Warzone 2 Patch Notes: Season 02 Reloaded

A mid-season patch is here for Warzone 2.0, and it would seem Warzone 2 has quite a lot in store for is in this second half of Season 2 Reloaded.

From the new Shredder Operator to the release of a debut Core Multiplayer map, on this page of IGN's Warzone 2.0 wiki guide, you can find the release date for Season 2 Reloaded Mid-Season update, plus all the patch notes.

• Release Date and Time
• New Operator: Shredder
• New Map: Himmelmatt Expo
• New Weapon: Tempus Torrent
• New Party Game Modes
• Warzone Third Anniversary Event
• Path of the Ronin Event Camo Challenges
• St. Patrick's Day Event and Bundle
• Season 2 Reloaded Shop Bundles
• Season 2 Reloaded Playlist
• Season 2 Reloaded Patch Notes

Warzone 2 Season 2 Reloaded Release Date and Time

The mid-season update, Warzone 2 Season 2 Reloaded, went live on March 15, 2023 at 9 AM PT.

Warzone 2 Season 2 Reloaded New Operator: Shredder

A legendary crossover event debuts in the Warzone 2 Season 2 Reloaded mid-season update. This new masked Operator is none other than Shredder from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

This Call of Duty x Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles crossover bundle will go live in the mid-season update for Season 2 Reloaded on March 21, 2023.

Look out for the Shredder Operator Bundle, including three Weapon Blueprints:

• Oroku Shotgun
• Saki Assault Rifle
• Steel Claws Dual Kodachi Swords

The Shredder Operator Bundle will also include:

• Weapon Vinyl
• Light Tank Vehicle Skin
• Foot Clan Weapon Charm

Warzone 2 Season 2 Reloaded New Map: Himmelmatt Expo

Back your bags for a trip to Europe. This luxurious exhibition center is home to Warzone 2's newest 6v6 Multiplayer map. Explore all corners of Himmelmatt Expo to get the jump on the enemy team.

Himmelmatt Expo will be available in Featured Playlists and Quick Play map rotations this mid-season update.

Warzone 2 Season 2 Reloaded New Weapon: Tempus Torrent

Say hello to your new favorite Marksman Rifle... the Tempus Torrent.

Warzone 2 Season 2 Reloaded New Party Game Modes

Three Party Game Modes has returned to Warzone 2 with the release of the Season 2 Reloaded mid-season patch:

Drop Zone:

• Capture and hold the Drop Zone to earn points in this chaotic team-based mode. For every 15 seconds that the Drop Zone is occupied, a Care Package containing a Killstreak will be dropped in the vicinity. This makes rotating to the next Drop Zone a high priority so that you can dig in and start earning those packages ASAP.

All or Nothing:

• Equipped only with Throwing Knives and a pistol with no ammo, each Operator must fight for themselves in a race to earn 20 eliminations. Earn additional Perks by eliminating enemies, starting with the Scavenger Perk to allow for ammo pickups.

One in the Chamber:

• Load into the match with a pistol, one bullet, and three lives. Each player fights for themselves, and a single shot to any part of the body earns the elimination, granting the attacker one more bullet for the next fight.

Warzone 2 Season 2 Reloaded Third Anniversary Event

It wouldn't be a true celebration of three years of Warzone without some gifts! Receive up to seven free rewards from the in-game Warzone 2 Store themed around past maps and seasons, including a Weapon Blueprint and Calling Card:

• Verdansk Anniversary Calling Card
• Verdansk Emblem
• Caldera Anniversary Calling Card
• Blacksite Completionist Calling Card
• Blacksite Sticker
• Blacksite Emblem (Animated)
• Stronghold Calling Card

Warzone 2 Season 2 Path of the Ronin Event Camo Challenges

The Path of the Ronin event is far from over in Season 2 Reloaded. In fact, it is expanding with Camo Challenges, available to players who have completed the journey to Orion or only just begun.

