Bounty contracts are now available at governors' residences and merchant companies. Hunt down the target pirates in the search area, then return to the client to claim your reward.
Bounties use a contract slot and support objective tracking and logbook entries. Target pirates are marked with a bounty icon on their nameplates.
Research Expedition
Once your Civilization & Technology research reaches Tier 5, you can begin a new expedition at Antillia's academy. The expedition requires one contract slot and can be abandoned freely.
Follow clues at sea, challenge the Kraken, and complete the investigation after battle to unlock Tier 5 Civilization & Technology research.
Added battle models and portraits for the Kraken's body and tentacles, along with a dedicated encounter introduction.
Bug Fixes and Stability Improvements
Fixed issues where a recruited companion's old dialogue and drink-buying actions remained available, or the back action stopped working after recruitment at the tavern.
Added a rendering driver setting on Windows. Changes take effect after restarting the game.
When the rendering driver is set to Auto, a detected DirectX 12 device-error termination from the previous session will trigger a switch to Vulkan on the next launch.
Improved graphics resource cleanup when ships are removed.