Warzone Season 1 Update (Version 1.034) | Patch Notes

• Backup Pistol Quality of Life
  • When you don’t have a handgun equipped in your loadout you’ll unholster a base attachment COR-45 while performing the following actions:
    • Ledge hanging
    • Climbing a ladder
    • Swimming underwater
  • If you do have a handgun or melee weapon equipped, you’ll use that instead.

• Locational Damage Modifiers
  • Locational damage multipliers have been flattened to provide a more consistent time to kill. Headshot multipliers are broadly decreased and arms now match the torso.

• Sniper Damage
  • KATT AMR will one shot to the head at any distance.

• Riot Shield
  • The Riot shield slows movement when it is equipped as the player’s Secondary and is on their back.

• Weapon Tuning
  • With the additional statistical knowledge you’re able to receive while swapping between modifications, providing an impressive amount of incremental weapon meta building, Weapon Tuning has been removed, a feature that appeared in Modern Warfare II. This change to Weapon Tuning applies to both MWII and MWIII weapons that utilize modifications.

• Launcher Damage
  • All launchers have been adjusted in regards to their damage and interaction with vehicles. This includes:
    • Most launchers will destroy lighter vehicles in one shot.
    • The RPG-7, PILA, and STRELA-P will destroy most medium sized vehicles in two shots.
    • The JOKR will destroy almost all vehicles in one shot.
    • The RGL-80 and the STRELA-P will not cause most vehicles to immediately explode.
    • The PILA will not cause most medium and larger vehicles to immediately explode.
    • The RPG-7 and the JOKR will cause most vehicles to explode immediately.

New Features

All Modes

• Classic Red Dots
  • Firing unsuppressed weapons causes Operators to momentarily appear as a red dot on the minimap.

• Reload Cancel / Segmented Reloads
  • You can now reload cancel if there are bullets in the magazine. When performing an empty reload it will utilize reload checkpoints to give the best of both worlds.

• Improved Water Combat
  • Alongside the dedicated Backup Pistol, improvements have been made to water visibility such that it is now easier to see targets both when in and out of the water.

Battle Royale

• Redeploy Weapons
  • Being bought back now grants a weapon that changes based on the current circle number, with the weapon improving with later circles.

• Loot
  • Ground & Supply Box Pool
    • Loot found throughout our maps will now include a mix of MW2 and MW3 weapons, equipment, perk packs, and more.
  • Rarity Quality of Life
    • Weapons, equipment, killstreaks, and more will now appear with a color-coded tooltip to indicate the value and rarity of the item, as well as if a weapon is from a “Custom Loadout”.
    • Rarity breakdown:
      • Legendary = Orange
      • Epic = Purple
      • Rare = Blue
      • Uncommon = Green
      • Common = White
  • Ground Spread Quality of Life
    • Players will now notice that the loot distribution and spread when opening a Supply Box or eliminating an enemy has received significant improvements to minimize loot overlap and facilitate loot identification.
  • Revive Pistol
    • The Revive Pistol has been removed from the loot pool but may make a return in a future season.
  • Legendary Audio Quality of Life
    • Guitar celebration returns when finding legendary loot because it just didn’t feel right without some iconic riffs!

• Backpack
  • Layout Quality of Life
    • Adjusted the backpack and in-game loadout layout. Weapons are now right aligned, underneath the newly added dedicated ammo. Gas Mask and Armor Plates are first on the list for rapid access to two areas highly interacted with.
  • Navigation Wrapping Quality of Life
    • The backpack and loadout will now navigate wrap when moving all the way to one side.
  • Dedicated Ammo Slots Quality of Life
    • Specific new Backpack slots cater to ammo, allowing quick and easy access. These slots will be automatically filled as Players find ammo. Additional ammo can still be stored in the all-purpose Backpack slots.
  • Gulag Entry Kit Quality of Life
    • The Gulag Entry Kit can be stowed, enabling “pickup to share” for team-coordination.
  • Identical Killstreak Auto Equip Quality of Life
    • Certain items will automatically equip from the Backpack into the active Loadout when a matching item is used.
      • i.g. If the player uses a UAV and they have another in their Backpack, it will auto-equip the UAV into their active Loadout.
  • Gulag and Redeploy Tracker Quality of Life
    • Backpack now displays if you have a Gulag Entry Kit or a Redeploy Pack available to use.
      • Not applicable in Plunder or Resurgence.

