Unstable Connection

@intact3443

Yes, I keep getting unstable connection as well.

Not entirely sure what’s going on.

Had the same a couple hours ago, never seen the Unstable Connection message before in all my time playing. I reckon it's the server I was on.

Same here. Seems to be worst when I have a chrime window open. Chrome window stops loading properly too. The moment I close SoT the chrome window loads and works normally again. Its like SoT stops internet working properly while it’s open.

Egalement une connexion instable depuis quelques jours ... Jamais eu auparavant (fibre) !

I'm also getting constant unstable connection notifications on EU servers. Unplayable for pvp :( Really hope they can fix this!!

I am having the same issue. This keeps happening for weeks now since the last season update. Pls Devs, can you help?

Hey guys, I had to update my video drivers. Thusfar I have had no issues. Hope this helps.

Yea, this happens to both me and my brother when we play, but the times I lag the most is when we do hourglass PvP.

i'm having the same problem here!

@intact3443

Had the same problem on my end since this new season. Practically unplayable most of the time. Hope they get this fixed asap. I am on Xbox Series S. Never had problems like this before. The rubber banding and lag is at an all time high

I'm even having unstable connection in safer seas. Just hopped on to chill and get loot, but trying to load up a storage crate and I get the symbol. Then I get on my sloop and start sorting cannon balls, wood, and food, and next thing I know, my ships underwater and I haven't even left port. I've been getting unstable connection for the past couple weeks and I'm on PS5. Idk if that makes a difference. Also using wired connection.

Yeah me too I have an unstable connection when I spawn with 100-70 ping for 5-7 fps and the bar that bugs, freezes etc (I have fiber)

still the same, happend to me and tried to restart my pc and everything but nothing helped, really hope they fix it soon.

Same just bought a new copy for my daughter to play and we have been experiencing this none stop.

I've never had this issue before, and have been playing since 2021 (on PC via Steam). Last night the game was unplayable with "unstable connection" in the top corner and profound lag and rubber-banding. However; when I stopped using the keyboard; and used my Xbox controller the game functioned. It seems that the connection is unstable while holding any keyboard input for more than a fraction of a second. Bizarre! And I have no idea how to address this; or where such an error came from!

The issue seems to be with the keyboard. Holding more than 1 second freezes the game / causes extreme lag spikes. It probably has to do with the fact that when you are holding down a key, it will input multiple times, probably overloading the server/game somehow. Hoping this gets fixed soon!

So the fix seems to be to activate "Filterkeys" in windows settings. This fixed the problem, but also wont let any keys repeat on your keyboard. So its more of a temporary fix, but its easy to toggle on and off at least.

The past two months we've been playing SoT at home: one of us is on laptop and the other on Xbox S. Constantly getting the "unstable connection" icon in the corner. We've been thinking it's our Verion Wireless Internet, but I'm seeing comments in this thread stating even with fiber connections they're having this particular issue. We've even tried taking a few of our devices off the wifi for when we play and considering switching internet provider but, if folks are having this problem hard-lined, maybe it's not our internet. Thanks for posting. -jj

After the last update the game is completely unplayable! Rubberbanding, lag and disconnecting all the time. Playing on a PS5, excellent wifi connection.

Pretty please devs, fix this ASAP!

I've had an urge lately to play some SoT myself (haven't played it for about a year or so), and decided to hop in with a friend on Safer Seas the other. Had a LOT of issues with the ship yeeting into the air several times during our 2-3 hour session. It also seemed to sink at a point too, but it just glitched out on us. We got the "Connection unstable" once or twice, but the issues happened without the warning as well.
Decided to hop on today on my own to chill on safer seas, and the session started with my ship disappearing, and then suddenly spawning ABOVE the island I spawn on after I accidentally accepted a tall tale (I saw book, thought it was a collectable, lol). Had less ship yeeting issues after that, but all of a sudden I got the connection warning, started lagging/rubberbanding, then got kicked off my session, with a bunch of loot still on my ship.

Needless to say, I don't have the urge to play the game anymore... And sadly I think some milder variation of this issue was the reason I stopped playing this game frequently in the first place...

From cutfrom4
"I've never had this issue before, and have been playing since 2021 (on PC via Steam). Last night the game was unplayable with "unstable connection" in the top corner and profound lag and rubber-banding. However; when I stopped using the keyboard; and used my Xbox controller the game functioned. It seems that the connection is unstable while holding any keyboard input for more than a fraction of a second. Bizarre! And I have no idea how to address this; or where such an error came from!"

From Great Taquz
"The issue seems to be with the keyboard. Holding more than 1 second freezes the game / causes extreme lag spikes. It probably has to do with the fact that when you are holding down a key, it will input multiple times, probably overloading the server/game somehow. Hoping this gets fixed soon!"

This is my issue as well. Something happened to us keyboard and mouse user that the keyboard and mouse function cause major rubber banding (Mine is more keyboard. When holding w for to long or shift. Holding interaction wheel etc.) in Sea of Thieves. When I use my controller no issues.

Same here im also getting it but the ping is incredibly high like im talking 200 to 300+ ping and its extremely annoying because this is happening everytime, hope the devs fix it asap because if this keeps up im probably just gonna delete the game.

PS5 here. Internet nothing special but enough to handle just about any other game with little to no lag.

1. High/Open seas is unavailable to me. The game will not connect to it. It cycles between "looking for server" and "connecting" for anywhere from 5 to 30 minutes and then gives me Cinnamon beard. This has been the case since I reinstalled it a few weeks ago.

2. I can play Safer Seas, but not without rubberbanding and ship yeeting.