This new set of challenges is themed around a variety of weapons. Complete one of these weapon challenges to unlock a new Winds of Ash camouflage for that weapon's category. Completing all ten challenges will unlock the Bowing Blossoms camouflage for all weapon types and a Golden Charm.

Warzone 2 Season 2 Reloaded St. Patrick's Day Event and Bundle

Get ready for Padraig's Pandemonium. Just in time for St. Patrick's Day, the rivers of Al Mazrah will be flooded with green waters and a secret treasure (potentially at the end of a rainbow).

Prepare for the festivities with the Tracer Pack: Padraig's Pandemonium Bundle:

• "Off Kilter" Conor Operator Skin
• Pro Tuned "Shamrock" LMG Weapon Blueprint
  • Green Tracer Rounds included
• "Scian" Combat Knife Blueprint

Warzone 2 Season 2 Reloaded Shop Bundles

Keep your eyes peeled for these new Tracer Packs available in the in-game Store only during Season 2 Reloaded, with new Skins for Ghost and Farah.

Bone Chiller Tracer Pack:

• "Gilded Reaper" Ghost Operator Skin
• "Skull Breaker" Assault Rifle Weapon Blueprint
• "Bone Shaker" Tempus Torrent Weapon Blueprint
  • Pro Tuned
• Finishing Move
• Charm
• Vinyl
• Loading Screen
• Emblem

Generation XRK Tracer Pack:

• "Voxel" Farah Operator Skin
• "Ectoplasmic" Weapon Blueprint
• "Resurge" Weapon Blueprint

Deepwater Bundle:

• "Loch Ghost" Ghost Operator Skin
• "The Depths" Assault Rifle Blueprint
• "Tentacle" SMG Blueprint

Warzone 2 Season 2 Reloaded Battle Royale Playlist

The following maps and team sizes will be available for Battle Royale in Season 2 Reloaded:

Warzone 2 Season 2 Reloaded Patch Notes

Below you can find the Patch Notes for Season 2 Reloaded:

Warzone 2 Season 2 Reloaded Battle Royale Gameplay Updates

Bomb Drones:

• Bomb Drones have been temporarily removed while we fine tune them.

Pacing Balancing:

• As a team we are focused on two core areas of the pacing of Battle Royale:
• The combat engagements in the mid-game
• The regain opportunities in the late game
• We will be addressing this across Season 02 Reloaded and going into Season 03, with the first change being a guaranteed “Restock” Public Event in the 4th Circle.

Future improvements will include:

• More ground loot Supply Boxes, especially in the North of the map
• Resurgence Supply Boxes being sprinkled throughout the map
• Additional Ammo Caches

Gameplay Adjustments to Al Mazrah (Battle Royale):

Light Helo:

• The Light Helo has been disabled in Solos. We are protective of the Solos squad size being a fair and balanced experience, and the Light Helo went against that ethos.

Contract Availability:

• Increased the number of Contracts revealed over the course of the match to increase their availability in later circles.

Final Circles In-Season:

• We are temporarily disabling final circles in the north-western section of the map while we work on improvements for upcoming seasons.

Gameplay Adjustments to Ashika Island (Resurgence):

Redeployment Drones:

• Redeployment Drones are currently active across Ashika Island and will remain live as part of the Resurgence experience.

AI Combatant Departure:

• As the Path of the Ronin event comes to an end, the Shadow Company operatives that have occupied the island will depart in pursuit of their next mission.
• Players will now be public enemy number one for Search & Seizure Contracts and the Data Heist Public Event.

Circle Balancing:

• The first circle will be approximately 20% larger, and more likely to be on land, to better enable a successful Infil.

Pacing Balancing:

• Actions that affect the Resurgence Countdown have been adjusted to allow for more windows of opportunity to Team Wipe the opposing team.

Buy Station Availability:

• Improvements have been made to better spread the Buy Stations more evenly through the map.

Warzone 2 Season 2 Reloaded Battle Royale Bug Fixes

Redeploy Token:

• Fixed an issue allowing Redeploy Tokens to appear in Buy Stations even after the Gulag had closed.

