CoD: Warzone And MW3 Patch Notes Detail Weapon And Perk Changes, Plus Vehicles Arrive To Rebirth Island

A new update arrived to both Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and Warzone on April 9. The patch notes include weapon tuning and perk changes for multiplayer, and on the Warzone side, vehicles are added to the Rebirth Island map.

Modern Warfare 3’s update includes buffs to the already popular SVA 545 assault rifle in multiplayer. This includes a 40% increase to the gun’s maximum damage range, a 17% increase to the near-medium damage range, and 18% more to the medium damage range.

A change is also made to one of the attachments for Season 3’s new MORS sniper rifle. The sniper’s Photonic Charge Barrel attachment should now have improved consistency with penetration damage through enemy operators.

Two multiplayer perks are adjusted to have new benefits. The Ninja Vest perk will now give players the effects of the Running Sneakers perk, if they also have the Reinforced Boots perk equipped. The Compression Carrier perk is updated to immediately trigger health regeneration when the player gets kills with a launcher.

Spawns are also adjusted for the Shipment map. The developer says additional spawn points were added to improve the probability of a quality spawn in Team Deathmatch, Domination, and Hardpoint modes.

The Warzone side of the update is pretty small, but it does add ground vehicles to Warzone’s Rebirth Island map. It also includes a few bug fixes. This includes a fix for an issue that previously prevented tactical and lethal equipment from auto picking up. For Ranked Play: Resurgence, the update addresses an occurrence that previously prevented one-shot protection from functioning and another issue that caused too many UAV towers to spawn in the competitive mode.

A few global issues are also addressed across both games, which include an issue that previously caused the latency telemetry widget to constantly display N/A and a crash that could occur while a player was viewing weapon attachments.

The full patch notes for Warzone and Modern Warfare 3 can be found below, as shared by Activision.

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GLOBAL

STABILITY

Addressed a crash that could occur while viewing Weapon Attachments.

CUSTOMIZATION

Resolved various issues with Quick Equipping Weapon Charms in the Store.
Corrected the display names of the Season 3 Prestige Emblems.

SETTINGS

Addressed an issue causing the Latency telemetry widget to constantly display N/A.

MW3 MULTIPLAYER

UIX

Bug Fixes
- Armory Unlock Challenges will now display a splash upon completion.
- Operators will no longer appear to have two Riot Shields equipped in the Lobby.
- Removing certain Conversion Kits is now properly reflected in the Gunsmith.
- Weekly Challenge countdown timer will no longer display an invalid time as the Midseason update approaches.
- Corrected positioning of the FJX Horus in the Gunsmith.
- Calling Card and Emblem rewards from Weapon Mastery completion are now displayed properly in the After-Action Report.
- Removing a Weapon Sticker in the Gunsmith will no longer cause the placement indicators to disappear.
- Revised Pros/Cons labels for multiple Attachments to better reflect their true properties.

GAMEPLAY

Improved deprioritization of spawn locations while any Killstreak is active and nearby.

PROGRESSION

Ripper Light Stock for the FJX Horus will no longer appear locked and without unlock requirements.
Improved tracking of one-shot kills for the What’s Your Sign? Camo for the MORS.

MAPS

Shipment
- Added additional spawn points to improve the probabality of a quality spawn selection in Team Deathmatch, Domination, and Hardpoint Modes.
Tanked
- Enemy nameplates are no longer visible through the walls of the Tunnel.

WEAPONS & ATTACHMENTS

» Assault Rifles «

SVA 545
- Increased maximum damage range from 31.8m to 44.5m (+40%).
- Increased near-medium damage range from 44.5m to 51.8m (+17%).
- Increased medium damage range from 51.8m to 61m (+18%).

» Submachine Guns «

FJX Horus
- Optic Attachments with an integrated laser are no longer compatible with the ECS Requieter Suppressor Muzzle.

» Light Machine Guns «

TAQ Evolvere
- Removed duplicate ZEHMN35 Compensated Flash Hider Muzzle Attachment.

» Sniper Rifles «

MORS
- Hurricane 9 Variable Optic
  - Removed the ability to equip this incompatible Attachment.
- Photonic Charge Barrel
  - Improved consistency of penetration damage through enemy Operators.

PERKS

Ninja Vest (Vest)
- While equipped with Reinforced Boots, players now gain the effects of Running Sneakers.
Compression Carrier (Vest)
- Kills with a Launcher will now immediately trigger health regeneration.

EQUIPMENT

EMD Grenade (Tactical)
- Changed the tracker removal keybind to Interact on keyboard input devices.
- Improved prioritization when multiple actions are available for the tracker removal keybind.
- Tracker removal time is now aligned with the HUD progress bar.
Scatter Mine (Tactical)
- Enemy stun effects are now correctly applied in Hardcode Modes.
C4 (Lethal)
- Detonation can no longer occur until stuck to a surface for 500ms.

Note: This mechanic was expected for the Season 3 update but did not function as intended at the time of release.

KILLSTREAKS

Guardian-SC
- Ledge Hanging after equipping the Guardian-SC will no longer cause the player to become unable to fire their Weapon.
Remote Turret
- Attempting to deploy while swimming will no longer cause the player to become unable to fire their Weapon.