Modern Warfare 3 Zombies December 14 patch notes: Dead Signal changes, Aether Extraction issue fix, and more

Call of Duty's first major update after the Season 1 launch is here, and Modern Warfare 3 Zombies has gone through a plethora of changes. The new patch has made some major adjustments in this mode's Act 4 mission, Dead Signal. Furthermore, players have been facing some issues while fighting the Greylorm in MW3 Zombies.

Other major bug fixes are part of this update as well. It also contains a fix for a PC-specific crash that some players managed to circumvent in Season 1. Read on to learn about all the changes made to the Zombies mode in Modern Warfare 3.

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Modern Warfare 3 Zombies December 14 patch notes

Here are all the changes in Modern Warfare 3 Zombies December 14 update:

MISSIONS

Act 4: Dead Signal in Modern Warfare 3 Zombies

• Adjustments to the Escape: Defeat Gorm'gant step of the Dead Signal mission.
• Light Armored Zombies enemy types have been added during this step to provide a source of Armor for players.

GAMEPLAY

Contracts

• Aether Extraction
• Addressed an issue that would eliminate players who attempted to overload an 'Aether Extractor' as the contract's time runs out.

ENEMIES

Zombies

• Aether Worm: Greylorm
• Addressed an issue that allowed Greylorm to instantly die when spawned.
• Addressed an issue where getting eaten by Greylorm and grabbed by a Mimic at the same time could cause players to get pushed under the map.

UIX

Weapons

• Addressed an issue that displayed incorrect Bruen MK9 attachment unlock descriptions in the After Action Report.

STABILITY

• Resolved a PC specific crash players encountered at the start of Season 1.
• This fix was released on Monday, December 11.
• Added various crash and stability fixes.

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Modern Warfare 3 global changes

These changes have been applied to both Modern Warfare 3 and Warzone. However, some of these alterations are not for Modern Warfare 3 Zombies mode, as they involve PvP content. Here are all the global changes made with this patch:

STABILITY & PERFORMANCE

• Addressed an issue experienced by some players that caused items previously unlocked to become unavailable to equip.

CUSTOMIZATION

• Crimson Fate and Carbon Fate Laser Attachment Skins will no longer appear as default Skins when equipped to Shotguns.
• Players who purchased the GG EZ Weapon Vault Bundle will now be able to use customizations on the Houndeye Integrated Optic Attachment.
• Animated Emblems are now properly rewarded upon reaching Prestige Levels 1-5.
• Note: In the coming days, we’ll retroactively grant these items to players who met the requirements prior to today’s fix.
• The Stormender's Priceless and Interstellar reward Emblems will now display the correct Emblem art.

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That is everything there is to know about the Modern Warfare 3 Zombies update on December 14. Stay tuned to Sportskeeda's Call of Duty section for more news and updates regarding MW3.