Quake Champions 2019 Winter Update!

HAPPY HOLIDAYS QUAKERS!

Our Winter Update is LIVE with new wintry rewards; game balance updates; a new game mode: Arms Race); and more! Read on for the full patch notes:

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WINTER WEAPON: FREEZE GUN

  • Pelt your enemies with a barrage of snowballs with this winter themed Super Nailgun.

NEW SORLAG VANTIY: BANDAGES

  • Lick her wounds and wrap them up.

NEW SEASON 5 REWARDS

Battle Pass Season 5 progression and rewards are now available, including:

New Battle-Pass Rewards:

2 Weapons

  • BOOMER Shotgun
  • DOUBLE-BARRELED Super Shotgun

45 Champion Vanities:

  • Anarki SNOWMAN
  • Athena GIFT-WRAPPED
  • Athena JOLLY HAT
  • Athena SNOWMAN
  • Athena THE CRYSTAL QUEEN
  • BJ Blazkowicz SNOWMAN
  • BJ Blazkowicz TRAIN ENGINEER CAP
  • Clutch GIFT-WRAPPED
  • Clutch SNOWMAN
  • Death Knight SNOWMAN
  • Death Knight WINTER BEARD
  • Doom Slayer SNOWMAN
  • Eisen ELF HAT
  • Eisen SNOWMAN
  • Eisen TRAIN ENGINEER CAP
  • Galena FROSTED TOP HAT
  • Galena GIFT-WRAPPED
  • Galena THE COLD-HEARTED QUEEN
  • Galena WINTER DOE
  • Keel SNOWMAN
  • Keel TRAIN ENGINEER CAP
  • Keel TUTU
  • Nyx FROSTED TOP HAT
  • Nyx GIFT-WRAPPED
  • Nyx THE SNOW QUEEN
  • Nyx TRAIN ENGINEER CAP
  • Nyx WINTER DOE
  • Ranger SNOWMAN
  • Ranger THE FROST KING
  • Ranger WINTER STAG
  • Scalebearer SNOWMAN
  • Scalebearer TRAIN ENGINEER CAP
  • Slash FROSTED TOP HAT
  • Slash GIFT-WRAPPED
  • Slash THE ICE QUEEN
  • Slash TUTU
  • Slash WINTER DOE
  • Sorlag FROSTED TOP HAT
  • Sorlag GIFT-WRAPPED
  • Sorlag THE COLD-BLOODED QUEEN
  • Sorlag TUTU
  • Strogg & Peeker ELF HAT
  • Strogg & Peeker GIFT-WRAPPED
  • Strogg & Peeker SNOWMAN
  • Visor FROSTED TOP HAT
  • 7 Ithagnal Lore Scrolls, earn the complete set to unlock Ithagnal

Weapon Shaders

  • 75 Platinum
  • 116 Shards
  • 1 XP Booster
  • Bonus Progression beyond Level 100, players can earn an additional 10 Reliquaries, 100 Shards, and 100 Platinum.

NEW ARCADE MODE: ARMS RACE

Get kills to earn the next weapon in the sequence:

  • Rocket Launcher - 8 kills
  • Lightning Gun - 7 kills
  • Railgun - 6 kills
  • Heavy Machine Gun - 5 kills
  • Super Shotgun - 4 kills
  • Super Nailgun - 3 kills
  • Tribolt - 2 kills
  • Gauntlet - 1 kill
  • First to complete the sequence and earn 36 frags wins.
  • No Abiltiies
  • No Self-Damage
  • No Weapon Pickups
  • No Power-ups

