Black Ops Cold War February 4 Update - Patch Notes

But that's not all. More than the basic Zombies mode received a bit of love. Dead Ops Arcade and PlayStation-exclusive Onslaught mode have also been reworked. In fact, several areas of Treyarch's multiplayer received attention in the February 4 update. Full details, which are quite long, can be found below.

See everything that's changing in Black Ops Cold War, then plan accordingly for the impending Double XP Weekend, starting this Thursday.

Black Ops Cold War patch notes for February 4

GLOBAL

• Addressed an issue that resulted in a choppy voice chat under certain circumstances.

MULTIPLAYER

Plans

• Express [NEW]
  • Express now available in map rotation in Core and Hardcore modes.
  • 24/7 Express Reading List now available.
• General
  • Addressed issue with uneven card distribution in cardless voting playlists.

The trends

• Endurance (40 players) [NEW]
  • New high player count mode available on Sanatorium, Ruka and Alpine.
  • After a bomb explodes, a new one is uploaded to take its place, so five bombs are still available instead of an initial set which boils down to a single bomb before the next wave.
  • The score limit has doubled from 500 to 1000.
• Accessory hunting
  • Added new cards to the Prop Hunt rotation:
    • Express
    • Raid
    • Strike at the crossroads
    • Armada Strike
• Shooting
  • Added Nuketown '84 to the Gunfight map rotation.
  • Gunfight 2v2 and 3v3 now available in custom games.
• Hard point
  • Updated the Hardpoint Owned score event to increase the score the longer a player controls the Hardpoint. This score modifier will be reset when leaving Hardpoint.
  • Secure Hardpoint Score event reduced from 50 to 25 points.
• Dropkick
  • Reduced the number of late players who can join a match in progress.
• Control
  • Added additional defender spawn points and updated logic for Capture Point B on Raid.
• CDL Custom Game Modes
  • Increased the number of players to allow two viewers of CDL Hardpoint, CDL Search & Destroy and CDL Control.

Featured playlists

• Express 24/7 [NEW]
• FTDB Endurance (40 players) [NEW]
• Shootings plans (including Nuketown '84)
• Prop Hunt (4 cards added to the rotation)
• 3v3 snipers only
• Face to face (3v3)
• Nuketown 24/7

Arms

• Launchers
  • Increased minimum damage for both Launcher class weapons.

Equipment

• Fixed an issue where players inside the smoke of a smoke grenade would get aim assist against players outside of the smoke.
• Decreased hip shot accuracy when priming a grenade while sprinting.

Music player

• Original Treyarch music unlocked through War Tracks can now be played in the Barracks Music Player, including "Pentagon", "Rooftops", "115" and "Damned".

ZOMBIES

Plans

• Firebase Z [NEW]
  • New "Firebase Z" map now available through Endless and Round 20 playlists for all players.
• The machine
  • Players can now complete the complete Omega Intel collection in "Die Maschine".
  • Fixed an issue on "Die Maschine" that would rarely place players off the map when teleporting from the Dark Aether.
• Express (Assault - PS4 / PS5)
  • Express now available in Onslaught on PlayStation.

Featured playlists

• Endless Firebase Z [NEW]
• Firebase Z Round 20 [NEW]
• Dead Ops Arcade Solo Advanced Start [NEW]
• Onslaught Express [NEW] (PS4 / PS5)

Advantages

• Gravestone Soda [NEW]
  • Tombstone Soda Perk is now available in “Firebase Z” and via Der Wunderfizz in “Die Maschine”.
• Quick revive
  • Fixed an issue that prevented Quick Revive from reducing regeneration time to full health.

Support

• Napalm strike [NEW]
  • Napalm Strike is now available as a support in Zombies.
• Artillery [NEW]
  • Artillery is now available as a support in zombies.
• Recharge
  • The Self-Revive will now only drop if a player in the game can equip it.
  • Limit the maximum number of Self-Risen that can be awarded in a game to the total number of players in the game.
• Sentinel turret
  • Fixed an issue that allowed the Sentry Turret support element to be duplicated.

Arms

• Assault rifles
  • Increased critical hit damage on all assault rifles.
  • Increased the maximum ammo stock on all assault rifles.
• Submachine guns
  • Increased critical hit damage on all SMGs.
  • Increased the maximum ammo stockpile on all SMGs.
• Shotguns
  • Increased base damage on the Streetsweeper Shotgun.
  • Increased the range of the Streetsweeper shotgun.
• Blueprints
  • Fixed an issue that prevented attachments from appearing on the "Western Justice" weapon blueprint.

Armor

• Level 1 armor will now replace the first armor shard in a game when neither player has armor.

