Warzone Season 5 patch notes (2024)

Jon NicholsonJuly 24, 2024

The Warzone Season 5 patch notes are on the way much to the delight of players wanting new content and changes to the battle royale.

Season 5 marks the penultimate season of the MW3 cycle and Raven Software is bound to introduce a wealth of new content in the battle pass along with a collaboration with the WWE. Like previous seasons, the patch notes will feature a wealth of details ranging from new game modes to the latest buffs and nerfs affecting the weapon arsenal.

Here, find the early Warzone Season 5 patch notes in this handy guide.

Warzone Season 5 patch notes release time

The Warzone Season 5 patch notes went live on July 24th, the same day as the Season 5 update.

Warzone Season 5 update patch notes

Customization

• Improved quality of first-person arm textures on the Jeans Ghost Operator Skin.
• Removed incompatible Underbarrel from the Matambre Blueprint for the FJX Horus.

General

• Warzone Rewards
• • Season 5 introduces new Weapon Camos, Blueprints and other cosmetic rewards through the already available Warzone Rewards system
  • We’ve added 16 new challenges divided in 4 categories
  • • Combat Expertise: Focused on getting weapons and eliminations
    • Cooperation: Communicate and help your squad
    • Mobility: Get into the heat
    • Redacted: Intentionally mysterious challenges
  • Earn the “Sports Icon” weapon blueprint by completing all challenges.

Gameplay

• Redeploy Drone Beacon (R.D.B.)Field Upgrade
• • Veterans may remember what we used to call the “Portable Redeploy Balloon”. It has returned with a fresh coat of paint and added functionalities.
  • Use the R.D.B. to call a Redeploy Drone whenever or wherever you want to relocate your team quickly.
  • The R.D.B. is a light object that can be thrown quite far.
  • Beware, enemies can destroy the beacon or the drone at all times.

Adjusted

• Buy Station Inventory
• • The new R.D.B. now replaces the P.R.D.
  • • Inventory: Limited stock of 2
    • Cost: $4,000
    • Excludes Vondel
  • In Resurgence, Specialist has been added to Buy Stations
  • • Inventory: Limited stock of 1
    • Cost: $30,000
    • Excludes Ranked

Weapon adjustments

MCW

• Lower Torso Modifier increased to 1.1x, up from 1x

SVA 545

• Max Damage Range increased to 36.83 meters, up from 31.75.

BAL-27

• Max Damage Range increased to 26.67 meters, up from 21.59.
• Decreased horizontal recoil magnitude, allowing greater predictability during sustained fire.
• Decreased overall recoil magnitude to aid in long-range effectiveness.
• Decreased overall recoil deviation, ensuring a more predictable pattern that is easier to control at range.

MTZ 556

• Near-Mid Damage Range increased to 60.96 meters, up from 50.8.

M4

• Min Damage increased to 21, up from 17.
• Near-Mid Damage increased to 24, up from 21.
• Max Damage Range increased to 30.48 meters, up from 25.4.

BAS-B

• Max Damage Range increased to 40.64 meters, up from 35.56.

TAQ-V

• Leg Modifier increased to 0.9x, up from 0.85x.

AMR-9

• Max Damage Range increased to 12.7 meters, up from 10.67.
• Near-Mid Damage Range increased to 21.59 meters, up from 17.78.

FJX Horus

• Max Damage Range decreased to 8.63 meters, down from 10.16.
• Near-Mid Damage Range decreased to 17.27 meters, down from 20.32.
• Mid Damage Range decreased to 25.91 meters, down from 30.48.
• Increased sprint to fire time to 110ms, up from 93ms.

Superi 46

• Decreased movement speed to 4.9m/s, down from 5m/s.
• Decreased crouched movement speed to 1.9m/s, down from 2m/s.
• Decreased sprint speed to 5.8m/s, down from 5.9m/s.
• Decreased ADS movement speed to 3.4m/s, down from 3.6m/s.

WSP-9

• Legs Modifiers decreased to .9x, down from 1x.

Minibak

• Min Damage increased to 26, up from 21.
• Max Damage Range increased to 11.43 meters, up from 8.38.
• Near-Mid Damage Range increased to 21.59 meters, up from 19.05.
• Lower Torso Modifiers increased to 1.1x, up from 1x.
• Arm and Hand Modifiers increased to 1.1x, up from .95x.

PDSW 528

• Min Damage increased to 19, up from 16.
• Near-Mid Damage increased to 24, up from 22.

VEL 46

• Near-Mid Damage increased to 22, up from 20.
• Min damage increased to 16, up from 15.
• Arm and Hand Modifiers increased to 1.1x, up from 1x.

Vaznev-9K

• Mid Damage increased to 27, up from 25.
• Min Damage increased to 23, up from 20.
• Max Damage Range increased to 11.43 meters, up from 8.89.

Bruen MK9

• Max Damage Range increased to 36.83 meters, up from 31.75.

Holger 26

• Lower Torso Modifier decreased to 1x, down from 1.1x.

Pulemyot 762

• Max Damage Range increased to 34.29 meters, up from 27.94.
• Upper and Lower Arm Modifiers increased to 1.1x, up from 1x.

TAQ Eradicator

• Min Damage increased to 28, up from 24.
• Max Damage Range increased to 39.37 meters, up from 33.02.

TAQ Evolvere

• Leg Modifier increased to 1.07x, up from 1x.

Reclaimer 18

• Fixed an issue causing inconsistent damage dealt to enemies in both fire types.
• Semi-auto
• • Increased rate of fire to 200rpm, up from 182rpm.

KV Broadside

• JAK Jawbreaker Conversion Kit
• • Decreased vertical recoil by 20%.

COR-45

• Decreased rate of fire to 240rpm, down from 375rpm.
• XRK v6 Match Trigger Action
• • Decreased rate of fire to 264rpm, down from 438rpm.
• XRK v21 Heavy Match Trigger Action
• • Decreased rate of fire to 272rpm, down from 545rpm.

Sledgehammer

• Decreased movement speed by 22%.
• Decreased heavy swing melee range to 3.2 meters, down from 5.3.

UI/UX

• Dynamic Gas Mask OverlayQuality of Life
• • The gas mask overlay will now fade in and out depending if you’re in gas or not
  • This way, players can equip the gas mask at any time without having their vision impacted.
• Reinforcement FlareQuality of Life
• • We added a reminder in the HUD whenever your squad mate is eliminated and you have a reinforcement flare available.
• Infil Parachute
• • Added the “Parachute Camera Perspective” setting to the Console graphics menu.
  • The setting allows players to change between first and third person view while parachuting during the initial infil.
• Plate Carriers
• • The “Stow” prompet now appears properly when looking at a Plate Carrier loot card.

Bug fixes

• Fixed an issue preventing the “Find a Party” feature from functioning properly.
• Fixed several issues causing crashes and errors.
• Fixed an issue causing vehicle icons to be larger than intended on the minimap and tac-map.
• Fixed an issue in Plunder preventing the downed icon from appearing in the killfeed.
• Fixed an issue causing the backup pistol to remain in the players hands while entering a boat.
• Fixed an issue preventing the Specialist Perk pack from updating the “Currently Holding” section in the Buy Station.
• Fixed an issue causing the player to get booted to the main menu while in the Gunsmith.
• Fixed an issue causing a player to be kicked out of a Private Match lobby when looking at a player profile.
• Fixed an issue causing text to overlap on a Redacted weapon’s loot card.

That's all the intel on the early Warzone Season 5 patch notes so far. For more Call of Duty, check out the latest Black Ops 6 intel along with when the next Warzone double XP event is taking place.

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