7.0

Released - December 27, 2018
 * Added a new event cosmetic, . Permanent skin with 10 applicable uses. Can be purchased from Cosmetic Vendors in Freeports or Travelling Merchants. From the 27th of December, through til the 2nd of January, wearing this hat whilst digging up treasure will result in double the gold.
 * Improved server performance by adjusting server water thread utilization
 * Changed declaim period (stealing enemy territory) to 30 minutes from 1.5 hours (requires they have no alive crew or players in the vicinity)
 * Removed requirement to be on a boat to steal someone's boat after placing the claim flag. Adjusted base value times to claim the boats to be 1 one minute to steal a dinghy, 2hrs~ to steal a raft, a couple of hours to steal sloop, and so forth (leveling a ship increases the time it takes to steal that ship).
 * Rebalanced Skill Point requirements as originally intended, where higher tier skills cost more SP. Forced a one-time 'free' respec to use these new values.
 * "Low Memory" Launch Option for more reliable <= 8GB OS support. Launch the game with  to utilize this!
 * Ship collision damage is now disabled on Freeport servers.
 * Alpha creature spawns are now disabled on Freeport and Lawless Servers.
 * Item yield and Gold yield from Treasure have been doubled
 * Significantly reduced Torch and Fire Arrow Damage
 * Fixed a bug which prevented resources from respawning. Please note when this update goes live, it may be a few hours until they naturally start appearing again.
 * Diving Attachment now accepts all types of oil
 * Increased the damage from Dragon Fire AOE and set it to an 8-hour tame time with the token
 * Equilibrium Buff now gives +20% XP, -20% reduced incoming damage, +30 temperature fortitude, +10% movement speed, +20% melee damage, and takes 30 minutes to achieve rather than an hour.
 * Fixed a bug which prevented Bottles and Flotsams from spawning
 * Fixed a bug ocean and deep ocean spawners, including Mermaids, Whales, Ship of the Damned, and Squids.
 * NPC crew that are recruited in Freeport are now correctly assigned to your team.
 * Fixed Shovels and Heavy Shields so they no longer damage stone structures
 * All freeports now have pirate music in town
 * Scuttling is now tied to the demolishing tribe governance setting and Prevent Demolishing Structures in Group Management Settings
 * Group ranks now enabled on seating structures, so you're able to have better control of who is able to use those (Steering Wheel and Lt Podium)
 * PvE Claim Flag contesting now displays the enemy Claim Flag's upkeep time remaining before you can contest it, and provides a proper HUD message to that effect.