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Multiplayer
Weapons
- Panzerfaust
- Panzerfaust has been modified to be more effective against Spy Planes and Counter Spy Planes
- Splash damage kills from the Panzerfaust launcher will now count towards Longshots
- Welgun
- Fixed a bug affecting two attachments for the Welgun, causing it to overperform
Bundles
- Attack on Titan Bundle
- The Ultrahard Steel MVP Highlight no longer shows the wrong animation in the preview
- Enjoy the Retreat
- The Demo Kit Blueprint for the Type 100 no longer blocks visibility when ADS-ing with a 3-6x scope
Equipment
- Incendiary Grenade
- Smoke has been reduced (change implemented Jan 31)
Private Matches
- Search and Destroy
- Silent Plant option now works in Private Matches
Multiplayer
Stability
- On Xbox, improvements have been made to reduce instances of crashing when loading into a match from Quick Play, Feature Playlists, and Private Matches
Bug Fixes
- On Xbox, a bug was fixed that resulted in controller settings switching to Mouse and Keyboard after a controller disconnect
- Fixed a bug that resulted in the game sometimes crashing during the MVP voting sequence
- Fixed an issue in which nameplates would occasionally not display on enemies
Campaign
Bug Fixes
- The achievement “Ticket Please” can now be unlocked
- In Stalingrad, players will no longer get caught in a death loop if they take too long to get the sewer
- Fixed a bug in Operation Tonga that would sometimes result in a freeze and crash when shooting an enemy in the field
- Fixed a progression blocker in which Misha would become unresponsive
Multiplayer
Spawns
- Paradise
- Spawns on Paradise have been adjusted to address community feedback after players reported spawning next to enemies
- Fixed a spawn resulting in the player falling through the map
- Added invisible collision to prevent spawn trapping from one spawn point to the other
Perks
- Fortified
- Fortified now adds protection from the following:
- Mortar Barrage
- Warmachine
- Flamenaut Explosions
- Ammo Box Explosions
- Gammon Bombs
- Satchel Charges
- Fortified no longer protects against the following:
- Goliath
- Glide Bomb
- Bombing Run
- Fire Bombing Run
- Direct hits from launchers
- Fortified now adds protection from the following:
Cold Blooded
- Cold Blooded now protects against dogs
Weapons & Attachments
- "Summoning" reticle from Graveyard Shift Bundle is now visible in Gunsmith
- Fixed a bug resulting in Subsonic unintentionally disabling Ghost
- Fixed a bug where weapon icons were showing up on interactable objects such as doors
UI/VFX
- Fixed a bug that resulted in the player appearing to be on fire, even when no damage was being dealt
Private Match
- Addressed an issue in Control where the match would end prematurely when a Codcaster disconnected
Zombies
Artifacts
- Addressed an issue where Ring of Fire Tier II dealt inconsistent damage
- An upgraded Ring of Fire's damage no longer causes damage to zombies above or below the placed ring
- Ring of Fire's damage now scales correctly per level
- Addressed an issue where kills with Artifacts would charge the Artifact for an additional use
Multiplayer
Bug Fixes
- Weapons
- Longshots now count when achieved through Incendiary Round's damage over time
- When previewing the Welgun after unlocking Challenges in Multiplayer, the Welgun is no longer missing challenge details
- Corrected unintended behavior with Buck and Slug, which resulted in players getting headshot bonuses when shooting limbs
- Perks
- Players with the Fortified Perk are no longer immune to any fire damage including Flamenaut and Incendiary Grenade
- Killstreaks
- Fixed an issue where some players would not retain their Killstreaks in between rounds
- Users can no longer gain infinite ammo with a Killstreak bug exploit
Weapon Balancing
- Shotguns
- Akimbo Double Barrel Shotgun
- Damage has been reduced
- Akimbo Double Barrel Shotgun
- Attachments
- Buck and Slug
- Range has been reduced
- Buck and Slug
Adjusted CDL Recipes with the following:
- Match start timer is now 30 seconds
- Removed FMJ from Restricted List
- Respawn Delay Timer set to 3.5 seconds
- Suicide Respawn Delay Timer set to 4.5 seconds
- Added Incendiary Grenades to Restricted List
- Added Bombing Run to Restricted List
- All Killstreaks, except Artillery Strike and Cruise Missile, are restricted and not able to be used while in Ranked matches
Zombies
- Artifacts
- Addressed an issue that could occasionally prevent the player's Artifact from working properly after using a Self-Revive.
