Season 2 of Warzone Pacific is finally here, with new weapons and some additional POIs coming to the battle royale. Significant bug fixes will be coming too, alongside weapon balance changes. Below we have everything there is to know about the Warzone Pacific Season 2 Patch Notes.
Latest - Season 2 Update Release Time
We're just a few hours away from the release of the Warzone Pacific Season 2 update.
It is due to go live at 12pm ET/5pm GMT on February 14, and PlayStation users can preload it now.
The patch notes should come at the same time as the update, but we know some of the details already.
New Season 2 Features
Before we get to the bug fixes, it's best to go over the new features you can expect in Warzone Pacific next week.
- Two New POIs - You can explore the Chemical Factory and underground Chemical Weapon Research Labs
- Armored Transport - You'll find an armored transport truck moving around the island. Defeat Axis soldiers for powerful rewards.
- Caldera Clash - New LTM based on the standard Clash TDM mode.
- Nebula V Ammo & Bombs - No stronger than regular bullets but does have one major exception: when an Operator is downed by them, they will emit a poisonous gas cloud.
- Nebula V Bombs - Once activated and set down in front of an Operator, it will detonate after a fixed countdown and cannot be disarmed or destroyed. Its initial explosion deals a high amount of damage in a small radius before the gas spreads outward, where it will hurt any Operator without a Gas Mask.
- Redeploy Balloons - Operators can ascend to the top of the balloon via a zipline tethered to the balloon, then leap off at the top and deploy their parachute to cover great distances.
- Portable Decontamination Stations - The Portable Decontamination Station, new Field Equipment in Caldera, is a portable device that filtrates air for several seconds, protecting anyone inside from the Circle Collapses or Nebula V gas.
- Bomber planes - New plane that can destory loadouts
- New Weapons
- KG M40: Assault Rifle
- Whitley: LMG
- Ice Axe (In-Season)
- Armaguerra 43: SMG (In-Season)
- New Operators
- Anna Drake
- Thomas Bolt
- Gustavo Dos Santos
Warzone Pacific Season 2 Patch Notes
The Vanugard patch notes have already been revealed, and now those for Season 2 of Warzone have joined them.
Check them out below:
Battle Royale Adjustments
We’re stripping Battle Royale down and moving back to basics for Season Two. We want Battle Royale and Vanguard Royale to each have their own distinct identities. To achieve this, we are focusing-in on what makes these rulesets unique… the tools we provide our players, the pacing, the objectives, etc.
Here is an overview of the changes Players can expect to see:
- Public Events
- The Public Events that will be in rotation for selection are:
- Supply Choppers
- Fire Sale
- Jailbreak
- No Public Events will activate during the infil sequence
- The Public Events that will be in rotation for selection are:
- Contracts
- The Contracts that will be in rotation during matches are:
- Recon
- Bounty
- Most Wanted
- Scavenger
- Supply Run
- The Contracts that will be in rotation during matches are:
- Loot
- Economy rebalance
- Ground Weapons update
Vanguard Royale Adjustments
We’ve been really happy with the response and feedback to Vanguard Royale, with a lot of the sentiment emphasizing how the mode feels fresh and different from the core Battle Royale experience. With that said, we want to go all in on these differentiators and spread the two modes out to offer more variety in how Players choose to experience Warzone.
- Loadout Drops
- Expedited the first Loadout Drop event from the start of the 2nd Circle to when the 1st Circle begins to close in Vanguard Royale only.
- No Stun Grenades in Loadouts (restricted)
- Thermites allowed in Loadouts (unrestricted)
- Public Events
- The duration of Fire Sale has been reduced
- In rotation:
- Fire Sale
- Jailbreak
- Resurgence
- Restock
- Cash Drops
- Heavy Weapon Drops
- Loot
- Dead Silence removed from ground loot
- Stun Grenades removed from ground loot
- Thermites added to ground loot
- UAVs added to Ground Loot
- Economy rebalance
- Ground weapons rebalance
- UAV Changes
- UAVs removed from the Buy Station
- UAVs are available as Contract Rewards
Other Changes
Before we dive into specific Gameplay additions and changes, we want to outline some changes that apply across the entire game:
- An increase has been applied to Weapon XP earn rates.
- Vanguard Weapons can be saved as a “Custom Mod” in Loadouts.
- The 5 default Loadouts have been updated.
- The amount of cash Players gather through loot has decreased overall.
