In the latest Season of Skull and Bones, the Indian Ocean becomes a battleground as the war between the Dutch Merchant Company and Compagnie Royale intensifies, turning trade routes into perilous zones of conflict. Amidst this chaos, there are rumors of the Plague King's resurgence. Once thought lost to the sea, returns with a formidable fleet armed with forbidden weaponry, spreading the Drowning Plague that silences ports and swallow ships in fog.

Pirates and local factions alike are caught in a storm of loyalty versus profit, with the new Sloop-of-War emerging as a coveted asset among Philippe La Peste's fleet, designed for swift attacks.  Meanwhile, the region's blacksmiths have reverse-engineered these advanced weapon schematics to craft powerful armor, hinting at the involvement of a shadowy arms dealer.

As tensions rise, opportunities for power and riches beckon those daring enough to seize them, albeit at a high price.

New Features and Content

Sloop of War

Medium in size and monstrous in appetite, this Poison DPS vessel is built for the slow burn---turning Toxic weapons into instruments of attrition and victory into a lingering sting. With Ship Perks Plaguebringer and Spite at its core, it deepens the venom, spreads the malaise, and turns proximity into peril, rewarding captains who savor corrosion over concussion. Take the helm, let the poison do the talking, and watch your enemies wilt.

• Size: Medium
• Archetype: DPS (Poison)
• A DPS focused ship that excels at dealing damage over time and is especially efficient in combat with Toxic weapons.

Ship Perks

• Plaguebringer
  • When attacking a target under Poisoned status effect, it increases the damage and duration of the Poisoned status effect by 6% and 20% respectively for each consecutive hit up to 30% increased damage and 100% increased duration. Weapon hit has a chance to cause a poison explosion of 300m on the target, dealing 1000 Toxic damage to hostile enemies.
  • Increase Toxic Weapons damage by 20% and Poisoned charge up rate by 150%.
• Spite
  • When attacking a target under the Poisoned status effect, the target will deal 50 Toxic Damage per second to nearby hostiles within 300m for 10 seconds. It decreases weapon damage received from the targets under Poisoned status effect by 30%. 

New Feature: Faction War

Turn the tides of the Faction War as the 2 factions wrestle for territorial control over the Indian Ocean each season in a series of contested zones. Every few weeks, a new battle phase is introduced - attack rival forces in Contested Zones and accumulate War Assets for your chosen faction.

Faction War Objectives

• To win the war:
  • Conquer the most Territories as a faction within the season to win the war.
• Battle Phases:
  • Every few weeks, 2 to 5 Territories will become contested Territories. The faction that collects the most War Assets in this Territory at the end of the Battle Phase wins control of it.
• Collect War Assets by:
  • Sinking enemies or Plundering settlements in Contested Territories.
  • Completing War Events:
    • War Convoy - A convoy from the enemy transports a large amount of War Assets. Pillage them to secure War Assets for your faction.
    • Fort Defense - Join forces and defend the fort against an enemy assault to secure War Assets for your faction.
    • War Cargo (1v1 PVP) - Find and deliver the drifting War Assets to their destination. Fight anyone who gets in your way!

War Timeline

The number of Contested Territories during each battle phase escalates as the Season progresses, with a total of 21 Territories to be contested.

Faction War: Year 2 Season 3

Please note the timeline is subject to change and only applicable to Year 2 Season 3.

Faction Wars Rewards

• Contribute War Assets as part of the war effort to unlock:
  • Exclusive Weapons & Furniture.
  • Curated Ascended Weapons.
  • Valuable materials & other rewards.
• Capture Territories with your Faction to unlock a Faction exclusive ship set.
• Seasonal Faction War reward - the winning Faction will unlock a Captain Vanity set.

War Effort: Exclusive New Equipment

• Heavenly Thunder (Sea Fire)
  • Lancer: Fires a streak of lightning that can chain up to 4 targets in proximity. Increases damage by 1% per 10m of Weapon Range. Adds 75m to Weapon Range.
  • Electric III: Adds 30% of damage as Electric Damage.
  • Burning I: Adds 10% of damage as Burning Damage.
• Virulent Accord (Sea Fire)
  • Infectious: Hitting the same target 8 times deals 13% Toxic Damage to nearby enemies within 150m, Weapon Damage increases by 1% for each subsequent hit on the same target.
  • Toxic III: Adds 30% of damage as Toxic damage.

• Leyden Vault Array (Minor Furniture):
  • For every 5m Area-of-effect Radius of the weapon, it increases weapon damage as Electric Damage by 2%.
  • Reduces Reload Time of Electric Weapons by 6%.
  • Increases damage to enemy ships with the Stormstruck effect by 8%.
• Cascade Coil Bench (Minor Furniture):
  • Increases weapon damage of Sea Fire by 13%.
  • Increases Secondary Damage of Sea Fire by 7%.
• Curare Crushing Bench (Minor Furniture):
  • Increases Charge Rate of the Poisoned status effect on a target by 8%.
  • Increases duration of the Poisoned effect on enemy ships by 8%.

