Believed to be long dead, the pirate Vikram Rajan has risen from the deep, his dark influence spreading across the seas.

With rumoured ties to Freeman and the Heist of the Century, the self-proclaimed Great Shadow has returned with a vengeance, reaping countless souls.

Commanding his relentless Shadow Legion forces, his actions threaten the liberty of all in the Indian Ocean.

Will you defy the Shadows of the Deep, or will you be consumed by the abyss?

Highlights

Seasonal Contracts and Pirate Lord Bounty

• Key Contract Rewards: Blightkeeper Blueprint, Drowned One's Toll Blueprint, Pain-Piper Blueprint, Decoy Deck Blueprint.
• Vikram Rajan - World Event
  • Earn Vikram's Stash (Normal difficulty), Vikram's Locker (Hard difficulty), Vikram's Strongbox (Mythic difficulty) when you take down Vikram Rajan.
  • Chance to obtain equipment like "Blightkeeper", "Pain-Piper", and more from Vikram's Strongbox.
  • Obtainable by completing achievement upon defeat of Mythic Vikram: "Mournful Shades" (Ship Aura).
• Vikram Rajan Bounty
  • On the first completion of Vikram Rajan's bounties, gain Upgrade kits, Vikram's Stash (Normal difficulty), Vikram's Locker (Hard difficulty), Vikram's Strongbox (Mythic difficulty).
  • Obtain additional silver and a new resource, Crystallized Tainted Wood upon subsequent completions.

Ubisoft Connect Rewards

A new Season brings new goodies, check out Ubisoft Connect to see the new Season 4 free rewards!

What's New This Season

Seasonal Contraband: Crystallized Tainted Wood

• A mysterious form of ivory, believed to have been tainted by Vikram Rajan and his Shadow Legion's presence in the Indian Ocean. Some believe it holds some special connection to Vikram himself, also known as "The Great Shadow".

• How to obtain:

  • Vikram Rajan, Jonas Vanderkill, Helm Opportunities and Smuggler Pass challenges.

• This seasonal Helm Ware can be exchanged for Seasonal Equipment from William Blackwood.

New Ship: Garuda

• Available after 45 Tiers unlocked in the Smuggler Pass.
• Medium sized, DPS-Piercing
• A DPS focus ship that excels at dealing optimal damage at long range and is especially efficient with Piercing weapons. Despite having lower hull health, it can capitalize on its ability to swiftly escape a tricky situation.
• Perk: Deadeye
  • Weapon damage is increased based on how far you are from the target, capped at 80%.
  • Piercing Weapons deal 20% more damage.
  • When your Hull Health is 40% or lower, increases armour by 1000 and trimming no longer costs stamina for 10 seconds.
    • The effect has a cooldown of 40 seconds.
• Upgrade the Garuda to unlock Secondary Perk: Revolver
  • Available at Ship Upgrade Rank 6.
  • Increase weapon damage by 30% when hitting a target with Punctured debuff.
  • Long guns are not only a top deck weapon when equipped at the Bow. Long guns equipped at the Bow will deal 10% less weapon damage and have 20% longer reload time.

New status effect: Punctured

• Punctured is applied to targets when using Piercing weapons.
• Upon activation, it instantly deals 5000 damage and reduces target's armour rating by 500.
• This status effect lasts for 15 seconds.

Secondary Damage System Changes (Elemental Damage Changes)

• The Secondary Damage system for applying the various damage types has been revamped.
• Previously, the amount of status effect charges applied was determined exclusively by the weapon and not by the damage type on the weapon. Going forward, this value is now tied to the secondary damage type and can now scale secondary modifiers on the weapon as well as other modifiers.
• The overall experience of using weapons and fighting enemies remains and should be quite like the experience before.
• Example:
  • Firing a projectile with 1000 base damage and 20% piercing at a target with 500 armour and 30% piercing resistance.
  • Armour Rating Mitigation: The 1000 base damage is reduced by 33% from armour rating to 667 damage.
  • Secondary Damage Resistance: 200 piercing damage is reduced by 30% piercing resistance to 140 piercing damage.
  • The final damage applied to the target is a total of 807 damage.
  • The piercing damage is then further applied as 140 charges of Punctured which is the related status effect that will be applied to the target.