General
- Weapons that spawn across Caldera have been adjusted for the following…
- Ground loot
- Supply Box loot
- Contract rewards
- Dead Silence is now classified as “Legendary” orange loot.
- Update to several modes (Battle Royale, Vanguard Royale, Plunder, Vanguard Plunder) that rebalances the amount of ground loot and caches that spawn, as well as decreasing the size of Plunder cash piles across those Modes.
- The final circle in Battle Royale modes is now much less likely to end on Caldera’s peak.
Gameplay Adjustments
- Aim Assist
- While stunned on controller, aim assist will now scale appropriately and will not cause unintended increase of aim assist strength
- Armor Plating
- Armor Plates will now prioritize refilling 1 full plate of armor before filling partially damaged plates
- Ascenders
- Players can now exit an Ascender with the Jump Button
- Added a prompt to exit an Ascender while Ascending
- Gas Mask
- Gas Masks will no longer be auto-equipped when aiming down sights
- Whilst the Gas Mask will still deplete in ADS, the animation will no longer interrupt and will wait for the player to go back to hip-fire before equipping
- Players will take damage as normal while they are in ADS without their Gas Mask equipped.
- Gasoline Canister
- Will no longer detonate when hit by a Stun grenade
- Can now be thrown through glass windows
- Players are less likely to accidentally pick them up
- Kill damage zone is reduced with the addition of fall-off damage
- Gulag
- Footsteps of spectators are less audible. Further improvements will be made here into the season.
- Mantling & Traversal
- Increased mantle height for improved vertical navigation and traversal
- Various map improvements to aid traversal and player leading.
- Various improvements to visuals and texture streaming when traversing on consoles.
- Parachutes
- Are now the same speed going forwards as it was going sideways.
- Can now be pulled at a lower vertical height.
- Can now be pulled sooner after exiting the infil plane.
- Can now be cut when closer to the ground.
Vehicle Adjustments
- General
- Reduced or in some instances removed collisions on various world assets to improve ground vehicle traversal
- Fighter Plane
- Health has been slightly reduced
- Weapon damage has been reduced
- Fighter Planes are no longer able to auto-target skydiving Players
- Collision has been adjusted to alleviate instant death in some circumstances
- Anti-Aircraft Gun
- Flak damage range increased
- All heat is cleared once the overheat has cooled down
- Heat dissipation rate has been increased
- Squad Transport
- Improved handling, speed, and off-road performance
- Utility Truck
- Improved speed, handling, and able to climb steeper inclines
UI/UX
- Updates to the “Play” tab have made it possible for the ‘Rebirth Resurgence’ game mode to now use the squad size drop down box for improved convenience.
- The prompt for dropping a single armor plate now says “Drop Single” instead of “Drop Stack”.
- The pause screen now displays any running events, this can be clicked through to display a summary of the event.
- The moving Tram in the Capital is now shown on the Tac Map for situational awareness.
- Show Controls and fading behavior has now been added on to the HUD on all Warzone vehicles.
- You can disable this in the options menu, this new option is located in Interface > HUD > Always Show Vehicle Controls.
- Added Pitch up and Pitch down key binds for the airplane.
- These new keybinds are located in Keyboard & Mouse > Killstreaks & Vehicles > Airplane Keybinds.
- In-match splash screens/messages have been disabled for Spectators.
Bug Fixes
- Fixed collision issues with various elements across Caldera allowing Players to exploit/peek/shoot through them.
- Fixed various issues related to console texture streaming.
- Fixed various issues causing crashes on across platforms.
- Fixed an issue causing inconsistent voice chat connectivity.
- Fixed an issue causing corrupted graphics across platforms.
- Fixed an issue causing some Operator skins to appear invisible at a distance.
- Fixed a timing issue where swapping between guns while looting a gun would replace the wrong gun in a players inventory.
- Fixed an issue that would sometimes prevent the Loadout Drop Event from occurring during the 6th Circle of the Battle Royale game mode.
- Note: the 2nd Loadout Drop Event has also now been moved into the 5th Circle.
- Fixed an issue causing the HUD to show that a Player returned from the Gulag with fists when they actually had a Weapon.
- Fixed an issue that allowed Players to return from the Gulag with the full Loadout.
- Fixed an issue preventing the Assault Rifle Charlie’s (VG) Chariot 18” Rapid barrel from properly adjusting Recoil behavior.
- Fixed an issue preventing the Sten (VG) from exhibiting its intended Recoil behavior.
