The game has been updated, and with it, the Christmas event is now available! Time to hunt for seahorses!

We previously covered the Christmas event in the post below. If you missed it, be sure to check it out!https://eo.steamhost.cc/news/app/2948190/view/526488109198606658?l=english

Now, let's move on to the update's changelog:

• The ability to preview designs has been added to every menu that allows their purchase

• A button for submitting a bug report has been added to the main menu

• Ship equipment presets are now saved separately for each server

• Removed the event related to hunting legendary NPS

• Christmas-themed visual changes

• Timezone used on NA1 server changed to UTC-8

The crew's satiety bonus has been changed. It now provides:

• Speed ​​bonus up to +5%

• Consumable reload speed bonus up to +5%

• Repair speed bonus up to +12%

• Aiming speed bonus up to +8%

• Weapon reload speed bonus up to +5%

Additional changes have been made to the requirements for installing upgrades. The following upgrades no longer require battle marks; those have been replaced with other resources:

• Lightweight Hull

• Double Hold

• Iron Plating

• Strong Beams

• Teak Frames

• Advanced Gun Carriages

"Emergency Powder Charge" and "Strong Beams" have been moved to the "Unusual" category. Every upgrade in the "Unusual" category apart from "Strong Beams" will now require battle marks for installing. 

We are also continuing to adjust our regional pricing policy. The UAH exchange rate in the standalone client and Steam one will now be the same: 0.7 hryvnia per coin (instead of the previous 0.6 in the client and 0.8 on Steam).

Fixes:

• Fixed an issue where installing the "Sturdy Frames" upgrade via a preset would not automatically restore ship durability

• When a personal island is destroyed, resources from it will now be transferred to the ship's hold

• Crafting time tooltip in the Workshop window is no longer constantly displayed

• Fixed an incorrect display of the "Horn of Plenty" achievement in the Balloon info panel

• Fixed an issue where a deleted guild could remain in the list of trusted guilds

• Fixed an issue with the tutorial mission "War academy" where players would see negative progress in the "Play 10 Arena battles" quest if the battles were played before receiving the quest

• Fixed an incorrect tooltip for captured NPS after completing a mode

• Fixed an issue where captured NPS would not display correctly when PvP protection was active and the player was inside the danger zone

• Cannon balls can once again be selected by clicking on the icon

To celebrate our year-ender, we will be running a Discord event where you'll be tasked to design Christmas Tree ornaments! We'll provide you with the "shells" to design. If your ornament gets chosen, you could win up to 2,000 Coins!

Join our Discord so you don't miss out when it starts: https://discord.com/invite/3XJyVctcTd

Venturing into once-unknown waters has made our crew a little weary from its pursuit of knowledge and treasure. While sugar and rum would be adequate gifts to receive, we'd love nothing more than support from our fellow Captains beyond our spyglasses!

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The B18 update has been uploaded to the servers. Check out the changelog below:

• Southampton (Transport, rate V.)

• Iberia (Fast-moving, rate III.)

• Three Hierarchs (Heavy, rate IV.)

• Montanes (Battle, rank II.)

• A New Year's Chest added to the Store

• Arena store changes:

• Added new items and Season Two designs

• Decreased prices of lanterns, consumables, and valuables. XP lot price is increased

• Every Captain's Seal lot now contains twice as many days for the same price

• Increased rewards for Arena battles

• It's now possible to purchase a ship design in Arena store even while not owning the ship it's used with

• Once certain ammo type is fully depleted, it's now automatically switched to another one present in the hold

• "Legend and Tools" section of the map now displays how much resources is present in a port's trading house

• Updated the Gray Island port model

• The "Trade" faction quest limit increased from 8 million to 15 million

• Installing the best sails on low-ranking ships no longer requires voodoo skulls

• Installing most upgrades no longer requires battle marks

• Made changes to the cost of upgrading mines and manufactories. Upgrading to level 3 now costs gold, and upgrading to level 4 now costs more resources

• Fog zones are now slightly smaller, but will appear more frequently

• The game now fully supports IME input

• Guild delivery mission no longer grants a durability boost to the ship carrying the goods

Vasa

• Maneuverability decreased from 68 to 64

Red Arrow

• Speed decreased from 9,1 to 8,6

Deadfish

• Speed decreased from 6,8 to 6,6

• Armor decreased from 8,2 to 8

Axel Thorsen

• Speed increased from 9,5 to 9,8

• Updated the equipment presets window

• Updated the cargo hold window when at sea

• Updated the Arena reward icons

• Updated the Arena scoreboard animation

• Improved the immersive UI mode (F4 key): the UI will now appear when camera is close to the ship

• Fixed the algorithm used for selecting starting points for Tavern quests. This should prevent situations where such points are generated in inaccessible locations

• Fixed a client crash when exiting the game using the "Close" button in the Steam window

• Fixed a client crash when exiting a port

• Fixed an issue that prevented characters from some languages ​​from being displayed and used in the game

• Fixed an issue preventing access to owned ship designs when selecting certain localizations

• Fixed the Legendary Flags' bonus to earning battle marks when in open world

• Fixed an issue where experience was not counted towards unlocking an upgrade slot when purchasing a bundle containing it

• Fixed a bug that caused the goods to remain in the hold when cancelling a Transport quest from the Tavern

Venturing into once-unknown waters has made our crew a little weary from its pursuit of knowledge and treasure. While sugar and rum would be adequate gifts to receive, we'd love nothing more than support from our fellow Captains beyond our spyglasses!

https://eo.steamhost.cc/app/2948190/World_of_Sea_Battle/