Patch (1.11.3) - May 10th, 2021

• Bugfix: Fixed an issue that prevented players to shoot cannons while docking
• Optimization: Minor optimization

Patch (1.11.2) - May 5th, 2021

• Gold: Dropping gold amounts from sinked boats have been balanced to avoid abuse
• Fishing: There is now a chance to catch bigger fishes or whales
• Fishing: Value is now proportional to the fish size
• Hitbox: Hitboxes are now bigger, will be further improved soon, to properly fit the boats
• Bugfix: Verification email when registering should now work properly
• Bugfix: Fixed an issue that caused the fishing rod to sometimes loot the same item multiple times

Patch (1.11.1) - May 2nd, 2021

• Performance: Multiple performance optimizations, client should now perform better (FPS), more coming soon
• Bandwith: Data download reduced
• Bugfix: Fixed the rotation spinning/linear movement issue when undocking and tabbing out

Patch (1.11.0) - April 29th, 2021

• Smoothing: Most objects movements are now smoother
• Physics: Better physics when walking on a boat or island
• Bugfix: Players no longer start flying when buying a boat and wearing fishing rod
• Bugfix: Players no longer walk on water
• Improvement: Players no longer float above the boats
• Improvement: Players can now properly walk on their docked boat
• Testing: Player movement is a bit faster, might revert
• Moderation: Unbanned everyone
• Note: This is my first update and I rewrote a lot of stuff everywhere in the code, please report bugs/issues in the discord. Also refresh your browser cache if you're stuck with the old version.

News - April 20th, 2021

• New Developer: Hello seadogs! Krew.io just changed hands, I acquired the game from the previous owner and I plan to give it some love in the upcoming weeks/months (it needs it). My focus will be on better anti-cheat protection, smoother networking, optimizations, better UI and of course, more fun content. I will get back to work now, thank you for being part of the Krew community and for your trust. A lot of great things are planned. — Black Beard

Patch (1.10.5) - April 18th, 2021

• Change: Removed pre-roll ad

Patch (1.10.4) - April 12th, 2021

• Improvement: The clan leaderboard has been reworked. The leaderboard has been simplified by making only the sum of the highscore of all the members of a clan.

Patch (1.10.3) - April 3th, 2021

• New: Removed the april fool event.
• Improvement: Minor UI Change.
• Balance: Trader 2 is available on all islands.
• Balance: Destroyer 3 is only available in Jamaica.
• Balance: Remove trading conditions for buying a demolisher.

Patch (1.10.2) - April 1st, 2021

• New: April fool event.

Patch (1.10.1) - March 18th, 2021

• New: Show the clan leaderboard. Order the clans according to the gold accumulated by each seadog since they joined the Krew.

Patch (1.10.0) - March 13th, 2021

• Improvement: Revamped sligthy the UI
• Improvement: New Raft model

Patch (1.9.1) - March 5th, 2021

• Bugfix: Fixed audio timing for shooting the cannon
• Improvement: Swapped new island music track with the old ocean music track, decreased timeout for ending battle music, increased cooldown on fishing rod, and kill messages are now hidden when the UI is hidden

Audio Update (1.9.0) - March 4th, 2021

• New: Added battle music, another ocean music track, and another island music track
• Bugfix: Fixed island and ocean music not being properly switched, and sound effects not always playing due to the file already being played
• Improvement: Music now fades between tracks, Raft and Plank masts are now separate from their bodies, and Plank now has a sail

Minor Patch (1.8.0b) - March 2nd, 2021

• Bugfix: Fixed Titanium barrel not having any effects, Bruiser not appearing in the shop, and issues with boat previews in the shop and in Staff UI

Staff UI Update (1.8.0) - March 1st, 2021

• New: Added Staff UI
• Bugfix: Fixed buttons in the Krew list modal
• Improvement: Nerfed Titanium Barrel, buffed Blue Gunpowder, increased Demolisher price, removed item rarity, and items are now sorted alphabetically in the shop

Patch (1.7.3) - February 27th, 2021

• Bugfix: Fixed toolbar not having any orange borders to indicate selected tool until switching tools
• Improvement: Improved bank and shop sizes, modified compiling client side code, and small performance improvements

Patch (1.7.2) - February 24th, 2021

• New: Added "U" hotkey for toggling the game UI, an orange border now shows around the selected tool in the experience panel, and added Titanium barrel
• Bugfix: Fixed keybinds being initiated before joining the game, and issues with the Calm Spirit model
• Improvement: Improved the Trader and Black Oyster models, moved game settings to it's own tab in the ship status modal, made more of the UI responsive to the viewport size, and updated the help menu

Minor Patch (1.7.1b) - February 22nd, 2021

• Bugfix: Fixed captain hat obstructing first person view, and item descriptions showing incorrect stats
• Improvement: Increased Demolisher price

Patch (1.7.1) - February 21st, 2021

• New: Added adjustable zoom with the spyglass (Scrolling)
• Bugfix: Rewrote saving to WOF to resolve issues, and fixed the help menu appearing by typing "H" in certain text fields
• Improvement: Buffed Demolisher, nerfed Drifter, and modified cargo prices

Minor Patch (1.7.0b) - February 18th, 2021

• Bugfix: Fixed edge cases with WOF scores not saving, and players being unable to be unmuted
• Improvement: Ships now only drop 1/2 of their gold instead of 2/3, increased Drifter price to 400k, and increased allowed timeout length to help prevent disconnects