Smuggler Pass

Smuggler Pass Gunnermaster

• Epic Torpedo Weapon: "Dahaaka"
• Perk: Sunder
  • Once armed, torpedoes increase speed by 100% and penetrate through target ships.
  • Torpedoes also reduce armour by 200 for 10s.
• Perk: Arming
  • Increases damage from torpedoes by 150% when target is beyond 100m.
• Perk: Piercing II
  • Adds 20% of damage as Piercing Damage.
  • Increases damage to weakpoints by 75%.
• Perk: Flooding II
  • Adds 20% of damage as Flooding Damage.
• Epic Mortar: "Eye of Heaven"
  • Perk: Tempest
    • Every target hit causes a lightning arc to strike the nearest enemy within 150m, dealing 2500 Electric Damage.
  • Perk: Blast
    • Adds 15% of damage as Explosive Damage in a 50m Blast Radius.
  • Perk: Electric II
    • Adds 20% of damage as Electric Damage.

Smuggler Pass Shipmaster: Tanashah

• Epic Armour
• Perk: Dark Meditation
  • While bracing, reduces the duration of negative status effects by 10% of their maximum durations every second.
• Perk: Reinforced
  • Reduces damage taken from the Punctured status effect by 25%.

Smuggler Pass Quartermaster: Teuling's Guidance

• Epic Major Furniture
  • Hitting a weakpoint increases the damage dealt by the next weakpoint hit within 8 seconds by 30%.
  • Increases damage to weakpoint with Front Weapons by 12%.
  • Reduces Reload time of Front Weapons by 7%.

New Smuggler Pass Rewards: Teuling's Favours

• Wicked Harvest: Boosts drop rates and guarantees a Smuggler Chest upon defeating an Elite Warship. 
  • Lasts 1 hour upon use.
• Smuggler's Fortune: Boosts the amount of Smuggler Points earned while gaining infamy.
  • Lasts 1 hour upon use.

New Pet: Parrot

• Introducing the highly anticipated pet Parrot!
  • Scarlett will be available from the Smuggler Pass after unlocking 70 Tiers.

Upgradable Cosmetics

• Unlock special visual variation to suit your style using materials (or gold).
• New material: Artisan Kits
  • Available from Smuggler Pass.
  • Time-limited Event Shops: Azurite Lodestone, Nian Idol
• Obtain the upgradable Rakshasa Figurehead from the Smuggler Pass.
• Obtain the Stony Ice Maiden figurehead from when you participate in the Azure Solstice Event.

Black Market Update

The arrival of the Shadow Legion brings new and even strange weapons to the Black Market. Sailors across the Indian Ocean have risked their lives to bring back the secrets of Vikram Rajan's fleet, all to uncover ways of gaining an edge against this unearthly threat.

The following items and more will be available as the season progresses, so speak to Yanita and Houma at the Dens to see what the Black Market has to offer.

• Epic Sea Fire: "Agni's Fury"
  • Perk: Pneumatic Engine
    • Rapidly fires Sea Fire darts up to a range of 250m. Weapon takes a moment to wind up before firing.
  • Perk: Piercing II
    • Adds 20% of damage as Piercing Damage.
    • Increases damage to weakpoints by 75%.
  • Perk: Burning I
    • Adds 10% of damage as Burning Damage.
• Epic Armour: "Crimson Lotus"
  • Perk: Rally
    • Using a Crew Attack increases Broadside weapon damage by 33% and Stamina Recovery by 100% for the next 15 seconds.
• Epic Major Furniture: "Chained Links"
  • While trimming sails, reduces incoming weakpoint damage by 50%, at the cost of 10% Crew Stamina per hit.
  • Reduces incoming damage to weakpoints by 15%.
  • Increase Armour Rating of equipped armour by 10%.
• Epic Minor Furniture: Mine-Clearing Locker
  • While sailing at half-sails or less, your ship has an 80% chance to avoid triggering Mine Buoys.
  • Reduces all incoming damage from Mine Buoys by 15%.
  • Increases Brace Strength by 5%.

