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Maintenance 19th May - Various Fixes & Stability Improvements

Captains, a Skull and Bones maintenance incoming 🛠️ 📅 Tuesday 19th May ⏰ 8AM CEST / 4PM AET / 11PM PT (18 MAY) ⏳~ 2h 🔧 Check out the Patch Notes here ⬇️ Fixes and Improvements Achievements and Challenges Fixed an iss

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What changed

7 fixes1 addition7 changes0 removals
  • Fixes
  • UI and audio
  • Gameplay
  • Performance
  • Balance
  • Events
fixedAchievements and ChallengesFixed an issue where the seasonal achievement " Hand of Judgement " failed to update after opening a Bloodied Strongbox.
fixedContractsFixed an issue where the " Apex Hunter " and " Lord of the Seas " contracts failed to appear in the journal after being accepted from Blackwood.
fixedContractsFixed an issue where the Plaguehunter failed to spawn during "The Pursuing Plague" contract unless the player disembarked and set sail again.
fixedHelm EmpireFixed an issue where players had no access to the Helm Empire and no ships were spawning for the Rogue Hunt.
fixedStabilityFixed an issue where SR30 AI ships were spawning incorrectly during Safeguard and Fort Defense events in World Tiers 2 and 3 when the player's ship rank was 30.
fixedUI/UXFixed an issue where a debug string was visible in the war assets tooltip of the Extraction event rewards section.

Skull and Bones changes

fixedFixed an issue where the seasonal achievement " Hand of Judgement " failed to update after opening a Bloodied Strongbox.
fixedFixed an issue where the " Apex Hunter " and " Lord of the Seas " contracts failed to appear in the journal after being accepted from Blackwood.
fixedFixed an issue where the Plaguehunter failed to spawn during "The Pursuing Plague" contract unless the player disembarked and set sail again.
fixedFixed an issue where players had no access to the Helm Empire and no ships were spawning for the Rogue Hunt.
fixedFixed an issue where SR30 AI ships were spawning incorrectly during Safeguard and Fort Defense events in World Tiers 2 and 3 when the player's ship rank was 30.

Captains, a Skull and Bones maintenance incoming 🛠️

📅 Tuesday 19th May

⏰ 8AM CEST / 4PM AET / 11PM PT (18 MAY)

⏳~ 2h

🔧 Check out the Patch Notes here ⬇️

Fixes and Improvements

Achievements and Challenges

  • Fixed an issue where the seasonal achievement "Hand of Judgement" failed to update after opening a Bloodied Strongbox.

Contracts

  • Fixed an issue where the "Apex Hunter" and "Lord of the Seas" contracts failed to appear in the journal after being accepted from Blackwood.

  • Fixed an issue where the Plaguehunter failed to spawn during "The Pursuing Plague" contract unless the player disembarked and set sail again.

Helm Empire

  • Fixed an issue where players had no access to the Helm Empire and no ships were spawning for the Rogue Hunt.

Stability

  • Fixed an issue where SR30 AI ships were spawning incorrectly during Safeguard and Fort Defense events in World Tiers 2 and 3 when the player's ship rank was 30.

UI/UX

  • Fixed an issue where a debug string was visible in the war assets tooltip of the Extraction event rewards section.

  • Fixed an issue where input became unresponsive after switching to Steam Deck and accepting cloud saves on the "Press Any Key to Start" screen.

Verdant Hunt Event

From Week 1 to Week 6 players have a chance to obtain a “Verdant Hunt’s Chest” from the following Domains:

  • Domains: Philippe La Peste, The Hubac Twins, Li Tian Ning, Vikram Rajan and Rode Maangodin (No World Tier Restrictions)

  • Mythics: La Peste and Vikram Rajan

  • "Verdant Hunt’s Chests" contain cosmetics from the brand new "Bohemian" and "Jade Prowler" sets.

Known Issues

Server Crashes

We want to acknowledge the server crashes and disconnects many captains ran into last week.

Thanks to your reports, we were able to deploy two emergency maintenances addressing the primary causes of these issues.

Should you encounter any issues, please raise it on Bug Reporter:

https://www.ubisoft.com/en-us/game/skull-and-bones/bug-reporter

Weekly Highlights

Looking for the latest across the Indian Ocean this week? We've got you covered ⬇️

Source

Steam News / 18 May 2026

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