- Support
- Addressed an issue where Support weapons could provide infinite ammo.
Multiplayer
Bug Fixes
- Champion Hill: Addressed issue where a player's cash UI could freeze after a teammate disconnect making upgrades unavailable
- 3-Line Rifle: Reload now works with the ZF4 3.5X Rifle Scope equipped
- CDL ruleset has been updated for Private Matches
Zombies
Bug Fixes
- Stability: Addressed a stability issue in "Der Anfang" related to the
Purge Objective. - Audio: Addressed issues with certain voiceover triggers
Multiplayer
Stability
- Several sources of packet burst have been identified and resolved
- Several sources of Multiplayer crash errors have been identified and resolved
- Xbox Series X players will no longer experience game crashing with CDN setting enabled
- Playing with keyboard and mouse will no longer result in ‘controller needed’ message
Spawns
- Spawn logic has been tuned to improve small maps with higher player counts
- Adjusted spawn logic for Domination on Dome
- Spawns in Control mode have been significantly adjusted to:
- Prevent out-of-map spawns on Tuscan
- Prevent spawning in the enemy’s line-of-sight on Bocage
- Prevent players from spawning directly on teammates
Weapons & Equipment: Bug Fixes
- Attack / Guard Dog kills now count towards Panzerfaust Camo Challenges
- STG "Reptilian" Camo Weapon Challenge is now tracking Bloodthirsty kills
- STG "Predatory" Camo Weapon Challenge is now tracking Multikills
- Katana unlock Challenge is now tracking properly
- 3-Line Rifle can now be reloaded with the ZF4 3.5X Rifle Scope equipped
- Addressed an issue that prevented the "Kill an Enemy While They Have a Spy Plane Active 5 Times" challenge from tracking in the Counter Measures career challenges
- Player selected camos will now appear during the match intro sequence
- Locked Camos and attachments can no longer be swapped onto unlocked weapons
- A bug resulting in missing Post-Match Flow has been fixed
- A bug resulting in Type 100 Blueprint “Thunderhead” being invisibly in the pre-match countdown has been fixed
Weapons & Equipment: Balancing Changes
- Weapons
- M1 Garand
- Reduced Recoil
- Type 99
- Reduced Aim Flinch
- Reduced ADS Time
- Retain One Shot Kill potential for chest shots when smaller caliber ammo is used
- 3-Line Rifle
- Reduced ADS Time
- Kar98
- Retain One Shot Kill potential for chest shots when smaller caliber ammo is used
- M1 Garand
- Ammo
- Bolt-Action Hollow Points
- Removed damage range penalties
- Bolt-Action Hollow Points
- Equipment
- Stun Grenade
- Reduced Stun Grenade damage in Hardcore modes
- Reduced how long players are affected by Stun Grenades
- Incendiary Grenade
- Damage has been reduced
- Stun Grenade
- Killstreaks
- Mortar Barrage
- Duration of Mortar Strike has been reduced
- Number of Mortar Strikes per streak has been reduced
- Addressed issue where Mortar Barrage deployment was inconsistent
- Mortar Barrage
- Perks
- High Alert
- Slight delay added before Perk activates after being seen by an enemy
- Dauntless
- Gives immunity to fire and burning effects including Incendiary Rounds, Flamenaut, and lingering fire on the ground
- Fortified
- Reduces fire damage taken by 30%
- Reduces excessive damage of all explosives
- High Alert
Maps
- Polish pass to improve and fix player collision issues with map environments
- Overall polish pass on Destructibles throughout all maps
UI/UX
- "Seasonal Challenge" menu is now present in the Challenges tab
- Players will no longer experience visual rank swapping between players in Private Matches
- The Objective progression bar will no longer clips into reticles
- Unintended distortion of MVP images has been fixed
- The continuous post-game level-up animation when players reach Prestige 3 has been fixed
- Store: menu navigation has improved when viewing and toggling between Bundles
Zombies
Survival Gameplay
- Void
- Survival gameplay comes to “Shi No Numa” in the Void, accessed from Von List’s Office in Stalingrad.
- Rounds are advanced by defeating increasingly difficult endless waves of zombies, rather than by completing Objectives.
