Update: Exploration Mechanics and Dungeons

Lockpicking, Fishing, and Sextant mechanics

The placeholder mechanics for lockpicking, reeling in a fish, and taking readings with the sextant have been updated. For lockpicking and fishing, you must complete a simple and quick mini-game to unlock and reel in a fish respectively. Sextants now require you to take a proper reading. Look through the scope and aim it towards the sun during the day, or the moon at night to determine your location. This is a simplified version of using a real sextant, which measures the angle between a celestial body and the horizon.

Complete a small mini-game to pick a lock.

Click at the right time to reel in a hooked fish.

Look through the sextant's scope and aim towards the sun or moon to take a proper reading.

Exploration Talents

When you mark an island on your map, you now gain experience in the exploration skill. A new exploration skill talent tree has been added where you can select some minor benefits as you gain levels in this new skill.

The exploration talent tree can be found in the skills window

Fishing and Exploration Logs

Two new items have been added that you can place on your ship. These are the Fishing Log and Exploration Log, which can be purchased or looted. As you catch more fish and discover more places of interest, these logs will update with extra information about the fish or location that you have discovered.

The fishing and exploration log on your ship.

The fishing log shows details about fish you have discovered.

The exploration log shows details about interesting places that you have discovered.

Pirate vault

A new pirate vault dungeon can be discovered on some pirate islands. Find and obtain two key shards from pirates on the island in order to gain entrance.

Inside a pirate vault.

Changes

• Added pirate vault islands that contain some new dungeons.
• Made lockpicking more interactive.
• Updated the mechanics for using the sextant. Look through the scope and aim towards the sun or moon to take a location reading.
• Updated fishing mechanic.
• Added Fishing Log Book item that can be placed on your ship. This book allows you to view your fishing discoveries.
• Added a new exploration log object that you can place on your ship. As you discover select points of interest, entries with information about them will be added to the log.
• Added exploration skill tree. Exploration skill increases as you mark islands on your map.
• Updated to the latest Unity engine version.
• Dialogue text is now revealed over time. You can click to instantly reveal the text.
• Added camera animation when you cast a fishing pole and when a fish bites.
• Reduced the prices on some fishing lures.
• Ask for confirmation before selling an equipped or hot-keyed item.
• Items marked as not allowed to be sold no longer show up when selling to a merchant.
• The Guise of Davy Jones fight is now repeatable with the right remembrance item.
• Added different tiered versions of the Pendant of the Veil.
• Added a legend to map ui.
• Adjusted the position of islands near the starting island slightly to improve the flow for new players.
• Added a new fishing quest.
• Added lens flare to Spyglass visuals.
• Added a small visual effect to herb foliage and wood saplings when you loot them.
• Added an option to hide the reticle hit indicators.
• Added an option to disable the button prompts that are always on the screen.
• Added an option to turn off volumetric fog. This setting is automatically off if the game detects that the system does not support volumetric fog.
• Added reset buttons for each individual section in the settings interface.
• You can now adjust count selection with the mouse scroll wheel
• Autosave should now cause less of a stutter.
• The Guise of Davy Jones is now more likely to roll rare talents.
• Increased the drop rate of fishing hooks and added them to some new merchant tables.
• The music in the crusty clam tavern music now respects music volume.
• Fixed an issue where going into Graham's house would send you to Oscar's house.
• Fixed an issue where some items couldn't be looted.
• Reduced UI health bar and name jitter for NPCs on ships.
• Fixed some weapons receiving blood decals.
• Fixed duplicate effect description on King's pistol.
• Fixed Cloak and Dagger talent description to indicate carrying a piercing weapon is required to activate the effect.
• Fixed an issue in the Mad King's Shipwreck where your raft could get stuck on the portcullis.
• Fixed ship push force being too high.
• Fixed the item details window not re-opening immediately after you click the top entry in the merchant window.
• Fixed fire tornado graphics not showing up.
• Fixed an issue where the quest chest as part of the "Pieces of Evil" quest would sometimes not spawn.
• Fixed not being able to hear ocean sounds when in a ship's crow's nest.
• Fixed some text being long to fit in the dialogue window.
• Fixed crusty clam music not stopping when you leave the tavern.
• Fixed unspent talent indicator above the Skills tab not taking into account the Marksman, Throwing, and Exploration talent trees.
• Fixed issue where resolution setting would display the wrong resolution.
• Fixed being able to interact with objects when looking through a spyglass.
• Fixed scroll speed in help window too slow.
• Fixed some UI issues when using wide resolutions.
• Fixed salvaging/destroying items from within the item inspection window not closing the window afterward.
• Fixed the wrong merchant spawning on the Blackpowder Bazaar merchant ship sometimes.