New Feature: Seasonal Hub

Season 3 will be introducing a new seasonal ecosystem to the game, with the goal of giving players easy access to all currently available events, store offers and engagement systems on one single screen.

The Seasonal Hub will be the main portal for players to check out the key events and features of each Season. Browsing each entry will show a brief overview and selecting it will bring you to their respective details and menus. Upcoming Events will also appear on the Seasonal Hub keeping you up to date of what's to come!

New Feature: Seasonal Journey

• The Seasonal Journey allows players to progress by completing specific contracts and tasks.
• The Journey provides buffs for the duration of the season.
  • This Journey and its accompanying buffs will be reset at the end of each season.
• New quests can be unlocked by further progression through the Seasonal Journey.

New Feature: Domains

Set sail for the Domains---uncharted waters where Sea Lord factions reign and legends stir beneath the wake. Seek out signal buoys, stock the right lures, and bait the titans into the open---from La Peste and the Hubac Twins to Zamaharibu and the Rode Maangodin---then carve your name across all World Tiers. Prove your infamy, complete your rite of passage, and the map will grant swift passage to the next hunt. Call them out, cut them down, and let the sea remember you.

Domains are regions where players engage with Sea Lord factions and summon their Elites to battle. Buoys scattered across these territories can be activated to call forth the Elites---each requiring specific items to awaken them at their respective locations.

Buoys

• Sea Lord Buoys (La Peste, Hubac Twins, Li Tian Ning & Vikram Rajan) are summoned by Flares which can be collected from sinking their minions in the Domains or purchased from Blackwood.
• Sea monsters (Zamaharibu, Mega Lestari, Shadowbeast) can be summoned from their Domain Buoys with Monstrous Bait that can be purchased from the vendor in Lanitra.
• The Rode Maangodin can be summoned from its Domain Buoy with Essence of Spirits that can be purchased from the vendor in Forgotten Candi.
• Domains are available across all World Tiers.
• Prerequisites for fast travelling via map marker:
  • Infamy level 10.
  • Must have defeated all the Sea Lords such as La Peste, Hubac Twins, Li Tian Ning, Vikram Rajan, Sea Monsters and Rode Maangodin.
  • Completed the onboarding contract for Domains.

New Feature: Armor Ascension

Armor Ascension has arrived---take your plating from sturdy to legendary. Forge new strength at the Blacksmith or hunt down pre-ascended pieces in the wild, then stack up to four upgrades across three grades to tailor your defenses for the voyage ahead. Slot potent mods that harden your hull, sharpen your bracing, steady your stamina, and shrug off the elements. Each ascension level amplifies your armor rating, keeping you in the fight through the fiercest squalls. Build a bulwark, bend the storm, and let your armor be the edge that outlasts everything.

• Ascend armor at the Blacksmith or acquire pre-ascended armor via loot in the world.
• Like Weapon Ascension, Armor Ascension allows players to build up to 4 upgrades across 3 grades of modifications that improve survivability.
  • Modification slots get added to the armor when it gets ascended.
  • Each Ascension level adds +5% armor rating to a given armor.
    • 1 ascension level -> +5% armor rating.
    • 2 ascension levels -> +10% armor rating.
    • 3 ascension levels -> +15% armor rating.
    • 4 ascension levels -> +20% armor rating (Common armor only).

Armor Ascension Modifications

The following modifications are available in the Armor Ascension rolls by Grade:

New Feature: Automatic Repair

• Your ship will now be repaired automatically when docked.
• This function can be toggled on/off from the "Set Sail" screen. This function is Off by default.
• Silver cost for repairing ships remain unchanged.

New Damage Type: Toxic

Toxic rises as a new secondary damage type - seeping into crews, sapping stamina, and swelling toward the Poisoned status: a creeping malady that makes bracing feel brittle and every heartbeat count. Signature kits like La Piqûre, Le Fléau, and Wrathful Ward now carry the sting, while new weapon mods lace your shots with a noxious bite---or temper the venom to taste.

Choose your cure or double down on the disease---either way, your broadside is about to bite.

• Toxic secondary damage type is now formally a damage type consistent with other secondary damage types (e.g. Burning, Flooding, etc.).
  • 1% of any Toxic damage dealt drains Crew Stamina from target.
  • Toxic Damage will build up and trigger the Poisoned Status Effect.
• The following weapons and armor have been retroactively adjusted to utilize the new Toxic damage type:
  • La Piqûre
  • Le Fléau
  • Wrathful Ward

New Status Effect: Poisoned

• Upon applying sufficient Toxic secondary damage on a target, the Poisoned status effect will be triggered.
• The Poisoned status effect deals between ~175-230 base damage per second vs player targets, depending on the maximum health of the target. Against AI targets this number can grow higher, as they can have significantly higher maximum health.
• While affected by Poisoned status effect, target's Brace Mitigation is reduced by 50%. Example: Ship A is poisoned. It receives a hit of 1000 damage - 500 is absorbed by Brace Strength, the remaining 500 will apply to the target's Hull Health
• While affected by Poisoned status effect, Bracing consumes 60% more Crew Stamina than normal.
• A balance pass has also been made to existing armors and ships to include Toxic resistance.

