The Season 2 Reloaded update for Warzone is right around the corner, much to the excitement of the community. The mid-season update ushers in a wealth of changes to the battle royale including an increase in player health and modifications to Rebirth Island.
In addition, there's plenty of new content for players to get stuck into. The Armaguerra 43 submachine gun is the latest weapon to join the arsenal alongside a new Operator known as Thomas.
Alongside all of the new content, Raven Software will detail changes within the Season 2 Reloaded patch notes.
Warzone April 20 Update Patch Notes
After weeks of frustration surrounding slow Battle Pass progression, Raven Software has addressed the issue in an update rolled out on April 20. Check out a full list of changes below.
Warzone April 20 Update Patch Notes
Hello everyone!
We’d like to thank you for your patience while we investigated the issue related to Battle Pass XP gains. We’re happy to say that this issue has been resolved. In light of this fix and to compensate players for the prior disruption, we’ve decided to do the following:
Affected Players will be retroactively awarded XP for prior matches played
In order to receive this bonus, Players must log in to Warzone before the end of Chapter Three Season Two on April 27th at 10 AM PT
The XP may have started appearing for some Players last night, April 19th (PT)
In addition, all Players who logged in during Season Two will receive two 1-hour Double Battle Pass XP Tokens
These Tokens will be usable through the current and future Seasons
We hope you round off this Season on a fun note (maybe even a W) and look forward to seeing you in Season Three!
Warzone April 13 Update Patch Notes
Vehicles have returned to Rebirth Island after Raven Software disabled them due to an unknown issue. In addition, the developer has launched a number of bug fixes along with a buff to the PP19 Bizon SMG.
Warzone April 13 Patch Notes
GENERAL
- Vehicles have returned to Rebirth Island
BUG FIXES
- Fixed an issue with the Submachine Gun Echo (MW) causing right-side extremities to take 20 or 27 damage instead of 34.
- Fixed an issue preventing players from inviting friends to a party from the Social menu.
- Fixed an issue causing stages loot on Rebirth Island to despawn.
Warzone April 6 Update Patch Notes
This small update includes a handful of bug fixes ranging from adjustments to descriptive texts to preventing dev error 6036 from appearing when entering the training mode.
Warzone Pacific April 6 Update Patch Notes
BUG FIXES
- Fixed an issue with the description text for several Perks.
- Fixed an issue in the Operator selection menu that would kick Players back to the Play menu.
- Fixed various descriptive text and labels on Store Bundles.
- Fixed an issue causing new Players to encounter Dev Error 6036 upon entering Training mode.
Warzone April 1 Update Patch Notes
As part of the April Fool's festivities, Raven Software has posted a "patch notes" update containing a number of hilarious changes that haven't appeared to the game. Check out all of the "changes" below.
Warzone April Fool's Patch Notes
Gameplay Adjustments
Custom Loadouts have been removed
- Loadout Weapons were clearly overpowered due to Players equpping effective combinations of Attachments on them. In order to level the playing field for everyone, we have removed Loadouts from the game. May RNG be on your side!
Parachuting functionality has been modified on Caldera
- Data indicates that a considerable number of Players die upon Infil. Given the ongoing struggle, we’ve removed this initial barrier of entry. We’d like to thank our creators for providing live demonstrations of this issue.
New Tactical Equipment
Fortification Grenade
- Players can throw this grenade to generate a 20x20x20 fortified box base equipped with a Firesale Buy Station, Anti-Aircraft Gun, and defensive Armored Truck AI, giving them a distinct advantage during open-area confrontations.
New Contract
Subscribe Now!
- This Contract marks all Players using prefixes/suffixes/clan tags including but not limited to TTV, FBG, YTG, TK, TOK, as high value targets for the duration of the match. Enjoy the new followers!
New Lootable Fauna
Don't feed the sharks.
Weapons
Launchers
Launcher functionality has been modified in Caldera.
Light Machine Guns
Bren
- Minimum Damage increased to 125, up from 30
Warzone March 30 Patch Notes
Raven Software isn't slowing down when it comes to fixing Warzone. The March 30 update sees a wealth of bug fixes arrive to the battle royale in addition to a slight tweak to private match settings. Check out the full patch notes below.
Warzone March 30 Patch Notes
GENERAL
- Private Matches have been updated to align with Public Match settings.
