Call of Duty: Mobile announces Season 2 with new maps, weapons and more

Call of Duty: Mobile is heading into its second season, with the developers announcing a massive update for the mobile game. The new season is titled ‘Day of Reckoning’ and brings two new maps, new guns, and a bunch of new modes and improvements that players can look forward to. It is the first major update for the game in 2021, and it is expected to be rolled out without the servers being taken down for maintenance. According to an official Reddit post, the patch is available for Android users and should be making its way to iOS players depending on the region. It is interesting to note that Activision is releasing the new patch right around the same time PUBG Mobile released its new v1.3 update for Season 18.

Here are some of the key updates that you should look out for:

New Weapons: SP-R208 Marksman Rifle, AS Val

According to the patch notes, the new season will introduce two new guns. The SP-R208 Marksman Rifle will be a new sniper addition similar to the one seen in Call of Duty Modern Warfare. One can increase the accuracy and range of this weapon by using the special attachment Bolt. The AS Val will also be a new addition to the game, a single-shot semi-auto assault rifle. It comes with a high fire rate and damage, but it comes with slow bullet speed with a low bullet falling trajectory. It is sort of like the VSS if you have played PUBG Mobile.

New Maps: Shoot House, Shipment

The update will also bring two new maps to the game: Shoot House and Shipment. Both have been featured on Modern Warfare and will be coming to the mobile version of COD.  Shoot House features a military training ground located in the middle of a desert, including a 3-route design. Shipment, which is the classic map in the Modern Warfare series, has been revamped with WWII-style shipment port having a modern style.

New Game Modes: Tank Battle, Gunfight: Sniper

The new update for COD: Mobile is also bringing some new game modes, including Tank Battle and Gunfight: Sniper. The new Tank Battle will be available under Battle Royale as well as for Ranked Mode. The objective here is to collect five components to assemble your tank. The assembly can be done via a blueprint in the airdrop. You can take on tanks with anti-tank weapons, including Delay Bomb, Proximity Mine, Anti-Tank Sticky Grenade, Anti-Tank Sniper, and Anti-Tank War Machine. Gunfight: Sniper mode is pretty straightforward, eliminating or capturing objectives by only using sniper rifles. This mode will be available on Cage, Shipment, Pine, King, and more maps.

Other notable updates include a new Cargo Truck vehicle with only two seats for the driver and the co-driver but can accommodate multiple soldiers. Players will also be able to equip pistols as custom airdrop weapons. With that, there are several improvements and game optimizations that will be coming with the new update.

You can go through the entire patch notes shared by Activision below:

Call of Duty: Mobile Season 2 Patch Notes

Season 2 Battle Pass available on 3/11 UTC!

New Premium Battle Pass Rewards

• New epic Blueprints: AS VAL – Judgement, M4LMG – Checkpoint, KRM-262 – Eagle Claw, and BK57 – Data Miner
• New epic Soldiers: Mace – Back For More, Mara – Awakening, Alex and Special Ops 2 – Brute
• New Legendary Calling Cards

New Free Battle Pass Rewards:

• New base weapon: AS VAL. A special rifle with a high fire rate as well as damage, the subsonic design creates a silencing effect. However, the price is paid with slow bullet speed with obvious bullet falling trajectory. Soldiers will need a lot of practice to master it.
• New Scorestreak: Napalm. Scorch nearby enemies and fill the battlefield with smoke.

New Events Rewards:

New challenges and missions with new rewards:

• New base weapon: SP-R 208, a bolt-action marksman rifle with relatively high damage and mobility. With the special attachment Bolt, the weapon will increase in accuracy and range but also decrease chambering speed.
• New Perk: Recon. After an enemy is killed, nearby enemies will be scanned and displayed on the mini-map.

New Rank Series

• Rank Series resets to Series 1. The new Series 1 starts from 2021.3 – 2021.5
• New ranked mode rewards:
  • New epic Blueprint: QXR – Roaring Steel
  • New epic Soldier: Kreuger – Ruptured Steel

MULTIPLAYER

New Maps

• Shoot House: The popular Modern Warfare map is now available in CODM! The map features a military training ground located in the middle of a desert, including the classic 3-route design. Join the fierce combat with your best maneuvers!
  • Available for Team Death Match, Domination, Hard Point, Kill Confirmed, and more!
• Shipment – Modern: This classic map in Modern Warfare series has been renovated! The WWII-style shipment port has been is now in modern style. While fighting fiercely between containers, don’t let down the guards towards threats from above.
  • Available for Team Death Match, Domination, Hard Point, Kill Confirmed, and more!

New Featured Game Modes!

• Gunfight: Sniper
  • Eliminate or capture objectives by using only acquired sniper rifles. Kilo-Bolt Action, SKS and NA45 are also available in this mode.
  • Available on Cage, Shipment, Pine, King, and more!

Loadout New Features

• Blueprint Overview: Players can select and change blueprints in the Loadout conveniently by clicking the OVERVIEW icon.
• Recently Acquired Items: The Notification clearing icon (the exclamation mark with a slash) now shows all new items players recently acquired, including weapons, attachments, soldiers, camos, and others.
• Blueprints Available: Players now can see new blueprints available in Loadout.

BATTLE ROYALE

New Featured Game Modes!

• Tank Battle: Also Available for Ranked Mode.
  • Collect five components to assemble your tank. You can also assemble the Tank via blueprint in the airdrop. Multiple soldiers can fight in tanks.
  • Components making up the tank include Chassis, Engine, Armor, Primary Weapon, Secondary Weapon.
  • Anti-Tank weapons include Delay Bomb, Proximity Mine, Anti-Tank Sticky Grenade,
  • Anti-Tank Sniper, Anti-Tank War Machine.
  • Tank repair tools: Welding Gun.
  • There are three types of tank blueprints.