The following weapon mods have been added to complement the new damage type.

The following affixes have been added to the pool of possible affixes for enemies in World Tier 2:

• Blessing of Toxic
  • When rammed, this ship takes additional 500% Ram Damage When this ship receives Toxic Damage, its Hull Health is repaired by 7 of the Secondary Damage Taken.
• Poisoned Resistant
  • Reduces Incoming Toxic Charge from enemy ships by 10%.

New Activity: Mythic La Peste

La Peste returns stronger than ever, beckoning the bravest captains to the sickly-green horizon. Veterans will find this symphony decidedly venomous; lesser vessels may find the waters a little... toxic.

This is a fight that loves to linger in your veins: its signature venom mirrors the new Poisoned status---gnawing over time, biting harder the more you let it build, slipping fangs past your best defenses, and spreading to the unwary who huddle too close.

Keep your distance, keep your cool, and don't let the pressure poison your judgment. The plague-ship calls---answer wisely, and you'll leave the sea feeling contagious... with triumph.

• Mythic La Peste is now available as a permanent Call-to-Arms activity, alongside Mythic Vikram and Megafort Wolvenhol.
• A minimum Ship Rank requirement of SR12 is needed to initiate Call-To-Arms.
• The encounter introduces poison-focused mechanics aligned with the new Poisoned status effect, including contagious toxins that can spread to nearby players.
• Special Ascended equipment with an increased chance of poison-related modifiers can be earned from this activity.

New Cosmetics

The Character Suit is a new vanity type for characters, and players can find this new category while customizing their captain in the Atelier. Equipping the character suit will override the vanity visuals of other character vanity slots.

Seasonal Events and Highlights

Double Helm Material Production Event

4 November to 25 November 2025

• During this event, materials produced in the Helm Empire will be doubled upon collection.
• The cost of funding Manufactories will not be increased.
• Items boosted include Exotic Materials, Specialized Materials and Refined Materials, but not Pieces of Eight.
• This boost is applied to all collection methods:
• Ship Assignment
• Auto-collection
• Manual collection

Dev note: While originally planned for Week 1 to Week 3, we've hit some snags which prevented us from delivering a quality experience for this event. The double material boost will now run from Week 3 to Week 5

Seasonal Event: Halloween

Requiem of the Lost

Returning for Halloween: 28 October 2025, 6 AM UTC to 25 November 2025, 6 AM UTC.

• Improvements to Reaper of the Lost AI and new summonable Elite Warship.
• New Elite Warship summoned via the event buoy.
  • Flares can be obtained from events quest, and The Lost roamers.
  • Barrier is weak against healing weapons.
  • Elite Warship will become enraged after 10 minutes.
• New Elite Warship: Unbound Reaper
  • All weapons used by the Unbound Reaper can inflict a new status effect: Healcurse.
  • Healcurse: Reduces self-healing by 50% and prevents allies from healing you.
• Event Progression Pass:
  • Guaranteed rewards for players based on the event currency earned.
• Chase Rewards:
  • The Drowned One (Epic Long Gun)
  • Caustic Spall Station (Epic Furniture)
  • Ascension Materials
  • Ascended Weapon Chests
  • And new cosmetics!
• Hellepoorts and Quick-Igniting Powder return, with their blueprints will be available at the Halloween event vendor for the first time.
• New Mechanics:
  • Treat:
    • The Unbound Reaper spawns 3-5 pumpkins around itself.
    • Pumpkin heals 10% HP to the player that destroyed it.
    • Pumpkins transform into an enemy ship after 10 seconds if not destroyed.
  • Unbound Inheritance:
    • The Unbound Reaper fires mortars for 66 seconds.
    • Mortar projectiles transfer all negative status effect on the Unbound Reaper onto the player.
  • Ghoulglare:
    • Every 20% HP interval below 100%, the Unbound Reaper targets the highest threat player and continuously uses flooding long-guns.
    • Player participants must use the Sunburst firework (given via the Introduction quest) to weaken this phase.
    • This attack automatically ends after 66 seconds.

