# Sea of Thieves: 2026 Edition Sea of Thieves Release Notes – Hotfix 3.8.0.1 - Product: Sea of Thieves: 2026 Edition (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/sea-of-thieves-2026-edition) - Vendor: Rare Ltd - Date: 2026-06-25 - Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1172620/view/696516748689539527 - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/sea-of-thieves-2026-edition/releases/2026-06-25-sea-of-thieves-release-notes-hotfix-3.8.0.1 What's New is an index, not a publisher: every entry below links to the vendor's own release notes, which are the authoritative source. Entries are labelled where they are hand-curated sample data, pre-releases, or drawn from a secondary source such as a developer blog. Reuse: the summaries, labels and curation here are © What's New. Quote freely with attribution and a link back; wholesale republication of the corpus is not permitted — terms: https://whatsnew.fyi/terms. The vendors' own release notes remain their publishers'. --- - **fixed** — The Fleet of Fortune should no longer appear as one of the emergent World Events taking place on the seas during Season 20 - **fixed** — Players below deck on the Sloop can no longer jump to reach through the grate and grab the cannons above - **fixed** — Resource Crates spawned in Custom Seas should now contain the intended resources and no longer appear empty - **fixed** — When changing ship sizes during a session the ship now spawns immediately, allowing players to teleport directly to them without needing to use a mermaid - **fixed** — Players will no longer be left on an endless loading screen after exiting a cannon at various Legendary Locations - **fixed** — Resetting the Free Camera settings now correctly resets the Time of Day, Depth of Field and Focal Distance options - **fixed** — Resetting a paused timer on the Scoreboard now correctly refreshes the value shown in the HUD - **fixed** — Players wielding a Grapple Gun or blowpipe now appear to hold the item correctly when viewed through the Free Camera - **fixed** — When starting a Custom Seas session at Tribute Peak, the door to the Catacombs now remains open throughout the session - **fixed** — Starting a Ghost Fleet World Event no longer causes its tornado to appear higher in the sky than intended - **fixed** — Players will no longer encounter a stuck loading spinner when repeatedly confirming the deletion of a Preset - **fixed** — Players must complete the Maiden Voyage before being able to join a Custom Seas session, with an informative error now shown to those attempting to join before completion - **fixed** — Players should no longer receive gold from certain activities in Custom Seas, with gold rewards now restricted as intended - **fixed** — When purchasing Season Pass levels, notifications should no longer display for every Pirate Profile a player owns, and only be shown for the active Profile - **fixed** — After purchasing a Season Pass level from the front-end menu, the player's Renown level and Ancient Coin balance will now refresh automatically - **fixed** — The notification when unlocking the first level of the Season Pass now appears correctly for pirates beginning a fresh Season Pass - **fixed** — The Bombardier Stash Voyage artwork now shows the correct image for the Chest of Rage - **fixed** — Further improvements to matchmaking have been made to address issues that were causing crews to become stuck beneath the waves when waiting for rivals - **fixed** — Solo pirates sailing beneath the waves waiting for a match are now consistently prevented from inviting other players to their crew - **fixed** — Crews disconnecting, closing the game or crashing while travelling beneath the waves are no longer offered the ability to rejoin their session to address instability issues - **fixed** — Players using game transcription should now find that a range of menus throughout Custom Seas are now narrated correctly when navigating - **fixed** — Improvements have been made to game stability to reduce scenarios where players unexpectedly exit the game or become disconnected from their session ##### Updates **Emergent World Events** - The Fleet of Fortune should no longer appear as one of the emergent World Events taking place on the seas during Season 20. ##### Fixed Issues **Gameplay** - Players below deck on the Sloop can no longer jump to reach through the grate and grab the cannons above. **Custom Seas** - Resource Crates spawned in Custom Seas should now contain the intended resources and no longer appear empty. - When changing ship sizes during a session the ship now spawns immediately, allowing players to teleport directly to them without needing to use a mermaid. - Players will no longer be left on an endless loading screen after exiting a cannon at various Legendary Locations. - Resetting the Free Camera settings now correctly resets the Time of Day, Depth of Field and Focal Distance options. - Resetting a paused timer on the Scoreboard now correctly refreshes the value shown in the HUD. - Players wielding a Grapple Gun or blowpipe now appear to hold the item correctly when viewed through the Free Camera. - When starting a Custom Seas session at Tribute Peak, the door to the Catacombs now remains open throughout the session. - Starting a Ghost Fleet World Event no longer causes its tornado to appear higher in the sky than intended. - Players will no longer encounter a stuck loading spinner when repeatedly confirming the deletion of a Preset. - Players must complete the Maiden Voyage before being able to join a Custom Seas session. Players attempting to join a Custom Seas session prior to completion will now be shown a Maidenbeard error that informs them how to resolve the issue. - Players should no longer receive gold from certain activities in Custom Seas, with gold rewards now restricted as intended. **Season Pass Evolved** - When purchasing Season Pass levels, notifications should no longer display for every Pirate Profile a player owns, and only be shown for the active Profile. - After purchasing a Season Pass level from the front-end menu, the player’s Renown level and Ancient Coin balance will now refresh automatically. - The notification when unlocking the first level of the Season Pass now appears correctly for pirates beginning a fresh Season Pass. - The Bombardier Stash Voyage artwork now shows the correct image for the Chest of Rage. **Last Ship Standing** - Further improvements to matchmaking have been made to address issues that were causing crews to become stuck beneath the waves when waiting for rivals. - Solo pirates sailing beneath the waves waiting for a match are now consistently prevented from inviting other players to their crew. - Crews disconnecting, closing the game or crashing while travelling beneath the waves are no longer offered the ability to rejoin their session. This has been done to address a wide range of instability issues caused by players rejoining sessions. **Accessibility** - Players using game transcription should now find that a range of menus throughout Custom Seas are now narrated correctly when navigating. **Performance and Stability** - Improvements have been made to game stability to reduce scenarios where players unexpectedly exit the game or become disconnected from their session. ##### Known Issues To learn more about known issues in _Sea of Thieves _currently being tracked and their status, head over to our [Known Issues support site article](https://support.seaofthieves.com/hc/en-gb/sections/360000063027-Known-Issues). ##### Full Release Notes These release notes cover a hotfix. For full details on recently added game features, see the release notes on our [latest content update](https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1172620/view/715656412138572418).