New Items at Smuggler William Blackwood

• Epic Armour: "Pishacha"
  • Phantasmic Thrust: Ramming a target repairs your ship's hull health by 100% of damage inflicted.
• Epic Springloader: "Blightkeeper"
  • Soul Shield: Deployed buoy creates a protective dome that is weak again Piercing damage.
• Epic Major Furniture: "Pain-Piper"
  • Getting hit by a Crew Attack increases damage of your next Crew Attack by 80%.
  • Decreases incoming Crew Attack damage by 10%.
  • Increases Maximum Stamina by 5%.
• Epic Major Furniture: "Drowned One's Toll"
  • When above 60% of Crew Stamina and below Max Hull Health, 6% of Crew Stamina is consumed to restore 0.25% of Hull Health per second.
  • Increases Max Hull Health by 5%.
  • Increases Crew Stamina Recovery Speed by 3% while out of combat.
• Epic Minor Furniture: "Decoy Deck"
  • For every target that has received the Taunted status effect by your ship, increases incoming Repair amount by 5%, up to a maximum of 20%.
  • Increases the Charge Rate of the Taunted status effect on enemy targets by 7%.
  • Increases Threat Generation by 7%.
• Legacy Seasonal and past Smuggler Pass equipment will be available on a two-week rotational basis.

New Events & Activities

New game mode: Ghost Ship Defense

• Please note that the Season 4 updates for Manufactory Defense mode will be reflected in the Ghost Ship Defense mode (read more about the updates below).
• Defend your Manufactories from spectral assailants looking to cripple your smuggling empire.
• Note - This event will only happen at nighttime.
• Main enemy: Maangodin
• Rewards for successful defense:
  • Pieces of Eight
  • Production Boost - (Condition: The Manufactory needs to be funded prior to the opportunity).
  • Silver
  • If Maangodin is defeated, obtain a bonus chest (based on the original Maangodin chest).
• Rewards for unsuccessful defense:
  • Pieces of Eight
  • Silver

Contraband Reveal System

• Imperial Jade, a coveted item from the Middle Kingdom believed to bring good luck, will gradually become available at certain manufactories.
• Helm Supply Orders now includes a new rare resource, Raw Imperial Jade. Take down rogue fleets or find them dealt with by other rogue traders for some silver.
• Unlock Helm upgrades:
  • Upgrade 1 will enable players to refine their Raw Imperial Jade into Imperial Jade.
  • Upgrade 2 will enable players to refine their Imperial Jade to Carved Imperial Jade.
• Supply Imperial Jade and Carved Imperial Jade through the Helm Orders to earn Pieces of Eight.

Cursed Sea Monster: Risen Zamaharibu

• Zamaharibu has emerged to strike fear into the hearts of all in the Indian Ocean. Though its legend is known, especially among the Ungwana, its deathly appearance and strange abilities have stirred rumours that it has been touched by some dark hand of fate.
• Risen Zamaharibu Bounty
  • Obtain the Risen Zamaharibu chest from each complete bounty for a chance to collect:
    • "Immortal Devourer" (Sail Pattern)
    • "Undead Destroyer" (Sail Emblem)
    • "Blood Anew" (Sail Colour)
    • "Awakened Ancient" (Hull Colour)