More New Models Update (1.7.0) - February 17th, 2021

• New: New Trader and Destroyer models, added the ability to set sail visibility in game settings, added the Commodore skin, and added the Ship Master hat
• Bugfix: Fixed boat labels being at incorrect heights, random fishing lines in the sea not being removed, scores not saving to the Wall of Fame, account game settings not being set properly, the tab key selecting elements instead of traversing different chats, and the game over screen
• Improvement: Boats, Traders, and Destroyers now scale their size based on their revision, sunken ships now drop 2/3 of their gold infinitely instead of being capped at 300k, days now last for 20 minutes and nights last for 10 minutes, made night slightly brighter, modified ship stats, modified item stats, and improved chat colors

New Models Update (1.6.0) - February 14th, 2021

• New: New Boat model, added hats to player customization, added Skeleton skin, added Helper and Designer in game roles, Krew mates now have a unique chat color, and clan mates and Krew mates now have unique player label colors
• Bugfix: Fixed players who abandon a Krew showing with the captain color in chat, players sinking into ships when on low HP, and issues with item shop showing incorrect equipped items
• Improvement: Modified cargo prices, modified chat colors, modified main page button colors, and improved socket connections to avoid disconnects

Patch (1.5.1) - February 11th, 2021

• Bugfix: Fixed game inputs on typing in text fields, tools being used when clicking in menus, bank balance values, the cannon icon on death messages not being shown, and menus extending beyond the bottom of the screen
• Improvement: Modified cargo prices and more UI and performance improvements

Client Rewrite Update (1.5.0) - February 10th, 2021

This update is a rewrite of Krew's client side code. Not all changes/improvements are shown below.

• New: Added back the palm tree at Jamaica and added an FOV slider in game settings
• Bugfix: Fixed fishing hook alignment and numerous console errors
• Improvement: Improved console logging, UI improvements, removed spyglass vignette, spyglass can now see ship labels at all distances, spyglass can now look up, added all ships to buying ship quests, decreased asset sizes for faster load times, and multiple other performance improvements

Minor Patch (1.4.2b) - January 27th, 2021

• Bugfix: Fixed whitespace detection on username creation

Patch (1.4.2) - January 27th, 2021

• Bugfix: Fixed email verification system

Minor Patch (1.4.1c) - January 13th, 2021

• Bugfix: Fixed ads

Minor Patch (1.4.1b) - January 12th, 2021

• Bugfix: Fixed players not receiving a raft when spawning on islands

Patch (1.4.1) - January 11th, 2021

• Bugfix: Fixed incorrect player rotation on the minimap on islands and fixed projectiles, particles, and nametags showing water through boats
• Improvement: Improved water movement, buffed spyglass, tweaked player nametag position, improved lighting, increased player triangle size on the minimap, updated tutorial video link, updated socials, modified scrollbars, and minor performance improvements

Minor Patch (1.4.0b) - January 9th, 2021

• Bugfix: Patched register VPN detection
• Improvement: Tweaked front page

Graphics Overhaul Phase 1 (1.4.0) - January 9th, 2021

• New: Completely remade water and modified sun lighting
• Improvement: Increased client performance

Patch (1.3.1) - January 7th, 2021

• New: Added Steel Reinforced Planks and Advanced Toolkit items, and added the Krewmate skin
• Bugfix: Fixed players sometimes spawning in islands when selected to spawn on the sea, and fixed clan markers (Attention to the map!)
• Improvement: Added preview for the Seafox skin in player customization, switched moderator display name from "[Mod]" to "[Staff]", updated wiki link, and changed silk price in Philippines to 200 instead of 125

Map Update (1.3.0) - January 6th, 2021

• New: Expanded and remade map with 5 new islands, added Seafox skin, and added 3 new types of goods; gems, sugar, and bananas
• Bugfix: Fixed music and quality account settings not being set correctly
• Improvement: Ping stat now shows if your connection was lost

Customization Update (1.2.0) - January 3rd, 2021

• New: Added player customization, ping and FPS stats, and titanium barrel
• Bugfix: Fixed boundaries on QBJ, QBJ2, Raider, and Fortune Trader, and fixed more clan bugs
• Improvement: Improved graphics and increased player limit to 250 players/server

Minor Patch (1.1.0b) - January 1st, 2021

• Bugfix: Fixed random disconnects and admin commands
• Improvement: Buffed Black Oyster speed, regeneration, cargo, and health

New Years Update (1.1.0) - January 1st, 2021

• New: Added Nitro Peg and 4 new ships; Junkie, Raider, Black Oyster, and Fortune Trader
• Bugfix: Fixed abandoning ship on islands
• Improvement: Made clan data responsive to cold storage rather than hot memory and added more commands for Krew staff

Minor Patch (1.0.2b) - December 30th, 2020

• Bugfix: Fixed another cargo exploit, video ads, issues with player and clan data, and false positives on whitespace detection for creating usernames

Patch (1.0.2) - December 29th, 2020

• New: Added ability for users to set a default Krew name and default game settings in the manage account panel, and added clan tags to chat
• Bugfix: Fixed invite links (again), bugs with clans, join Krew messages, captains unable to boot players from their Krew on islands, abandon ship, joining a random Krew, and tempbans

Patch (1.0.1) - December 26th, 2020

• New: Added reCAPTCHA on register and chat auto-scroll
• Bugfix: Fixed cargo exploit, invite links, and false positives on multi-tab detection
• Improvement: Added 24 hour cooldown on changing username/email

Christmas Update (1.0.0) - December 25th, 2020

• New: Brand new login, added christmas tree, snowman, and santa hat.
• Bugfix: Fixed bank, fixed clans, fixed graphical glitches
• Improvement: Buffed firerate, buffed Sinker's Gloves, improved UI, changed staff appearance