Smuggler Pass Highlights

• Epic Culverin: The Rotmouth
  • [Perk] Virulent: 50% of Toxic damage also reduces Maximum Brace Strength temporarily for 10s. Each shot resets the duration. If the target is Poisoned, Toxic damage is increased by 75%.
  • [Perk] Toxic III: Hits from this weapon saps Crew Stamina. Adds 20% damage that cannot be blocked by Bracing.
• Epic Major Furniture: Siphon Furnace
  • A table used to optimize Toxic Weapons, enhancing their range and speed.
  • If the target is Poisoned, increases the damage of Toxic weapons by 14%.
  • Increases Projectile Speed of Toxic Weapons by 12%.
  • Increases Maximum Range of Toxic Weapons by 10%.
• Epic Armor: Rivotra's Grace
  • [Perk] Windcaller: While bracing, increase Acceleration and Turning Speed by 2% each second. When Bracing ends, retain acceleration and Turning Speed for 6s. For this duration, increase Sailing Speed by 14%
• Pet (Lemur): Chaos Bard
• Masterwork Kits and Deep Iron

New Items at Blackwood

New Weapons

• Epic Sea Fire: Virulent Accord
  • [Perk] Infectious: Hitting the same target 8 times deals 13% Toxic damage to nearby enemies within 150m. Weapon damage increases by 1% for each subsequent hit on the same target.
  • [Perk] Toxic III: 20% of Toxic damage dealt with this weapon saps Crew Stamina.
• Epic Culverin: The Rotmouth
  • [Perk] Virulent: 50% of Toxic damage reduces Maximum Brace Strength for 10s. If the target is Poisoned, Toxic damage is increased by 75%.
  • [Perk] Toxic III: 20% of Toxic damage dealt with this weapon saps Crew Stamina.
• Epic Torpedo: Blightbringer
  • [Perk] Contagion: Afflicts target with the Gaseous status effect for 4s, which deals 300 Toxic damage per second to all enemies in 150m from the target. Effect can be stacked up to 8 times.
  • [Perk] Arming: Increases damage from torpedoes by 150% when target is beyond 85m.
  • [Perk] Flooding II: Adds 20% of damage as Flooding Damage.
  • [Perk] Toxic III: 20% of Toxic damage dealt with this weapon saps Crew Stamina.
• Epic Long Gun: The Drowned One
  • [Perk] Perforator: Hitting a Weakpoint deals 100% of Flooding damage as an extra burst of Severe Damage. If a target is Flooded, the extra burst damage is increased to 150%.
  • [Perk] Flooding II: Adds 20% of damage as Flooding Damage.
  • [Perk] Piercing II: Adds 20% of damage as Piercing damage. Increases damage to Weakpoints by 75%.
• Epic Bombard: Frostwail
  • [Perk] Countdown: Hits have a 15% chance to inflict a delayed explosion dealing 2500 damage in a 65m radius after 4s. This chance increases to 100% when hitting at least 2 targets. For targets already afflicted, additional hits will add 2500 damage to the delayed explosion.
  • [Perk] Explosive II: Adds 20% of damage as Explosive Damage in a 35m Blast Radius.
• Epic Sea Fire: Heavenly Thunder
  • [Perk] Lancer: Fires a streak of lightning that can chain up to 4 targets in proximity. Increases damage by 1% per 10m of weapon range. Adds 75m to weapon range.
  • [Perk] Electric III: Adds 30% of damage as Electric Damage.
  • [Perk] Burning I: Adds 10% of damage as Burning Damage.

New Armor

• Epic Armor: Tondra-dra
  • [Perk] Resurgence: Killing a target grants a 100% boost to Maximum Brace Strength for 11s and instantly restores 60% Brace Strength and 25% Hull Health. This effect has a cooldown of 60s.
• Epic Armor: Rivotra's Grace
  • [Perk] Windcaller: While bracing, increase Acceleration and Turning Speed by 2% each second. When Bracing ends, retain acceleration and Turning Speed for 6s. For this duration, increase Sailing Speed by 14%.
• Rare Armor: Sumu-Sunder
  • [Perk] Immunity: Reduces the damage that passes through Brace Strength to Hull Health due to the Poisoned status effect by 50%. Also reduces duration of Poisoned status effect by 25%.

New Furniture

Major Furniture

• Epic Major Furniture: Stinkpot Station
  • A station patchworked together with La Peste's many designs, boosting the effectiveness of Toxic Weapons and Poisoned Status effect.
  • Hits with a toxic Weapon on a target within 250m, deal 12% more damage if they are Bracing.
  • Poisoned Status effects applied to targets within 250m deal 10% increased damage.
  • Increases Toxic Damage to enemy ships by 8%.
• Epic Major Furniture: Sheeting Winch Console
  • A shelf of equipment that ease sailing maneuvers, boosting weapon damage and sailing speed.
  • Gain 0.8% weapon damage per 1kts of Sailing Speed.
  • If no damage is received while trimming for 5s, reduce the reload time of Broadside Weapons by 12% for 10s.
  • Increases Acceleration by 20%.
• Epic Major Furniture: Gimbal Ring Stores
  • A table used to optimize Demicannon projectiles, enhancing Demicannon weapons with range and speed.
  • Hitting a target over 180m away, increases damage of Demi-cannon weapons by 17% for 12s.
  • Increases Projectile Speed of Demi-cannon Weapons by 14%.
  • Increases Maximum Range of Demi-cannon Weapons by 12%.
• Epic Major Furniture: Siphon Furnace
  • A table used to optimize Toxic Weapons, enhancing their range and speed.
  • If the target is Poisoned, increases the damage of Toxic weapons by 10%.
  • Increases Projectile Speed of Toxic Weapons by 12%.
  • Increases Maximum Range of Toxic Weapons by 10%.