- After completing 3 rounds in the Void, players must choose to Flee or Survive. Choosing Survive continues to spawn waves of zombies until players choose to escape, or if the game ends when all players go down.
- Players earn 5,000 bonus Essence for every 3 rounds completed in the Void.
- After surviving 12 rounds in the Void, players earn a reward that prevents Perks from dropping below Tier II upon going down for the rest of the match.
- The Pack-a-Punch machine is available in “Shi No Numa” when in the Void.
- Players can return to Stalingrad to upgrade their Perks, Covenants, and Artifacts after surviving 3 rounds in the Void, and can return to the Void at any time.
Locations
- Von List’s Office
- Explore this previously closed-off area of Stalingrad to discover new narrative intel and the portal to the Void.
New Feature
- Tome of Rituals
- Invest Sacrificial Hearts at the new Tome of Rituals to upgrade Artifacts up to four tiers in-game.
Artifact Upgrades
- Frost Blast
- Tier I – Freezes normal and Special enemies for 3 seconds once they have been in the Frost Blast zone for 0.5 second.
- Tier II – Increases the Frost Blast radius by 100%.
- Tier III – Increases the number of charges from 1 to 3.
- Tier IV – Frozen normal enemies are insta-killed when damaged.
- Energy Mine
- Tier I – Stuns normal and Special enemies hit by Energy Mine for 3 seconds.
- Tier II – Explodes 3 times in a row with a 0.75 second delay between explosions.
- Tier III – Increases the number of charges from 1 to 3.
- Tier IV – Increases the explosion radius by 66%.
- Aether Shroud
- Tier I – Automatically reload weapons when activated.
- Tier II – Deal 500% bonus melee damage while active.
- Tier III – Gain 50% move speed while active. Duration extended from 5 seconds to 8 seconds.
- Tier IV – Increases the number of charges from 1 to 2.
- Ring of Fire
- Tier I – Normal enemies inside the ring take damage equal to 2% of their max HP every second.
- Tier II – Players within the ring use ammo from stock.
- Tier III – Staying within the ring for up to 10 seconds increases the duration from 15 seconds to 20 seconds.
- Tier IV – Staying within the ring for up to 10 seconds increases your damage bonus from +50% to +75%.
Pack-a-Punch Camos
- Three unique camos added to the Pack-a-Punch machine.
- Weapon camo will now change in appearance with each Pack-a-Punch upgrade up to Tier III.
- Pre-Packed loot weapons will display Pack-a-Punch camos after being picked up from Sturmkreigers or the Mystery Box.
Weapons
- Combat Shield
- Now available in Zombies loadouts and the Mystery Box.
- Mitigates a portion of damage from the direction the player is facing when raised. Cannot break.
- Protects the player’s back from partial rear damage when stowed.
Weapon Unlock Challenges
- New weapon unlock challenges added to Zombies for the Katana melee weapon and new Welgun SMG via Create-a-Class:
- Katana: In Zombies, get 5 rapid kills with a Melee weapon during 50 different Portal Objectives.
- Welgun: In Zombies, get 5 rapid Critical Kills with an SMG during 50 different Portal Objectives.
Support Weapons
- Warmachine and Deathmachine now available in the Support tab at the Crafting Table.
