbox One: 9.99GB
- Update size on Xbox One X: 18.97GB
Patch Notes
- Bug Fixes
- Players who redeemed their Black Dog Pack code can now see these items in their chests
- Characters should no longer lose details like hair colors and scars
- When digging up a chest, there is no longer a chance that you cannot lift the chest
- Players should no longer miss items or weapons after starting the game
- Weapons, clothing, and cosmetic ship changes now persist even after server migration in other sessions
- Players will now correctly see the titles of other players
- Snakes should now function properly and look at the player when they are excited
- The movements of animals and skeletons on slopes have been improved
- The game should no longer be in “Not Responding” status when accepting a game invite during matchmaking
- The notifications of the trading post faction should now be displayed correctly when turning in various items
- The lighting conditions have been adjusted at various outposts and islands to improve performance
- After being killed by multiple explosive barrels, the tinnitus sound no longer persists after death
- Seagulls now fly over floating barrels
- Players can no longer be held by an apparently invisible kraken tentacle
- Many potential game crashes have been fixed
- Performance Improvements
- Significant performance improvements on all platforms. Especially the 4K native resolution on the Xbox One X was the focus.
- The chance of tearing on the small ship has been significantly reduced
- The chance of tearing in taverns has been reduced
- Large frame rate improvements when traversing large islands
- Reduced chance of frame rate drops at outposts
- Improved foliage for a better player experience in jungle areas
- Further improvements for all platforms are in progress
- Known Issues
- The gold and reputation rewards after turning in quests may be delayed
- Player achievements may be activated with a delay.
- Some bounty skeletons do not spawn or cannot be found
- A possible solution for this bug is to move out of range from the relevant island.
- Then approach the island again to make the island name banners reappear.
- If you join a player whose ship is currently parked at a skeleton fortress, the player’s selection menus may not partially appear
- Rare lore items in the world of Sea of Thieves appear in English, regardless of the selected language
- An update error occurs in the “Hunter of Cursed Crews” quest, where 20 skeleton crews must be eliminated
- Player characters can become ridiculously small after fighting the Kraken
For future updates, a death tax for Sea of Thieves was also planned. However, due to community feedback, this idea has now been discarded.