• Navigation Pings Quality of Life
  • The ability to ping doors with a specific yellow warning ping has been removed to alleviate frustrations when trying to place navigation pings.

• Killcam Pings Quality of Life
  • Players will now be able to observe all enemy pings while watching kill cam replays.

• Buy Station
  • Interact Distance
    • The interaction distance for Buy Stations within the Gas has been extended to 30 meters, up previously from 10 meters.
  • Icon Visibility Quality of Life
    • When a Buy Station is still accessible in the Gas, its icon will remain visible on the minimap and Tac Map. Upon being in the Gas for too long, the icon will then fade away once the Buy Station is no longer active.
    • The above notes apply to both stationary Buy Stations as well as Deployable Buy Stations.

• Loadouts
  • Purchase Price
    • Buy Station cost has been reduced:
      • Solos: $7,500, down from $8,000
      • Duos: $10,000, down from $12,000
      • Trios: $12,500, down from $16,000
      • Quads: $15,000, down from $20,000
    • The purchase price will now scale based on the active Squad Size in the match, rather than the base Playlist Squad Size.
  • Squad Outline Quality of Life
    • The distinctive white visual design of the Loadout crate from 2020 makes its return!
      • Loadouts now have a colored outline that is unique to your squad, which serves two purposes: 1) It helps players identify which crate belongs to their squad, 2) and it disappears per player after player has interacted with it.
    • The outline refreshes when respawning indicating that players can use it again.

• Gas Mask
  • Manual Gas Mask Quality of Life
    • You can now manually choose when to equip the Gas Mask. When looking at a Gas Mask on the ground, Players are presented with two options:
      • Equip
        • Equipping the Gas Mask will begin the equip animation of putting it onto their face.
      • Stow
        • Stowing the Gas Mask will place it in the Backpack for Players to manually equip at a later time.
    • As a result of the above, the animation will no longer interrupt gameplay, and importantly Players will only hear the heavy breathing sound effect while in the Gas.
  • Gas Mask Overlay Quality of Life
    • Adjusted Gas Mask overlay to provide a clearer field of view to the action.
    • Decreased the intensity of the “cracked” state when near broken.

• Gas
  • Circle Pacing
    • We’ve adjusted the overall possible centering of the first circle to encompass more play area than previously experienced. This will ensure that more of the map will be accessible to players at the start of each match to better allow for the all important looting phase.
    • Below is a summary of the adjustments made to gas circle timings:
      • Circle 1:
        • Circle close time reduced to 160 seconds, down from 215 seconds
      • Circle 2
        • Circle close time reduced to 140 seconds, down from 220
      • Circle 3
        • Circle close time reduced to 130 seconds, down from 170
      • Circle 4
        • Circle close time increased to 125 seconds, down from 110
      • Circle 5
        • Circle close time increased to 90 seconds, down from 70
      • All other circle timings remain unchanged.
      • Total Reduction
      • Total Time Until Match End
        • 20 minutes and 20 seconds
  • Gas Damage
    • Increased to 10 damage per tick, up from 9.

• Redeploy Drone
  • Redeploy Drones will now remain stationary in the gas for up to 45 seconds.
    • Each circle will reduce this time by 5 seconds to a minimum of 30 seconds.
  • Drones will now move slightly faster when repositioning.
  • Drones will begin to leave after circle 5 as they are too deep in the gas and there is limited room to reposition to.
  • The Redeploy Drone’s catapult distance has been increased so Players can now traverse greater distances.

• Death’s Door (Low Player Health)
  • This refers to the audible and visual notification that the player is low on health and at risk of being downed
  • Activation
    • The visual overlay when low on health now triggers at 40% Health, down from 55%.
  • Visibility Quality of Life
    • Increased transparency of the overlay, to be less obtrusive when at low health.

• Parachutes
  • Operators from MWIII will now deploy into the Warzone with a new default Parachute texture, inspired by the urban nature of the new big map Urzikstan. This Parachute texture will be overridden if the player has customized their Parachute.

• Spawn Protection Timer
  • The duration of spawn protection has been reduced to 2.5 seconds, down from 10 seconds
  • This applies to all modes except for Resurgence.

• Infil Height
  • The height at which Players deploy to the field during Infil has been decreased to 402 meters, down from 483 meters.

