Black Ops 6 Season 1 patch notes: New maps, modes, weapons buff and nerf, and more

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Season 1 patch notes are currently live. While the update will go live at 9 am PT on November 14, 2024, Activision has released the patch notes a little earlier. Season 1 for Black Ops 6 brings plenty of content, including three new maps, modes, and weapons. Furthermore, the devs have made some major changes in weapon balancing.

Read on to learn about all the changes in Black Ops 6 Season 1 multiplayer and campaign.

Black Ops 6 Season 1 multiplayer patch notes

Here are all the changes made to Black Ops 6 Season 1 multiplayer:

Maps

Lowtown
Addressed an issue where the water would flicker for some players.
Protocol
Addressed an issue where the water would flicker for some players.
Adjusted the A S&D bombsite to prevent line of sight from artillery above.
Red Card
Addressed an issue where players could get outside of the intended playspace.
Vault
Adjusted the A S&D bombsite to reduce the line of sights from the start spawn area.

Spawns

Spawn logic updates across several maps to reduce the chances of spawning near enemies.
Adjusted start spawns in Subsonic to prevent damaging the opposing enemy team at match start.

Modes

Addressed an issue across several maps where Hardpoint zones could be captured outside of the intended boundaries.
Addressed an issue where incorrect icons could display on the Next Hardpoint lock icon.
Addressed an issue where the bomb in Search & Destroy could not be retrieved if dropped on a destroyed vehicle.
Addressed an issue where the “Time is almost up” line would play too frequently in Gunfight.

Game Chat

Addressed an issue where some players were unable to hear each other during Intermission (between rounds) and in Post-Game voice chat.

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Weapons

Throughout the pre-season we have seen a steady and healthy variety of weapon usage. Most weapons sit quite closely in both performance and pick rate, with no weapons dominating in both areas. As such, our first round of Season 01 tuning changes will not be introducing any major shifts to the current state of weapon balance, and instead focus on elevating some of the weapons at the bottom of the pack. We are also addressing feedback regarding Assault Rifle damage in Hardcore and completing our adjustments to the shotgun slug attachment.
Reminder: We're using a new Weapon Damage Adjustments tables to identify post-patch damage changes when possible. Need an explainer? Click here!

All Weapons

Adjusted weapon motion while moving and changing stances to improve aiming feel and centering (especially with optics).
Hold Breath focus state will now be maintained while firing if applicable.
Improved Weapon depth of field settings when performing a Weapon Inspect.

Assault Rifles

The description for Assault Rifles states:

"We are increasing the damage values for some of our Assault Rifles to ensure that they kill in just one bullet in Hardcore modes. The headshot multiplier changes have either kept the bullets to kill with headshots the same or even improved them at some Min Damage Ranges."

Every weapon buff and nerf in Black Ops 6 Season 1

Here are all the changes made to Black Ops 6 weapons in Season 1:

Assault Rifle adjustments

XM4

Damage Adjustments
Maximum Damage Range
Pre-Patch: 21 damage (0 - 16.5m)
Post-Patch: 23 damage ⇧ (0 - 16.5m)
Medium Damage Range
Pre-Patch: 20 damage (16.6 - 40.6m)
Post-Patch: 22 damage ⇧ (16.6 - 40.6m)
Minimum Damage Range
Pre-Patch: 17 damage (>40.6m)
Post-Patch: 19 damage ⇧ (>40.6m)
Additional Adjustments
Headshot multiplier reduced from 1.3 to 1.15
Attachment Adjustments
CHF Barrel Attachment: Headshot multiplier reduced from 1.42 to 1.25

AMES 85

Damage Adjustments
Maximum Damage Range
Pre-Patch: 21 damage (0 - 50.8m)
Post-Patch: 23 damage ⇧ (0 - 50.8m)
Minimum Damage Range
Pre-Patch: 17 damage (>50.8m)
Post-Patch: 19 damage ⇧ (>50.8m)
Additional Adjustments
Headshot multiplier reduced from 1.25 to 1.12
Attachment Adjustments
CHF Barrel Attachment: Headshot multiplier reduced from 1.4 to 1.25

GPR 91

Damage Adjustments
Maximum Damage Range
Pre-Patch: 21 damage (0 - 19.1m)
Post-Patch: 23 damage ⇧ (0 - 19.1m)
Medium Damage Range
Pre-Patch: 20 damage (19.1 - 45.7m)
Post-Patch: 22 damage ⇧ (19.1 - 45.7m)
Minimum Damage Range
Pre-Patch: 17 damage (>45.7m)
Post-Patch: 19 damage ⇧ (>45.7m)
Additional Adjustments
Headshot multiplier reduced from 1.3 to 1.15
Sprint to Fire time improved from 165ms to 160ms
Tactical Sprint to Fire time improved from 275ms to 270ms
Slide to Fire time improved from 0.37s to 0.33s
Dive to Fire time improved from 0.45s to 0.42s
Attachment Adjustments
CHF Barrel Attachment: Headshot multiplier reduced from 1.4 to 1.2

Goblin Mk2

Adjustments
All movement speeds improved by 0.01m/s
Sprint to Fire time improved from 180ms to 175ms
Tactical Sprint to Fire time improved from 290ms to 285ms