BUG FIXES
- Fixed an issue causing Operator parachuting functionality
- Fixed an issue causing the Armaguerra 43 to mistakenly appear in-game as Submachine gun Charlie.
- Fixed an issue causing the Circle to occasionally move outside of the playable space on Caldera.
- Fixed an issue causing Party Invite notification text to appear misaligned.
- Fixed an issue causing Armor satchels acquired via Heavy Weapon Crates to equip with 0 out of 8 Armor Plates available.
- Fixed an issue causing an incorrect Mode to appear on the menu while queuing for a match.
- Fixed an issue causing a Scavenger Contract loot crate to spawn outside of reach on Rebirth Island.
Warzone March 28 Patch Notes
Raven Software has applied a wealth of changes to a number of popular Warzone Perks. Changes range from nerfs to Ghost to buffs for Quick Fix in a bid to shake up the existing meta.
Warzone March 28 Patch Notes
GAMEPLAY
Perk Adjustments
Scavenger
- The pouch will now have a cyan outline for those with Scavenger equipped.
- Increased dissipation time from 20 seconds to 60 seconds.
- The pouch now gives +1 Armor Plate on top of previous items.
- Text update.
Restock
- Recharge time reduced from 50 seconds to 25 seconds.
- Stim is now on a 60 second timer to reduce spam and gas abuse.
- Incorrect ingame text “50s” will be updated in a future update.
EOD
- E.O.D. will reduce damage or cap the damage whichever is higher.
- Raised cap on explosive damage from 80 to 200.
- Raise damage reduction from 35% to 45%.
- Text update.
Quick Fix
- Inserting an Armor Plate will now begin regenerating health.
- Text update.
Ghost
- The "Ghost" stealth effect will now only apply if the Player is moving.
- Players can observe this via the arrow representing their Operator in the minimap fading when “Ghost” is active.
- A text update will be coming in the future to clarify these changes.
Warzone March 24 Patch Notes
After 24 hours of Season 2 Reloaded, Raven Software is already making changes to Warzone. The small patch addresses an issue with the Armaguerra 43 and the Combat Shield. Check out all the details below.
Warzone March 24 Patch Notes
Armaguerra 43
Removed an unintended global damage bonus on the .30 Russian Mag. The mag has an intentional 0.95 damage multiplier on the head, neck, and upper torso which remains in effect.
Combat Shield
The Combat Shield now properly covers the head of a player when equipped.
Icon Visibility
Icon visibility has been increased from 400m to 600m.
Warzone Season 2 Reloaded Patch Notes
Ahead of Season 2 Reloaded beginning, Raven Software has unveiled the full patch notes containing every single change made. Check out the complete patch notes below.
Warzone Season 2 Reloaded Patch Notes
GENERAL
Private Matches
Rebirth Resurgence
- A variety of fixes and adjustments have been made to better simulate the experience found in Public Matches.
Rebirth Mini Royale
- This mode has been disabled.
- Vanguard Weapons now have inspect animations.
GAMEPLAY
New
Deployable Buy Station
- Added as Legendary ground loot, the Deployable Buy Station is a Field Upgrade that, once the marker is deployed, will call in a Buy Station to the location.
- The Deployable Buy Station has the same inventory as the normal Buy Station.
- The Deployable Buy Station will show up on the Tac Map with its own unique icon.
Adjustments
- Gas Mask
- Players will now be able to drop their Gas Mask, whether to give to a squad mate or out of choice, through the drop down inventory menu.
- Armor Satchels
- Players can collect the Armor Plates within ground loot Armor Satchels, even if they are currently equipped with an Armor Satchel.
- Armor Satchels now show how many Armor Plates they contain in their loot card.
- Recovery
- While downed, Players will be able to control the state they will be self-revived into to allow for being in a prone or crouched state.
- Contracts
- In-world Contracts have been rotated at an angle to make them easier to find and ping.
- Contracts will show on the Tac Map, even when an existing Contract is in progress, to better enable forward tactical planning.
- Rebalanced the distribution of Contracts in Battle Royale and Plunder modes to better favor Bounties.
- “Most Wanted” has been removed from the selection pool of “Top Secret”.
- Smoke Grenades
- Improvements have been made to better distinguish the visual differences between Loadout Drop Markers, the new Deployable Buy Station Markers, and Smoke Grenades, when viewed in-world.
- Parachutes
- Players can now cut their parachutes at any point before their feet touch the ground.
