Spawn Changes & Ranked Play Updates - MW3 & Warzone Patch Notes: March 13

Here’s all the changes from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and Warzone’s March 13 update

The latest update for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and Warzone has just dropped, bringing several important bug fixes, but also changes to player spawns, Ranked Play restrictions, and much more.

Here are the complete Patch Notes for the March 13 Update for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, Ranked Play, and Warzone.

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Modern Warfare 3 Patch Notes

UIX

• Bug Fixes
• Improved performance while scrolling in the Calling Cards menu.
• Tracked Prestige Challenges will no longer disappear from the Calling Cards menu.
• Seasonal content in offline mode will now match the available content in online mode.
• Saving a Custom Mod in the Gunsmith will no longer remove certain Camos.

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Progression

• Gilded Mastery Challenge for the SOA Subverter now displays the correct requirements.
• Priceless Camo Challenge for the SOA Subverter is now properly tracked.

Maps

• Skidrow
• In Hardpoint, additional spawn points were added to decrease the probability of an unfavorable flip.

One of many factors in spawn selection is to avoid a spawn trap. When a player dies soon after respawning, that spawn point is temporarily deprioritized. If there are not enough safe spawn points available, a spawn flip is more likely to occur. By adding additional spawn points, the system has more safe options available, decreasing the chance of a spawn flip.

Modes

• Private Match
• Increased maximum player and bot count from 12 to 24.

Weapons & Attachments

Assault Rifles

• Holger 556
• Ascent Lord Stock
• Revised Attachment description to better reflect its true statistics.
• This heavy stock provides better accuracy and recoil control.
• FR 5.56
• FR Sprinter & Recon Stock Pad Stocks
• Replaced Sprint Speed with Tactical Sprint Speed in the list of Pros to align with the true statistics.

Submachine Guns

• Rival-9
• Trebuchet Brake Muzzle
• Replaced duplicate JAK BFB with the correct name and description.
• This heavily vented brake is designed to mitigate vertical recoil and is especially effective on burst weapons.

Shotguns

• Haymaker
• JAK Maglift Kit
• Increased minimum hipfire spread from 3.5deg/s to 4.9deg/s (+40%).
• Increased maximum hipfire spread from 4.4deg/s to 6.2deg/s (+41%).
• Increased tactical stance spread from 3deg/s to 4.2deg/s (+40%).

Sniper Rifles

• Longbow
• JAK Tyrant 762 Kit
• Removed 30% hipfire spread benefit.
• Increased aim down sight time from 390ms to 470ms (+21%).

MW3 Ranked Play

• Content Restrictions
• Attachment Restrictions
• Optics
• JAK Glassless Optic

Warzone Patch Notes

Weapons

Assault Rifles

• Holger 556
• Ascent Lord Stock
• Revised Attachment description to better reflect its true statistics.
• This heavy stock provides better accuracy and recoil control.

• FR 5.56
• FR Sprinter & Recon Stock Pad Stocks
• Replaced Sprint Speed with Tactical Sprint Speed in the list of Pros to align with the true statistics.

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Submachine Guns

• Rival-9
• Trebuchet Brake Muzzle
• Replaced duplicate JAK BFB with the correct name and description.
• This heavily vented brake is designed to mitigate vertical recoil and is especially effective on burst weapons.

Shotguns

• Haymaker
• JAK Maglift Kit
• Increased minimum hipfire spread to 4.9deg/s, up from 3.5deg/s.
• Increased maximum hipfire spread to 6.2deg/s, up from 4.4deg/s.
• Increased tactical stance spread to 4.2deg/s, up from 3deg/s.

Sniper Rifles

• Longbow
• JAK Tyrant 762 Kit
• Removed 30% hipfire spread benefit.
• Increased aim down sight time to 470ms, up from 390ms.

Gameplay

• Cluster Mines
• It now requires two mines from a Cluster Mine to down a full-plated Player.
• A Player with no plates will be downed by one mine from a Cluster Mine.

• Black Sites
• Increased the drop rate of Black Site keys to 5%, up from 1%.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue causing the Bunker Buster to fire from the incorrect position when on a moving platform.

• Fixed a collision issue on Fortune’s Keep allowing Players to exploit under the map.

• Fixed a collision issue that caused the Geiger Counter to be irretrievable.