Ahoy, Seafarers!
The lines are cast off, and Seafarer: The Ship Sim is officially leaving Early Access and setting sail into Full Release! ⚓
A lot of our focus over the past weeks has gone into getting Full Release ready, and we hope you'll find that many of your comments and the issues you raised have been addressed along the way.
Our work doesn't stop with today's release either. Further down, we'll also share what we're already working on for our first updates after launch.
But before heading to the Full Release content, we want to let you know:
Thank you for shaping Seafarer.
Early Access gave us the opportunity to build Seafarer alongside people who were willing to tell us very clearly what worked - and what didn't.
Your bug reports, suggestions, reviews, Steam discussions, Discord conversations, and other feedback have helped us identify problems and decide where our attention was needed most.
Please keep telling us what you encounter. You can share your feedback and bug reports here on Steam or join the conversation with us on Discord.
Whether you've been aboard since the beginning of Early Access or are setting sail for the first time today:
Thank you for being part of Seafarer.
Watch the launch trailer:
And now: here's what's new in Full Release. Eight new missions to discover
Your next assignment might start in a familiar harbour - or somewhere out on the open sea.
Four new main missions are available in harbours:
Flying Dutchman - Available in Crescentport once you reach the highest harbour reputation.
A Light on the Horizon - Available in Stettach.
Forbidden Freight - Available in Stettach once you reach the highest harbour reputation.
Eddy's Delivery Service - Available in Mettington, Crescentport, Stettach and Drachdelen
There are also four new side missions to discover while travelling the open sea:
Seal Appeal
Discord
A Sound Anomaly
Secrets of the Deep
Keep an eye out during your voyages. Not every new assignment begins at the harbour.
More rewarding voyages and earlier unlocks
We've rebalanced mission rewards, including increased rewards for special and campaign missions.
We've also moved two important career unlocks forward:
Fast Travel now unlocks at Level 1
Crew now becomes available at Level 2
This gives you earlier access to more of the systems available during your career.
Replay missions in Quickplay:
Finished a mission you'd like to play again?
All campaign missions and three special missions can now be replayed through Quickplay.
Once you have completed an eligible mission in single-player, it becomes available to revisit in Quickplay.
Return to a favourite assignment whenever you're ready.
Trading and cargo improvements
Trading and cargo handling have received a further balancing and improvement pass for Full Release.
Among the changes:
Harbour trading and the Free Trade economy have received further balancing for Full Release.
Automatically completing a Free Trade operation now calculates its price based on the remaining cargo, rather than using a fixed value.
Additional containers appearing during certain trade and unloading situations have been fixed.
Delivery items can now be placed correctly aboard the Big Trip and Nordic Duchess.
Several issues involving trade cancellation, partial cargo handling, cranes, and loading operations have been addressed.
Feedback has been improved when a trade cannot be started because another trade or shift is already active.
Fine-tune your vessel controls
You can now configure separate dead zones for steering and throttle, giving you more control over how your vessel responds to controller input.
On PC, Push-to-Talk can now be rebound, and we've corrected several input prompts and menu interactions.
Localisation improvements across all languages
We've reviewed and revised the localisation across all supported languages, improving wording and checking for consistent maritime terminology throughout the game.
This includes revisions to campaign text, system terminology, interface text, and several language-specific voice-over and text issues.
Full Release Fixes & Improvements
Alongside the new content and features, Full Release includes a wide range of fixes and improvements across missions, trading, multiplayer, UI, audio, performance, and stability.
Here are some of the most notable changes.
Mission blockers & stability fixes
Campaign & Mission Progression
Fixed a ship-switching blocker in Flying Dutchman and a crash in Forbidden Freight.
Fixed a freeze in Campaign Mission 2 and a dialogue crash caused by an invalid save state in Campaign Mission 5.
Adjusted collision on the mission vessel in Campaign Mission 6 to prevent a progression blocker.
Corrected the tutorial starting position and fixed the player's ship not returning to Crescentport at the end of Campaign Mission 1.
Fixed quest softlocks in small harbours and incorrect time restrictions preventing access to campaign missions, tutorials and all-day jobs.
Cargo & Mission Recovery
Fixed an LNG manifold blocker and an issue preventing the LNG arm from reconnecting after restarting a mission.
