Zombie players, rejoice, because your cries have been heard.
This is the essence of the latest update for Call of Duty: Black Ops 6with developer Treyarch I’m sharing the details on what players can expect to change on Thursday. The team is reverting the changes to Zombie Guide that went into effect on January 3, while acknowledging that “…we don’t always get it right the first time.”
“We know it’s no fun to see something that didn’t bother you in the first place get ‘fixed’ weeks later, so we’re reversing the changes to Directed Mode, giving Shadow Rift four new buffs, and planning a fix to allow speedrunners to safely use the Impact Dash tactic again ” in Terminus. The first two are already available, but the speedrun fix requires additional testing before it goes live,” the team explains.
Treyarch also noted that sometimes issues turn out to be more complex than expected, meaning teams need more time to fix certain bugs or exploits. The Vermin double attack bug and Terminus Speedrun fix are currently unfixed, but are scheduled to be fixed by the start of Season 2 on January 28, 2025.
You can find other notes for today’s update below:
Global
- Characters
- Fixed an issue where Maya’s Operator “Joyride” skin was not visible from more than 70 meters away.
- user interface
- Fixed some visual issues in the Events tab.
- Audio
- Fixed an issue where audio would not play for event stage banners in the game.
Multiplayer
- Modes
- Red light, green light
- The amount of experience awarded for the match bonus has been increased.
- Red light, green light
- Stability
- Added various stability fixes.
Zombie
- Cards
- Citadel of the Dead
- Resolved an issue where using the Void Shell upgrade for Aether Shroud with one of the Elemental Swords would cause the match to crash.
- Resolved an issue that caused many visual effects to stop playing.
- Directional mode
- Fixed an issue where the guide would be incorrect if a player was disconnected using a checkmark.
- Fixed an issue where the guide was incorrect every time a new stamp appeared.
- Resolved an issue where collecting Sole after the seal appeared could interfere with the quest.
- Citadel of the Dead
- Modes
- Directional mode
- Removed the extended time between rounds and the delay between zombies spawning after five looping rounds at the end of a round.
- Directional mode
- Ammo mods
- Shadow Rift
- Activation cost
- Normal enemy activation rate increased from 15% to 20%.
- Chance to activate special enemies increased from 5% to 7%.
- Chance to activate elite enemies when using Big Game Augment increased from 5% to 7%.
- Recovery timer
- Cooldown time reduced by 25%.
- Activation cost
- Shadow Rift
- LTM highlights and changes
- Dead light, Green light
- Added Liberty Falls to map selection.
- Before Exfil, the round limit has been increased to 20.
- Dead light, Green light
- Stability
Black Ops 6 is off to a strong start
While there are a number of issues that still need to be addressed, this patch is great to see and we hope that rolling back some of these changes will make Zombies play smoother.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 is the first game in the franchise to be included on day one Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass, helping you increase your subscription spend and stay best-selling game of October and November 2024 in the US.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 is currently available on Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Windows PC, PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4.