Elite Warship: Jonas Vanderkill

• Countless rogues have met their end at the hands of Commodore Jonas Vanderkill of the DMC. His recent movements across the Indian Ocean suggest he is on the trail of something more valuable than any bounty, however. Whatever it might be, he would surely be loath to see it fall into the hands of pirates.
• Jonas Vanderkill Bounty
  • Upon first completion of the bounty, earn Upgrade Kits, Vanderkill's Locker and Silver!
  • Obtainable from Vanderkill's Locker: Epic Minor Furniture Strange Elixir
    • Increases Crew Ability Range by 25% while Crew Stamina is above 50%.
    • Increases Crew Attack Charge Rate by 15%.
    • Reduces Crew Stamina Depletion from Bracing by 5%.
• Sink the Wolf-Hunter to obtain Vanderkill's Locker and complete the "Wolvenjager" ship vanity set consisting of:
  • "Blood Rain" (Sail Pattern)
  • "Vanderkill's Insignia" (Sail Emblem)
  • "Foul Play" (Sail Colour)
  • "Cold Façade" (Hull Colour)

World Event: Ghost Convoys

• The Indian Ocean teems with tales of the eerie, such as of strange merchant convoys that appear only at night. Resistant to certain types of damage, these ships may well be shadowy versions of themselves, perhaps even called from another realm.
• Contract Names
  • "Violent Tendencies"
  • "Drowned Sorrows"
  • "Shapes in the Water"
• Rewards highlights:
  • Ethereal convoy chest to drop ethereal ashes, chance for Blue Specter, Devil's Concoction, Cursed Banner

New Random Events

• The arrival of a new season brings unexpected treasures and treachery that you may encounter as you set sail across the Indian Ocean with 3 new random events.

Time-Limited Events: Shades of the Ronin

• Available from 26th November - 10th December
• Look out for the merchant convoy decked out in the Ronin Ship Set and participate by sinking the convoy to obtain a ship cosmetics chest! You stand a chance to receive the following rewards:
  • Pieces of Eight
  • "Drifting In Darkness" (Hull Colour)
  • "Eternal Spring" (Sail Colour)
  • "Mine Honor" (Emblem)
  • "Seigaiha" (Sail Pattern)
  • "Funeral Torches" (Hull Ornament)

Time-Limited Events: Azure Solstice

• Available from 3rd - 31st December
• A deathly chill has taken hold of the Indian Ocean, heralded by the arrival of the Azure Fleet. These ice-cursed ships seem to sap the very warmth around them, leaving many to speculate exactly what fate might have befallen their crew. Defeat the Azure convoys and elite warships to earn Azurite and Winter Gifts, exchangeable for rewards.

Time-Limited Events: Legend of the Nian

• Available from 14th January - 11th February
• Local legends tell of the Nian, a fearsome beast that emerges once a year, terrorizing the population and devastating their livelihoods. The tale has sprung to life following several attacks at sea and rumoured sightings of the beast. Dangerous though it may be, it could be hunting down the troublesome threat.

Time-Limited Events: Escort for Our Allies

• Available from 24th December - 7th January
• Look out for the merchant convoy decked out in the Ogre King Set and participate by sinking the convoy to obtain a ship cosmetics chest! You stand a chance to receive the following rewards:
  • Pieces of Eight
  • "Royal Camphor" (Hull Colour)
  • "Naga's Blood" (Sail Colour)
  • "The Ogre's Grin" (Emblem)
  • "The Ogre King" (Sail Pattern)
  • "Scales of the Naga" (Hull Ornament)

Gameplay Updates

Season 3 Leaderboard Reward

• Players who have reached the Diamond Tier on the Seasonal leaderboard in Season 3 will receive the "Treasured Forever" ship wheel in their inventory at the start of Season 4.

Updates to Defense Manufactory

• Removed manufactory production penalty if players choose not to join or fail Manufactory Defense.
• Rebalanced Manufactory Defense difficulty.
  • Reduced HP of manufactory
  • Reduced the number of enemy ships that spawn each wave
• Enemies spawned from the Shadow Legion, serving the will of Vikram Rajan by sowing chaos and targeting pirates who may pose a threat

Rebalances for Helm Orders

• Requested Helm Ware quantities are now of a set value.
• Rewards for fulfilling Helm Order are now of a set value.
• Improvements for Standard Orders:
  • Increased reward for Epic Helm Wares by ~220% (excluding Imperial Jade).
  • Increased reward for Legendary Helm Wares by ~300% (excluding Imperial Jade).
• Improvements for Roving Orders:
  • Reduced requested Helm Ware quantity by ~50%.
  • Increased rewards for Epic Helm Wares by ~60% (excluding Imperial Jade).
  • Increased rewards for Legendary Helm Wares by ~100% (excluding Imperial Jade).

