The remaining season of content material for Call of Duty: Vanguard is now dwell. Last Stand has begun.
Sledgehammer Games revealed the patch notes for the update, which went dwell at 11am CT on all platforms. As is the formulation, the update features a new season move, new content material, and a few modifications to current weapons together with a pair of new ones.
The new weapons are the EX1 assault rifle and RA 225, each unlocked by leveling the battle move. There’s additionally a brand new pistol, a mixture knife and revolver, that’s unlocked through an in-game problem.
Further new content material features a new map known as Beheaded, which is ready in a war-torn Times Square, described as “a post-apocalyptic small map, constructed for quick motion.” The Beheaded 24/7 playlist is now dwell.
Two new operators additionally be part of the fray with previous Call of Duty villains Raul Menendez and Khaled Al-Asad. Gabriel Rorke and Seraph will be part of the sport later within the season, together with a pair of different new weapons.
The full list of patch notes for as we speak’s update might be discovered under.
Multiplayer
Maps
- NEW: Beheaded
- Navigate a war-torn Times Square on this post-apocalyptic small map, constructed for quick motion. Look for the Beheaded 24/7 Featured Playlist on the launch of Season Five.
- Berlin
- Debris pile within the Destroyed Room not permits gamers to hinder view of their Operator.
- Enemy nameplates are not seen via partitions within the Office.
- Players can not attain an unintended vantage level within the Destroyed Room.
- Players can not seize the Office Hardpoint from an unintended location.
- Castle
- Addressed an exploit that allowed gamers to achieve unintended places beneath the playable space.
- Decoy
- Field Upgrades will not fall via geometry when positioned within the Exhaust Monitor or Switch Station.
- Players can not attain unintended vantage factors close to the East Courtyard.
- Mantling a picket crate within the Barracks Yard will not kill the participant.
- Adjusted spawn location close to the Administration Road to stop gamers from spawning out of bounds.
- Desolation
- Players can not attain unintended vantage factors close to the Central Ruins Overlook and Temple Ruins.
- Players can not seize the Comms Towers Hardpoint from unintended places.
- Improved Guard Dog Killstreak AI pathing close to the Village Creek.
Progression
- NEW: Season Five Seasonal Challenges
- Earn beauty rewards upon finishing every of the twenty Season 5 Mastery challenges.
- NEW: Season Five Clan Challenge
- Earn beauty rewards upon finishing every of the 4 phases of the Season Five Clan Challenge.
- Addressed a difficulty that prompted gamers to lose entry to beforehand unlocked gadgets.
Ranked Play
- Season Five Skill Rating Reset
- Players’ Skill Ratings have been reset firstly of Season Five.
- Play 5 Skill Evaluation Matches to earn a Season Five Skill Rating and get positioned right into a Skill Division & Tier.
- Win matches after your preliminary placement to earn SR and advance your Skill Division & Tier over the rest of the Season.
- Season Five Top 250 Skill Division & Leaderboard
- The Season Five Top 250 Skill Division and Ladder will go dwell on August thirty first, one full week after Season Five begins. This launch time will permit gamers time to earn a Season Five Skill Rating and advance via divisions.
- Season Five Ranked Play Rewards
- Players can earn the next rewards in Ranked Play throughout Season Five:
- Blueprints
- Pro Reissue SMG Automaton – Finish Top 5 in a Ladder Event
- Midnight’s Edge (Combat Knife) – Win 50 Ranked Play Matches
- Camos
- Season Five Ladder Champion – Finish 1st in a Ladder Event
- Season Five Ranked Veteran – Win 100 Ranked Play Matches
- Charms
- Locked Down – Finish Top 10 in a Ladder Event
- GOAT – Win 25 Ranked Play Matches
- Spray
- Chalked – Win 5 Ranked Play Matches
- Sticker
- Season Five Ranked Competitor – Complete 5 Skill Evaluation Matches
- Emblems
- Earn an Animated Skill Division Emblem on the finish of Season Five to replicate your highest Season Five Skill Division
- Blueprints
- Players can earn the next rewards in Ranked Play throughout Season Five:
Operators
- NEW: Raul Menendez (Tyrants)
- “Raul Menendez was born in Nicaragua, the place his childhood was clouded by the brutal revolution of US-backed Contras. His father based the Menendez Cartel and was assassinated by the CIA on the top of his energy, leaving Raul in cost. But it was the demise of his sister Josephina that centered his rage, driving him to change into a hostile political activist. His charisma and ruthlessness propelled him to management of the social motion turned terrorist group Cordis Die.”
