Snipers Banned — Modern Warfare 3 & Warzone Patch Notes: February 13

Here’s the full patch notes for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and Warzone. Everything you need to know to update your game and dominate the ranked ladder

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and Warzone had a surprise update drop today, February 13. This update includes a number of changes to weapon balancing, along with making some much-needed changes to Ranked Play which include banning Sniper Rifles and removing Sub Base from the map pool due to a glitched spot. Here are the full Modern Warfare 3 patch notes for the February 13 update.

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MW3 Patch Notes

Call of Duty

UIX

• Bug Fixes
• Resolved various issues causing the player to be unexpectedly kicked back to the menu.
• Viewing Prestige Calling Cards
• Filtering Locked Operator Challenges
• Removing options from Quick Settings
• Previewing Weapon Completionist rewards will no longer cause the menu to become inoperable.
• Addressed an issue preventing the Activate Armory Unlock prompt for Controller inputs from functioning.
• Replaced placeholder name for the Imago RAM-9 Submachine Gun Camo.
• Replaced placeholder reward images in the Horde Hunt Event menu.

Gameplay

• Bug Fixes
• Akimbo Weapons will now be displayed properly after infiltrating maps via an elevator.
• Addressed an issue preventing Hybrid Optics from being toggled while a Comb Attachment is equipped on the BP50 (Assault Rifle).

Progression

• Increased XP earned for the first Challenge in Week 1 from 1,000 to 2,500.
• Increased Bonus XP per Match for using a Featured Operator Skin during an Event from 1,000 to 2,500.
• Removed aim down sight requirement from the RAM-7 (Assault Rifle) Forged Camo Challenge.
• Get 10 Operator Kills while Sliding with the RAM-7.

Maps

• Operation Tin Man (War)
• Players can now respawn at Tactical Insertions placed in the South Lookout area.

Modes

• Hordepoint
• Dying while an Insta-Kill Powerup is active will no longer cause it to deactivate.
• Zombies will now prioritize Operators over Killstreaks and Field Upgrades.
• Stun Grenades will now temporarily stun Zombies.
• Team Gun Game
• Performing a Finishing Move will now deduct Score from the enemy team.
• Melee Kills and Setbacks are now properly tracked on the After-Action Report Scoreboard.
• Private Match
• Adjusted game rules to align with the Competitive Settings v1.1 ruleset while a CDL game mode is selected.
• Dynamic Map Elements (Global)
• Next Zone Reveal Time (Hardpoint)

Weapons & Attachments

Submachine Guns

• Striker 9
• Increased enemy nameplate reveal distance from 33m to 38.1m (+15%).
• Decreased hipfire spread while firing by 6%.
• Decreased recoil gun kick from 54.93deg/s to 35deg/s (-36%).
• Increased horizontal recoil from 9.70deg/s to 16.17deg/s (+67%).
• Increased vertical recoil from 40.65deg/s to 50.93deg/s (+25%).
• Added the ability to aim down sight while sliding.
• Increased bullet velocity from 540m/s to 560m/s (+4%).
• Increased maximum damage from 29 to 32 (+10%).
• Increased near-medium damage from 25 to 28 (+12%).
• Decreased minimum damage from 20 to 18 (-10%).
• Increased maximum damage range from 10.7m to 14m (+31%).
• Decreased medium damage range from 22.9m to 20.3m (-11%).
• Decreased near-medium damage range from 35.6m to 27.9m (-21%).

Light Machine Guns

• TAQ Evolvere
• Increased movement speed from 4.4m/s to 5.1m/s (+16%).
• Decreased rate of fire from 706rpm to 500rpm (-29%).
• Increased maximum damage from 34 to 40 (+18%).
• Increased maximum damage range from 35.6m to 40.6m (+14%).
• Increased medium damage range from 40.6m to 53.3m (+31%).
• Increased head damage multiplier from 1.2x to 1.4 (+17%).
• Increased neck, upper-torso, upper-arm, and lower-arm damage multipliers from 1x to 1.2x (+20%).
• Increased target flinch from 0.5n to 0.8n (+60%).
• 556 Belts (Magazines)
• Increased movement speed benefit by 16%.
• Added 40% hipfire spread reduction benefit.
• Increased aim down sight time benefit by 15%.
• Increased aim down sight movement speed benefit by 17%.
• Added rate of fire benefit at 857rpm.
• Decreased maximum damage from 34 to 30 (-12%).
• Decreased medium damage from 30 to 24 (-20%).
• Increased head, neck, and upper-torso damage multipliers from from 1.1x to 1.2x (+9%).