GAME UPDATES

  • Fixed a stats overflow that was both breaking players profile pages and preventing the end-game Battle Report from displaying. This was affecting players who had more than a month of in-match playtime for one or more Champions
  • Suicides no longer count as both a kill and a death, and will decrease the Scoreboard K/D ratio
  • Keypad Enter can now be used as a second Enter key
  • Fixed Nyx Ghost face which had duplicated geometry on top of itself, creating a visual seam at the eyebrows
  • Extended match delay following Sudden Death by 2 seconds in Duel, 2v2, and CTF
  • Fixed the stripes on the United Kingdom flag profile icon
  • Re-integrated the EBONY & IVORY Shotgun as Premium Shaders for the EL DIABLO super shotgun. If you owned either of these shard-weapons but you did not own the EL DIABLO, you have also been granted the EL DIABLO for free
  • Re-integrated the original Quake Wars railgun skin for the ERADICATOR as a Premium Shader
  • Updated Daily Challenges to introduce a platinum reward for completing 3 matches
  • Fixed a large number of camera positioning bugs in Customization
  • Added a game mode icon for Unholy Trinity
  • Fixed the combination of the Nyx Ascension (lore skin) and the Jolly Hat vanity.

SOUND UPDATES

Overview (Stereo & Surround)

  • Increased the frequence of Jump VO events from 20 to 100% of the time, so you always hear an audible grunt when a player jumps
  • Incresaed the volume of Doom Slayer’s movement sounds effects
  • Removed RG and LG hum sounds from a Nyx when in Ghostwalk
  • Fixed first person death sounds when dying at 1HP (pain sounds were playing instead of death screams)
  • Increased the volume of the power-up wear off notification
  • Increased the volume of the MG & SG first person sounds
  • Reduced Ranger to one low pain health sound, the newer more identifiable yell
  • Reverted Breakable sounds to a linear falloff, they were too quiet at a reasonable distance

MAP UPDATES

Awoken

  • Fixed root and staircase wall collision in the RL/NG room
  • Disabled lower HA spawns in Duel modes
  • Fixed hole in archway between NG and HA

Blood Covenant

  • Removed the two visible LG stairwell spawns from Time Limit Duel (one remains in the stairwell, but not in line-of-sight of the lower archway
  • Removed one spawn in front of the Bridge Stairwell from Time Limit Duel.
  • In the three locations with double 25H HPs in TDM, made FFA modes have the same 50 HP layout
  • Fixed heavy armor staircase collision, players were getting caught especially along the interior wall.

Blood Run

  • Moved the Light Armor near nailgun to the Power-up ledge
  • Reduced the 50 HP in the Hourglass hallway to 25 HP in Duel modes
  • Repositioned ammo boxes near Tri-bolt
  • Fixed additional hole/seam in the geometry near Heavy Armor (Hourglass side)
  • Fixed additional hole/seam in the geometry near Heavy Armor (HA Side)
  • Fixed holes in the archway geometry in the Hourglass hallway between Hourglasses and Power-up
  • Fixed clipping at the HA wall statues
  • Added anti-totem & anti-turret volumes in the ceilings of 5 major areas to prevent explotation

Burial Chamber

  • Fixed holes in lower wall near tri-bolt
  • Fixed collision on staircase wall near tri-bolt
  • Enabled Winter Lights

Corrupted Keep

  • Fixed stair collision in NG and upper MH room.
  • Added anti-totem/turret domains outside the map near bones and ng->ha shards.
  • Removed collision from archway floor trim near mega health

Lockbox

  • Fixed acid pool collision near RG tp
  • Reorientated spawns in the Mega Health room, so that they do not point the player towards the toilet bowl causing them to accidentally fall in upon spawning

The Longest Yard

  • Replaces the HMG and bullets with SNG and nails
  • Cleaned up the positioning of the RL and rocket ammo pickups

The Molten Falls

  • Fixed clipping at the LG jumppad
  • Fixed clipping above the LG
  • Fixed wall collision near RG jumppad
  • Added anti-totem & anti-turret volumes near MH, RG, and RG TP to prevent exploitation
  • Fixed the alignment of the barred door wall in center mid

Ruins of Sarnath

  • Allow players to shoot through the ceiling grate above LG.

Champions

Scalebearer

  • Reduced heavy weight passive damage from 320/25, 400/50, 500/75 to 400/25, 500/50.