- Fixed an issue preventing the Light Machine Gun Charlie (VG) from exhibiting its intended Recoil behavior.
- Fixed an issue preventing the DP27 (VG) from exhibiting its intended Recoil behavior.
- Fixed an issue preventing the Welgun’s (VG) GW 02 and GW 03 iron sights from appearing in the Gunsmith.
- Fixed an issue preventing Sawtooth (VG) Camos from appearing in the Gunsmith.
- Fixed an issue with the RATT’s (VG) .45 ACP 12 Round Mags where it was not properly calculating changes to Damage.
- Fixed an issue with the RATT’s (VG) 7.62 Gorenko 14 Rounds Mags where it was not properly calculating changes to Damage.
- Fixed an issue where the Assault Rifle Charlie’s (VG) Cooper 21” Scythe Barrel was incorrectly increasing damage to the head and decreasing damage to the body.
- Fixed an issue that corrects the orientation of the Combat Shield when it spawns out of a loot chest.
- Fixed an issue causing Weapon Loot Cards to display an incorrect number of attachments for some Vanguard weapons.
- Fixed multiple issues where it would show social contacts playing the wrong title.
- Fixed an issue where invert mouse look for keyboard and mouse on console did not work.
- Fixed an issue where Dynamic Resolution Framerate Target was not displaying the appropriate value.
- Fixed an issue resulting in some Players experiencing on keyboard and mouse after making a purchase at a Buy Station.
Weapon Adjustments
A tip for parsing the following changes: An attribute can increase and be detrimental, or decrease and be beneficial. While considering the below changes, it is recommended to focus on the “down from” or “up from” language.
“Down from” will always indicate a negative effect, while “up from” will always be positive.
All Vanguard Weapons have had their Ballistics behavior adjusted to more closely match MW and BOCW Weapons.
Assault Rifle
- Assault Rifle Alpha (VG)
- ADS Speed decreased to .26, down from .255
- C58 (BOCW)
- Recoil Deviation increased
- Recoil Magnitude increased
- Volkssturmgewehr (VG)
- ADS Speed decreased to .265, down from .26
Handgun
- Klauser (VG)
- Bullet Velocity increased to 390, up from 353
- Machine Pistol (VG)
- Mid Damage increased to 16, up from 15
- Top Break (VG)
- Bullet Velocity increased to 399, up from 360
- Max Damage Range increased to 925, up from 800
- Mid Damage increased to 34, up from 30
- Min Damage increased to 26, up from 24
Light Machine Gun
- DP27 (VG)
- Lower Torso Multiplier decreased to 1, down from 1.1
- Light Machine Gun Charlie (VG)
- Left Upper Arm Multiplier decreased to 1, down from 1.1
- Lower Torso Multiplier decreased to 1, down from 1.1
- Right Upper Arm Multiplier decreased to 1, down from 1.1
Marksman Rifle
- M1 Garand (VG)
- Recoil behavior adjusted
Sniper Rifle
- 3-Line Rifle (VG)
- ADS Speed increased to .517, down from .5
- ADS Movement Speed increased by 27.1%
- Gun Bob decreased
- Movement Speed increased by 3.7%
- Neck Damage Multiplier increased to 1.6, up from 1.5
- Gorenko Anti-Tank Rifle (VG)
- ADS Speed increased to .66, up from .7
- Kar98k (VG)
- ADS Speed decreased to .455, down from .29
There are two parts which comprise the Stats of the Kar98k (VG): the Weapon and the Base Optic. In the case of the Kar98k (VG), much of its ADS Speed stats were coming from its Optics. We have decided to take that ADS Speed and spread it out more evenly amongst its Attachments. The end result is a more consistent range of ADS Speeds that will not vary as wildly depending on the Optic alone. When considering the changes made to Optics and other Attachments, this results in a net increase to the Kar98k’s (VG) ADS Speeds. See the Optics section for additional details.
- Type 99 (VG)
- ADS Speed increased to .48, up from .58
- Gun Bob decreased
Submachine Gun
- Submachine Gun Charlie (VG)
- Maximum Damage Range decreased to 422, down from 473
- Mid Damage Range decreased to 600, down from 612
- Type 100 (VG)
- Gun Kick adjusted
- Welgun (VG)
- Maximum Damage Range decreased to 525, down from 581
- Mid Damage Range decreased to 734, down from 778
There are also a bunch of attachment changes, which you can check out here.