- An adjustment has been made to slightly increase the height required for being able to deploy a parachute in order to reduce false positives of the parachute opening when jumping at an angled, low height.
- Note; an additional bug fix is in development to fix certain Operator parachute behavior currently being inconsistent.
- Heavy Weapon Drop Public Event
- Heavy Weapon Drops have had their default loot vastly improved, and now include a guaranteed UAV, and a guaranteed Legendary loot item.
- Fire Sale Public Event
- The Buy Station Fire Sale discount has been decreased from 80% to 50% for UAV’s.
- Commendations
- The Commendations page will now show unearned Commendations to better help players collect them all.
Weapon Trade Station
This feature allows Players to trade their currently equipped Weapon for great commodities such as Armor Satchels, Killstreaks, Cash and much more.
Here's a complete list of Weapon Trade Station opportunities and their respective rewards:
- Fire Sale Deal
- Accepts any Weapon and gives great rewards. Players can ONLY DO THIS 1 TIME per Weapon Trade Station.
- Legendary Rarity Weapon with 2 extra magazines
- 1 Legendary Field Upgrade OR 1 Legendary Killstreak
- 1 Self-Revive OR Gas Mask OR Armor Satchel OR Durable Gas Mask (Very Low Drop %)
- 1 Lethal Equipment OR $500 OR $800
- 1 Tactical Equipment OR $500 OR $800
- Legendary/Custom/Ultra/Heroic Rarity Weapon
- Rare Rarity Gun with 2 extra magazines
- Legendary Killstreak
- 1 Legendary Field Upgrade OR Specialist Token (Very Low Drop %)
- $800 OR $1200
- 1 Lethal Equipment OR Tactical Equipment
- Epic Rarity Weapon
- Uncommon Rarity Gun with 2 extra magazines
- Self-Revive
- Armor Satchel or Epic Killstreak or Epic Field Upgrade or Legendary Field Upgrade (Very Low Drop %)
- $500 OR $800
- Rare Rarity Gun/Melee Weapon
- Common Rarity Gun
- Gas Mask
- Rare Field Upgrade OR Armor Satchel OR Munition Box (Very Low Drop %)
- Uncommon Rarity Gun Weapon
- Common Rarity Gun
- 1 Lethal Equipment
- 1 Tactical Equipment
- Common Rarity Weapon
- Another randomized Common Rarity Gun
Communications Towers
Players may spend $1500 (or $5000 in Plunder) to activate red Communications Towers across the map to enable a stationary UAV at its location.
Staged Blueprints & Items
Players may find iconic Blueprints and powerful items strategically placed across the map.
Golden Vaults & Secrets
This new version of Rebirth Island contains many secrets and bunker doors to be located and unlocked.
EVENTS
Rebirth Reinforced
Rebirth Community Challenges
All Operators will need to work together to complete four Community Challenges which will each unlock new gameplay elements and provide massive amounts of Player XP:
- Operators must get a combined 20 billion kills on Rebirth Island to unlock the Weapon Trade Station and earn 25k XP.
- Operators must trade a combined 190 Million Weapons to the Weapon Trade Station to unlock the Communications Towers and earn 50k XP.
- Operators must secure a combined 130 Million Payloads on Rebirth Island to unlock the Armored Truck Deployment Public Event and earn 75k XP.
- Operators must gather a combined $40 Trillion in Blood Money on Rebirth Island to unlock the Golden Vault Mystery and earn 100k XP.
Participation Challenges
- Wipe 3 enemies in Resurgence Solos on Rebirth Island.
- Trade 30 Legendary Weapons to the Weapon Trade Station on Rebirth Island.
- Push or halt the Payload for a total of 20 minutes on Rebirth Island.
- Gather $5 Million in Blood Money on Rebirth Island.
Rewards
- Seven cosmetic rewards will be available with this event.
- Each Participation Challenge will have its own unique reward.
- Winning 25 Resurgence matches will unlock another reward.
- There are also 2 mystery rewards to unlock by deciphering secrets on the island…
MODES
New Modes
- Rebirth Payload
- Rebirth Blood Money
- Rebirth Resurgence Solos
Mode Adjustments
New Public Events
- Armoured Truck Deployment
- Vanguard Public Events (Cash Drop, Weapon Drop, and Restock)
- Juggernaut Armour Drops
Rebirth Resurgence
Following feedback from the community, all Players drop with the same Weapon on spawn & respawn and the Weapon will change with each circle.
