October 1 Patch Notes for Warzone and MW3: Weapons Buffs, Nerfs, Purgatory Updates, Bug Fixes, and More

Warzone October 1 Patch Notes

Below are the complete changes included in the Warzone update on October 1:

Changes to Rebirth Island (Purgatory)

• Terriball Challenge
• Downing enemies now successfully contributes to the progression of this challenge.

Crossbow Adjustments

Updates:

• Increased bolt velocity from 110m/s to 200m/s.
• Reduced bolt gravity influence by 70%.
• Brightblaze 20″ Bolts
• Removed aim down sight spread.
• Blastcap 20″ Bolts
• Eliminated aim down sight spread.
• FTAC Caustic 20″ Bolts
• Removed aim down sight spread.

Weapons Adjustments

• Resolved a problem that prevented new contracts from generating after the second circle.
• Fixed an exploit that allowed players to gain more experience points than expected from decoy grenades in Purgatory mode.
• Addressed an issue that hindered the execution prompt from appearing while positioned behind an enemy.

Modern Warfare 3 October 1 Patch Notes

Check out all the modifications included in the Modern Warfare 3 update on October 1:

Multiplayer Changes

Maps

• Shipment
• Corrected an inconsistency with spawn availability across different map variants.

Player feedback and analytics suggested a 10% improvement in spawn quality on Shipmas compared to Celship and Ghost Ship. The recent changes guarantee that all Shipment variants take advantage of the enhanced selection of available spawns.

• Sporeyard
• Fixed an exploit that permitted players to access unintended areas near the Red Warehouse.

Weapon and Attachment Modifications

Assault Rifles

• M13C (MWII)
• Increased maximum damage from 31 to 32 (+3%).

Now, within its maximum damage range, the M13C can achieve a 4-shot kill if at least one bullet lands a headshot.

Battle Rifles

• DTIR 30-06
• Lower torso damage multiplier decreased from 1.3x to 1x.

Shotguns

• KV Broadside (MWII)
• Maximum damage range increased from 2.9m to 3.6m (+22%).
• Near-medium damage range increased from 3.3m to 4.3m (+31%).

• Lockwood 300 (MWII)
• Maximum damage range raised from 1.8m to 3.3m (+86%).

• Expedite 12 (MWII)
• Maximum damage range increased from 2.5m to 3.6m (+40%).
• Near-medium damage range extended from 4.1m to 5.1m (+25%).

• Bryson 800 (MWII)
• Near-medium damage increased from 34 to 42 (+24%).
• Medium damage raised from 25 to 30 (+20%).
• Maximum damage range extended from 3.3m to 4.1m (+23%).
• Near-medium damage range increased from 5.8m to 7.1m (+22%).

• Bryson 890 (MWII)
• Near-medium damage increased from 34 to 42 (+24%).
• Maximum damage range increased from 3.1m to 3.8m (+25%).

Marksman Rifles

• Crossbow (MWII)
• Bolt velocity improved from 110m/s to 200m/s (+81%).
• Bolts’ gravity influence decreased by 70%.
• Neck damage multiplier raised from 1.2x to 3x.
• Brightblaze 20″ Bolts
• Removed aim down sight spread.
• Blastcap 20″ Bolts
• Eliminated aim down sight spread.
• FTAC Caustic 20″ Bolts
• Removed aim down sight spread.

• SAB-B 50 (MVII)
• Maximum damage increased from 120 to 130 (+8%).
• Near-medium damage increased from 90 to 120 (+33%).
• Maximum damage range decreased from 17.8m to 7.6m (-57%).
• Near-medium damage range decreased from 44.2m to 17.8m (-60%).
• Medium damage range added, with a damage of 90 up to 44.2m.
• Lower torso and upper arm damage multipliers decreased from 1.26x to 1.2x.

Handguns

• P890 (MWII)
• Maximum damage increased from 52 to 59 (+13%).
• Minimum damage increased from 37 to 44 (+19%).
• Maximum damage range decreased from 9.1m to 4.6m (-50%).

• .50 GS (MWII)
• Maximum damage increased from 96 to 116 (+22%).
• Near-medium damage increased from 68 to 95 (+40%).
• Maximum damage range decreased from 17.3m to 8.6m (-50%).
• Near-medium damage range decreased from 35.1m to 17.3m (-51%).

• X12 (MWII)
• Maximum damage increased from 39 to 47 (+20%).
• Near-medium damage increased from 30 to 39 (+30%).
• Minimum damage increased from 28 to 30 (+7%).

• Akimbo X12 Rear Grip
• Damage penalty increased from -20% to -40%.

• Basilisk (MWII)
• Head damage multiplier increased from 2x to 2.5x.
• Medium damage range decreased from 35.1m to 33m (-6%).
• Removed far-medium damage range.

The Basilisk is now capable of delivering a one-shot kill to the head within its medium damage range.

• FTAC victories (MWII)
• Maximum damage increased from 24 to 26 (+8%).
• Near-medium damage increased from 20 to 24 (+20%).
• Medium damage increased from 18 to 20 (+11%).
• Minimum damage increased from 15 to 18 (+20%).

• GS Magna (MWII)
• Minimum damage increased from 36 to 40 (+11%).
• Lower torso damage multiplier increased from 1.05x to 1.15x.
• Upper leg, lower leg, and foot damage multipliers increased from 0.8x to 1x.

• X13 Auto (MWII)
• Horizontal recoil reduced from 7.2deg/s to 6.5deg/s (-9%).
• Vertical recoil reduced from 31.7deg/s to 28.4deg/s (-10%).
• Maximum damage raised from 25 to 29 (+16%).
• Near-medium damage raised from 22 to 25 (+14%).
• Medium damage raised from 18 to 22 (+22%).
• Minimum damage raised from 15 to 20 (+33%).

Killstreaks Updates

• Guardian-SC
• The turret can now be deployed while the player is positioned in water.

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