• Second Chance Mechanics
  • The spawn rate for Gulag Entry Kits and Redeploy Packs has been increased.
• Strongholds
  • Strongholds are no longer a guaranteed spawn each match, rather they have been linked to a new Public Event.
• Black Sites
  • A single Black Site will spawn at random at the beginning of each match.
  • The location will not be revealed on the map until your squad finds a Black Site key or it has been unlocked by another squad.
  • The Black Site boss will now drop a guaranteed Deployable Buy Station. The Advanced UAV is now one of several possible killstreaks that will drop.
  • Players may find Black Site keys via ground loot allowing you the opportunity to open a Black Site in any match.

Plunder

• UAV Towers
  • UAV Towers are now in Plunder.

• Cash Balance
  • We’ll be closely monitoring the balance of the cash economy in Urzikstan and will likely make adjustments to ensure a variety of strategies remain viable for winning.

• Shrouded
  • Automatically drops a Smoke Grenade when entering the downed state.

• Flex
  • Delay triggered explosives while sprinting, warns of nearby enemy equipment, and reduces combat noise.
  • Due to a known issue, this Perk currently appears as “Faculty” in the menu.

• Resolute
  • When taking damage from gunfire, it grants a short bonus to movement speed.
  • When shooting at an enemy with Resolute equipped, players will see a small icon to indicate that the player has Resolute.

• Stalker
  • Increased strafe and aim down sight movement speed.

• Payout
  • Contracts pay out more in cash and the cost of UAV Towers is discounted

• Escapist
  • Increased downed, prone, and crouch speed.

• Primed
  • Accuracy and time to aim down sight is improved while jumping.

• Irradiated
  • While under the effects of the gas circle you move faster and take reduced gas damage.

• Shrapnel
  • Explosive damage delays enemy health regeneration, slows enemy movement, and briefly disables tactical sprint.

• Mechanic
  • Reduced vehicle repair time, increased fueling speed, and reduced fuel consumption while driving non-aircraft vehicles.

General Adjustments

• Overkill
  • This Perk has been removed entirely and replaced with a new a default behavior
  • Players now have the option to equip two Primary Weapons at all times without requiring a Perk.

• Perk Unlocks
  • All Warzone Perks are unlocked via player progression.
  • Perks used for Custom Perk Packages must be unlocked via the 1-55 level player XP progression path.
  • Perks unlocked by default at level 1 include:
    • Scavenger
    • Battle Hardened
    • Payout
    • Flex (Faculty)

Adjusted Perks

• Ghost
  • Blocks detection by UAV, enemy radar sources, and Heartbeat Sensors – now updated to require movement to activate.
  • Can be acquired via loot as a Stealth Plate Carrier.

• Birdseye
  • Your UAV Killstreak, Portable Radar, or UAV Tower shows the heading of the enemy for your squad.
  • In addition, enemy unsuppressed gunshots will show headings.
  • Detects Ghosted Players.Can be acquired via loot as a Comms Plate Carrier.

• Survivor
  • Faster revive speed, reduced health regeneration delay, reduced cash lost on death, and enemies that down you are automatically pinged.
  • Decreases Health Regeneration time to 4 seconds, down from 7.
  • Can be acquired via loot as a Medic Plate Carrier.
• Cold Blooded
  • This will negate the mark from Combat Scout.

• Battle Hardened
  • Now reduces the effects of Frangible bullets and abilities.

• Double Time
  • Increases Tac Sprint duration and reduces refresh time.
  • No longer increases prone and crouch speeds.

• Scavenger
  • Once again provides an additional armor plate and cash in the scavenger bag.

New & Returning Plate Carriers

• Plate Carrier Perks
  • Plate Carriers, previously referred to as Vests, found throughout the match will now be associated with one of the following four Perks:
    • Tempered Plate Carrier
      • Includes effects of the Tempered Perk.
    • Medic Plate Carrier
      • Includes effects of the Survivor Perk.
    • Comms Plate Carrier
      • Provides the player with effects of the Birdseye Perk.
    • Stealth Plate Carrier
      • Provides the player with effects of the Ghost Perk.