Minor Furniture

• Epic Minor Furniture: Caustic Spall Station
  • A workbench used to tinker with Flooding Weapon ammo, boosting the Flooding damage dealt and Flooded Status Effect.
  • Dealing damage with a Flooding Weapon from over 200m away, increases Flooding Damage by 13% for 10s.
  • For Every 1% increase in Projectile Speed of Weapons through any bonuses, increase Flooding Damage of those weapons by 1%.
  • Increases damage to enemy ships with the Flooding effect by 10%.
• Epic Minor Furniture: Leyden Vault Array
  • A cupboard holding materials salvaged from the Shadowbeast's waters, enhancing Lightning Weapons and the Stormstruck effect.
  • For every 5m Area-of-effect Radius of the weapon, increase weapon damage as Electric Damage by 2%.
  • Reduces Reload Time of Electric Weapons by 6%.
  • Increases Damage to enemy ships with the Stormstruck effect by 8%.
• Rare Minor Furniture: Cascade Coil Bench
  • A table used to optimize Sea Fire Weapons, enhancing their range and damage.
  • Increases weapon damage of Sea Fire by 13%.
  • Increases Secondary damage of Sea Fire by 15%.
• Rare Minor Furniture: Curare Crushing Bench
  • A table used to optimize Toxic damage dealt, enhancing the Poisoned Status Duration and Charge rate.
  • Increases Charge rate of the Poisoned status effect on a target by 8%.
  • Increases duration of the Poisoned effect on enemy ships by 8%.

Gameplay Updates

World Tier Improvements

• Objective rewards now scale with your World Tier for objectives that are normally not tied to a specific Tier.
• The scaling is determined by the difference in Recommended Ship Rank (SR) between World Tier 1 (WT1) and World Tier 2 (WT2).
• Equipment and Vanity rewards are not affected by this change.

Item Ascension

Modification Locking

• You can now lock modification slots. When locking a modification, Reforging will only affect stat values while keeping the perks.
• Modification Locking applies to both Weapon Ascension and Armor Ascension.
• Reforging while a modification is locked will require more materials.

General Ascension Improvements

• The Reforge limit has now been increased from 60 to 75, this retroactively applies to items already acquired. (i.e. an existing ascended weapon with 0 attempts left will retroactively have 15 more attempts added).

Better Exposition of Ascension Stat Ranges

• Added a visual indicator for differentiating ascended equipment of different origins.
• Looted ascended equipment has a different visual indicator from non-looted equipment.

Dev note: As a mechanic, ascended items acquired through loot tend to have an increased stat value range compared to crafted ascended items. We've observed that this mechanic has not been well exposed since the introduction of the Item Ascension feature and we're taking the opportunity to make minor visual adjustments to reinforce this mechanic.

Ships

Ship native elemental resistances have also been revised in lieu of the introduction of the Toxic element. Ships will gain additional resistance at Upgrade 6.

Armor

• With the introduction of Toxic elements, various armor will also provide Toxic resistance.
• Elemental resistances for certain ship armors have been updated to match other Epic armor.

Furniture

• La Potence Schematics
  • Removed the modifier "Reveals weakpoints on the Fleet of Pestilence", the weak points of the fleet of pestilence will now be revealed by default.
  • Added: Penetrates 10% of Toxic Resistance.
    Dev note: During our review of La Peste fight mechanics the development of Mythic La Peste, we've noticed that this mechanic forced players into certain player loadouts. We're removing the requirement of this equipping furniture to view the weakpoints of all La Peste variants and changing the effect of this furniture to encourage a greater diversity in loadout strategy.

Perks and Modifications

• Adjusted Overflow: Amount of Severe Damage dealt via this Mod is now based on weapon's final Flooding Damage after elemental resistances have been applied.
  Dev note: In the original implementation of Overflow, the Severe Damage dealt was incorrectly mitigated by armor rating, and most recently was not mitigated by anything at all. This change instead mitigates the Severe Damage dealt based on the target's Flooding Resistance.

Wind

• Added a new wind indicator arc in the Player Status widget in the HUD to indicate optimal wind & sails alignment.
  • The green arc indicates the optimal point of sail with the greatest bonus to sail speed.
  • Align the indicator with the green arc for the greatest bonus to sail speed.
  • When aligned, the white indicator will turn green.
  • The new wind indicator arc can be turned off in the player settings menu.
• Improved 3D and VFX visual feedback to reinforce optimal point of sail.
• Improved VFX of wind gusts to more closely match gameplay effects.

