The new Season 4 of Call of Duty: Warzone is live and brings a lot of new content and changes to the game. Included is even a new map: Fortune’s Keep, the size of Rebirth Island. But there’s a lot going on with the weapons as well. We show you the highlights of the patch notes on MeinMMO.
The next season of Call of Duty: Warzone is live and brings a new map to the game after over 6 months. But there’s still a lot of new experiences to be had:
- New map: Fortune’s Keep
- Map rotation
- Caldera adjustments
- Fresh battle pass with 100 tiers
- LMG “UGM-8” / SMG “Marco 5”
- Contract: Black Market Supply Run
- In-match event: Cash Extraction
- Live event: Mercenaries of Fortune
- Equipment: EMP grenade
- Cash loot mode: Golden Plunder
- Armoured SUV
- Balance adjustments
The patch notes for update 1.59 are online and MeinMMO shows you an overview of the highlights and information about the update. If you want to take a look at the English patch notes yourself, you can find them at developer Raven Software (via ravensoftware.com).
We have embedded the trailer for Season 4 here:
CoD Warzone: Update 1.59 – Patch Notes
When is the update coming? The patch went live in the afternoon as a pre-load, and you can download it at any time.
How big is the update? You need over 20 GB for the season package. Here are the sizes on the individual platforms:
- PlayStation 5: 21.3 GB
- PlayStation 4: 21.3 GB
- Xbox One Series: 27.2 GB
- Xbox One: 27.2 GB
- PC: 23.0 GB
- PC: 26.1 GB (with CoD MW 2019)
What about CoD: Vanguard? For the current premium title of Call of Duty, season 4 started one day earlier. You can find the patch notes at developer Sledgehammer Games (via sledgehammergames.com).
We have embedded the roadmap for Season 4 here:
CoD Warzone: Update 1.59 – Content Season 4
The focus of Season 4 is the new map Fortune’s Keep and generous changes to the Caldera map.
On the new map, a fresh contract, i.e., an in-match mission, a new in-match event, and a new grenade will also start. These contents are initially only available on Fortune’s Keep.
For all maps, the following are added:
- Vehicle with turret
- EMP grenade
- ATMs to loot
- Portable “Redeploy Balloon”
Additionally, new lootable perks are available to you. This time, very strong perks are included:
- New loot perks
- Ghost
- Combat Scout
- Cold Blooded
- Eager
Furthermore, you will find a new cash loot mode in the rotation, new weapons, and a fresh battle pass.
Additionally, a live event is online: “Mercenaries on Treasure Hunt.” Here you can earn cosmetics. In the article about the roadmap, we go into more detail about the new content:
CoD Warzone: Update 1.59 – Balance Adjustments
Now let’s talk about the adjustments in balancing. The list of weapon changes is again very long. We will list the weapons that have been changed and show whether it represents a nerf or a buff for us.
Open the spoiler box if you want to take a look at the long list:
Balance Season 4
- AK-47 (CW) – Nerf
- AS44 (VG) – Buff
- BAR (VG) – Buff
- Cooper Carbine (VG) – Buff/Nerf
- Itra Burst (VG) – Buff
- KG M40 (VG) – Buff
- FFAR 1 (CW) – Buff
- NZ-41 (VG) – Nerf
- StG 44 (VG) – Nerf
- Vargo 52 (CW) – Buff
- Volkssturmgewehr – Buff
- All rocket launchers – Buff
- Whitley (VG) – Buff
- DP 27 (VG) – Buff
- Bren (VG) – Buff
- Type 11 (VG) – Buff
- MG42 (VG) – Buff
- M1 Garand (VG) – Buff
- SVT-40 (VG) – Buff
- Crossbow (MW) – Buff
- R1 Shadowhunter (CW) – Buff
- All melee weapons – Buff
- Armaguerra 43 (VG) – Buff/Nerf
- H4 Blixen (VG) – Nerf
- MAC-10 (CW) – Buff
- Owen Gun (VG) – Nerf
- PPSh-41 (VG) – Buff
- Sten (VG) – Buff
- Type 100 (VG) – Nerf
- Welgun (VG) – Nerf
- Gorenko Anti-Tank Rifle (VG) – Buff
- Three-Line Rifle – Buff
- AUG (CW) – Buff
Other interesting changes have occurred with the “aggressive” sniper weapons. If bullets hit you, you won’t flinch as much anymore. The developers compare this in the patch notes to the Kar 98k and the Swiss sniper.
There have also been changes to equipment, mechanics, and perks:
- Snapshot grenade – Nerf
- Shot sales – Nerf
- Timer outside the map – Buff
- Combat Pro – Buff
- Refill – Nerf
Additionally, there were some general adjustments to certain attachments. You can find the complete English list at the developers of Raven Software (via ravensoftware.com).
Here we also embed the playlist for the coming weeks:
Many weapons of the current weapon meta have been adjusted. Once the initial tests and analyses have been conducted, we will update our list of the best weapons in Warzone. A lot is likely to change there.
Feel free to leave us a comment with your initial thoughts on the new season.