Reduced difficulty of DMC Convoy

• A new ship now escorts the DMC convoys. "The Vloedgolf" has less resistance and reduced health compared to its predecessor.
• Synced Mortar fire from merchant ships will be triggered less often.
• No change in rewards.

Adjustments to Cargo Jettison

• Reduced the quantity of cargo jettison upon a player ship sinking. Up to 40% of the cargo capacity will be lost, except for provisions and equipment. Provisions, treasure maps and equipment will not be jettisoned.

Sea Monsters

• Removed health regeneration while Zamaharibu and Kuharibu are idle after disengaging from combat.

Improvements to Recommended Activities

• Added new categories of activities to be recommended to players, including activities like Time-Limited Events and Smuggler Pass Challenges.

Balances to Rode Maangodin

• Rode Maangodin: Increased the amount of drops from Rode Maangodin and increased chance of Blue Spectre dropping.
• Rode Maangodin Clones: Reduced overall drops earned and reduced rates of Blue Spectre dropping from Rode Maangodin Clones. Removed Treasure map drops from Rode Maangodin Clones.

Twin Winch Ballista

• Reduced maximum charged range of Twin Winch Ballista from 1350m to 1150m.

Improvements & Bug Fixes

Fixed Elemental Mitigation Calculation

• Fixed an issue in the damage calculation where elemental (or "secondary") damage mitigation was doubled, i.e. if player had a total of 80% elemental damage mitigation via equipped items, they would effectively have 160% elemental damage mitigation.

Ship Equipment

• The Bombard, "Hong Yi Pao", "Thousand-Year Monsoon" are now fully automatic for their firing mode. Players can now press and hold the trigger to fire.
• Corrected the damage fall-off on the Fire Bombards and "Mons Meg" to ensure that damage appropriately decreases based on the target's distance from the centre of the area-of-effect (AOE) radius

Status Effect: Taunt

• Reduced Taunted damage reduction from 50% -> 40%
• Reduced Taunted duration from 30s -> 18s
• Added diminishing effects on Taunted. Each time Taunted is triggered, it will be increasingly difficult to re-apply the debuff onto the same target. Upon successful re-application of Taunt on the same target, the duration of the Taunt will be shortened.
• "Phoenix Talons": Taunted build up per projectile changed from 10 -> 20
• "Hong Yi Pao": Taunted build up per projectile changed from 300 -> 250
• "Endure" (ship perk): Taunted build up on target per braced hit -> 100 -> 150
• "Revile" (armour perk): Taunted build up on target per braced hit -> 112 -> 100

Equipment and Combat

• Fixed an issue where a status effect could not be charged if the target braced.
• Fixed an issue where the target of a crew boarding attack did not sink while equipping the "Immortal Vessel" armour.
• Fixed an issue where ricochet repair weapons would heal non-allied ships in PVP.
• Fixed an issue where the weapon "Bane of Ten Suns" was not dealing the intended weakpoint damage.
•  Fixed an issue where perks and buffs were not increasing turn speed of ship.

