Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Season 01 Patch Notes

New Zombies Map

• Citadelle des Morts
  • One of Avalon’s oldest landmarks, the Citadel is shunned by locals both for its sinister history and because it is a base of operations for the crime family known as the French Syndicate. The castle was established in the 1100s on the site of a leper colony, and construction was completed a century later. In the 1300s, the renegade knight Guy de Saint Michel and his four enforcers took over the fortress and instituted a criminal reign of terror that birthed the Syndicate.

New Limited-Time Zombies Modes

• Jingle Hells (December 17)
  • Deck the Falls with boughs of holly, as the Jingle Hells festive Limited Time Mode returns! Last seen in Black Ops Cold War, Jingle Hells drops you in what could optimistically be called a winter wonderland, as the entirety of the Liberty Falls map is festooned with wreaths, ribbons, twinkling lights, Christmas trees, garlands of fir tree bunting, and a thin blanket of snow. Although, something feels a bit off… not least the melting piles of slush stained with bloody entrails…

GLOBAL

Camos

• CDL, Ranked Play, and Incentive Camos can now be equipped to any Weapon, regardless of whether all 9 Military Camos have been unlocked for that Weapon in one mode 

Settings

• Controllers
  • Stick Sensitivity
    • The controller stick sensitivity sliders system changed from a 1-20 scale to a 0.10-4.00. This will give players finer control over their sensitivity values and more transparency on the effect of their changes. Previously set sensitivity settings will be maintained. 

MULTIPLAYER

Maps

• New
  • Hacienda (6v6)
  • Racket (2v2, 6v6)
  • Nuketown Holiday (6v6)
• Adjustments
  • Lowtown
    • Addressed an issue where players could get outside of the intended playspace.
  • Protocol
    • Adjusted Search & Destroy A Bombsite location

Modes

• Adjustments
  • Hardpoint
    • Resolved an issue where zone markers could sometimes disappear when contesting a hardpoint location.
  • CDL Modes (CDL Hardpoint, CDL Search and Destroy, CDL Control)
    • Dynamic Map Elements are now disabled by default in CDL game modes.
      • Secret paths (Skyline bookcase, Hacienda panic room) will be open by default.

Weapons  

We will be releasing a large weapon balancing patch shortly after the launch of Season 1 Reloaded. The patch will address some common pieces of community feedback that we have been seeing. Here are just a few of the high level changes, with detailed notes coming later.

• Headshot damage improvements on full-auto weapons
• Full removal of idle sway at the start of ADS on Sniper Rifles
• Reductions to visual recoil, sway, and bob

Gunsmith  

• Addressed an issue that displayed incorrect movement speed values on some weapons in Detailed Weapon Stats.

Theater Mode

• Addressed an issue where HUD effects from a previously spectated player would be shown when in Free Cam in Theater.
• Addressed an issue where the Hellstorm intro would not be displayed in Theater.
• Addressed an issue where Free Cam would zoom in and out if the last spectated player is ADS.
• Addressed an issue where Smoke Grenade VFX were not properly displayed in Theater.
• Addressed an issue where a black screen would be present when viewing a file in Theater.
• Addressed a crash that could occur when attempting to open a Theater file when another has already been opened.
• Free Cam movement bindings for up/down on controllers have been adjusted to L1/R1.

Perks  

• Recon Combat Specialty bonus of the HUD edge indicator will now only display when an enemy is ADS
• Improved Auto-Ping from Tracker in Free For All modes.

Equipment  

• Resolve an issue where flash and concussion assists could be awarded when hitting teammates in modes with friendly fire enabled

Scorestreaks 

• Addressed issues where static overlays from various Scorestreaks could persist in the Winner’s Circle.
• Sentry Turret will now target enemies in last stand.
• Resolved an issue where players firing an unsuppressed weapon with the Ghost perk equipped could be seen by an enemy Scout Pulse.
• Addressed an issue where the Archangel Launcher and Hand Cannon would be stowed when performing a high mantle.
• Addressed an issue where the player would be unable to use a second Archangel Launcher in one life when obtained by points and a Care Package.

Lobby Vote

• Fixed an issue with the Classified vote option that was causing it to frequently select the same map(s) in some playlists. The Classified vote option will now randomly select one of the map (or mode) selections not shown in the 2 visible Lobby Vote options.

UI 

• Social
  • Addressed an issue where friends were not showing online when resuming from sleep on consoles.
  • Addressed an issue where offline players could show as Online Friends in Social.

Challenges

• Calling Card Challenges
  • Fixed an issue that was preventing the “Merciless Killer” Challenge from progressing if any of the 10 Kills required were achieved with a Scorestreak Weapon (Archangel Launcher or Hand Cannon) 
• Daily Challenges
  • Reduced the amount of progress needed to complete various Multiplayer Daily Challenges
• Camo Challenges
  • Launcher Gold & Dark Spine Camo Challenges now also award progress when destroying enemy Equipment and Field Upgrades in one match, in addition to destroying enemy Scorestreaks
  • Addressed an issue where final kills of a match were not consistently being counted toward Camo Challenges.