Fixed bulk unloading after loading a savegame and a crash when restoring a bulk/LNG mission while aboard the wrong vessel.
Fixed delivery items not being placeable aboard Big Trip and Nordic Duchess.
Fixed the target vessel being pulled underwater in Mission: Exchange and JumpIn.
Corrected movement, steering, ship-switching and NPC-spawning states when restoring mission vessels.
Multiplayer & Mission Crashes
Fixed players getting stuck in the Tug & Tow crouching animation or the rescue net in multiplayer.
Fixed crashes when returning to Salvation after using the rescue net, and when switching to an inspection vessel while another player was using a drone.
Fixed crashes when skipping time during an active shift, when a quest timer expired, when abandoning an active mission, and during LNG reward calculation.
Fixed a crash when raising or lowering the anchor during a Dry Bulk Goods Delivery job.
Additional mission & Quickplay improvements
Fixed a Quickplay loading issue after returning to the main menu.
Corrected an incorrect harbour marker and missing HUD elements during an escort mission.
Improved several mission routes, spawn positions, and Practice Course situations.
Updated tutorials around banking and Free Trade.
Trading & cargo
Fixed cases where additional containers could incorrectly appear during Free Trade or unloading.
Fixed situations that could prevent a Free Trade purchase from starting.
Addressed exploits and incorrect calculations when cancelling active trades.
Improved LNG recalculation and partial trade settlement.
Fixed cargo counting and loading-plan issues.
Improved crane behaviour and corrected several crane and vessel collision situations.
Fixed Bulk Cargo autocomplete behaviour in several situations.
Multiplayer
Fixed invisible containers appearing on other vessels.
Improved synchronisation for drones and binoculars.
Fixed inspection results and inspection interactions for clients.
Improved Fast Travel behaviour for multiplayer clients.
Fixed several docking and late-join synchronisation issues.
Improved replication of crew, ship interactions, horns, vessel physics, and other onboard systems.
Fixed Free Trade rewards not being correctly credited to clients.
Improved crane movement for multiplayer clients.
Fixed weather synchronisation issues affecting multiplayer sessions.
UI, controls & menus
Improved UI scaling and positioning in several screens.
Fixed notification marker display issues.
Improved keyboard, mouse, and controller navigation in the Fleet and Harbour menus.
Corrected several button prompts and input displays.
Extended the supported display length for player names.
Corrected several LNG, mission-result, and Job Log interface issues.
Audio & dialogue
Fixed overlapping dialogue and delayed dialogue playback in several sequences.
Improved dialogue and subtitle behaviour when pausing or skipping scenes.
Added and adjusted audio feedback for several interactions.
Corrected ship, wake and upgrade-related sounds.
Improved spatial audio for a number of multiplayer interactions.
Stability & performance
Fixed frame-rate drops during a Patrol Job.
Fixed a crash that could occur when activating the wipers through the Crew system.
Fixed a GPU crash that could occur when changing window mode while DLSS Frame Generation was enabled.
Improved mission-related loading behaviour.
Fixed an issue in the GPU wind simulation that could result in invalid calculations.
Steam & PC-specific fixes
Added restoration of previously unlocked Steam achievements.
Added new Steam achievement configuration.
Corrected the PC button prompt for placing waypoints on the sea map.
What happens next?
Full Release is an important milestone for us, but it is not the end of our work on Seafarer.
We already have additional improvements planned for our first update following release.
Week 1 - UX, guidance & campaign improvements
For our first post-release update, we are currently planning a broader quality-of-life and usability pass.
Our current focus includes:
Better pacing for Campaign Mission 1, improving the flow of the opening mission.
Further polish for Campaign Mission 6.
UX improvements across several game systems.
More tutorial cards, with clearer explanations and practical guidance to help you understand the game's different features and systems.
Auto-Travel for campaign missions, giving you the option to travel directly to the next harbour where your next campaign mission takes place.
These changes are not part of today's Full Release build and are currently planned for the first update following release.
We'll keep you informed as that update gets closer.
Thank you for being part of this journey and as always fair winds and following seas.
Now, step aboard, take the helm and enjoy Seafarer in Full Release!
Your Seafarer Team