Contracts

• Updated the description of the first step of the contract "Delicate Alliance" to improve clarity.
• Reduced general difficulty of low-difficulty Job Board contracts.
• Fixed multiple instances where 'Invalid' texts were displayed in various Job Board contracts.
• Fixed an issue where explosive barrels were missing from the contract area while engaging in the "Destroy Sea Barrel" job board contract.
• Fixed an issue where the main contract icon did not appear on the Shipwright while player is progressing with the contract "The Lion of Saint Anne".
• Fixed an issue where Pieces of Eight are discarded when player swaps to the Battle Junk at Moyenne Crique while on the contract "The Flaming Quarry".
• Fixed an issue where reinforcements continuously spawned after sinking the Fara scout ship during the contract "Brokered Ground".
• Fixed an issue where Firewing Ambushers were not spawning for the progress of the contract "Fire of Turmoil".
• Fixed an issue where placeholder text is present on the 'Call for Help' tooltip option of the reinforcement ships in the contract "Hunter and Hunted".
• Fixed an issue where players are required to dock to Fast Travel while the contract "Cutthroat Secrets" is active.
• Fixed an issue where the tooltip of the job board contract "Plunder Sea people" did not display the full objectives at times.
• Fixed an issue where the tooltip of the job board contract "Destroy Art" objective does not update even after plundering Hovohovo.
• Fixed an issue where the escort ship does not respawn after the contract "Blood-Soaked Silver" is reset.
• Fixed an issue where La Potence would not continue to travel to his base if taunted.
• Fixed an issue where players may be stuck during the Vanity Atelier tutorial if they progress with another contract while in Vanity Atelier.
• Fixed an issue where the Ungwana ships spawn is lower than intended for the contract "Blood-Soaked Silver".
• Fixed an issue where the target ship did not spawn for the contract "Scarlet Heist" if the group leader quits to main menu during the progression of the contract.
• Fixed an issue where the job board contract "Destroy Weaponry" was completed prematurely.
• Fixed an issue where Scurlock was not visible during cutscene after the player accepts the contract "Blood-Soaked Silver".
• Fixed an issue where the target ship was not marked in the contract "The African Ailment".
• Fixed an issue where the contracts "Symphony of Cannons" and "Grand Opera's End" did not offer the "View in Map" option.
• Fixed an issue where text "Numbertag" was displayed in "Freeman's Embrace" furniture description on the manage furniture menu.
• Fixed an issue where the contract objective tracker displayed an incorrect amount of contract item requirements even when the requirements are met.
• Fixed an issue where Zamaharibu Scales was displayed as a possible loot of event tooltip even though player needs to hunt Kuharibu in the contract "From the Deep".
• Fixed an issue where the contract icon was missing on contract item 'Tampered Crate' for the contract, "Economic Espionage".
• Fixed an issue where Scurlock's Jacket is unavailable from the Atelier to complete the contract "The Devil's Gambit".
• Fixed an issue where player was unable to craft the Bedar in order to complete the contract "Seaworthy Ship".
• Fixed an issue where while progressing during the contract "Devil's Gambit", players encounter a countdown to mutiny.
•  Fixed an issue where players are unable to destroy Zoutman's Head from the contract "Hell's Blacksmith".
• Fixed an issue where player was unable to accept the contract "Curtain Call".
• Fixed an issue where the contract item for "Chorus of Havoc" was dropped upon defeating the first Twin.

NPC

• Fixed an issue where non-interactable NPCs remain stationary while the walking animation is displayed.
• Fixed an issue where certain NPCs were invisible even though they could still be interacted with.
• Fixed an issue where interacting with NPC William Blackwood and choosing the bonus dialogue option, the English version is used even when the language setting is not set to English.
• Fixed an issue where various NPC models overlapped after interacting with NPCs.
• Fixed an issue where the NPCs are not visible after the player Continues the game after Quitting to Main Menu.

Items and Resources

• Fixed an issue where the recipe for "La Potence schematics I" at the carpenter was unintentionally changed.
• Fixed an issue where the contract token "Zoutman's Head" cannot be destroyed after completing "Hell's Blacksmith" contract.
• Fixed an issue in the Refinery where progress on subsequent item resets after 1 refinery job is completed.
• Fixed an issue where "Ballista Furnace I" and "Rocket Grinder I" cannot be salvaged.
• Fixed an issue where the Hubac Ship Components is sold at William Blackwood for 1 silver.

