As there is already a similar post/thread as mentioned above we will go ahead and drop anchor on this one and recommend that additional responses happen there. Thank you.

@potatosord
I prefer regular dig message in bottles. I do not like coral messages because when I play solo, i gotta go to a shrine, and that leaves me ship unattended. Although i do agree, smuggler bottle are much too frequent.

@metal-ravage said in Please fix bottle quests:

@potatosord Well everyone should have a chance to complete Smugglers, let's hope all will return to normal at the end of this season!

As already said in yesterday's thread with the same topic ( https://www.seaofthieves.com/community/forums/topic/182477/smuggler-bottles-should-be-rarer ), Smuggler's Bottles only give loot you can also find consistently in Skeleton ships along the Smuggler's Route. You can also get them from Smuggler's stashes, some shipwrecks and some emergent skeleton ships. The latter have been nerfed to normal levels after Season 17 as promised. Smuggler's bottles weren't, despite giving no commendations or achievements for doing them specifically.

There is literally no reason to keep the spawn rate so high, as it actively locks you from content exclusive to regular bottle quests.

Maybe they gain some worth with the new Black Market, but currently they just remove all surprise and excitement that other bottle quests brought.

@potatosord Well everyone should have a chance to complete Smugglers, let's hope all will return to normal at the end of this season!