Hostility

• Added Faction Privateers to each of the 6 Indian Ocean faction's reinforcement fleet pool.

  • Faction Privateers are faction aligned privateers that fly Faction emblems while retaining their usual red sails and hull.

  • Faction Privateers now replace default reinforcements at Hostility levels 3 and above.

• Increased kills required to raise hostility in WT2:

  • Level 1 - Enter combat
  • Level 2 - Total 1 ship sunk
  • Level 3 - Total 4 ships sunk (previously 2)
  • Level 4 - Total 7 ships sunk (previously 5)

Dev note: With the introduction of Faction War, we've taken the opportunity to review the existing hostility rules. These changes aim to improve the pacing of combat escalation, while simultaneously improving its readability by introducing a new set of reinforcements.

Megafort Wovenhol

• Added Minimum Ship Rank requirement of SR12 to initiate Call-To-Arms.

Dev note: While we continue exploring more permanent solves to players who do not contribute to activities, we're first introducing this requirement to ensure that participants adopt an appropriate loadout for the encounter.

Forts & Towers

• All status effects (Ablaze, Flooded, Punctured, Shellshocked, Stormstruck, Poisoned) are now consistently applied to towers; previously, only a few were supported, and their application was inconsistent.

Mythic Vikram

• Added Minimum Ship Rank requirement of SR12 to initiate Call-To-Arms.

Inventory and Loot

In our efforts to streamline item management in Skull and Bones, we will be removing some items that are not commonly used and unnecessarily cluttering inventory space.

• 26 items are no longer obtainable from the game, from loot sources, vendors and buyout features.
• Manufactory and refinery production of the affected materials that was funded prior to the start of Season 3 will be cancelled - the production cost will be refunded respectively.
• Existing crafting recipes have been adjusted accordingly with the removal of the affected materials.
• Existing materials will not be removed from your inventories. These items can be converted to other usable materials at the Refinery or sold for silver at vendors.

Ship Cargo

• Ship Cargo encumbrance limit has been doubled across all ships. Players can now carry more items without worrying about reaching the weight limit as quickly.

Onboarding Changes

• Onboarding Contracts: Seaworthy Charge & Unwelcome Aboard
  • The respawn cooldown for the contract target ships has been reduced. This adjustment improves the experience in the shared world by minimizing cases where one player arrives just after another has already sunk the target.
• Contract: Ship Crafting
  • A new helper text has been added to guide players to their cargo, where they can open a chest containing the required blueprints, along with the materials needed to craft them.

New Achievements

Fixes and Improvements

Achievements and Challenges

• Fixed an issue where the "Explosive Demi-Cannon Mastery" achievement was incorrectly named as "Epic Poison Sea Fire Mastery" in the Mastery tab. [☠ Player Reported]
• Fixed an issue where Smuggler Pass challenges auto-completed without players completing their objectives. [☠ Player Reported]
• Fixed an issue where the "Sharpshooter" achievement was missing from the Achievements tab in the Captain Profile.
• Fixed an issue where certain Playercard achievements (e.g., Dominator, Pirate Hunter, Doomsday) did not progress accurately.
• Fixed an issue where seasonal challenges sometimes appeared duplicated or with incorrect counters or rewards in the Smuggler Pass challenge tabs.

Audio

• Fixed an issue where music did not trigger when engaging enemy ships during the Opening Naval Combat Tutorial.
• Fixed an issue where music failed to trigger during Asnah's first-meet cutscene.
• Fixed an issue where sail open/close VO barks did not trigger for some ships.
• Fixed an issue where a "press & hold" SFX could be heard when only a normal button press was performed on the Seasonal Landing Page (general audio polish).

Combat

• Fixed an issue where players needed to aim twice for normal cannons for auto-lock to engage. [☠ Player Reported]
• Fixed an issue where the Buoy Locker affected all weapon reload times unexpectedly. [☠ Player Reported]
• Fixed an issue where the Buoy Locker failed to deploy buoys after fast travel or respawn. [☠ Player Reported]
• Fixed an issue where elite ships spawned too frequently, disrupting intended combat balance. [☠ Player Reported]
• Fixed an issue where the Ascension perk "Maintenance" did not heal the ship consistently. [☠ Player Reported]
• Fixed an issue where the amount of Severe Damage dealt by the Riptide perk on Carronade did not scale with the weapon's base damage but instead stayed at a fixed value.
• Fixed an issue where Greekfire did not fire far enough.
• Fixed an issue where Lightning Sea Fire shots did not bounce the intended number of times.
• Fixed an issue where AI explosive torpedoes did not deal the correct amount of damage.
• Fixed an issue where area-of-effect damage values did not update properly for nearby targets.
• Fixed an issue where the enemy brace indicator did not appear when AI ships were bracing.