Highlight

Movement and rotation opportunities on Urzikstan have been key focuses of its design. In the new chapter of Warzone, Players will find themselves with several Multiplayer Perks that are simply enabled by default at all times:

• Tac Pads: Improves slide distance and allows for full ADS while sliding, along with increased stance transition speeds.
• Commando Gloves: Enables reloading while running.
• Quick-Grip Gloves: Increases your weapon swap speed.
• Climbing Boots (Partial): Increases climbing and mantling speed aspect.

• Tactical Stance
  • A weapon stance that can be Toggled into, grants faster mobility at the cost of accuracy.

Returning Movement

• ADS While Sliding
  • Players can now aim down sights and shoot while sliding as a default behavior.
  • As an improvement, players can optionally toggle tac stance while sliding.

Adjusted Movement

• Jump Changes
  • Jump higher, faster and jump ADS quicker. Reduced the slow-down when landing from the first jump and reduced the sprint-out delay after jumping.

• Slide Cancel
  • Players can cancel a slide by jumping, sprinting or crouching again. Does not reset tactical sprint and briefly pauses stamina regeneration.

• Slide Distance
  • The distance that Players travel while sliding is now impacted by the incline of the surface.

Returning Contracts

• Big Game Bounty
  • Players can activate this contract to place a bounty on a Player from one of the highest performing squads in the match.
  • Eliminating the target player will reward your squad with an instantly activated, 20-second long Advanced UAV.
  • This new contract will reveal itself after the second circle.

• Scavenger
  • Pick up this contract and you will be directed to open 3 special scavenger caches. You will be given the location of these caches 1 at a time. These caches contain additional loot, a heightened chance for the supply sweep killstreak and Plate Carriers, with the final chest dropping a randomly selected Plate Carrier 100% of the time.

• Activation Laptop Quality of Life
  • Players will now activate Contracts by interacting with larger, more easily identifiable laptops found throughout the map.
  • Activating a contract is done instantly with no delay or animation.

• Updated Contract Spawning
  • Increased the amounts of contracts spawned later into a match.

• New Icons Quality of Life
  • Contract icons have been updated to be more legible and shield-like in appearance.
  • For better accessibility, icons are now colored yellow, previously green

Adjusted Contracts

• Bounty Contract
  • Bounty now gives a single UAV ping around the bounty target when the hunter team kills them.
• Intel Contract
  • The speed at which the point is captured will now increase for each additional squad member present.
• Most Wanted Contract
  • Surviving this contract will spawn a High Value Supply Crate which will always include a Gulag Entry Kit.

• Signals Intelligence Contract Vondel Exclusive
  • The passive income per player is now 10 payments of $750 for a total of $7,500 over 3 minutes and 20 seconds.
    • The previous total amounted to $5,000 per player

• Restock Supply Sweep
  • Restock now starts a personal supply sweep for every player when activated.

• Fly Buy
  • A new Public Event has flown into Urzikstan. At certain points in a match, there is a chance multiple Drones fly-in to drop additional Buy Stations into the Warzone.
  • When a Fly Buy public event is triggered, 5 or 6 drones carrying portable buy stations fly from the gas to random points inside the current circle where they drop a portable buy station.
  • The drones are neutral and can be shot down early, which drops the Buy Stations immediately.
  • The portable buy stations sell items identical to a typical buy station.
  • The public event will also have a chance of spawning in late game spawn circles after the Gulag has closed or Resurgence has ended, giving players a final opportunity to buy back teammates.

• Strongholds
  • Strongholds now have a chance to appear as one of several possible events at the start of the match.
    • Black Sites and Abandoned Caches will remain in each match.
  • When this event triggers, 4 Strongholds will spawn, down from 5.
  • The time to capture a Stronghold has been reduced to 30 seconds, down from 90.
  • The original crate in strongholds that players captured and claimed their loadout has been updated and split into two parts.
    • UAV Station: Now when players enter a stronghold they will see a box with a laptop and satellite dish which now acts as the capture point.
    • Loadout Locker: The loadout crate has been replaced with a loadout locker. The locker can be found in the same space as the UAV station and will be positioned against a wall of the room.
  • Vacating the Stronghold will cause it to automatically neutralize the UAV after 30 seconds.
  • The Loadout Crate will be available only for the squad that currently controls the Stronghold.

Adjusted Public Events

• Firesale
  • Item discount increased to 50%, up from 30%.

And there you have it ladies and gentlemen, an overview of the latest patch notes for Warzone 2, and what we believe the current meta to be. We hope you found it helpful.

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