- Players will spawn with Weapons from Vanguard, Cold War, and Modern Warfare.
- Added an icon to clarify when spawn protection is active.
- Resurgence now has custom voice overs.
- Re-balanced the quantity of contract types to make Top Secret and Supply Drop contracts more scarce
- Free Loadout Drop will now drop approximately 50 meters closer to a squad to improve accessibility.
Battle Royale
After two seasons of Vanguard Royale being in regular playlist rotation, and listening to your feedback, we are starting to merge the two Battle Royale experiences into one. We have been really happy with the reception to Vanguard Royale, and as we have listened, watched, and enjoyed all the conversations about the two Battle Royale modes, it’s now time to take the best bits from each and create the definitive Battle Royale experience, starting at launch and with further updates happening during the in-season and the seasons ahead.
Launch
- Gameplay
- Default core health is now at 150 (up from 100).
- Loot
- Dead Silence will remain as Legendary ground loot.
- Dead Silence will remain as Legendary ground loot.
Season Ahead
- Contracts
- All Vanguard Royale Contracts will be integrated;
- “Big Game Bounty”
- “Top Secret”
- “Supply Drop”
- All Vanguard Royale Contracts will be integrated;
- Public Events
- All Vanguard Royale Public Events will be integrated into the event pool;
- Cash Drops
- Heavy Weapon Drops
- Resurgence
- Restock
- All Vanguard Royale Public Events will be integrated into the event pool;
MAP
Overall Updates
- We've increased the amount of loot in less visited areas to encourage players to explore the island.
- We've added plenty of cover in hotspots where players usually get killed to give them a chance to fight back.
New Features
- Environmental improvements
- Redeploy Balloons on Rebirth Island
- Gulag Revamp
UI/UX
All Platforms
- A Ukrainian Flag Calling Card has been added to both Warzone and Modern Warfare. This FREE Calling Card is now in your inventory. Equip in the Barracks tab, under Customization.
- Mouse scrolling speed in the Store has been reduced for more comfortable navigation.
- Improved gamepad navigation in the Options menu in tabs that contain sub-tabs.
- Improved mouse & keyboard navigation in the Mastery Challenges menu.
- Players can now equip their Vanguard Clan Emblems and Calling Card Frame rewards.
PC-Only
Players will now be able to see the world storytelling shown on the new front end screen that was previously exclusive only to console players.
- The “Update Requires Restart” pop-up will now restart your client automatically after 5 seconds.
- Added a button to Leave Squad Party in the Play tab when in a Party.
- The Airplane Sensitivity Multiplier has been split into:
- Helicopter Sensitivity Multiplier which only applies to the Heli.
- Airplane Basic Sensitivity Multiplier which only applies to the Bomber and Fighter planes with Advanced Controls disabled.
- Airplane Advanced Sensitivity Multiplier which only applies to the Fighter with Advanced Controls enabled.
BUG FIXES
- Fixed an issue where the "FerroFluid" Blueprint was unable to be equipped in-game.
Fixed an issue where Pings would appear inconsistent around Redeploy Balloons. - Fixed an issue where Polina’s “Cloaked for Combat” skin would appear with the incorrect head model.
- Fixed an issue where the "Armored Strength" Blueprint was unable to equip the 9mm 60 Round Drums attachment.
- Fixed an issue where the Season Two Challenge “Get pistol double kills” would not track.
- Fixed an issue where the Portable Decontamination Station would break after being placed when the circle has closed.
- Fixed an issue where Xbox users with their Multiplayer privileges set to Block are able to join another Player's party.
- Fixed an issue where the Deployable Cover Field Upgrade could be used to access areas outside of the map.
- Fixed a bug that was causing the Quick Inventory to not display the selected item as prominently as intended.
WEAPONS
New Weapons
- Armaguerra 43 (VG)
Weapon Adjustments
Assault Rifles
- Vargo 52 (BOCW)
- Maximum Damage decreased from 28 to 27
- Minimum Damage decreased from 24 to 23
- Neck Damage Multiplier increased from 1.2 to 1.3 - Volkssturmgewehr (VG)
- Gun Kick adjusted
Marksman Rifles
- G-43 (VG)
- Bullet Velocity increased by 13.8% - M1 Garand (VG)
- Bullet Velocity increased by 14.3%
- ADS Movement Speed increased from .86 to 1
- ADS Interrupt Time increased from 300ms to 250ms - SVT-40 (VG)
- Bullet Velocity increased by 16%
Melee
- Most Melee Weapons now execute a Melee Finisher on a second consecutive strike.