New Vehicle

• New Vehicle: Cargo Truck. The truck has only two seats for the driver and the co-driver, but the body can accommodate multiple soldiers who can move freely. The acceleration is slower, but has high durability and provides good protection for the riders.

New Custom Airdrop Weapons

Soldiers now can equip pistols as custom airdrop weapons.

Weapon Lists Updated

• Common: AK117 / SKS / M4LMG / GKS
• Uncommon: AK47 / Man-O-War / M21 EBR / Chopper / RUS-74U / BY15 / KRM-262
• Rare: AK117 / BK57 / FR .556 / HVK-30 / Peacekeeper MK2 / AS VAL / LOCUS / SP-R 208 / M4LMG / Razorback / QQ9 / QXR / KRM-262
• Epic: Type 25 / ICR / DRH / BK57 / KN-44 / AS VAL / Man-O-War / Peacekeeper MK2 / HVK-30 / DL Q33 / SKS / Chopper / RUS-74U / GKS / QQ9
• Legendary: M4 / Man-O-War / AS VAL / HVK-30 / SP-R 208 / M4LMG / QXR / GKS

IMPROVEMENTS & OPTIMIZATIONS

Multiplayer

• Increased MSMC’s OWC Marksman barrel attachment horizontal recoil control.
• Increased S36, UL736, RPD, and M4LMG’s YKM combat stock attachment ADS time reduction.
• Decreased HBRA3’s OWC Marksman barrel attachment’s negative effects.
• Increased DL Q33 damage to 90 and grants it higher wall-penetrating damage.
• Increased DRH’s the No Stock attachment ADS time reduction to 12%.
• Decreased DRH’s No Stock attachment hit flinch to 15%.
• Slightly decreased ICR’s No Stock attachment and YKM Combat Stock attachment accuracy.
• Slightly increased ASM10’s No Stock attachment hit flinch.
• Decreased Arctic .50’s wall-penetrating damage and MIP Stopping Power Reload attachment’s damage ratio to legs. Now a wall-penetrating leg shot will not be lethal.
• The capacity of blocking fire bullet for Arctic.50 is decreased from 20 to 15 and its maximum capacity is decreased from 40 to 30, ADS time increased from 12% to 25%, and shot interval from 40% to 50%.
• Decreased the explosion range of War Machine.
• Decreased the damage reduction of War Machine operator.
• Decreased Gravity Spike damage range.
• Slightly decreased the damage of Annihilator dealt to: Stealth Chopper, XS1 Goliath, VTOL, Shield Turret and Transform shield.
• Solders equipped with Dead Silence Perk no longer hear the footstep of themselves, and the audible range of running has been decreased.
• Players now can jump while moving alongside a wall.
• Optimized the speed adjustment when moving alongside a wall/obstacle,
• Optimized the server tick rate.
• Optimized player’s hit box when switching among standing, crouching and prostrating.
• Increased characters’ FPS. Enemy’s movements and actions are more precise and smooth.
• Optimized sound effects based on different scenes so that players can locate their enemies more accurately.
• Fixed an issue that players might get stuck in window frames when climbing through.
• Fixed an issue that Soldiers will be stuck for a while after crossing the shortcut of LAUNDRY SIDEWALK in Raid.
• Fixed an issue that some wrong collisions in the scene in Takeoff.
• Fixed an issue that some wrong collisions in the scene in Tunisia.

Battle Royale

• Increased ADS accuracy for all weapons.
• Increased horizontal recoil control for all weapons.
• Popular weapons such as AK47 and AK117 have much lower control increasing than other weapons.
• The locking time for FHJ18 is changed to 1 second.
• The launching speed of projectiles from FHJ18 is decreased to 110m/s and accelerates to its maximum speed.
• Significantly increased SMG and SHOTGUN hip-fire accuracy.
• Significantly increased SNIPER rifle recoil control.
• Increased Tempest’s damage and damaging radius.
• Increased Annihilator range. It now can eliminates enemy in all range with 2 shots
• Increased projectile distance of all lethal and tactical weapons.
• Cluster Grenade now has an alarm when it sticks to an object, and directions of small grenades will be shown on the screen.
• Discarded guns no longer show amount of remaining ammo.
• Optimized wing suit landing action.
• Optimized the server tick rate.
• Optimized player’s hit box when switching among standing, crouching and prostrating..
• Increased characters’ FPS. Enemy’s movements and actions are more precise and smooth.
• Optimized sound effects based on different scenes so that players can locate their enemies more accurately.

Game Mode Optimization

Going Dark

• Battery limitation feature has been added to night vision devices, with an exception for the undeads in Attack of the Night.
• EMP can temporarily paralyze night vision devices.
• Scorestreak items and trip mines show team color even when night vision device is on.
• Fixed the issue that visual effects of weapon blueprints and firing effects were overexposed when night vision device is on.
• Fixed the issue that the touch screen of controlling Scorestreaks is blurred when night vision device is on.
• Optimized the lighting of related maps.

Hardpoint HQ

• New scoring rule added to Hard Point: continuous capturing. Soldiers continuously capturing the Hard Point will earn extra scores.
• Fixed the issue that soldier revives too far from the objective.

Prop Hunt

• New maps available: Tunisia.

Ranked Mode

Multiplayer

• Optimized the algorithm of evaluating players’ strengths and abilities in every rank, especially legendary players. Legendary players around 6500 scores won’t match up with high score legendary players frequently.
• Optimized the UI of ranking lobby.

Rattle Royale

• Optimized rank point calculating algorithm. Players get more rank points in the new season in total.

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