- Unlocked through buy of the Season Five Battle Pass or associated Bundle.
- NEW: Khaled Al-Asad (Tyrants)
- “Khaled Al-Asad grew up in Urzikstan amid political strife. He was drawn to the phrases of Omar Sulaman, and joined the Al-Qatala terrorist group. He was imprisoned, however escaped after Sulaman’s demise to take management of Al-Qatala. His management reworked the militants into a military, as he acquired an arsenal for the invasion of Verdansk. Committed to the demise of Western energy, Al-Asad launched gasoline assaults in Verdansk, breaking a fragile armistice between nations.”
- Unlocked through digital pre-order of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II.
- T-800 and T-100 (Terminators)
- Reduced Mastery Challenge necessities from each Operators to only one.
Weapons
- General
- Corrected varied mismatched Magazine Attachment names and capacities.
- Added lacking inspection sound results for Sniper Rifles, Pistols, and Melee Weapons.
- Addressed a difficulty the place gamers couldn’t increase their Weapon after climbing a ladder.
- Improved efficiency of the Gunsmith UI on legacy {hardware}.
- NEW: EX1 (Assault Rifle)
- A prototype vitality rifle efficient at lengthy vary and extremely customizable.
- Base Weapon unlocked at Tier 15 of the Season Five Battle Pass
- NEW: RA 225 (Submachine Gun)
- This SMG has a excessive fireplace price and a really cell compact body.
- Base Weapon unlocked at Tier 31 of the Season Five Battle Pass
- NEW: Valois Revolver (Pistol)
- A mix knife and revolver that acts as each a deadly melee weapon and a pistol.
- Base Weapon unlocked through Weapon Unlock Challenge.
- KG M40 (Assault Rifle)
- Mk. 3 Reflector Optic Attachment will not be invisible when outfitted.
- Marco 5 (Submachine Gun)
- Added Weapon Unlock Challenge.
- UGM-8 (Light Machine Gun)
- Added Weapon Unlock Challenge.
- Get 15 Bullet Penetration Kills
- Added Weapon Unlock Challenge.
- M1916 (Marksman Rifle)
- Removed duplicate Mk. 8 Reflector Optic Attachment.
Perks
- Engineer (Intel)
- Friendly Attack Dog and Guard Dog Killstreaks are not highlighted in purple.
Killstreaks
- Flamenaut (9 Kills)
- Addressed a difficulty that resulted in DEV ERROR 5573 upon use.
Bundles and cosmetics
- Players which have bought each Terminator Bundles will start to obtain the next extra rewards beginning in early September. Please notice that some Players could obtain their gadgets later than others.
- Target Acquired Legendary Whitley Blueprint
- Endoskeleton Skull Legendary Weapon Charm
- Metal Etched Blueprint for the 1911 Pistol will not grant an invalid Muzzle Attachment.
Zombies
Maps
- “The Archon”
- Available beginning Aug. 24 at 11am CT.
Main Quest
- New Main Quest and Boss Fight out there in “The Archon.”
New intel
- New Dark Aether narrative intel out there to find in “The Archon.”
Wonder Weapons
- Decimator Shield
- Reduced cooldown on the Decimator Blast capability from 60 to 30 seconds.
- Increased Decimator Blast harm in opposition to Sturmkriegers and Zaballa the Deceiver.
Weapons
- Season Five
- EX1 vitality rifle and RA 225 SMG out there in Zombies loadouts as soon as unlocked through the Season Five Battle Pass.
- Unlock Challenges
- New Weapon Unlock Challenges added to Zombies for the Marco 5 SMG and UGM-8 LMG.
Gameplay
- Round Based
- Altar of Covenants
- Covenant choice now refreshes with every spherical on the Altar of Covenants as an alternative of each three rounds.
- Altar of Covenants
Challenges
- Season Five
- 20 new Zombies Season Challenges out there firstly of Season Five.
- Season Four
- Addressed a difficulty that prevented the “Broken Communications” problem from monitoring correctly.