World Events and Helm Opportunities

• Updated Mega Lestari to scale according to the number of the players participating.
• Fixed an issue where Lestari leaves arena while engaged in combat.
• Fixed an issue where Kuharibu persists in the world after the world event has timed out.
• Fixed an issue where the Cutthroat Cargo loot was not located at the point where the cargo carrier was sunk.
• Fixed an issue where other players were able to deal damage to the escort ship after it has been started by a player.
• Fixed an issue where the Zamaharibu could be attacked from a distance without triggering its hostility.
• Fixed an issue where Shadowbeast does not attack a group member that was located at the world event border.
• Fixed an issue where the Helm Wager abruptly ends for carrier player if the helm chest has dropped at least once before.

Recommended Activities

• Fixed an issue where the Manufactory Buyout opportunity recommendation showed participant count even though it is a solo activity.
• Fixed an issue where manufactory is displayed as a reward on recommendation option when player owns all manufactories.

Text and Voice Chat

• Fixed an issue where the 'new' indicator is shown on Text chat after the player sends a text message.
• Fixed an issue where chat text extends past box when entering longer sentences.

Resources and Items

• Fixed an issue where the Kokok Terapung Vendor items did not refresh after 1 hour.
• Fixed an issue where the vendor's stock did not appear after refreshing the UI.
• Fixed an issue where the offline refinery timer was not displayed correctly.
• Fixed an issue where players were unable to locate "La Potence Schematics" for crafting.

UI/UX

• Removed the "Find Group" button from the main menu.
• Fixed an issue where some players are unable to scroll and select any option after using the Hide UI and then Show UI option in Manage Ship menu.
• Fixed an issue where the completed challenges tick mark overlaps with 'SP' in challenges section when viewed in the Arabic language.
• Fixed an issue where the number of participants for all Merchant Convoys was displayed as 10 instead of 20.
• Fixed an issue where the "Hide UI" option did not work in ship cosmetics screen.
• Fixed an issue where the text in the captain's page was displayed in white.
• Fixed multiple instances where multiple localization is displayed as truncated text.
• Fixed an issue where the Vanishing World event icon was not visible on the world map when the event is active.
• Fixed an issue where the incorrect icon is displayed for the brigantine on the ship customization screen.
• Fixed an issue where players were not able to quick disembark from inside Li Tian Ning's hideout after the end of the cinematic dialogue.
• Fixed various instances of placeholder text found in contract objectives.
• Fixed an issue where placeholder text is present on the 'ship action' option on the Voyage Ended screen.
• Fixed an issue where the Achievement Badge not visible on Player Card to other players during certain interactions.
• Fixed an issue where players were unable to interact in-game after closing the Ubisoft Connect overlay.
• Fixed an issue where the added time was not displayed on the manufactory "Top Up" function.
• Fixed an issue where various localization for the "Top Up" function was not displayed.
• Fixed an issue where Silver icon was displayed on Captain vanity contract rewards that were not obtainable with silver.
• Fixed multiple instances where contract icons were not present while spy glassing contract targets.
• Fixed an issue where sorting by Value (Item) in the Black Market was not functional and removed Time-Limited filter option.
• Fixed an issue where an incorrect warning message was displayed when player encountered a conflict while remapping controls.
• Fixed an issue where the error notification "Currently equipped on" overlapped with the Social Tab.
• Fixed various instances of truncated text in the manufactory tooltips of the DMC faction.
• Fixed an issue where some events in the Seasonal Calendar were missing localization.
• Fixed an issue where highlighted words in Empire Leaderboard tutorial was not clearly visible in the codex.
• Fixed an issue where the selecting the "Hide UI" on ship sets item preview screen sent the player back to the overview of entire set.
• Fixed an issue where the black screen was shown intermittently when the player returned to game play from the Manage Ship menu.
• Fixed several instances where localized texts were not aligned in various menus.
• Fixed an issue where the Fast Travel option is not displayed on the tooltip when the player hovers over "The Homebound Convoy" world event when playing in German language.
• Fixed an issue where the 'World Event Joined' notification was incorrectly displayed after the abandon notification when player leaves area of the event "Heir to the Throne".
• Fixed an issue where multiple buttons were disabled after player uses the spyglass to send another player a Trade Request at sea.
• Fixed an issue where the "Hold to Brace" prompt persists while the contract "Flaming Quarry" is in progress.
• Fixed an issue where player was not able to switch between 'Captain Info' and 'Achievements' by clicking on 'Z' and 'C' with mouse in Captain Tab.
• Fixed an issue where the screen switches to main achievement menu after claiming an achievement badge.
• Fixed an issue where "Come Back Later" UI is displayed when players attempt to re-enter Scurlock's office after finishing contract objectives.
• Fixed a grammatical error in German language for "Spiteful Spikes Station" furniture.
• Fixed an issue where "Stormwoven Symphony" armour's German localisation reads "Schaden" twice in the codex.
• Fixed an issue where the Siege perk's description is missing a % symbol.
• Fixed an issue where the icons for cobalt in the Black Market and the UI preview does not match.
• Fixed an issue where the description of Smoked Canister's blueprint was missing the % symbol.
• Fixed an issue where the audio and visual effects of the Elder Shadowbeasts persist after death.
• Fixed an issue where multiple Job Board contracts' objectives reference "Weapon Parts".
• Fixed an issue where the Brigantine ship was using the wrong ship icon.
• Fixed an issue where food stamina regeneration notification displayed an incorrect value.
• Fixed an issue where Helm territory collection incorrectly showed "Not enough to collect" error.
• Fixed an issue where players were unable to Upgrade Empire Management, Clan of Fara Connections.
• Fixed an issue where players were unable to interact to open Map, Helm Empire Overview and Captain's Journal when cargo is full.
• Fixed an issue where the Artificer perk effect was not visually displayed on the Auxillary weapon.
• Fixed an issue where the "Verse of Vengeance" contract UI displays the incorrect Hubac Twin.
• Fixed an issue where there was an inaccurate translation of "__Smoked Canister__s" in Japanese.

