The Sea of Thieves Update 1.03 Patch Notes has arrived for all players on PC and Xbox One. This update is the latest major one for the popular pirate game, making some necessary changes and fixes that are sure to enhance the experience online. This is the second major update since the game’s launch.
While there are still a plethora of known issues that the Sea of Thieves Update 1.03 Patch Notes address, this update is large enough in terms of download size and a number of fixes to actually be a step in the right direction. Let’s go over all of the details now.
Sea of Thieves Update 1.03 Patch Notes Explained
Before we start diving deep into what the Sea of Thieves Update 1.03 Patch Notes entail for you the player, it’s worth noting the download size. This is much larger than the last update, coming in at a whopping 1.2GB download approximately on both PC and Xbox One.
As for what’s actually in the Sea of Thieves Update 1.03 Patch Notes to make it this large, there aren’t a ton of fixes but they are important ones.
Sea of Thieves Update 1.03 Patch Notes: All Updates
- Message from Beyond – A message from the Ferryman has been nailed to the door post on the Ferry of the Damned instructing players on how to scuttle their ship.
- Weapon Balancing – Reduced Blunderbuss Damage and Increased Eye of Reach damage.
- [PC Only] Aim Down Sights Sensitivity – We’ve increased the default mouse sensitivity to allow for more efficient aiming and to be in parity with the controller, as we heard your feedback regarding how mouse-mats around the world were being worn out due to how painfully slow it was to aim down the sights.
- [PC Only] Mouse Binds – We’ve added mouse scroll up and down to the list of controls players can use to rebind actions to.
Sea of Thieves Update 1.03 Patch Notes: All Fixes
- Enabling ‘non-directional’ chat no longer allows non-crew players to be heard anywhere in the world.
- Players should no longer get into a state where they can no longer equip a second weapon.
- We have corrected an issue with players receiving very little warning of a server shutdown. Players should now receive a minimum warning of 30 minutes for a server shut down.
Sea of Thieves Update 1.03 Patch Notes: All Performance Fixes
- In response to reports of poor ping times in South America, we have now deployed Sea Of Thieves to a South American data center.
- Multiple server and client crash fixes.