SMG adjustments

Kompakt 92

Damage Adjustments
Maximum Damage Range: Remains at 20 damage (0 - 11.4m)
Medium Damage Range 1: Remains at 17 damage (11.4 - 15.2m)
Medium Damage Range 2: Remains at 13 damage (15.3 - 26.7m)
Minimum Damage Range:
Pre-Patch: 11 damage (>26.7m)
Post-Patch: 10 damage ⇩ (>26.7m)
Additional Adjustments
Headshot multiplier improved from 1.05 to 1.1

Shotgun Adjustments

Strelok Laser Attachment Adjustments

Increased the time it takes to reach ADS spread from 20% of Aim Down Sight Speed to 70% of Aim Down Sight Speed

Slug Attachment Adjustments

Slugs allow players to run shotguns as mid-range precision weapons. As a tradeoff, they have limited short range effectiveness if you are not carefully hitting headshots

Marine SP

12 Gauge Slug Damage Adjustments
Maximum Damage Range:
Pre-Patch: 92 damage (0 - 9.7m)
Post-Patch: 102 damage ⇧ (0 - 2m ⇩)
Medium and Minimum Damage Range improvements across other ranges

ASG-89

12 Gauge Slug Damage Adjustments
Maximum Damage Range:
Pre-Patch: 92 damage (0 - 3.8m)
Post-Patch: 102 damage ⇧ (0 - 1.3m ⇩)
Medium and Minimum Damage Range improvements across other ranges

Marksman Rifle adjustments

Swat 5.56

Aim Down Sight Speed improved from 340ms to 315ms
Sprint to Fire time improved from 215ms to 205ms
Tactical Sprint to Fire time improved from 325ms to 315ms
Rapid Fire Attachment Adjustments
Recoil Gun Kick, Vertical, and Horizontal Recoil penalties increased to 30%

AEK-973

Sprint to Fire time increased from 205ms to 215ms
Tactical Sprint to Fire time increased from 315ms to 325ms
Rapid Fire Attachment Adjustments
Rate of Fire benefit reduced from 10% to 5%
Burst Fire Delay increased from 115ms to 295ms
Recoil Gun Kick and Vertical/Horizontal Recoil penalties increased to 50%

Sniper Rifle adjustments

Sniper Class Adjustments
1-second 50% Idle Sway scaling at the beginning of ADS.
Base Flinch Resistance improved by 17% after Black Ops 6 Season 1 update.

LW3A1 Frostline

Aim Down Sight Speed improved from 550ms to 535ms
Sprint to Fire time improved from 300ms to 290ms
Tactical Sprint to Fire time improved from 450ms to 430ms
Various Attachment Adjustments to improve Aim Walking Movement Speed and recoil control

SVD

Delay introduced after firing to prevent accidental firing
Sprint to Fire time improved from 310ms to 300ms
Various Attachment Adjustments to increase movement speed and reduce recoil penalties

LR 7.62

Tactical Sprint to Fire time improved from 470ms to 460ms
Various Attachment Adjustments to improve movement speed and recoil control

Gunsmith

Various updates to weapon descriptions.
Addressed an issue where stickers would appear in the Decal slot.

Perks

Slight reduction to Ninja footstep volume.
Additionally we’ve made a slight reduction to default footstep volume after Black Ops 6 Season 1 update.
Addressed an issue that prevented Gearhead from being able to booby-trap enemy Care Packages.
Addressed an issue that prevented Equipment from replenishing with the Scavenger Perk.

Scorestreaks

Archangel
Addressed an issue where the rocket would sometimes explode immediately when firing near a wall.

Challenges

Addressed an issue where some Daily Challenges were not tracking properly.

Movement Updates

Addressed a bug causing player to be slowed when shot while mantling.

Theater

Added Nuketown and Private Match recordings after Black Ops 6 Season 1 update.
Addressed various stability issues when viewing matches after Black Ops 6 Season 1 update.

UI

Closed an exploit that allowed players to equip Operators they had not unlocked.
Addressed an issue where the AAR could close when entering the Scoreboard tab.
Addressed an issue earned and unearned medals would not display correctly in Collections after Black Ops 6 Season 1 update.
Addressed an issue where the option to select an attachment skin would not be visible for some players after Black Ops 6 Season 1 update.

Graphics

Addressed an issue where some weapon effects would persist on the character after changing weapons after Black Ops 6 Season 1 update.

Stability

Added numerous stability fixes.

Black Ops 6 Season 1 campaign patch notes

Here are all the changes done to Black Ops 6 campaign in Season 1:

Performance

Made improvements to mission intro sequence animations.

Bug fixes

Updated text for a number of languages localizations.
Addressed various issues that resulted in infrequent game crashes.
Addressed a memory error that was forcing players to restart their game.
Addressed visual fidelity issues with water effects.
Addressed an issue causing the High Contrast setting to be on by default.
Addressed an issue where players would be mistakenly shown an out-of-bounds warning while navigating a mission.
Addressed an issue that would prevent players from completing a mission due to the untimely passing of Gladney.

That covers everything there is to know about the Black Ops 6 Season 1 multiplayer and campaign patch notes. Check out our other Call of Duty-related news and guides below.

Edited by Debabrata Naiya