CoD Warzone: Season 4 changes map, many weapons and annoying skin – Patch Notes

Season 4 of Call of Duty: Warzone is online and with update 1.38, many new features are coming to the game. A fresh Gulag, balance adjustments, motorcycles – the new season offers a lot and MeinMMO shows you the extensive patch notes in English here.

The highlights at a glance: The new Season 4 is online and a few exciting changes are planned for the battle royale Call of Duty: Warzone – including:

• Map adjustments due to satellite crashes
• “Ground Fall” event at the season start
• 120Hz support for PS5
• Motorcycles as new vehicles
• Many weapon adjustments
• Close combat with the match-start pistol is weaker
• 4 new weapons
• Adjustments to the hated Roze skin

The new update 1.38 is now available for download, and MeinMMO shows you the most important changes from the patch notes in this article. We have embedded the official roadmap for Season 4 here:

CoD Warzone: Update 1.38 brings comprehensive changes – Patch Notes

When is the update coming? The update has been online since 6:00 AM on June 17 and is available for download on all systems.

How big is the update? That depends on your platform. The developers announced the following update sizes:

• PlayStation 5: 11 GB  
• PlayStation 4: 11 GB  
• Xbox One Series X | S: 11.2 GB  
• Xbox One: 11.2 GB  
• PC: 12.3 GB / 13.5 GB (with Modern Warfare)

120Hz for PS5? PlayStation players on PS5 can now enjoy Warzone at 120 FPS. However, the patch notes warn – you need an “HDMI 2.1” cable to utilize the feature. Find out here how to set up 120 FPS on PS5.

What about Black Ops Cold War? The update for Cold War went live a day earlier on June 16. Information on the patch notes for Season 4 of Cold War can be found here.

4 Locations, fresh Gulag, “Red Doors”, motorcycles – Season 4 is exciting

How has the map changed? In the background story, the nasty spy Perseus continues to work on his dark plans, and a few American satellites are disrupting his machinations. The new evil operator “Jackal” breaks into a control facility and forces an employee to bring down the satellites. One of the two satellites “lands” in Verdansk and creates a total of 4 new locations on the map:

• Farmland – On one of the fields
• Bloc 18 – Near the salt mine in the northeast
• Bloc 16 – In the riverbed near the airport tower
• Gora Bridge – One of the bridges over the canal has suffered

What you need to know about the new Gulag: The new Gulag is once again based on a classic map, and this time it is “Hijacked”. The map takes place on a yacht and also appears simultaneously in Cold War’s multiplayer in Season 4. The Gulag is designed after the upper deck of the yacht.

What are the “Red Doors” about? They are a new loot source and a kind of fast travel system. You step through one of the red doors and then find yourself at another point on the map, where you can loot in a loot room. Find out more about the story behind the Red Doors here. A short clip showing how the red doors work is embedded here:

What can the new motorcycles do? With the “Dirt Bike”, there is a new fastest vehicle in Warzone. The quad (ATV) was previously the fastest. The Dirt Bikes are said to be significantly more mobile and even allow for “drifts” and “slides”. As with the ATV (buggies), you can take a team mate on the vehicle and the health is the same as that of ATVs.

4 new weapons and extensive adjustments to weapon balance

What new weapons are there in Warzone? A LMG, an assault rifle, a nail gun, and a baseball bat – all are new in the game. If you want to know how to get the weapons, check here: CoD Cold War & Warzone: Here’s how to unlock the new weapons from Season 4.

What changes have occurred with the old weapons? In brief: a lot. We will show you all the adjustments. Let’s start with an important change for the match start:

• Cold War 1911 pistol (weapon for the match start) now requires 3 hits on an enemy with 200 health for a kill (previously 2)

But there are also important and many changes with the big weapons. For example, the AMAX has been nerfed again and loses significantly in strength. The developers emphasize that further adjustments to the balance are following now at the start of the season. The Time-to-Kill will generally increase by 60 – 100 milliseconds and weapons like the AK-47 from Cold War are also expected to experience nerfs soon. Here, however, are all weapon adjustments for the start of the season:

• CR-56 AMAX – Nerf
  • Damage multiplier chest decreased from 1.2 to 1.1
• Groza – Buff
  • Minimum base damage increased from 18 to 23
  • Damage multiplier chest increased from 1.1 to 1.2
  • Damage multiplier stomach increased from 1.0 to 1.1
  • Range of first damage area decreased by 12%
• FARA 83 – Buff
  • Damage multiplier neck increased from 1.0 to 1.5
  • Damage multiplier chest increased from 1.0 to 1.2
• XM4 – Buff
  • Damage multiplier neck increased from 1.0 to 1.5
• AMP63 – Buff
  • Maximum base damage increased from 30 to 33
  • Range of second damage area increased by 14.3%
  • Damage multiplier chest increased from 1.0 to 1.1
  • Damage multiplier extremities increased from 0.9 to 1.0
  • Headshot multiplier decreased from 1.4 to 1.3
• Ballistic Knife – Buff
  • Projectile speed increased by 25%
  • Damage multiplier neck increased from 1.0 to 1.3
  • Damage multiplier chest increased from 1.0 to 1.23
  • Movement speed increased by 1.3%
• Street Sweeper – Nerf
  • Range of first damage area decreased by 24%
  • Range of second damage area decreased by 18%
  • Range of third damage area decreased by 7%
  • Movement speed decreased by 1%
• M82 – Buff
  • Bullet speed increased by 7.7%
  • Damage multiplier chest increased from 1.1 to 1.25
  • Damage multiplier stomach increased from 1.0 to 1.15
• Swiss K31 – Scope Rework
  • Changes to base optics to optimize aiming capabilities
• AUG from CoD MW – Buff
  • Damage multiplier chest increased from 1.0 to 1.1
  • Range of first damage area increased by 10%
• Bullfrog – Scope Rework
  • Changes to base optics to optimize aiming capabilities
• KSP 45 – Buff
  • Range of first damage area increased by 16.6%
  • Damage multiplier extremities increased from 0.9 to 1.0
• Milano 821 – Buff
  • Maximum base damage increased from 34 to 36
  • Minimum base damage increased from 25 to 30
  • Range of first damage area increased by 23%
  • Damage multiplier chest increased from 1.0 to 1.2
  • Damage multiplier stomach increased from 1.0 to 1.1
  • Damage multiplier extremities increased from 0.9 to 1.0
• PP19 Bizon – Buff
  • Maximum base damage increased from 34 to 35
  • Damage multiplier extremities increased from 0.9 to 1.0
• DMR 14 – Buff
  • Recoil strength decreased

Were there changes to the attachments? The developers have also been busy with the attachments, further modifying many weapons in Warzone:

• Barrel attachment “Combat Scout” (Sniper Cold War) – Buff
  • Pellington 703 – Increased bullet speed from 42.5% to 47.5%
  • M82 – Increased bullet speed from 42.5% to 50%
  • Swiss K31 – Increased bullet speed from 43% to 50%
  • LW3 Tundra – Increased bullet speed from 42.5% to 44%
  • ZRG 20 mm – Increased bullet speed from 42.5% to 43%
• Barrel attachment “Ranger” (Assault rifles Cold War) – Rework
  • Now increases bullet speed by 50%
  • Improved vertical recoil control by 15%
  • Increases hipfire spread by 20%
• Barrel attachment “Access” (Assault rifles Cold War) – Rework
  • Now increases range by 35%
  • Improved horizontal recoil control by 15%
  • Increases hipfire spread by 20%
• Barrel attachment “Heavy Duty” (Assault rifles Cold War) – Rework
• Barrel attachment “Quality of Life” (LMG Cold War) – Rework
  • Now increases bullet speed by 25%
  • Increases range by 17.5%
  • Improved vertical recoil control by 7.5%
  • Improved horizontal recoil control by 7.5%
  • Reduces movement speed while aiming (strafing) by 20%
  • Reduces ADS speed by 6%
  • Reduces sprint speed by 5%
  • Increases hipfire spread by 30%
• Under-barrel attachment “Grip” – Buff
  • Improved aiming stability increased from 10% to 19%