Contracts

• Risk of Ruin:
  • Fixed an issue where a contract icon remained visible at the NPC location after the completion cutscene ended. [☠ Player Reported]
• Jailbird:
  • Fixed an issue where players were unable to talk to or see Captain Finch during the quest. [☠ Player Reported]
  • Fixed an issue where the Plunder stage of the quest failed to initiate. [☠ Player Reported]
• Unwelcome Aboard:
  • Fixed an issue where the camera could remain locked for an extended period during step 2.
  • Fixed an issue where the contract banner displayed incorrectly for this contract.
• A Seaworthy Charge:
  • Fixed an issue where contract markers were missing from the Ordnance and Armor chests.
  • Fixed an issue where the flare at Fort Louis could trigger multiple times when several players were at the same step in co-op.
  • Fixed an issue where the contract banner displayed incorrectly for this contract.
• Cosmetics Shop:
  • Fixed an issue where the Cosmetics Shop quest did not progress as intended.

Death Tides

• Fixed an issue where small ships could get stuck on the Sanctuary map due to a shipwreck asset. [☠ Player Reported]
• Fixed an issue where player ships could become stuck in level assets on the Brimstone map. [☠ Player Reported]
• Fixed an issue where Springloader buoys did not deploy after respawning in Death Tides. [☠ Player Reported]
• Fixed an issue where end-of-match rewards were incorrect.
• Fixed an issue where the group could disband if the leader opted for a rematch after completing a match.
• Fixed an issue where a black-and-white celebration screen could appear when mutiny occurred just before victory.
• Fixed an issue where non-functional "Select" buttons appeared (Set Active Ship & Sell Ship) inside the Death Tides Fleet menu.

Dens and Outposts

• Fixed an issue where Scurlock could appear standing on the pier.
• Fixed an issue where weather effects could persist on outposts after a respawn.
• Fixed an issue where ships could collide improperly with floating shipwreck assets around Sainte Anne and Telok Penjarah.
• Fixed an issue causing temporary player character stuck spots around Moyenne Crique outpost.
• Fixed an issue where NPCs could be partially submerged in the ground near the entrance to Rahma's office on Telok Penjarah.

Graphics

• Fixed an issue where some parts of the Tide Piercer ship skin displayed excessive VFX.
• Fixed an issue where dithering artifacts appeared on a shipwreck asset in Photo Mode near Fort Louis.
• Fixed an issue where the Death Sentence epic skin's figurehead could block the forward attack and front view after equipping.
• Fixed an issue where the waterspout fadeout VFX vanished abruptly.

Helm Empire

• Fixed an issue where Manufactory Buyouts overlapped, causing UI and interaction inconsistencies. [☠ Player Reported]
• Fixed an issue where the rightscroll UI appeared for both Helm Overview and Manufactory Upgrade in the Helm Empire tab.
• Fixed an issue where completed orders of deprecated items were not refunded upon login.

Inventory and Loot

• Fixed an issue where commanders dropped no loot in water. [☠ Player Reported]
• Removed 120-day mail expiry dates from PvP Reward Mails. [☠ Player Reported]
• Fixed an issue where a "new notification" persisted on the cargo tab even when no new items were present. [☠ Player Reported]
• Fixed an issue where the 1.5x Pieces of Eight bonus did not apply correctly on bosses.
• Fixed an issue where Pieces of Eight remained in cargo after the ship sank.
• Fixed an issue where jettison loot indicators could show even when there was nothing in cargo configured to jettison.
• Fixed an issue where the "Move All Cargo" prompt could appear on the loading screen after a host left event during ship changes.
• Fixed an issue where only one restoration kit was deducted instead of ten when starting a world event with an Ignite Buoy.
• Fixed an issue where Heartfelt Wishes compensation was granted twice upon receipt.

Knowledge and Codex

• Fixed an issue where the Lange Kartouwe weapon incorrectly showed the Explosive perk instead of Combustion in its details. [☠ Player Reported]
• Fixed an issue where doublechecking of chest descriptions caused mismatches between Slayer's Chest and Gilded Slayer's Chest. [☠ Player Reported]
• Fixed an issue where the percent sign (%) was missing from blast perk descriptions on mortar weapons. [☠ Player Reported]
• Fixed an issue where a misleading or missing clue was shown for the Voltaic Striker weapon in the Codex.

Localization

• Fixed an issue where "Find Group/Cancel Search" and "Show offline" buttons overlapped in the Social tab in Japanese. [☠ Player Reported]
• Fixed an issue where text for Teuling's Coffee stated +15% speed but only provided 10%. [☠ Player Reported]
• Fixed an issue with inconsistent terminology for stamina across different furniture items
• Fixed an issue where "Repair Kits" on the docking screen was untranslated in non-English languages.
• Fixed an issue where the Auto Repair tutorial page displayed debug text in languages other than English.
• Fixed an issue where contract objective texts for The Lion of Sainte Anne displayed debug strings in non-English languages.
• Fixed an issue where some items were not translated at the Smuggler's Network Buy/Sell interaction tab.
• Fixed an issue where a missing string appeared in a Phoenix Talon letter related to a seasonal quest.