Sniper Rifles

• Longbow
• JAK Tyrant 762 Kit
• Decreased aim down sight time from 470ms to 390ms (-17%).
• Increased aim down sight movement speed from 2.5m/s to 2.8m/s (+12%).
• Added 30% hipfire spread reduction benefit.

Handguns

• WSP Stinger
• Increased recoil gun kick from 31.05deg/s to 57.96deg/s (+87%).
• Decreased horizontal recoil from 28.39deg/s to 18.64deg/s (-34%).
• Increased vertical recoil from 33.65deg/s to 35.2deg/s (+5%).
• Increased maximum damage from 24 to 29 (+21%).
• Increased near-medium damage from 23 to 24 (+4%).
• Increased medium damage from 18 to 20 (+11%).
• Increased minimum damage from 15 to 18 (+20%).

Perks

• Assassin Vest
• Resolved an issue preventing Lethal Equipment from being equipped.

Field Upgrades

• Loadout Drop
• Permanently disabled the ability to equip on Loadouts.

Due to limited use and often being utilized to reach exploitable locations, the Loadout Drop is no longer available in Multiplayer.

Killstreaks

• Wheelson-HS
• Zombies can now be run over and killed in Hordepoint Mode.

MW3 Ranked Play

Gameplay

• Maps & Modes
• CDL Hardpoint
• Sub Base Hardpoint has been temporarily removed from the Ranked Play map pool.
• Content Restrictions
• Weapon Restrictions
• Sniper Rifles
• All

Warzone Patch Notes

Gameplay

• Armor and Ammunition Stowing Quality of Life
• Armor and Ammunition will show the "Stow" prompt when the backpack is not full.
• Armor and Ammunition will show the "Swap" prompt when the backpack is full.
• Players can use the "Hold to Stow" function to swap items at any point, regardless if the stow prompt is visible.

• Gas Station on Tac-Map Quality of Life
• Players will only see gas stations on the Tac-Map when in a vehicle.

Weapons

SMGs

• Striker 9
  
  
• Decreased hipfire spread while firing by 6%.
• Decreased recoil gun kick from to 35deg/s, down 54.93deg/s.
• Increased horizontal recoil to 16.17deg/s, up from 9.70deg/s.
• Increased vertical recoil to 50.93deg/s, up from 40.65deg/s.
• Increased bullet velocity to 560m/s, up from 540m/s.

LMGs

• TAQ Evolvere
• Increased movement speed to 5.1m/s, down from 4.4m/s.
• Decreased rate of fire to 500rpm, down from 706rpm.
• Increased target flinch to 0.8n, up from 0.5n.
• 556 Belts (Magazines)
• Increased movement speed benefit by 16%.
• Added 40% hipfire spread reduction benefit.
• Increased aim down sight time benefit by 15%.
• Increased aim down sight movement speed benefit by 17%.
• Added rate of fire benefit at 857rpm.

Sniper Rifles

• Longbow
• JAK Tyrant 762 Kit
• Decreased aim down sight time to 390ms, down from 470ms.
• Increased aim down sight movement speed to 2.8m/s, down from 2.5m/s.
• Added 30% hipfire spread reduction benefit.

Handguns

• WSP Stinger
  
  
• Increased recoil gun kick to 57.96deg/s, up from 31.05deg/s.
• Decreased horizontal recoil to 18.64deg/s, down from 28.39deg/s.
• Increased vertical recoil to 35.2deg/s, up from 33.65deg/s.

Warzone Ranked Play: Resurgence

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue that prevented assists earned when other players kill a target from appearing in the SR breakdown.

• Fixed an issue that showed an incorrect SR amount awarded for some SR Challenges.
• Reminder: Players can complete the below challenges once per Season.
• First Kill or Assist: +100 SR
• 10 Kills or Assists: +100 SR
• 25 Kills or Assists: +100 SR
• 50 Kills or Assists: +100 SR
• 100 Kills or Assists: +100 SR
• Reach Top 8 Squad: +100 SR
• Reach Top 5 Squad: +100 SR
• Reach Top 3 Squad: +100 SR
• Win a Match: +200 SR

• Fixed an issue that prevented SR Challenges from displaying an in-game notification when completed.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue that caused geography and buildings to appear in areas of the world that they did not belong to.

• Fixed an issue with the Champion’s Quest victory sequence causing it to show more teams than intended.

• Fixed an issue causing players to unintendedly remain immune to gas damage during the Eradication Contract.

• Fixed issues related to the Zarkour Parkour flag.

• Fixed an issue preventing Stun Grenades from affecting zombies.

• Fixed an issue that allowed players to remain alive in the gas indefinitely by combining the effects of the Irradiated and Quick Fix perks.

• Fixed an issue that allowed players to duplicate items while interacting with the backpack.