Ammo mods

• Cryofreeze
  • Reduced Cryofreeze cooldown from 3 to 1 second to make it a more reliable method of slowing enemies.

challenges

• Added a new “Requiem Advancement” challenge category for future additions.
• Added the first set of six new Requiem advancement challenges: “Firebase Z Report”.
• Added new Dark Ops challenge for "Firebase Z".

Dead Ops Arcade 3

• Advanced solo start [NEW]
  • New private playlist available for Solo players.
  • Allows players to start at their highest Arena Control Point reached in Single Player. No stats or challenges are logged, but achievements can be accomplished, including “Find Fidolina”.
• gameplay
  • Added a new pickup item: Divine Shield Potion - Grants the player a Divine Shield buff that allows the player to absorb a damage event (30 min expiration).
  • Added new key spawn locations: Added to the high road tunnel route.
  • Added a 1,5 second damage shield to the first person player when damage occurs.
  • Made a slight adjustment to the progression of the multiplier.
  • The automatic life grant now begins automatically after round 64. The player with the most lives to spare will now donate downed teammates with a 120 second cooldown.
  • Fixed an issue where the player's shield was active even though the effect was not visible.
  • Addressed an issue that prevented additional lives from being awarded at expected score thresholds.
  • Various gameplay bug fixes related to the disappearance of Fated Chicken, control links when exiting vehicles, unwanted kills associated with traps, invisible power poles, player-killing missile turrets, and more.
• Enemies and friendly AI
  • Significantly reduced spider melee range.
  • Removal of the skeleton boss from the arena spawn.
  • Removed spawning demons from the arena.
  • Reduced Megaton's melee distance.
  • Reduced the spawn rate of the Megaton Arena after Round 64.
  • Reduced the health of the Megaton in the arena.
  • The Megaton Orb weapon is no longer a one hit kill in the arena.
  • After Round 64, the selection behavior of enemy targets is now fully weighted towards proximity.
  • Increased allied Skeleton Horde health, amount of enemies, duration, and weapon damage.
  • Fixed an issue where melee damage caused by a friendly Skeleton Guardian was not registering against enemies.
  • Fixed an issue where zombies could speed up under the effect of slowing the clock.
  • Fixed an issue where explosive damage against spider / meatball enemies would not register correctly.
  • Fixed an issue where the spider's enemies would not appear on the radar.
  • Fixed an issue that allowed the Gladiator enemy "Marauder" to melee kill the player when they were not facing the correct direction.
  • Fixed an issue where the Margwa would not drop loot when killed.
• Destinations
  • Players condemned to the Divine Chalice now gain 37,5% more health faster than regular players per 125 points.
  • Tired users of the Divine Chalice now respawn with a temporary vitality bonus.
  • Players condemned to the Divine Shield now respawn with the Divine Shield buff.
  • After round 64, when a player condemned to Divine Shield picks up a nuclear bomb, all players will now be granted a nuclear weapon.
  • Friendship Fate player chickens now last 25% longer.
  • Golden Chicken associated with Friendship Fate now periodically produces eggs in the arena.
  • After round 64, the Golden Chicken associated with Friendship Fate will now have permanently upgraded weapons.
  • Fixed an issue that could prevent players from collecting a Fate in the Hall of Fate when the room expires (i.e. grabbing a Rock of Fate with less than 4 seconds before the hall expires).
• Visuals
  • Added lighting to the Hall of Fate above Fate Rock bases 5 and 6.
  • Fixed an issue with various particle effects having visibility issues.
  • Addressed an issue that could prevent the player's selected character skin from displaying correctly.
  • Arms
  • Fixed an issue with the shotgun pickup that could cause it to start firing slowly before accelerating.
• Stability
  • Added various crash fixes.
• General
  • Added various exploit fixes.
  • Added new camera mode: Extra High.
  • Fixed an issue where the player could not use the flashlight in first person.
  • Addressed a collision issue in the Water Temple arena.
  • Addressed an issue in split-screen mode where players would enter The Wild in split-window mode.

Assault (PS4 / PS5)

• Onslaught Express Playlist now available on PlayStation. [NEW]
• Spacing of special enemy spawns.
• Added additional enemies to "Firebase Z" mode.

Stability

• Added various crash fixes.

General

• The party leader no longer needs to install Dead Ops Arcade 3 in order for their party to join the other Zombies game modes.
• Fixed an issue that caused zombies to maintain a slowing debuff indefinitely if it ended while they were covering themselves.

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PC

Stability

• Added various crash fixes.
• Fixed a crash that could occur when viewing a replay in Theater.
• Fixed a crash that could prevent the game from starting under certain conditions on Windows 7.

General

• Addresses an issue that could cause the keyboard / mouse to lose functionality when opening and closing the Windows Key + G capture menu.
• Addressed an issue where players could get stuck in the pause menu under certain circumstances during a game.