Season 3 of Call of Duty: Warzone is live and kicks off the new content cycle with a major update 1.36. The patch nerfs the key weapons, changes some attachments, and unlocks content for the new season. MeinMMO shows you the patch notes with the most important changes in English.
What’s happening in Warzone? Season 3 is live and brings a significant amount of changes and new features with update 1.36. A changed Verdansk map was introduced through a live event, and besides the changed map, there were several new features:
- New Battle Pass
- Changes to ground loot
- A handful of bug fixes
- Change to the Roze skin
- Weapon adjustments
- DLSS for Nvidia graphics cards
Particularly, the adjustments to weapons are likely to be closely monitored by many players. Season 2 was characterized by burst-fire tactical rifles at range and the FFAR 1 in close combat. The key weapons have been significantly nerfed, and there have also been a few buffs. Here you can go directly to the weapon adjustments.
CoD Warzone: Update 1.36 – Battle Pass and Patch Info
With the new update comes the usual season routine since the launch of Black Ops Cold War:
You can once again unlock 100 tiers in the Battle Pass and you have just under 1,200 season levels to climb. There are new prestige emblems and challenges that will grant you additional rewards.
In addition, there were adjustments to gameplay, a few important bug fixes, and a new feature for PC players with Nvidia graphics cards:
Gameplay – The loot system in Verdansk has been overhauled and now exclusively offers “Cold War” weapons as loot from crates or ground loot. Additionally, only legendary weapons now come with an attachment blueprint. It appears that you can only find legendary (orange) or common (white) weapons in Verdansk – so either completely without attachments or with all 5 slots filled.
Players with a riot shield no longer take damage when deflecting a thermite grenade with the shield. Additionally, enemies will now always go down when you stick a semtex grenade to them.
Roze Skin – The skin is very dark and often hard to see. The developers are adjusting its visibility and stated in the patch notes: “We have adjusted Roze to improve visibility when light sources are available”.
Bug Fixes – Errors, bugs, and glitches have been a problem in the Battle Royale over the past weeks and months. With the current patch, at least some of them disappear from the game:
- The running attachments of many Cold War weapons unintentionally worsened hip fire and aim stability
- Some sights of the powerful sniper ZRG 20 mm had issues with holding breath
- Invisibility glitch with attack helicopters
- Some operators had no head while aiming with the FFAR 1
Nvidia DLSS – Players with a newer Nvidia graphics card can enjoy the DLSS (Deep Learning Super Sampling) feature for Warzone. This is an upscaling technology developed by Nvidia to upscale textures while saving performance. Especially graphics cards like the GeForce RTX 3060 benefit greatly from DLSS.
In resolutions beyond Full HD like WQHD, enabling DLSS can boost performance by 30 to 40%.
Update nerfs key weapons – and buffs exciting alternatives
Overall, Warzone directly adjusts 11 weapons and brings further adjustments through modified attachments into the game. Here are the balance changes in detail:
FFAR 1 – Nerf
- The crosshair was adjusted to better align with the other assault rifles
- Minimum damage reduced from 30 to 27
- Damage range decreased by 15%
- Neck damage multiplier reduced from 1.1 to 1.0
- Chest damage multiplier reduced from 1.1 to 1.0
- ADS speed slightly decreased
AUG from Cold War – Nerf
- Delay between bursts extended by 33%
- Neck damage multiplier reduced from 1.8 to 1.3
M16 – Nerf
- Delay between bursts extended by 10%
- Neck damage multiplier reduced from 1.8 to 1.1
AK-47 from Cold War – Buff
- Recoil revised – easier to control
FARA 83 – Buff & Nerf
- Minimum damage increased from 25 to 26
- Maximum damage reduced from 33 to 31
- Damage range increased by 17%
- Recoil behavior revised
Groza – Nerf
- Slightly increased recoil
- ADS speed slightly decreased
- Chest damage multiplier reduced from 1.3 to 1.1
Krig 6 – Buff
- Headshot multiplier increased from 1.4 to 1.5
- Neck damage multiplier increased from 1.0 to 1.3
- Chest damage multiplier increased from 1.0 to 1.1
- Stomach damage multiplier increased from 1.0 to 1.1
QBZ-83 – Buff
- Movement speed increased
- Movement while ADS improved
- Neck damage multiplier increased from 1.0 to 1.2
- Chest damage multiplier increased from 1.0 to 1.1
LC-10 – Buff
- Bullet speed slightly increased
Mac-10 – Nerf
- Maximum damage reduced by 1
Pellington 703 – Buff & Nerf
- ADS speed increased
- Time to pull slightly extended
How the balance adjustments will impact the gameplay remains to be seen in the coming days. At first glance, the changes to the M16 do not seem sufficient.
However, the developers have also made adjustments to the attachments, particularly recalibrating the strong tactical rifles from Season 2, as well as the Sykov pistol.
M16 Attachments
- 16.3″ Rapid Fire – Fire rate increased by 58% less
- 15.9″ Task Force – Fire rate increased by 66% less
- 16.3″ Titan – Fire rate increased by 61% less
AUG Attachments
- 18″ Rapid Fire – Fire rate increased by 56% less
- 18.2″ Task Force – Fire rate increased by 64% less
- 17″ Titan – Fire rate increased by 59% less
Sykov Attachments
- Sorokin 140mm Auto – Minimum damage decreased from 23 to 19
- Sorokon barrel and Akimbo together – Minimum damage decreased from 19 to 14
Laser Attachments
- Yellow Dot – ADS penalty reduced by 20%
- SOF Target Designator – Flashlight is now visible during ADS and hip fire
Magazines
- Fast Fire Magazines – ADS penalty reduced by 20%
- Pistols: Speed Load Magazines – ADS penalty reduced by 40%
- SMGs: Speed Load Magazines – ADS penalty reduced by 30%
- Snipers: Speed Load Magazines – ADS penalty reduced by 20%
Sights
- SUSAT MultiZoom – ADS penalty reduced by 10%
- Ultrazoom Custom – ADS penalty reduced by 20%
- Vulture Custom Zoom – ADS penalty reduced by 20%
As a small bonus, there is a brand new value for muzzle attachments: Position concealment. The SOCOM Eliminator or the muzzle brake 5.56 now possess this value. This way, you remain less visible on the mini-map or compass after firing.
In the end, the developers explain their strategy on how they plan to proceed after these extensive changes: “Given the scale of the balance changes in this patch, we may make additional adjustments shortly after the launch of Season 3 to ensure that the meta remains healthy and stable. Please give us your feedback as always!”
In some other adjustments, the developers also commented on their motivation. Check out the complete patch notes in English if you want to know more about it (via ravensoftware.com).
After the start of the new season 3 in Warzone, many players are looking at the ongoing live event and waiting for the map update of Verdansk. At least with the weapons, the developers have delivered and made some interesting adjustments to the meta weapons of Season 2. We will keep an eye on MeinMMO and update our list with the best weapons of Warzone as soon as conclusions can be drawn.
What is your impression of the patch notes for 1.36? And what do you think which weapons we will use in Season 3 in Warzone? Discuss with us in the comments.