Warzone 2 Season 2 Reloaded DMZ Updates

MZ Combat Record:

• DMZ Combat Records will launch with Season 02 Reloaded but will not aggregate previous game history. Complete 5 matches to unlock!
• We have updated the usage requirements for Building 21 Access Cards:
• Players no longer need to bring Building 21 Access Cards into the match by equipping them prior to infiltration
• At least one Player in a squad must have a Building 21 Access Card in their Inventory to allow infiltration
• If a Player does infil to Building 21 with an Access Card in their Backpack, they will lose that card if they do not extract with it
• This change only impacts Building 21 Access Cards and not the Access/Key Cards for locked spaces inside Building 21, as those must still be equipped in your Backpack prior to infiltration
• Enemy combatants in DMZ can now operate or arrive in a variety of vehicles, not just the Armored Truck
• Added some variations to infiltration and exfiltration points
• The Destroy Supplies Contract has been updated to reveal the 4 closest safes, instead of revealing all safes within a distance of the Contract
• Reduced the total number of vehicles in Modern City for more even distribution of vehicles throughout Al Mazrah
• Enemy combatants now have a small chance to drop upgraded weapons upon death

DMZ Bug Fixes:

• Fixed several Stronghold access issues across DMZ
• Fixed an issue where the Secure Nuclear Material contract could select a locked toolbox on Ashika Island
• Increased minimum distance between Secure Nuclear Material contracts on Ashika Island so they do not overlap
• Fixed Favor for a Friend Mission having an incorrect location description
• Fixed description for Stronghold Reacquisition Mission incorrectly stating that the Legion Deal Intel must be extracted
• Fixed an issue where taking a weapon directly from an enemy's Backpack wouldn't register it as an enemy weapon for some Missions
• Fixed issue where the Overlord voiceover would fade out improperly when extracting
• Fixed issues where certain Missions weren't sharing progress with squadmates, including missions that have you use field upgrades and killstreaks such as Death From Above
• Fixed issue where Key Elimination wasn't giving progress for unlocking a cache instead of a locked door
• Fixed an issue where some Players did not get credit for the final exfil due to timer
• Fixed an issue where match search would stop if the party leader left the group
• Fixed an issue that would prevent the Player from using their Armor temporarily, when trying to use Armor and the Radiation Blocker at the same time

Warzone 2 Season 2 Reloaded Weapon Balancing

Assault Rifles

STB 556:

• Added minimum damage against Armor (limits bullets to kill at furthest range)

Light Machine Guns

RAAL MG:

• Reduced far range damage
• Small increase to close range damage
• Reduced headshot damage
• Reduced upper torso damage
• Increased recoil

RPK:

• Reduced walking speed
• Reduced muzzle velocity

Sakin MG38:

• Reduced damage range

Marksman Rifles

Crossbow:

• Increased time period to trigger double kills for challenges

Submachine Guns

MX9:

• Increased mid damage ranges

BAS-p:

• Increased sprint to fire time
• Increased damage ranges

PDSW 528:

• Slightly offset weapon while ADS using iron sights to improve visibility

Vel 46:

• Increased close damage ranges
• Fixed attributes on 30 round magazine to improve handling and mobility

Lachmann Sub:

• Reduced movement speed
• Reduced aim down sight speed
• Improved recoil control

LM Nebula Barrel:

• Improved damage range
• Improved recoil control

Shotguns

KV Broadside:

• Reduced lower torso damage
• 12 Gauge Ammo
• Reduced damage ranges
• Reduced close range damage

Dragon’s Breath Ammo:

• Reduced damage ranges
• Reduced close range damage
• Global reduction to 12 gauge Dragon’s Breath maximum residual damage

Bryson 800 and Bryson 890:

• Increased headshot damage on all slugtype ammo
• Added minimum damage against armor

Warzone 2 Season 2 Reloaded Attachment Balancing

Global

Flinch:

• Reduced recenter speed for Flinch
• Minor increase to Flinch on ARs, SMGs, LMGs, and Shotguns

Ammunition

Hollow Point Rounds:

• Removed bullet velocity penalty

Frangible Rounds:

• Changed healing delay timer to set from last bullet’s impact (lengthens the overall delay on a Player)
• Removed damage range penalty

Overpressure Rounds:

• Removed recoil penalty
• Increased flinch imparted on Players

12 Gauge Dragon’s Breath:

• Reduced residual damage while burning

12 Gauge Slugs and HE Slugs:

• Added minimum damage against armor

Underbarrel Launchers

• Removed movement penalty from Grenade Launchers
• Added recoil control bonus to Underbarrel Grenade and Shotgun Launchers
• Added one extra ammunition stock to Grenade Launchers

Stocks

• Reduced flinch received on no stock modifications

Bipod Grips

• Reduced ADS penalty for the Bipod V9 grip

CORE BP2 Bipod Grip:

• Fixed bug in stat reporting
• Added hip recoil control
• Reduced hip walking speed
• Removed ADS penalty
• Added grip to compatible LMGs and Marksman Rifles

Underbarrel Grips

• Reduced ADS penalty on all under barrel grips
• Reduced movement speed penalty for all vertical grips

Muzzle Attachments

Breachers:

• Greatly reduced ADS penalty
• Added hip movement speed buff

Flash Hiders:

• Reduced ADS penalty

Optics

• Reduced ADS penalty on holo optics
• Removed movement penalties on holo optics
• Reduced ADSand movement penalties from all thermal, hybrid, and variable zoom optics
• Reduced ADS penalty on shotgun scopes

Comb Attachments

Fixed Handling stat UI on:

• Shlager TTF3 Riser
• FSS Ammo Sleeve
• PD-A40 Sleeve
• Wingman Comb
• FSS EL-T Pouch

Attachment Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where equipping some attachments to the KV Broadside shotgun would cause Players to not be able to Infil into DMZ
• Fixed Heartbreaker Crossbow Blueprint’s reticle appearance in Killcams
• Fixed an issue that prevented Crossbow bolts from penetrating water

Warzone 2 Season 2 Reloaded Quality of Life Updates

Killstreak Availability:

• The existing “Airspace is too crowded” message will now have a trailing “for X seconds” attached to it to add better context for players.

Cluster Strike & Precision Airstrike Improvements:

• Improved the Airstrike danger notification to be more consistent based on each damage location.
• Improved directional tracing to prevent the Precision Airstrike targeting from sometimes landing behind the Players.
• Players will now be notified when calling a Cluster Strike or Precision Airstrike if they are too close to the affected zone.

Give-Up Timer Consistency:

• The give-up timer while downed is now more consistent across modes and will last at least 3 seconds.

Navigation Pings:

• Increased the scale of navigation pings on the Tacmap and Mini-Map for improved readability.

Armor Break:

• The text has been removed from the Armor Break notification (when breaking all of an opponent’s Armor Plates) for improved clarity, whilst the icon has remained.

Auto-Looting Armor Plates:

• As Armor Plates are a critical part of the gameplay loop, Players will now automatically pick up Armor Plates as long as they have available inventory or Backpack space.

Spawn Protection:

• Spawn Protection will now disable at 25 meters, up from 19 meters, from the ground or a grounded player in Battle Royale modes.
• We will continue to refine as we move forwards given the importance of this feature to redeploying players.

Resurgence Killfeed:

• The killfeed will now display who is about to redeploy when their Resurgence timer reaches 0.

Warzone 2 Season 2 Reloaded UI/UX Updates

Spectating:

• Friendly pings and splash screens are now visible to spectators.

Gas Mask:

• Loot cards for gas mask now more accurately reflect their damage amounts.

Warzone 2 Season 2 Reloaded Bug Fixes

• Fixed some issues causing rainbow glare to appear on the horizon in Al Mazrah (Xbox only).

Tac Map & Minimap:

• Fixed an issue preventing elevation arrows on map icons not accurately indicating their position.
• Fixed an issue causing the Counter UAV to affect Player maps even while outside of the effective range.