Vanity

• Fixed an issue where the incorrect visual effect is shown on the store preview for the "Halloween Spirit" aura.
• Fixed an issue where the "Insect Mania" ship vanity clipped with multiple ship hulls.
• Fixed an issue where ship cosmetic changes to a non-active ship is applied to an active ship after player sets sail.
• Fixed an issue where the sail icon was missing for the "Xian Yuan" set when player equips the vanity at the ship cosmetic screen.
• Fixed an issue where incorrect pants were displayed in the "Versailles" Crew vanity preview.
• Fixed an issue where ship vanity set only appeared in the ship cosmetics screen when active is docked at the Den, but did not appear while docked at an outpost.
• Fixed an issue where the "Bloodstone Ring" and "Brass Bracers" not listed under "Ebon Court Bundle A" vanity set.

Graphics / Camera

• Fixed an issue where a distorted background was displayed when players choose to Manage Ships or Upgrade Ship Cosmetic at the Shipwright.
• Fixed an issue where the camera angle stays idle on the water during the Voyage Ended screen that occurs in the Open Seas.
• Fixed an issue where the ship flickers after entering the docking screen while at Fort Louis outpost.
• Fixed a visual issue where the screen flickered while players combat the Rode Maangodin.
• Fixed an issue where the "Hunting Spear I" appears to be shown as a higher-tier version.
• Fixed an issue where the Pieces of Eight display appears to be flickering on the manufactory funding UI.
• General improvements to ambient wildlife behaviour.

Server Stability

• Fixed an issue where player receives "Host Left" error message after engaging with La Peste for Contract "The Encroaching Epidemic".
• Fixed an issue where the matchmaking was stuck when trying to continue the game after being kicked from the server.

Others

• Fixed an issue where the interaction prompts are not narrated in game when accessibility features are active.
• Fixed an issue where the in-game news detail was not showing details upon pop-up.
• Removed unintended readable Lost City of Prei Letter.
• Fixed an issue where the date in the "Changing Face of Home" archive is inaccurate.