Multiplayer
Stability
Using Daniel's alternative skin will no longer crash the game
Seasonal Challenges
Progression for Seasonal Challenges is now visible, active, and tracking
Weapons
Bug Fixes
Riot Shield now blocks front-facing damage and bullets will not penetrate
The Firefight Blueprint has been fixed to remove light coming from the front end of the barrel and parts of the optic
Kar98K Hunter incentive skin no longer causes the gun to aim down the iron sights instead of the attached scope
Top Break muzzles no longer jump on reload
Corrected Loadouts using 7 Round Mags so the total ammo count is divisible by 7
Addressed multiple issues with charms in a QOL pass
Weapon animations have been polished and some glitches have been resolved
Balancing
Challenges
Panzerfaust Challenge has been changed from destroying aerial streaks to longshot kills
Weapons
Kar98k & Type 99
When using a lower caliber magazine, these weapons will now retain the ability for One-Shot-Kills when landing chest shots
Top Break
No longer reduces damage, but range reduction increased
Gorenko Anti-Tank Rifle
The default scope will no longer heavily obscure player vision when meleeing with the bayonet
Attachments
Melee range has been reduced for Bayonet when Reach Kit Perk is applied
Camos
Double Barrel
Corrected wording in the Death Artist Challenge to say “16 Gauge Mag” instead of “12 Gauge Mag”
Assault Rifle Alpha
Camos now show proper progression
M1 Garand
Camos now show proper progression
Cross-progression
Master Ribbons data from Cold War will now be imported and reflected in Vanguard
Getting kills in Warzone now counts toward challenges in Vanguard
Killstreaks
Mortar Barrage
Increased damage dealt by the Mortar Barrage Flare
Mortar Barrage has been tweaked to make deployment less difficult
Maps
Paradise
Fixed several out-of-map exploits
Fixed instances of unnatural hitching when jumping against ramped walls
Radar
Fixed issue which made some doors indestructible
Fixed out-of-map spawns and exploits
Desert Siege
Spawn tuning to reduce instances of spawning close to enemies
Fixed a rendering issue that resulted in intense fog for some players
Blinking texture issues have been fixed in several locations
Bocage
Bullet penetration issues for certain walls have been fixed
MK2 Frag Grenade blast radius no longer affects players who should be protected by walls
Red Star
Fixed a bug that resulted in lighting effects following the player like a spotlight around the map
Berlin
Distracting and graphically incorrect shadows no longer appear under light fixtures
Numa Numa
Removed invisible geo in Numa Numa that blocked bullets midair
Gavutu
Fixed an issue in which an invisible wall remained after it was destroyed
Demanysk
Demolition and Tactician Perks now operate as intended
Sub Pens, Castle, Oasis, Das Haus
Fixed out-of-map exploits
Modes
Control
Control is now live!
Champion Hill
Players will no longer crash out of Champion Hill Duos, resulting in the closure of the entire game
Players can now access Scoreboard and Spectate Mode
UI/UX
Users will no longer get errors saying they don’t have Crossplay permission when attempting to add other consoles to a party
Flairs now appear with every Prestige level-up, and XP bars should reflect Prestige progression
Duplicate Prestige icons have been fixed
Campaign
Fixed a progression blocker in the Lady Nightingale level caused by an unresponsive character
Zombies
Objectives
Purge
Visibility improved in low light areas, making it more visually clear when capturing Control Runes
The progress bar no longer overlaps various notifications such as Challenge Completions, Rank Ups, Weapon Level Ups, and more
Professor Krafft will now acknowledge Purge objective completions
Perks
Fiendish Fortitude
Health bonuses have increased for all tiers, capping out to 300 health (up from 200)
Diabolical Damage
Critical damage bonuses have been increased for all tiers, capping out to 200% damage (up from 175%)
Covenants
Brimstone
Brimstone no longer damages zombies when the player is downed
Brimstone has been adjusted to now only deal damage to zombies that are in the player’s line-of-sight
Dead Accurate
Launchers now work as intended with the Dead Accurate Covenant
Swift Vengeance
Updated the description of Swift Vengeance to reflect that only weapon damage is increased with the use of this Covenant
Knives now work as intended with the Swift Vengeance Covenant
Bloodlust
The melee damage multiplier and amount healed per hit have been reduced
Weapons
Addressed an issue where weapons obtained from crates briefly displayed the wrong model when dropping
Addressed an issue where some Mystery Box weapons would appear with their magazine detached from the weapon
Addressed an issue that prevented players from loading into a match with their preferred custom reticle
Addressed an issue that incorrectly identified some Launcher damages as critical hits
Armor
Armor Plate drop rates have been increased
Tier 2 and Tier 3 Armor durability and damage reduction have been increased
Enemy Health Cap and Damage Adjustments
Enemy health caps have been reduced by 25% at high rounds
Enemy health caps and damage ramp up more slowly as players progress through higher rounds
Enemy Spawning
Fewer walker zombies spawn in early rounds, and walker zombies are now phased out sooner
Gameplay
Portals will now provide players with an opportunity to visit each destination before giving an option to return to the same location
Closed various exploits that prevented players from taking damage from zombies
Challenges
Melee Camo Challenges have been adjusted to count kills, not eliminations with the exception of Sturmkrieger Challenges
UI
Zone names have been added in places where they were absent from the map.
