MW3 Warzone Season One Patch Notes: Movement Changes, Urzikstan Map & More

The Warzone Season One update includes big changes to multiplayer along with the brand new map Urzikstan

Modern Warfare 3 and Warzone’s Season One update goes live at 9 am PT on December 6, 2023. With this update comes the long-awaited Warzone Urzikstan map and a number of changes to the Multiplayer experience as a whole. With changes to movement, weapons, and more coming in this patch.

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New Maps

The Meat 24/7 Playlist will debut during the first week of Season 1, with other exciting Playlists expected in the weeks ahead. Another all-new 6v6 map, Rio, is expected to launch in-season

• Greece
• Meat
• Training Facility (Gunfight)

MW3 Warzone Season One Patch Notes: Movement Changes, Urzikstan Map & More

New Killstreaks

EMP

Electromagnetic pulse to disrupt enemy killstreaks and equipment.

Earned via 13 Kills, 1,625 Score, or Care Packages.

Swarm

Deploys a large number of mosquito drones to provide blanket coverage over the entire area.

Earned via 15 Kills, 1,875 Score, or Care Packages.

New Perk

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Assassin Vest: Kills don't display skulls. Immune to UAV and enemy radar effects (including while stationary).

New Modes

Two fan-favorite Modes return at the start of Season 1. Gunfight is even equipped with its own selection of new and Carry-Forward Maps.

All or Nothing

Players start with Throwing Knives and an empty Pistol. Perks are earned by eliminating other players and staying alive.

Gunfight

Small team, multi-round cage matches. First team to reach the round limit wins.

New Weapons

The following Weapons are new to the entirety of the Modern Warfare III offering as of Season 1.

• RAM-7 (Assault Rifle) Unlockable via Sector A7 of the Season 1 Battle Pass
• XRK Stalker (Sniper Rifle) Unlockable via Sector A4 of the Season 1 Battle Pass
• Stormender (Launcher) Unlockable via Sector A12 of the Season 1 Battle Pass

RAM-7 Assault Rifle / Call of Duty

Multiplayer Gameplay Changes

Movement

• Added a delay following multiple rapid stance transitions to prevent exploitable repetition.
• Crouch to Stand: 150ms
• Prone to Stand: 600ms

Spawns

• Improved spawn protection against enemy Equipment and Killstreaks.
• In Hardpoint, several adjustments have been made to improve the flow of combat and increase control of team-owned areas.

Weapon Changes

Assault Rifles

• MTZ-556
• Increased maximum hipfire spread while standing by 10%.
• Increased maximum hipfire spread while crouched by 6%.
• Increased hipfire spread penalty incurred while firing by 10%.
• Increased hipfire spread penalty incurred while moving by 4%.

Battle Rifles

• BAS-B
• Increased damage multipliers in semi-auto fire type to intended values.
• Lower-Torso: 1x to 1.2x
• Arm & Hand: 1x to 1.35x

• Sidewinder
• Decreased aim down sights time from 280ms to 265ms (-5%).

Submachine Guns

• Striker
• Decreased sprint to fire time from 110ms to 100ms (-9%).
• Decreased aim down sights time from 230ms to 215ms (-7%).

• WSP Swarm
• Decreased sprint to fire time from 110ms to 88ms (-20%).
• Decreased aim down sights time from 190ms to 175ms (-8%).

• Striker 9
• Decreased sprint to fire time from 110ms to 100ms (-9%).
• Decreased aim down sights time from 225ms to 205ms (-9%).

Shotguns

• Lockwood 680
• Tac-Stance will no longer reduce damage pellet count.

Marksman Rifles

• MCW 6.8
• Equipping the Full-Auto Conversion Kit and 60rnd Drum Magazine will no longer result in a broken aim down sights animation.

Melee

• Riot Shield
• Increased melee damage from 50 to 75 (+50%).
• Added a 10% movement speed penalty while stowed.

The Season One update for Modern Warfare 3 and Warzone goes live today, December 6 at 9am PT, and will see the arrival of the biggest update in Warzone history with the Urzikstan map.