Shotgun
- Vanguard Shotgun Damage increased by 10%
- Einhorn Revolving (VG)
- Magazine Capacity increased from 5 to 6
Sniper Rifle
- 3-Line-Rifle (VG)
- [Controller Only] Aim Assist enabled when not in ADS - Type 99 (VG)
- [Controller Only] Aim Assist enabled when not in ADS
Submachine Guns
- Sten (VG)
- 7.62 Gorenko Capacity increased from 32 to 36
- .45 ACP Round Fast Mags Capacity increased from 28 to 32
- 9mm Mags Capacity increased from 20 to 28 - Welgun (VG)
- Fire Rate decreased by 2.2%
- Recoil increased slightly
ATTACHMENTS
Ammunition
- Hollow Point
- Damage Range now decreased by 20%
Barrel
- 3-Line Rifle (VG)
- 500mm MN Custom: Flinch Resistance now properly reduces camera pitch when hit - Kar98k (VG)
- VDD 660mm 05HE: Flinch Resistance now properly reduces camera pitch when hit - Type 100 (VG)
- Warubachi 134mm Rapid: Visual Recoil decreased - Type 99 (VG)
- Shiraishi 712mm Sniper: Flinch Resistance now properly reduces camera pitch when hit - Welgun (VG)
- 320mm SA Shrouded: Recoil Control decreased from 36% to 15%
Magazine
Einhorn Revolving (VG)
- 16 Gauge 12 Round Cylinder
- Magazine Capacity increased from 7 to 12
- Reload Speed increased slightly
- Birdshot 6 Round Cylinder
- Reload Speed increased slightly
Welgun (VG)
- .45 48 Round Mags
- Visual Recoil decreased
- 7.62 Gorenko 40 Round Mags
- Fire Rate increased from 11% to 12%
- Maximum Damage decreased from 30 to 29
- Mid Damage decreased from 26 to 25
- Min Damage decreased from 21 to 20
- Recoil Control decreased from 22% to 16%
Perk
DP27 (VG)
- Hardscope
- Recoil Control decreased
Rear Grip
Sniper Rifles
- Airborne Elastic Wrap (BOCW)
- Flinch Resistance now properly reduces camera pitch when hit
- Dropshot Wrap (BOCW)
- Flinch Resistance now properly reduces camera pitch when hit
- Field Tape (BOCW)
- Flinch Resistance now properly reduces camera pitch when hit
- SASR Jungle Grip (BOCW)
- Flinch Resistance now properly reduces camera pitch when hit
- Polymer Grip (VG)
- Flinch Resistance now properly reduces camera pitch when hit
DOWNLOAD
- PlayStation 5: 8.9 GB
- PlayStation 4: 8.9 GB
- Xbox Series S|X: 9 GB
- Xbox One: 9 GB
- PC: 7.1 GB (Warzone Only) 12.4 GB (Warzone and Modern Warfare
- PC users will need 17.4 GB of additional space for the patch copying process.
Warzone Rebirth Island Map Changes
Perhaps the most significant change to Warzone comes in the form of huge changes to the Rebirth Island map. Now known as Rebirth Reinforced, multiple areas of the map have changed. The Security point of interest (POI) has disappeared in favour of a new area known as Stronghold.
Alongside Stronghold, the Docks POI makes an appearance in addition to a ship close to Factory. With plenty of loot on board both ships, it's highly likely they become two of the most popular landing spots.
- Read More: Warzone To Merge Both Battle Royale Modes
Warzone Season 2 Reloaded Buffs and Nerfs
As with every major update, the chances of Raven Software applying a dose of weapon balancing is inevitable. Despite nerfs to various weapons including the Bren, the ever-changing metagame has stagnated.
With the arrival of the Armaguerra 43, nerfs to some of the more popular weapons could arrive in a bid to spice up weapon selection on Caldera and Rebirth Island.
Warzone Season 2 Reloaded QoL Fixes
Raven Software has highlighted a range of quality of life (QoL) updates making their way to Warzone in the Season 2 Reloaded update. Players have the ability to dorp Gas Masks in addition to improvements to parachuting into the action.
One particular change allows you to see how many armour plates an armour satchel has before picking it up. Armour plates from scratches can also be picked up.
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