Movement

• Captain animations have been improved, and movement should feel more responsive

Ship Loadout

• Fixed an issue where the weapon preview could disappear after unequipping an equipped weapon in Manage Ship.
• Fixed an issue where the UI highlighter could jump to a different equipment after equipping armor, furniture, or weapons in Manage Ship.

Stability

• Fixed an issue where players received MURRE00000BD0 error on Xbox Series X|S. [☠ Player Reported]
• Fixed an issue where frame rate could drop to 1 FPS for several seconds when exiting the Warehouse screen after navigating its last row.
• Fixed an issue where Players could not enter Cross-Server Matchmaking Activity: Wolves Hollow even after receiving a Call to Arms notification.
• Fixed an issue where the game could crash on the "Return to Scurlock" step of The Quiet Pull.
• Fixed an issue where some Uplay/UAT PC builds could launch with missing prompt buttons and non-functional inputs.
• Fixed several asserts and crashes related to map visibility updates and PvP precious cargo jettison handling.

Store

• Fixed an issue where cosmetics in the Store were missing their Emissive/Reactive effect tags. [☠ Player Reported]
• Fixed an issue where seasonal packs (Boatload/Box) failed to disappear after purchase. [☠ Player Reported]
• Fixed an issue where the "Moony" pet's preview animation moved out of the screen bounds in the Store. [☠ Player Reported]
• Fixed an issue where store bundles could differ between the Vanity Atelier and Docking Screen.
• Fixed an issue where incorrect previews were shown for the Leviathan bundle.
• Fixed an issue with inconsistent pricing for the Cursed Fortunes set.
• Fixed an issue where the store camera did not focus correctly on previewed cosmetics.

Text and Chat

• Fixed an issue where debug text appeared in the Infamy Quests tutorial pop up.
• Fixed an issue where debug text appeared in Affix descriptions when invoked on the map.
• Fixed an issue where debug strings appeared on the contract info for A Seaworthy Charge.
• Fixed an issue where hardcoded text appeared in an A Seaworthy Charge objective.

UI/UX

• Fixed an issue where the Buyout icon failed to show on the map while the player was inside the target outpost. [☠ Player Reported]
• Fixed an issue where the Warhammer rocket launcher icon was incorrect when viewing blacksmith auxiliary weapons. [☠ Player Reported]
• Fixed an issue where the selector was missing on the confirmation popup when moving items from mail to the Warehouse. [☠ Player Reported]
• Fixed an issue where the weapon type for Springloader weapons displayed as "Rocket Launcher" in the Change Appearance window.
• Fixed an issue where returning trade items to inventory lacked a quantity selector in the trade UI.
• Fixed an issue where the "Loadout Applied" window could appear unexpectedly when navigating in Arsenal or Cosmetic Loadout.
• Fixed an issue where sort and filter settings were not correctly applied across Inventory and Warehouse screens.
• Fixed various issues with contract banners, icons, and markers not displaying or updating reliably across multiple contracts.

Vanity

• Fixed an issue where a captain cosmetic (Gunrunner) was missing its cloak.__ [☠ Player Reported]__
• Fixed an issue where selling ship cosmetics could replace cosmetics on the active ship. [☠ Player Reported]
• Fixed an issue where the "Moony" pet's preview animation extended offscreen in the Store.
• Fixed an issue where the preview icon for the "Bloodbound" nameplate did not match the actual item.
• Fixed an issue where the "Endless Lament" preview showed the interior of the ship instead of the intended view.
• Fixed an issue where the camera did not remain focused on the cosmetic when rotating during inspection.
• Fixed an issue where the preview camera failed to focus on reactive cosmetics on the docking screen.
• Fixed an issue where the Devil's Window torpedo skin preview image was missing.
• Fixed an issue where a watermark was visible on certain sail colors when using the "Stage of Set" sail pattern.
• Fixed an issue where the camera for Aura vanity could clip inside the ship.
• Fixed an issue where emissive effects were missing on multiple ship nameplates in Ship Cosmetics.
• Fixed an issue where the "Silent as the Grave" figurehead reward was granted ten times instead of once.

World Events

• Fixed an issue where towers stopped taking damage ("brick up") during Fort Plunder. [☠ Player Reported]
• Fixed an issue where the "World event joined" UI did not trigger, and the contract did not autoaccept when joining Armand/Bartrand Hubac world events. [☠ Player Reported]
• Fixed an issue where Glory Adorned cosmetic fest ships did not provide their chest rewards as expected.[☠ Player Reported]
• Fixed an issue where convoy map "Possible Loot" did not match the information shown when spyglassing the convoy. [☠ Player Reported]
• Fixed an issue where players could not pick up loot after completing a plunder, and the completion cutscene did not play.
• Fixed an issue where certain fort towers stopped taking base damage during plunder.