The in-game scoreboard now shows the player in the correct ranking.
Addressed an issue with overlapping scoreboard UI
Audio
Addressed an issue in which Operator and Announcer voice communications could compete with each other
Subtitles / Text
Multiple fixes for subtitles when players select the English language setting
Multiple fixes for voice lines and subtitles when players select the German language setting
Multiple fixes for text descriptions when players select the Brazilian Portuguese language setting
Multiple fixes for subtitles when players select the Polish language setting
Stability
Addressed an issue that would sometimes kick a player to the main Zombies menu when Copying and Replacing loadouts
Various stability fixes
Note: To maintain stability, weapon balancing changes that were planned for Dec 9th have been moved to a later date.
Multiplayer
Modes
Shipment
Adjusted spawn logic to reduce spawn traps
Stability
“Server Snapshot Error” bug that resulted in being kicked from matches has been fixed
Weapons
Shotgun shots now correctly hit the front of enemies wearing stowed shields
Clans
Banning users from clans no longer results in an error
Killstreaks
Mortar Barrage
Improved visibility by reducing full screen smoke effects. As a result, players need to be closer to the barrage to be affected
UI/UX
2XP splash icons now appear when 2XP is set on specific platforms
Progression
Match progression bar now displays the accurate current level of the weapon
Multiplayer
Gameplay
- Mounting
- Did an overall pass on Mounting. Players reported issues regarding mount height and objects not appearing mountable.
Weapons
- Gunsmith
- Custom Mods: players can save custom builds.
- Adjusted the camera position when selecting specific weapons or attachments. Players reported the weapon preview was cut off for a handful of attachments.
- In-Game
- Fixed a bug where players would load into a game with an invisible weapon.
- Fixed a bug where Combat Shields displayed the wrong skin while stowed.
- Progression and Camos
- XP
- XP rates have been increased for Snipers.
- 3-Line Rifle
- Bloodthirsty Challenges have been changed to Prone Challenges.
- XP
Field Upgrades
- Dead Drop
- Fixed a bug where players were continually awarded their top killstreak when using Dead Drop.
- Charge time has been doubled.
- Goliath
- Made it easier to determine if a deployed Goliath is friendly.
Killstreaks
- Flamenaut
- Added damage direction indicators for players using Flamenaut.
- Fire Bombing Run
- Fixed issue where players did not see where the fire VFX started, resulting in players taking damage though they were not standing in the flames.
- Attack Dogs
- Fixed a missing VFX path when the whistling animation plays.
- UI
- Performance pass on Killstreak decals to reduce flickering.
Field Upgrades
- Dead Drop
- Fixed a bug where players were continually awarded their top killstreak when using Dead Drop.
- Charge time has been doubled.
- Goliath
- Made it easier to determine if a deployed Goliath is friendly.
Challenges
- Fixed an issue with “Grizzled Veteran - Get X Eliminations in Hardcore Mode” not tracking properly.
Progression
- Fixed bug preventing some players from unlocking reticles.
Maps
- Demyansk
- Fixed an exploit where players could exit the map.
- Oasis
- Fixed exploits where players could exit the map.
- Tuscan
- Fixed a rare issue where players spawn outside of the map.
- Numa Numa
- Fixed a rare issue where players spawn outside of the map.
Clan
- UI/UX
- Fixed a bug where player names were blank in “incoming clan requests” if the request was received while in the Clan Request menu.
Menus
- Players will see a warning when equipping 2XP tokens while a global 2XP event is running.
Performance & Connectivity
- Improved stability when connecting to lobbies.
Campaign
- Stalingrad
- Fixed bug where the game would crash when Polina picked up an NPC.
- Battle of Berlin
- Fixed a bug that would cause the game to crash after cutscene.
Zombies
Progression
- Addressed an issue which prevented players from unlocking the Dark Aether Completionist camo.
Pack-a-Punch
- Addressed an issue that prevented Pack-a-Punched Shotguns with 10 Round Drums from reloading all 10 rounds in a single reload animation.
- Addressed an issue that could incorrectly flag un-upgraded weapons as Pack-a-Punch Level 1.
Gameplay
- Closed various exploits including out-of-map exploits.
Stability
- Fixed a stability issue related to the Frost Blast Artifact.
- Fixed a stability issue related to multi-kills obtained via Equipment.
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