The heartbeat sensor is considered one of the strongest tactical items in Call of Duty: Warzone. However, apparently, a bug can occur that turns this otherwise harmless item into a nasty weapon. But it only results in self-kills.
What problem are we talking about? The heartbeat sensor can currently be a deadly item. Normally, it only helps indirectly with kills. If you have one, you can regularly pull it out to check if there are enemies nearby – up to a range of 50 meters.
Now you can also score kills with the reconnaissance device … but only self-kills. Because the sensor doesn’t actually eliminate the displayed targets, but sends the user directly into the K.O. phase. In a solo BR match, the solo soldier then ends up directly in the Gulag or back in the main menu and has to search for a match again.
Actually, the device is considered the best tactical item in Warzone. With such unpredictable behavior, the sensor loses a lot of value. Check out how the glitch looks and what you might be able to do about it.
Heartbeat sensor knocks out the user.
What does that look like? The Redditor “csvolts” shows gameplay of the bug and documents the glitch:
In a tunnel under the Verdansk airport, he activated the sensor and wanted to check if something hostile was nearby. But instead of the prospect of a kill, he suddenly received a strong hit from an unknown direction and lay on the ground.
Since “csvolts” was separated from his team, it took a moment for them to revive him. Still mindful of the fact that he had just taken a hefty hit, he checked the heartbeat sensor again and a second later, he was hit again. This time, however, he noticed that the sensor must have had a short circuit or something. According to him, that was the last time he pulled out the heartbeat sensor in that match.
How widespread is the bug? At the moment, there haven’t been too many affected games. However, the glitch has been in the game for at least a week (thread on reddit) and it may have come with the big update 1.20 on April 29, which unfortunately also brought some other bugs.
Probably only lootable devices affected
Can I do something about it? In the thread about the glitch, some users report their experiences with the problem. According to “bigm1ke”, who also had the problem a few days ago, only the “lootable” heartbeat sensors are broken.
He was also knocked out by his found sensor. However, after he got his loadout from the supply crates, the new sensor worked perfectly. However, this could be a one-off case.
So be a little cautious in the next while and test the sensors near your teammates. In solo rounds, you might want to completely avoid found heartbeat sensors and only use your variant from the loadout.
In addition, the counter perk “Ghost” sometimes has a small glitch and players can be shown on the heartbeat sensor despite the perk.
So far, there has been no statement from the developers at Infinity Ward regarding the broken sensor. However, if this problem becomes widely known, it is expected that they will address this nasty glitch. But if this continues, the best gear and perks of Warzone will soon not provide such a big advantage anymore.