Ranked Play

• New
  • Updated Restrictions
    • The following items are now restricted in Ranked Play to match the latest CDL pro GAs: 
      • Assault Rifles:
        • Krig
        • Model L
        • XM4
      • SMGs
        • Saug
      • Snipers
        • All Snipers (All Modes)
    • Attachments: 
      • All Assault Rifle and SMG Magazine Attachments
    • Equipment: 
      • Smoke Grenades (All Modes)
        • Players who have the above items equipped to their Ranked Play Loadouts will want to manually swap them out for unrestricted items and Attachments. If players select a Loadout with restricted content the restricted items will be automatically removed when the player spawns in-game.
  • Hacienda
    • With the return of the competitive staple Hacienda in Season 01 Reloaded, the map will be added to the Ranked map pool for all 3 Ranked modes prior to it being added to the official CDL map pool later in December:
      • Hacienda Hardpoint
      • Hacienda Control
      • Hacienda Search & Destroy 
    • Rewind Control will be removed with the addition of Hacienda Control
  • Ranked Play Bug Fixes
    • Fixed an issue that was preventing SR Loss Forgiveness from applying correctly after the player’s first Loss of the Day 
  • CDL Modes Update (CDL Hardpoint, CDL Search and Destroy, CDL Control)
    • Dynamic Map Elements are now disabled by default in CDL game modes.
      • Secret paths (Skyline bookcase, Hacienda panic room) will be open by default

Stability 

• Various stability fixes.

 ZOMBIES

General Gameplay Updates 

• General Updates
  • Reduced the number of Mangler spawns at mid-to-high Rounds.
  • Implemented a maximum cap on active Manglers in the game, ramping up until the cap is released at Round 100.
  • Reduced the Mangler’s arm cannon health.
  • Significantly reduced the length of Special Rounds by reducing the number of spawns and adjusting the spawn delay rate for Special Rounds.
  • Scaled Parasite damage between Rounds 31-91.
  • Slightly increased damage scaling for base zombies at Round 150-400.
  • Addressed an issue that would prevent zombies from spawning normally after loading a save.
  • Addressed an issue where rarely all players would be downed without a way to revive and have to wait to bleed out before the match would end.
  • Addressed an issue in splitscreen where Player 1 would not spawn with the correct loadout.
• Terminus
  • Addressed an issue where the AFK timer was not present on Terminus Directed Mode.
  • Addressed an issue that caused additional Amalgam’s to spawn in when loading a save.
  • Addressed an issue where using the Beamsmasher alternate fire mode on a camera would display “Immune” text.
  • Addressed an issue that sometimes caused incorrect iconography on the minimap during the Boat Race.
• Liberty Falls
  • Addressed an issue where an Abomination could spawn outside the Exfil zone during an Exfil attempt.
  • Addressed an issue where Parasites could spawn in Liberty Falls.
  • Addressed an issue where Vermin could end up on the roof when attacking the player in some locations.
  • Addressed an issue where Zombies could get underneath the Forecourt.

Weapons 

• Added the Krig C, Saug, Sirin 9mm and Power Drill to the Mystery Box.
• Addressed an issue where the AK-74 would have downward recoil.
• Addressed an issue where some weapons would have the wrong rarity displayed.

Wonder Weapons 

• Thrustodyne M23
  • Addressed an issue where the alternate fire could be used without a cooldown.

Perks 

•  Jugger-Nog
  • Addressed  an issue where the Reactive Armor augment would stun Brainrot charmed zombies.
  • Improved the lighting on the perk machine.
• Der Wunderfizz Machine
  • Der Wunderfizz will now appear on the map when loading a save past Round 25 without needing to progress to the next round.

Field Upgrades 

• Tesla Storm
  • Unlocked reward as part of the Merry Mayhem Event.
• Dark Flare
  • Addressed an issue where Dark Flare could be activated without being fully charged.
• Quick Revive
  • Addressed  an issue that caused Dying Wish not to account for armor mitigation.
• Aether Shroud
  • Closed an exploit that allowed players to go through doors and barriers without unlocking them with the Burst Dash augment. 

GobbleGums 

• Power Keg 
  • Unlocked reward as part of the GobbleGum Mania Event.
• Time Out
  • Unlocked reward as part of the GobbleGum Mania Event.
• Free Fire
  • Addressed  an issue where Underbarrel Grenade Launchers and PaP’d GS45 Pistols would not have unlimited ammo.
  • Addressed  an issue where the player would be unable to use GobbleGums while having a Sentry Turret active.

Scorestreaks 

• Hand Cannon
  • Unlock available through the Armory for players that did not already unlock it with The Hit List Event.

Power-Ups 

• Max Armor Power-Up will now also fill the player’s reserve plates.

Loot 

• Addressed  an issue where picking up a weapon off the ground could swap it with your secondary weapon instead of the held weapon.

Activities 

•  S.A.M. Trials
  • Addressed  an issue where original scorestreaks were sometimes not returned to the player after the trial.

Challenges 

• Calling Card Challenges
  • Fixed issues that were preventing the following Zombies Calling Card Challenges from tracking correctly: 
    • “Endless Barrage” Prestige 1 Challenge
    • “Madness” Career Challenge
    • “Kunoichi” Dark Ops Challenge
    • “Sticks n’ Stones” Dark Ops Challenge
    • “Splash Damage” Trophy Hunter Challenge
    • “Liberated” Dark Ops Challenge
    • “Gumption” Kitted Out Challenge
    • “Hide & Seek” Fresh Meat Challenge
• Daily Challenges
  • Reduced the amount of progress needed to complete various Zombies Daily Challenges
•  Medals
  • Addressed an issue that was preventing the Monkey Business Medal from tracking correctly.

UI 

• Addressed an issue where playlists would sometimes appear locked.
• Updated the text below Directed Mode rewards to “Charm reward will also be awarded for completing Standard Mode” to accurately reflect what will be additionally awarded from Standard mode.
• Addressed an issue where sometimes the previous GobbleGum name was shown when scrolling through GobbleGum packs in the store.
• Addressed an issue in splitscreen where the GobbleGum UI from the previous match would be present at the start of a new match preventing the player from seeing what Gums they have.
• Addressed an issue where the Scoreboard would be missing in splitscreen.
• Addressed an issue where the Center Dot crosshair would disappear in 3rd person.
• Updated the ping icon for the Krig C.
• Addressed some text inconsistencies.

Stability 

• Various stability fixes.