CoD Vanguard December 15 update patch notes: weapon updates, Seasonal Challenges, bug fixes

❘ Published: 2021-12-16T00:00:00

Call of Duty Vanguard festive fervor event

Sledgehammer Games is releasing the Season 1 Festive Fervor Update, version 1.09, for Call of Duty: Vanguard on December 15, which kicks off the Festive Fervor holiday event, with new bundles, bug fixes, and more.

The Festive Fervor event for Call of Duty: Vanguard includes the all new re-mastered Shipment converted to Shipmas, new Store Bundles, the return of MW3’s Drop Zone mode, and more holiday themed festivities.

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Sledgehammer Games has posted the patch notes for the new update. The new update goes live live on December 15 at 9PM PT on all platforms with the Festive Fervor content becoming available on December 16 at 9PM PT.

Warzone Pacific Festive Fervor update will go live December 16 at 9PM PT.

The patch notes and information below are only applicable to Call of Duty: Vanguard.

CoD Vanguard December 15 Patch Notes

MULTIPLAYER

Using Daniel’s alternative skin will no longer crash the game

Progression for Seasonal Challenges is now visible, active, and tracking

Bug Fixes
- Riot Shield now blocks front-facing damage and bullets will not penetrate
- The Firefight Blueprint has been fixed to remove light coming from the front end of the barrel and parts of the optic
- Kar98K Hunter incentive skin no longer causes the gun to aim down the iron sights instead of the attached scope
- Top Break muzzles no longer jump on reload
- Corrected Loadouts using 7 Round Mags so the total ammo count is divisible by 7
- Addressed multiple issues with charms in a QOL pass
- Weapon animations have been polished and some glitches have been resolved
Balancing
- Challenges
  - Panzerfaust Challenge has been changed from destroying ariel streaks to longshot kills
- Weapons
  - Kar98k & Type 99
    - When using a lower caliber magazine, these weapons will now retain the ability for One-Shot-Kills when landing chest shots
  - Top Break
    - No longer reduces damage, but range reduction increased
  - Gorenko Anti-Tank Rifle
    - The default scope will no longer heavily obscure player vision when meleeing with the bayonet
- Attachments
  - Melee range has been reduced for Bayonet when Reach Kit Perk is applied
Camos
- Double Barrel
  - Corrected wording in the Death Artist Challenge to say “16 Gauge Mag” instead of “12 Gauge Mag”
- Assault Rifle Alpha
  - Camos now show proper progression
- M1 Garand
  - Camos now show proper progression
Cross-progression
- Master Ribbons data from Cold War will now be imported and reflected in Vanguard
- Getting kills in Warzone now counts toward challenges in Vanguard

Mortar Barrage
- Increased damage dealt by the Mortar Barrage Flare
- Mortar Barrage has been tweaked to make deployment less difficult

Paradise
- Fixed several out-of-map exploits
- Fixed instances of unnatural hitching when jumping against ramped walls
Radar
- Fixed issue which made some doors indestructible
- Fixed out-of-map spawns and exploits
Desert Siege
- Spawn tuning to reduce instances of spawning close to enemies
- Fixed a rendering issue that resulted in intense fog for some players
- Blinking texture issues have been fixed in several locations
Bocage
- Bullet penetration issues for certain walls have been fixed
- MK2 Frag Grenade blast radius no longer affects players who should be protected by walls
Red Star
- Fixed a bug that resulted in lighting effects following the player like a spotlight around the map
Berlin
- Distracting and graphically incorrect shadows no longer appear under light fixtures
Numa Numa
- Removed invisible geo in Numa Numa that blocked bullets midair
Gavutu
- Fixed an issue in which an invisible wall remained after it was destroyed
Demanysk
- Demolition and Tactician Perks now operate as intended
Sub Pens, Castle, Oasis, Das Haus
- Fixed out-of-map exploits

Control
- Control is now live!
Champion Hill
- Players will no longer crash out of Champion Hill Duos, resulting in the closure of the entire game
- Players can now access Scoreboard and Spectate Mode

Users will no longer get errors saying they don’t have Crossplay permission when attempting to add other consoles to a party
Flairs now appear with every Prestige level-up, and XP bars should reflect Prestige progression
Duplicate Prestige icons have been fixed

CAMPAIGN

Fixed a progression blocker in the Lady Nightingale level caused by an unresponsive character

ZOMBIES

Purge
- Visibility improved in low light areas, making it more visually clear when capturing Control Runes.
- The progress bar no longer overlaps various notifications such as Challenge Completions, Rank Ups, Weapon Level Ups, and more.
- Professor Krafft will now acknowledge Purge objective completions.

Brimstone
- Brimstone no longer damages zombies when the player is downed.
- Brimstone has been adjusted to now only deal damage to zombies that are in the player’s line-of-sight.
Dead Accurate
- Launchers now work as intended with the Dead Accurate Covenant.
Swift Vengeance
- Updated the description of Swift Vengeance to reflect that only weapon damage is increased with the use of this Covenant.
- Knives now work as intended with the Swift Vengeance Covenant.

Addressed an issue where weapons obtained from crates briefly displayed the wrong model when dropping.
Addressed an issue where some Mystery Box weapons would appear with their magazine detached from the weapon.
Addressed an issue that prevented players from loading into a match with their preferred custom reticle.
Addressed an issue that incorrectly identified some Launcher damages as critical hits.

Portals will now provide players with an opportunity to visit each destination before giving an option to return to the same location.
Closed various exploits that prevented players from taking damage from zombies.

Melee Camo Challenges have been adjusted to count kills, not eliminations with the exception of Sturmkrieger Challenges.

Zone names have been added in places where they were absent from the map.
The in-game scoreboard now shows the player in the correct ranking.
Addressed an issue with overlapping scoreboard UI.

Addressed an issue in which Operator and Announcer voice communications could compete with each other.

Multiple fixes for subtitles when players select the English language setting.
Multiple fixes for voice lines and subtitles when players select the German language setting.
Multiple fixes for text descriptions when players select the Brazilian Portuguese language setting.
Multiple fixes for subtitles when players select the Polish language setting.